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Buzz Worthy News: April 24, 2017

Welcome to Buzz Worthy News where the stories are awesome (or at least fun to read). Need your book industry news? Never fear, Kate Copeseeley is here to give it to you straight. In this week’s Buzz Worthy News:  #CloakandDagger Trailer, Cast Rumors for Aladdin, and... Keep Reading »

Hot New Titles

Hot New Titles: July 14th 2015

Welcome to Hot New Titles the feature that supports the decision to buy ALL THE BOOKS listed. Weeeeeeeee! New releases include About a Girl by Sarah McCarry, The Blind Wish by Amber Lough and Deceptive by Emily Lloyd-Jones. Cover reveals include Glass Sword by... Keep Reading »

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How to Make Your Own Fantasy Map

What I see a lot of from avid readers is an intense love of maps in fantasy books. They seem to collect them and talk about them and compare them. Which, to me, is like collecting, talking and comparing bits of chewing gum wrappers. I may occasionally feign interest in a... Keep Reading »

Authors Are Rockstars Blog Tour: Chat with Leigh Bardugo

Authors Are Rockstars Blog Tour: Chat with Leigh Bardugo

Kat Kennedy and Stephanie Sinclair interview author rockstar, Leigh Bardugo where we have four extra special surprises for her. Come check it out! If you dare…

Alonso the Drunken Unicorn: Rebound Books

Alonso the Drunken Unicorn: Rebound Books

Alonso the Drunken Unicorn comes to Cuddlebuggery in order to impart his ancient and vulnerable wisdom on you all.

Hot New Titles 25th August 2013

Hot New Titles 25th August 2013

Welcome to Hot New Titles with new releases including The Infinite Moment of Us, Asylum, Doon and Flicker and Burn. I can’t express my love for The Winner’s Curse by Marie Rutkoski, which is our cover of the week. Other cover reveals include Flight and Chimes and Mysterious Times, Servants of the Storm, and Unravel.

Hot New Titles is Cuddlebuggery’s weekly post for YA releases and cover reveals. Don’t forget you can follow us on Facebook for all the cover reveals throughout the week and more fun. Clicking the covers takes you to the book’s GoodReads page. As always, we thank Stories and Sweeties, who compiles great lists of new releases and hosts monthly New Releases Giveaways! And thank you to Christina from Reader of Fictions, for keeping us in the know for the newest cover reveals! For all the latest book world news and book blogging gossip, check out our weekly Monday feature, Buzz Worthy News.

Blog Tour: The Year of Shadows by Claire Legrand (Interview + Giveaway)

Blog Tour: The Year of Shadows by Claire Legrand (Interview + Giveaway)

CLaire Legrand, author of The Year of Shadows, kidnaps Steph Sinclair for a story interview! Also, there’s a chance to win a copy of her new book!

Review: Rot & Ruin by Jonathan Maberry

Review: Rot & Ruin by Jonathan Maberry

Ultimately, this is a story about the humans (those on both sides of the great mortality debate) that live in a dangerous world and how they find peace within it. There’s plenty of violence thrown in, of course, but it never feels excessive or pointless. Instead, it helps further the story and give depth to the characters and their actions.

Review: The Year of Shadows by Claire Legrand

Review: The Year of Shadows by Claire Legrand

Steph Sinclair reviews Claire Legrand’s sophomore novel, The Year of Shadows and explains why this Middle Grade novel made its way on her fav of 2013 list!

Review: Kinslayer by Jay Kristoff

Review: Kinslayer by Jay Kristoff

Kat Kennedy struggles to contain her rabid fangirl squealing in her review to the sequel of Stormdancer, Kinslayer.

Hot New Titles: 18th August 2013

Hot New Titles: 18th August 2013

Welcome to Hot New Titles with new releases including False Sight, Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock and Between the Devil and Deep Blue Sea. This week was the week of series for cover reveals including Arcadia Falls by Kai Meyer, Lady Thief by A.C. Gaughen and the Middle Grade sequel to The School of Good and Evil, A World Without Princes by Soman Chainani.

Blog Tour: Review + Giveaway for Gated by Amy Christine Parker

Blog Tour: Review + Giveaway for Gated by Amy Christine Parker

Today we are a stop on the Gated blog tour. Find out why Steph calls it a fav or 2013 and enter for a chance to win an ARC!

Review: Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion

Review: Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion

Kat Kennedy reviews Warm Bodies – blah, blah, blah, you know the drill, right?

Memes About Big Book Bloggers

Memes About Big Book Bloggers

We all know how hard life is for big book bloggers. The pressure! The pain! The agony of being in the spotlight! And even worse? There’s no charity for these beleaguered souls. No sympathy. Well, it’s time for popular bloggers to fight back. For them to rise up and show the rest of us how they feel and the struggles they face. Comment if you want to participate in a moment of silence in respect of the sacrifices they make for the rest of us.

