Thursday, September 29, 2016
☕️ Happy #NationalCoffeeDay and to all you tea drinkers out there, know I love y'all just as much, but I take my chai with an espresso shot! ☕️ Despite the 85 degree weather, a dirty chai latte is the perfect thing to wake me up before my 3:30 math class. I'm spending the gap hour I've got between my Thursday classes by enjoying @ashleyelston 's THIS IS OUR STORY. I seriously can't wait to review this one, and for you guys to read it! ☕️ QOTD: #teamcoffee or #teamtea ? Or, are you like me and enjoy both in equal measure? I like my coffee creamy and my teas spicy. ✨
Tuesday, September 27, 2016
🗡 HAPPY RELEASE DAY to a handful of wonderful books, but the one I'm most excited about is CROOKED KINGDOM! 🗡 ☠ I've been a little MIA lately because of collee for one, but also because I got locked out of my Twitter account! If you guys would do me the immense favor of following my new account @lovedmetoruins_ I would appreciate it SO much! And spread the word, retweet my pinned tweet! 🐦 QOTD: which character are you most excited to see the return of in #CROOKEDKINGDOM ? I can't wait to see my girl Nina again! ❣
Wednesday, September 14, 2016
Blog tour: A Mortal Song excerpt by Megan Crewe
A Mortal Song
by Megan Crewe
Publication date: September 13th 2016
Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult
by Megan Crewe
Publication date: September 13th 2016
Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult
Synopsis:
Sora’s life was full of magic—until she discovered it was all a lie.
Heir to Mt. Fuji’s spirit kingdom, Sora yearns to finally take on the sacred kami duties. But just as she confronts her parents to make a plea, a ghostly army invades the mountain. Barely escaping with her life, Sora follows her mother’s last instructions to a heart-wrenching
discovery: she is a human changeling, raised as a decoy while her parents’ true daughter remained safe but unaware in modern-day Tokyo. Her powers were only borrowed, never her own. Now, with the world’s natural cycles falling into chaos and the ghosts plotting an even more deadly assault, it falls on her to train the unprepared kami princess.
As Sora struggles with her emerging human weaknesses and the draw of an unanticipated ally with secrets of his own, she vows to keep fighting for her loved ones and the world they once protected. But for one mortal girl to make a difference in this desperate war between the spirits, she may have to give up the only home she’s ever known.
“Megan Crewe’s A Mortal Song is engrossing from the first chapter. The world of the kami is beautifully fantastic and delicately drawn, and the switched-at-birth scenario made me instantly feel for both of these resilient, brave girls. A Mortal Song has lots of magic, lots of heart, and lots to love.” -Kendare Blake, author of Three Dark Crowns
Heir to Mt. Fuji’s spirit kingdom, Sora yearns to finally take on the sacred kami duties. But just as she confronts her parents to make a plea, a ghostly army invades the mountain. Barely escaping with her life, Sora follows her mother’s last instructions to a heart-wrenching discovery: she is a human changeling, raised as a decoy while her parents’ true daughter remained safe but unaware in modern-day Tokyo. Her powers were only borrowed, never her own. Now, with the world’s natural cycles falling into chaos and the ghosts plotting an even more deadly assault, it falls on her to train the unprepared kami princess.
As Sora struggles with her emerging human weaknesses and the draw of an unanticipated ally with secrets of his own, she vows to keep fighting for her loved ones and the world they once protected. But for one mortal girl to make a difference in this desperate war between the spirits, she may have to give up the only home she’s ever known.
“Megan Crewe’s A Mortal Song is engrossing from the first chapter. The world of the kami is beautifully fantastic and delicately drawn, and the switched-at-birth scenario made me instantly feel for both of these resilient, brave girls. A Mortal Song has lots of magic, lots of heart, and lots to love.” -Kendare Blake, author of Three Dark Crowns
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AUTHOR BIO:
Like many authors, Megan Crewe finds writing about herself much more difficult than making things up. A few definite facts: she lives with her husband, son, and three cats in Toronto, Canada (and does on occasion say “eh”), she tutors children and teens with special needs, and she can’t look at the night sky without speculating about who else might be out there.Join her newsletter for book news, recommended reads, and exclusive giveaways: http://eepurl.com/btE8mH
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The girl in the middle of the second row of desks looked unusual even by human standards. Her hair, which was pulled into two wavy ponytails on either side of her head, had been bleached and dyed pale lavender. Her baggy socks bunched around her calves almost to her knees, and her shoes were painted with neon shapes that appeared to be mock lipstick prints.
