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Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Wings Read-a-Long Contest & a FREE download of Wings


We are so excited to be apart of this event! We are big fans of Aprilynne Pike's series Wings, and starting TODAY, Wings will be available for a FREE download *please see the links below*. We are one of 5 bloggers taking part in this fun contest, as the blog with the most downloads will win a special short story from Aprilynne. Each site has it's own links and that will determine who the winner is. The Read-A-Long will take place in later this month, and if you'd like to be apart of our team, please download your copy of Wings and leave us a comment or fill out the form below.

Be sure to go select a link below to downloads your FREE copy of Wings for a limited time. The downloads will be available until April 18th and the winner will be announced on April 22nd! You don't need to own a e-reader to take part in this event.

Amazon: http://amzn.to/hTExY5

Sony: http://bit.ly/edbwa5

Kobo: http://bit.ly/i5y8Bi

B&N: http://bit.ly/hExxWa

Borders:

iBookstore:


We are currently awaiting the links for Borders and iBookstore and will update them as soon as we have them.


Cassandra Clare & Holly Black Tour 2011

I'm sure you've all got your hands on both Cassie's City of Fallen Angels and Holly's Red Glove, but did you know you can still meet them along their tour stops!?! *sobs* I won't be there, but I'd love to here from those do get to attend their fabulous signings. Be sure to go here http://mortalinstruments.com/tour/ to find out where they're headed to next.

In other news.... you can catch all the CITY OF FALLEN ANGELS videos featured on EW.com’s Shelf Life here-

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All week long CASSANDRA CLARE and HOLLY BLACK interviewed with each other on MTV’s HOLLYWOOD CRUSH! Don't miss their interviews here-

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Sneak Peak at the COFA Audiobook with Ed Westwick

Can I just say I'm not a huge audiobook fan, but I'm fangirling (I don't think that's a word) over the City of Fallen Angels audiobook set. WHY? Well have a listen to Ed Westwick reading the 1 CHAPTER and you'll hear why.... (yes it's the first hour or so of the audiobooks)


You can NOW purchase the audiobook set here:

iTunes: http://bit.ly/i5Hupe

Audible.com: http://bit.ly/hcxAqW


Here's a great interview with Ed Westwick and Molly Quinn talking about narrating the audiobook of City of Fallen Angels. This is from Simon and Schuster's site here:



Thank you to Simon and Schuster's Audibook division, we will have some awesome prizes this week!


To celebrate the release of City of Fallen Angels we are GIVING AWAY 4 audiobook sets and another audiobook set will be giving away on our Facebook page. Not only that, but ONE winner will also receive an AUTOGRAPHED copy of the City Of Fallen Angels cover (it's a copy of the cover of the book NOT the book) by Ed Westwick & Molly Quinn!!!


To Enter-

* You'll need to leave us a comment letting us know why you'd like to win

* You must be a MM's Blog Follower to enter

* This is open to our International followers (please read our giveaway policy as international followers are responsible for covering the shipping costs).

*1 entry per person/per email. If you enter more than once both entries will be deleted.

* You must be 13 yrs & older to enter

* Please fill out the form below


Book Review- Red Glove

Released- April 5th, 2011 TODAY
Source- ARC from publisher for Review
5 stars- A fabulous sequel

Curses and cons. Magic and the mob. In Cassel Sharpe's world, they go together. Cassel always thought he was an ordinary guy, until he realized his memories were being manipulated by his brothers. Now he knows the truth—he’s the most powerful curse worker around. A touch of his hand can transform anything—or anyone—into something else.

That was how Lila, the girl he loved, became a white cat. Cassel was tricked into thinking he killed her, when actually he tried to save her. Now that she's human again, he should be overjoyed. Trouble is, Lila's been cursed to love him, a little gift from his emotion worker mom. And if Lila's love is as phony as Cassel's made-up memories, then he can't believe anything she says or does.

When Cassel's oldest brother is murdered, the Feds recruit Cassel to help make sense of the only clue—crime-scene images of a woman in red gloves. But the mob is after Cassel too—they know how valuable he could be to them. Cassel is going to have to stay one step ahead of both sides just to survive. But where can he turn when he can't trust anyone—least of all, himself?

