Cover Reveal - Pick and Choose

As there was no BOTW this week, here are a selection of book covers from the Pick and Choose list that were randomly chosen for a showcase.

Click on the book covers to go to the book page on wattpad.

         

 

         

         

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Nomination period: Monday - Friday every week

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Saturday Current Reads

2017:

Our Kind of Love by Shane Morgan
The Empty Room by Sarah J. Clemens
Laura Monster Crusher by Wesley King
Written in Bones by James Oswald
Agoraphobic: Inside Out by Sara Secora
Annabelle and Aiden: Oh The Things We Believed! by JR Becker
The Magician's Workshop by Christopher Hansen
Can't Buy Forever by Susan Laffoon
We Thought We Were Invincible by Michelle Lynn
Into a Blue Moon by R.A. Desilets
Dalysian Hope by Jamie Summer
Alpha Kaden by Midika Crane
Kissing Max Holden by Katy Upperman
The Brothers Three by Layton Green


2016:

The Cilantro in Apple Pie by Kimberley Nadine Knights
Supremacy by Christin Lee

Infinite Time by HJ Lawson
The Summer that Melted Everything by Tiffany McDaniel
Lost Amidst the Cosmic Storm by Mike Phillips
Black Water Tales: The Unwanted by JeanNicole Rivers
Blood Symmetry by Kate Rhodes
As Wings Unfurl by Arthur M. Doweyko
4Ever Girl by Marian Cheatham
Deliverance by Kristy Centeno
Stormwielder by Aaron Hodges
Wucaii by Pembroke Sinclair
Dream Faces by Steve Shanks
The Ascension by Lauren Hudson
Membrane by Michele Corriel
A Character in Reality by Nicholas Bridgman
Hydro (Aurelia, Book 1) by A.C. Waltower

BOTM - Wake Up Call by Victoria Ashley

Wake Up Call

Avery Hale had spent her whole childhood abused by her drunken, hopped-up parents. Broken from a lifetime of hate and pain she grew up realizing that trust and love just didn't exist. Not in her world at least.

At the age of eighteen, she packed up and moved far away determined to escape her hurtful past and start a new life. Once on her own she comes to the conclusion that the emptiness still exist. Doing what she had to to survive she found herself mixed up in exotic dancing, drinking and meaningless sexual relationships unable to feel anything, for anyone. She was sure that her life was worthless and there was nothing left for her. On the other hand, so she thought.

After meeting a beautiful stranger, Jace, her life suddenly is turned upside down. Everything that she truly believed suddenly gets questioned and then she is left to figure out if there is really more to her than she could ever have imagined. Can the love of another broken person be enough to help Avery, or is she already too far gone?

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Interview

1. Please tell the readers a bit about yourself.

My name is Victoria, and I’ve been writing for about 2 years now. I’m working on publishing my story Wake Up Call and am looking forward to writing my next big romance. I live in Rockford with my boyfriend, Will, and our two cats, Ace and Puma. They are little brats, but I love them. My boyfriend included. I work at a hardware store and in my spare time, I enjoy reading and writing. I’m a huge fan of “The Vampire Diaries”, “True Blood”, and “Teen Wolf” and I try my hardest to be sure that I never miss an episode. Oh and I’m obsessed with chicken. It’s my favorite. Well, mostly the chicken skin, so if anyone eats chicken around me, I steal their skin when they’re not looking. I almost always get caught.

2. What types of books do you write?

I enjoy writing romance. It seems to be the easiest for me. I’m working on a fantasy story, but of course it will be full of romance. Can’t live without it.

3. How many books have you written?

I’ve written about 11 books, but only five are completed. Wake Up Call is my only completed book that I feel is written well. The others were kind of written in a rush. I’m going to change that with my new stories. No more writing rushed stuff.

