Thursday, October 21st, 2010
Welcome to Day 6 of the Crossroads Tour! Today’s stop is at Confessions of a Bookaholic. Stop by, then go to the main Crossroads Tour page for today’s question.
And look: More HUNGER reviews:
Phoebe North
Manga Maniac Cafe
And Oh My Books, which gives HUNGER five stars. 
Plus…School Library Journal has given HUNGER a starred review! Here’s what will appear in the November 2010 issue:
*KESSLER, Jackie Morse. Hunger. 180p. Houghton/Graphia. 2010. pap. $8.99. ISBN 978-0-547-34124-8. LC number unavailable.
Gr 8 Up–Suicidal, anorexic Lisabeth thinks she is hallucinating when Death (who looks a lot like a certain dead grunge rock star) rings her doorbell, hands her a set of scales, and informs her that she is now one of the four riders of the Apocalypse–Famine, specifically. When ignoring the scales and the giant war horse grazing in the front yard doesn’t work, Lisabeth takes up the mantle of Famine and rides out to areas marked by the excess of gluttony and decimated by starvation. It’s not long before she learns how to spread hunger and discord, and maybe even how to balance the scales in the areas of the worst suffering. She meets fellow riders–War, who encourages her destructive tendencies, and Pestilence, who councils her to find balance because, “Well, if everyone dies, I’d be out a job, wouldn’t I?” At the heart of this slim novel is a teen struggling with serious food issues, and the storytelling is both realistic and compassionate. If the metaphor of an anorexic as Famine is obvious, the writing is never preachy, and it allows an interesting exploration of both intensely personal food issues and global ones. This book has an excellent hook and is short enough to recommend to reluctant readers.–Caroline Tesauro, Radford Public Library, VA
Again, I want to thank everyone who’s been reading and reviewing HUNGER and spreading the word about the book. You all rock!
Tags: Confessions of a Bookaholic, Crossroads Blog Tour, Crossroads Tour, Hunger, Manga Maniac Cafe, Oh My Books, Phoebe North, School Library Journal
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Tuesday, October 19th, 2010
And here we are at Day 4 of the Crossroads Tour, at Book Bound! Come on over, find out if I’m still drawing comics, then go to the Crossroads main page for today’s question.
And now, the Very Special interview: a tw0-part Post Mortem interview. Part 1, at The Book Smugglers, has Death interviewing me. Part 2, here on Post Mortem, is between Death and Lisabeth.
Tags: Book Bound, Book Smugglers
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Tuesday, October 19th, 2010
Today I do a Big Idea guest post at John Scalzi’s blog, Whatever. Yay!
And look: more HUNGER reviews!
Bitten By Books
The Book Smugglers
I really am grateful that so many terrific bloggers have taken the time to read and review HUNGER, or to give me the chance to do a guest post or an interview. Thank you all!
Later today, I expect my next Crossroads Tour stop over at Book Bound. And there will be a Very Special two-part Post Mortem interview, with part 1 at The Book Smugglers and part 2 over here on Post Mortem. Stay tuned!
Tags: Big Idea, Bitten By Books, Book Bound, Book Smugglers, John Scalzi, Whatever
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Monday, October 18th, 2010
Today is Day 3 of the Crossroads Tour!
Today I’m visiting Book Faery! I talk to Tori about my sibilant S, my pseudo-secret identity, who should play Death if HUNGER were a movie, and other things. Stop by, and then be sure to check out the other author interviews on the Crossroads Tour so you can answer today’s question.
And look: more HUNGER reviews and interviews!
Eleni at La Femme Readers asks me what is the craziest thing that I’ve ever done, and other burning questions.
Heather at Bewitched Bookworms reviews HUNGER.
Amy at Amy Reads also reviews HUNGER.
And Dani at On Vision Purple also reviews HUNGER.
Edited: And even more reviews and interviews:
Adventures in Children’s Publishing: an interview and a poster giveaway!
Writing Is A Blessing: a review, and interview and a poster giveaway!
The New York Journal of Books reviewed HUNGER!
And Justine magazine has three short reviews of HUNGER!
Tags: Amy Reads, Book Faery, Crossroads Blog Tour, Crossroads Tour, Hunger, la femme readers, On Vision Purple
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Monday, October 18th, 2010
It’s October 18, 2010…and that means HUNGER has officially launched! **throws confetti** Ironically, I’ve got a horrible sore throat, so I can’t swallow. Sigh.
HUNGER is available at Barnes and Noble, Borders, Powell’s, Books-A-Million, Chapters, Book Depository, your favorite indie, and Amazon (also in the UK and Canada). As you know, a portion of proceeds is being donated to the National Eating Disorders Association, so if you bought a copy, thank you for helping make a difference!
If you bought a copy of HUNGER, take a picture of you with the book and email it to me; I’ll post it on my blog. And THANK YOU!
Assuming I don’t have strep throat (eek), I’ll be reading and signing tonight at Flights of Fantasy at 7 pm, in Colonie. Hope to see you there! (I may have a surgical mask on.)
