Release Day Blitz- BLOOD FOR BLOOD by Ryan Graudin & A Giveaway!

I am so excited that BLOOD FOR BLOOD by Ryan Graudin releases today and that I get to share the news, along with an awesome giveaway!

If you haven’t yet heard about this wonderful book by Ryan, be sure to check out all the details below.

This blitz also includes a giveaway for 5 finished copies of book 1, WOLF BY WOLF! US only. So if you’d like a chance to win, enter in the Rafflecopter at the bottom of this post.

About The Book:

Title: 

BLOOD FOR BLOOD

Author: Ryan Graudin

Pub. Date: November 1, 2016

Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Format: Hardcover, paperback, eBook

Find it: Amazon | Barnes & Noble | iBooks | Goodreads

The action-packed, thrilling sequel to Ryan Graudin's Wolf by Wolf.

There would be blood.

Blood for blood.

Blood to pay.

An entire world of it.

For the resistance in 1950s Germany, the war may be over, but the fight has just begun.

Death camp survivor Yael, who has the power to skinshift, is on the run: the world has just seen her shoot and kill Hitler. But the truth of what happened is far more complicated, and its consequences are deadly. Yael and her unlikely comrades dive into enemy territory to try to turn the tide against the New Order, and there is no alternative but to see their mission through to the end, whatever the cost.

But dark secrets reveal dark truths, and one question hangs over them all: how far can you go for the ones you love?

This gripping, thought-provoking sequel to Wolf by Wolf will grab readers by the throat with its cinematic writing, fast-paced action, and relentless twists. 

About Ryan:

Ryan Graudin grew up in Charleston and graduated from the College of Charleston with a degree in Creative Writing in 2009. She is the author of All That Glows and The Walled City. She resides near Charleston with her husband and wolf-dog. You can find her online at www.ryangraudin.com.

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Giveaway Details:

5 winners will receive a finished copy of WOLF BY WOLF, US Only.

Ends on November 15th at Midnight EST!

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Make sure to grab book 1!

Release Week Blitz- WOLF BY WOLF by Ryan Graudin and A Giveaway!

I am so excited that WOLF BY WOLF by Ryan Graudin releases today and that I get to share the news, along with an awesome giveaway!

If you haven’t yet heard about this wonderful book by Ryan, be sure to check out all the details below.

This blitz also includes a giveaway for a signed finished copy of the book with a special WOLF BY WOLF pin! US only. So if you’d like a chance to win, enter in the Rafflecopter at the bottom of this post.

Special intro from the author:

"Once upon a different time, there was a girl who lived in a kingdom of death. Wolves howled up her arm. A whole pack of them--made of tattoo ink and pain, memory and loss. It was the only thing about her that ever stayed the same.

Her story begins on a train."

And so begins the story of Yael, a girl who can change her appearance to mimic any other female. A girl who must win a 20,000 kilometer cross-continental motorcycle race from Germania to Tokyo so that she can have an audience with Adolf Hitler. A girl who has every intention of killing him.

Whenever I describe the premise of WOLF BY WOLF to people, the reactions I get are quite similar. It's the "are-you-insane-or-are-you-onto-something" face: dropped jaw, squiggly eyebrows. I must admit, I felt many of those same feelings when I first started penning Yael's story. Alternate history + sci-fi + epic motorcycle journey felt like a strange recipe for a novel. But I pushed through my fears and kept writing, and I couldn't be happier with the result. I, for one, don't think I'm insane, but I'll let you, dear reader, come up with your own conclusion.

Happy reading!

Ryan Graudin

About The Book:

Title: WOLF BY WOLF

Author: Ryan Graudin

Release Date: October 20, 2015

Pages: 400

Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Formats: Hardcover, eBook

Find it: Goodreads | Amazon | Barnes & Noble | iBooks

Code Name Verity meets Inglourious Basterds in this fast-paced novel from the author of The Walled City.

The year is 1956, and the Axis powers of the Third Reich and Imperial Japan rule the world. To commemorate their Great Victory over Britain and Russia, Hitler and Emperor Hirohito host the Axis Tour: an annual motorcycle race across their conjoined continents. The victor is awarded an audience with the highly reclusive Adolf Hitler at the Victor's ball.

