Cover Reveal Day!!!!!!!!!!!!!

*happy dance*

Over the next 24 hours, you'll be able to check out the cover for The Jelly Bean Crisis here:
The Bookish Brunette
A Pocket Full of Books
Lindsay and Jane's Views and Reviews
Moonlight Book Reviews
Chapter by Chapter
So Simply Sara  
Artsy Musings of a Bibliophile
A Diary Of A Book Addict
StuckInBooks
The Magic Attic
Storybook Escape
The Bookish Babe
Hackaroo's Reviews
Kindred Dreamheart
YA-Aholic
A Written Rhapsody
Unabridged Bookshelf
The Book Barbies
Froggarita's Bookcase
The Reading Housewives
Kindred Dreamheart
There is a Book in my Bag
Sim Sational Books
Book Loving Mom
My Cute Bookshelf
Totally Bookalicious

Thank you so much to my amazing tour manager Julie Brazeal, and to the super sweet bloggers who have jumped in to be part of the reveal!
 
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News

My fiction debut The Jelly Bean Crisis is on its way!

Insert squealing, fireworks, happy dancing, and jelly beans :)
Here's the info:
Publication: August 1
Cover* reveal: April 30 
Blog tour: August 6-11  
Sign up here.

And if you're on Goodreads you'll find it here.

* The cover is Phat Puppy Creations. Phat Amanda-Hocking-JL-Bryan Puppy, people!!!!

If you have any questions, shoot me an email :) 
Deep breath. Here we go!


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If Dreamhunter was a cake...

Dreamhunter by Elizabeth Knox
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Very Inception. Delicate and beautiful imagery. I was nearly 300 pages in before I realised that there hadn't been a love interest! And I still didn’t care! Lucky for me I have the sequel, because I really want to know what happens next!

And if Dreamhunter was a cake? It would be a raspberry lamington – delicate, intricate, deceptively easy, smooth, and (surprisingly) Kiwi.

One more week of NZ Book Month - have fun :)

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NZ Book Month: Thunder Road

Thunder Road by Ted Dawe

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

New Zealand YA fiction. Dark and shaken. Love the male POV, the Kiwi slang, the overall themes and feel of the book, and I really liked the ending. The content (drugs, cars, gangs) just made me sad... I guess I don’t mind crying over zombies and romance, but wasted lives just rark me up!


It's New Zealand Book Month! If you're in New Zealand, get your NZ Book Month voucher ($5 off your next book store purchase) here.

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New Zealand Book Month

It’s March! So, in honor of New Zealand Book Month, I’m reading some Kiwi YA. I have to admit, after years of reading, writing, and breathing US YA, the Kiwi slang is a fair jolt (and I speak it!)

If you’re looking to check out some New Zealand books, here are some ideas:

• For YA paranormal romance, check out Margaret Mahy’s The Changeover.*
  *Forgive the 80's cover and focus on the 600+ 4 and 5 star ratings on Goodreads :)
• For a poignant (& funny!) MG book, read See Ya Simon from David Hill. #gotaranaki!
• For a literary gut-wrenching, dive into Keri Hulme's The Bone People.

This month, I'm challenging myself with male POVs, drag cars, and science fiction. I'm reading Thunder Road (Ted Dawe), Smiling Jack (Ken Catran), and Dreamhunter (Elizabeth Knox). And of course, there's a whole lot of Hairy Maclary being chanted around the house!

Ooh, and if you are in New Zealand? You can get the NZ Book Month voucher for $5 off your next book store purchase here.

Happy New Zealand Book Month :)

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11 + 11 + 11 + 11 + 11

Okay guys, so I got tagged 5 times... That's 55 questions. The plan? 55 Pictures!

(Well, there were some questions where I got carried away, and some that doubled up, but you get the idea..!)

Thank you to my Taggers: Daisy, Gina, Chandara, Karina, Rossandra.

I give you (drum roll)..... 11 questions x 5 taggers x 1000 words* =Monster Answer Montage!

*Because apparently that's what a picture's worth..!


NOTE: The pics that have been removed will be replaced ASAP - thanks for your patience! 

I'm not going to tag anyone (!), but if something sparks for you, feel free to comment :) It's cool to see what we all have in common... Any fellow film fiends campaigning? Toastmasters? 80's kids? Griffon owners?

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Let's have wedges!

Hi! Welcome Campaigners, Wanderers, Readers - I’m so happy that you’re here :)

I'm Jolene and I like fizzy drinks, shiny things, superheroes, and wedges with everything.*  Ooh, and I'm a writer :) Pull up a chair - we'll eat and talk!

*Everything = sour cream, cheese, bacon, sour cream, chilli sauce, sour cream, and a sprig of parsley so it’s totally good for you :) Wait, did I say sour cream? 

My first non-fiction, Total Blueprint for World Domination (yay Goodreads giveaway ==>) is a motivational book for teens – creating a step-by-step blueprint to achieve a dream world!

I'd love to connect with you anywhere else you are on the Campaign-trail, so feel free to contact me via Twitter, Facebook, or email. And if you’re keen to review / give away my book on your blog, hit the tab up top and I’ll send you an e-copy :)

See you soon - we'll have ice cream!

Jolene :)

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