Love is a curse and the con is the only answer in a game too dangerous to lose (quoted from Goodreads).

What a great sequel!! I absolutely love Holly's writing. She creates such a vivid world and makes me not only fall for Cassel but I end up loving the characters she's created no matter how broken or bad they are. If they were written in another fashion or were in a different story they would have bothered me, but Holly has a way of giving her characters the all or nothing, that I like.

Oh Cassel. Can this boy be any more broken? If you thought Jace was broken in City of Ashes, wait till you meet Cassel in Red Glove. It's not hard for me to love this character. Yes I know, he's not a shadowhunter or a wolf, but he's a fighter, he makes mistakes (a lot of them) and he's relatable. He's far from the traditional main hero, but he's still a hero as no matter how many times he gets kicked around he won't give up. Being the youngest in a family of Cons he's constantly fighting to make a name for himself and tries to be better than that of his surroundings. No matter how much he tries to be better than those in his family, he's constantly brought down by their wrong doings. So how can I not want to give him a motherly hug and tell him to keep at it, though I'm sure he wouldn't find that enjoyable.

Then there's Cassel's mother... Ugh I wanted to con that women myself, as she evokes so many emotions from me when I'm reading about her. I felt so bad for Cassel for the crap she pulls over on him (I'm not giving away spoilers) and it really set up for some heart breaking scenes between Cassel and Lila. Having said that, let me just say that Holly has written a fascinating character w/ Cassel's mom. It's hard to explain as like Cassel, she's just doing what she thinks is best. I'd love to elaborate further, but I can't do so without giving away spoilers.

Red Glove is a very quick, engaging read and I love all the twist and turns that Holly continues to throw in this series. The Curse Workers series is fascinating, and edgy. I love Holly's talent to mix paranormal abilities with realistic characters who live in a little bit of a darker, grittier world. Like Cassie, Holly knows how to grab a hold of my emotions and leaves me wanting more. I can not wait for Blackheart's release and I recommend picking up Red Glove today!

COFA Release Party Pictures & More

Thank you to our friends at Caster Girls for sharing some of their pictures from Cassie and Holly's Release Party last night!! We couldn't be there in person, but we've heard from a few friends how awesome it was!!

Don't forget to go HERE to see where Cassie and Holly will be at next.






































































I had to share a sample of TMI wallpapers that were sent to me this morning. We're always on the look out for awesome fan made TMI images that we can use for our Mundane Monday posts and we'll definitely being using a few of these great images.



Thank you to Eva @ http://miss-deviante.deviantart.com/ for allowing us to share with you some of her awesome TMI wallpapers. Please be sure to visit her Deviant Art site here to see more of her work.

Don't MISS the last COFA trailer on EW's Shelf Life HERE

It's HERE!!!

Happy Book Birthday to Cassie's City of Fallen Angels!!!! We are so excited to FINALLY have this book in our hands!!

Along with City of Fallen Angels, there are some other fabulous releases today like:

* Red Glove by Holly Black
* Huntress by Malinda Lo
* Teeth by various authors
* Through Her Eyes by Jennifer Archer
* Where She Went by Gayle Forman
* Kat The Incorrigible by Stephanie Burgis
* The Emerald Atlas by John Stephens
* Hare Moon: An Original Forest of Hands & Teeth Story (ebook) by Carrie Ryan

Through out the day we'll be posting pictures from friends who attended Cassie and Holly's release party last night, as well as a fabulous giveaway and our review of Red Glove!!

Don't forget, you can talk COFA Spoilers in our AFTER you've read it form for COFA here

Twitter Tuesday - Let's Get #CoFA to be a Trending Topic

So MMs, is everyone enjoying City of Fallen Angels? Now that it's officially Release Date, let's see if we can get the hashtag #CoFA to trend on twitter. How do we do this? It's easy, just place one #CoFA tag in each one of your tweets. Don't write it more than three times in a tweet because Twitter will filter it as SPAM and it won't count toward the Trending Topics.

Now how early in the morning does UPS start their deliveries??

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