Yael, who escaped from a death camp, has one goal: Win the race and kill Hitler. A survivor of painful human experimentation, Yael has the power to skinshift and must complete her mission by impersonating last year's only female victor, Adele Wolfe. This deception becomes more difficult when Felix, Adele twin's brother, and Luka, her former love interest, enter the race and watch Yael's every move. But as Yael begins to get closer to the other competitors, can she bring herself to be as ruthless as she needs to be to avoid discovery and complete her mission?

About Ryan:

Ryan Graudin grew up in Charleston and graduated from the College of Charleston with a degree in Creative Writing in 2009. She is the author of All That Glows and The Walled City. She resides near Charleston with her husband and wolf-dog. You can find her online at www.ryangraudin.com.

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Giveaway Details:

1 winner will receive a signed finished copy of the book with a special WOLF BY WOLF pin. US Only.

Ends on October 26th at Midnight EST!

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Blog Tour- ALL THAT BURNS by Ryan Graudin and a Giveaway!

Hey y'all! I'm super excited to take part in the blog tour for ALL THAT BURNS by Ryan Graudin! I love her version of fae and the royals! I have a playlist for you today and of course I added some YouTube videos of my favorites. So check it out and make sure to stick around for the giveaway!
Haven't heard of ALL THAT BURNS? Check it out!

Title: ALL THAT BURNS

Author: Ryan Graudin

Pub. Date: February 10, 2015

Publisher: Harper Teen

Pages: 464

Formats: Paperback, eBook

Find it: Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Goodreads

In this thrilling sequel to All That Glows, the worlds of magic and mortal are colliding as London celebrates its new king, marking an era of unity between the Faery realm and the human one. Emrys, the Faery guard to the British royal family, sacrificed her powers to be with King Richard, choosing love over immortality. But now, as Emrys struggles to navigate her place between the Faery queen’s court and London’s lavish galas, danger looms beyond the Thames.When a prisoner with dark, strange magic breaks out of Queen Titania’s labyrinthine prison, endangering Emrys's king and sparking an uprising, Emrys must make the hardest decision of all.

Will she reclaim her magic to save Richard’s life and lose him forever? Or stay powerless as the kingdom goes down in flames?

A Playlist

“Aran Boat Song” by Darol Anger – This song is a very beautiful fiddle ballad. It’s completely instrumental, but it conveys a strength and a longing that I very much associate with Kieran’s people, the Ad-hene. This is the song I tended to put on repeat whenever I wrote a scene specifically between Emrys and Kieran.

“Fingers Never Bleed” by Yeasayer – I usually pick songs to put on my playlists for the mood they convey. This song by Yeasayer sounds both frantic and hopeless, a feeling I was trying to convey when Richard goes missing. Emrys is desperate to find him, but feels helpless without her magic. “Fingers Never Bleed” helped me convey a lot of her angst while I was writing those scenes.

“Idioteque” by Radiohead – Another sad, depressing song! This one is older, and one I listened to on repeat after I went through a really bad break up in college. It has a lot of the same properties as “Fingers Never Bleed”… a frantic beat accompanied by lyrics sung in a morbid minor key. It also contributed a lot to the scenes where Emrys was going through a lot of inner turmoil.

“Imagine the Fire” by Hans Zimmer – I actually listened to a lot of songs from the Dark Knight Rises soundtrack while drafting this book. Especially in the more climactic scenes toward the end. They encapsulate a sense of destruction and pandemonium that suits the novel’s antagonist quite well.

 “Only You” by Ellie Goulding – This song goes out to the Chapter Twenty-Nine version of Princess Anabelle. I will not resort to spoilers, but I will say, I’m sorry I did that to you, Anabelle. You’re a tough cookie though. You’ll make it through.

“Burn” by Ellie Goulding – This is the theme song for the very, very last chapter of ALL THAT BURNS. It fits so well: tone, lyrics, title and all. And it the perfect note to leave Emrys and Richard’s story on.

Awesome playlist! Thanks Ryan!




