tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15391234754693538212024-03-13T13:05:22.249-04:00The ValentinesSara Raaschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01196505323463444186noreply@blogger.comBlogger122125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1539123475469353821.post-59428837703403138772016-02-14T06:55:00.001-05:002016-02-14T08:02:20.031-05:00Happy Valentine's Day 2016!Yes, I know we said good-bye.<br />
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But we're the YA Valentines...and we do what we want.;)<br />
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And the truth is, this blog is done, but the YA Valentines are just getting started! So . . . here's some Valentine's Day love from us, and a glimpse of what we're up to now!<br />
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WE LOVE OUR READERS!!!!!<br />
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*hopes your day is filled with love and Brach's hearts*<br />
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*SMOOSH*Lynne Matsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18415839149588934992noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1539123475469353821.post-77373487561822070352015-02-14T12:28:00.000-05:002015-02-14T12:28:18.393-05:00The Valentines . . . Say Good-byeHAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!!!!!!!<br />
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A little over two years ago, we Valentines banded together over a love of YA and candy and swoon and all things awesome as we worked toward our debut year. And since we <i>are</i> the Valentines, our very first <a href="http://yavalentines.blogspot.com/2013/02/the-valentines.html">post</a> was exactly two years today: February 14, 2013.<br />
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So it's totally fitting that, two amazing years later, our last post is today: Valentine's Day.<br />
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On this blog, we've interviewed amazing authors like A.G. Howard, Veronica Rossi, and Mary Pearson, just to name a few. (Check out the interview tab for a full list of interviews.) We've hung out with incredible agents like Jennifer Unter and Tracy Adams, and we've shared memorable moments like cookie raps and dream casts through Cupid's Arrow shenanigans.<br />
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And we've shared our books!<br />
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We've reveled in our cover reveals and ARCs, and we've shared bits of ourselves and our characters through The Valentine Files. And those book birthdays when our debuts actually hit the wild? OH MY LAND, we held parties on this blog and cheered wildly for each other through the inter web.:)<br />
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One perfect example? This killer collage JRo made for us, celebrating books present and future:<br />
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You may know all of that. You may have read every post, maybe even read all our books. Many of ya'll have cheered right along with us, AND WE'RE SOOOOOO GRATEFUL! Our readers and #ValPals have been incredible. More amazing than we could have <i>ever </i>dreamed. *HUGS ALL OF Y'ALL*<br />
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But what you may not know is that the Valentine love <i>behind</i> the scenes RUNS STRONG.<br />
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Together we have laughed and cried with each other every step of the way toward our debut releases. We've celebrated good reviews and helped each other shake off the bad . . . we've cheered each other on when we couldn't cheer on ourselves . . . we've encouraged each other when we had writing funks or publishing setbacks, and we've sent love and hugs and prayers and good Val karma when personal crisis made Val hearts heavy. We've celebrated love and life and loss together over the past two years, swooning over Val weddings and babies and puppies, and mourning deaths of family members, (furry, feathery and all-too-human ... and all very loved and missed). We've meet IRL and toured together . . . shared hotel rooms and cross-country travel and pizza in limos and more. And we've loved every minute we've had. We're friends for life, a gift to each other we never dreamed of either.:)<br />
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So for us, this post is a good-bye to the blog, but not to writing and definitely not to each other. Summer tour planning full of Valentines is in the works. Like last summer's Mighty Mississippi Book Blast, this summer we're touring in June! Look for the #SSBB (The Southeast Summer Book Bash) coming to a city in the Southeast near you! Check out our individual blogs/IG/Twitter pages/Tmblrs/FB/websites for the latest Val scoop!<br />
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In the meantime, this blog will stay here, we just won't be posting anymore. We're turning over the debut author reigns to the 2015 debut groups and authors, and we're cheering for each one.<br />
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We're also still cheering on each other, and our books.<br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-size: large;">We are Valentines forever, and we're just beginning!</span></span><br />
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HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!!!!<br />
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We love you, readers!<br />
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*FAREWELL GIANT SMOOSH*Lynne Matsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18415839149588934992noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1539123475469353821.post-77872477389815424922015-01-14T11:08:00.000-05:002015-01-14T11:11:17.579-05:00Announcing . . . 2015! <div style="text-align: center;">
Hello lovelies! It's 2015.</div>
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2015!!!!!! </div>
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Where did 2014 go????!!!! </div>
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*remembers*</div>
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Oh that's right! 2014 flew by in a haze of books . . . including our 14 debut novels. :)</div>
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And now there's some cool new kids in town. Have you checked out all the awesome 2015 debut groups? Like . . . <a href="https://fearlessfifteeners.wordpress.com/">The Fearless Fifteeners</a>, <a href="http://freshmanfifteens.com/">the Freshman Fifteens</a> and <a href="http://classof2k15.com/">Class of 2K15</a>?</div>
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Go! Meet the authors! Check out their books! And give them a chance like you gave us.:) </div>
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We're ever grateful. *hugs all of our readers*</div>
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we Vals are no longer debut novelists. </div>
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After much talk and emailing and shared feels among our Valentine group, we have an announcement: <span style="color: purple;">we've decided to end our blog. </span></div>
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But we're not going anywhere! All of us have projects and plans in the works, and we're not taking down the blog. You can still pop in here and find us, or go directly to our websites. We just won't be posting here anymore.</div>
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And to ease this info in slowly, TODAY WE'RE NOT EVEN SAYING GOOD-BYE! We're saving all the tears and good-byes and hugs and thank you for next month . . .</div>
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because shouldn't the YA VALENTINES end on VALENTINE'S DAY?! </div>
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Of course we should. :) </div>
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Pop over and hang out with us next month, on February 14th, for our last -- and naturally epic -- post.</div>
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In the meantime, go check out the new kids in town.:)</div>
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*sends all the Val love* </div>
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<br />Lynne Matsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18415839149588934992noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1539123475469353821.post-26161621410836345162014-12-27T20:19:00.002-05:002014-12-27T20:19:27.756-05:002014: A YEAR OF EMOTIONSBecause visual imagery will convey my sentiments better than any words my eggnog-laden brain could dare attempt, I invite you to relax and enjoy this .GIF-heavy post as we look back on the debut year of The Valentines.<br />
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Or, more specifically, the emotions we endured over the course of the last twelve months...<br />
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OHMYGAWD! No feeling on earth could match how it felt to wake up on January 1, 2014, and realize that <i>this </i>year your book was going to be published.<br />
