YA Buzz

Lauren McLaughlin's Cycler is going to be made into a movie. Lauren's asking readers who they think should play the roles in the film.


Tera Lynn Child announced some very exciting news this week about a new trilogy.


Gena Showalter posted the blurb for Unraveled, the sequel to Intertwined.

"For once, sixteen-year-old Aden Stone has everything he’s ever wanted:

A home.

Friends.

The girl of his dreams.

Too bad he’s going to die…Since coming to Crossroads, Oklahoma, former outcast Aden Stone has been living the good life. Never mind that one of his best friends is a werewolf, his girlfriend is a vampire princess who hungers for his blood, and he’s supposed to be crowned Vampire King – while still a human! Well, kind of.

With four – oops, three now — human souls living inside his head, Aden has always been “different” himself. These souls can time travel, raise the dead, possess another’s mind, and, his least favorite these days, tell the future.

The forecast for Aden? A knife through the heart.

Because a war is brewing between the creatures of the dark, and Aden is somehow at the center of it all. But he isn’t about to lie down and accept his destiny without a fight. Not when his new friends have his back, not when Victoria has risked her own future to be with him, and not when he has a reason to live for the first time in his life…"

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New Covers:

Invisible Girl by Mary Hanlon Stone

Nevermore by Kelly Creagh

The Iron King (Iron Fey #1) by Julie Kagawa

Radiant Shadows (Wicked Lovely #4) by Melissa Marr

Illyria by Elizabeth Hand

Swoon at Your Own Risk by Sydney Salter

Friday Facts: TV

*Friday Facts was started by A Flight of Minds*

From Dani (YA All The Way): What is your favorite TV show?

My favorite TV show is The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. It isn't on anymore :( so luckly I have all the seasons on DVD for re-watching.

Another one of my favorite TV shows is Supernatural. Go Team Dean!!

Does anyone else remember Family Matters with Steve Urkel?? Steve Urkel was hilarious and I do miss watching that show.

What are some of your favorite TV shows?

Friday Finds

Watch Me by Lauren Barnholdt

One Night That Changes Everything by Lauren Barnholdt

Illyria by Elizabeth Hand

Take Me There by Carolee Dean

Caleb + Kate by Cindy Martinusen-Coloma

Swoon at Your Own Risk by Sydney Salter

The Last Thing I Remember by Andrew Klavan

Three Days to Dead by Kelly Meding

200 Followers

I came home today to find I have 200 - well, technically 214 - followers. That is so exciting!! I want to give a big Thank You to all my followers!! Look for a contest soon.

Fallen Contest

Fallen by Lauren Kate

There's something achingly familiar about Daniel Grigori.

Mysterious and aloof, he captures Luce Price's attention from the moment she sees him on her first day at the Sword & Cross boarding school in sultry Savannah, Georgia. He's the one bright spot in a place where cell phones are forbidden, the other students are all screw-ups, and security cameras watch every move.

Even though Daniel wants nothing to do with Luce--and goes out of his way to make that very clear--she can't let it go. Drawn to him like a moth to a flame, she has to find out what Daniel is so desperate to keep secret . . . even if it kills her.

Dangerously exciting and darkly romantic, Fallen is a page turning thriller and the ultimate love story.

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I have an ARC of Fallen that I’m giving away to 1 lucky winner.

To Enter: Just fill out this Form.

Contest ends November 29. Open to US and Canada only.

Waiting on Wednesday (19)

The Tension of Opposites by Kristina McBride

Release Date: May 25, 2010

It’s been two years since Noelle disappeared. Two years since her bike was discovered, sprawled on a sidewalk. Two years of silence, of worry, of fear.

For those two long years, her best friend Tessa has waited, living her own life in a state of suspended animation. Because how can she allow herself to enjoy a normal high school life if Noelle can’t? How dare she have other friends, go to dances, date boys, without knowing what happened to the girl she thought she would share everything with?

And then one day, someone calls Noelle’s house. She’s alive.

A haunting psychological thriller taken straight from the headlines, The Tension of Opposites is a striking debut that explores the emotional aftermath of a kidnapping on the victim, and on the people she left behind.

How good does that sound!?! And how about that cover? LOVE IT!! What are you waiting on?

Fallen by Lauren Kate

Fallen by Lauren Kate

Release Date: December 8, 2009
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Age Group: Young Adult
Pages: 464
Overall:

There's something achingly familiar about Daniel Grigori.

Mysterious and aloof, he captures Luce Price's attention from the moment she sees him on her first day at the Sword & Cross boarding school in sultry Savannah, Georgia. He's the one bright spot in a place where cell phones are forbidden, the other students are all screw-ups, and security cameras watch every move.

Even though Daniel wants nothing to do with Luce--and goes out of his way to make that very clear--she can't let it go. Drawn to him like a moth to a flame, she has to find out what Daniel is so desperate to keep secret . . . even if it kills her.

This was a fantastic story, with a very intriguing and original plot. It was a little slow moving, but there was enough mystery and exciting twists and turns to keep turning the pages. The writing was spectacular. The way Kate describes Sword and Cross, and even some of the events, makes you feel as though your there, seeing the events unfold along side Luce.

The characters were great too. Each character was well-developed and I found myself questioning who some were and whether or not they were good or evil. I can say some characters I was right about, while others had me in shock – wasn’t expecting that.

This was a great start to a new series. I can't wait to read more. The next book, Torment, doesn't come out until September 2010. So far away!