About Ryan:

Ryan Graudin grew up in Charleston and graduated from the College of Charleston with a degree in Creative Writing in 2009. She is the author of ALL THAT BURNS, All That Glows and The Walled City. She resides near Charleston with her husband and wolf-dog. You can find her online at www.ryangraudin.com.

Her work is represented by Josh Adams of Adams Literary.

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Giveaway Details:

2 signed and finished copies of All That Burns for a US/Canada winner. They come with some packets of ginger plum black tea as well!!

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Check out the Tour Schedule for more awesome posts!

Week One:

2/2/2015- The Eater of Books!- Interview

2/3/2015- Crossroad Reviews- Review

2/4/2015- The Cover Contessa- Guest Post

2/5/2015- DanaSquare- Review

2/6/2015- Once Upon a Twilight - Interview                                                         

Week Two:

2/9/2015- Jump Into Books- Review

2/10/2015- Two Chicks on Books- Guest Post

2/11/2015- Tween 2 Teen Book Reviews- Review

2/12/2015- Bittersweet Enchantment- Interview

2/13/2015- Seeing Double In Neverland- Review

Top 10 of 2014 Day 3- Best Debut Authors Of 2014

Merry Christmas Eve!!!! Today’s topic is Best ________ Of 2014 (Readers/Bloggers choice. Please fill in the blank with ONE or more of these topics - Villains, Contemporaries, Dual POV's, Novellas, Adult titles, New Adult titles, Love Triangles, Couples, Bad Boys or Debuts. REMEMBER - this list MUST be from books you've READ in 2014)

And make sure to stop by my co-hosts sites Reading YA Rocks, Tales of a Ravenous Reader, and Magical Urban Fantasy Reads for their lists! Oh and make sure to sign up with the linky to share your lists! And don’t forget one of us is hosting a giveaway today! Who you ask? You'll just have to visit each site to find out ;)

I decided to do Debut Authors since there are so many good ones this year! All of the links go to their twitter accounts so if you don’t follow them go do it! They are definitely not in order. If I could I would have made them all #1!

1. Martina Boone. Compulsion was an amazing book and Martina is such a sweetheart and someone I consider a good friend.

2. Rosamund Hodge. I adored CRUEL BEAUTY and I can’t wait to read her next book CRIMSON BOUND!

3. Bethany Hagen. Landry Park was a fave of 2014 and she’s such a sweetie!

4. Sara Raasch. She’s your go to gal for an amazing High Fantasy!

5. Melissa Landers. Killer sci-fi writer especially if you love hot aliens!

6. Ryan Graudin. She wrote a beautiful fae story and then in the same year wrote a thriller! She is so talented and an awesome person!

7. Lynne Matson. Loved NIL and if you like goodies she’s always giving away something on twitter!

8. Kristi Helvig. I loved BURN OUT and can’t wait for it’s sequel!

9. Amy Talkington. She wrote LIV FOREVER it was an amazing ghost story. I’m not normally a fan of those but she did this brilliantly I cried ugly tears!

10. Jen Alexander. A gamer girl after my own heart! Oh and she wrote a pretty kick ass book too J

Did any of my favorites make your list? Fill out the linky and let me know! And good luck with the giveaway! 

And remember to stop by my co-hosts sites Reading YA Rocks, Tales of a Ravenous Reader, and Magical Urban Fantasy Reads for their lists and one of them is hosting a giveaway today but I'm not saying who you'll just have to visit all 3! 

Top Ten Tuesday (9)- Top Ten New-To-Me Authors I Read In 2014

Hi and welcome to my Top 10 Tuesday post! Looks like I'll be sticking with this one for a while since I'm enjoying this!

Thanks to the lovely ladies at The Broke And The Bookish for creating this weekly meme!

Here's this week's topic.

December 9: Top Ten New-To-Me Authors I Read In 2014.

All of these authors were debut authors in 2014!

1. Rosamund Hodge I loved CRUEL BEAUTY!

2. Sara B. Larson wrote the amazing high fantasy DEFY!

3.Melissa Landers. ALIENATED rocked!

