Trailers Galore

Marissa Meyer's first book in the The Lunar Chronicles, Cinder, just came out and word on the street is that it's really good.

Even in the future, the story begins with Once Upon a Time…. Humans and androids crowd the raucous streets of New Beijing. A deadly plague ravages the population. From space, a ruthless lunar people watch, waiting to make their move. No one knows that Earth's fate hinges on one girl. . . . Cinder, a gifted mechanic, is a cyborg. She's a second-class citizen with a mysterious past, reviled by her stepmother and blamed for her stepsister's illness. But when her life becomes intertwined with the handsome Prince Kai's, she suddenly finds herself at the center of an intergalactic struggle, and a forbidden attraction. Caught between duty and freedom, loyalty and betrayal, she must uncover secrets about her past in order to protect her world's future.

Tour Stops! Do you live near one of these cities?

January 9: Twitter and Facebook!!
Virtual Cinder Launch Party, being hosted with Figment Fiction
Facebook/ Twitter party at 7:00 EST

January 11: Salt Lake City, UT
The King's English Bookshop
7:00 p.m.

January 12: Provo, UT
Provo City Library
7:00 p.m.

January 23: Naperville, IL
Anderson's Bookshop
7:00 p.m.
Note: Megan Miranda, author of FRACTURE, will also be at this event!

January 24: Petaluma, CA
Copperfield's Books
3:00 p.m

January 26: San Francisco, CA
Books Inc. “Not Your Mother’s Book Club” at Opera Plaza
7:00 p.m.
Note: Megan Miranda (FRACTURE) and Daisy Whitney (THE RIVALS) will also be at this event!

January 27: Portland, OR
Powell's Books
7:00 p.m.
Note: Megan Miranda, author of FRACTURE, will also be at this event!

February 10-14: Vancouver and Victoria, BC, Canada
Details TBD

February 25: Long Beach, CA
Passion and Prose Convention

April 14: Houston, TX
TeenBookCon

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Then we have Megan Crewe's The Way We Fall! The Way We Fall is coming out this month, January, on the 24th so get those preorders in! Or you can stop by Megan's blog to win a copy.

When sixteen-year-old Kaelyn lets her best friend leave for school without saying goodbye, she never dreams that she might not see him again.  But then a strange virus begins to sweep through her small island community, infecting young and old alike.  As the dead pile up, the government quarantines the island: no one can leave, and no one can come back.

Those still healthy must fight for the island's dwindling supplies, or lose all chance of survival. As everything familiar comes crashing down, Kaelyn joins forces with a former rival and discovers a new love in the midst of heartbreak. When the virus starts to rob her of friends and family, she clings to the belief that there must be a way to save the people she holds dearest.

Because how will she go on if there isn't?

Sherrilyn Kenyon Trailer and Giveaway

New from St. Martin's Press is #1 New York Times bestselling author, Sherrilyn Kenyon's 3-book series, 'The League'! With over 19 million books in print, Sherrilyn Kenyon is renowned the world over as "the reigning queen of the paranormal genre that she pioneered long before the world had heard of Twilight." All three books in the series are available now.

St. Martins Press is also offering your readers a chance to enter a sweepstakes to win digital downloads of all three books from 'The League'. Here is the link

In addition, here is the final book trailer for Sherylin Kenyon's latest trilogy, 'The League'. It is an enticing compilation consisting of clips from all three of the official book trailers ('Born of Night', 'Born of Fire' and 'Born of Ice').

Link to Official Sherrilyn Kenyon Sites:

http://www.Livetheleague.com

http://www.Sherrilynkenyon.com

http://www.Officialsanctuary.com

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I am also giving away a book from The League series. Winner's choice of: Born of Night, Born of Fire, or Born of Ice.

Contest will end in 2 weeks, December 15th 2009. US only. Winner must send me their name, address, email address, and telephone number. Please be aware that I am not selling your information nor am I am distributing it throughout the internet. The book is being sent by a company else via UPS. It's just a precaution in case anything happen.

