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About Stephanie Perry

Stephanie P. is a writer, editor, and blogger. Her secret shame is dystopian YA fiction. You can find her wherever the books and food are.

Book Trailer Review: Ruby Red

A trend we've been seeing lately is the "book trailer," a short web video advertising an upcoming or just-out book. Here's one I recently watched for Ruby Red, by Kerstin Gier (read my review of the book): While a one-minute-long animation can't go into much detail about the story, I think it gets the basic concept across pretty clearly: a teenage English girl suddenly faces the unexpected downsides (and possible romantic perks) of her newfound time-traveling powers. Sure, it sounds cool... but not if you have to learn a bunch of boring history, ditch the makeup and cellphone, and you can't [...]

2016-12-31T17:59:16-07:00May 25th, 2012|Tags: , , , , |

Dads, Grads, and Brides: Gifts They’ll Love

Look, I don't want to freak you out, but we're heading into a scary season of gift-giving. Between graduations, Father's Day, and the bridal shower/wedding/baby shower gauntlet, June gets almost all of us one way or another. What if I told you you could do it all without having to buy a single necktie? It's true! Books make excellent gifts, even for the people on your list that you don't traditionally think of as readers. Check out our summer gift-giving guide for some great ideas. Housewarmings, baby showers, get-well-soon: we've got you covered, we promise. So you might want to [...]

2016-12-31T17:59:16-07:00May 24th, 2012|Tags: |

Tell Me a Story

I've just started reading Subliminal: How Your Unconscious Mind Rules Your Behavior (out April 24), and while skimming through the promotional materials, I saw that the author, Leonard Mlodinow, will be appearing in person here in Seattle next month. Should I go? Should I go and have him sign the book and write a personal message to me?! Actually, I've never been to an author reading/signing at all, I realized. Seattle gets our fair share of big-name authors coming through to promote their books; often, these events are even free. I love free things — I even have a blog [...]

2016-12-31T17:59:17-07:00April 10th, 2012|
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