Book Blogging Rocks!

I feel so proud and lucky to be a book blogger!

As you may know my first blog tour just wound down this week and I am so thrilled with the results I could just cry! Not only did my blog stay very busy every day of the tour, I found that many of you who passed through downloaded Soul Quest over at Smashwords using the free coupon. I can't describe how exciting it feels to know that my book has reached that many more hands and I hope that if you enjoy it you will tell the world about it (pretty please!). Just having published my first book in February of 2011 I'm still fairly new to the indie scene and I want my book/s to reach as many readers as possible so they can fall in love with my characters just as I have.

As if this isn't enough to make me happy, I've noticed that my sales have experienced a little boost this week on Amazon (even with the freeby offer at Smashwords, I know, amazing right?). So, THANK YOU SO MUCH to my wonderful tour hosts, my followers, my host's followers, all book bloggers, reviewers, our almighty God, the universe... You feel what I'm sayin' right? I love you guys and I hope you can feel the love as you read this post.

Speaking of feeling the love, I've got even more to extend...



I received this awesome blog award from Stephco @ A Girl and her Diary. Thank you so much Stephsco for this fantastic honor!

The Liebster Blog Award is given to blogs with fewer than 200 followers. I’m getting pretty close to 200, yay! I love blogging and meeting new friends every day online. Whether you are an author, reviewer, book lover, vampire or an angel, I love you all and can’t wait to meet you.

Stephsco, the lovely blogger who bestowed upon me the honor of this award, was speculating the origins of the name, Leibster. She wondered if the award was named after a person and concluded that the name would make a great name for a character in a novel. I must concur. How about Flash Leibster? …whiz kid by day, super hero by night. He could be a modern day Spiderman in goth – computer hacker form.


Anyway, I'm passing the Liebster forward to these 5 bloggers:
1 – Patti Larsen @ Patti Larsen
2 – Heather Cashman @ Better off Read
3 – Gabrielle Phillips @ Gabrielle Phillips
4 – Hannah E. Carson @ Hannah E. Carson
5 – Kenya D. Williamson @ Kenya D. Williamson

I hope you all continue to pass on the love. Here are the guidelines:
1 - Thank the person who gave you this award and link back to them.
2 - Reveal your top 5 picks and let them know by leaving a comment on their blog.

3 - Copy and paste the award on your blog.
4 - Have faith that your followers will spread the love to other bloggers.
5 - And best of all - have blogging fun!

The Young Adult Indie Carnival!

Scroll down to the next post for information about the Soul Quest Blog Tour.

Welcome to The Shootin' Gallery and the fourth post in the YA Indie Carnival. The carnival is designed for authors, readers and reviewers of YA Indie books. Each Friday this team of YA Indies will post on a common theme.



Today's post theme is, Three Indies we are currently reading. I really love this post theme because I get a chance to brag about my indie friend's great reads (...more than usual).

Well, for starters I just finished reading a great book by a fellow named Matt Xell. His book is titled Tower of Parlen Min. It was a great read that kept me on the edge of my seat from cover to cover. I would say Tower of Parlen Min is a cross between Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief and The Hunger Games. Here is a link to my review on Goodreads.


Goodreads description:
Ves Asirin wins a trip to the Tower of Parlen Min. There, with 19 other children, he competes in the Sword Challenge; a series of puzzles and tasks, for $12 million. As fantastic and glorious as the tower seems to be, Ves finds that it keeps a dark and secret history that he has been connected to for over 150 years, a secret that will define his destiny ... if he can escape 'The shadow'.

Currently, I am reading J. L. Bryan's Jenny Pox #1. So far I am really enjoying this book. It is the first of Mr. Bryan's work that I've ventured into and he already has me caught up in Jenny's mysterious and poisonous plight.


Goodreads description:
Jenny has a secret. Her touch spreads a supernatural plague.

She devotes her life to avoiding contact with people, until her senior year of high school, when she meets the one boy she can touch, and she falls in love.

But there's a problem--he's under the spell of his devious girlfriend Ashleigh, who secretly wields the most dangerous power of all.

Now Jenny must learn to use the deadly "Jenny pox" she's fought her entire life to hide, or be destroyed by Ashleigh's ruthless plans.

Not recommended for readers under sixteen due to mature content.

Last, but not least, my next indie paranormal romance read will be Addison Moore's Burn, the third book in her Celestra series. I was thrilled with Ethereal and Tremble and have no doubt that Burn will be absolutely brilliant. I must confess, however, I am hopeful that Logan will win Skyla's heart (... sorry Gage). To read my reviews of Ethereal and Tremble select the highlighted links.


Goodread description:
Sixteen year-old, Skyla Messenger is having difficulties with the living and the dead.

With Chloe’s diary in her hands, Skyla embarks into the mind of one of Paragon’s most twisted former residents.

After accidentally kick-starting the faction war, Skyla finds herself in more danger than ever before. So, when Marshall offers her a taste of the gift of knowing, Skyla attempts to use it to alter the outcome of future prophesies.

And now that Skyla’s love life seems to involve one boy too many, she must choose who to be with. If she waits too long, the decision just might be made for her.

Well, those are my indie reads for now... the list keeps on growing (thank goodness!). What are yours?

Make sure you make your way around to the other fascinating carni's booths in the YA Indie Carnival. You can find their links below. Enjoy the amusements!

Before you head off to the next booth in the carnival please don't forget about...

The Guardians of Souls Blog Tour August 25th - 31st.

The Guardians of Souls, Book Two in The Soul Quest Trilogy. It is available on Amazon NOW!

Carnival of fun!

The Ferris Wheel
Dani Snell: An awesome reviewer.
http://www.refractedlightreviews.com

The Rockin' Roller Coaster
Patti Larsen: Author of The Ghost Boy of MacKenzie House, and The Diamond City Trilogy.
http://pattilarsen.blogspot.com/


The Kissing Booth
Courtney Cole: Author of Every Last Kiss, Fated, Princess, and Guardian. Also a contributing author in The Glassheart Chronicles.
http://courtneycolewrites.wordpress.com/

Cotton Candy Corner
Wren Emerson: Author of I Wish and a contributing author in the upcoming anthology that I am participating in (The Glassheart Chronicles).
http://wrenemerson.wordpress.com/

The Fun House
Nicole Williams: An indie author of paranormal fiction. Her titles include: Eternal Eden, and the upcoming Fallen Eden. She is also participating in the Glassheart Chronicles. Here is the link to my review on Goodreads.
http://nicoleawilliams.blogspot.com/

The Dunking Booth
Fisher Amelie: Author of The Understorey, as well as a contributing author in The Glassheart Chronicles.
http://fisheramelie.com/blog/

The Carousel
Laura Elliott: Author of the recently released Winnemucca!
http://www.laurasmagicday.wordpress.com

The Haunted Castle
Rachel Coles: Author of Diary of a Duct Tape Zombie, Whistles, Beergarden, Plagues, Bees of St. John, and Mushrooms.
http://rachelcoles.wordpress.com/

Hayrides!
T.R. Graves: Author of Warriors of the Cross.
http://thewarriorseries.blogspot.com/

The Face Painting Booth
Cydni Tefft: Author of Between
http://ctefft.blogspot.com/

The Fortune Teller
P.J. Hoover: Author of Solstice
http://pjhoover.blogspot.com
Congrats to P. J. for her recent book trailer award for Solstice!

Popcorn and Caramel Apples!
Alicia McCalla: Author of Breaking
http://www.aliciamccalla.com/

Pony Rides!
Heather Cashman: Author of Perception
http://heathercashman.com/better_off_read/

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