And she glowed.
The glow seeped from the edges of her body, as if her skin couldn’t quite contain all the ki inside her. Around her, her classmates looked dull and faded. Less real.
My throat tightened. Maybe this was why Rin had sent us here, instead of to the girl’s house or some less crowded place. Because here, seeing all the human students around her, there was no way we could deny that she was something else. That she was kami.
And there was no reason for any kami to be here, a girl exactly my age, dressing and acting like a human, unless Rin’s story was true. Unless my parents had gone through with the switch.
Which meant, beyond a doubt, I wasn’t kami.
As I groped for words, Takeo touched my elbow. The familiar contact drew me from my daze.
“We can’t burst in while the instructor is teaching,” he said softly. “When the girl leaves, we’ll take her aside. Do you know what time the classes would normally end?”
I grasped onto that concrete question. My eyes found the clock on the classroom wall.
“It might be different at different schools,” I said, “but in our town they finished at three thirty. If it’s the same here, we’ll have to wait a half hour.”
“All right,” Takeo said. “That’s not so long.”
I pulled myself away from the door. Away from the view of the girl who glowed. My restless feet carried me farther down the hall. My gaze roamed over the walls without really seeing anything, until it caught on a poster tacked to a bulletin board. I halted.
On the poster was a photograph of the mountain—my mountain—above a spray of cherry blossoms. I stepped closer, reaching out to let my ethereal fingers trail over it. The lettering above the image said, Visit Mt. Fuji this summer! One of the clubs organizing some sort of trip, I guessed.
Takeo came up behind me. “I can’t imagine how worried you must be for your parents,” he said.
“I’m worried about everyone.” And I missed them. I missed the familiar halls and the familiar music that so often flowed through them, Ayame’s murmuring over my hair, Mother’s gentle arms pulling me to her.
The last embrace she’d given me, the way Father had hugged me close, flashed through my mind. I blinked hard. Had they been thinking of me when we were together, or had they been imagining the daughter they’d given up for safe keeping? Their real daughter—the girl in that classroom over there.
“I never knew,” I said. “I never even suspected.”
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Poppy Mayberry Blog Tour guest post by Jennie K. Brown
Favorite MG book to movie adaptations.
My favorite middle-grade book to movie adaptation would definitely be Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt. The book and movie focus around a girl named Winnie who wanders through the woods one day and finds a boy drinking water from a fountain. The boy takes her to his family … the Tuck family … who explain to her the magical powers of the water – everlasting life. Unfortunately, a man who has been looking for the Tuck family for a long time follows Winnie to the ever-young family and some events occur that will change everyone’s life forever --- however long that may be!
There have been a few adaptations of this movie, but I like the 2002 version with Alexis Bledel the best and Jonathan Jackson. Although there were times the movie strayed from the book, overall this adaptation captured the essence of the book. Not only that, but I grew up loving both Alexis Bledel and Jonathan Jackson, so it didn’t hurt that they were the starring actors.
September 12-23, 2016
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Poppy Mayberry, The Monday by Jennie K. Brown
Publication Date: September 13, 2016
Publisher: Tantrum Books
What if your teacher could read your mind just because she was born on a Thursday? Or the kid next to you in class could turn back the clock just because he was a ‘Wednesday”? In the quirky town of Nova, all of this is normal, but one thing is not—Poppy Mayberry. As an almost-eleven-year-old Monday, she should be able to pass notes in class or brush her dog, Pickle, without lifting a finger. But her Monday telekinesis still has some kinks, and that plate of spaghetti she’s passing may just end up on someone’s head. And if that’s not hard enough, practically perfect Ellie Preston is out to get her, and Principal Wible wants to send her to remedial summer school to work on her powers! It’s enough to make a girl want to disappear…if only she were a Friday.
