The Little Blogger, Big Ambitions Project

The Little Blogger, Big Ambitions Project

The Little Blogger, Big Ambitions Project is our attempt to help new and small blogs get access to ARCs, and make sure the books that are sent to us at least get some publicity.

The Dark Days of Summer 2013 Are Coming…

The Dark Days of Summer 2013 Are Coming…

Today we help reveal one of the authors for the Dark Days Summer of 2013 line-up. Come and see who it is!

Turning Bloggers into Spammers

Turning Bloggers into Spammers

Kat Kennedy relates the latest efforts in book promotion and how it could compromise the integrity of some bloggers. Also, she talks about unicorns and how much she loves people again. So, you know, brace yourself or something.

Buzz Worthy News: 1st April 2013

Buzz Worthy News: 1st April 2013

This week in Buzz Worthy News: Mass pandemonium ensues after Goodreads does the unthinkable and sells its soul to Amazon, Camp NaNo starts, Casanova’s memoir to be rereleased (yay?), and movie news for Ally Condie’s Matched series. All this and more, waiting for you to check it out!

Hot New Titles: 30th March 2013

Hot New Titles: 30th March 2013

Welcome to Hot New Titles. This week’s new releases include titles like If You Find Me, Dear Life, You Suck and With All My Soul! There were some really nice cover reveals this week including the redesigns for The Testing and The Blessed for its paperback edition along with a title change: Precious Blood (it kicks the hardcover’s ass, IMO). Also, two New Adult covers Secret for a Song and If I fall, the Cuddlebuggery Fav of the Week!

In 10 Lines: Everneath by Brodi Ashton

In 10 Lines: Everneath by Brodi Ashton

Welcome to In 10 Lines. Ever wanted to know what happens in a book, but couldn’t be assed reading it for yourself? Cuddlebuggery comes to the rescue with In 10 Lines. In 10 Lines we will tell you everything you need to know about the featured book so that you can cheerfully move on with your life, or choose to read it should your attention be piqued. So sit back, relax, and try not to clench as we proceed.

Today we’ll be reworking Brodi Ashton’s Everneath, one of my favourites from 2012. So, without further ado, we present to you: Harry Potter and The Philosopher’s Stone by J. K. Rowling in 10 Lines!

Buzz Worthy News: 25th March 2013

Buzz Worthy News: 25th March 2013

This week in Buzz Worthy News: Chinua Achebe tragically passed away, yet another comic book character being horrifically objectified, news on the Daughter of Smoke and Bone movies, and a possible Christian Grey is on the horizon. If that’s not enough we had one of the dumbest controversies that ever happened in the book blogging world! All this and more, waiting for you 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: 24th March 2013

Hot New Titles: 24th March 2013

Welcome to Hot New Titles. This week’s new releases include tittles like 17 & Gone, Marco Impossible and The Art of Wishing! It was a much slower week for covers, totes making my job easier, but we’ve got some pretties like Man Made Boy, the redesign for Charm & Strange and the stunning cover for The Paper Gods novella, Shadow!

In 10 Lines: Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone

In 10 Lines: Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone

Today we’ll be reforming Harry Potter and The Philosopher’s Stone, a recommendation by one of our readers that I simply couldn’t pass up if I expected to take myself seriously as a random blogger who fooled around on the internet once too often. So, without further ado, we present to you: Harry Potter and The Philosopher’s Stone by J. K. Rowling in 10 Lines!

Buzz Worthy News: 18th March 2013

Buzz Worthy News: 18th March 2013

This week in Buzz Worthy News: Google kills the Google Reader – internet hasn’t been this dismayed since the death and rebirth of the twinkie, an 11 year old is publishing her first book, did anyone else ever think Game of Thrones would be perfect if it were set in high school? And controversy got the blogger world all riled up! All this and more, waiting for you 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: 17th March 2013

Hot New Titles: 17th March 2013

Welcome to Hot New Titles! This week’s new releases include anticipated tittles like MILA 2.0, Poison and Deep Betrayal! Looks like publishers decided to give us a breather from all the awesome they’ve been smothering us with as far as cover reveals. I don’t know about you, but I’m expecting an explosion of sorts in the upcoming weeks. Covers that stand out this week are David Levithan’s Two Boys Kissing, the paperback edition of Monstrous Beauty by Elizabeth Fama and Unbreakable by Kami Garcia!

In 10 Lines: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

In 10 Lines: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

Welcome to In 10 Lines. Ever wanted to know what happens in a book, but couldn’t be assed reading it for yourself? Cuddlebuggery comes to the rescue with In 10 Lines. In 10 Lines we will tell you everything you need to know about the featured book so that you can cheerfully move on with your life, or choose to read it should your attention be piqued. So sit back, relax, and try not to clench as we proceed.

Today we’ll be reforming The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, a book that I really am quite fond of. The eternal question of who to ship, Gale or Peeta still haunts the fandoms and the debate comparing it to Battle Royale is intensely interesting to all hipster. So, without further ado, we present to you: The Hunger Games In 10 Lines.