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That euphoric feeling lasted about...three seconds because <b style="font-size: xx-large;"><span style="color: red;">FEAR</span> </b>came storming in the room and ruined everything!<br />
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As delicately as a brick chucked at your face, it suddenly dawned on us that all of those words we pieced together in the safety of our home offices were going to be available for the entire effing world to read. The ENTIRE. EFFING. WORLD.<br />
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...and enter the <b><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">FREAK OUT. </span></b><br />
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The FREAK OUT manifested in different ways for every author. In some cases tears and foot stomping were involved, in other cases the repetitive mumbling of, "There's no f*cking way I can't do this!" could be overheard. No matter how the FREAK OUT presented, it was a scary moment that none of us ever want to encounter again. (even though we know we will--if we're lucky enough).<br />
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With the help of peer encouraging emails/chocolate/alcohol, we were somehow talked off of the ledges we were ready to leap from and able to gain a wee bit of perspective. Somebody liked this book enough to buy it, right? Maybe it's not <i>that </i>bad...<br />
And so the <b><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">BUSY</span> </span></b>began.<br />
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Hours upon hours disappeared as we tweeted, tumbled and street-teamed. We answered interview questions (the same ones, <i>so</i> many times) and guest-posted, we Facebooked and Rafflecoptered. We pimped our books until our fingers were bloody stumps and we'd, at some point, evolved into people we'd never seen before...<br />
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But we did it because we were debut authors and we wanted our books to be a success.<br />
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We plotted along this course until the day our ARCs arrived.<br />
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And then...<b>HOLY CRAP!</b><br />
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Seeing your name on the spine of a book is one of the most thrilling sights in the world. Each one of us oozed all of that Valentine-laden thrill into the world until the day our first negative reviews showed up and brought along with it <span style="color: red; font-size: x-large; font-weight: bold;">DEPRESSION </span>and <span style="color: red; font-size: x-large; font-weight: bold;">SADNESS</span>.<br />
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The same emails/chocolate/alcohol we depended on just a few hours/days/weeks ago, were called upon once more, and we suckled from them until we were strong enough to show your faces on the Internet again, or until a glowing review came out and our grief was replaced with <span style="color: red; font-size: x-large; font-weight: bold;">ENTHUSIASM! </span>because clearly, someone recognized that our book was just as awesome as we'd always known it was.<br />
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This viscous, exhausting cycle continued, and continued, and continued, until the day each of our books were finally released. And after a fair amount of attaboys from your family and friends,<br />
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and some well-earned booty-shaking,<br />
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the only two emotions we were left with were<b><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"> EXHAUSTION </span></b><br />
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and complete and udder <b><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">GRATITUDE.</span></b><br />
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Despite the emotional roller coaster that threatened to claim our collective sanity on more than<strike> a million</strike> one occasion, the one constant feeling has been our gratefulness for the encouragement and support offered by bloggers, readers and our fellow writers. Without you, 2014 never would have happened for us.<br />
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From the bottom of the Valentines hearts, we'd like to say,<br />
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We can't wait to see you in 2015!<br />
<br />Bethany Crandellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08465408035247412662noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1539123475469353821.post-82767310205944577272014-12-19T12:18:00.001-05:002014-12-19T12:19:37.290-05:00Cupid's Arrow: I Heart BooksJen here, ready to offer my epic love of all things bookish with poetry (thanks so much to <a href="http://curling-up-with-a-good-book.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Beth</a> for shooting us this arrow!).<br />
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<b>An Ode to Books</b></div>
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Piled on the coffee table</div>
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stacked upon the shelves</div>
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paperbacks and hardcovers</div>
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precariously balance themselves</div>
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books from the local library</div>
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titles from the small bookstore</div>
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invisible copies of eBooks, too</div>
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waiting on devices</div>
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and yet, </div>
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there's always room for more!</div>
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Titles of adventure</div>
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and stories of days of old</div>
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brand new books with unbroken spines</div>
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itching for me to hold.</div>
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Fiction and nonfiction</div>
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cozied up together</div>
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stories of romance, or murder,</div>
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or danger,</div>
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perfect to read</div>
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in any weather!</div>
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Oh, my precious beauties,</div>
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my wonderful little friends,</div>
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I love our time together,</div>
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even when the story ends.</div>
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Books, you have fed my soul</div>
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and nourished my heart, too</div>
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there will never be another</div>
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that I love as much</div>
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as you...</div>
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But look! There's something new</div>
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waiting on my shelf-</div>
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thus begins another love,</div>
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and each story becomes part of </div>
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myself.</div>
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<i><b>May you find lots of magical books waiting for you this holiday season!</b></i></div>
Jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09001769778532780218noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1539123475469353821.post-13842166484734121012014-11-28T11:53:00.000-05:002014-11-28T11:53:35.755-05:00The Valentine Files: Thankful Version<div class="tr_bq">
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Yesterday was the American Thanksgiving, and as we Vals nommed turkey and dressing and embarrassing amounts of pie, we wept with thankfulness. <span style="font-size: x-small;">(We also may have wept because we can no longer fit into our skinny jeans but whatevs. THAT IS SO NOT IMPORTANT.;D)</span><br />
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we Vals have SO much to be thankful for. Why? BECAUSE THIS YEAR OUR DREAMS OF BECOMING A PUBLISHED AUTHOR CAME TRUE.<br />
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We are all so incredibly grateful that our agents took a chance on us… and our editors . . . and our publishing houses . . . but most of all, <b>we're grateful for you, sweet readers! </b>We're thankful that you chose to pick up our books out of the <strike>hundreds</strike> thousands on the YA shelves, and we're thankful you took a chance on a new author. We're thankful you read our stories and shared them with others, and we're so, so grateful for your support.<br />