4. Bethany Hagen. LANDRY PARK was a favorite of 2014!

5. Ryan Graudin. ALL THAT GLOWS was an awesome fantasy with Fae!

6. Elissa Sussman. STRAY was another great high fantasy!

7. Sarah Raasch. SNOW LIKE ASHES was probably my favorite high fantasy of 2014!

8. Martina Boone. Loved COMPULSION and I adore Martina.

9. R.C. Lewis. She wrote a Sci-Fi Snow White Retelling, STITCHING SNOW and it wad awesome!

10. Emily Engel. I admit I hadn't planned on reading THE BOOK OF IVY for a few reasons. But I won a copy and figured heck why not. I really liked her writing style and can't wait to read the next book.

So this is my list. What about you? What authors were new to you in 2014?

And come back next week for the Top Ten Books I Read In 2014!

Hugs,
Jaime

Blog Tour- THE WALLED CITY by Ryan Graudin and a Giveaway!

Hey y'all! I have an awesome stop for you today, a playlist from Ryan Graudin's THE WALLED CITY and there's videos for some of the songs that I love and YouTube links for the rest! The book came out Tuesday so make sure to grab your copy. Oh and make sure to stick around and enter the epic giveaway! 
Haven't heard of THE WALLED CITY Check it out!

Title: THE WALLED CITY 

Author: Ryan Graudin

Pub. Date: November 4, 2014

Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Pages: 448

Formats: Hardcover, eBook

Find it: Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Goodreads

There are three rules in the Walled City: Run fast. Trust no one. Always carry your knife. Right now, my life depends completely on the first. Run, run, run. 

Jin, Mei Yee, and Dai all live in the Walled City, a lawless labyrinth run by crime lords and overrun by street gangs. Teens there run drugs or work in brothels—or, like Jin, hide under the radar. But when Dai offers Jin a chance to find her lost sister, Mei Yee, she begins a breathtaking race against the clock to escape the Walled City itself.

Now on to the playlist!

THE WALLED CITY Playlists

Most of my projects have a single playlist, but THE WALLED CITY was unique in that it sported three different lists! The novel is told from three POVs, each of them very distinct and different. I had to compile a trio of lists to capture each character’s unique mood and voice.

JIN LING

Most of Jin’s songs have a very quick tempo, which makes sense because she spends a good deal of her time in the book running. Her voice is also very punchy, so I tried to listen to songs that accented that trait in her.

“Kodo-Inside the Sun Remix”– Yoshida Brothers

This song was one of the first I ever added to my playlist. It was actually one of the initial “seeds” of inspiration I had for THE WALLED CITY. It popped up on one of my Pandora stations one day, and, upon hearing it, I immediately started imagining chase scenes through slums. I have a lot of Yoshida Brothers songs in THE WALLED CITY’s playlist, but this is the first.

“Mombasa” – Hans Zimmer

Another excellent “chase” song from the Inception soundtrack. Whenever I listen to this I can just see Jin squeezing through alleyways and jumping off of roofs, trying her best to get away from Kuen and his pack.

“Love is Gonna Save Us” –Benny Benassi

This song is less “sound-track-y” than the others since it has lyrics, but it still has the punchy, running tempo that is so common to Jin’s tracks. The (very few) words in this song really speak to journey Jin’s character takes throughout the story.

“This is Our Legacy” – ZackHemsey

I looooooooove Zack Hemsey’s work. He is both a soundtrack composer and a really gifted rapper. The album I listened to on repeat for THE WALLED CITY is called “The Way” and is purely instrumental. To me these songs hold the same sense of longing, desperation and hope that the book holds. This track especially sounds like Jin to me, since it has a very punchy tempo.

MEI YEE

The songs on Mei Yee’s list are very different from her sister’s. Her’s are much slower, flowing and longing. Since she spends so much of her time physically trapped in a single place, dreaming of a different life, many of her songs whole that dreamlike quality.

“Any Other Name” – ThomasNewman

This was one of the first and most played songs on Mei Yee’s playlist. It is both stagnant and longing, a sense I really wanted to convey while Mei Yee stares out of her barred window. The haunting minor key also fits well.

