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Thursday, February 12, 2015

Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy Series by Cassandra Clare; Books 1 and 2 COVER REVEALS

Shadowhunters, we're less than a week away from the release of the first book in the Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy! We are so excited to read Simon's story. Today, Amazon revealed the cover for the first two books in the series, Welcome To Shadowhunter Academy and the second book in the series, The Lost Herondale!

Check out these covers:


Book One, Welcome To Shadowhunter Academy, releases on 2/17/15, and is written by Cassandra Clare & Sarah Rees Brennan

About the Book 

Simon Lewis never thought he’d become a Shadowhunter…and now he has the chance. One of ten adventures in Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy.

After living as a Mundane and a Vampire, Simon never thought he would become a Shadowhunter, but today he begins his training at Shadowhunter Academy.

This standalone e-only short story follows the adventures of Simon Lewis, star of the #1 New York Times bestselling series The Mortal Instruments, as he trains to become a Shadowhunter. Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy features characters from Cassandra Clare’s Mortal Instruments, Infernal Devices, and the upcoming Dark Artifices and Last Hours series. Welcome to Shadowhunter Academy is written by Cassandra Clare and Sarah Rees Brennan.




Book Two, The Lost Herondale, releases on 3/17/15, and is written by Cassandra Clare & Robin Wasserman.

About The Book

Simon learns the worst crime a Shadowhunter can commit: desertion of their comrades. One of ten adventures in Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy.

In the early nineteenth century, Tobias Herondale abandoned his fellow Shadowhunters in the heat of battle and left them to die. His life was forfeit, but Tobias never returned, and the Clave claimed his wife’s life in exchange for Tobias’s. Simon and his fellow students are shocked to learn of this brutality, especially when it is revealed the woman was pregnant. But what if the child survived…could there be a lost Herondale line out in the world today?

This standalone e-only short story follows the adventures of Simon Lewis, star of the #1 New York Times bestselling series The Mortal Instruments, as he trains to become a Shadowhunter. Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy features characters from Cassandra Clare’s Mortal Instruments, Infernal Devices, and the upcoming Dark Artifices and Last Hours series. The Lost Herondale is written by Cassandra Clare and Robin Wasserman.


I can not wait to read these books! I LOVE these covers. I'm anxious to see all the cover together. What do you think of the covers?


Valentine's Day Gifts for Book Nerds


(Image via BuzzFeed)

Valentine's Day is only two days away! If  you can't decide what to get your favorite book nerd, check out these cute ideas from BuzzFeed, 16 Perfect Valentine's Day Gifts for Book Nerds. Here are their fabulous ideas:
  1. Pride & Prejudice Valentine Cards
  2. Read To Me tee
  3. Book Lover's Chocolate Box Gift Set
  4. Book Page Bouquet - I totally love this!
  5. Vintage issues of The Paris Review
  6. Magnetic Poetry - Romance Edition
  7. Love Letters Napkins
  8. Custom Made book sculpture
  9. McSweeney's bundle of Love
  10. Shakespeare Valentine's Day Cards
  11. "Paperback" fragrance 
  12. Love Poem Message in a Bottle Necklace - now that is romantic
  13. Book Lovers' Scented Soy Candles
  14. Jane Austen Mr Darcy Quotable Chocolate Bar - hmm I know someone who'd love this
  15. E.E. Cumming's Wise Words Illustrated Art Print
  16. Quiet Reading Time - My personal favorite, and it's free! Unless of course you wanted to provide your Valentine with a new book. You can never go wrong with giving the gift of reading time to your favorite book nerd. 
Check out the entire list here

If you're looking for some creative ideas, check out these other ideas I've found around the book web:


Epic Reads has a great DIY video on How To Make a Heart Bookmark. This is super cute! Personally I'd take one of these over a valentine card.

For all you inner Disney fans, check out these cute Valentine card ideas via Pinterest

YA Book News: Cover Reveals, Book Tour Announcements and So Much More!

Talk about exciting books news. This week isn't even over yet, and there's a been a lot of exciting cover reveals, book tour announcements and more. With our Mundie Moms 6th Birthday Bash taking place this Saturday, I thought I'd post some of this week's exciting books news now, so that it won't get lost in the shuffle of giveaways that will be taking place this weekend.

Cover Reveals



Check out this epic cover! I am in LOVE with it! Epic Reads revealed Like Fire, the sequel to Snow Like Ashes (which I loved), yesterday via their website. Check out what they had to say about the cover and don't miss their Q&A with the cover designer here. Be sure to make your calendars for 10.13.15, when this book will be hitting shelves. 


Jodi Meadows revealed the cover to her second Orphan Queen/Black Knife novella, HEREThe Glowing Knight is set to be released on September 1st, 2015 from Harper Impulse. Read   more about the novella via Jodi's site, here


Check out the cover for Trisha Leaver and Lindsay Currie's HARDWIRED, coming this fall from Flux/Llewellyn. Find out more about the book HERE


TOMORROW!!! I can not wait to see this cover. Find out more via MacTeen here

Pre-Order


Are you a fan of Julie Kagawa's Dragons? I am! I can't wait to get my hands on ROGUE. Harlequin Teen has a fantastic Rogue pre-order prize pack for those who pre-order Rogue now. Well I should say you may want to hurry and pre-order it so that you'll be able to receive all that you see above. Quantities are limited. Get more info about it HERE

Exciting Book News

Exciting news for fans of Gena Showalter's The White Rabbit Chronicles! 
USA Today announced that there will be a 4th book in the series, titled A MAD ZOMBIE PARTY. The book will be out at the end of September from Harlequin Teen! Read more about it HERE

Hitting The Roach


Talk about an epic book tour! Here's what Penguin Teen said about this exciting tour:

Get ready, world, because Penguin Teen is taking this show on the road this spring! We’re so excited to have our first official Penguin Teen group tour kicking off March 3! Here is your chance to meet Morgan Rhodes (GATHERING DARKNESS, book 3 of the FALLING KINGDOMS SERIES), Rachel Hawkins (MISS MAYHEM, sequel to REBEL BELLE), Seth Fishman (THE DARK WATER, sequel to THE WELL’S END), Maggie Hall (THE CONSPIRACY OF US) and Jessica Khoury (KALAHARI) and talk to them in person about their amazing books!

Find out more details about the tour, which cities they've visiting and when, HERE


Fierce Reads has announced their Spring Book Tour. It's going to be awesome! 
Find out more details about it HERE

Enter To Win


I LOVE this series! 
Find out how you can enter to win this must read series from MacTeen, HERE.

HAPPY READING!

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