Buzz Worthy News: 11th March 2013

Buzz Worthy News: 11th March 2013

This week in Buzz Worthy News, the Lambda finalists have been revealed, VIDA’s latest stats on women in literary magazines are out – prepare your noose in anticipation, Amazon is stepping on everyone’s toes again, and Random House is dipping its toes into the pool of EVILITY! All this and more, waiting for you 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: 10th March 2013

Hot New Titles: 10th March 2013

Welcome to Hot New Titles, where this week we suffered death by books! *dies* There are so many new releases this week including highly anticipated titles Unremembered, The Nightmare Affair and Requiem! And I’m not sure what’s in the water lately, but self-pub authors? Keep drinking it! We’re loving the covers for The Hazards of Skinny Dipping, Game. Set. Match. and our personal favorite for the week: One by Leigh Ann Kopans. Also sequel covers like Erased, Through the Zombie Glass and The Liberator! Get those wallets ready, folks. 2013 is shaping up to be an awesome year!

In 10 Lines: Hush Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick

In 10 Lines: Hush Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick

Welcome to In 10 Lines.  Ever wanted to know what […]

Cover Reveal: Game. Set. Match. by Jennifer Iacopelli

Cover Reveal: Game. Set. Match. by Jennifer Iacopelli

Today we get to help reveal the brand spanking new cover of Game. Set. Match by Jennifer Lacopelli, the first book in her Outerbanks Tennis Academy series. If you are a lover of the New Adult genre or are simply looking for something different, you might want to add this one to your To-Be-Read list! Check out the cover reveal and enter Jennifer’s fantastic giveaway!

Buzz Worthy News: 4th March 2013

Buzz Worthy News: 4th March 2013

New Lemony Snicket cover, Twilight wins big at the Razzie awards (big surprise there), STUFF happens with Robin in the Batman comic, a Beautiful Disaster disaster that brings both smug and shocked faces. Don’t worry, everyone lives happily ever after. Find out all this and more in this week’s Buzz Worthy News.

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.

In 10 Lines: Under The Never Sky

In 10 Lines: Under The Never Sky

Welcome to In 10 Lines. Ever wanted to know what happens in a book, but couldn’t be assed reading it for yourself? Cuddlebuggery comes to the rescue with In 10 Lines. In 10 Lines we will tell you everything you need to know about the featured book so that you can cheerfully move on with your life, or choose to read it should your attention be piqued. So sit back, relax, and try not to clench as we proceed.

Today we’ll be reforming Under the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi for your enjoyment. One of my favourite books, this one was difficult to compress in 10 Lines, but Steph and I are nothing but dedicated to our craft for the sake of our readers.

Hot New Titles: 2 March 2013

Hot New Titles: 2 March 2013

Welcome to Hot New Titles! New releases like the Eleanor & Park, Fragments and The Madness Underneath! And get super excited to see amazing new covers Siege and Storm, The Unbound and The Fiery Heart. For contemporary fans, Penguin has resdesigned Stephanie Perkins’ novels Anna and the French Kiss, Lola and the Boy Next Door and reveal the cover for Isla and the Happily Ever After!

Five Reasons Why Stats Don’t Matter and You Shouldn’t Care

Five Reasons Why Stats Don’t Matter and You Shouldn’t Care

Kat Kennedy expounds on the wisdom in ignoring pageviews and bloggerly success in favour of choosing to be uniquely fabulous. Come see why!

Blog Tour: How to Lead a Life of Crime + Giveaway

Blog Tour: How to Lead a Life of Crime + Giveaway

Today is our stop on the How to Lead a Life of Crime blog tour. Check out the post to take a look at Mandel Academy’s course catalogue and enter the giveaway for a chance to win an ARC!

Buzz Worthy News: 25th February 2012

Buzz Worthy News: 25th February 2012

“Game of Thrones for Girls” gets a book deal, highlights need to fire whoever thought up that tagline, the finalists for the Nebula Awards are announced, a brand new and exciting comic book is on the horizon, The New York Times Best Seller list is for sale and if you buy approximately 3,000 copies of your own book – you too could be on it! Find out all this and more in this week’s Buzz Worthy News.

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: 24 February 2013

Hot New Titles: 24 February 2013

Welcome to Hot New Titles! New releases like the Dystopian anthology Shards and Ashes, How to Lead a Life of Crime and Mind Games! And awesome cover reveals for These Broken Stars, Just One Year and Twinmaker. Hover over the images for the synopsis (if available). New releases now have purchase links that takes you to Good Books, who has free world-wide shipping and donates all profits to Oxfram, or The Book Depository (depending on availability).

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 me 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.

Cover Reveal for These Broken Stars by Amie Kaufman & Meagan Spooner

Cover Reveal for These Broken Stars by Amie Kaufman & Meagan Spooner

Kat Kennedy and Stephanie Sinclair chat to the authors Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner about the cover reveal for their new novel These Broken Stars. Come check out what all the fuss is about.

Hot New Titles: 17 February 2013

Hot New Titles: 17 February 2013

Welcome to Hot New Titles! Guys, I can not contain my fangirlin’ because this week had a great new releases like Sever, The Indigo Spell and Pivot Point! Not only that, but once again the publishers, especially HarperTeen, just couldn’t help themselves by unloading SO MANY cover reveals. A few of my favorites are covers for The Chaos of Stars, Black Out and the coolest Middle Grade cover ever for The Creature Department. What’s even more awesome? Scholastic is redesigning the Harry Potter covers for its 15th Anniversary, starting with Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. Gah! 15 years already? Man, I feel old. I think I need a pick-me-up. To the book store!

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, home of Cover Snark, for keeping me 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.