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By admin, on January 23rd, 2012
 Musing Mondays is hosted by Miz B at Should Be Reading – if you haven’t visited her site you should really check it out, it’s great!
This week’s musing asks…
Why do you think that the Young Adult genre is so popular with even the adult readers? Do you read YA books, yourself?
I used to ask myself the same thing. Being a Virtual Book Tour Coordinator with Pump Up Your Books/Literal Exposure I have had the opportunity (I have been doing this for years) to monitor the internet and follow lots of different blogs. The one that I have found to be the most dead set on what they will read are the YA bloggers. I never used to read too many YA books (I did not care for Twilight…sorry my friends) but I have changed my tune. The Hunger Games trilogy is one of my favorites and I am currently reading The Iron Fey series by Julie Kagawa..and loving it as well. I will read just about anything, but after perusing MANY different blogs/sites it seems as if there is a staunch rebellion by the YA book bloggers, they stand behind their genre and many of them choose not to read anything else, or blog about it is they do.
Why is it so popular with adult readers? I can only speak for myself but I do find them to be “easy” reads. It is not that the storylines aren’t good, or that the characters aren’t developed. They just seem easier to pick up than a book by someone like Stephen King. A prime example of a YA book that blew me away was Blue by Lou Aronica (you can read my review here). This book is still one of my favorite all-time reads and has such a fabulous story and characters that I fell in love with. I will continue to read whatever books sound good to me, and YA is certainly included in the mix!
By admin, on January 23rd, 2012
Join Abby Luby, author of the literal fiction novel, Nuclear Romance (CreateSpace), as she virtually tours the blogosphere February 6 -March 30 2012 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book!
About Abby Luby
 Abby Luby is a freelance journalist who, for over ten years, has covered nuclear power, particularly issues surrounding the Indian Point nuclear power plant in New York. Her articles have appeared in The New York Daily News, The Villager, The Westchester Guardian, The Real Deal, SolveClimateNews, The North County News and the Record Review. She also writes for the Poughkeepsie Journal, The Stamford Advocate/Greenwich Time, Valley Table Magazine, Roll Magazine, Hearst publications HealthyLivingCT, Living@HomeCT covering news, art, food and health. She teaches writing and literature at Marist College.
To find out more about Abby visit http://www.abbylu.com
To find out more about Nuclear Romance visit http://nuclearromance.wordpress.com
About Nuclear Romance
 In Nuclear Romance, a debut novel by New York journalist and writer Abby Luby, the tragic death of a 7-year old girl – after swimming at a beach across from a nuclear power plant – sets off a chain of events that involve a sports journalist, an anti-nuclear activist, a grieving mother and her son.A young woman reporter falls prey to a callous plant executive whose job depends on keeping the multi-billion dollar nuclear corporation viable. Set in the US Northeast, the terrifying story that unravels the cause of the girl’s death coincides with growing local anti-nuclear sentiment. The tension escalates after highly radioactive steam escapes from the plant, forcing a mass evacuation.
This novel grips readers’ imaginations with the tension and fear that surround many of today’s nuclear power plants, especially powerful in the aftermath ofJapan’s recent and still unfolding nuclear disaster.
Nuclear Romance Virtual Book Publicity Tour Schedule
 To Be Announced Shortly!
Abby Luby’s NUCLEAR ROMANCE VIRTUAL BOOK PUBLICITY TOUR will officially begin on February 6 and ends on March 30, 2012. Please contact Tracee Gleichner at tgleichner(at)gmail.com if you are interested in hosting and/or reviewing his book. Thank you!
By admin, on January 22nd, 2012
Join Thomas Waite, author of the thriller novel, Terminal Value (Marlborough Books), as he virtually tours the blogosphere March 5 – April 20 2012 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book!
About Thomas Waite
Thomas Waite is an author, entrepreneur and consultant whose writings have appeared in such publications as the Harvard Business Review and The New York Times and he has been featured in a wide variety of media, including CNN Mondy and a number of cable news programs. As an entrepreneur, he founded and co-founded two companies, including one that was sold to an Internet firm. He has consulted to dozens of technology corporations and other companies, and serves on the Board of Directors of others. He was born in the seaside town of Ipswich, Massachusetts, where his father was John Updike’s dentist. He attended the University of Wisconsin – Madison and Oxford University. He now lives in Boston, Massachusetts.
About Terminal Value
When Dylan Johnson sold his mobile computing business to TriumVant Consulting – a red-hot technology firm about to go public – he thought he and his partners would realize their wildest dreams. But before the deal is even completed, Dylan senses that something isn’t quite right. He should have trusted his instincts. He quickly finds himself marginalized and his partner and best friend Tony suspects that they are all caught in a sinister web of deceit. The very night of TriumVant’s wildly successful public offering, Dylan discovers his best friend dead – and is convinced he was murdered. Dylan forms a close alliance – and romantic relationship – with his former partner Heather and the two follow an electronic trail into TriumVant’s secrets…only to discover that the death of their friend is the result of a betrayal they never could have imagined.
Terminal Value Virtual Book Publicity Tour Schedule
TOUR STOPS ANNOUNCED SHORTLY
Thomas Waite’s TERMINAL VALUE VIRTUAL BOOK PUBLICITY TOUR will officially begin on March 5 and end on April 20 2012. Please contact Tracee Gleichner at tgleichner(at)me.com if you are interested in hosting and/or reviewing his book. Thank you!
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