“One Long River” –YoshidaBrothers

This is one of the Yoshida Brothers’ slower songs, and it fits Mei Yee’s scenes very well. When I hear it I can’t help but think of Nuo and her zither, playing in a room full of opium smoke.

“Lux Aeterna” – ClintMansell

Another haunting song, with a heavy sense of foreboding. I listened to this a lot while writing the hallway scene, where Mei Yee stops in front of Sing’s door. The frantic strings match Sing’s desperate situation.

“Canvas” – Imogen Heap

I love Imogen Heap, and this song does such an amazing job of threading opposites together. Light-hearted chords with mournful lyrics, despair with lingering hope. I listened to this song a lot while writing the window scenes between Mei Yee and Dai. Mei Yee is understandably torn during these encounters, wanting to believe there’s a way out, but not fully embracing it. “I just can’t find the strength to keep you taut.” is a line from this song that really speaks to her character.

DAI

Dai’s playlist is packed with lots of lyrics. Some of these songs are deeply angry, others just rueful. All highlight the many different sides of Dai.

“Bleed It Out” – Linkin Park

This song actually has some personal history for me. In 2007, I took a trip to Phnom Penh, Cambodia, where I lived with a family in the slums for six weeks and worked with a program called Children at Risk. That summer was my first real encounter with third-world poverty and the suffering of street children. It was a hard, overwhelming experience, seeing so many children who deserved so much better in life. As I was flying home, I wrestled with a lot of helpless, angry feelings that I couldn’t do more for these kids. This song was on the airplane, and listening to it helped me channel some of my emotions. Dai has to work through a lot of the same anger and sense of helplessness through all of the horrors that he encounters in THE WALLED CITY.

“Some Nights” – Fun.

I’ve been a fan of Fun. since their album “Aim and Ignite.” This song perfectly encapsulates Dai’s insomnia, guilt, nightmares and denial of identity.

“Some nights I stay up cashing in my bad luck. Some nights I call it a draw.” + “But I still wake up, I still see your ghost. Oh Lord I’m still not sure what I stand for.” = Dai in a nutshell.

“Pompeii” – Bastille

I love this song so much. And as hipster as it sounds, I will tell you I was listening to it well before the radio caught on and played it approximately one-bazillion times. Bastille does such a good job of conveying regret and the destruction of dreams in this song. This one really speaks to Dai’s past and how he deals with it: “Oh where do we begin? The rubble or our sins?”

“Finding Home” – ZackHemsey

This song is by the same artist who is on Jin Ling’s playlist, though this is one of his rapping tracks. All of the characters in THE WALLED CITY are searching for a place of safety and belonging, but Dai’s desire for home is the strongest. “Finding Home” is an excellent song in conveying this sense and restlessness of needing to be somewhere else.

Thanks  for sharing Ryan I loved this playlist!!!

About Ryan:

Ryan Graudin grew up in Charleston and graduated from the College of Charleston with a degree in Creative Writing in 2009. She is the author of All That Glows and The Walled City. She resides near Charleston with her husband and wolf-dog. You can find her online at www.ryangraudin.com.

Her work is represented by Josh Adams of Adams Literary.

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Giveaway Details:

(1) Grand prize pack: It includes: A finished copy of THE WALLED CITY, rice candy, a miniature lucky cat, a traditional Chinese paper cutout of a dragon, and a pamphlet from the real Walled City Park! US ONLY

(9) winners will receive: A finished copy of THE WALLED CITY. US ONLY.

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Check out the Tour Schedule for more awesome posts!

 Week One:

10/27/2014- Novel Novice- Interview

10/28/2014- Seeing Double In Neverland- Review

10/29/2014- Reading YA Rocks- Guest Post

10/30/2014- The O.W.L.- Review

10/31/2014- Parajunkee- Interview

Week Two:

11/3/2014- Xpresso Reads- Guest Post

11/4/2014- Reading with ABC- Review

11/5/2014- Bibliolatry Me- Interview

11/6/2014- Once Upon a Twilight- Review

11/7/2014- Two Chicks on Books- Guest Post