Posts by: Kat Kennedy

Releases and Reveals

Releases and Reveals

Welcome to this week’s ensemble of new releases and cover reveals. Check out the latest and greatest in the Young Adult world and tell us what you think and are excited for.

Dear Debby Advice for Fictional YA Characters (5)

Dear Debby Advice for Fictional YA Characters (5)

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. To email Dear Debby about your fic­tional trou­bles and lit­er­ary char­ac­ters, please email contactus@cuddlebuggery.com.

Cover Reveal for Release by M.R. Merrick

Cover Reveal for Release by M.R. Merrick

Today on the blog we reveal the cover for the third book in M.R. Merrick’s Protector’s series, Release. Once again an author has missed a marvelous opportunity to hire us to design their covers! Hopefully this post will start to set them straight! Click on to see the three mock covers we’ve created for Merrick’s new book before we reveal the real one.

Author Interview with Jay Kristoff and Giveaway

Author Interview with Jay Kristoff and Giveaway

Kat Kennedy, Stephanie Sinclair and Adam Archer travel to Shima to meet up and interview Jay Kristoff, author of the YA Japanese inspired, Steampunk novel Stormdancer. Also, we are giving away books, yo.

New Releases and Cover Reveals

Check out this week’s Hot New Releases and Cover Reveals.

Dear Debby: Advice Column for Fictional Characters (4)

Dear Debby: Advice Column for Fictional Characters (4)

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. To email Dear Debby about your fic­tional trou­bles and lit­er­ary char­ac­ters, please email contactus@cuddlebuggery.com.

Cover Reveal: Pantomime by Laura Lam

Cover Reveal: Pantomime by Laura Lam

Today we help reveal the gorgeous new cover of Laura Lam’s debut novel, Pantomime. Come and see the three mock covers that Cover Fashion Francine made to celebrate and prove her photoshop skills – how do they compare to the real deal? Read on to find out!

ARC Giveaway and Interview with Kasie West

ARC Giveaway and Interview with Kasie West

Pivot Point by Kasie West Is about a girl, Addie, with the ability to look forward in time and see how a decision will change her future. Steph and I had the horrifically difficult decision to either interview Kasie West or an Angry Lioness. At first we weren’t sure which one to interview. However, after temporarily borrowing Addie’s powers, we looked into both futures. Read on to see what we saw.

Review: Teeth by Hannah Moskowitz

Review: Teeth by Hannah Moskowitz

Kat Kennedy reviews Teeth by Hannah Moskowitz, sheds a tear and gives out an offer of schnuggle to all who make it through this book. Read on to find out why.

Review: Easy by Tamara Webber

Review: Easy by Tamara Webber

Kat Kennedy reviews Easy by Tamara Webber, shakes her booty and waxes lyrical about the treatment of rape in literature. Read on to see what got her shaking what her mother gave her.

Buzz Worthy News 17th September 2012

Buzz Worthy News 17th September 2012

Wel­come to this week’s Buzz Wor­thy News! Where adults are reading Young Adult, we can’t say vagina, trolling: book shop level and Harper Collins throws down the gauntlet and challenges you to send them your unagented submissions. 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.

Review: Riveted by Meljean Brook

Review: Riveted by Meljean Brook

Kat Kennedy makes a small divergence from Young Adult novels to review Riveted by Meljean Brook. Read more to find out what she thought!

Cover Fashion by Francine: Who Covered It Best

Cover Fashion by Francine: Who Covered It Best

Cover Fashion by Francine launches, ready to keep you fresh on all the latest cover styles, trends, reveals and fun! Today’s post – Who Covered it Best – examining five covers using the same stock image and comparing them for effect. Read more to find out how they stack up.

Interview with Melina Marchetta + Giveaway

Interview with Melina Marchetta + Giveaway

Kat Kennedy, Stephanie Sinclair and Adam Archer visit a temple dedicated to Melina Marchetta. An interview is had and, as usual, things don’t go completely according to plan.

5 of the Worst Breakups in YA Part 2

5 of the Worst Breakups in YA Part 2

Warning: This post may contain spoilers for the novels listed. All the books mentioned are published and available to the public. Advance with care.

Last time, we discussed worst breakups in the sense that the were done prickishly with horrible intent by the breaker-uppers. This time, we’re looking at the most heart breaking, tragic, saddening breakups written in YA. Breakups suck. They rip your heart out and tear your to pieces and leave you a quivering mess for the conceivable future without the benefit of a quick death to look forward to.

Come read 5 of the worst breakups YA has to offer!

Buzz Worthy News 9th September 2012

Buzz Worthy News 9th September 2012

Wel­come to this week’s Buzz Wor­thy News! An author is busted Sockpuppeting, a judge approves the 3 publisher settlement, this year’s Hugo winners are revealed, authors unite to combat sock puppeting, EL James is deliciously hypocritical and a new photo of Emily Dickinson is revealed. 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.

Prereview: Teeth by Hannah Moskowitz

Prereview: Teeth by Hannah Moskowitz

Kat Kennedy reviews, kind of, Moskowitz’s latest book, Teeth. A young adult novel about magic gay fish. How awesome can it be? Read more to get a sneak peek at what it was like.

Dear Debby: Advice Column for Fictional Characters

Dear Debby: Advice Column for Fictional 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. To email Dear Debby about your fictional troubles and a literary characters, please email contactus@cuddlebuggery.com

Review: Velveteen by Daniel Marks

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

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!

Blog Tour Stop: Author Interview with Kat Zhang

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

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

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

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

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!