SEVEN Year Blogoversary Celebration + Giveaway!

Lady Reader’s Bookstuff is SEVEN!

You say it's your birthday

It's my birthday too--yeah

They say it's your birthday

We're gonna have a good time

I'm glad it's your birthday

Happy birthday to you.

Yes we're going to a party party

Yes we're going to a party party

Yes we're going to a party party.

I would like you to dance--Birthday

Take a cha-cha-cha-chance-Birthday

I would like you to dance--Birthday

Dance

You say it's your birthday

Well it's my birthday too--yeah

You say it's your birthday

We're gonna have a good time

I'm glad it's your birthday

Happy birthday to you. 

When I began blogging three years ago, I had absolutely no idea what I was doing. (To be honest, I still don't. I just kind of go with the flow and do my own thing.)

I have learned several things that are most awesome. I've seen things and experienced opportunities that I never would have imagined during the last three years. I've made friends that I otherwise would not and I've read more books than I can possibly count. 

Instead of me going on and on about what I've done (or haven't for that matter) I'm going to show you some of my favorite things and then we'll get to the goodies. 

Author events! 

The very first Author Event I attended was for Richelle Mead. I had no clue who she was and didn't own the 3 previous books in the series. 

From there I went on to attend several events. Eventually, I began to moderate and interview the authors.

Richelle Mead 

Nick Lake

Dan Wells, Claudia Gray & Lauren Oliver

Claudia Gray, Lauren Oliver & Me

Claudia Gray, Lauren Oliver & Me

Shannon, Alli & Lori

Claudia Gray, Lauren Oliver & Me

Shannon, Alli, Lori, Kelsey, Vania

Dan Wells & Tiffani

 

 

                                   

I’ve met some of the best people ever!

 

   

*Ann Marie Frohoff*

Meg Cabot, Lexi & Me

Meg Cabot, Lexi & Me

 

 

Why yes, I did participate in world book night 2013.

Can we say, “Favorite author, EVER”

Andrew Smith

Matthew MacNish & Me

 

Scott Westerfeld

Scott Westerfeld

Chance

Is That Lauren Myracle?

Lauren Myracle, Vania & Me

Ally Carter & Me

Sherrilyn Kenyon & Me

Dianna Love

Delilah Dawson & Carol Malcom

Kat Zhang

Kelley Armstrong

Kelley Armstrong & Me

Alyson Noel & Me

Lauren Kate & Me

Margaret Peterson Haddix & Lexi

Lisa McMann, Lexi & Me

Lisa McMann & Me

Andrea Cremer

Marie Lu, Andrea Cremer, Jessica Spotswood & Beth Revis

Marie Lu, Andrea Cremer & Jessica Spotswood 

I attended the Bloomsbury Event and had the awesome experience of not only chatting with the lovely women in the back but I also interviewed them. They were SO FUN!

Megan Miranda

Robin Benway & Me

Yelena Black

Katy Hershberger & Me

Megan Miranda & Me

Megan Miranda

Yelena Black & Me

Again, I was fortunate to attend the Pitch Dark Days Event, not only was I the "Official Blogger" and had the privilege of interviewing the authors, I also got to meet ALISON. The woman behind the scenes. Yes, I had a blast.

Alison Lisnow & Me

Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, Me, Tahereh Mafi & Veronica Rossi

Tahereh Mafi

Zac Brewer

Look who went to RWA2013!

Darynda Jones

Delilah Dawson

Marni Bates

Dianna Love

The best book club ever.

Katie, Kim, Karis, Liz, Sarah, Shannon,

Dawn, Alli, Ash, Tiffani & Me

CHICAGO!

My first event in Chicago!

Carrie Mesrobian & Me

Andrew Smith & Me

Matthew MacNish, Susan Kaye Quinn & Me

Me!

Christa Desir & Me

Terra Elan McVoy, Andrew Smith, Ted Goeglien, Christa Desir, and Carrie Mesrobian

Ann Marie Frohoff & Me

Amy King, Ellen Hopkins & Me

Cheryl Rainfield & Me

Ellen Hopkins, Carrie Ryan, Andrew Smith, Matthew MacNish, Ted Goeglein, Amy King & Random photo-bombers!

