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In anticipation of the 10th anniversary of POISON STUDY by Maria
V. Snyder, we’re hosting a
read-along! The read-along will take place from October 1st-31st and we will be
reading a few chapters a week - see the schedule below. This is a great
opportunity for those of us that are hardcore fans of the series to re-read the
book and for those of you that have been wanting to read the book to finally do
it!
We have some amazing bloggers helping host the read-along. You
can participate and follow along on any of their blogs!
1. Just sign up in the Linky below and let us know you’re participating! (During the
read-along you will be able to add your blog posts to a Rafflecopter for a chance to win one of the
awesome giveaway prizes!)
2. Post once a week during the month of October (preferably on Friday
or Saturday). The post can be about anything you’ve read that week. You can post on your blog, tumblr, facebook, pinterest, where ever you post just as long as it has a shareable link!
3. Join the conversation on Twitter. There will be no set times,
just tweet when the mood strikes, using the hashtag #PoisonStudyReadAlong
Maria will be hosting an open Q&A session on her Poison Study 10 Year Celebration Facebook Page, so
if you have questions for her while reading head on over there! The characters
from POISON STUDY will also be answering questions there, so feel free to stop
by and ask Yelena, Valek, Ari, Janco - or anyone else you meet in POISON STUDY -
anything you’d like to know. Maria will also be posting links to her website
where she’ll be sharing chapter notes and hosting an exclusive giveaway!
The read-along schedule:
October 4th-10th:
Chapters 1-8
October 11th-17th:
Chapters 9-17
October 18th-24th:
Chapters 18-25
October 25th-31st: Chapters 26-32 and closing post
The giveaway:
In conjunction with the read-along there will also be a blog tour
the first two weeks of October. The read-along and blog tour will hosting the
same amazing “10 prizes for
10 years” giveaway, and some of these prizes are very, very rare!
If you do not have a copy of the book, you can grab it at any
book retailer. Links to where you can find it for purchase online are below.
About to be executed for murder, Yelena is offered an extraordinary reprieve.
She’ll eat the best meals,
have rooms in the palace—and risk assassination by anyone trying to kill the
Commander of Ixia.
And so Yelena chooses to become a food taster. But the chief of security,
leaving nothing to chance, deliberately feeds her Butterfly’s Dust—and only by appearing for her daily
antidote will she delay an agonizing death from the poison.
As Yelena tries to escape her new dilemma, disasters keep mounting. Rebels plot
to seize Ixia and Yelena develops magical powers she can’t control. Her life is threatened again
and choices must be made. But this time the outcomes aren’t so clear. . . . Other covers.
Hey y’all thanks for stopping by to see my Dying to Read post
and of course as always I have to give credit to the lovely Jill over at Breaking the Spine for the
Waiting on Wednesday Meme!
I am so stoked with all the high fantasy books coming out in 2016 and this one is no exception!
Sixteen-year-old Elli was a small child when the Elders of Kupari chose her to succeed the Valtia, the queen who wields infinitely powerful ice and fire magic. Since then, Elli has lived in the temple, surrounded by luxury and tutored by magical priests, as she prepares for the day when the Valtia perishes and the magic finds a new home in her. Elli is destined to be the most powerful Valtia to ever rule. But when the queen dies defending the kingdom from invading warriors, the magic doesn’t enter Elli. It’s nowhere to be found. Disgraced, Elli flees to the outlands, the home of banished criminals—some who would love to see the temple burn with all its priests inside. As she finds her footing in this new world, Elli uncovers devastating new information about the Kupari magic, those who wield it, and the prophecy that foretold her destiny. Torn between the love she has for her people and her growing loyalty to the banished, Elli struggles to understand the true role she was meant to play. But as war looms, she must align with the right side—before the kingdom and its magic are completely destroyed.
So what do you
think? Will you be adding this to your pile? What are you dying to read this
week?
I am so
excited that WALK ON EARTH A STRANGER
by Rae Carson releases today and that I get to share the news, along with an
awesome giveaway!
If you
haven’t yet heard about this wonderful new series by Rae Carson, be sure to
check out all the details below.
This blitz
also includes a giveaway for a set of the GIRL OF FIRE AND THORNS series (in
paperback format). US only. So if you’d like a chance to win, enter in the
Rafflecopter at the bottom of this post.
The first
book in a new trilogy from acclaimed New York Times bestselling author Rae
Carson. A young woman with the magical ability to sense the presence of gold
must flee her home, taking her on a sweeping and dangerous journey across Gold
Rush–era America.