4. What movie and/or book are you looking forward to this year?

I’m looking forward to reading “Wake” by Amanda Hocking. I just ordered it and I’m waiting for it to come through mail. I’m in the middle of reading her Trylle Novel now and they’re really good. She was a self-published author and just got picked up by a big company. And for movies, pretty much anything that involves Ryan Gosling, Ryan Reynolds, Jason Statham or Alex Pettyfer. I love them.

5. What type of books do you enjoy reading?

I really enjoy reading Fantasy, Vampire, and anything that has to do with Romance. For a while there I was stuck on only Vampire books. I couldn’t get away from them, but then I started reading on Wattpad and started writing my own romance stories.

6. If you were stranded on a desert island what 3 things would you want with you?

If I were stranded on a desert island, I would have to have

1. A book, of course.
2. Some chicken or else I’d die.
3. And…this last one is hard. Probably my computer so that I could write, although, I suppose it wouldn’t work on a desert island. Can’t I just count paper and pen as one item, then?

7. Are you considering a sequel?

I don’t believe that I will be writing a sequel. I would only write a sequel to Fantasy work. Probably not for any of my Romances.

8. What inspired you to become a writer?

Actually, Wattpad inspired me to become a writer. I downloaded Wattpad so that I could read free books and I saw that you could upload your own work. I thought, why not? Therefore, I wrote my first story called “Some Roommate” and it got a lot of attention. It inspired me to keep going even though I didn’t think it was all that great. So thank you everyone for standing by me and inspiring me to become a writer and to keep writing. If it weren’t for you guys, then I wouldn’t be self -publishing my work.


Excerpt

My heart stopped and suddenly it was hard to breathe. His voice always had that effect on me. It was like poison slowly running through my veins killing me bit by bit. Like a drug that I couldn’t get enough of even though I was almost down to my last breath.

Jace took a step forward and grabbed my hand. He slowly trailed his fingers over my face and backed me into the wall. My heart stopped again, if that was even possible. “You can’t leave,” he whispered. “I need you.” His warm breath kissed my lips as he bit his bottom lip and placed both of his hands around my face. They were warm and soft to the touch. Too big for my fragile face, although I wanted to bury myself in them. “Breathe. There is no one here except the two of us. Breathe,” he whispered.


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Author Spotlight - ShadowNinja21

Trapped Like Crazy

What happens if the one you love doesn't exist in your world? Eleonora Schneider is in her first year of college, determined to make a new life for herself after an unfortunate tragedy. While trying to start over, she meets Carlisle Evans, a sweet sophomore who is hell bent on befriending Eleonora and making her believe in true love. Just as Carlisle and Eleonora see hope, their relationship takes a big hit. One of them is trapped in a parallel universe and the other must race against time to save them. Faced with the possibility of death and much more, they both have to consider two very important questions. How far will they go to save the person they love? And which one of them is crazy?

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Interview

1. Please tell the readers a bit about yourself.
 
Im a writer(obviously) my favorite book I've written so far is The Boy In Suite 121 && Trapped Like Crazy.  I'm kind of a weird person that can't be easily figured out. I'm sarcastic, kinda monotone, dead serious person, yet I fan girled at the One Direction concert ! I'm such a quirky person ... But I don't think I've figured myself out quite yet. However,I love reading and writing it's something I love to do but my dream is to become a psychologist some day.

2. What types of books do you write?

I started writing Mystery/Thriller-Romances because I wanted to put my own twist on it. But as of late I've found myself more inclined to write Science Fiction-Romances. So I'm starting to venture into that.

3. How many books have you written?

Four at the moment, five if you count the one unpublished. I've actually co written 3 full length books, it's crazy. But no one will ever ever EVER read those full length books.

4. What movie and/or book are you looking forward to this year?

Insidious Chapter Two, I love a scary movie (:

5. What type of books do you enjoy reading?

Supernatural books, but nothing too cliche. I like plot twists. I'm a sucker for a good love story though !