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WE LOVE YOU.<br />
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We're also incredibly grateful for each other. In your honor, we got together and cracked open the Valentine files to give you a little extra insight into our characters. <span style="font-size: x-small;">(We're also eating virtual pie in your honor because we're all about you.:D)</span><br />
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Ready? Here's our question:<br />
<br /><span style="font-size: large;"><b>What is your character thankful for at the start of the novel…and what is he/she thankful for at the end?</b></span><br />
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Kristi Helvig, BURN OUT:<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;">At the beginning of the novel, 17-yo Tora is just grateful to be alive in a world where most have died. By the end of the novel, she's still grateful to be alive but she's even more grateful to know that she's no longer alone. </span></blockquote>
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Amy Rolland, OF BREAKABLE THINGS:<br />
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At the beginning of the novel, Alex is thankful for death. At the end, Alex is thankful (ironically) for life, for a second chance, and for Chase.</blockquote>
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Bethany Crandell, SUMMER ON THE SHORT BUS:<br />
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At the start of the novel, Cricket is thankful for good cell service. At the end, she’s thankful for an uncomfortable summer. </blockquote>
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Lynne Matson, NIL:<br />
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At the start of NIL, Charley is grateful for basic necessities like clothes and food. At the end, Charley is thankful to have contributed something meaningful to help those trapped on Nil, she's thankful to have a chance to live without an expiration date, and she's thankful that she found her soul mate . . . even if Nil won't let Charley keep him.</blockquote>
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Bethany Hagen, LANDRY PARK:<br />
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At the beginning of LANDRY PARK, Madeline is thankful for almost everything about her life. But by the end she is thankful that she was able to learn to see past it and find the truth.</blockquote>
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Lindsay Cummings, THE MURDER COMPLEX:<br />
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At the start of TMC, Meadow and Zephyr are thankful for enough food to survive on. At the end...they're not feeling very thankful at all.</blockquote>
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Philip Siegel, THE BREAK-UP ARTIST:<br />
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Becca is thankful at the beginning for being single, and by the end she's grateful for her best friend.</blockquote>
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Sara B. Larson, DEFY:<br />
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At the beginning of DEFY Alexa is grateful for anonymity, to be hidden in plain sight, but by the end she is grateful to be truly seen.</blockquote>
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Paula Stokes, THE ART OF LAINEY:<br />
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Lainey starts out thankful for her industrial flat iron and smoking hot boyfriend. She finishes the book thankful she has not gone bald from all of the flat ironing, and also for her true friends and even more smoking hot new boyfriend :)</blockquote>
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Jaye Robin Brown, NO PLACE TO FALL:<br />
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At the beginning of the novel, Amber is thankful for her best friend, Devon, because he keeps her life from being complete drudgery. At the end, she's thankful for him and a whole lot more but telling would be spoilery! :)</blockquote>
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Anne Blankman, PRISONER OF NIGHT AND FOG:<br />
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At the beginning of PRISONER OF NIGHT AND FOG, Gretchen's grateful for her friendship with her honorary "Uncle Dolf"--aka Adolf Hitler. By the novel's end, she's incredibly grateful that she's seen through him.</blockquote>
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Sara Raasch, SNOW LIKE ASHES:<br />
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At the beginning of SNOW LIKE ASHES, Meira is thankful for her chakram and any food that isn't something she had to scavenge in the prairie lands where she lives with the other Winterian refugees.<br /><br />At the end of SNOW LIKE ASHES, Meira is thankful to BE one of the Winterian refugees, instead of one of the Winterians enslaved in a Spring work camp. She comes to be thankful for a number of other things that border on spoiler-land, so the only other thing I'll say is that she becomes very, very aware of how good her life was -- and how much better it could still be.</blockquote>
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Jen McConnel, DAUGHTER OF CHAOS:<br />
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At the beginning of DAUGHTER OF CHAOS, Darlena's thankful for an evening to herself. By the end of the book, she's just thankful she's still alive!</blockquote>
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And there you have it! :) The Valentine Files….thankful version. *closes files* *hugs all the readers*<br />
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What are you thankful for?Lynne Matsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18415839149588934992noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1539123475469353821.post-32720599493744112892014-11-04T10:32:00.000-05:002014-11-04T10:32:50.751-05:00A Sweet Six Interview with Author Mary Pearson!<div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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<span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.15; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mary is the author of the highly acclaimed </span></span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/series/57049-jenna-fox-chronicles" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.15; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jenna Fox Chronicles</a><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.15; white-space: pre-wrap;">, which is one of my all-time favorite series. And now Mary has a new high fantasy series, The Remnant Chronicles, which is equally fabulous!</span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.15; white-space: pre-wrap;"> The Remnant Chronicles starts off with </span></span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16429619-the-kiss-of-deception" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.15; white-space: pre-wrap;">THE KISS OF DECEPTION</a>, and oh my land, WHAT A BOOK<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.15; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></span></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">A princess must find her place in a reborn world.</span><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">She flees on her wedding day.</span><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">She steals ancient documents from the Chancellor's secret collection.</span><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">She is pursued by bounty hunters sent by her own father.</span><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">She is Princess Lia, seventeen, First Daughter of the House of Morrighan.</span><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">The Kingdom of Morrighan is steeped in tradition and the stories of a bygone world, but some traditions Lia can't abide. Like having to marry someone she's never met to secure a political alliance.</span><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Fed up and ready for a new life, Lia flees to a distant village on the morning of her wedding. She settles in among the common folk, intrigued when two mysterious and handsome strangers arrive—and unaware that one is the jilted prince and the other an assassin sent to kill her. Deceptions swirl and Lia finds herself on the brink of unlocking perilous secrets—secrets that may unravel her world—even as she feels herself falling in love.</span></i></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.15; white-space: pre-wrap;">From the gorgeous cover to the beautiful </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.15; white-space: pre-wrap;">writing inside, THE KISS OF DECEPTION is one of my favorite reads of 2014, and I'm not alone. THE KISS OF DECEPTION has </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px; white-space: pre-wrap;">received quite a few starred reviews . . . like this one:</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1)<b> Mary, tell us about your book</b>!