Jenetta Penner's Blog

We all know that Harry Potter created an academy fandom that will not die.  But you might not know that academy books are the new hot trend. If you love reading about magic or fantasy in a school or college setting you are going to go crazy for this fun genre.

Are you new to the ‘Academy Book‘ craze? I personally love them, so much so that I have my own series coming out soon! (With a talking cat!!!)

There are so many different variations on this sub-genre that I decided to take a further lo...

Hey happy dystopian readers!

So much happening lately in the world of our beloved dystopian genre, and I wanted to get you caught up so you’re “in the know” on all of this amazing news!

There is a new dystopian indie movie called Divine Love that I think you’ll be interested in viewing. It promises to be non-cliche dystopian with a fresh take on the genre. I have not seen this movie yet, but if you love dystopian it might be something to seek out for something new and refreshing to watch.

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Raise your hand if you LOVE YA books!!

In June, the Alliance of Young Adult Authors is sponsoring a massive young adult scavenger hunt. This is a chance to meet some new authors, grab a bunch of free books, and sign up to win a whole bunch of epic prizes!

The whole thing is going to be super fun.  So, please join us!

RULES

Each author will be given a special keyword, which will be bolded and all caps like this: BUTTERFLIES.

All you have to do is visit all the author’s sites in this order, w...

Do you devour books at a rate that alarms others?

Then don’t miss this ULTIMATE binge reader giveaway. You could win 52 freakin’ YA paperbacks by some amazing authors. That’s enough books to read one a week in 2017. And that’s not all. There’s also Kindle, Harry Potter Collectors Boxset, Pop Figures, weekly gift card draws & an entry prize for Every. Single. One. of You!

Oh, and tell your friends because the prize for referring someone is a Paperwhite Kindle.

YA Reader Giveaway Blitz!

And G...

Winner: L. Hayes

(She has already been contacted and responded to claim her prize.)

Congrats to our winner of 14 signed paperback and hardback books, including:

Divergent, Insurgent and Allegiant by Veronica Roth Configured by Jenetta Penner Under the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi Influence (First copy ever signed!) by David R Bernstein Matched by Ally Conde Prescient by Derek Murphy Illuminae by Amie Kaufman The 13th Continuum by Jennifer Brody Untamed by Madeline Dyer Awaken by Michelle Br...

Probably my favorite quote from Configured is this:

This world is both beautiful and broken. Make more beautiful moments than broken ones.

~Configured

The quote actuallybegan as something similarI said to a friendwho was enduring a tragic time in her life. When I got to the point in Configured where Avlyn’s mother tells her this I could not think of better words than those I said to my friend.

This world is a broken, broken place. It is. We hurt each other, beat one another down and try to g...

Are you as in love is YA Dystopians as I am? Lol.. I think they make me feel better about my life

Of course there are all the ones you know about, The Maze Runner, The Hunger Games, Divergent… But there are SO many more amazing ones out there you may not have heard of yet. Check out the one below and let me know what you think!

The first is Configured. I’m a bit biased because I wrote it, but if you liked any of the dystopian reads I mentioned above you will want to check it out! Right now...

When I first started writing Configured, I went in and started searching Pinterest for character inspirations. Some of the people I found were celebrities and some models.

Finding them was fun and provided me a great resource to form each character’s appearance on.

I also did a little casting project for my Facebook page you can check out here:

Configured will release on Oct. 20, 2016 so you can read the book and let me know what you think about my casting (and decide if you like the Faceboo...

In my journey of writing my book I have met a lot of amazing people who are on the same path. Some of them are more experienced and have put out a ton or books and others are much like me in striving to release their first novel.

One of these people is David R. Bernstein. We have both been writing our first book and each happen to be in the sci-fi/dystopian genres.

So when he released his first book, Influence it was really something I wanted to share with you.

Here the synopsis from Amazon:...

Looking for a few new books for your TBR list?

Well, below you’ll find several to check out that are specially priced. But I’m sure you know, these sales don’t last long so if any of them interest you, grab them now!

This is completely mixed genre… so hopefully there is something for everyone!

Influence– The power to “Push” can alter reality. This ability makes seventeen-year-old Kaylin a high-value target. Thirty years after greed and corruption tore American society apart; relentless secto...