 | Title: Darkness Before Dawn
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Showing posts with label HarperTEEN. Show all posts
Showing posts with label HarperTEEN. Show all posts
28 May 2012
Posted by
Abigail
at 12:00 PM
Labels: 1st in series, 1st person, 4 bats, Darkness Before Dawn, Dystopian, HarperTEEN, J. A. London, Paranormal YA, Review, Vampires
Labels: 1st in series, 1st person, 4 bats, Darkness Before Dawn, Dystopian, HarperTEEN, J. A. London, Paranormal YA, Review, Vampires
26 April 2012
 | Title: Insurgent
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Posted by
Abigail
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Labels: 1st person, 2nd in series, 4 bats, Divergent, Dystopian YA, HarperTEEN, Review, Veronica Roth
Labels: 1st person, 2nd in series, 4 bats, Divergent, Dystopian YA, HarperTEEN, Review, Veronica Roth
24 April 2012
 | Title: Unraveling Author: Elizabeth Norris Series: Unraveling #1 Cover Art: N/A Genre: Paranormal YA Excerpt: No Source: ARC Swap Reviewed by: Abigail
  Sexual Content: Kissing. References to sexual assault and attempted rape. Rating:   Excellent - Loved it! Buy it now & put this author on your watch list. |
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Abigail
at 6:00 AM
Labels: 1st in series, 1st person, 4 bats, Balzer + Bray, Elizabeth Norris, HarperTEEN, Paranormal YA, Review, science fiction, Unraveling
Labels: 1st in series, 1st person, 4 bats, Balzer + Bray, Elizabeth Norris, HarperTEEN, Paranormal YA, Review, science fiction, Unraveling
10 April 2012
 | Title: The Last Echo
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Good - A fun read with minor flaws. Maybe read an excerpt before buying. |
Posted by
Abigail
at 6:30 AM
Labels: 1st person, 3rd in series, HarperTEEN, Kimberly Derting, Paranormal YA, Psychic, Review, The Body Finder
Labels: 1st person, 3rd in series, HarperTEEN, Kimberly Derting, Paranormal YA, Psychic, Review, The Body Finder
02 April 2012
Welcome to Choosing Day! It’s time to choose your faction. I’ve chosen Amity: “The Amity faction values peace and friendship. Artistic, creative, and musical, this faction focuses on peacekeeping, harmony, and farming.” Sounds good right? Then help make the Amity faction the winner in the INSURGENT campaign celebrating the upcoming release of the second book in Veronica Roth’s amazing Divergent series. The faction that generates the most traffic during the month of April will be handsomely rewarded…and the Team Amity faction members (see below) are already sharing the love with some amazing giveaways (*cough* Kindles *cough* INSURGENT ARCS *cough*) with more to come throughout the month. 
Some of the other Team Amity members have already chosen (and a few are holding giveaways to celebrate…you might even win an ARC of INSURGENT!)
(Faction Leader) Choosing Ceremony Day- Meet #TeamAmity | Divergent Lexicon
Emily's Reading Room: Choosing Ceremony: I'm Team Amity
Better Read than Dead: {Giveaway and Special Event} Insurgent Choosing Ceremony
i swim for oceans: Choosing Ceremony Day: Choose Team Amity!
Forever Young Adult: Team Amity Represent!
Be sure to follow #TeamAmity on twitter for all the latest news and giveaways (and trust me, you do not want to miss out on these giveaways)
How can you help make Team Amity the winner?
Click the special Choose Amity link. A lot.
Share our link: http://bit.ly/choose_amity
Get our twibbon (courtesy of Enna Isilee from Squeaky Books)
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Abigail
at 1:19 PM
Labels: Divergent, Divergent Nation, HarperTEEN, team amity, Veronica Roth
Labels: Divergent, Divergent Nation, HarperTEEN, team amity, Veronica Roth
30 March 2012
I’m Team Amity!
You may remember a little book last year that went on to win scads of awards including Goodreads Choice Award for Favorite Book 2011: DIVERGENT by Veronica Roth! I reviewed DIVERGENT and called it “thoughtful, occasionally horrifying, but always exhilarating, dystopian that I kept in a white-knuckled grip way into the wee hours of the night…[DIVERGENT is an] action packed dystopian thriller that will enrage and delight readers in turn, like every good dystopian should.” So you can imagine there is quite a lot of excitement building for the sequel and it’s about to get even bigger starting today!
HarperTeen is launching a super cool campaign inviting bloggers to become faction initiates. I’m Amity!
The Amity faction values peace and friendship. Artistic, creative, and musical, this faction focuses on peacekeeping, harmony, and farming.
There’s tons of cool stuff on the Amity site, so click and check it out. The faction with the most traffic is going to be rewarded…so let’s make sure Amity comes out on top! More details to come!
05 March 2012
 | Title: Balthazar
Sexual Content: Kissing. Implied sex Rating:
Good - A fun read with minor flaws. Maybe read an excerpt before buying. |
Posted by
Abigail
at 6:30 AM
Labels: 1st person, 3 bats, Claudia Gray, Evernight, HarperTEEN, Paranormal YA, Psychic, Review, Vampires
Labels: 1st person, 3 bats, Claudia Gray, Evernight, HarperTEEN, Paranormal YA, Psychic, Review, Vampires
01 March 2012
There isn’t a big enough welcome for today’s guest. Lauren Oliver became one of my favorite authors last year when I reviewed her ‘painful, heartbreaking, utterly real’ dystopian novel, DELIRIUM. This month brings us the sequel called PANDEMONIUM (available on February 28th from HarperTeen) which left me breathless by the end. I had the privilege of interviewing Lauren as part of the Pitch Dark Dark Days of Winter tour below, but be sure to check out all the other delicious Dark Days books!
