Month: December 2017

[News Flash] December 31, 2017

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Sunday, December 31, 2017
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Congratulations to @LilySasson, winner of our #DebBallGiveaway of GOOD BONES by Maggie Smith.   Thank you so much to yesterday’s guest, JAMIE QUESTALL author of BY A CHARM AND A CURSE. Check out our interview here: Interview with @JaimeQuestall, Author of BY A CHARM AND A CURSE! https://t.co/plWzZnc9o9 — The Debutante Ball (@DebutanteBall) December 30, 2017   News from the 2018 Debs:   Cass Morris finished her copy edits, sent her dedication & acknowledgments in,…

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Interview with Jamie Questall, Author of BY A CHARM AND A CURSE

Saturday, December 30, 2017
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Today’s wonderful guest is Jamie Questall, author, graphic designer, all around badass human. We are so delighted to feature her on the blog today, and CANNOT WAIT TO GET OUR HANDS ON HER BOOK! It sounds absolutely amazing. Jaime Questell is a writer and graphic designer from Houston, Texas. She has also been a bookseller, a professional knitter, a semi-professional baker, and an administrative assistant. None of these jobs involved wrangling…

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Kaitlyn Loves Books

Friday, December 29, 2017
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Thus far this year I have read 101 books. I haven’t reached my goal of 111, and I probably won’t if we’re being honest, but I have read some really great books. Best Dystopia: Good glory, this book is so good. Gritty, beautifully and fully imagined, I have absolutely no complaints about this book. And Erin Bow is a delight of a human, which is also wonderful. Here’s the set…

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Julie’s Top Five Books of 2017

Thursday, December 28, 2017
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  I read a lot. Probably close to 200 books a year. I enjoy the great majority of books I read, some more than others. But it takes something really special to catapult it to the top of my list, to make it one of the books I push onto friends, insisting they need to read it right now, RIGHT NOW.   This year, I know I read more than…

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Kimmery’s Must-Read Books of 2017

Wednesday, December 27, 2017
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  Leonardo da Vinci (biography) by Walter Isaacson: A masterpiece befitting its remarkable subject, this epic tome about one of history’s most fascinating human beings is not a quick read. Nor is it a light one: aside from medical textbooks and coffee table art books, it’s the heaviest book I own. I nearly fell over when I first picked it up. But I’ve long been consumed with curiosity about da Vinci,…

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Lara’s 8 Favorite Books of 2017

Tuesday, December 26, 2017
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I decided to limit myself to eight books, because eight is my lucky number. Besides, many of us have a short attention span and ten books seems like too many. I selected three novels, two Young Adult, and three memoir.  Here are my Eight favorite books that came into print in 2017:   The novels: Beartown  by Fredrick Backman. This story could take place in any small town in any…

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Cass’s Favorite Books of 2017

Monday, December 25, 2017
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Merry Christmas to those who celebrate it! This week, the Debs are looking back at some of our favorite books of 2017. Choosing favorites is always tough for me when it comes to books, and limiting myself to 2017 releases only helped a little. But here goes — a few of my favorite reads from this past year: Roar, by Cora Carmack: This book absolutely blew me away. I picked…

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[News Flash] December 24, 2017

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Sunday, December 24, 2017
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Thank you so much to yesterday’s guest, Maggie Smith! If you haven’t already, enter the #DebBallGiveaway to win a copy of GOOD BONES. You can enter by sharing our post on Facebook and/or retweeting the following tweet: Interview with Maggie Smith + #Giveaway for GOOD BONES. https://t.co/Xc9ppMmbem pic.twitter.com/u5CcKnuOF5 — The Debutante Ball (@DebutanteBall) December 23, 2017     News from the 2018 Debs: Cass Morris is baking All The Cookies! It’s…

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Interview with Maggie Smith + Giveaway for GOOD BONES

As soon as I joined The Deb Ball I knew I wanted to ask Maggie Smith for an interview. Her poem, GOOD BONES, brought me to tears, as it did many of us. I saw we had several mutual Facebook friends in common, so I reached out to her with my fangirl heart beating rapidly. I  am unbelievably excited that she agreed to speak with us this week!   Maggie…

Saturday, December 23, 2017
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Winter Writing Zones

Friday, December 22, 2017
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I’m writing this on day 3 of a fever, so please excuse me if it’s super loopy. I get stir crazy being quarantined for this long, but I’d hate to get anyone else sick. I love my office. It’s a tiny room at the top of the stairs that I painted navy blue just before we moved into this house. I have a bitsy green velvet sofa and a phrenology…

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