Guest Post + Giveaway: Randy Russell (Author of Dead Rules)

Today, it's an honor to have Randy Russell, author of Dead Rules on my blog. With his raving debut, he has made his way up to my favorite authors list. His witty and dark sense of humor makes him into an author that all bookworms should read. If you missed my gushing review of Dead Rules, make sure you view it here.

Now, in the guest post below, Randy has written an amazing proposal on how it would be like if we dated with books. I mean, can we say dream date? It's quite a smart concept and I hope someone starts doing it soon! But, too late for me, being married to a non-reader sucks, but maybe I can live through one of Randy's genius ideas!

Also, make sure you join in on all the fun and answer, what novel would you choose to read with someone on a first date? One person will win a nice shiny, signed and inscribed, finished copy of Dead Rules, and the second person will win an ARC just because of your answer!

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:: GUEST POST::

A Modest Proposal to Date with Books

By Randy Russell, author of Dead Rules.

No one in my entire life has ever asked me if I would like to go out somewhere and read a book with them. I think books would be more popular if people dated each other over a good read. I believe people would be better off, too. And there would be far fewer divorces in this country.

Because books being more popular is a good thing, of course, I’m asking you to help change our culture from one where people old enough to date only read books when they are alone and go to movies together when they want to have fun.

Imagine a book’s release on the big screen in a movie theatre. Page one, followed by page two, etc. Someone’s arm around your shoulders when you are reading the cool parts. The two of you saying Oh in unison at the big surprise in Chapter Three. Could anything be more fun?

Forget nonfiction (no one goes to documentaries), I’m talking thrilling reads of roller-coaster fiction, chase scenes, hot and heavy romance complete with cleverly written expressions of ardor and lust, and endless moments of shared hilarity.

Why a book? Because people who like the same books are made for each other. You know it’s true.

People who like different movies get married all the time. They do okay mostly. But people who like different books almost never marry successfully. And when they do, life is dismal, and children are raised derelict of the equal love of both parents, one yelling Stephanie Plum while the other shouts Sookie Stackhouse and no one really listening to anyone.

When you like the same novels as someone with whom you fall in love, you know you think alike, that you enjoy the same level of mental stimulation, that you have curiosities in common that will make fascinating conversation easy for the rest of your lives. The two of you and a new novel every week or two will conquer the world!

Confucius is cited as having said, “Wheresoever you go in love, go with all you heart. And don’t forget to bring a book.” He also said, “Better to slip between the covers of a book together on a date than to slip into confusion.”

So quit going to movies on dates. I mean it. Girls, when you see a cute guy at a party who seems to be just the right type for you, don’t slip a pair of panties into his back pocket. Write your phone number instead on a bookmark. Include the title of one of your favorite novels, then add “Your place or mine?”

And guys, the next time you crawl into the backseat of a parked car with a girl, bring a good novel with you and make sure there are batteries in the flashlight. Take turns saying the dialogue out load. You’re in for the Friday night of your life when you do. If you laugh on the same page, marry that girl. She’s the one for you.

What novel would you choose to read with someone on a first date?

Meanwhile, I’m back to working on my campaigns to have couches with foldout beds placed in public libraries throughout the land and to have machines that dispense paperback novels located in 24-hour convenience store restrooms for late night emergencies.

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:: ABOUT THE BOOK ::

Dead Rules by Randy Russell

Reading Level: Young Adult

Release Date: Available Now

Publisher: HarperTeen

Pages: 384

Summary:

Till death

Jana Webster and Michael Haynes were in love. They were destined to be together forever.

Do

But Jana's destiny was fatally flawed. And now she's in Dead School, where Mars Dreamcote lurks in the back of the classroom, with his beguiling blue eyes, mysterious smile, and irresistibly warm touch.

Us

Michael and Jana were incomplete without each other. There was no room for Mars in Jana's life—or death—story. Jana was sure Michael would rush to her side soon.

Part

But things aren't going according to Jana's plan. So Jana decides to do whatever it takes to make her dreams come true—no matter what rules she has to break.

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:: GIVEAWAY DETAILS ::

-Please leave a comment on this post, answering this question, along with your e-mail address:

What novel would you choose to read with someone on a first date?

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