6. If you were stranded on a desert island what 3 things would you want with you?

1. Phone
2. Food
3. Electricity

7. Are you considering a sequel?

I'm not sure yet, I haven't completely got the ending in mind yet. Trapped Like Crazy was actually a dream I had. So we'll all have to wait and see.

8. What inspired you to become a writer?

You know, I'm not sure. For as long as I can remember I've always had a story I wanted to write. I've been writing the last ten years, at least and it's just something I've always enjoyed and I want others to enjoy my writing as well.


Excerpt

“Carlisle! Stay awake, please. I need you to stay awake. Please, please don’t go.” I plead as tears rolled down my face. Why was this happening to me! Carlisle was all I had right now, I was afraid that if he fell asleep, he’d never wake up. I couldn’t deal with another loss.

“I can’t Elli, listen to me,” His voice is barely audible and I have to place my head closer to his mouth. “I’m going to be fine, but I cannot stay awake much longer.”

“Carlisle, please.”

“Lay on me, we’ll be okay, I promise.” He requests and I comply. I feel like there’s no hope for us anymore. We were going to rot in here. We didn’t know who committed us, all we knew was that I was admitted for self-mutilation as well as hallucinations and Carlisle was being treated for hallucinations. They didn’t treat me because I wasn’t resisting it. I told them I wasn’t having any hallucinations and the tests proved they didn’t. Carlisle didn’t comply so they assumed he was, that’s all I knew.

He put his arm around me and barley managed to kiss my head before he whispered, "We've got to get out of here."

I nodded in agreement.

The question was, which one of us were actually crazy?

August BOTM - Wake Up Call Scavenger Hunt

Read Wake Up Call and join the Scavenger Hunt for a chance to win

the bestselling title, The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han

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BOTW - Unworthy of His Love

 

Unworthy of His Love

Teen Romance

Book Blurb Wattpad

What happens when you grow up not having love, being told its only real in story books. 

When you think you're loved, only to realize its merely a sick joke. 

What happens when you love something, only to have it brutally taken away. 

And then finally to love someone, to care about someone, to trust someone. 

And have them love you back. 

Only to see the love disappear and turn into hate and disgust. 

Only to find out that you were never worth any of that love. 

It will cause your heart to be ripped out, to be shattered, and then finally - to stop.

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BOTW - My Angel

 

My Angel

Teen Fiction / Short Story

Book Blurb Wattpad

A story about friendship, love and family. A girl who devoted herself to take care of her sick twins sister and decided to push everyone away from her.

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BOTW - The Sun Worshiper

 

The Sun Worship

Teen Fantasy

Book Blurb Wattpad

Helga is a werewolf. The last of her line. The last of the Sun Worshipers. Her kind worship the Sun and the Sun god alone. She has been hiding and now that the Sun gives her the beam of light that shines her path, her fate, will she reveal herself? 

Fate says, it’s time to go. Fate says, it’s time to show. Fate says, she have to. Will she go according to her fate or will she go against it? 

The future of their kind depends on her.

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BOTW - Trapped Like Crazy

 

Trapped Like Crazy

Teen Science Fiction / Romance

Book Blurb Wattpad

What happens if the one you love doesn't exist in your world? Eleonora Schneider is in her first year of college, determined to make a new life for herself after an unfortunate tragedy. While trying to start over, she meets Carlisle Evans, a sweet sophomore who is hell bent on befriending Eleonora and making her believe in true love. Just as Carlisle and Eleonora see hope, their relationship takes a big hit. One of them is trapped in a parallel universe and the other must race against time to save them. Faced with the possibility of death and much more, they both have to consider two very important questions. How far will they go to save the person they love? And which one of them is crazy?

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BOTW - Duality

 

Duality

Teen Fiction / Short Story / Mystery

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BOTW - The Red String Of Fate

 

The Red String Of Fate

Teen Romance / Historical

Book Blurb Wattpad

During the Spanish Period in the Philippines, Teniente General Lorenzo De Caxias fell in love with the daughter of the Encomendero, Senorita Esperanza di Miguia. When the Encomendero’s family was executed, the 6 best officers of the Governor General have to shoot the family—including Lorenzo. Now, what will he be worth dying for—Spain or his love?

