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New Release Spotlight: The Dating Tutor: Alec’s Story by Melissa Frost

Published by beckymmoe on 01/21/2014

Last fall we heard Ellie’s side of the story–now get ready to read Alec’s! The Dating Tutor: Alec’s Story Melissa Frost More hockey. More Alec. Alec Horner’s life was never simple. Between dealing with an alcoholic father and worrying about the continuation of his education, he has more than a few concerns. The complications continue to mount when his neighbor and best friend, Ellie Harper, asks him to tutor her in the art of dating. The alternately humorous and frustrating task takes a new turn when Alec starts to realize his feelings for the girl next door suddenly expand beyond…

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Spotlight–Evernight Teen: Gritty Fiction for Today’s Young Adults

Published by beckymmoe on 10/12/2013

Evernight Teen opened its virtual doors on January 1st, 2013. New titles are added every month! Here’s a sample of what you’ll find… Prevailing Life by Amaris Chapman Angels Mercy, 1 Maggie is a teenager with a secret. The strangest part of her life isn’t that she works in a graveyard—it’s the fact that her best friend is an Angel named Dina. They have lived thousands of years together, but as a mortal, Maggie must die, leaving Dina to find her in each new life and start again.

Someone has been setting fires, and the town is ablaze—literally. Someone or something…

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New Release, Author Interview, and Book Review: The Dating Tutor by Melissa Frost

Published by beckymmoe on 10/01/2013

Just in time for their big birthday bash, Evernight publishing brings you a new Evernight Teen title–Melissa Frost’s The Dating Tutor!     The blurb: Ellie is hardly the most sought after girl at Noble High, so she is completely surprised when the boy most likely to become prom king asks her out. Her short-lived glee quickly turns to panic as she admits to herself that she doesn’t know the first thing about dating. After a fair amount of wheedling, she convinces her best friend and hockey star, Alec, to tutor her in the ways of love. Only once things…

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What I’m Reading: Week in Review (9/21/13)

Published by beckymmoe on 09/21/2013

It’s official–fall is here. I’d be more bummed, except that in this case it means we’re that much closer to the day we leave for the Baltimore Book Festival! Yes! It’s almost here! We’ll be spending this week packing, doing laundry (thank goodness for audiobooks!), and planning which talks and workshops we want to go to…oh, and school, of course. Can’t forget school. Though sometimes we’d like to–especially during the week of Parent Information Night. I’m going to really earn those personal days this week. But I digress…. I read the two books in Sarah Mayberry’s Matthews sisters series–Her Favorite…

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