On this podcast, we were lucky enough to have Colleen Houck on the show for an interview!  Krystal, Kelly, Stefanie, and I picked Colleen’s brain about the series… And tried to pry information from Colleen about future books!  We hope you will enjoy the show!
*We will be working on a transcript soon!
If you are interested in more about The Tiger Series, you can can check out Colleen’s website, and our new fan site TheTigerSeries.com!

Yes! You read that right! The Bookshelf Banter Girls are starting a new Tiger Series podcast that revolves around Colleen Houck’s fantasteriffic novels! We hope that you will take a listen; but if you’re already a fan we know you’ll love it!  And, be on the lookout… We have a Tiger Series fansite debuting on Wednesday, February 1st!

On the 12th day of Christmas, Bookshelf Banter suggests to me… Great books that will make me happy!
We are posting our TOP 12 Books in 2011… And, if you missed them you need to read them in 2012!
 
Day 12

Krystal: Tiger Saga by Colleen Houck
Stefanie: The Lady Julia Grey series. My favorite discovery this year!
Kelly: Divergent by Veronica Roth
Kallie: Tiger Series by Colleen Houck
 

You may have heard that our current Book of the Month is the incredible Tiger’s Curse by Colleen Houck.  What you may not have heard is how much each of us here at TST is in love with these books.  We are all completely obsessed with the Tiger Saga series!  Like, get-your-head-examined, pulling-our-hair-out, screaming-at-fictional-characters obsessed.  The kind of obsessed where you stay up all night to keep reading the book because you just HAVE to know what’s going to happen next. If you love Twilight, we can pretty much guarantee …

Our Book of the Month this October is a story that will entice all of your senses… The characters, settings and culture will take you on a journey that is unlike anything I’ve ever read!  Tiger’s Curse, by Colleen Houck, is a beautiful tale full of adventure, mystery, love and cultural enlightenment.  We promise that this ‘curse’ is one you will want to be tormented by!
You can read a few book reviews we’ve done at HERE, as well as our interview with Collen Houck!
About the Book:
The last thing teenager Kelsey …

Tiger’s Quest, the second book in Colleen Houck’s Tiger Saga series, is in stores today!  To celebrate the release of the book (one of my favorite reads of the year) we have a new interview with the author herself, who was kind enough to answer our questions.
What first inspired you to write? Have you always written?

I was inspired to write after I read the Twilight series. I fell in love with the series and was looking up info on the author, Stephenie Meyer, and when I found out that she …

Tiger’s Curse is on sale today in the UK, so go out and pick up a copy of your very own (you’ll love it, trust me).  Here’s the Amazon link to check it out.  Tiger’s Quest, the second book in the Tiger Saga, will be released 7 June.
Happy UK release day, Colleen!