[Pretty Amy Blog Tour] A Word Association Game with Lisa Burstein

Who's excited for the Pretty Amy Blog Tour?! It's truly an honor to be part of this blog tour and to have Lisa Burstein on my blog. 

Lisa Burstein is a tea seller by day and a writer by night. She received her MFA in Fiction from the Inland Northwest Center for Writers at Eastern Washington University and is glad to finally have it be worth more than the paper it was printed on. She lives in Portland, Oregon with her very patient husband, a neurotic dog and two cats. Pretty Amy is her first novel. She never went to her senior prom.

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So, today, we'll be playing a game called Word Association. I have chosen twenty words, and Lisa will tell me the FIRST WORD that comes to her mind when she hears them.

JoAnne: Perfume
Lisa: Mom


JoAnne: Movie
Lisa: Better Off Dead


JoAnne: Dress
Lisa: Prom 

JoAnne: as expected...

JoAnne: Gift
Lisa: Wedding


JoAnne: Language
Lisa: Spanish


JoAnne: Energy
Lisa: Solar


JoAnne: Weakness
Lisa: Hot Guys

JoAnne: ah! Mine too!


JoAnne: First
Lisa: Time


JoAnne: Alcohol
Lisa: Vodka


JoAnne: Prank
Lisa: Senior


JoAnne: Bad
Lisa: Girl


JoAnne: Release
Lisa: Date

JoAnne: Boy
Lisa: Toy


JoAnne: Zodiac
Lisa: Gemini


JoAnne: Sushi
Lisa: Yum

JoAnne: I love sushi too!


JoAnne: Prom
Lisa: PRETTY AMY

JoAnne: Alright!


JoAnne: Trust
Lisa: Lie


JoAnne: Question
Lisa: Answer


JoAnne: Book
Lisa: Love

JoAnne: Amen!


JoAnne: False
Lisa: Hope

JoAnne: Thanks for playing the game Lisa! 

Pretty Amy by Lisa Burstein 

Expected publication: May 8th 2012 by Entangled Publishing

Amy is fine living in the shadows of beautiful Lila and uber-cool Cassie, because at least she’s somewhat beautiful and uber-cool by association. But when their dates stand them up for prom, and the girls take matters into their own hands—earning them a night in jail outfitted in satin, stilettos, and Spanx—Amy discovers even a prom spent in handcuffs might be better than the humiliating “rehabilitation techniques” now filling up her summer. Worse, with Lila and Cassie parentally banned, Amy feels like she has nothing—like she is nothing.
Navigating unlikely alliances with her new coworker, two very different boys, and possibly even her parents, Amy struggles to decide if it’s worth being a best friend when it makes you a public enemy. Bringing readers along on an often hilarious and heartwarming journey, Amy finds that maybe getting a life only happens once you think your life is over.