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May updates

Thursday, May 5th, 2011

Yes, RAGE had a huge blog tour in April. No, I didn’t blog a lot about it (although I was pretty good about tweeting every day). Sorry, sorry, sorry. I suck. I was on deadline with LOSS.

Here’s a list of all the terrific sites I visited on the official RAGE Blog Tour, with their reviews of RAGE or their interviews with me, or my guest posts (whew!) :

Literary Escapism

Bitten By Books

The Compulsive Reader

The Book Smugglers

Presenting Lenore

Mundie Moms

The Story Siren

Book Faery

Bookworming in the 21st Century

Green Bean Teen Queen

The Neverending Shelf

Lauren’s Crammed Bookshelf <--- An A+ review!!! Yow!!!

In Bed With Books

Wicked Awesome Books

Confessions of a Bookaholic

Tales of the Ravenous Reader

Rebecca’s Book Blog

SciFi Guy

A Backwards Story

The Hate-Mongering Tart

Thank you again, everyone!

The good news: I handed in the draft of LOSS to my editor, on time! The manuscript (66,600 words) is much longer than either HUNGER (44,000 words) or RAGE (55,000 words). It looks like LOSS will be a spring 2012 publication. Rah! Details to follow when they are available.

The great news: RAGE had a terrific launch, with lots of amazing reviews, including this one from Mrs. Giggles, who says: “The vicarious beat down that leaves me feeling wonderfully bruised all over is the sign of a story that succeeds in reeling me in, emotionally and intellectually, and damn if it doesn’t feel great.”

**grin**

To everyone who has been reading and reviewing RAGE: Thank you, hugely. I hope you’ll enjoy LOSS even more! (Yeah, okay, you have to wait a year. Sorry about that!)

And hey: a new Post Mortem interview! The amazing Jeri Smith-Ready’s latest book, SHIFT, is now available ((DROOL!!!!!!!! CAN’T WAIT TO READ IT!!!!!!!!)), and her character Logan is interviewed by Death. Complete with playlist! Rah!

I’ll be at the Rochester Teen Book Festival next week, and I hope to see you there. :)



New Releases Tuesday

Tuesday, May 4th, 2010

Wow, there’s a boatload of terrific new books available today!

WHITE CAT (Curse Workers #1), Holly Black

Mobsters as magicians? Dude. I’m in love. Ever since I read Tithe, I’ve been enamored of Holly’s writing. Hugely looking forward to this new series!

RUNNING SCARED (Sentinel Wars #3), Shannon K. Butcher

I have been pestering Shannon about when the third book in the Sentinels would be available for months. Months. I love this series, and I can’t wait to dash to the bookstore over lunch today to get my grubby hands on book three.

DEAD IN THE FAMILY (Sookie Stackhouse #10), Charlaine Harris

Way before True Blood, there was Sookie Stackhouse. After the way things were left in last year’s Dead and Gone, I just wanted to give poor Sookie a ginormous hug. Definitely eager to see what happens next to our favorite telepathic barmaid from Louisiana.

MAGIC ON THE STORM (Allie Beckstrom #4), Devon Monk

Yay, apocalyptic storm approaching! Yay, Allie has to save the day! Devon is one of my fellow (fella?) Deadline Dames, and I’m looking forward to reading the latest in her terrific series.

THE DEMON IN ME (Living in Eden #1), Michelle Rowen

I loved Michelle’s fabulous Immortality Bites series. I am so thrilled she has a new series out now — and about demons! Rah, demons! This new book is at the top of my To Be Read pile.

SHADE, Jeri Smith-Ready

I’m a huge fan of Jeri’s vampire series, and when she mentioned her new YA about ghosts, I new I wanted to read it. I was fortunate enough to get an ARC, and I devoured SHADE. And oh my God, it’s phenomenal. I **loved** this book. Everyone should read it.

THE RED PYRAMID (The Kane Chronicles #1), Rick Riordan

My kids and I adore the Percy Jackson series. Tax Deduction the Elder is very into Egyptian mythology, and it’s a toss-up who’s going to read RED PYRAMID first — him or me. (Oh, okay, I guess we can read it together…)

Already Available, But I Missed It Because I Have The Attention Span Of A Toddler On Pixie Stix

KISS OF DEATH (Morganville Vampires #8), Rachel Caine

Argh — I can’t believe I missed this last week!!! When I think YA vampire series, Rachel’s Morganville Vampires is one of the first series that comes to mind. Gotta have it!



 

 

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