Amy King, Ellen Hopkins, Ted Goeglein & Me

Amy King, Carrie Ryan & Me

Andrew Smith, Ted Goeglein & Me

Ann Marie Frohoff, Ellen Hopkins & Me

Ann Marie Frohoff & Me

Amy King & Me

Ted Goeglein, Andrew Smith & Me

Ann Marie Frohoff, Ellen Hopkins & Me

Chris Shirley & Me

Ann Marie Frohoff & Me

Rose Garcia & Me

ummmm...

Aaron Hartzler & Me

 Ann Marie Frohoff & Me

 K.M. Walton & Me

Ted Goeglein, Lexi Del Rosso & Mikayla Doyle

Ann Marie Frohoff & Liam C. Johnson

 Ann Marie Frohoff,  Liam C. Johnson & Me

Els De Clercq & Me

Amy King, Els De Clercq & Me

Jonathon Arnston, Andrew Smith & Me

Jonathon Arnston, Andrew Smith, Zoe C. Courtman & Me

Andrew Smith & Me

Amy King, Matthew MacNish, Andrew Smith, Kriss Morton & Me

 The 3 Wise Men?

For our 7th year, I will be giving away a box of signed and un-signed books. To enter, please leave a comment - random or sincere. Your choice. Thank you for keeping me going and supporting Lady Reader's Bookstuff! 

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Grace Soloman’s life was just finding a new normal. As a single parent, there was little time for distractions - let alone dating. When a wedding invitation turns into a second chance meeting with a former lover, sparks ignite a fire. Kai Burton’s life was all about finding the rhythm as a drummer and it brought him fame and fortune – but his past has been tethered in heartbreak. Grace was the one that got away, and his determination to get her back brings an unforeseen crisis. Who knew memory lane could mean life or death? 

Release Day! LOVE AMPLIFIED (Heavy Influence, #3) by @frohoffwrites

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Love Amplified (Heavy Influence, #3)

By: Ann Marie Frohoff

Publisher AMF Publishing

Release Date: October 25, 2016

Pages: 176

Jake Masters is on the rise, sober and inspired. His solo music career has taken off and he's packed away his ugly skeletons - so he thought.

When a tropical rendezvous with Alyssa turns into an unexpected life-altering reunion, they must decide what's more important - their happily ever after or doing the right thing.  

Can it be both?

 

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Alyssa

There are things you can’t un-see…things that remain like thick burn scars,

always there to remind you of a fire you couldn’t run away from. Living in the same town as my rock star ex-boyfriend was one of them. Jake Masters, the love of my life and the torment of my existence had moved back from New York City, unexpectedly, and I had spotted him in the most unbelievable way.

Standing in the middle of the Manhattan Beach Pier the ocean waves crashed

against the pier piling, matching the pounding of my heart. My emotions churned like the blue water bubbling beneath me. I felt the heat of emotion rising up my neck. I kept blinking, not believing what I was seeing. I looked back at Nathan, who’d always been there for me during my darkest of days with Jake in high school. My friend Nathan, who became my boyfriend, back to friend, then turned fiancé. He was talking on his cell phone. He’d answered a call from his hospital intern program, stalling our all too serious marriage conversation.

Waiting for him to get off the phone I had leaned against the pier’s railing,

looking out over the sand. It was a warm spring Monday afternoon and there were more people on the beach than usual, too many kids ran around at the shoreline and I thought it must have been a school holiday.

That’s when I saw him – Jake. My hands trembled instantly and my legs grew

wobbly. I took in a deep breath to get a hold of myself. His shirtless back faced me. There was no mistaking him. The tattoo dedicated to me, angled over his left bicep and down his shoulder blade, taunted me. It was as if it were alive, its strands of hair waving back and forth as he dug in the sand next to a little boy and a woman with long black hair. I could see them clearly as I stood above them on the pier. They were building a sand castle. I turned away unable to believe it. I leaned my back against the railing, watching Nathan as he slowly walked toward me.

My handsome Nathan…maybe not mine anymore. I didn’t deserve him. I never

did. This was a sign. My heart would always belong to Jake. No man deserves a woman who would always pine for someone else.

What was I seeing?

I didn’t want to turn back to get another glimpse, but I had no control. I casually

glanced over my shoulder. Now I could hear their laughter as if they were the only ones on the beach and it shredded me to my core. Nathan finally made it to my side and I watched him as he rubbed his jaw, despondent. He’d flown in that morning, just to see me and to give me an ultimatum.

