Top 5 - High School Movies

It's time to have a little fun with a TOP 5!

I am a huge fan of High School movies. I absolutely love them, so choosing a Top 5 was really tough. I had so many on my list!! But I think these are my favorite :)

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So how about you? What are your Top 5 High School movies?

And the winner of the Anna Cruise giveaway is...

Megan Stietz!!

Congratulations, Megan. I've sent you an email with further details.

This week features the lovely Tara West. She is giving away some awesome swag for the Weekly Winner giveaway. Yay! Thanks for your generosity, Tara :)

On Thursday I am sharing my Top 5 High School Movies. Can't wait to find out what yours are too!!

Enjoy the rest of your weekend everyone!

Top 5 - Series That Sucked You In

Every now and again you stumble across a series that totally sucks you in. You get to know the characters so well they become like family. You think about them when you're not reading and when you get to the end, you're just that little bit sad because you want to remain in their world.

You know the ones I mean?

So - which series have done that for you?

Here are my Top 5

The Chesapeake Bay Series by Nora Roberts

The Twilight Series by Stephanie Meyer

The Perfect Chemistry Series by Simone Elkeles

The Greystone Series by Taylor Longford

The O'Malley Series by Dee Henderson

What are the Top 5 series that sucked you in?

And the Weekly Winners of the Patti Larsen Giveaway Are...

Angel Lawson,

Alexandru Rusu

and

Book Chatter Cath!!

Congratulations to the three winners!! Patti Larsen will be getting in touch with you directly to organize the receiving of your gifts.

Next week we have another good line up with a showcase and giveaway for one of my favorite YA authors - Simone Elkeles!!

We also have the first Top 5 for the year.

I hope you're all having a brilliant weekend and I look forward to seeing you again on Monday :)

xx

Author Highlight - PATTI LARSEN

It is my total pleasure to have Patti Larsen visit YAlicious today. When I was first starting out in the indie publishing world, I read a post by her that totally inspired me and I've been watching her progress ever since.

Author of a myriad of books, Patti Larsen is Purely Paranormal and an author who has done all us indie's proud.

Today she is visiting with two Top 5's and thanks to her amazing generosity has also provided the Weekly Winner prize pack for not just one, but THREE people.

Thank you so much for joining us on YAlicious today, Patti. It's awesome to have you :)

About Patti Larsen:

You’re not looking for my polished bio, huh? You sure you want more? The real dirty, down deep, nitty gritty? Fair enough. Here goes: I’m a card-carrying nerd. It’s taken years to admit it. I’m also a hermit in a writing basement who prefers solitude to people (cats always welcome). I’m a writing fiend who hears the voices of teenagers and blushes at the S-E-X parts. I don’t sleep very well. Ever. My mind is too busy. I am a feline loving married woman who could easily end up a crazy cat lady if my husband would let me. I am a paradigm shifter, a believer in self and my own personal power. I see everything in black and white until the gray is explained to me. I am a fiercely loyal friend, a confidant and a Tarot card reader and intuitive. I am a proud geek fangirl, a total dweeb and can’t dance to save my soul. I am terrified of heights and challenge that fear every chance I get. Oh, and I’m the Creator. The Queen of my own Destiny. I love that.

You can find me all over the Internet

www.pattilarsen.com

Five of My Favorite Characters

This was actually very hard and I had to force myself to choose only characters who had their own series.

1. Sydlynn Hayle, hands down. Though she resists her power at first, who wouldn’t want to be a teen witch with tons of power and two hot guys vying for you?

2. Reid from the Hunted series. No matter the circumstances, he never quits, never gives up and looks out for those who need him.

3. Trio (Clone Three), partly because she’s so determined despite how broken she is. Memory lost, she perseveres, even learns to love in a post-apocalyptic world dying around her. Tragic but heroic.

4. Auburdeen Hayle, great-great-great grandmother of Sydlynn Hayle. She’s funny, brave and adventurous. I love how she throws herself into danger without thinking about the consequences.

5. Fresco Conte’s journey always breaks my heart, from a football hero to a drug addict dying on the street, his strength and determination still surprise me.

*****

You can find all of my top five characters in Purely Paranormal, a collection of first books in five series:

http://bit.ly/purelyparanormal

Five things I Love about my Job

1. Working from home, so on icy cold days I can stay inside and be toasty warm (can you tell it’s winter in my part of the world?)

2. Being a creator, exploring worlds and lives I would never have the chance to experience.

3. Meeting amazing readers and other fabulous writers (thanks for having me, Melissa!) and especially finding out authors you admire like your work, too :)

4. Being in control of my own destiny, being my own boss. It’s amazing.

5. Making a living doing what I always wanted. What’s not to love?

I couldn't agree more. I feel lucky every day to be writing :)

Thank you so much for sharing a piece of yourself with us and thank you for your generosity, Patti.

If you'd like to win an e-copy of Purely Paranormal, plus one of Patti's pendant key chains, please enter the giveaway below. Winner will be announced on Sunday.

If you'd like to connect with Patti online, you can find her on:

Facebook: www.facebook.com/pattilarsenauthor

Twitter: www.twitter.com/PattiLarsen

Website: www.bit.ly/pattilarsen

And you can sign up for new release updates: www.bit.ly/pattilarsenemail

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What Do You Want To Achieve In 2014?

I've always been a goal setter. I like to have something to aim for and I love that sense of achievement when I can cross something off my list. I also love the sense of directions goals give me.

So - in regards to YAlicious this year...here are some of my goals:

- Although this blog is called YAlicious, I have started to include some New Adult novels as well. I have read some fantastic NA novels lately and I want to be able to include them on this blog, so my goal is to include a wider variety of books and authors this year. I will still continue to talk movies occasionally as well - I just can't help myself ;)

- I want to continue inviting amazing authors to visit. It's been so cool featuring all these great books and highlighting new writers for you to discover. This will continue to be the main focus of this blog.
If you have any authors you absolutely love, let me know, I'd love to have them visit YAlicious.

- I want to continue with some of the special features - Cover Love, Discussion Time, Book Reviewer Interviews. I'm also going to introduce two new features this year - Top 5 & The Monthly Awesomeness Award.
If you are a book reviewer and would like to tell us a little about yourself in the interview feature, please let me know. I'd love to have you.

- Another initiative I want to start this year is Weekly Winner. Most Mondays I will be featuring an author and one or two of their books. These features will always be accompanied with a giveaway and each Sunday, a Weekly Winner will be chosen.

- And because this is my blog, I will still continue to highlight what's going on in my writing world ;)

Have you set any goals for yourself this year?
If so, I wish you the best of luck in achieving them.

And because it's Monday, let's start our first giveaway of the year.

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