When did you start your blog? I started my blogging in December of 2009 but moved to The Phantom Paragrapher and changed it and became more regular on July 17th 2010 Do you ever still feel like a newbie? Sometimes but it's getting better :) What has been the biggest challenge you’ve faced so far? Did you make any mistakes new bloggers can learn from? Overwhelming myself with book requests from authors wanting their books reviewed , I learnt from this by placing a Review Policy on my site and a review letter that I send back to authors who request my service as a book reviewer. What did you find most discouraging about being a new blogger? How did you deal with this? What do you find most encouraging? What can be discouraging, is that you see all these other awesome blogs with millions of people, really amazing layouts and you think your's looks plain compared to theres. You just try your hardest as you eventually will reach those numbers too :) If you could go back in ...

Looking for a fun light-hearted YA to read ? One that discovers the true meaning of What Guys Want ? Review: Babe in Boyland - Jody Gehrman-February 2011 Have you ever watched the film "She's the Man" starring Amanda Bynes and Channing Tatum ? The film where Amanda Bynes wanted so much to play soccer that she went undercover as her twin brother Sebastian and then ended up roommates with Channing Tatum and fell head over in heels with him , but of course had to keep up the act of being a dude. If so then you will love Babe in Boyland as we read Natalie , the main character has been writing as Dr. Aphrodite - the local school newspaper's advice queen. When she is backlashed severley by angry guys and boyfriends , she feels disillusioned but gets an idea - Why not write a story on What guys want and think ? The Guy's perspective of relationships and dating. So along with her two best friends Darcy and Chloe - the three of them hatch a plan for Natalie to go underco...

Have you seen the movie "The Love Guru" starring Mike Myers ? Ever thought you could learn love lessons from that movie. Well , with Mary Edwards at http://www.bestdatingsites.org/blog/2012/10-love-lessons-learned-from-the-movie-love-guru/  she shares with us the 10 Love Lessons to be learnt. 10 Love Lessons Learned from the Movie Love Guru Who says Hollywood doesn’t make socially redeeming movies anymore? Just take a look at Love Guru, the Mike Myers film. It’s loaded with romantic advice. In fact, we’ll list 10 love lessons you can learn from the movie Love Guru. Acts of kindness should never be motivated by expectations of reciprocal gestures. For instance, it’s OK if your Uncle Jack helps you off an elephant, but you really shouldn’t return the favor. Just saying. Until a man learns to love himself, he may only date three girls named Ann: Ann Visible, Ann Flatable, and Ann Job. Wisdom of Guru Pitka Part 1: “Intimacy is like putting your wiener on a table and having...

Are you a fan of Melody Carlson's novels ? If you are like me , then you would have made your way through her entire reading list, though I've made it my mission to find Looking for Cassandra Jane as everywhere I've looked so far is out of print :(. Today's review is the 4th book in the series "The Four Lindas". Review: Here's to Friends - The Four Lindas Book #4 - Melody Carlson - September 2011 Once upon a time , in the smalltown of Clifden , Oregon there lived four little girls all named Linda. The four girls ended up in the same class. The four girls decided to form a club named "The Four Lindas' and go by their middle names. Now Forty-Seven years later, the four Lindas are the best of friends and are known as Amy, Janie, Marley and Caroline. In this final book of the Lindas we discover that no matter what happens, good girlfriends can get you through anything from little things like joining the gym and completing the Circuit-training classes...

It seems that my blog has now become a site of not only book reviews etc but also for relationship articles and guest posts :) This one is written by Mary Edwards from http://www.bestdatingsites.org/blog/2012/10-fights-every-young-couple-has/ 10 Fights Every Young Couple Has If you are married you will totally get a kick out of remembering all the silly little fights you had as a newlywed and if you are a newlywed maybe these will be food for thought. If you are not married these will just be funny or they may come up if you live with someone. Check out 10 fights every young couple has. Toilet seat: Do you leave the toilet seat up or down? Does it matter? Speaking as a woman it most certainly does matter if you walk into the bathroom at night in the dark and go to sit down and fall in because the seat was left up. However, coming at it from the guy’s side why should he have to lift the seat and put it down every time he uses the bathroom and the girl doesn’t? So to make it ...

Wanting to discover a new Teen Book to read whilst you wait for the two biggest hits of 2012 to arrive according to TIME Magazine Insurgent and Pandemonium. Get ready to discover new teen author Em Bailey and her book "Shift".  Review: Shift - Em Bailey - September 2011 When I picked up Shift , I had no idea what it was about - just the cover seemed to attract me and I thought Hmmmm , that looks like it could be good and OMG it definitely was as I found myself hooked from the very first page , I could not put it down - once I got started , I wanted to read to find out what happened next. In Shift, we meet Olive Corbett , she used to be one of the popular chicks , the one who had it all until tragedy struck and she found herself in an institution. Returning back to school, all Olive has is her friend Ami and things are going her usual pace until two new students start at her school - a cute new boy named Lachlan who is hiding a secret and has the hots for Olive and new gir...

Press Release 20 th January 2012 ~ For Immediate Release Angry Robot Announces Strange Chemistry Launch Titles Strange Chemistry - the YA imprint of award-winning indie genre fiction publisher Angry Robot - has announced two deals that will help launch the list into publishing super-stardom. In a post on Strange Chemistry’s website – http://strangechemistrybooks.com – imprint editor Amanda Rutter has revealed that Strange Chemistry’s first two titles will be… Shift by Kim Curran About The Book: When your average, 16-year old loser, Scott Tyler, meets the beautiful and mysterious Aubrey Jones, e learns he’s not quite so average after all. He’s a ‘Shifter’. And that means he has the power to undo any decision he’s ever made. At first, he thinks the power to shift is pretty cool. But as his world quickly starts to unravel around him he realises that each time he uses his power, it has consequences; terrible unforeseen consequences. Shifting is going to get him killed. In ...