Lee Westfall
has a secret. She can sense the presence of gold in the world around her. Veins
deep beneath the earth, pebbles in the river, nuggets dug up from the forest
floor. The buzz of gold means warmth and life and home—until everything is
ripped away by a man who wants to control her. Left with nothing, Lee disguises
herself as a boy and takes to the trail across the country. Gold was discovered
in California, and where else could such a magical girl find herself, find
safety? Rae Carson, author of the acclaimed Girl of Fire and Thorns trilogy,
dazzles with this new fantasy that subverts both our own history and familiar
fantasy tropes.
Walk on
Earth a Stranger, the first book in this new trilogy, introduces—as only Rae
Carson can—a strong heroine, a perilous road, a fantastical twist, and a
slow-burning romance. Includes a map and author’s note on historical
research.
Read chapter
1 of WALK ON EARTH A STRANGER annotated by Rae Carson HERE!
About
Rae:
Rae Carson is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the
acclaimed Girl of Fire and Thorns trilogy. Her next book, Walk On Earth A
Stranger, will be available September 22, 2015. She lives in Arizona with her
husband.
Hi thanks for stopping by!!! And welcome to my Top 10 Tuesday post! Thanks to the lovely ladies at The Broke And The Bookish for creating this weekly meme! Here's this week's topic. September 22: Top Ten Books On My Fall TBR I'm a total mood reader so this will probably change and there is no order to this list I'm just paging through mt TBR on Goodreads. Plus most of these books aren't all fall books but some winter and 2016 books as well.
1. WINTER by Marissa Meyer. I will be reading this one as soon as I get it.
3. UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN by Renee Collins. This one has been on my TBR for a while.
4. THEIR FRACTURED LIGHT by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner. I DNF'd book 2 but I loved book 1 so I will give this one a go since all the characters are supposed to be in it. I missed Tarver in book 2.
5. FROZEN TIDES by Morgan Rhodes. This one will be a DEAR so soon as it arrives!
6. ENDURE by Sara B. Larson. I can't wait to see how this series ends!
7. THE SHADOW QUEEN by C.J. Redwine. This will be in my possession soon and I can't wait to read it. I love C.J.s books!
8. BLUESCREEN by Dan Wells. This one is sitting on my book shelf saying "read me"
9. BURNING GLASS by Kathryn Purdie. This one is coming my way soon too. Can't wait for it!
10. THE GREAT HUNT by Wendy Higgins. Same as 7 & 9 and I can't wait for this one either!
So what about you? What series haven't you finished? And come back next week for my Ten Books To Read If You Like This Super Popular Book/Author (I'll probably go with Maria V. Snyder for 2 reasons I adore her books and it's POISON STUDY'S 10 year anniversary!)
Greetings mortals! We have partnered with Penguin Teen and Marie Lu to celebrate Marie’s evilicious book THE ROSE SOCIETY and we are here to announce our villain crew! And today it's my turn *evil laugh*! Also make sure to check at the bottom of the post for 3 amazing giveaways and make sure to check in each day of the schedule some of the blogs have special surprise giveaways planned!
I am Lahettaa but my friends (well not friends since I don't have those) rather cohorts call me Hettaa. I am a norse witch or völva as we are called in our native tongue. I have many powers but my main and most important power in my opinion is teleportation. I am not old in looks as are most völva but I am ancient. I am a direct descendant from Freyja the goddess of war, death, love, beauty, and some other unimportant stuff.
Believe it or not I used to be good, well good for the vikings bad for everyone else. I was a warrior witch and I would teleport to the lands that we plundered ahead of time and teleport back to tell my brothers and sisters what to expect when they landed. Yeah Ragnar Lothbrok had my help many times.
I had a great life! I was to be married to a powerful viking warlord but another woman caught his eye and he married her instead. I was the winner in the end. I spelled him so he was infertile and couldn't carry on his bloodline and the woman he married? I took my vengeance another way... Trust me you don't want to know what I did to her it would make you cringe. My brothers and sisters turned on me after that and tried to murder me.
I fled and lived on my own for a long time not wanting to deal with people. I found a small house in a new land and killed anyone who crossed my path. But I got bored living in the same place so I started randomly teleporrting to different lands. I met Fiammata first in Italy (although she's a bit humble and says she didn't help form this group she did) her fire wielding power was horrifying and amazing at the same time and I knew we should work together. We founded the group that is now known as the Nefarious Nine, trust me you do not want to run into any of us in a dark alley or alone on a country road. We like to play and toy with our victims before we kill them. If you are bad we may keep you around to be one of our many lackeys. If you're good beware because we are coming for you. Do you have what it takes to defeat us? I think not.
