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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 »

Buzz Worthy News 10th June 2013

Buzz Worthy News 10th June 2013

Buzz Worthy News

This week in Buzz Worthy News: Iain Banks has passed away two months after he announces his struggle with gall bladder cancer, Jonah Lehrer is back to his old tricks, The Lambda Awards happened, and Jean Rabe steps down as editor for SFWA. All this and more so 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.

Little Blogger, Big Ambitions is new and improved!

Little Blogger, Big Ambitions is new and improved!

The Little Blogger, Big Ambitions project is new and improved! It’ll now be much easier to enter the raffles and donate!

Review: Ink by Amanda Sun

Review: Ink by Amanda Sun

Kat Kennedy reviews Ink by Amanda Sun and tries to explain the unreasonable disappointment she had using both words and images because, frankly, words just weren’t enough.

Review: Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo

Review: Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo

Steph Sinclair decides to write letters to Darkling, Mal, Sturmhond and Leigh. Come and see what she thought!

Buzz Worthy News: 3rd June 2013

Buzz Worthy News: 3rd June 2013

This week in Buzz Worthy News: The new Chamber of Secrets cover is revealed, Maureen Johnson and Jezebel clash over YA heroines, the author of The Jungle Book a plagiarist?!, and the SFWA controversy rounds out our week. All this and more so come check it out!

Blog Tour + Giveaway: Spirit by Brigid Kemmerer

Blog Tour + Giveaway: Spirit by Brigid Kemmerer

Come check out our character interview of Nick for our Spirit Blog Tour!

Review: Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde

Review: Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde

It’s quirky, well-written, smart, witty, and emotional. It has everything that a certain other book with a rather similar name does not have.

Giveaway: Born Wicked and Star Cursed by Jessica Spotswood

Giveaway: Born Wicked and Star Cursed by Jessica Spotswood

We have a special giveaway for our readers today! Our friends at PenguinTeen are offering a prize pack for the first two books in The Cahill Witch Chronicles by Jessica Spotswood.

Cuddlebuggery Has Been Taken Over

Cuddlebuggery Has Been Taken Over

While momma’s away, Kat will play! Kat Kennedy says a big farewell to Steph as she cheerfully conquers the blog and takes charge!

Review: Outcast by Adrienne Kress

Review: Outcast by Adrienne Kress

Adrienne Fray reviews Outcast by Adrienne Kress and charitably describes it as “bland”. Come see why!

Buzz Worthy News 27th May 2013

Buzz Worthy News 27th May 2013

This week in Buzz Worthy News: There’s an update on Iain Bank’s health, Lydia Davis wins the Man Booker prize, Amazon made everyone lose their shit with an announcement that they will soon begin selling fanfiction, and controversy. Just the general author wank. All this and more so 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: 26th May 2013

Hot New Titles: 26th May 2013

This is a small week for releases and covers that won’t send your wallet on strike, but that doesn’t mean you have to spare your excitement for these titles! New releases include Transparent, All I Need, and Dark Shore. Cover reveals include Waterfell by Amelia Howard and The Histories by Trisha Leigh (I swear, Trisha has the prettiest covers for her novels!). Antithesis by Kacey Vanderkarr, which happens to be the Cuddlebuggery Fav of the Week, features one of the most creepiest blurbs I’ve ever read. DO WANT!

Review: Dare You To by Katie McGarry

Review: Dare You To by Katie McGarry

Kat Kennedy vaguely reviews Daring You To and compares it to Pushing the Limits, Katie McGarry’s first novel in the Pushing The Limits series.

Blog Tour + Giveaway: Author Interview with Leigh Bardugo

Blog Tour + Giveaway: Author Interview with Leigh Bardugo

Kat Kennedy and Stephanie Sinclair had a special surprise for Leigh Bardugo today on Cuddlebuggery – a fanfic of her Grisha series for her to read and critique. Come check it out!

A Darkling Ever After

A Darkling Ever After

Steph Sinclair and Kat Kennedy’s write a hilarious fan fiction of Leigh Bardugo’s The Grisha series.

Review: The Beginning of Everything by Robyn Schneider

Review: The Beginning of Everything by Robyn Schneider

Adrienne Fray reviews The Beginning of Everything by Robyn Schneider and enjoys a good book squee. Come see what all the fuss was about.

First Chapter Reveal + Giveaway: Altered by Gennifer Albin

First Chapter Reveal + Giveaway: Altered by Gennifer Albin

Check out the second part in the First Chapter Reveal for ALTERED, the sequel to Gennifer Albin’s Crewel, and enter for a chance to win an ARC! I’m excited are you excited?!

Buzz Worthy News: 20th May 2013

Buzz Worthy News: 20th May 2013

The Nobel Prize people tease us about the possible candidates for this year’s prize, J.K. Rowling is being awesome (again), Nebula Awards winners happen, Amazon is pissing off everyone in publishing methodically AND more of The Vampire Academy gets cast! All this and more so read on to 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: 19th May 2013

Hot New Titles: 19th May 2013

There were a ton of new releases, including highly anticipated titles like Golden, The Beautiful and the Cursed, and Parallel. There weren’t many cover reveals this week, but what was revealed, will rock your face off. We had the cover for Never Fade by Alexandra Bracken, the sequel to Darkest Minds, and the UK and US covers for United We Spy. If you’ve been under a rock this past week, taking one hell of a siesta, we helped reveal both the UK and US covers for Kinslayer by Jay Kristoff. Guess which one made our fav of the week! Are all of these books making you drool? Well, who needs money anyway when you can have lots of books?!

Review: Spark by Brigid Kemmerer

Review: Spark by Brigid Kemmerer

Steph Sinclair reviews Spark by Brigid Kemmerer and realizes she doesn’t hate Gabriel Merrick as much as she once did. Is hell freezing over or is Gabriel getting his act together? Check out her review to find out!

Review: The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey

Review: The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey

Kat Kennedy is holding Rick Yancey’s review of The 5th Wave hostage until she gets the second book.

Cover Reveal + Giveaway: Kinslayer by Jay Kristoff

Cover Reveal + Giveaway: Kinslayer by Jay Kristoff

Kat Kennedy and Stephanie Sinclair interview Jay Kristoff for his latest release, Kinslayer. In this interview, they attempt to convince Kristoff to go easy on fans of the next installment of the Stormdancer series. Come see whether they had any luck!

Review: Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell

Review: Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell

Adrienne Fray reviews Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell. Come see what made Adrienne’s cool give way into rampant mushing.

Buzz Worthy News: 13th May 2013

Buzz Worthy News: 13th May 2013

This week on Buzz Worthy News: Maureen Johnson won the internet with her Coverflip competition, the Sookie Stackhouse series has come to an end and people are pissed about it, City of Ashes and Insurgent are set to become movies, Yes your book cover is important so make sure you get it right and controversies, controversies, controversies. All this and so read on to 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: 12th May 2013

Hot New Titles: 12th May 2013

It’s a big week for dystopians! New releases include highly anticipated titles like The 5th Wave, Icons, and The End Games. Guys, HUGE cover reveals this week. We had the Aussie cover for Seventeen & Gone by Nova Ren Suma, which is just as chilling as the US cover; the cover for the first book in Simone Elkeles’ newest series, Wild Cards; the cover of Veronica Roth’s final book in her Divergent series, Allegiant; and Cuddlebuggery’s fav of the week: Once We Were by Kat Zhang! Don’t worry. I won’t tell if you go out and BUY ALL THE BOOKS. Who says you can never have too many anyway?