Friday, September 25, 2015

VERY IN PIECES by Megan Frazer Blakemore + Giveaway



Hi everyone! Today we have Megan Frazer Blakemore as a special guest to celebrate her newest release, Very in Pieces, which will be out in less than a week. I hope you guys are as excited as we are to get and read this story! Let us welcome Megan and read some of the things about her that the literary world may not know about.

 
 by Megan Frazer Blakemore

  1. I really love the circus and used to take flying trapeze lessons. 
  2. One of my favorite summer snacks is frozen corn kernels. 
  3. I earned a varsity letter for being on the math team in high school. 
  4. I once won a free dessert at a restaurant for balancing a spoon on my nose and singing a song. 
  5. I can read and understand spoken French, but get nervous about speaking it because my accent is not very good. 
  6. I cry really easily, but more when people are being kind or honorable or generous than at sad situations. 
  7. If I could only eat one food for the rest of my life it would be pizza. 
  8. I like to read the obituaries of women who lived long lives. 
  9. In high school I wore the same outfit on the first day and last day of each school year. 
  10. As an author, I get a chance to meet other authors, which is awesome, but I often find myself star-struck and babbling. 




Very in Pieces
Very in Pieces
by Megan Frazer Blakemore
Publisher: HarperTeen
Release Date: September 29th, 2015
Blurb: 
Very Sales-Woodruff is done being a good girl. Done being the only responsible one in a family that’s unraveling. Done being the obliging girlfriend in a relationship that’s sinking. Done saying no to what she wants—like Dominic, her rebellious classmate.

With her mom’s drinking, her dad’s extended absences from home, and her younger sister, Ramona, running wild, the path Very has always seen for herself doesn’t seem to matter anymore. At the same time, Very’s grandmother, a poet known less for her work and more for her exploits with the likes of Andy Warhol and Arthur Miller, is slipping away.

If everything else can fall to pieces, why can’t she?



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Megan Frazer Blakemore is an author for children and young adults. She lives with her husband and children in Maine. She has worked in both school and public libraries, and is currently pursuing a doctorate in library science at Simmons SLIS.

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2 winners will receive a signed copy of Very In Pieces and a signed copy of Secrets of Truth and Beauty by Megan Frazer Blakemore (US Only)
1 winner will receive a signed copy of Very In Pieces and a signed copy of Secrets of Truth and Beauty by Megan Frazer Blakemore (INT)









Wednesday, September 23, 2015

Book Blitz:WALK ON EARTH A STRANGER by Rae Carson+Giveaway


I am so excited that WALK ON EARTH A STRANGER by Rae Carson releases today and that I get to share the news, along with an awesome giveaway!
If you haven’t yet heard about this wonderful new series by Rae Carson, be sure to check out all the details below.


This blitz also includes a giveaway for a set of the GIRL OF FIRE AND THORNS series (in paperback format). US only. So if you’d like a chance to win, enter in the Rafflecopter at the bottom of this post.

 

WALK ON EARTH A STRANGER
Author: Rae Carson
Pub. Date: September 22, 2015
Publisher: Greenwillow Books
Pages: 448

Blurb:
The first book in a new trilogy from acclaimed New York Times bestselling author Rae Carson. A young woman with the magical ability to sense the presence of gold must flee her home, taking her on a sweeping and dangerous journey across Gold Rush–era America.

Lee Westfall has a secret. She can sense the presence of gold in the world around her. Veins deep beneath the earth, pebbles in the river, nuggets dug up from the forest floor. The buzz of gold means warmth and life and home—until everything is ripped away by a man who wants to control her. Left with nothing, Lee disguises herself as a boy and takes to the trail across the country. Gold was discovered in California, and where else could such a magical girl find herself, find safety? Rae Carson, author of the acclaimed Girl of Fire and Thorns trilogy, dazzles with this new fantasy that subverts both our own history and familiar fantasy tropes.

Walk on Earth a Stranger, the first book in this new trilogy, introduces—as only Rae Carson can—a strong heroine, a perilous road, a fantastical twist, and a slow-burning romance. Includes a map and author’s note on historical research. 


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Read chapter 1 of WALK ON EARTH A STRANGER annotated by Rae Carson HERE!



Rae Carson is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the acclaimed Girl of Fire and Thorns trilogy. Her next book, Walk On Earth A Stranger, will be available September 22, 2015. She lives in Arizona with her husband.

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1 winner will receive a set of the 3 GIRL OF FIRE AND THORNS series (in paperback format). US Only.
Ends on September 30th at Midnight EST!

Saturday, September 19, 2015

This Monstrous Thing by Mackenzi Lee in 5 GIFs + Giveaway

by Mackenzi Lee 

So there are these two brothers
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One of them dies
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The other thinks, “That sucks. Maybe I should try to bring him back from the dead! Using clockwork!” And it WORKS.
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Except… 
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Hella Gothic shenanigans ensue
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Fin. 











This Monstrous Thing
This Monstrous Thing
by Mackenzi Lee
Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books
Release Date: September 22nd, 2015
Blurb: 
In 1818 Geneva, men built with clockwork parts live hidden away from society, cared for only by illegal mechanics called Shadow Boys. Two years ago, Shadow Boy Alasdair Finch’s life shattered to bits.

His brother, Oliver—dead.

His sweetheart, Mary—gone.

His chance to break free of Geneva—lost.

Heart-broken and desperate, Alasdair does the unthinkable: He brings Oliver back from the dead.

But putting back together a broken life is more difficult than mending bones and adding clockwork pieces. Oliver returns more monster than man, and Alasdair’s horror further damages the already troubled relationship.

Then comes the publication of Frankenstein and the city intensifies its search for Shadow Boys, aiming to discover the real life doctor and his monster. Alasdair finds refuge with his idol, the brilliant Dr. Geisler, who may offer him a way to escape the dangerous present and his guilt-ridden past, but at a horrible price only Oliver can pay…



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Mackenzi Lee holds a BA in history and an MFA from Simmons College in writing for children and young adults. She loves Diet Coke, sweater weather, and Star Wars. On a perfect day, she can be found enjoying all three. She currently lives in Boston, where she works as a bookseller and almost never reanimates corpses. Almost.

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