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Review: Velveteen by Daniel Marks

Kat Kennedy reviews Daniel Mark’s debut, Velveteen. She ruminates on the possibility that authors are cloning themselves and discusses the dark, gritty world of Velveteen.

Blog Tour Stop: Author Interview with Claire Legrand and Giveaway

Stephanie Sinclair, Kat Kennedy and Adam Archer are “cuddlenapped” by the author of Cavendish Home for Boys and Girls, Claire Legrand. Also, a live interview and giveaway!

Review: Skylark by Meagan Spooner

Kat Kennedy reviews Meagan Spooner’s Skylark and drools over the wonderful writing and carefully-crafted prose.

Blog Tour Stop: Author Interview with Kat Zhang

Kat Kennedy, Stephanie Sinclair and Adam Archer interview Kat Zhang, author of the new YA novel What’s Left of Me.

Buzz Worthy News 4 August 2012

Welcome to this week’s Buzz Worthy News! Books sellers settle with DOJ to compensate consumers, Author Solutions hits out at fraudulent accounts, The BIC pen for women takes over Amazon, and Sue Grafton gets some heat. All this and much, much more. Read on to find out everything that’s been happening in the book world this week.

Buzz Worthy News is Cuddlebuggery’s weekly Monday news post. Bringing you all the most interesting, relevant and fun news from the publishing and book blogging world.

How To Contact Your Favourite Author

Read Kat Kennedy’s patented guide to contacting authors and becoming super duper best buddies with them!

Buzz Worthy News 27th August 2012

Welcome to this week’s Buzz Worthy News! The Department of Justice hits out at the retailers, J.K. Rowling will be heading, briefly, to America, Finnick Odair has been cast in the next Hunger Games movies, Weird Tales magazine makes a statement and much, much more. Read on to find out everything that’s been happening in the book world this week.

Buzz Worthy News is Cuddlebuggery’s weekly Monday news post. Bringing you all the most interesting, relevant and fun news from the publishing and book blogging world. For Young Adult cover reveals and new releases, check out our weekly Friday post, Hot New Titles.

Review: Alice in Zombieland by Gena Showalter + Giveaway

Kat Kennedy reviews Gena Showalter’s Alice in Zombieland. Short version: Fans of Alice in Wonderland beware. Fans of high school drama proceed! She talks about the disparity of what she thought the book was and what it turned about to be and the strange appearance of a Romanticized Alpha Male straight out of a Romance novel. Read on, fair citizens!

Dear Debby For Fictional YA Characters

Dear Debby is Cuddlebuggery’s weekly advice column for Fictional, Young Adult characters to get some life or romance advice. Debby is a caring, nurturing soul giving down to earth, wise words of wisdom to those in need. Sorta…

Review: Pushing The Limits by Katie McGarry

Kat Kennedy officially hands in her Badass Reviewer Badge after weeping uncontrollably while reading Pushing The Limits by Katie McGarry. Read to find out why.

Review: Arise by Tara Hudson and Giveaway

Kat Kennedy reviews Arise by Tara Hudson and ruminates on awkward sex metaphors, ghost hijinks and an old movie she should totally watch the hell out of again. Check it out.

Blog Tour: An Echo Through the Snow by Andrea Thalasinos

Today we have the pleasure of hosting a stop on the An Echo Through the Snow blog tour with an excerpt from the book. Enjoy and discover a new read!

Buzz Worthy News 20 August 2012

This week, on Buzz Worthy News: Apple is up in arms, another author has passed away, Hachette instructs its authors that their work – even in other territories being published by a different publisher – MUST have DRM, Lauren Conrad gets in trouble and more.

Buzz Worthy News is Cuddlebuggery’s weekly Friday news post featuring all the most interesting book world news.

Read on to find out what’s been going on!

Buzz Worthy News August 13th 2012

This week on Buzz Worthy News, A legitimate kindle ebook blog gets shut down, Forbes points us in the right direction to ask for handouts, Fareed Zakaria is busted plagiarizing, NPR releases its 100 Best Young Adult novel list, and, of course, Scandalous Scandals!

Buzz Worthy News is Cuddlebuggery’s weekly Monday news post informing you of all the latest Book World news and Book Blogging drama. We used to have a Friday post, HNT, but we sent it to live on a farm. Enjoy!

Review: Unspoken by Sarah Rees Brennan

Kat Kennedy reviews Unspoken by Sarah Rees Brennan and mulls over rereading, a scale of awesome, and how much she desperately loved this book.

Review: Of Poseidon by Anna Banks

Kat Kennedy lists the four reasons she stopped reading Anna Banks’ Of Poseidon. Check it out to find out what will make her check out of a book and find something else to read.

Blogging Anonymously Part 3 – Covering your internet footprint

Kat Kennedy finished up her three part Blogging Anonymously series with a technical post about internet habits that may expose your identity. Read and find out what you can do to keep your personal information secure while using the internet.

Buzz Worthy News 6th August 2012

In this week’s Buzz Worthy News: The Hobbit is confirmed as a trilogy, another former fanfiction title lands a book deal, Self published titles flood the New York Times’ list and much, much more including scandalous scandals!

Buzz Worthy News is Cuddlebuggery’s weekly Monday post featuring book world news and book blogging scandals. Stay up to date with our posts by subscribing via email or feed reader and remember to check back each Monday for all the latest buzz.

Review: Stormdancer by Jay Kristoff

Kat Kennedy reviews the highly anticipated debut novel, Stormdancer, by Jay Kristoff. She also demonstrates why you should be afraid of chainkatanas. Very afraid.

Review: Masque of the Red Death by Bethany Griffin

Kat Kennedy reviews Masque of the Red Death and laments on how much she hates instalove. Also Steampunk rocks. It’s a delicate balance.

Blogging Anonymously Part 2 – Creating a Pseudonym

Kat Kennedy blogs about creating a pseudonym in the second of a three part series on blogging anonymously. What to do with your email, what information to provide – or not provide, and more.

Buzz Worthy News 30th July 2012

In this week’s Buzz Worthy News: Random House will be on your TV, JK Rowling reads at the Olympics, Awesome Sally Ride passed away. Read for more news and, as always, Scandalous Scandals!

Buzz Worthy News is Cuddlebuggery’s weekly Monday post for all the best book world news and blogging gossip. For Young Adult releases and and all the hottest Cover Reveals, check out our weekly Friday post, Hot New titles.

Review: The Telling by Leah Giarratano

Kat Kennedy reviews Disharmony by Leah Giarratano.

Five Sequels I Am Going Mad For

Kat Kennedy discusses five upcoming sequels that she’s desperate for. They’re long overdue, look fantastic and continue on from great first novels. Check it out and tell us which five ARCs you’re getting desperate for!

Blogging Anonymously Part 1

It’s a sad fact that bloggers have to protect themselves and their identities. This is one in a series of posts helping bloggers to protect their identities, protect their anonymity and be able to blog without fear that they will be stalked and harassed in their real life.

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