Hot New Titles: 11th August 2013

Hot New Titles: 11th August 2013

Welcome to Hot New Titles with new releases including Elegy, Aquifer, Control, Gated, Infinityglass and A Tale of Two Cities. There were some really fantastic cover reveals including Ignite Me by Tahereh Mafi, Altered by Gennifer Albin and Open Road Summer by Emery Lord.

Book Blogging Rules You Must Follow

Book Blogging Rules You Must Follow

Kat Kennedy expounds on an intractable and legally-binding list of rules that all book bloggers must obey, or face the consequences.

Review: 3:59 by Gretchen McNeil

Review: 3:59 by Gretchen McNeil

Steph Sinclair review 3:59 by Gretchen McNeil and expresses her extreme displeasure at the novel’s abundant logical fails.

Review: The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

Review: The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

Steph Sinclair reviews The Fault in Our Stars and explains why she both loved and disliked the book. Check out what she thought!

From Young Adult to Facebook (1)

What happens when your favourite Young Adult characters interact with each other on Facebook? Cuddlebuggery is here to help you find out!

Buzz Worthy News 5th August 2013

Buzz Worthy News 5th August 2013

In this week’s Buzz Worthy News: Apple is still in trouble over price fixing, JK Rowling gets damages paid for her pseudonym being leaked by her lawyers, every single YA novel gets adapted into a movie. Come check it out!

Buzz Worthy News is Cuddlebuggery’s weekly news post bringing you all the best information about the book and blogging world, particularly for the venn diagram of people who overlap between the two. For new releases and cover reveals of all the best Young Adult fiction, check out our Sunday post: How New Titles.

Hot New Titles: 4th August 2013

Hot New Titles: 4th August 2013

Welcome to Hot New Titles with new releases including Indelible, Earthbound, and All Our Pretty Songs. There were some really fantastic cover reveals including the Middle Grade cover for School of Charm by Lisa Ann Scott, Unforgotten by Jessica Brody, the 15th Anniversary cover for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling and the one we’ve all been waiting for: Cress by Marissa Meyer. Drooling over books is totally acceptable behavior, right?

When Does a YA Blogger Cross the Line?

When Does a YA Blogger Cross the Line?

Kat Kennedy discussed what is, and isn’t appropriate for bloggers in the Young Adult community to discuss and feature on their blogs. Come join in the discussion!

Review: ReVamped by Ada Adams

Review: ReVamped by Ada Adams

Kat Kennedy reviews ReVamped because, apparently, no matter how many vampire novels she reads, she can never get enough. Does ReVamped make the cut, though? Read on to find out!

So I Didn’t Have a Post for Today…

So I Didn’t Have a Post for Today…

Fate was against Kat Kennedy when she tried to post today. So this is the result. she sincerely apologizes to you and all your ancestors.

Buzz Worthy News: 29th July 2013

Buzz Worthy News: 29th July 2013

Jane Austen makes the ten pound note, sparks a shitstorm, Fight Club is getting a sequel, the Manbooker Prize is branching out from its usual candidates at an impressive rate this year, diversity in YA sucks and there has been a buttload of scandals this week.

Buzz Worthy News is Cuddlebuggery’s weekly news post bringing you all the best information about the book and blogging world, particularly for the venn diagram of people who overlap between the two. For new releases and cover reveals of all the best Young Adult fiction, check out our Sunday post: How New Titles.

Hot New Titles 28th July 2013

Hot New Titles 28th July 2013

Welcome to Hot New Titles with new releases including Starglass, Of Beast and Beauty, A Darkness Strange and Lovely, and Undercurrent by Paul Blackwell. Cover reveals include Pawn by Aimee Carter, Three by Kriston Simmons, Perfect Ruin by Lauren DeStefano and These Broken Stars by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner. Boooooookkkkkssss!

Hot New Titles is Cuddlebuggery’s weekly post for YA releases and cover reveals. Don’t forget you can follow us on Facebook for all the cover reveals throughout the week and more fun. Clicking the covers takes you to the book’s GoodReads page. As always, we thank Stories and Sweeties, who compiles great lists of new releases and hosts monthly New Releases Giveaways! And thank you to Christina from Reader of Fictions, for keeping us in the know for the newest cover reveals! For all the latest book world news and book blogging gossip, check out our weekly Monday feature, Buzz Worthy News.

Review: We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver

Review: We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver

It may not be an enjoyable reading experience, but I believe that “We Need to Talk About Kevin” is an important one.

What To Do Now That You’re Goodreads’ 1%

What To Do Now That You’re Goodreads’ 1%

Kat Kennedy, self-appointed ruler of the 1% lays out valuable advice and ruminations on the future of the 1% Goodreads machine and where we go from here.