DJ's Life in Fiction

Piper, Cassidy, Mei, and Izzy have been best friends their whole lives. And they've always agreed on one goal: to get out of tiny Paris, Texas, and see the world. The school's foreign exchange program seems like the perfect escape: Piper will go to the original Paris; Mei will go to China; Cassidy will go to Australia; and Izzy, unable to afford the program, will stay at home. To add spice to their semester away, and to stay connected to their best friends, the girls start The International Kissing Club, a Facebook page where they can anonymously update one another and brag about all the amazing guys they're meeting. After all, these girls are traveling abroad: amazing guys abound at every turn! But sometimes fun, flirty vacation flings turn into more serious romances, and sometimes you don't return from abroad the same person you were. Will the girls' relationships-and their friendships-be able to survive? Hardcover , 400 pages Published ...

It's the final day of YA Excerpt Week, and time for our last guest. Today, we have Shelly Crane, author of the YA series, Collide, Devour, and Significance. She has brought with her an excerpt from her Devour series. Check it out, and be sure to enter for a shot at an e-copy of Devour for Kindle. Consume, book two of the series, releases May 22!   Clara has it all. A wrestling star boyfriend, popular friends, all the right school activities...pretty much a perfect life...up until her parents died. Now she lives with the Pastor and his family and though they take good care of her, she feels alone. Then her boyfriend, Tate, starts to show signs of trouble when a new guy, Eli, comes to town. Clara is fascinated with him but hides it until something happens. Eli confesses to her that she gives him something he's never had before...something he needs. Everything is about to change for this normal, pretty, popular girl in a supernatural way. Devour - An Excerpt   ...

Hey again everyone! It's time for today's second excerpt and giveaway for YA Excerpt Week here on Mera's YA Book List! Check back everyday for new excerpts, giveaways, and awesomeness!  And they are all still open!  This one is a awesome one!  Not only are you getting an awesome excerpt to read, 3 of you lucky Listers will get a bookmark for Janell Rhiannon's Invisible Wings! One of you Listers will get both a bookmark and a paperback copy of Janell's novel, Invisible Wings!  And the bookmarks are so totally signed! I know right?  Now onward to the magic!  On her fifteenth birthday, Arabella finds out she’s on the path to becoming a full-fledged Virtue angel. When the Voice fills her with a blinding light, her angelic mission is revealed: she was put on Earth to guide and guard teenagers. She hears their darkest thoughts and their secret wishes. She must help them realize their true destinies…and she can time travel to do it. The moment the first star pops...

Welcome to the page! Thanks for joining us today on Mera's YA Book List for YA Excerpt Week! This is Day 4 of the event and things are only getting more exciting. If you haven't entered the previous giveaways or read the awesome sneak peeks and excerpts, click on the links below! Day 1: Glancing Through The Glimmer Excerpt+Giveaway Day 2: Mark of the Seer Sneak Peek+Giveaway Day 3: Forbidden Mind Excerpt+Giveaway On to today! For Day 4 we are doing it big and today's first visitor is Brea Essex!  Now, if you read my review of Brea's novel, you know that I loved it so much, that it got my first 5 star review of the year. You can check it out HERE !  Now Brea has superbly agreed to giveaway an e-copy of her angel novel, Foreshadow for one of my lucky Listers! (Yup, that means one of you will soon harbor a copy of a super awesome novel. ) But more importantly here's some instant gratification that will guarantee you salivate over her novel, and your need to have it! Th...

Meet Josephine Foster, or Zo Jo as she’s called in the biz. The best pint-sized photographer of them all, Jo doesn’t mind doing what it takes to get that perfect shot, until she’s sent on an undercover assignment to shoot Ned Hartnett—teen superstar and the only celebrity who’s ever been kind to her—at an exclusive rehabilitation retreat in Boston. The money will be enough to pay for Jo’s dream: real photography classes, and maybe even quitting her paparazzi gig for good. Everyone wants to know what Ned’s in for. But Jo certainly doesn’t know what she’s in for: falling in love with Ned was never supposed to be part of her assignment. Paperback , 272 pages Published February 28th 2012 by Walker Childrens Shooting Stars is a book I would definitely recommend to teens of all ages. It follows teen paparazzo Zo Jo as she goes undercover to take shots of a popular teen singer. When reading the synopsis, there are some assumptions tha...

Hey, hey everyone! Welcome to Mera's YA Book List. Today is day three in YA Excerpt Week, in which I, along with a group of awesome authors bring you juicy excerpts of their books (new and old), along with some fab prizes. If you are just joining us make sure you follow the blog in any methods you prefer (to the left). Missed one of the posts? Check out the other awesome excerpts and prizes here: YA Excerpt Week #1: Glancing Through The Glimmer -Pat McDermott YA Excerpt Week #2: Mark of the Seer -Jenna Kay On to today's awesomeness! Today, we have YA author Kimberly Kinrade joining us for YA Excerpt Week! About the Author Kimberly Kinrade was born with ink in her veins and magic in her heart. She writes fantasy and paranormal stories for children, YA and adults and still believes in magic worlds. Check out her YA paranormal novels  Forbidden Mind  and  Forbidden Fire  and her illustrated children's fantasy chapter books  Lexie World , and  Bella World , all...

Hey everyone! Welcome back to YA Excerpt Week on Mera’s YA Book List! Today we are joined by Author Jenna Kay! I have made it clear that I love, love love Jenna and her work, and I am excited for the second book in her series about Clarity Miller. Luckily for us, today Jenna is not only gifting us with a excerpt from her novel Mark of The Seer, but she is also showing us a sneak peek of book two, Broken.   Check out this excerpt of Mark of the Seer! ***Post #1 of YA Excerpt Week is here: Glancing Through The Glimmer Excerpt and Giveaway *** MOTS Excerpt, Chapter 10 By Jenna Kay             I watched as she got in her car and took off for home.  Sighing, I busied myself with the ho-hum motions of closing the store, doing mine and Janey's work.  My body ached and my head pounded from lack of sleep, the nightmares I had been having for weeks now taking their toll.  Sleep was easy for me to get to—I usually passed o...