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Friday, April 25, 2014

More Information from Walker Books on Cassie's UK Stops


Get ready UK Shadowhunters, Walker Books (Cassie's UK publisher) has some amazing opportunities for you guys to meet Cassie. Cassie posted this information on her tumblr just a few hours ago: 
The Mortal Instruments: City of Heavenly Fire UK Launch Party Tuesday 27th May at 1pm – 4pm
Venue: The Bloomsbury Theatre, 15 Gordon Street, London, WC1H 0AH
Tickets £15, including an exclusive, early copy of City of Heavenly Fire.Join us at this special Shadowhunter Super Fan event and be one of the first people in country to get your hands on a copy of City of Heavenly Fire, a day earlier than books will be available in the shops or for online retailers. Your copy will include a comic strip episode exclusive to Walker Books editions, and a full-colour fold out poster with new character art.

At our exclusive Shadowhunter Fan event there will be free rune body art painting, nail-art manicure bar, freebies, giveaways and a secret film screening to be announced! 
Your ticket includes your early copy of City of Heavenly Fire, booking and more information can be found here.

UK Publication Date: The date of publication of City of Heavenly Fire in the UK has moved to Wednesday 28th May.
For legal reasons, combined with the bank holiday on Monday 26th May we aren’t able to get books to shops any earlier – we’re working hard and most shops will have stock ready to sell on Wednesday 28th May, eBooks will be available from that day also.

If you want to get your hands on the book on Tuesday 27th May, you can by taking part in our exclusive event, details here.  

UK and Ireland Tour: Cassie will be touring the UK and Ireland in early June – dates and where to buy tickets will be announced soon, we’ll be in England, Scotland and Ireland, watch this space!
What an awesome opportunity! And I had to read it twice to believe it --an early copy of City of Heavenly Fire?!?!  Plus a Shadowhunter fan event with a nail-art manicure bar and a secret film screening? SO WORTH IT. Katie and I wish MMs had access to a corporate jet. Maybe if we ask Magnus?? ;)

Only Everything (True Love) by Kieran Scott, Guest Post

Hello and Welcome to today's Only Everything tour stop. Today's tour stop includes a guest post from Kieran Scott's character, Eros. First, here's a little bit about Kieran's upcoming release. 


By: Kieran Scott
Published by: Simon Teen
Series: True Love #1
To Be Released on: May 6th, 2014
Pre-Order from: Amazon | Barnes & Noble
Add it to Goodreads

High school romance is tough—even for a bona fide love goddess. Can Cupid succeed as a mortal matchmaker?

When Eros (aka Cupid) is expelled from Olympus for defying Zeus after falling in love with Orion, she is banished to what she believes to be hell. We call it New Jersey. If she ever wants to go back to the comforts of her old life, she will have to find love for three couples—without using her powers.

Eros, now calling herself True, immediately identifies her first project in Charlie and believes finding him love will be a piece of cake. Charlie is new at school and eager to break out of his old image of band geek, so it’s lucky for him when he falls in with the right crowd on his first day. But music is still his passion. That is, until he meets Katrina...

Katrina is floundering after the death of her father and takes refuge with a boy who, while not entirely supportive, will be there when she needs him, unlike her mother. Too bad True thinks any girl Charlie talks to is perfect for him. Can she get out of her own way and help Charlie and Katrina connect, or will she be stuck in New Jersey forever?



True Olympia (aka Eros, aka Cupid) Shares her Tips for Finding True Love


Look in places where you’d least expect to find it. 
If you stick to people in your own clique or at your own school or in your own neighborhood, you might miss out on your soul-mate. Having the same friends and values and interests can help, but it’s not all there is. Finding true love means meeting someone who will appreciate who you are, let you be who you want to be, and support you when you need them. (And the other way around.) It doesn’t mean finding someone who will agree with every last little thing you say. How boring would that be? My boyfriend is a human, for Zeus’s sake, and he’s the love of my existence.


While love at first sight can be amazing, don’t let first impressions turn you off.
We all have off days (like my first one as a mortal, or two, or ten). If some guy comes up to talk to you and trips over his own untied shoelaces, that doesn’t mean he’s a dork or a klutz or not worth knowing. He may be all of those things, but that one trip doesn’t tell you everything. If he likes you, he’s worth giving a chance. (Because, hello? He obviously has good taste.) Draw conclusions from his heart, not from one moment he probably wishes he could have back. Like that time you flirted with your crush for fifteen minutes never knowing you had lipstick on your teeth.

Never let the opinions of outsiders interfere. (Unless that person is, in fact, an ethereal matchmaker. Okay, maybe not even then.)

Obviously, you should listen to the opinions of the people who know you best—your parents, your bffs. Especially if they’re telling you they’re seriously concerned that something’s wrong with this person or with the way they’re treating you. But if their opinions are super shallow and based on nothing—as in “Do you really want to date someone with a nose piercing? Ew,” then you can and should ignore them. How you and your significant other feel is what’s important. Not the random observations of people who are probably just jealous of your awesome relationship.

Don’t think you need to know every tiny detail about a person right away.

Grilling a guy or girl on the first date is a major no-no. It gives the impression that you have a mental checklist to tic off and that if they don’t get a certain number of questions right, they’re toast. Let the conversation flow naturally. If it’s meant to be, they’ll reveal themselves over time, and the slow getting to know each other part? That’s the sweetest.

Be open.

