Afextra New Release Date

Hi everyone! Afextra now has a new release date and it will be August 2014! Thanks for hanging in there with me. If you would like to request a review copy don't forget to send a request to swoonworthybooks@yahoo.com and remember all of the copies of Afextra are ebooks right now. Thanks! <3

Afextra Release Date

Hi guys! It's been a while since I updated you on all things Afextra. I've had some family emergencies come up recently that has caused me to not be able to devote as much time to gettting Afextra done as I would like. I'm unfortunately going to have to push the date back a couple of months. I will let you know the official new release date soon.
Thanks for sticking with me!

Facebook Page!

*GIVEAWAY ALERT* Hi guys, It's been a minute since I posted because my internet has been down. But it is up...for now and I wanted to announce that I started a facebook author page which is in desperate need of some likes. Therefore I am going to hold a 100 like giveaway! Once I reach 100 likes I will choose one random liker to recieve a swag pack complete with bookmarks, tattoos, and stickers from various YA authors. Also, the person who sends the most likes my way will recieve a swag pack, but please make sure the likers you send say who sent them. So overall there will be two winners! Please Share and spread the word! :)
http://www.facebook.com/pages/JD-Ravencroft/494606633911414?ref=hl

Afextra Blog Tour

Hey guys! So I wanted to announce that I am making plans to start a blog tour for Afextra. The blog tour will be called, "25 Days of Afextra." The tour is set to start May 1st and go until May 25th which is Afextra's release date. If you are a book blogger with 25 followers or more and think you might be interested in participating please email me at: goldenapplereviews@ymail.com. In your email let me know a date you might be interested in. I am hoping to make this blog tour HUGE to get the word around about Afextra. I am hoping to have two blogs post either an author interview, character interview,  review, or promo post a day. All of the ARCs of Afextra will be eARCs.I am planning to send the ARCs out aroung early to mid April so you will have plenty of time to read the book before your post. I hope to hear back from some of you guys out there. Thanks!

50 Follower Giveaway + Afextra Teaser!!!

Hi guys!!! Ah!!! I'm so happy! You help me get to 50+ followers! :D So as promised I have picked a giveaway winner to recieve the book swag combo pack! I also have a teaser from Afextra for you guys!!!


First things first. The winner of the giveaway is...Alise of Readers of In Wonderland! Congratulations Alise you have won a Perfection by J.L. Spelbring bookmark, a The Fallen Star and Darkness  Falls by Jessica Sorensen bookmark, and a Eternal Starling by  Angela Corbett bookmark, tattoo, and sticker. :)

New Cover Name

Hi guys! Just a little update to let you guys know that I am going to be publishing Afextra and working from now on under the alias J.D. Ravencroft. The cover maker has changed the name on the gorgeous cover for me. Just thought I'd let you guys know. :D

GIVEAWAY!

I know I already posted about the giveaway but this is just a reminder that after I reach 50 awesome followers I will be giving a swag combo pack! :D And just to clear up any confusion I am not giving away any copies of Afextra just yet. Some of my followers thought that this was a book + swag giveaway and just to be clear it is just swag such as bookmarks, tattoos, and stickers for books by fellow authors. I will be giving away ecopies of Afextra in the future but as of right now I am still finishing the book then I will be editing. :) SO press that follow button and you are automatically entered! And this is for US only.
WE ARE SO CLOSE! Yay!

The Forest of Hands and Teeth

Hi you guys! So It's been a minute since I posted here so I decided to sort of write a book review for a book a recently read, The Forest of Hands and Teeth. Before I do I just want to say that as an upcoming self-published author all the support and help I have gotten so far means so much to me. :)




Title: The Forest of Hands and Teeth
Author: Carrie Ryan
Publisher: Gollancz
Pages: 310
Publication Date: March 10th, 2009
My Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

*Potential Spoilers*
Goodreads Synopsis:

In Mary's world there are simple truths. The Sisterhood always knows best. The Guardians will protect and serve. The Unconsecrated will never relent. And you must always mind the fence that surrounds the village; the fence that protects the village from the Forest of Hands and Teeth. But, slowly, Mary’s truths are failing her. She’s learning things she never wanted to know about the Sisterhood and its secrets, and the Guardians and their power, and about the Unconsecrated and their relentlessness. When the fence is breached and her world is thrown into chaos, she must choose between her village and her future—between the one she loves and the one who loves her. And she must face the truth about the Forest of Hands and Teeth. Could there be life outside a world surrounded in so much death?

What I Thought:

The Forest of Hands and Teeth follows Mary as she and a few survivors from her village travel along a fence trying to find safety after the village was destroyed by zombies. TFHT is the first book to ever actually make me cry at the end. This book, to me, was so very powerful and amazing and depressing all at the same time. My heart seriously went out to Mary and the predicament she was in. It's like life just wouldn't give her a break!

The charcter I didn't like was Mary's brother. Even though the brother sort of redeems himself in the end he was just such a jerk to Mary through out the book that I just thought that he got what he deserved by the end. TFHT is the first zombie book I've ever read completely and I am sort of on the fence about reading another. At the end of TFHT I found myself balling like a baby. I did enjoy this book though...sort of..but I would only reccommend for serious zombie lovers.

Afextra Blurb!

So I have been asked by a few followers to post the blurb for Afextra. I hope you guys like it. Here it is...


Afextra (Gargyles Vs. Faeries, #1)

For her to live, he must die.

Lita Marr must choose between her life and the life of Kellen, the man she loves. He is the key to her race's survival, but she will do anything to be with him.

Kellen Fiametta knew the moment he saw Lita that he wanted her, but their love is condemned. In a world of shadows, unearthly beings, and betrayal, their love will be put to the ultimate test. Just how far will one go to save the other?

Afextra Cover Reveal!

Here it is! The gorgeous cover for Afextra created for me by Book Beautiful!!! I LOVE it!

Giveaway!

So, as of right now I have no followers, but I want to change that. :) So I am going to have a 50 follower giveaway! I am giving away a book swag combo pack to a randomnly drawn follower AFTER I reach 50 followers! My goal is to reach 50 followers by this weekend so if you guys help do that you could win! Once you press that follow button you are automatically entered. :)

Everyone is welcomed to participate the contest is open to US only. Sorry, international postage is costly.

My First Post!

Hello out there in the blog world! This is my first post on my new blog. I am getting ready to release my debut novel, Afextra in the next few months and I want to create as much buzz as possible! I am new on the author scene so I know it will take a minute to get established, but I am very excited about making new author/ reader friends. :) If you haven't already I'd LOVE if you added my book to your tbr list on goodreads! Here's a little bit about the book!


Afextra (Gargoyles Vs. Fairies, #1)

For her to live, he must die.

Lita Marr must choose between her life and the life of Kellen, the man she loves. He is the key to her race's survival, but she will do anything to be with him.

Kellen Fiametta knew the moment he saw Lita that he wanted her, but their love is condemned. In a world of shadows, unearthly beings, and betrayal, their love will be put to the ultimate test. Just how far will one go to save the other?

Goodreads link: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17103441-afextra

Thank you!