To Enter:

Comment below with your email address (required).

+1 to every person you refer (they must state your name)

+1 to the person who was referred.

Give Up the Ghost Trailer and Contest!

Sound interesting? Well good because Megan Crewe is giving away some prizes to start you guys off!

Copied and paste from Megan's blog

How to enter

Send your stories about junior high or high school misbehavior to secrets at megancrewe dot com by August 24th. It could be something not-so-nice you did, something not-so-nice someone did to you, or something you saw happen to someone else (a friend, classmate, teacher, etc.). For examples, check out the stories already posted!

Don’t worry–unlike Cass, I won’t reveal your secrets. All stories will be posted without name or contact information. I’ll separate your e-mail address from your story as soon as I get it and delete the messages, and even *I* won’t know which stories belong to the winners.

Make sure each story includes your age or grade at the time of the story (should take place during junior high or high school). Other than that, be as creative as you like! All the current examples are written stories, but there are lots of other options (just send me the file):

-create an image around your secret (a la PostSecret)

-draw a picture of what happened

-record an audio file of you telling your story

-make a video (without showing your face–cover it, do a slideshow with voice-over or text, it’s up to you!)

You can submit as many stories as you like–each story counts as one entry in the draw.

The prizes

1. The grand prize is only available to those who present their secret in one of the more creative ways listed above. Those whose stories include an image, drawing, audio file, or video will be entered to win…

A large GIVE UP THE GHOST prize pack, including:

-A signed advance copy of GIVE UP THE GHOST

-All five ghost scent samples

-A GIVE UP THE GHOST tote bag

-A 10″ LED paper lantern (from the book: Get [Paige] interested, though, and she brightened up like a Chinese lantern.)

-A friendship bracelet (from the book: I’d kept thinking of Danielle as my real best friend. We had the extra four years between us, that back history of friendship bracelets and sleepovers and secret sharing.)

-A sticker set featuring the main characters of the novel

-A GIVE UP THE GHOST bookmark

-A GIVE UP THE GHOST button (not pictured, but I should have them by the time the contest is over)

and…

First choice of THREE of the ARCs pictured above (ALPHAS by Lisi Harrison, ONCE A WITCH by Carolyn MacCullough, CRAZY BEAUTIFUL by Lauren Baratz-Logsted, TRICKS by Ellen Hopkins, SOULSTICE by Simon Holt, CATCHING FIRE by Suzanne Collins, RIOT by Walter Dean Myers, DEMON PRINCESS by Michelle Rowen, FOREST BORN by Shannon Hale, DEVIL’S KISS by Sarwat Chadda, and ONCE WAS LOST by Sara Zarr).

2. The second prize is for everyone who submits any sort of story, and it’s pretty awesome too! It includes…

A signed advance copy of GIVE UP THE GHOST

A medium GIVE UP THE GHOST prize pack including

-All five ghost scents

-Small paper lantern

-Friendship bracelet

-Sticker set

-Bookmark

-Button

-Second choice (after the grand prize) of TWO of the additional ARCs

3. Five additional winners will receive a small GIVE UP THE GHOST prize pack (same as medium but only one ghost scent) and choice of ONE of the remaining ARCS!

Seven chances to win, twelve great books! What are you waiting for? Send those secrets in now!

So what are you waiting for!? ENTER!

Catching Fire Trailer

We interrupt this tour to bring you the trailer for Catching Fire--sequel to The Hunger Games. I just got an email from Scholastic with the link so I have not yet actually watched it either.

Silver Phoenix Book Trailer!

It was too pretty to pass up...

The New and the Old

Before you start showering the trailers with praises, I just wanted to let you know that I did not make them.

Fragile Eternity

So I went a bit crazy with book trailers but I can't help it! Anyway I finished Fragile Eternity and my review should be posted in a few weeks.

