Month: June 2018

ADORKABLE Audiobook Release Day!

Today’s the day: ADORKABLE is officially available as an audiobook!!!  Woohoo, yayyy, huzzah!

Don’t you just love how the ADORKABLE audiobook cover is so like the original?  The gorgeous/swoony feel, the colors and that bench *sigh*.  Thank you so much to Tantor Media for making this happen and to Andrea Emmes, the incredible narrator!  Seriously guys, she rocks, and I’m so lucky she’s the one reading Sally and Becks’s story <3.

As many times as I’ve read ADORKABLE, I absolutely LOVED hearing the story read to me!

It’s such an amazing experience to hear the words.  If you loved Sally and Becks, I think you’ll adore the audiobook!  And if you haven’t read the book, there’s a new way to experience ADORKABLE on Audible, Google, iTunes, Kobo and other outlets, including libraries *__*.

(FYI: Libraries are made of awesome.)

ADORKABLE is now an audiobook, you guys!  Ugh, I’m so excited, and if you’d help spread the word, I’d be so very thankful.  Please check it out, and let me know what you think :-).  May the Force, Becks, and Harry Potter be with you.  I hope you all have an awesome Saturday!

Happy reading (and listening),

Cookie O’Gorman

P.S.  There will be a giveaway next week to celebrate, yayyy!

The Art of Taking Chances

It’s release day for “The Art of Taking Chances” anthology! 🙂

Nine authors with nine short YA romance stories and a beautiful cover.  I was honored to write the foreword–but you may just want to skip that and get right to the sweet stories!  I wouldn’t blame you lol.  It looks like the book is available in paperback and e-book (for just $0.99), so check it out!

Happy Friday, everyone, and be on the lookout tomorrow for another post about another release that I can’t wait to share!

Happy reading,

Cookie O’Gorman

Thank You, Lemonade, and Bookish Updates

First off, I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who offered their condolences.  I never expected so much support from my readers—though I should’ve known better because you girls and guys are simply the best.  Your support and understanding during this time was so appreciated.

Not gonna lie.  June has been a tough month.  Life has a way of kicking you when you’re down, and that’s definitely been the case these past weeks.

*Deep breath*

But now, it’s time to make lemonade.

I mean, what else can you do, right?  Real life is over there, chucking all these lemons at your head—the jerk—and do you just sit there and take it?  No.  You stand up, gather the lemons, take the sour/bitter stuff, pour some sugar on it and try to make some freaking lemonade.

Luckily, I have some really sweet things coming up.

Prepare yourself for some truly awesome updates.

1)  I wrote the foreword for a YA romance anthology that comes out June 29, 2018!  It’s called The Art of Taking Chances, features some very talented YA authors–including Kelsie Stelting, who is awesome and orchestrated this whole thing–and you can read more about it here.  If you’re interested, you can also get an Advanced Reader Copy here.  I hope you’ll check it out!  Also, isn’t that cover a beauty? <3

2)  ADORKABLE is being made into an audiobook!!!  Actually, it’s already been made and comes out June 30, 2018!  *Gasp*  I know!  I’ve been wanting to share this exciting news for a long time.  Now, we’ll get to experience Sally and Becks’s story in a whole new format, and that is just incredible!  I’ll have more news on this later, but…yippeeee!  ADORKABLE will soon be available in audio!

3)  After receiving an email from Amazon, for a limited time, ADORKABLE is enrolled in Prime Reading.  I’m somewhat nervous but hoping this will be a good opportunity to reach new readers.  I’ll be sure to let you know how it turns out.

And those are the updates!  There’s a lot of great things happening, and I’m trying to take them all in—even though, like I said, those dang lemons keep coming.

I think I have enough at this point to last a lifetime lol.

But I’ll keep trying to make lemonade, breathing deep and hoping for the best.  How has your summer been so far?  More lemons or lemonade?  Here’s hoping you’ve found a ton of great reads along the way!

Happy reading,

Cookie O’Gorman

An Apology

Dear readers,

I apologize if you have tried to contact me within the last few days and I haven’t responded.  Someone I love very much recently passed away.  It was sudden, and my family and I are still trying to come to terms with the loss.  I just wanted to explain my absence and tell you what’s been going on.  My family is small.  Now there is one less person in the world that I love, one who loved me back, and I will miss him.

Papa, although I know you’re gone and you’ll never get to see this…I love you.  I’ll miss spending time with you and our great talks.  I’ll miss how you called sometimes just to say hello.  I’ll miss how strong you were in your faith and how you tried to help me through the tough times (especially these last few years).  I’ll miss seeing your smile, your hugs and how you were the only one to ever call me “princess.”  You were truly one of the best men I have ever known, and I love you so much.

Again, readers, I am sorry, and I’ll try to get back to posting regularly soon.  I truly hope you are all well.

Happy reading,

Cookie O’Gorman