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Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Enter to Win an Autographed copy of Linger

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The contest ends Dec. 20th!! Be sure to check her blog out and enter, here.

Twitter Tuesday - Alexandra Bracken


I thought I'd continue my theme from last week and post about a book I'm looking forward to reading in 2010. Alexandra Bracken's Brightly Woven certainly fits that category.

Read this synopsis and decide for yourself -

When Wayland North brings rain to a region that's been dry for over ten years, he's promised anything he'd like as a reward. He chooses the village elder's daughter, sixteen-year-old Sydelle Mirabel, who is a skilled weaver and has an unusual knack for repairing his magical cloaks. Though Sydelle has dreamt of escaping her home, she's hurt that her parents relinquish her so freely and finds herself awed and afraid of the slightly ragtag wizard who is unlike any of the men of magic in the tales she's heard. Still, she is drawn to this mysterious man who is fiercely protective of her and so reluctant to share his own past.

The pair rushes toward the capital, intent to stop an imminent war, pursued by Reuel Dorwan (a dark wizard who has taken a keen interest in Sydelle) and plagued by unusually wild weather. But the sudden earthquakes and freak snowstorms may not be a coincidence. As Sydelle discovers North's dark secret and the reason for his interest in her and learns to master her own mysterious power, it becomes increasingly clear that the fate of the kingdom rests in her fingertips. She will either be a savior, weaving together the frayed bonds between Saldorra and Auster, or the disastrous force that destroys both kingdoms forever.


A dark secret? A pair rushing to stop a war? And a protagonist who is mastering her own mysterious power? Wow, I think this has the makings of a Mundie Mom book.

Plus, apparently over a brown bag lunch with her publisher, EgmontUSA, Alexandra posted this:

And of course, it got me thinking about cookies, both literal ('tis the season, after all) and literary (we get some of the best cookies thanks to Cassie, don't we?). So I asked and perhaps sometime in the future we may get just that - a cookie from Brightly Woven.

In the mean time, Vice President and Publisher of EgmontUSA, Elizabeth Law, chimed in -


Clearly, she's heard of how much we like to align into fictional teams. So the question remains, Mundie Moms, will there be a Team North?? I have a feeling there will be and we will be there.

The publish date for Alexandra's book is March 23, 2010 and you can pre-order it
here. Also, check out her website, which is full of Brightly Woven snippets, like the link to the first chapter.

Here's another version of the synopsis -


Sydelle Mirabil is living proof that, with a single drop of rain, a life can be changed forever. Tucked away in the farthest reaches of the kingdom, her dusty village has suffered under the weight of a strangely persistent drought. That is, of course, until a wizard wanders into town and brings the rain with him.

In return for this gift, Wayland North is offered any reward he desires—and no one is more surprised than Sydelle when, without any explanation, he chooses her. Taken from her home, Sydelle hardly needs encouragement to find reasons to dislike North. He drinks too much and bathes too little, and if that isn’t enough to drive her to madness, North rarely even uses the magic he takes such pride in possessing. Yet, it’s not long before she realizes there’s something strange about the wizard, who is as fiercely protective of her as he is secretive about a curse that turns his limbs a sinister shade of black and leaves him breathless with agony. Unfortunately, there is never a chance for her to seek answers.

Along with the strangely powerful quakes and storms that trace their path across the kingdom, other wizards begin to take an inexplicable interest in her as well, resulting in a series of deadly duels. Against a backdrop of war and uncertainty, Sydelle is faced with the growing awareness that these events aren’t as random as she had believed—that no curse, not even that of Wayland North, is quite as terrible as the one she herself may carry.



Okay, I'll declare myself Team North. And you??

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