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It's BOTW Nomination Day!

It's Monday!

Nomination period: Monday - Friday every week

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BOTW - List #11

BOTW Week 11:

Author Spotlight - HannahRaeSong

Keep Calm and Carry On

Violet is alone. In another country, in the middle of a war. Her task is simple, but has she made a big mistake?

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Interview 

1. Please tell the readers a bit about yourself.

I am 18, from England, and heading to university next year to study

English Literature. Apart from reading and writing, I can often be found singing, especially folk music or songs from musicals. At the moment, I am obsessed with Les Miserables and Matilda the Musical!

2. What types of books do you write?

Anything that pops into my head really, I don’t tend to think about the genre. Keep Calm and Carry On is a sort of mystery/spy book but I don’t actually read much of that genre so it surprised me a bit that I ended up writing one. The first chapter was originally a short story for a competition, and I enjoyed writing it so I decided to see what happened to Violet next!

3. How many books have you written?

Not very many- I have ideas but I rarely actually write the whole book. Miss Havisham is my completed short story, and Keep Calm and Carry On is the book I am still working on at the moment. I am a bit of a perfectionist so it takes me a while to be happy with what I have written!

4. What movie and/or book are you looking forward to this year?

I am about to go and see Despicable Me 2 this afternoon, which I am really looking forward to! I would like to read ‘Perfect’ by Rachel Joyce, because I loved reading her first book ‘The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry’.

5. What type of books do you enjoy reading?

I find this question really tricky because I love all types of books. I am reading Les Miserables at the moment, and I have just finished reading Lady Audley’s Secret- but I also love lots of other books. Debi Gliori’s Pure Dead books and all of Roald Dahl’s are some of my favourites, and of course Harry Potter!

6. If you were stranded on a desert island what 3 things would you want with you?

1.  My family and friends
2. The Bodleian library
3.  Tea (oh, and food might be useful too…)

7. Are you considering a sequel?

I haven’t finished the book yet, so I haven’t thought about it- I will see how it goes…

8. What inspired you to become a writer?

I don’t remember ever not wanting to be a writer, so I am not really sure. Many books have inspired me- I suppose loving reading makes writing a natural step really. 

Excerpt

Violet walks down the street. She carries a handbag which contains coded messages. As Violet works, she is constantly on high alert. Her neck aches from twisting around too often to check no-one is following her. As she passes a shop window, she glances at it to check she is not being followed.

She rounds the corner. There are two routes she could take- one is much quicker, so she could complete her task faster. She is reluctant to take this route, as it goes down a small alley.

She decides to turn into the alley, get it over with. She is not safe anywhere, so she might as well. There is no-one there.

Her heels make a fresh, satisfying sound as they clop against the cobbles. Her breath is quick, shallow, afraid. The narrow walls feel too close together, squashing her, making the air around her feel more compressed, harder to breathe. She shakes her head- what nonsense! She reminds herself that she is an intelligent, capable adult and should be rational. She has greater things to fear than small spaces. Claustrophobia is not a commonly appreciated characteristic in a spy. She almost laughs at this thought, but laughter is such an alien thing to her now.

Two more feet and she'll be out into the open street again. She realises she has been tensing her shoulders, and they relax a little as her mind wanders back to England, back to feeling safe. One more step.

A hand clasps her shoulder.

BOTW - The Best Thing That Ever Been Mine

 

The Best Thing That Ever Been Mine

Teen Fiction/ Romance/ Short Story

Book Blurb from Wattpad

An argument that she heard from her parents and what happen after that made Tamia Samuel swore that she would never fall in love but what happen if she did? Will the history repeat itself or she will find her happily ever after?

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