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Kiss of Deception in the first in a series about a princess who bolts on her wedding day because her parents are perpetrating a sham about her "abilities" to another kingdom, and also because she wants to marry for love and not be used as a political pawn. She flees to a small fishing village and begins life anonymously and anew along with her friend and attendant. All is well until the jilted prince and an assassin from a neighboring kingdom who is sent to kill her show up looking for her--under assumed identities. She begins to fall for one of them but doesn't know who they really are--and the reader doesn't know who is who either. Prince or assassin? But all this deception is just the tip of the iceberg. The Kiss of Deception is also about how whole kingdoms are deceived, and the many ways truths are twisted. It is also about how history repeats itself over and over and how the freedoms we earn can vanish in the breadth of a one generation.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mary, this scene is one of my favorites too! Very, very powerful, and it changes how certain people in the book view Lia as well.:) <3!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Aw, very swoony! He's a keeper.:) (Y'all, see Mary's answer to number 6 below as to why this Valentine is doubly perfect for her.:D) </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.15; white-space: pre-wrap;">Thank you so much, Mary, for hanging out with us today! *sends </span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px; white-space: pre-wrap;">virtual</span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.15; white-space: pre-wrap;"> bouquets of gerber daisies* Best of luck with The Heart of Betrayal coming out in 2015! </span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Count us in!:) #TeamRafe #TeamLia</span></span></span></div>
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Lynne Matsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18415839149588934992noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1539123475469353821.post-58680202863683484622014-10-14T05:30:00.000-04:002014-10-14T05:47:48.291-04:00WINTER IS HERE! and so is SNOW LIKE ASHES!!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">And hoorah to you, Sara Raasch. Since you were but a wee twelve year old scrawling in your notebooks, you've been waiting for this moment. And guess what?</span></b></div>
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<b>THE VALENTINES ARE SO EXCITED TO WELCOME SNOW LIKE ASHES INTO THE WORLD. AND FOR THOSE WHO MAY NOT KNOW, SARA RAASCH WAS THE ORGANIZER OF OUR DEBUT GROUP, CORRALLING US TOGETHER AND HELPING TO TURN US INTO A FAMILY. SO SARA, YOU DEFINITELY NEED SOME WINTER THEMED CUPCAKES!</b></div>
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<br />Jaye Robin Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03929739858812153990noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1539123475469353821.post-75971669831444210012014-09-23T00:00:00.000-04:002014-09-23T10:26:39.330-04:00TABULA RASA. Release Day is HERE!<br />
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<b>Ohmygawd. Ohmygawd. Ohmygawd!</b></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Today is the day Kristen Lippert-Martin's stunning debut, </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I could seriously rave for days about what an intense, gut-wrenching,</span><br />
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This is me the day I received the ARC in the mail.<br />
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I was cool, calm, collected and ready to dive into this book.<br />
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Within minutes of reading, this happened...<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">You see, TABULA RASA is set in a mysterious medical facility in the middle of godknowswhere <span style="font-size: x-small;">(it's a place)</span> where they perform "procedures" on their </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Three pages in and I. WAS. HOOKED.</span></div>
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Guys, this book is THAT good. </div>
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It's intense.</div>
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It's heartwarming, </div>
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It's SMART AS HELL. </div>
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Do yourself a favor and buy TABULA RASA today. </div>
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It's a ride you won't soon forget.</div>
Bethany Crandellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08465408035247412662noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1539123475469353821.post-61866369496916952692014-08-26T06:00:00.000-04:002014-08-26T06:00:02.681-04:00A Sweet Six Interview with Agent Jennifer Unter<div class="MsoNormal tr_bq" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">
I'm super excited to day to be hanging out today with the fabulous Jennifer Unter. I HAVE SO MUCH LOVE FOR HER I CAN'T EVEN. In case you didn't know, she's my agent, and she is AMAZING.<br />
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I <i>adore </i>Jennifer, s<span style="font-size: 12pt;">o much that I asked her to come on the Valentine's blog and share some super sekrit Jennifer scoop . (Sure. Part of me wanted to keep her ALL TO MYSELF but I'm a Valentine...and we're all about sharing the book/agent/imprint love.:D) </span><br />
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The Unter Agency, LLC was founded in 2008 by Jennifer Unter. Before starting her own agency, Ms. Unter worked in many aspects of the publishing industry: in editorial at a publishing house; as a copyright lawyer at an entertainment law firm; and as VP at a literary agency. The Unter Agency represents quality fiction and general nonfiction, with a particular interest in memoir, food/cooking, nature/environment, biography, pop culture, travel/adventure, true crime, politics and health/fitness. The Unter Agency also represents all types of children's literature (picture books, middle grade, and young adult). </div>
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The Unter Agency is currently accepting submissions. Interested authors can look at the website at <a href="http://www.theunteragency.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">www.theunteragency.com</a>.<span style="font-size: 11pt;"><u></u><u></u></span></div>
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Ready to learn more about Jennifer? I thought so! Without further ado . . . </div>
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Meg Murray from the Wrinkle In Time series. She’s intuitive and strong without knowing it, which makes her so endearing.</div>
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I’m reading Patti Smith’s JUST KIDS and loving it!</div>
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Most memorable is one of the first with my husband: a drawn bubble bath, flower petals, votives, and him as personal back washer!</div>
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READ BOOKS!</div>
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Jennifer, I think you may have just picked the best Brach's heart EVER. And your Valentine...*swoon*!<br />
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Thank you SO much for hanging out with us today! And on a personal note, thank you for making my debut novel, NIL, possible. Without you I wouldn't be a YA Valentine. It's been an amazing year.:)<br />
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*throws around Brach's hearts stamped with READ BOOKS in Jennifer's honor*<br />
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Happy Tuesday everyone! And writers looking for representation, don't forget to check out The Unter Agency!<br />
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Lynne Matsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18415839149588934992noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1539123475469353821.post-53242673499508633932014-07-25T00:00:00.000-04:002014-07-25T00:00:08.192-04:00CUPID'S ARROW: In which I proclaim my love for... GIFS!<div style="text-align: left;">
Hi, I'm Bethany and I'm a .gif addict.</div>
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It's true.</div>
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In the last few months, I've become completely addicted to GIFS. Not because they're a <strike>lazy</strike> busy writer's BFF when it comes to whipping out a blog post, but because there's some great imagery clogging up the Internet and sometimes a perfectly-placed visual is the BEST way to make a word come to life.</div>
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For example, if I wanted to say I was happy that today is Friday, I could simply say, </div>
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"TGIF!"</div>
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But wouldn't it be more impactful if I attached this little number to that statement?</div>
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Now you KNOW how happy I am, right?</div>
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Or, in this case, I could tell you I was feeling blue because I stubbed my toe last night while taking out the trash. This might tug on your heartstrings for about half a second, but that's nothing compared to the emotions this visual will conjure up:</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">I meant this one: *apologizes*</span></div>
