Blog Tour: Out Of Play

Out Of Play by Jolene Perry, Nyrae Dawn
Series: Stand Alone
Published by Entangled Teen on August 6th 2013
Genres: Young Adult-Contemporary
Source: Blog Tour, FTC: Exchange for honest opinion
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Rock star drummer Bishop Riley doesn't have a drug problem. Celebrities—especially ones suffering from anxiety—just need a little help taking the edge off sometimes. After downing a few too many pills, Bishop wakes up in the hospital facing an intervention. If he wants to stay in the band, he’ll have to detox while under house arrest in Seldon, Alaska.? Hockey player Penny Jones can't imagine a life outside of Seldon. Though she has tons of scholarship offers to all the best schools, the last thing she wants is to leave. Who'll take care of her absentminded gramps? Not her mother, who can’t even be bothered to come home from work, let alone deal with their new tenants next door. Penny’s not interested in dealing with Bishop’s crappy attitude, and Bishop’s too busy sneaking pills to care. Until he starts hanging out with Gramps and begins to see what he’s been missing. If Bishop wants a chance with the fiery girl next door, he’ll have to admit he has a problem and kick it. Too bad addiction is hard to kick…and Bishop’s about to run out of time.

Playlist of music listened to while writing it Tomboy Style

My disclaimer before I list the music is that when I’m writing it’s all about the beat and feel and very little about the lyrics. When I listen to music while I’m writing, it’s normally quiet so I just hear the beat. I make playlists I listen to when I go running that help me stay in my character’s head, but it still has a lot more to do with the feel than the actual lyrics.

For Out of Play here’s what I was listening to:

Albums:

Walk the Moon (love this whole album, can’t wait for their next)

Imagine Dragons – Night Visions (Radioactive is getting old, but this whole album is awesome)

The Bravery – The Sun and the Moon (sooo many good ones on here)

Finger Eleven – Them vs. You vs. Me

Single songs:

Nirvana – Nevermind (I used this one for Penny’s hockey games)

Capitol Cities – Safe and Sound  (this one is my Penny and Bishop song – sometimes the lyrics DO count)

Jack Johnson – Sitting, Waiting, Wishing (Penny and Mitch song – again, the lyrics here count)

Muse – Madness

Muse – Uprising

My two default albums are The soundtrack to The Garden State (if you haven’t seen this movie, for realz, people. GO WATCH IT) and the Romeo and Juliet Soundtrack (the one with Leo DiCaprio).

I have a couple to add to Jo’s list:

Fall for You by Secondhand Serenade was a big one for me. Love that song.

I actually listened to some Guns and Roses too. The Use Your Illusion albums.

About Nyrae:

Writing has always been Nyrae Dawn’s passion. There have been times in her life where she wasn’t able to chase that dream the way she desired, but she always found her way back to telling stories. 

One of her loves has always been writing about teens. There’s something so fresh and fun about the age that she loves exploring. Her husband says it’s because she doesn’t want to grow up. She doesn’t think that’s such a bad thing and luckily for her, he doesn’t either.

Nyrae gravitates toward character-driven stories. She loves going on emotional journeys with characters whether it be reading or writing. And yes, she’s a total romantic at heart and proud.

Nyrae resides in sunny Southern California with her husband (who still makes her swoon) and her two awesome kids.

When she’s not with her family, you can be pretty sure you’ll find her with a book in her hand or her laptop and an open document in front of her.

She writes for Entangled Publishing, Grand Central Publishing and is self-published.

Nyrae is represented by Jane Dystel of Dystel and Goderich Literary Management.

Nyrae Dawn also writes adult romance under the name Kelley Vitollo.

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About Jolene:

Jolene grew up in South-central Alaska. She’s lived in Anchorage, near the Alyeska ski resort, on a cabin on an island on a lake, and then in a boring old house.

Jolene kissed a boy on her high school graduation night. One she’d wanted to kiss for a long time. They got married two years later, have built two homes together, survived military deployments, law school, student loan debt, and two children.

Jolene plays the guitar, takes pictures, and loves to hike. She doesn’t like rivers, but loves the ocean. She loves to fly, but gets motion sick. Her ultimate vacation would be to sail through the deserted islands in The Bahamas. Two years ago, she got that wish when her parents retired on a sailboat.

She taught high school French when she was only a few years older than her students, and then taught middle school math with her degree in political science and French.

She spends grocery money on designer fabric, shoes, and books.

Jolene cannot express how many times she wished she could write a whole novel. And now she has. Many times. Life is good.

 

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3 eBooks of OUT OF Play (International)

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Check out the rest of the tour:

Tour Schedule:

7/29/2013- A Love Affair with Books

7/30/2013- Books Over Boys

7/31/2013- A Bookish Escape

8/1/2013- For What it’s Worth Reviews

8/2/2013- Stuck in Books

8/5/2013- Books Complete Me

8/6/2013- Books With Bite

8/7/2013- The Eater of Books!

8/7/2013- Fictionators   

8/8/2013- Fictitious Delicious

8/9/2013- Mostly YA Book Obsessed

 

Happy Reading!