Choke, Book #2 in the Breathless Novelette Series by S.R. Johannes is now available!

Choke, the second book in the Breathless Novelette series, is now available! If you love dystopian/science fiction stories, you need to check out this series. S.R. Johannes makes this world come alive and after reading Suffocate, the first book, you will want to get your hands on Choke right away.

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Suffocate #1 in The Breathless Novelette series

Suffocate is the first novelette in THE BREATHLESS series. It is a 15,000 word young adult thriller that combines the dystopic and science fiction genres.

For centuries, the world outside the Biome has been unlivable. Today, marks the first time anyone will attempt to leave the suffocating ecosphere. Eria is not worried because her scientist father has successfully tested the new Bio-Suit many times.

It's a celebratory day until something goes horribly wrong. In the midst of tragedy, Eria uncovers a deep conspiracy in her perfect bubble. If those responsible find out what she knows, they won't stop hunting her until she takes her last breath.

The 2nd novelette in the series, CHOKE, is scheduled for June 2013. The 3rd, EXHALE, is scheduled for Winter 2013.

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Choke, #2 in The Breathless Novelette series

When Eria escapes her home in the Biome, she uncovers more about her features and specifications as a HumaNot. Following her father's instructions, Eria embarks on a journey into a dangerous and unpredictable world.

Along the way, she encounters a young rebel, Dirk, who explains he's from the Anarchy, an underground human resistance rising up against the BOTs--advanced man-made robots gone wild. Together, Dirk and Eria battle underground serpents, desert dingos, sand storms, and advanced Bots that are always hot on their trail. As they become closer, Dirk reveals his hatred of machines, forcing Eria to hide the secret of what and who she really is.

When the truth of her identity comes out, Eria is forced to become the very thing she hates the most.

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Precious Things by Stephanie Parent is now available!

It's finally here! Stephanie Parent's brand new novel Precious Things is now available for purchase on both Amazon and Barnes & Noble. I've been anxious to read this one. Here's the synopsis:

Isabelle Andrews isn’t supposed to be here. She isn’t supposed to be a freshman at Hartford Community College, she isn't supposed to be living at home and working at her dad’s failing bakery, and she definitely isn’t supposed to be taking Intro to Electronic Music Production, a class that will get her nowhere toward her goal of an English Lit Ph.D. by age twenty-five. But when her dad’s latest business fiasco eats up her college fund, Hartford Community College is exactly where Isabelle finds herself—and thanks to her late enrollment, she doesn’t even get to choose her classes. Stuck with Electronic Music and way-too-easy English courses, Isabelle is determined to wallow in all the misery she feels entitled to.

But community college brings some unexpected benefits…like the fact that a certain overworked, over-scheduled Electronic Music professor hands over most of his duties to his teaching assistant. His tall, green-eyed, absolutely gorgeous teaching assistant. When TA Evan Strauss discovers Isabelle’s apathy toward electronic music—and, well, all music—he makes it his mission to convert her. The music Evan composes stirs something inside Isabelle, but she can’t get involved—after all, she’ll be transferring out as soon as possible.

Still, no matter how tightly Isabelle holds on to her misery, she finds it slipping away in the wake of all Hartford Community offers: new friendships, a surprisingly cool poetry professor, and most of all, Evan. But Evan’s dream of owning his own music studio is as impractical as Isabelle’s dad’s bakery, and when Evan makes a terrible decision, everything Isabelle has gained threatens to unravel. Soon Isabelle discovers that some of the most important lessons take place outside the classroom…and that in life, as in Evan’s favorite Depeche Mode song, the most precious things can be the hardest to hold on to.

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About The Author

Stephanie Parent is a graduate of the Master of Professional Writing program at USC and attended the Baltimore School for the Arts as a piano major. She moved to Los Angeles because of Francesca Lia Block's WEETZIE BAT books, which might give you some idea of how much books mean to her. She also loves dogs, books about dogs, and sugary coffee drinks both hot and cold.

Side note: Every time I saw the title of this book, the Depeche Mode song started playing in my head. ^_^

So, what are you waiting for? Get your hands on a copy today!

You want it? It's yours, my friend. As long as you have enough rupies.

You know I'm a nerd when I start quoting things from old Zelda games. I believe I'm a little slap happy at the moment, dearies. I was up until after 3 AM last night (which is Friday night) and slept in until 11:39 AM (today, Saturday). I was writing and reading, since I couldn't clean my room or else I'd wake my mom up.

ANYWAYS. That is not the point of this article. The point is something entirely different.

It all starts with giveaways. I love giveaways. I love when my fellow bloggers run giveaways. Almost everything about the giveaways is epic awesomeness. Except for one thing... Often, a lot of these giveaways feature new releases. And when they feature new releases, you can't help but enter. Chance to win a new release in a giveaway? HECK YEAH! None of us can avoid the temptation. Little do we know we have now fallen into a trap.

A trap? Whatever do you mean, Jessica?

The "I have to wait until this giveaway ends to know if I've won the book or not so I know whether I can place an order for this book" trap. You know you've been there. Waiting on the edge of your seat. Counting down the days until a giveaway ends. Sometimes you can't remember how many giveaways you entered or on which blogs so you can't find all the links to figure out when they all end so you know when you haven't won. And it's a flipping book you've been wanting FOREVER and counting down the days until it gets released so that you can finally hold it's beauty in your hands and hug it to your chest with delight. Which makes you so antsy that you're bouncing around in your chair at the computer with a cart full of books on Barnes & Noble staring you in the face, saying, "Buy me... buy me... BUY ME!!!"

And then you yell out, "I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE!" and close the tab.

*sigh* Time to calm down.

It seems like a never-ending battle. I suppose owning two copies of the same book wouldn't hurt. I mean, I could let a friend borrow it. Or I could offer it in a giveaway of my own... and let somebody else suffer through the torture of WAITING. Mua-ha-ha...

But for now, I'm going to be good and wait. I don't need these books immediately anyway. Waiting another week or so won't hurt. Plus, my checking account might thank me.

How about you? 

Have you ever been there before? What do you do? Do you suffer through endless days patiently or do you freak out? Do you place orders even when you're waiting on giveaways to end for the same books? Let me know in the comments below!