A Reading Daydreamer 

 

A Reading Daydreamer was started in January 2012 and is run by an enthusiastic book lover!  I've LOVED reading since I was little, thanks to the frequent trips to the library with my mum.  It has been a lifelong hobby and through my blog, I hope to encourage others to pick up a book that they can snuggle down with!  I review teen/YA books and I also like interviewing authors and fellow bloggers.  So far, I have participated in two blog tours and I am currently holding a Book Blogger Month, to showcase some of my favourite bloggers!  I hope you enjoy reading my blog :)

 

Email: areadingdaydreamer@gmail.com

Country: UK

YA Urban

YA Urban is managed solely by me (JP, short for John Paul), and I love everything about it: interacting in the YA literary world, being a part of blog tours, promoting books...and one of the best parts is, when you go to a book festival/workshop/conferance, people (including authors, because this happened to me!) recognize you from your book blog name and/or Twitter name! When posting reviews, I always give REASONS why I gave the book that certain number of stars. I get specific and mention different elements of the story, good or bad. You can email me or talk to me on Twitter (@jpmsull). :)

Country: USA

Email: juanpablo.m.sullivan@gmail.com

SYNC YA Lit Into Your Earphones: Free Audiobook Download Program

SYNC is offered 2 FREE audiobook downloads each week this summer to YA readers and listeners. http://www.audiobooksync.com/

(The publishers have given us amazing audiobook pairings in hopes of building the LISTENING audience for YA. No gathering of personal marketing info. No gimmicks. Just free.)

A fab YA title is paired with a Classic (often assigned for Summer Reading) along some grand and nefarious connection.

For example:

THE HUNGER GAMES by Suzanne Collins

THE LOTTERY by Shirley Jackson

The titles are delivered via Overdrive and can be used on almost any player.

All the titles have been donated by publishers as an audience builder for audiobooks. Why NOT listen to Lit? Right?

There are all sorts of tools for bloggers, twitter-ites, and librarians to chatter about SYNC here: http://www.audiobooksync.com/info.html