Are you ready for the DARK DAYS ahead? Prepare to experience romance, suspense, and a touch of darkness in these new YA books: Balthazar by Claudia Gray, Bewitching by Alex Flinn, Everneath by Brodi Ashton, Hallowed by Cynthia Hand, Incarnate by Jodi Meadows, The Last Echo by Kimberly Derting, Magic of the Moonlight by Ellen Schreiber, Pandemonium by Lauren Oliver, Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi, Slide by Jill Hathaway, Under the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi, and Wings of the Wicked by Courtney Allison Moulton! Stay connected to all things Dark Days on the Pitch Dark Facebook page, including exclusive content features every Wednesday!
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ATUF: I've heard you describe DELIRIUM as 'a [dystopian] riff on Romeo and Juliet.' How much influence did that story have on DELIRIUM, and, if any, on PANDEMONIUM?
LO: It influenced me in terms of its themes alone--the idea of love, forbidden love, as the center of the story. But I didn't stick closely to the original story (or ending). None of the messages in Delirium go awry. :)
ATUF: How would you compare writing BEFORE I FALL to the Delirium series?
LO: That's such a difficult question! Every book is both different and the same. Writing a series--keeping a book, and its characters, with you for years at a time--is very burdensome in some ways, although in other ways it's a great comfort. I tend to have massive anxiety when I'm not living with characters. And Delirium required research that wasn't necessary for Before I Fall. But on the other hand, the act of writing is always hard in the same way: you have to sit down, you have to park in a chair and do it.
ATUF: You portray more than just romantic love in the Delirium series. Familiar love, friendship love. How difficult was it to portray the 'cured' characters of all forms of love?
LO: It was very important to me to explore more than romantic love, as our experience of love is certainly much vaster than that. (I didn't know romantic love until LATE in my teen years.) I'm not sure it was particularly difficult, craft-wise, to portray characters who don't love, although it did make me feel squirmy and sad inside. So I guess it was emotionally difficult.
ATUF: I'm not alone in my utter delight that DELIRIUM might find its way to the big screen. Can you give us a progress report of the status of the (potential) movie?
LO: The movie has a great team of producers behind it and a fabulous script. Hollywood is very uncertain, so I'm just keeping my fingers crossed.
ATUF: If DELIRIUM does ultimately make it to theaters, who would your dream or, to keep things interesting, nightmare cast be?
LO: There are so many talented young actresses right now, which makes it a great time to be looking for a teen cast. I love Hailee Steinfeld, Emma Watson, Dakota Fanning and Mia Wasikowska, just to name a few. I love Taylor Swift. I'm not sure if she can act, but I love her! Nightmare cast would include: Lindsay Lohan, Miley Cyrus, Jennifer Lopez and Justin Bieber.
ATUF: The transformation Lena goes through in DELIRIUM is kind of magnificent. I likened her as the anti-Katniss in my review because she starts out completely believing and trusting the government in her society, but by the end, she was literally breaking out. Can we expect a similar transformation in PANDEMONIUM?
LO: Definitely. My primary interest as a writer is the transformation of personality, and how people become something better or greater or different. It's a theme that runs through all of my books.
ATUF: What are a few of your favorite dystopian titles?
LO: I love The Hunger Games, of course, and I'm a fan of Veronica Roth's Divergent series. I also love Moira Young's Blood Red Road.
ATUF: What other projects can we look forwarding to reading from you soon?
LO: Well, apart from Pandemonium and Requiem, the final book in the Delirium trilogy, I have a middle grade book releasing in the fall called THE SPINDLERS. Apart from that, I'm not sure! I'm playing around with a few things right now, but all of it is in very early stages.
ATUF: Finish this statement with as much/little detail as you like: You'll like the Delirium series if you like...
LO: Romance. Or guns and explosions. :)
ATUF: Any other questions that you would like to answer?
LO: No! Thank you very much for having me. :)
ATUF: Thanks so much for stopping by Lauren. Come back anytime!
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She attended the University of Chicago, where she continued to be as impractical as possible by majoring in philosophy and literature. After college, she attended the MFA program at NYU and worked briefly as the world’s worst editorial assistant, and only marginally better assistant editor, at a major publishing house in New York. Her major career contributions during this time were flouting the corporate dress code at every possible turn and repeatedly breaking the printer. Before I Fall is her first published novel.Book Details
PANDEMONIUM by Lauren Oliver
Available on February 28, 2012 from HarperTeen
Description:
I’m pushing aside the memory of my nightmare,
pushing aside thoughts of Alex,
pushing aside thoughts of Hana and my old school,
push,
push,
push,
like Raven taught me to do.
The old life is dead.
But the old Lena is dead too.
I buried her.
I left her beyond a fence,
behind a wall of smoke and flame.
Lauren Oliver delivers an electrifying follow-up to her acclaimed New York Times bestseller, delirium. This riveting, brilliant novel crackles with the fire of fierce defiance, forbidden romance, and the sparks of a revolution about to ignite.
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