Mundie Moms

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Lisa McMann's GONE tour dates


We are very exited to announce that GONE by Lisa McMann, *released on Feb. 9th, 2010 by Simon and Schuster* will be our Mundie Moms book of the month for February.

We'll be posting our forum link and GONE information towards the end of the week on our forums and blog.

Next month we'll have a Q&A with Lisa and some great GONE give aways. Beginning next month Lisa is going on TOUR!! This is one author you don't want to miss meeting. She's one of our favorites.

Lisa will be on tour from February 9 through March 2nd, which gives us Mundie Moms and Wake fans many chances to meet Lisa.

To see if Lisa is coming to a town near you, please visit this link here:

You can read our review of GONE here-

Twitter Tuesday - Jo Knowles & Lisa Schroeder


This morning I saw this tweet from Lisa McMann and then I clicked on the link.

Jo Knowles penned a wonderful post on Lisa Schroeder's blog reminding us all to Dream Big. Here's an excerpt -

When people tell me to “dream big” I admit to cringing. I can’t help it. I am a wimp. Oh, I’m not talking about being afraid to have big dreams for healing our planet or world peace. I don’t fear those dreams. But when someone tells us specifically to dream big, we know they’re really saying, “Don’t be afraid to succeed.” Not only that, “Don’t be afraid to succeed in a big way.”
Jo goes on to describe what last New Years Day was like when she wrote down her Big Dreams with the help of her writer friends who reminded her that these were “Dreams, not goals. Don’t be afraid.” Read the rest of her post, here.

I thank Jo for the reminder. Even though New Years Day has passed, it is never too late to make a List of Dreams. I'm going to make mine today. And yes, I will absolutely Dream Big. All Mundie Moms do that, right?

In the mean time, please check out Jo's book, Jumping Off Swings. Here's the synopsis -

One pregnancy. Four friends. It all adds up to a profound time of change in this poignant, sensitively written YA novel.

Ellie remembers how the boys kissed her. Touched her. How they begged for
more. And when she gave it to them, she felt loved. For a while anyway.
So when Josh, an eager virgin with a troubled home life, leads her from a party
to the backseat of his van, Ellie follows. But their "one-time thing" is far from perfect: Ellie gets pregnant. Josh reacts with shame and heartbreak, while their confidantes, Caleb and Corinne, deal with their own complex swirl of emotions. No matter what Ellie chooses, all four teenagers will be forced to grow up a little faster as a result. Told alternately from each character’s point of view, this deeply insightful novel explores the aftershocks of the biggest decision of one fragile girl’s life — and the realities of leaving innocence behind.

You can check out more of Jo's books on her website here. And purchase Jumping Off Swings here.

Thank you, Jo and both Lisa McMann and Lisa Schroeder, for a wonderful reminder on this cold winter day.

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