Sunday, August 30, 2015

ARE YOU LISTENING? THE ACCIDENT SEASON: A PREVIEW

WELCOME TO BOOKIN' WITH BINGO'S" 
ARE YOU LISTENING? DAY" 
I AM EXCITED TO SHARE WITH YOU ABOUT 
THIS RECENT AUDIO BOOK I RECEIVED
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THE ACCIDENT SEASON
READ BY COLBY MINIFIE
BY MOIRA FOWLEY-DOYLE

ABOUT THE AUDIO BOOK:
For fans of We Were Liars and How I Live Now comes an addictive, sexy, twisty YA novel you won’t want to miss.

Every October Cara and her family become inexplicably and unavoidably accident-prone. Some years it’s bad, like the season when her father died, and some years it’s just a lot of cuts and scrapes. This accident season–when Cara, her ex-stepbrother, Sam, and her best friend, Bea, are 17–is going to be a bad one. But not for the reasons they think.

Cara is about to learn that not all the scars left by the accident season are physical: There’s a long-hidden family secret underneath the bumps and bruises. This is the year Cara will finally fall desperately in love, when she’ll start discovering the painful truth about the adults in her life, and when she’ll uncover the dark origins of the accident season–whether she’s ready or not.


ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Moïra Fowley-Doyle is half-French, half-Irish and lives in Dublin with her husband, their young daughters, and their old cat. Moïra’s French half likes red wine and dark books in which everybody dies. Her Irish half likes tea and happy endings. Moïra started a PhD on vampires in young adult fiction before concentrating on writing young adult fiction with no vampires in it whatsoever. She wrote her first novel at the age of eight, when she was told that if she wrote a story about spiders she wouldn’t be afraid of them anymore. Moïra is still afraid of spiders, but has never stopped writing stories. The Accident Season is her debut novel.

PRAISE FOR THE ACCIDENT SEASON:
“Fowley-Doyle’s stunning debut novel weaves the temporal and the spiritual into a seamless reality, rich in emotional impact. Devastating loss and abuse are balanced by romance, teen hijinks, and spine-tingling discoveries. . . . This thought-provoking narrative will cast its spell over older teens and adults alike.”—School Library Journal, starred review

“Ghosts, secrets, and magic collide in this Irish author’s astonishing debut. . . . a moving portrait of a fractured family, knitting itself back together with courage and love. A powerful novel from an exciting new talent.”
—Kirkus, starred review

“Sensuous, eerie​, lyrical. . .Fowley-Doyle’s The Accident Season reads like a poem. The mystery is intriguing, the writing is gorgeous, and the characters are vivid. A lovely debut.”
—April Tulcholke, author of Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

“Atmospheric and magical.”
—VOYA


A magical debut that you will devour- Guardian

Eerie and edgy, dark and intense . . . You'll read it in a single breathless sitting- The Bookseller

Months after reading Moïra Fowley-Doyle’s stunning debut, I am still blown away . . . One of the best books I've read in years. An exquisite story – the kind to win awards, top bestseller lists, and become the obsession of book lovers everywhere- Publishers Weekly 

This astonishingly bold debut combines gritty reality with mystical, ghostly presences – and is beautifully written- Daily Mail

Compelling . . . a dark teen romance with a spooky vibe- The Times
  
MY THOUGHTS:
Thanks to Richard and the wonderful people at Penguin Random House Publishing, I now have this exciting audio book in my hands. Something in the preview of this book just caught my attention and even though it is classified as YA, I still wanted to read it. I have, in my old age, found that YA is not what it used to be and certainly is full of books that all ages YA and up can enjoy. I am eager to find out how these people handle this "Accident Season". Are YOU? Check it out at your local library or book store. 

2 comments:

Carol N Wong said...

Yes, some of the YA books are outstanding. One of my favorite YA authors has only written two books! She has super reviews so I don't know why there isn't a third. But her books are great.

holdenj said...

I agree on your YA comments. I started reading to keep up with my kids and have kept reading because they are so many good ones, I don't want to miss out!

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