Today I'm quite excited to bring you a giveaway & book trailer of Gabrielle Zevin's inventive debut All These Things I've Done. It just sounds so delectable that I can't wait to get my hands on a copy!
"In 2083, chocolate and coffee are illegal, paper is hard to find, water is carefully rationed, and New York City is rife with crime and poverty.think she's to blame. Suddenly, Anya finds herself thrust unwillingly into the spotlight--at school, in the news, and most importantly, within her mafia family."
Sherrilyn Kenyon has a new Dark Hunter book coming out TOMORROW! To celebrate this wonderful new addition (technically book 20 in the series) St. Martin's Press has released a trailer & is allowing me to giveaway 1 copy of Retribution. Rules:
You must be 13 or older.
You must reside in the US or Canada (publisher's rules)
In the mean time, read the blurb & enjoy the trailer!
"...Harm no human…
A hired gunslinger, William Jessup Brady lived his life with one foot in the grave. He believed that every life had a price. Until the day when he finally found a reason to live. In one single act of brutal betrayal, he lost everything, including his life. Brought back by a Greek goddess to be one of her Dark-Hunters, he gave his immortal soul for vengeance and swore he’d spend eternity protecting the humans he’d once considered prey.
Orphaned as a toddler, Abigail Yager was taken in by a family of vampires and raised on one belief- Dark-Hunters are the evil who prey on both their people and mankind, and they must all be destroyed. While protecting her adoptive race, she has spent her life eliminating the Dark-Hunters..."
There are SO many good books that I want to feature on Waiting on Wednesday, but of course there's never enough time. I may start doubling up my books because some how I missed this one! (Shocker, I know)
Inifinity by Sherrilyn Kenyon is the first book in a new vampire series called "The Chronicles of Nick." Summary from Goodreads:
At fourteen, Nick Gautier thinks he knows everything about the world around him. Streetwise, tough and savvy, his quick sarcasm is the stuff of legends. . .until the night when his best friends try to kill him. Saved by a mysterious warrior who has more fighting skills than Chuck Norris, Nick is sucked into the realm of the Dark-Hunters: immortal vampire slayers who risk everything to save humanity.
Nick quickly learns that the human world is only a veil for a much larger and more dangerous one: a world where the captain of the football team is a werewolf and the girl he has a crush on goes out at night to stake the undead.
But before he can even learn the rules of this new world, his fellow students are turning into flesh eating zombies. And he’s next on the menu.
As if starting high school isn't hard enough. . .now Nick has to hide his new friends from his mom, his chainsaw from the principal, and keep the zombies and the demon Simi from eating his brains, all without getting grounded or suspended. How in the world is he supposed to do that?
Sounds great right? Well it gets even better; the fine folks over at St. Martin's Press have graciously created and provided us with a book trailer and a FREE download of the song used in the trailer. Trailer:
Song download here AND chapter excerpts with an author interview here. That's a lot of really fun stuff! I'm quite excited for Infinity's release tomorrow and since St. Martin's Press was so kind to provide these links, I thought I would pass them along. So either go buy your copy tomorrow or check your local library's catalog.
Welcome back to Nostalgic Friday! Since I love all things historical (culturally, physically, and personally) I do a post on Fridays honoring some awesome book that is a bit older. Many of them are books I enjoyed in my teens and others are books that I discovered as an adult that I think are relevant to YA readers.
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton was originally released in 1967. I picked this up on a whim after catching the 1983 film of the same title, staring very young versions of Patrick Swayze, Tom Cruise, Diane Lane, and many others, on tv.
The Outsiders follows the struggle and strife of life on the outskirts of 1960's Oklahoma society. Ponyboy Curtis is a Greaser (lower middle class kids known for their long, greasy hair) along with his brothers Darry & Sodapop. Darry became their guardian when they were orphaned by a tragic car accident. Ponyboy's best friend Johnny is a shy, quiet greaser with a terrible home life. They all mostly do what they want, while trying to avoid confrontations with the Socs (Socials, the upper mid-class kids from the right side of the tracks).
One night after seeing a movie together, Johnny & Ponyboy are seen walking with two Soc girls who also saw the same movie. The girls' boyfriends don't take too kindly to the Greasers messing with their girls. While there isn't a fight immediately, later that evening when the boys are blowing off steam after fights at their respective homes, their are caught by some Socs in a local park. The boys start getting the snot kicked out of them and soon Ponyboy blacks out after nearly being drowned in the fountain. He comes to next to a shell-shocked Johnny and a dead Soc.
They flee the city because they know there's no way they'll get a fair shake in court. While hiding out in an abandoned church, they gather information from town from a fellow Greaser Dally. Eventually, when word comes that the Greasers and Socs are going to go toe to toe in a rumble, the guys decide it's time to return and face up to their actions, after the rumble. When they're getting ready to grab their stuff and head out, someone completely unexpected happens forcing them to make decisions that will forever affect how they are viewed in society.
The book means SO much to me. From the fact that Ponyboy reads from Gone with the Wind when they're out at the church to the way Darry and Ponyboy butt heads is just poetic to me. I felt like I really understood the Greasers and that the Socs really were just spoiled brats. You could fast forward to today and other than the "rumbles" the situation is still pretty much the same. This book is timeless!!
While sometimes it could get a little character heavy (there are SO many names and a few of them are only a few letters different) and there was a little too much testosterone, the plot was rather original and unique in its own right. It was so really and lifelike, almost like the author was writing about something he had actually witnessed. All the guys represent almost extremes of different emotions and personalities, the mixture of which can sometimes be volatile or calming.
This really is a must read book and the movie is quite true to the story. A fanmade movie trailer is linked at the bottom, check it out to see some famous movie hunks way back when. Anybody already read/seen it? If not, whichever one you do decide to experience, I know you won't be disappointed!
So, I bought this book a little ways back with Christmas money. It's sitting in my TBR pile after a few books for review. After seeing this trailer, I am even more stoked to read it. Enjoy!
I thought that considering that this is my Waiting on Wednesday book this week, that I would share this lovely little book trailer with you. You can find the original post at Rachel Vincent's blog. Remember, My Soul to Save is the second book in the Soul Screamers series, the first being My Soul to Take, so obviously there may be spoilerish stuff in the video. Other than that, enjoy!!
So, I am still relatively new to this whole "book trailer" trend, but I do love them. It's kind of like fan art in motion. Here is a cute book trailer for a book that I am sad to say my library probably won't buy. I'm hoping to pick up a copy during the holiday season.
Amy and Tristan were as unlikely to meet as any two random teenagers. When Amy answers a "babysitting" ad, she soon realizes that it's no small child she will be watching, but a cute guy her own age. Tristan recently lost his eyesight, is being stubborn about his disability and is staunchly refusing help from anyone. Amy forces him to face reality and in doing so falls in love. But as with many love stories, there is someone else trying to claim his heart. Who will Tristan chose? (Paraphrased from Goodreads)
So I'm sure you are all anticipating my thought on Nancy Werlin's Impossible. Sadly you will have to wait a little bit longer as I have a few other things on my TBR pile. I am hoping to get to it in the next week or two. Hopefully.
So in the mean time I found the book trailer for it. Enjoy!
For those of you whose parents didn't play Simon and Garfunkel for you (and I am truly sorry if they didn't) or if you've just never heard it, here is the song that is referred to in the book. Enjoy and check back soon for my thoughts on the book!
