Hey Listers and potential Listers! Today, we are participating in the blog tour for V is for Virgin by Kelly Oram! I am super stoked to read this book! Check out the blurb below! (BTW: I love the cover and title.)
After days of ridicule from her peers, Val starts a school-wide campaign to rally support for her cause. She meant to make a statement, but she never dreamed the entire nation would get caught up in the controversy.
As if becoming nationally recognized as “Virgin Val” isn’t enough, Val’s already hectic life starts to spin wildly out of control when bad boy Kyle Hamilton, lead singer for the hit rock band Tralse, decides to take her abstinence as a personal challenge.
How can a girl stay true to herself when this year’s Sexiest Man Alive is doing everything in his power to win her over?
Today, we are lucky enough to have an awesome Tens List from Miss Kelly Oram herself, as well as an equally awesome excerpt.
Thanks so much Kelly, and thanks to I Am A Reader, Not A Writer for hosting this tour!
Excerpt!
"But the real story of the evening," the voice on the TV was saying when Eric finally managed to find the volume, "was the lead singer of the hit band Tralse."
They cut to the clip of Kyle spouting lies about being happy to be home and helping for such a good cause.
"Tralse, whose debut album managed to receive platinum status thanks to their hit song 'Broken Passion', surprised the crowd with their first brand new tune in three years. The song caused quite a stir when Kyle admitted it was written for one of the students here tonight."
"Oh, no," Eric muttered, joining me on the couch again.
"This can't be good."
Sure enough, an image of Kyle shouting, "Blow off this,Virgin Val!" filled the screen.
I fell into a trance, completely fixed on the television as I watched what I'd only heard earlier. The song was so much worse when coupled with Kyle's body language and facial expressions.
I was startled back to reality when Eric suddenly yelped. "Ow! Ow! Val! Your nails!"
"Sorry!" I gasped while giving Eric his hand back. I hadn't realized I'd grabbed it, much less dug my nails into it.
"It's not so bad," Eric said, referring to the news report, trying to be encouraging.
He jinxed it because the moment he said it wasn't so bad, Kyle's face was replaced with mine, and the reporter’s voice started in again. "Huntington High's Senior Class Vice President, Valerie Jensen, known to her classmates as Virgin Val, not only captured the attention of Kyle Hamilton, but raised nearly a thousand dollars tonight with her controversial jewelry."
The screen cut to me holding up two different bracelets. "The V stands for virgin, and the A is for abstinence," I explained to the camera.
On TV I was smiling proudly, but now all I could do was hide my face in my hands. "According to a close friend," the reporter continued on brutally, "Valerie's boyfriend ended their relationship over her decision to remain a virgin until marriage. The resulting heartbreak has driven her to take a stand against teens having sex."
"There is too much pressure on teenagers to become sexually active," I heard myself say. "I'm not saying that everyone needs to follow my example and wait until they’re married, I'm just saying that people shouldn't be ashamed or scared to admit it if they aren't ready for sex. People need to know that not everybody is doing it."
I risked a peek up at the television again just in time to see the reporter's smile fill the screen. "'Not everybody's doing it' is absolutely right. In fact that's the name of the foundation that Valerie is donating all of her proceeds to. If you'd like to learn more about Valerie's quest for a proud-to-be-sex-free teenage America, the website is VIsForVirgin.com, and if you missed the song inspired by Huntington High's own, Virgin Val, don't worry too much. I have a feeling we'll be hearing it a lot more often."
Thankfully the scene cut back to the anchors in the studio and moved on to a story about a drive-by shooting in Echo Park.
I just sat there staring at the apple cider in my hand unable to drink it anymore. It was an overwhelming feeling to have my sex life be the main topic of the eleven o'clock news. Now I wasn't just Virgin Val to the kids at school. Thanks to that reporter I was Virgin Val to the entire Los Angeles Metro Area—probably all of southern California.
Tens List!
Kelly told us about her top ten romance movies. Her list has a bunch of mine, thpugh I have A Cinderella Story as # 1, and Pride & Prejudice just after (though I prefer the film version over the mini-series, which I love as well).
Top Ten Favorite Romance Movies
1. Pride & Prejudice (The BBC mini-series version with Colin Firth is my fave!)
2. Moulin Rouge
3. Shakespeare In Love
4. Sabrina
5. A Cinderella Story (If this makes me a dork, so be it. I love this movie!)
6. The Proposal
7. Sleepless in Seattle
8. When Harry Met Sally
9. Love Actually
10. What Women Want
Great picks right?! Comment below and tell us your top ten, and what you think of Kelly's book. Will you be getting it?
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a Rafflecopter giveawayWant more Kelly Oram? Check out her book along with the other stops by hopping over to the other blog participating in the tour!V is for Virgin Tour Schedule
December 11thI Am A Reader, Not A Writer - Review
Book Passion for Life - Review & Author Interview
Emily's Crammed Bookshelf - Interview
Good Choice Reading - Review
December 12thParsimonious Posh - Interview
Peace from Pieces - Interview
Freda's Voice - Review
The Girls With Glasses - Video Interview
December 13thThe Reading Date - Review
Alluring Reads - Review
Tribute Books - Interview
Froze8's Blog - Interview
December 14thThe Bookmark Blog - Review
3Ps in a Pod - Review & Guest Post
A Life Bound by Books - Review & Interview
December 15thStoreyBook Reviews - Review
YA Book Addict - Review
December 16thBooks Beside My Bedside - Review
Oh, the Books You'll Read - Review
Mera's YA Book List - Tens List & Excerpt
December 17thGetting Your Read On - Reviewicefairy's Treasure Chest - Guest Post
Booksellers Without Borders NY - Review & Interview
Amethyst Daydreams - Review
December 18thLaurie's Thoughts & Reviews - Interview & ExcerptA Soul Unsung - Review & Guest PostCindy C Bennett - Guest Post
December 19thCuzinlogic - InterviewWe Fancy Books - ReviewEmi Gayle - Interview
Books Over Boys - Review
December 20thWhy Not? Because I Said So - Review & Guest PostMe and Reading - Review
The Rest is Still Unwritten - Review
December 21stMy Guilty Obsession - ReviewInto the Mystic - ReviewBrooklyn Berry Designs - ReviewBurning Impossibly Bright - Guest Post
December 22ndBook Brats - Review & Guest PostThe Cozy Reading Corner - Interview
The Reader's Commute - Review
December 23rdBibliophilia, Please - Interview or Guest Post
Crossroads Reviews - Review
FLY HIGH! - Guest Post
December 24thReviewing Shelf - Review
Bookworm Lisa - Review & Interview or Tens List
December 26thEvery Free Chance Book Reviews - ReviewMom With a Kindle - Interview or Guest PostLDS Forever Friends Book Nook - Review
The Itzel Library - Review
December 27thReader Girls - ExcerptKarey White - Review
Paulette's Papers - Tens List
Reading Lark - Guest Post
December 28thDay by Day in Our World - ReviewDebbie's Inkspectations - ReviewMy Devotional Thoughts - Review
January 2ndWall-to-Wall Books - Review & Author Interview
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