About the book:
Title: THE ROSE SOCIETY
Author: Marie Lu
Pub. Date: October 13, 2015
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Reader
From New York Times bestselling author Marie Lu comes the second book in the exhilarating Young Elites series Once upon a time, a girl had a father, a prince, a society of friends. Then they betrayed her, and she destroyed them all. Adelina Amouteru’s heart has suffered at the hands of both family and friends, turning her down the bitter path of revenge. Now known and feared as the White Wolf, she and her sister flee Kenettra to find other Young Elites in the hopes of building her own army of allies. Her goal: to strike down the Inquisition Axis, the white-cloaked soldiers that murdered her love, the Crown Prince Enzo Valenciano. But Adelina is no heroine. Her powers, fed only by fear and hate, have started to grow beyond her control. She does not trust her newfound Elite friends. Teren Santoro, leader of the Inquisition, wants her dead. And her former friends, Raffaele and the Dagger Society, want to stop her thirst for vengeance. Adelina struggles to cling to the good within her. But how can someone be good, when her very existence depends on darkness?
Giveaway
Details:
Giveaway sponsored by Penguin Teen: 1 winner will receive an ARC of THE ROSE SOCIETY. US Only.
Giveaway sponsored by Rachel @ Fiktshun: 3 winner's get their choice of either of the books in The Young Elites Series ordered (or pre-ordered) from Amazon or The Book Depository. Open internationally to anywhere TBD ships.
This Monstrous Thing by Mackenzi Lee Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books Release Date: September 22nd 2015
Genre: Young Adult, Horror, Steampunk, Retelling, Historical, Science Fiction, Paranormal, Fantasy
Synopsis:
In 1818 Geneva, men built with clockwork parts live hidden away from society, cared for only by illegal mechanics called Shadow Boys. Two years ago, Shadow Boy Alasdair Finch’s life shattered to bits.
His brother, Oliver—dead.
His sweetheart, Mary—gone.
His chance to break free of Geneva—lost.
Heart-broken and desperate, Alasdair does the unthinkable: He brings Oliver back from the dead.
But putting back together a broken life is more difficult than mending bones and adding clockwork pieces. Oliver returns more monster than man, and Alasdair’s horror further damages the already troubled relationship.
Then comes the publication of Frankenstein and the city intensifies its search for Shadow Boys, aiming to discover the real life doctor and his monster. Alasdair finds refuge with his idol, the brilliant Dr. Geisler, who may offer him a way to escape the dangerous present and his guilt-ridden past, but at a horrible price only Oliver can pay…
This
is not a deleted scene or a rewritten scene, per say, so much as it is a
missing scene from the book. And also from someone else’s point of view.
So
here are the facts:
1.This scene takes place
after chapter 13 of This Monstrous Thing.
Which is about halfway through the book. So mild spoilers. Obvs.
2.This scene is written from
Oliver’s point of view. Don’t get confused.
3.Enjoy!