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See...you're feeling something now aren't you?!</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>And it gets <i>even </i>better! </b></span></div>
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Por ejemplo:</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Exhausted =</span> <a href="http://photobucket.com/images/exhausted" target="_blank"><img alt="exhausted photo: funny-gifs-another-day-is-over.gif" border="0" src="http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff460/MissRandomMonotony/funny-gifs-another-day-is-over.gif" height="221" width="400" /></a>
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If you're not feeling these GIFS, then your heart is frozen and the cold never bothered you anyway... <br />
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But if you're an emotion-driven being like the good Lord intended you to be, then you'll not only support my love of GIFS but you'll embrace it yourself.<br />
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And we haven't opened the Valentine files lately so I thought…. IT'S TIME. *cue Imagine Dragons song* *dances in grass skirt*<br />
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Today we're going to have a Valentine Files meets #Fridayreads + #Summerreads mash-up. WHO's IN?!:)<br />
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<span style="color: magenta;">First question: "Where would your MC go on a summer vacation and why?"</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">Anne Blankman</span><span style="color: magenta;"> </span>(PRISONER OF NIGHT AND FOG) says . . .<br />
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Gretchen has never been on a summer vacation, other than visiting her grandparents in nearby Dachau. But she's always dreamed of going to Spain or France, which is why she tacked postcards of Paris and Barcelona on her bedroom walls... Just don't tell anyone. Most of the adults in her life wouldn't approve.</blockquote>
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<span style="color: purple;">Sara B. Larson </span>(DEFY) says . . .<br />
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Alexa isn't really sure what "summer" is. In the jungle there's hot, really hot, so-hot-you-want-to-die and rain. She's pretty used to the heat. Now if she ever came into contact with snow, that would be quite the shock.</blockquote>
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<span style="color: purple;">Jaye Robin Brown </span>(NO PLACE TO FALL) says . . .<br />
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Amber's family doesn't have a lot of money so fancy far-flung vacations are probably out of the question. But, she'd probably catch a ride with her friend C.A. to do some shopping in Pigeon Forge, TN and than spend some time at Dollywood riding roller coasters. If she's extra lucky, she'll talk her friends Devon and Will into hanging out at the Blue Plum Festival in Johnson City, TN. But mostly summer's about swimming down at the river, partying at the hiker barn with the AT through hikers, and being a little bit bored stuck at home in between all that. </blockquote>
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<span style="color: magenta;">Second Question: What does your MC love/hate about summer and why?"</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">(Note: this questions *may* be just a little PERFECT for sweet Sara Raasch who's debut SNOW LIKE ASHES is all about the seasons… and for lovely Kristi Helvig who's debut BURN OUT has an excess of heat . . .:D)</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;">Sara Raasch </span>(SNOW LIKE ASHES) says . . .<br />
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Meira HATES heat -- actually, all Winterians do. Their natural Winterian blood makes them comfortable in frigid temperatures, so even the idea of summer makes Meira cringe. Give her a nice, relaxing vacation to Antarctica over Jamaica any day!</blockquote>
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<span style="color: purple;">Lynne Matson</span> <span style="font-size: x-small;">(that's me!:D)</span> (NIL) says . . .<br />
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Charley still loves summer, but the searing hot days give her goosebumps…the kind of days where the pavement shimmers from the heat. Why? Because those days remind her of being swept up by a gate--a shimmering wall of blistering hot air that swept her into a vacuum of fire and ice and then dumped her on the mysterious island of Nil. Then again, if it weren't for the gate, she never would have met Thad…:)</blockquote>
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<span style="color: purple;">Kristen Lippert-Martin </span>(TABULA RASA) says . . .<br />
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My MC Sarah loves summer because she thinks she'd be a nice toasty brown if she could just get some sun on her skin. Instead, she's got the semi-sickly pallor of someone who spends all her time under fluorescent hospital lights. Also, the massive blizzard going on outside isn't helping matters. She feels like she's got a permanent case of the shivers.</blockquote>
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<span style="color: purple;">Jen McConnel</span> (DAUGHTER OF CHAOS) says . . .<br />
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Darlena LOVES everything about the summer, even the boiling North Carolina heat. Her birthday's in August, so she's got that to look forward to. Plus, she'd never turn down a break from school...that is, until she got kicked out. Nowadays, she'd give anything to be stuck back in a class at Trinity, but she's too busy trying not to destroy the world.</blockquote>
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<span style="color: purple;">Bethany Hagen</span> (LANDRY PARK) says . . .<br />
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Madeline hates the summer--it always means an unending vista of garden parties, picnics, outdoor brunches and lots of other dull events. She'd much rather be reading!</blockquote>
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<span style="color: purple;">Kristi Helvig </span>(BURN OUT) says . . .<br />
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<i>Everything. </i>Summer doesn't even begin to describe the never-ending season of scorched hell that the Earth has become. Since the oceans are long gone and she's only seen pictures of the beach on her tablet, she'd love to go to a planet that has a body of water—any body<br />
of water, even a puddle, would make her year. :)</blockquote>
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<span style="color: purple;">Amy Rolland</span> (OF BREAKABLE THINGS) says . . .<br />
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When Alex was alive, she hated her limitations during summer. EDS prevented her from doing anything active. Her bones broke easily, and she bruised like an old banana. Her best friends, the Lasalle brothers, would go wakeboarding and tubing, and she could only watch from the boat. They went to sports camps while she stayed home. Summer always made her feel like an outsider.</blockquote>
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<span style="color: magenta;">Third question: "What is your favorite #summerread and why?"</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">Paula Stokes </span>(THE ART OF LAINEY) says . . .</div>
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ANYTHING by the lovely and talented Rachel Harris. Her YA historical trilogy is the perfect mix of past and present goodness. It's full of romance and laughter and I have My Not So Super Sweet Life loaded onto my Nook for beach reading. [Sidenote: Holy crap! I live sorta near the beach now!] If you're feeling like a grownup book (it's okay--it happens to all of us occasionally :-D) Rachel's got you covered with her Love and Games series. Two Words: hot firefighters.</blockquote>
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<span style="color: purple;">Bethany Crandell</span> (SUMMER ON THE SHORT BUS) says . . .<br />
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My all-time, favorite summer read is FIFTEEN, by Beverly Cleary. It’s got just the right amount of first-time swoons for a young reader. (The fact that my husband shares a last name with the leading man is just icing on the Crandell cake.)</blockquote>
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<span style="color: purple;">Lindsay Cummings</span> (THE MURDER COMPLEX) says . . .<br />
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I always read Delirium during the summer! :)</blockquote>
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<span style="color: purple;">Philip Siegel</span> (THE BREAK-ARTIST) says . . .<br />
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DANGEROUS GIRLS by Abigail Haas is the perfect book to plow through on the beach this summer. Exotic locale, murder, mayhem. Lather up on sunscreen because you won't be able to pull yourself away from this book.</blockquote>
