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Tuesday, April 7, 2015

Cassie and Molly Quinn Meet Up in L.A.

Photo from Cassie's instagram

We love this photo! Molly and Cassie in L.A.! What does it mean? Hmmm, I guess time will tell. Molly did mention Cassie in a tweet. And we couldn't agree more with Molly, Cassie is THE best.




Catching up with Cassie: Wicked Powers/Dark Artifices and The Shadowhunter Academy

Simon's a Good Guy by rararachelmarie.

Cassie posted a Q&A on her tumblr and if you're busy with Spring Break and general craziness like us, perhaps you missed it, too:

Q. Hey Cassie!

Before I get started, I just want to tell you what an amazing writer you are. I have always loved your books and I can’t wait to read more in the Shadowhunter Chronicles.

I have a question about The Dark Artifices and/or The Wicked Powers. I have been reading a bit to see a little of the plot, and it seems it is mainly focused on the Carstairs and the Blackthorns and the Penhalows in 2012ish. Will we see any of the Fairchilds, Herondales, and Lightwoods in TDA/TWP, and if not, will you plan to write more books about the 21st century Fairchilds, Herondales, and Lightwoods?

Thank your for reading my letter! I hope you keep writing more amazing things!!!
Sincerely, 
William Herondale

Cassie: Well, hello. Not every day I get an email from Will.

The Queen of Bright and Shiny Things by Ann Aguirre; Blog Tour: Read An Excerpt & Enter To WIN!


Hello & Welcome to today's Excerpt Blog Tour stop for Ann Aguirre's THE QUEEN OF BRIGHT AND SHINY THINGS, hosted by InkSlinger PR. I'm thrilled to shared an excerpt from Ann's newest release (OUT TODAY!). Be sure to enter to win after your the excerpt. First, here's a little bit about the book:


About THE QUEEN OF BRIGHT AND SHINY THINGS:
Sage Czinski is trying really hard to be perfect. If she manages it, people won’t peer beyond the surface, or ask hard questions about her past. She’s learned to substitute causes for relationships, and it’s working just fine… until Shane Cavendish strolls into her math class. He’s a little antisocial, a lot beautiful, and everything she never knew she always wanted.

Shane Cavendish just wants to be left alone to play guitar and work on his music. He’s got heartbreak and loneliness in his rearview mirror, and this new school represents his last chance. He doesn’t expect to be happy; he only wants to graduate and move on. He never counted on a girl like Sage.

But love doesn’t mend all broken things, and sometimes life has to fall apart before it can be put back together again…

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Excerpt #4
I have forty seconds to spare when I burst through the doors of the Curly-Q. Mildred gives me the side-eye, but since I'm not technically late, she just says, “Get your smock on, girl. There's cleaning to be done.”
Though it's not strictly legal or sanitary, I'm pretty sure they save the hair for hours. The stylists just sweep it away from the chairs and pile it out of the way. So by the time I arrive, there's a small Sasquatch on the floor. It takes me an hour to get the shop pristine. Customers come and go, mostly walk-in haircuts. Around six, it slows down, and Grace beckons me to the chair.  
“When are you gonna let me give you some highlights?” She asks this often.
This time, however, I say, “Tonight, if you have time.”
Grace gets excited. “Mildred, get the camera. I'll do it free if you let me take a picture for the Before and After wall.”
I eye the wall, not sure I want to be immortalized up there, along with all the 80s hair and prom refugees, but eventually I shrug. “Why not?”  
My hair is a dark blond, mousy and forgettable. I mean, it's decent hair, neither straight, nor curly. Left to its own devices, it falls in messy waves. That's why I wear a lot of ponytails and braids. Aunt Gabby has similar problems, only she gets it lightened and highlighted so it looks bright and flirty, and she spends forty-five minutes a day straightening hers, so it's sleek and smooth by the time she goes to the shop. UPS Joe seems to like the results anyway.
Grace fastens me into the plastic smock, then snaps a Polaroid. I still don't care that much how I look; I mean, it's so superficial, but a small part of me would like to be prettier, at least maximize what I'm working with. I tell myself this is more of a social experiment, and I can evaluate how people react to the new me. But that's not it.

I'm totally doing this to see if Shane notices. Sometimes I hate being a girl.



About Ann Aguirre


Ann Aguirre is a New York Times & USA Today bestselling author and RITA winner with a degree in English Literature; before she began writing full time, she was a clown, a clerk, a voice actress, and a savior of stray kittens, not necessarily in that order. She grew up in a yellow house across from a cornfield, but now she lives in sunny Mexico with her husband, children, and various pets. Ann likes books, emo music, action movies, and she writes all kinds of genre fiction for adults and teens, published with Harlequin, Macmillan, and Penguin, among others.

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April 2015 YA Releases

Check out this month's exciting new YA releases! There are a lot of great books hitting shelves this month. Which books will you be picking up? *Click on the book's title to be taken to it's Goodreads page.

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HAPPY READING!

Don't see a new YA book that's being released this month? Please leave me a comment with the title of the book, the author, and the publishing house, and I'll add it. *This list is complied from arcs/books I've received from publishers to review, Goodreads and EpicReads lists.

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