You don’t have to tell this person everything about yourself, like how cucumbers make you burp or that you cry when your favorite team loses at football, but you should be willing to share who you really are. Pretending to be someone you’re not can be exhausting (I know this from recent personal experience), and it’s not fair to make him or her fall in love with someone who doesn’t exist. This also means you should be ready and willing to try new things. Of course we all have our limits and comfort zones we’re not willing to meander out of. I’m not suggesting you go base jumping if you’re terrified of heights (or without parental permission), but you should be willing to try the firey tacos he’s so proud of creating or take an art class with her if she’s too nervous to go alone. These little sacrifices and efforts go a long way to creating trust . . . and a lasting bond.

About the Author

Kieran Scott is an author of young adult fiction including the upcoming TRUE LOVE TRILOGY (May 2014) and the HE'S SO/SHE'S SO TRILOGY, which includes SHE'S SO DEAD TO US, HE'S SO NOT WORTH IT and THIS IS SO NOT HAPPENING. Her other books include the Non-Blonde Cheelerader trilogy, Geek Magnet and Jingle Boy. She also writes Alloy Entertainment books under the pseudonym Kate Brian, including the SHADOWLANDS trilogy and the PRIVATE and PRIVILEGE series, MEGAN MEADE'S GUIDE TO THE MCGOWAN BOYS and THE PRINCESS AND THE PAUPER, among others. She grew up in Bergen County, New Jersey, attended Rutgers University, and now lives in River Vale, New Jersey with her husband and two sons. 

Houston @TeenBookCon 2014 - TOMORROW


Looking for something bookish today this weekend in Texas? Head to Houston to attend the FREE Houston Teen Book Con!

Where: Alief Taylor High School
When: Saturday 4/26 from 9am -4 pm at the 
What: This FREE event will give teens/YA fans access to a whole group of amazing authors! 

Check out the author schedule/panels, the list of authors attending, and find out more about the signing line and get book info here. Featured below are just a few of the authors who will be in town:
Laurie Halse Anderson, Matt de la Pena, Charles Benoit, Ann Brashares, Melissa de la Cruz, Bree Despain, Elizabeth Eulberg, Shannon Hale, Jenny Han, Rachel Hawkins, Emery Lord, Sarah Mlynowski, Lauren Myracle, Jason Reynolds, Victoria Schwab, Marcus Sedgwick, Tess Sharpe, Laini Taylor, John Corey Whaley, and many more!

@PenguinTeen's Summer Romance Reads Giveaway


Looking for that perfect summer romantic YA read? I know I am, and thankfully Penguin Teen just made it a little easier for me to choose my summer YA romantic reads. Check out this awesome stack of summer reads. Okay, let's be honest, if you're living in TX than you'll know it's only Spring, but summer weather is already here. So these books will make the best take to the pool, beach, lake etc reads. Guess what? They're giving these books away!! Head over to their Facebook page to find out more & how you can enter to win. Be sure to read their giveaway rules HERE. HURRY! This giveaway ends on 4/29/14.

15 Most Anticipated YA Books Publishing in May 2104


Epic Reads has put together a fabulous list of the 15 most anticipated YA books being publishing next month. Here's the top 6 books. Of course we totally agree with the #1 choice- City of Heavenly Fire!



Check out their full list here.  What books are you looking forward to reading the most?

#RuinAndRising

Happy Friday! 

If you're a fan of Leigh Bardugo, then most likely that means you're like me and you're impatiently patiently waiting for the release of RUIN AND RISING. Well guess what!? MacMillan is treating fans to teasers of Ruin and Rising! Check out the info below and find out how you can be apart of the the action in revealing Ruin And Rising teasers/secrets. 



The more times #RuinAndRising appears on the internet (Twitter, Tumblr, Instagram), the faster new excerpts will unlock. But content won't unlock without lots of online buzz.

In case you haven't seen it yet, be sure to check out the new site — www.grishatrilogy.com! There's been so much #RuinAndRising chatter online that the official map of Ravka and the first excerpt from RUIN AND RISING have unlocked!

This is where you fans come in, please help us spread the word!! We want to unlock more teasers/secrets from Ruing And Rising. Remember to use #RuinAndRising when you do!

#Speak4RAINN15


Hello fellow YA readers. It's been crazy busy lately, and I totally missed out on promoting about a Twitter chat that happened yesterday with Laurie Halse Anderson. Though I missed talking about yesterday's chat, you can still follow #Speak4RAINN15 to check out what Laurie chatted about. 

#Speak4RAINN15 is a joint effort both author Laurie Halse Anderson and the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network (RAINN) to raise $30,000 to honor the 15th anniversary of Laurie's book SPEAK & Sexual Assault Awareness & Prevention Month. Together, we're working to help survivors of sexual assault — like Melinda from SPEAK — find their voices. Macmillan is matching donations dollar-for-dollar up to $30,000 and so just $15 helps fund and connect three survivors of sexual violence with the help they deserve. 

You can visit rainn.org/speak to learn more about the campaign and how you can help survivors find their voices. If you're unable to join the chat but are interested in helping, then every tweet, post, or tumble using #Speak4RAINN15 and leading to RAINN's website helps raise awareness and is greatly appreciated.

For over 15 years, Melinda's story has given thousands of survivors the courage to come forward. Please join us, Laurie, and RAINN in showing other survivors that recovery is possible

Please be sure to check out the links listed to find out more. Help spread the word via #Speak4RAINN15

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