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Hmmmm. . .<br />
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THAT IS NOT ENOUGH.<br />
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*bias alert*<br />
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<span style="color: magenta;">Because I think the Vals books already out are the PERFECT #summerreads! Here's why: </span></div>
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Kick-butt sexy guards, steamy jungles, a cool MC, and MAGIC? <span style="color: magenta;">DEFY</span> rocks it ALL. Pack a fan.:) <3<br />
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Ball gowns, SWOON, and an epic GONE WITH THE WIND vibe? <span style="color: magenta;">LANDRY PARK</span>. *happy sigh*<br />
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Mysterious island, deadly animals, shirtless hotties, and only 1 year to live? <span style="color: magenta;">NIL.</span> #LOSTvibe #perfect<br />
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Witches? Red magic? CHAOS?!! *gulp* Yes, please! <span style="color: magenta;">DAUGHTER OF CHAOS</span>>> your beach bag!<br />
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Hilarious LOL moments, wit, and a camp setting MADE FOR SUMMER? Yup.:) <span style="color: magenta;">SUMMER ON THE SHORT BUS</span>. #nobrainer<br />
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HOTTEST setting ever with equally hot and badass characters? <span style="color: magenta;">BURN OUT</span>. Duh.:) #amazing SF<br />
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Gorgeous writing, swoon, and historical fiction FTW! <span style="color: magenta;">PRISONER OF NIGHT AND FOG</span>. #notyouraveragebeachread #starredreview<br />
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Ethereal writing, a family of boy hotties and an MC stronger in death than in life? Heck yeah!:) <span style="color: magenta;">OF BREAKABLE THINGS. </span><br />
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Scheming, witty, relatable MC in a LOL comedy just right for the beach? <span style="color: magenta;">THE BREAK-UP ARTIST.</span> <3<br />
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A swoon-worthy hottie who cooks plus a smart MC with a master plan? <i>Hawt!!!</i> #TeamMicah <span style="color: magenta;">THE ART OF LAINEY.</span> #packitnow<br />
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Murder + swoon + <i>OMG-I-can't-put-this-down-to-even-put-on-sunscreen</i>? <span style="color: magenta;">THE MURDER COMPLEX</span> is 4 u.:)<br />
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Okay, for the rest of the Vals book, you'll just have to wait. *sad face* TABULA RASA is coming out next…in September, so be sure to pre-order it along with all the other Vals book! #shameless plug ;)<br />
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In the meantime, want to win the Val book of your choice? Leave a comment below telling us which Val book you want and why. If we get more than 100 comments, we'll pick 2 winners!<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">*Contest open for one month. Ends Friday, July 18th. Open to North Am residents only.:)</span><br />
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Happy Friday and happy reading!!!!!</div>
Lynne Matsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18415839149588934992noreply@blogger.com47tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1539123475469353821.post-2674384428924915852014-06-10T09:46:00.000-04:002014-06-10T09:46:38.724-04:00Release Day for THE MURDER COMPLEX by Lindsay CummingsHi all--I'm so excited to help celebrate the release of <b>THE MURDER COMPLEX</b> by the awesome Lindsay Cummings! How excited, you ask? <br />
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Yeah, Kevin Bacon excited! I read Lindsay's ARC awhile back and loved everything about the book, from the kickass heroine Meadow to the tragic world she inhabits. Lindsay herself is adorable and sweet, which makes it even cooler that she wrote about such a violent world. The cover of this book says it all:<br />
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Here's the description from Goodreads:<br />
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<span id="freeText7531409881940697371">An action-packed,
blood-soaked, futuristic debut thriller set in a world where the murder
rate is higher than the birthrate. For fans of Moira Young’s Dust Lands
series, La Femme Nikita, and the movie Hanna.<br /><br />Meadow Woodson, a
fifteen-year-old girl who has been trained by her father to fight, to
kill, and to survive in any situation, lives with her family on a
houseboat in Florida. The state is controlled by The Murder Complex, an
organization that tracks the population with precision.<br /><br />The plot
starts to thicken when Meadow meets Zephyr James, who is—although he
doesn’t know it—one of the MC’s programmed assassins. Is their meeting a
coincidence? Destiny? Or part of a terrifying strategy? And will Zephyr
keep Meadow from discovering the haunting truth about her family?</span><br />
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<span id="freeText7531409881940697371">This book kept me flying through the pages until the very end and I can't wait for the sequel (seriously, Linds, it better be on the way to me!) You should go out today (like now) and buy it if you haven't already. Seriously. Go. :)</span><br />
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<span id="freeText7531409881940697371">Here is Lindsay (told you she was adorable):</span><br />
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<span id="freeText7531409881940697371"></span><span id="freeText7531409881940697371"><span id="freeTextContainerauthor5805483">Lindsay Cummings is the
20-year-old author of THE MURDER COMPLEX, as well as its sequel, coming
2014 from Greenwillow Books/HarperCollins, and the MG trilogy THE
BALANCE KEEPERS, coming Fall 2014 from Katherine Tegen
Books/HarperCollins.<br /><br />Lindsay deals with chronic fatigue, can’t
get enough of her two pesky German Shepherds, wolf cub, and two horses.
She's still waiting on her letter from Hogwarts--it was probably just
lost in the mail. You can follow Lindsay on twitter at @lindsaycwrites.</span> </span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05255908019822363456noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1539123475469353821.post-34886354218123549672014-06-06T05:00:00.000-04:002014-06-06T05:00:02.325-04:00Cupid's Arrow: Thank you for the musicHappy June, Val Pals! Jen here, ready to profess my Gif-filled love of music, thanks to an arrow shot by <a href="http://www.wordmineur.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Kierra</a>. Challenge accepted!<br />
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We've had a musical few Cupid's Arrows lately (y'all saw<a href="http://yavalentines.blogspot.com/2014/05/cupids-arrow-sara-raasch-embarrasses.html" target="_blank"> Sara's awesome post last week</a>, right?) No, I'm not even going to try to top that, but I will let my nerd flag fly and let y'all into my super secret world of bizarre musical tastes.<br />
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First, a little background: I'm a child of the 80s, but you wouldn't know it based on my favorite music. I was an only child for 9 years, and my mom and I have always been super close; that matters because I see HER favorite musicians dominating the list of MY favorites, plus a few strange boy bands thrown in for good measure. So, without further ado, here are a few of the singers and groups who make me swoon.<br />
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<b>Billy Joel</b> <br />
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He's always at the top of my list, because come on, the Piano Man can crowd surf! I actually got to hear him in concert recently, which was beyond a dream come true. And yes, I have <i>The Stranger</i>...on vinyl.<br />
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<b>Queen</b><br />
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Freddie Mercury for the win!! Whenever I need to rock out, head bang, and sing myself hoarse, I turn to Queen. <3<br />
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<b>The Mamas and the Papas</b><br />
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Totally blame Mom for this one. And yes, I will blast the heck out of "Make Your Own Kind of Music" on a regular basis. It was my anthem in high school.<br />
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<b>Barenaked Ladies</b><br />
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NO WAY am I doing a GIF search for them! You'll just have to be content with my newest earworm from this group.<br />
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<b> </b> <br />
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<b>Frank Sinatra (with Gene Kelly for good measure)</b><br />
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I grew up on musicals (and in them), so I have a total addiction to all the old school performers, but Old Blue Eyes takes the cake. Sigh...that smile!<br />
