Mundie Moms

Thursday, February 18, 2010

Come Away With Me, Human Child

Hi, I'm Saundra and I have a problem. Specifically, a world problem. Even more specifically- I'm a total worldbuilding junkie, and I just can't get enough. When I read, I want to go somewhere new.

It moves me when an author creates a world so vivid, that reading the book is like visiting. Closing the covers is like surfacing. There's something magical about transportive fiction- probably the only real magic we have anymore.

When an author can put down black words on white paper, and leave you seeing in color- isn't that miraculous? Isn't that brilliant?

Mundie Moms know all about new worlds- The Mortal Instruments transforms everyday New York into otherworldly New York, teeming with the unseen.

And it's not just cities that are remade with enchanted writing fingers. Sometimes it's small, southern towns or unnamed villages in the heart of a deathclad forest- and it's all amazing.

So to celebrate new worlds, new visions, and a whole new year for the Mundie Moms, I'd like to share my own book and two of my favorite places to go. Carrie Ryan's THE FOREST OF HANDS AND TEETH is an amazing descent into the darkness of a primeval forest, and BEAUTIFUL CREATURES wrenches the steam and secrets out of a small South Carolina town called Gatlin. Just leave a comment, and you'll be entered to win all three books!

Happy birthday, Mundie Moms- happy exploring!

*This contest will end of Thursday, March 4, at midnight CST*

Our Chat with The Iron King author, Julie Kagawa TONIGHT at 8 pm CST


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Our chat will start at 8 pm CST/ 9 pm EST.
*Please know that we will be discussing The Iron King and there may be some spoilers in tonight's chat.
*We do our best to make sure all comments are published, so that Julie can answer your questions. If not all the questions are answered in the hour time frame of the chat, we will be sure to send them to Julie, so that she can answer them, after which we will post them on the blog and our forum.
*Thank you and we look forward to chatting with everyone tonight!

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