{Book Blitz} Camp Christmas (Camp Boyfriend #1.5) by J.K Rock
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Welcome to my stop for the book blitz of Camp Christmas! Camp Christmas (Camp Boyfriend #1.5) by JK Rock is a novella which is part of the Camp Boyfriend series and is free for download here. While it is part of the Camp Boyfriend series it can also be read as a stand alone. This book blitz is organized by Lola's Blog Tours and it will run from December 17 till December 21! Anyway, I've included a Tens Lists about Joanne and Karen and an excerpt from Camp Christmas in this post. And oh, don't forget to enter the giveaway below. ;)
Title: Camp Christmas (Camp Boyfriend #1.5)
Author: J.K Rock
Author: J.K Rock
Publication date: December 17, 2013
Summary:
Hannah never meant to be a mean girl – at Camp Juniper
Point or at her high school. It just sort of happened during one painful year
when her parents split and her life fell apart. Who knew being mad at the world
would catapult her to popularity? But since changing the status quo would make
her some serious enemies, she’s prepared to ride out her time until graduation.
That is, until a camp friend calls her on the act during their school ski trip.
Will Julian out her to her friends? Or will the guy she once accused of being
King of the Nerds make her wish she was a whole lot more like him?
TOP TEN LISTS
Top ten favorite movies
Joanne: Sense and Sensibility (Ang Lee version), Picnic, Room
with a View, This Property is Condemned, Silver Linings Playbook, Shawshank
Redemption, Steel Magnolias, The Thomas Crown Affair, Notorious, and- seasonal
favorites- Scrooge with Albert Finney
Karen: Titanic,
Moulin Rouge, Romeo + Juliet (Baz Loreman version), Rent, Phantom of the
Opera, A Walk to Remember, Monty Python
and the Holy Grail, Bridget Jones Diary, Juno, Edward Scissorhands, The
Notebook.
Top ten favorite books
Joanne: Wuthering
Heights, The Woman in White, Name of the Rose, Pride and Prejudice, Nobody’s
Baby But Mine, Charming the Prince, Before I Fall, Mists of Avalon, The Once
and Future King, Lord of the Rings
Karen: The Perks of Being a Wallflower, The Song of
Ice and Fire Series, Daughter of Smoke and Bone Trilogy, Before I Fall, Looking
for Alaska, The Fault in Our Stars, Hunger Games Series, The Lord of the Rings
Series, Gone Girl, Mortal Instruments Series
Top ten favorite foods
Joanne: Stone
crab, Lobster, Alaskan King Crab (sensing a theme??), Steamed Clams, Chicken
Wing Dip, Creme Brulee, my mother-in-law’s German Chocolate Cake, Karen’s
Chicken Parmesean, warm homemade bread, scones
Karen: Pizza- Brooklyn style, Chicken Wings,
Quesadillas, Nachos, My Nonna’s Chicken Parmesan (which I copy- thanks for the
shout out, Joanne J), Fried
Zucchini, Poutine (french fries smothered in gravy and cheese- it’s a Canadian
thing J),
Friendly’s Reeses Peanut Butter Cup Sundae (5 scoop!), Rum Cake, my
mother-in-law’s, Black-and-White Cookie, Kettle Corn... hmmm... not very high
brow!
Top ten favorite
drinks
Joanne:
Margarita, Amaretto Sour, Good Amaretto straight, gingerbread latte, my own
espresso, hot cinnamon and ginger tea, Karen’s husband’s pina coladas (a
million calories, I’m sure), a good Barbera, a simple Chianti, but nothing
beats ice cold water on a hot day
Karen: Cherry
Coke, Cranberry Sierra Mist, Sunny D, Friendly’s Chocolate Fribbles, McDonald’s
Strawberry Extra Thick Shakes (with the whip cream and cherry), Iced Mocha
Latte, Caramel Macchiatto, Frozen Margarita, Strawberry Daquiri, Pina Colada,
Anything Tropical Served in a Coconut with an Umbrella J
What are 10 items on your bucket list?
Joanne: See the Mediterranean, rent a house abroad for at
least a month, take a girls only road trip, visit the British Museum, train
trip through Canadian Rockies, plant a fabulous garden at least once, walk
through Florence, take a literature class with a brilliant professor at a
famous university, buy a beautiful handbag, learn how to cook one truly amazing
dish
Karen: Meet Johnny Depp, be an extra in one of the Mortal
Instruments, Divergent or Hunger Games movies, get a novel critique from John
Green, scuba dive and get to see whales, dolphins, or turtles underwater, write
a book that becomes a movie, voice an animated character, stay in a real
castle, live in Italy for a year, stay in one of those bungalows over the water
in Bora Bora, travel to a country in need and spend a year helping- building
homes, digging wells, teaching in a school, anything.