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Jen, over and out. Have a great weekend, y'all! <3Jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09001769778532780218noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1539123475469353821.post-60153906388920093002014-05-30T09:44:00.000-04:002014-05-30T09:44:16.232-04:00Cupid's Arrow: Sara Raasch Embarrasses Herself. Again.<iframe width="450" height="400" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/R5K4hX-s-d4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br />
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I don't know whether to say you're welcome or I'm sorry, but either way, HERE.Sara Raaschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01196505323463444186noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1539123475469353821.post-25718472047268472832014-05-20T07:30:00.000-04:002014-05-20T07:30:02.549-04:00Reasons You Want THE ART OF LAINEY<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.31999969482422px; text-align: left;">Soccer star Lainey Mitchell is gearing up to spend an epic summer with her amazing boyfriend, Jason, when he suddenly breaks up with her—no reasons, no warning, and in public no less! Lainey is more than crushed, but with help from her friend Bianca, she resolves to do whatever it takes to get Jason back.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.31999969482422px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.31999969482422px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.31999969482422px; text-align: left;">And that’s when the girls stumble across a copy of The Art of War. With just one glance, they're sure they can use the book to lure Jason back into Lainey’s arms. So Lainey channels her inner warlord, recruiting spies to gather intel and persuading her coworker Micah to pose as her new boyfriend to make Jason jealous. After a few "dates", it looks like her plan is going to work! But now her relationship with Micah is starting to feel like more than just a game.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.31999969482422px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.31999969482422px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.31999969482422px; text-align: left;">What's a girl to do when what she wants is totally different from what she needs? How do you figure out the person you're meant to be with, if you're still figuring out the person you're meant to be?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Let me first tell you about <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17684323-the-break-up-artist">THE BREAK-UP ARTIST</a> by <a href="http://www.philipsiegelwrites.blogspot.com/">Philip Siegel</a>. Phil is the token dude
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<span style="font-size: large;">See, when we first built the YA Valentines tree house, we
were all like, “No boys allowed! Girls rule, boys drool!” But then someone
pointed out that Philip is a great guy who wrote a hilarious, incredibly
sweet book. So we took a vote and unanimously decided to let him in but JUST
HIM. NO ONE ELSE. Plus he made us all brownies and that probably swayed the
vote just a bit. Kidding, it was really all about his fabulous book. </span></div>
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oh hai *small voice* The above blog post brought to you by Kristen, AKA K-Snap, AKA K to the Snap, AKA @KlipMart, AKA BAMF. And this is Paula, just adding on because I was supposed to shake my invisible pom-poms for one of these books. But we didn't want to do two separate posts because <strike>I am lazy</strike> things are just more fun when you do them with friends. Maybe not that balance beam flip because, hello traction if I tried something like that. Also, I don't know how to make with the GIFs like Her Royal Snapness does, but maybe someday :-D Hi Kristen! Love yooooooou.</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17704845146768729518noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1539123475469353821.post-8067545836910231902014-04-25T00:00:00.000-04:002014-04-25T00:00:07.680-04:00Cupid's Arrow: Where I profess my love for TEEN BLOGGERS & REVIEWERS<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">A very, <i>very</i> long time ago, I was thirteen years old. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And do you know how I spent my free time?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I was getting my dance on--Astley style. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I was drooling over a certain prime-time bad boy, </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">(I even had an autographed fan letter. *sniffs* True story. #hatethegamenottheplaya)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I was reapplying Clearasil,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">trying to navigate ever-changing social structures, </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">and sneaking peeks of R-rated movies.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">What I most definitely was NOT doing was reading unassigned books, reviewing them for the world to see, and promoting their authors at the top of my lungs without payment or any kind of <strike>legitimate </strike>threat. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">In other words, I was nothing like these amazing teens I've had the pleasure of getting to know over the last year: </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://fiction-freak.com/">Nikki </a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://staybookish.net/"> Hazel</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://rea1itylapse.wordpress.com/">Eli</a> </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">and, <a href="http://outoftimebookblog.blogspot.ca/">Nova.</a></span> </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Of course there are many more new millennium bloggers not included in this post, but please know that The Valentines love and appreciate all of you!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Now, go forth and read books.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">(<span style="font-size: small;">Something I never have to do again. EVER! Mwa ha ha)</span></span></div>
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<br />Bethany Crandellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08465408035247412662noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1539123475469353821.post-49449533739443863422014-04-22T11:11:00.001-04:002014-04-22T11:11:16.774-04:00PRISONER OF NIGHT AND FOG Release Day!For your ease and peace of mind, I have planned your day for you. Thoughtful of me, right? You're welcome in advance.<br />
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So, today, you are going to feast on whatever delicious breakfasty treats you love. Donuts? You get those jelly-filled powder-sugar-covered fried bits of heaven, you sexy beast, you. Pancakes? You grill yourself up some griddle cakes, you crazy mother, you. Bacon? Duh.<br />
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Next, plop yourself in your method of transportation. Bicycle? Strap on that helmet, you lover of safety, you. Car? Gas up, baby. Pegasus? Saddle that bad boy and hold on tight.<br />
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Next, locate Anne Blankman's PRISONER OF NIGHT AND FOG. Found it? Of course you did. How could you miss this cover?<br />
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Grab up that glorious beast and skip yourself over to the checkout. Purchase that glorious beast. Read that glorious beast. Weep for that glorious beast, because it is perfection in the form of WWII historical wonder. <br />
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Bethany Hagen here, and today's Cupid's Arrow comes from Stephanie over at <a href="http://chasmofbooks.blogspot.com/">Chasm of Books,</a> and she has dared a Valentine to profess their love of literary heartthrobs with an epic poem in the style of Beowulf. I consider Edward Rochester my first boyfriend, so this arrow was a good fit for me. Here follows an abridged (and hackneyed) attempt at Anglo-Saxon poetry.</div>
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<i>Listen! The handsome men of book-pages call to us</i></div>
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<i>We have heard of them, of the Fitzwilliams and Maxims,</i></div>
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Most people want to save the world; seventeen-year-old Tora Reynolds
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Jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09001769778532780218noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1539123475469353821.post-32812829573267236412014-04-04T11:00:00.000-04:002014-04-04T11:00:24.830-04:00A Sweet Six Interview with Editor Holly WestHappy Friday everyone!<div>
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The Valentines are rolling with debut goodness right now! Lovely Bethany Crandells' debut YA contemporary SUMMER ON THE SHORT BUS is out this week--woot!-- and out next Tuesday? Kristi Helvig's YA sci-fi thriller BURN OUT. THESE ARE AMAZING BOOKS, my friends. Brace yourself for THE FEELS.</div>