Later today, Day 3 of the Crossroads Tour, more reviews of HUNGER, and a Deadline Dames post. Stay tuned!
Tags: Hunger, National Eating Disorders Association
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Sunday, October 17th, 2010
Look! A spiffy banner!
Today for the Crossroads blog tour, I’m by Book-Savvy, where I answer the burning question of which author, living or dead, I would most want to collaborate with. Here’s the interview. Heather is currently reading HUNGER; fingers crossed that she likes it.
And hey, if you’re not sure what the Crossroads blog tour is, here’s the deal: Starting yesterday, October 16, 2010, and all through Halloween this month, 16 book bloggers are hosting 16 YA authors. But this is more than just a great opportunity to find out about 16 books and their authors — you can win stuff too! First, read the intro story at the Crossroads Tour. Now scroll down to the questions you need to answer correctly, by Halloween, to be entered into the contest. How do you get the answers? You have to read the interviews at the 16 blogs! That’s right…the answer to the daily question is there, somewhere. You have to hunt it up (and learn some cool things along the way about the 16 authors). The list of the 16 awesome bloggers are at the bottom of the Crossroads Tour main page.
What can you win, you ask? Well, along with some terrific swag…
…there’s also the grand prize of:
- signed copy of Under My Skin by Judith Graves
- copy of Dreaming Anastasia by Joy Preble
- copy of Freaksville by Kitty Keswick
- gothic stickers
- funky Halloween decorations
- a DVD featuring Classic Horror Films
- a $10 gift certificate for Leap Books
- a Leap Books T-shirt
So come join us at The Crossroads. Learn stuff. Maybe win stuff too.
Tags: Book-Savvy, contest, Crossroads Blog Tour, Crossroads Tour, Hunger
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Saturday, October 16th, 2010
Welcome to the Crossroads tour! Starting on October 16, 2010, and running through Halloween, 16 paranormal authors will meet 16 bloggers at The Crossroads. Each day, each blogger on the tour will have a new author on the blog. And each week, you will have the chance to win some awesome swag prize packs. (This wording was taken directly from YA Addict, because clearly, I have no scruples.)
So over the next 16 days, I will be visiting 16 different blogs for the Crossroads tour. Lots of stuff will be given away…including a copy of HUNGER!
But wait, there’s more! Go to The Crossroads Tour website and read the story there. As Judith Graves says:
Each day of The Crossroads Tour, a new research question will be revealed on The Crossroads Blog Tour main page (http://judithgraves.com/events/the-crossroads-tour/), and each day the answer to that question will be found within one of the 16 different blog posts by Crossroads Tour authors. Your job is to get the question, read the blog posts, and collect all 16 answers by the end of the tour, on Halloween.
Later today, my part of the Crossroads Tour will begin at YA Addict. See you there!
Tags: Crossroads Blog Tour, Hunger, YA Addict
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Friday, October 15th, 2010
Today on the HUNGER blog tour, there’s a review and interview with Presenting Lenore! Click here to find out more about Biblical influences, the best question I was ever asked, and more about my cat than you probably wanted to know.
Also, please check out the HUNGER review at Teens Read and Write — and be sure to enter the contest for a copy of the book!
And then check out the detailed HUNGER review over at Book Faery!
Plus: RAGE NEWS! The official pub date for RAGE has been moved up to Monday, April 4, 2011. If you’re going to the RT 2011 convention in Los Angeles, I’ll be signing copies at the big book fair. Hope to see you there!
Tags: Book Faery, Presenting Lenore, RT, Teens Read and Write
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Thursday, October 14th, 2010
Today’s HUNGER blog tour stop is at The Story Siren, for an interview! I talk about the importance of scales in the book, as well as who my favorite character was to write, and other things too. Thanks for the interview, Kristi!
More reviews of HUNGER have been coming in…as well as a number for RAGE! (For the record, it’s very surreal to see reviews of book #2 before book #1 has technically launched.) Here are a few:
Wayfaring Writer: another interview with me, as well as a review of HUNGER
Miles 2 Go: reviews both HUNGER and RAGE
Bibliophilic Monologues: re-posts a HUNGER review
Writing Is A Blessing: selects RAGE for this week’s Waiting On Wednesday
Reading Angel: reviews HUNGER
Whatchamacallit Reviews: reviews HUNGER
Okay, so maybe that’s a lot and not a few. My continued heartfelt thanks to all who have read and reviewed HUNGER (OMG, and RAGE)! HUNGER officially launches on Monday. I’m giddy!
Separately…I finished the LOSS synopsis, finally! My fabulous crit partner has weighed in, and now my agent is reviewing it, along with the first five chapters of the book. Fingers crossed she likes it!
Tags: Bibliophilic Monologues, Hunger, Interview, Miles 2 Go, Rage, Reading Angel, Story Siren, Wayfaring Writer, Whatchamacallit Reviews, Writing Is A Blessing
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