“Alyssa if we’re not gonna set a date this has to end…” - that’s what he’d said

right before his phone rang. I still couldn’t believe he took the call, maybe because he wanted me to suffer. I’d dragged our engagement out long enough. I looked back over my shoulder again. Seeing Jake play happy family made my stomach turn.

Who were they? That’s probably his new girlfriend – I thought, wondering whom

the kid was. Would Jake date someone with a kid? – Obviously. I felt the life rush out of me like the air in a punctured balloon as memories flooded through my mind, lingering on the things that caused our complete and final breakup. What the hell did I expect? Of course he’d move on with his life. I ended it so harshly and heartlessly, but he deserved my cold shoulder. He’d been sleeping with his deceased best friend’s wife, more than once. He was on drugs and not the person I wanted to spend the rest of my life with. I remembered the pain and hurt in Jake’s eyes when I threw the ring he’d given me, our promise of forever, in his face as if it happened yesterday.

I never looked back.

Nathan tucked his phone back in his pocket and I launched off of the railing,

grabbing him by the arm leading him away. I didn’t want him to see what and whom I was staring at. His face was still serious and his green eyes more somber. I knew the end was near, but not in the way I’d expected.

“Everything ok, with work?” I linked my arm through his. He sighed and pulled away from me. “Aly, what’s it gonna be?” I stopped to face him. “You want an answer now?” “Alyssa, you’re graduating. I…” He hung his head and my heartbeat was in my ears. “I met someone, Alyssa, and I’m interested in taking her out. If you’re not going to marry me…we both need to move on with our lives.”

The ringing in my ears made me dizzy. I watched Nathan’s face as he eagerly

looked at me for a response and all I kept hearing in my mind was – “…I met

someone…” “Nathan,” I crossed my arms, trying to figure out how I was feeling. I was both hurt and not surprised. “What you’re saying doesn’t make sense…” “Yes, it does…it came out wrong, Alyssa, I love you.” He was flustered and it made me feel worse about everything. “It’s about you not wanting to commit to a life with me...” he gulped, searching my eyes, “and I met someone in my program. I spend a

lot of time with her. She enjoys my company…and she made a comment that if I wasn’t engaged, she’d ask me out. It was a simple, flirtatious comment, yes, but it got me to thinking…since you won’t commit to a wedding date.”

Sadness and guilt gutted me. 

“Nathan you knew…” “I know.” He interrupted, frustrated. “I’ve grown tired of hoping you’ll come around, Alyssa. I’m ready to start my life with someone. I know we’re young but I wanna build a life with someone from nothing and I wanted that to be you.”

Alyssa. He never calls me Alyssa.

“You don’t even wear the ring I gave you.” He continued. “I should have known

when you stopped wearing it.” His arms flew up in indignation. “I want you to be happy. I want to be happy. I thought I could be something better in your life. I thought I could show you the love you deserve, show you how a man is supposed to treat a woman.” “Nathan, if this is about Jake…”

“That’s part of it.” He said loudly, drawing a bit of attention to us. “I wouldn’t marry him either.” I practically shouted, blurting out more than I wanted, “he asked me several times, too.” I felt heavy like I could collapse from emotional weight.

He looked confused. I’d never shared this information with him.

“Really.” He laughed to himself, almost mockingly. He turned away and his arms

flew out again as he paced back to me sarcastically saying, “I suppose that makes me feel slightly better.”

This was a side of Nathan I’d not seen before and I ignored his biting contention,

saying.

 “I’m just fucked up, what can I say.”

   

Ann Marie ("Annie") Frohoff grew up in sunny Southern California. As a teen and young adult, she spent her time frequenting and living in nearly every beachside city up and down the coast.

Ann Marie is a debut author whose vision to tell a story started out like many other aspiring writers, with a dream, literally. After taking her then eight-year-old daughter to a concert, her dream weaving took on a life of its own. Long story short, she quit her high- paying corporate job and went for broke to follow her dream.

The first installment in her Heavy Influence Trilogy, FIRST KISS, released June 11, 2013 — the series is a story about young, reckless love between a rising rock star and his younger muse, spanning 10 years of their tumultuous and passionate relationship. 

Each book in the Trilogy will come with a soundtrack of original music, of which the lyrics will appear in the pages of the books.

Annie has settled in the South Bay area of Los Angeles with her family.

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