Jennie K. Brown is a high school English teacher by day, freelance magazine writer by night, and middlegrade/young adult author by late-night and weekend. When she isn’t teaching or writing, Jennie can be
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Lies I Live By by Lauren Sabel book trailer
Lies I Live By
Lauren Sabel
Published by: Katherine Tegen Books
Publication date: May 31st 2016
Genres: Paranormal, Young Adult
Romance, intrigue, and action collide in this psychic twist on the classic spy novel.
Callie Sinclair is literally out of her mind; as the government’s youngest psychic spy, she finds valuable information for top-secret missions. Her work keeps her headaches at bay, but it means she must lie to everyone she loves, including her longtime boyfriend, Charlie.
When a new psychic arrives at the office, Callie can’t help but flirt; Jasper already knows her in a way Charlie never will.
But as her love life gets more complicated, so do her visions. People halfway around the world seem to be in danger…and people in her own backyard, too. If Callie can’t find a way to alter future events, she could lose the people she loves—and her mind. Literally.
Lauren Sabel’s enthralling, romantic novel captures the thrill of exploring a unique power in a dangerous world.
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Author Bio:
Originally from the Rocky Mountains, Lauren Sabel has returned to the cool mountain air of Boulder, Colorado after living in several wonderful cities that she will always love and continue to visit year after year.
Lauren loves her husband, her kids, her family, her friends, and stories that end happily. She also loves digging into her mind and revealing tiny gems she didn’t know were there.
Lauren learned to mind dig while getting her MFA in Creative Writing from Naropa, a Buddhist college in Boulder, Colorado. Before Naropa, Lauren studied film in Rome, where she developed her love of crypts and other beautiful creepy things. She also worked in the film industry in New York and San Francisco, focusing mainly on film festivals, as she can never pass up a good party. In San Francisco she worked for Chronicle Books, where she was inducted into the fascinating world of book publishing.
For the past eight years, Lauren has been teaching college students the joys of creative writing, whether they like it or not.
In 2008, Lauren was published in Undiscovered Voices, an anthology of the best new writers for children in the U.K., where she was living at the time. Then life got very exciting very quickly. She signed with Jodi Reamer Esq. at The Writer’s House Agency in New York, and they made magic happen, and that magic is named Katherine Tegen. (aka: Katherine Tegen Publishing, Harper Collins).
Lauren's first book, VIVIAN DIVINE IS DEAD was published June 3 2014. Lauren's second book LIES I LIVE BY was released by KT Books on May 31 2016. She's currently working on her next book, which she can't wait to tell you about (but has to wait just a little while anyway).
Lauren believes that being a teenager is an act of courage, and is proud of anyone who manages to stick through it, despite the pain. :)
Monday, September 12, 2016
Bookstagram: A Book and a Cup of Coffee
Hello, everyone! Apologies for being MIA the past couple of weeks, I've just started college after a crazy move-in week and this little ole' category one hurricane that passed through called Hermine, which left my campus in a slight mess and my first official week of classes cancelled prematurely. But all is well, Tally is getting back on its feet and our dorms aren't the sauna they were without power, and my first actual official FULL week of college has now begun!
I got the absolute greatest surprise in my mailbox today! Two packages, both containing books, one a total surprise! I want to let everyone know what a complete and total sweetheart Cat from Let the Pages Reign is, she sent me one of my first college "care packages" and it contained a UK arc of my favorite book!
Without the help of Brittany from Brittany's Book Rambles, I wouldn't have gotten the special edition of Nevernight I've been after all summer, and basically what I'm saying here is I owe these two amazing girls my first born. 😂
Paired with my first official pumpkin spice latte of the season, today I'm feeling like I'm on a roll. I can't wait for fall to get into full swing here and for Florida to finally chill out!
Until next time, everyone!
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