EXCERPT
Julian
“I’ve got to get a call out or a text message,
but I haven’t had a signal for the last couple of hours.” I put my backpack on
and wrapped my cape over it.
Say what you
will about a cape; I’d be the only one warm tonight if we got stuck out here. My
eyes slid to Hannah. I could probably be talked into sharing it.
Blinking, I
forced myself to snap out of it. Just because she remembered some random moment
we shared in fifth grade didn’t mean the past was forgiven. But it had been
cool to find out she hadn’t forgotten. That it was still important to her under
all the Mean Girl crap she’d worn like armor since junior high.
“I’m going with
you.” She stared at me with her inscrutable eyes, her red hair curling around
her shoulders damply now that the snow fell so heavy.
“It’s safer for
you here.” I didn’t need her slowing me down.
“Doesn’t matter.
We’re partners. Buddy system, remember? No arguing.” She yanked her ski cap
down farther beneath her helmet so it covered her ears more. “I’m going.”
“Don’t go all
stubborn on me,” I warned. “This isn’t the same as talking your way out of a
homework assignment. There are real dangers in these woods and they’re only getting
worse as it gets dark.”
Her eyes
narrowed. Her mouth flattened into a thin line. “Which is why I need to protect
you.”
“From bears?” I
couldn’t resist.
“Exactly. I
think we can both agree I have bigger claws than you.” She dug her poles in the
snow. “Now get moving before we lose more light.”
I said nothing.
I just started skiing.
We trudged
silently for a while, the snow too fresh for any kind of speed. But after a few
minutes she sidled closer.
“Thanks for not
arguing with me.”
“I did argue.
You just refused to listen.”
She flipped
long, damp strands of auburn behind one shoulder as she sighed. “I know you
think I’m this super mean chick, but—”
“You’re strong
and you’re tough. That part’s cool.”
“Really?” Her
voice sounded uncertain in a way that hit me right in the chest.
I swallowed down
the feeling, not ready for it. Not now.
“Definitely. I
don’t mind that you wanted to come with me, Hannah. I like that you speak your
mind.” I debated how to put the next part. “It’s when you snark on people to
make them feel small…that’s mean. But I don’t think that’s really you.”
Let her chew on
that. I waited for her to jab me in the kidney with a ski pole or step on the
back of my ski. But she was so quiet the only sound I heard for a long moment
was the rhythmic thunk of her poles in the snow.
“Of course it’s
me. I’m the one who does it.”
“Yeah, but you
do it because your friends expect you to. You got a reputation for being the
mean girl, and now you don’t know how to quit.”
She stopped.
Skis, poles, arms…all of it just kind of wilted right there. I paused, too,
turning around to see her face scrunched in a weird, thoughtful way. Frowning,
she reached for her chest, her palm and her ski pole resting there like she was
holding herself together.
“What?” I edged
backward toward her. “Did you lose something?”
I couldn’t see
the ground clearly in the shadows of shrinking daylight, but I scanned for
anything she might have dropped.
“How do you know
that?” She moved closer in a way that made my pulse leap. “I mean—why would you
ever give me the benefit of the doubt?”
One of her skis
slid between mine. She was that close.
I swallowed
hard.
“You don’t fool
me, Hannah.” I shrugged. “I judge people based on what I observe. What I know.”
“One time, I
locked Bobby Randall in the girls’ room. His friends still call him Flush.”
“Everyone knew
he was going to get pounded that day by a senior wrestler from another school.
It was obvious to me you saved his life.”
She rolled her
eyes. “I steal hall passes from Ms. Hanrahan’s desk all the time.”
“You and
everyone else.” I noticed that I couldn’t see her freckles as well now that the
sun was setting.
“I shoved Lauren
Carlson off a cliff at camp.”
“Definitely
mean. But it was a small cliff, if I remember correctly. And you were having
the year from hell.”
She gasped. “How
did you—”
“I pay way too
much attention to you.”
About the Author
Sisters in law Joanne and Karen Rock write Young Adult
books under the pseudonym J.K. Rock. They bonded on a set of bleachers,
watching their respective Rock boyfriends play baseball, and later, as young
wives married into the same big family. Today, they have fun reliving teen
drama on the pages of their YA books in their ongoing Camp Boyfriend series,
which reviewers have noted for its authentic treatment of navigating
relationships and self-identity. Individually, Joanne and Karen write adult romance
books for Harlequin. Joanne is a three-time RITA Award nominee and Golden Heart
winner. Her books have been reprinted in twenty-six countries and translated
into twenty different languages. Karen's debut romance, WISH ME TOMORROW, has
garnered critical acclaim for its sensitive portrayal of a cancer survivor's
journey. You can learn more about their upcoming projects and previous releases
at http://jkrock.net
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Thank you so much for being part of our Book Tour for Camp Christmas!
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