Believe it or not, but this trailer is pretty darn close to the book.

Shine, Coconut Moon

Neesha deserves full credit~

Sophomore Switch

made by the author, Abby.

Bad Girls Don’t Die Trailer

Definitely read the book when it comes out!

Hunted--House of Night Series!

I was just contemplating about what to post for today, when this lovely little trailer popped up in my email. You guys probably all heard about the House of Night Series by PC Cast and Kristin Cast right? And for those you nodding their heads and screaming, "I need the next book now!" here's a lovely little trailer to ease the pain...



But wait! Here's also a super cool bonus for all of you dying fans! Click here to read the 1st chapter of Hunted! Click it! I dare you!

Summary: "What if the hottest guy in the world was hiding a nameless evil, and all he wanted was you?

At the start of this heart-pounding new installment of the bestselling House of Night series, Zoey’s friends have her back again and Stevie Rae and the red fledglings aren’t Neferet’s secrets any longer. But an unexpected danger has emerged. Neferet guards her powerful new consort, Kalona, and no one at the House of Night seems to understand the threat he poses. Kalona looks gorgeous, and he has the House of Night under his spell. A past life holds the key to breaking his rapidly spreading influence, but what if this past life shows Zoey secrets she doesn’t want to hear and truths she can’t face?

On the run and holed up in Tulsa’s Prohibition-era tunnels, Zoey and her gang must discover a way to deal with something that might bring them all down. Meanwhile, Zoey has a few other little problems. The red fledglings have cleaned up well – they’ve even managed to make the dark, creepy tunnels feel more like home – but are they really as friendly as they seem? On the boyfriend front, Zoey has a chance to make things right with super-hot ex-, Eric, but she can’t stop thinking about Stark, the archer who died in her arms after one unforgettable night, and she is driven to try to save him from Neferet’s sinister influence at all costs. Will anyone believe the power evil has to hide among us?"

Has all of this caught your attention? Then pre-order your copy now! It's 40% off at Amazon so hurry before it's too late!

Watchmen

So my friend is extra hyper about watching this movie! What do you guys think? I got her the book since she wanted to read it so badly and now she's even more excited for the movie to come out! It comes out 03-06-09! Are you planning on watching it? What are your expectations?

Special thanks to said friend (Judy) for emailing me the trailer link. I got too lazy to do it myself...

Spectacular!

I won't be posting tomorrow because I'll be too busy watching...



Doesn't this look just AMAZING (I'm being sarcastic of course...). I know the trailer has been out for the long time but I just wanted to let you guys know that it'll premier tomorrow! So get your TiVo set up and watch this "Spectacular" movie!

p.s. I'm totally getting a déjà vu experience with HSM...and I apologize for the terrible quality.

Oh No...

So I'm going to assume that all you have heard about Hannah Montana. First it was the television show, then came the albums, and the concerts, but now here comes...THE MOVIE!


All rights reserved for Walt Disney Pictures.

And you know the sad part is...I'm probably going to end up watching it one day...

Eternal Giveaway!

This is so pretty! I love the background music.

Also there's an Eternal Grand Prize Giveaway Package!

"In celebration of the Feb. 10 release of Eternal (Candlewick), author Cynthia Leitich Smith is giving away several prize packages, some including signed copies of the novel, tie-in T-shirts, finger puppets, stickers, guardian-angel tokens, and more! See details here."

EDIT: Hopefully, the link works now.
EDIT 2: So I fixed the title link last time and I hadn't realize that you guys were trying to click on the "here" link, which I just fixed. The other two links for the author and the book I'll fix later on hopefully.

Confessions of a Shopaholic

Okay I know many of you have heard of this series, but how many are planning to watch it? I'm so so tempted to watch it! If anyone is going to watch it, let me know how it was!

Pssst, why yes, I am indeed procrastinating on my history essay which was assigned today and due tomorrow. One and a half pages long. Wish me luck...

Coraline