I have not been outside since I died. If there were not men who’d like to see me die again chasing us, perhaps I would be enjoying the reunion a bit more. We don’t have to run far to lose them. The snow has frozen and crusted over with a thin, icy layer since the blizzard, and breaking it takes a heavy step. The officers tire fast. I hear them fall behind, their shouts tapering into faint trills like birdcalls. Then they fade entirely. We keep running, even after they quiet, down the slope of the foothills and toward the faint glow, down through the pines toward the lakeshore. It’s not me who stops—it’s the girl, this mechanical wonder of a girl whose name I still don’t know. She collapses backward very suddenly against the base of a black tree, one hand pressed to her chest. A metallic wheezing sound threads its fingers with her breathing, so the hissing sound that leaves her is part human, part machine. I stop too and stand over her, waiting. My own breath meets the air in a thick white cloud. I’m not wheezing or leaking. I am better made than she. I can feel the burn of the cold in the flesh and bone parts of me, like borderlines drawn upon maps, lines that separate the human parts of me from those that are less than. In that moment, I am feeling made mostly of the less than. I did just kill a man, after all. Perhaps two—I didn’t hang about long enough to see. I am not sure if that makes me more human or monstrous. “Did they hurt you?” I look down. The girl has caught her breath and is looking up at me now. She’s a small, spindly creature, and that daft, several-sizes-to-big coat makes her look more so. Her white hair is a spill of moonlight through the darkness. “I’m not hurt,” I say, though from her silhouette, I can see the side of her face is starting to swell. “You are.” She picks up a handful of snow and presses it against her cheek with a mumbled curse. I watch her for a moment, then scoop a fistful up with my mechanical fingers, just as she did. It sits, sludgy and unchanging in the frozen metal, and I transfer it to my flesh-and-blood hand. It’s so cold it burns, but after a few seconds, begins to melt and thin tracks drizzle down my arm. My fingers start to throb, but I don’t let go. “Sit down, why don’t you?” she says suddenly, making a fist into the snow beside her. “Might as well be comfortable while we plot.” That we is an arresting word. I have not been part of a we in a long time— whatever Ally and I have been for the past two years, it’s certainly not a we—and it tugs at my insides like a hook. I slide down into the snow beside her, all my joints squeaking in their frozen, metallic glory. I wince without meaning to. Sometimes I am still caught off guard by my own repulsive body. We sit in silence for a while, because I don’t know what to say to her. I have not been required to make polite conversation in all of my little life and after several excruciating moments, it’s clear that’s not a skill that’s going to return easily. Or perhaps there simply is no appropriate small talk to be made after a murder and a flight. “Your hair is rather arresting,” I say at last. She takes a handful of it and sweeps it out of the collar of her coat. It nearly thwacks me in the face. “It was black, before my accident, if you’d believe it,” she says. “Dark, like yours. But since the moment I woke on Geisler’s laboratory table, it’s never grown anything but white.” “Because of Geisler?” I ask. “Because sometimes bodies carry pain around in strange ways.” She lets the slushy remains of her handful of snow fall back to the ground, then slides one hand to her breastbone, a two-fingered touch under her coat, like she is pressing something into place. I am trying not to stare at her chest, because we’ve only known each other for what equates to maybe an hour at best, but it’s hard not to when I can see that gleam of metal poking out beneath the collar. “May I see it?” I ask. She looks over at me, mouth twirling into a smirk. “We’ve only just met and already you’re undressing me.” “I’ve been locked in a castle for two years. I don’t understand social norms.” She laughs as she unfastens the buttons of her coat so that the neck falls open, then pulls up her shirt with a shiver so I can see the silver paneling beneath. She fits her fingers into the seam, same way Ally’s done for me dozens of times, and swings it open. And we are almost the same, she and I, like two garments cut from the same cloth. Bellows and cogs in place of lungs, bolts and pins holding them in place. A body that could not function without the foreign, metal parts assisting it. She is Geisler’s thing, same as I am Alasdair’s. I reach out a single finger of my mechanical hand and run it softly along the bolts that line her lungs. “Easy on the goods there, darling,” she says quietly, a thin smile teasing her lips, though I have a sense it’s only there to conceal the pain. I drop my hand. She knocks the panel closed with a knuckle and does up the buttons of her coat again, her head tipped backward against the pine tree. “Were you ever dead?” I ask her. “Not nearly as dead as you were, if your brother is to be believed.” My metal fingers creak when I fist it. “I’m going to rip him apart.” “Now don’t do that. He did the best he could with a tricky situation.” “That doesn’t make it right.” “Maybe not.” She ties a strand of her hair into a knot between her fingers, then looks over at me. “I’ve never met anyone like me before.” “I’ve never met…anyone,” I say. Her eyebrows crease. I think for a moment she is looking at me with that same sick pity Ally wears, but when the moonlight falls on her face, it isn’t pity. It’s something else entirely, something unfamiliar and fragile. Then she reaches out and very softly touches the tip of one finger to a scar near my ear so that her palm rests upon my cheek. “We are beautiful monsters, aren’t we?” she says. A soft dollop of snow falls from one of the branches and splays upon the ground beside us. The wind ruffles the pines. An owl flies across the moon. The stars are very, very bright, handfuls of salt across a velvet sky. She keeps her hand there, upon my cheek, and for a time, we breathe together. Man-made, mechanical things.
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Mackenzi Lee holds a BA in history and an MFA from Simmons College in writing for children and young adults. She loves Diet Coke, sweater weather, and Star Wars. On a perfect day, she can be found enjoying all three. She currently lives in Boston, where she works as a bookseller and almost never reanimates corpses. Almost.
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A hardcover copy of THIS MONSTROUS THING
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