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Here at the Valentines, we're all about LOVE and FEELS and SWOON. For our books, for books we love. And of course, WE ADORE DEBUT GOODNESS.<br /><br />With that in mind, I'm super stoked to have <span style="color: magenta;">Holly West</span> on the Vals blog today. She's an<span style="color: magenta;"> editor at Swoon Reads</span>, the new YA romance imprint of Macmillan (*bias alert* Macmillan is my publisher so I lurrvvee them!:D) Swoon Reads is really cool--totally interactive, where readers decide. In this new publishing world where there are more publishing options than ever, I think Swoon Reads is an amazing opportunity for YA writers.</div>
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Here's a little intro about Swoon Reads from Holly herself:<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">
<span style="color: #674ea7;"><br />Fall in love with falling in love at Swoon Reads, a new crowdsourced YA romance imprint dedicated to publishing books that capture the intensity of teen love. More than an imprint, Swoon Reads is a community—one whose members are included in every step of the publishing process, starting with choosing the manuscripts for publication. Writers submit their full novels on the site and our readers then read, rate and comment on them. The manuscripts with the highest ratings and best comments will be read by the Swoon Reads board. Together, we will discover the best, most swoonworthy teen romance novels and publish love stories you will want to read over and over again.</span></blockquote>
<br />"Falling in love with falling in love!" I love that so hard!!!</div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7;">After growing up in a small town in Southern Kentucky as "that girl who reads a lot," I ran away to the big city with the dream of working with books. After a brief stint in adult publicity, I decided editorial would be more fun and joined Feiwel and Friends as Jean's assistant in 2008.<br />I'm always looking for smart, funny romance novels, preferably with a bit of action. Books that lift my mood no matter how bad my day has been.</span></blockquote>
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<br />1) <b>Holly, what do you love most about being an editor?</b><div>
<br />Working with authors. I love having the opportunity to take something amazing that I already love and brainstorming with the author to make it even better. Also, my authors (so far, anyway) are all pretty amazing people who are fun to talk to.<br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">(Having had a chance to guest post on Swoon Reads and work with Holly, I can tell you she's a writer's dream to work with!)</span></div>
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5) <b>If you were a Brach's Heart, what phrase would be written on you?</b><br /><br />Dream.<br /><br /></div>
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Wise choice, Holly. Cat protection at holidays is critical.:) Thanks so much for you hanging out with us today, Holly! I think we *may* need to petition Brachs to add "dream" to their hearts because it's so perfect. :)</div>
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Lynne Matsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18415839149588934992noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1539123475469353821.post-2515695199733661412014-04-01T07:00:00.000-04:002014-04-01T10:54:55.321-04:00SUMMER ON THE SHORT BUS Release Day!!THIS IS NO APRIL FOOL'S JOKE, PEOPLE:<br />
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Today the deliriously adorable and achingly real <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18079872-summer-on-the-short-bus" target="_blank">SUMMER ON THE SHORT BUS</a> by the equally adorable Bethany Crandell sweeps onto shelves and into hearts!<br />
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This book, guys. THIS BOOK. I know I say that about a lot of the books I love, but know that when I say "THIS BOOK" about, well, THIS BOOK, I mean it. This book is delightful and funny and snarky and witty, serious and thoughtful and lovable and deep. I'm not a huge contemporary fan -- most contemporary books remind me too much of depressing real life stuffs, and that's not what I usually look for in books.<br />
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So make all haste to your nearest bookstore or online book retailer and snatch up this book like your life depends on it. Because it does, people. If you don't buy SUMMER ON THE SHORT BUS, you will be attacked by a herd of rabid foul beasts.<br />
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YAY BETHANY!! YOUR BOOK IS OUT!!<br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">Guyyyyyyyyyys! It's Paula! Today I'm going to squee about <strike>The Crow</strike>, <strike>Iron Man</strike>, <strike>Cadbury Creme Eggs</strike>, Victoria Scott's awesome new book FIRE & FLOOD!! Aren't you proud of me? Look how bookish my priorities are. I am a professional writer!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">Let me start off by saying that thanks to some sort of voodoo mind meld I put on Victoria, I actually got to read this book 8 months ago. I read it in one night when I was supposed to be revising something--I don't even remember what. But yeah. I about died of awesome. And then I had to keep one hand clasped across my mouth going 'Mmmmph' until some of my friends read it too.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><i>1. THAT COVER. I love how stark and yet totally alive the cover is. I love the raindrops in the letters.</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><i>2. Tella feels like a REAL TEEN GIRL. Not all of us would become Katniss Everdeen if we got in over our heads in some creepy survival race. It's okay that at certain points Tella longs for her makeup and wonders if the guy walking behind her is looking at her butt. Girls think these things. Not ALL girls, of course, but this is the character Victoria wanted to write and I for one dig how different she is from the normal knife-throwing, rock-climbing, suddenly-good-at-all things YA heroine (though I like those girls too :D)</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><i>3. The Pandoras. Oh my sweet Jesus! I need like 6 or 7 of these immediately. I would buy them all in plush, but I really want them in REAL. </i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><i>4. The tone of the story. This book could have gotten grim really quickly, but Victoria keeps it from treading into super-dark territory by blending humor into a narrative that's already brimming with romance, mystery, and action.</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><i>Okay, enough blabbering on my part. Now let's hear what Victoria has to say about her masterpiece :)</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">FIRE & FLOOD is a YA thriller set in modern day. The main character, Tella, enters a race across Jungle, Mountain, Desert, Sea to try and win the cure for her brother's illness. Each Contender in the race receives a Pandora--a genetically <wbr></wbr>engineered animal--to help them try and win. I had a ton of fun writing this adventure book!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">Probably the scene where Tella's Pandora hatches. I can't wait to see what animal readers think it will be. </span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">I'm going to choose a fan favorite--Hermione Granger. She's smart, sassy, loyal, courageous, and grows as a person across the series. Win! </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">It was in fourth grade from a boy I was mad crushing on. I was sure it meant he loved me...even though he gave everyone else one, also. I spent hours reading between those pre-printed lines. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 20px; text-indent: 0in;"><b>5. If you were a Brach's candy heart, what phrase would be written on you?</b></span><span style="line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">Poisonous</span><span style="line-height: 20px; text-indent: 0in;">.<i> [Paula: Ugh. My least-favorite flavor of candy.]</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Flowers, all the way. Specifically, Peonies. </span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><i>I don't even know what peonies are, but they sound fun...like PONIES! Thanks for hanging out with us YA Valentines, Victoria! :) *activates mind meld in order to receive book #2* Also, if you guys haven't read THE COLLECTOR, that is one of the most hilarious books ever, and you should read that too--for the bad boy who totally is a bad boy who maybe is a little bit of a good guy but still deliciously bad throughout :) Basically, I am obsessed with everything Victoria writes.</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Victoria Scott writes teen fiction and is represented by Sarah Crowe. She’s the author of the Fire & Flood series published by Scholastic, and the Dante Walker trilogy published by Entangled Teen. Her books have been bought and translated in nine foreign markets including the UK, Germany, Turkey, Poland, Australia, China, Brazil, New Zealand, and The Netherlands. Victoria lives in Dallas with her husband and adores cotton candy. Visit her online at VictoriaScottYA.com. </span></div>
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