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Wednesday, August 11, 2010

CWA Celebrations-Day 11, CWA Teaser

I am excited to share a blurb with Will, Tessa and Jem. It was a little hard keeping it short, as the three of them together are fabulous!!

"I was dreaming too," she said. "I dreamed about your music."

He grinned. "A nightmare, then?"

"No. It was lovely. The loveliest thing I've heard since I came to this horrible city."

"London isn't horrible," Jem said equably. "You simply have to get to know it. You must come with me out into London someday. I can show you the parts of it that are beautiful-that I love."

"Singing the praises of our fair city?" a light voice inquired. Tessa whirled, and saw Will, leaning against the frame of the doorway. The light from the corridor behind him outlined his damp-looking hair with gold. The hem of his dark overcoat and his black boots were edged with mud, as if he had just come from outdoors, and his cheeks were flushed. He was bareheaded as always. "We treat you well here, don't we James? I doubt I'd have that kind of luck in Shanghai. What do you call Brits there, again?"

"Yang guizi," said Jem, who appeared unsurprised by Will's sudden appearance. "Foreign devils."

"Hear that Tessa? I'm a foreign devil. So are you." Will unhitched himself from the doorway and sauntered into the room. He flung himself down onto the edge of the bed, unbuttoning his coat. It had a shoulder cap attached to it, very elegant, and lined in blue silk.

-Clockwork Angel, pages 105-106, Tessa, Jem and Will

Waiting On Wednesday- Secrets and Shadows


By Shannon Delany
Published By St. Martin's Press
To Be Released on February 15th, 2011


The supernatural stakes are higher than ever now that more than just werewolves prowl the town of Junction—friendships will be formed, choices will be made and allies may become enemies...

Nothing’s simple when you run with werewolves. Jess Gillmansen thinks she’s seen it all but her eyes are about to be opened to even more danger and a reality far more paranormal than she’s suspected.

With Jess’s realization that the Rusakovas’ mother is still alive and imprisoned, the group’s choices become harder and trust more important. Lines are drawn and relationships change as the broken Rusakova family struggles to reunite to free their mother—and those who Jess thought to be normal people show themselves to be much, much more... (St. Martins Press, catalog)

I really enjoyed reading 13 to Life and I can not wait to read to find out what happens next. It's already available for pre-order here for both the USA and the UK! Thank you to Shannon for sending us the synopsis.

Visit Shannon's site to learn more http://13-to-life-a-werewolf-tale.blogspot.com/

Waiting On Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted Jill at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.

Book Review- Zombies vs Unicorns

By: Holly Black & Justine Larbalestier
Published by: Simon and Schuster
To Be Released on: September 21st, 2010
Source: Publisher
3 stars- It was a good read

It's a question as old as time itself: WHICH IS BETTER, THE ZOMBIE OR THE UNICORN?
Get ready for the battle of the century as two feuding teams use short stories to settle their controversy. You'll see zombies and unicorns as you've never seen them before: the good, the evil- the really, really bada**. Are you on Team Zombie or Team Unicorn? (taken from the ARC's back cover)

Let the debate begin! With a collection of 12 short stories, from 12 different authors, I'm sure this is one debate that will continue on for some time. Zombies vs Unicorns gives fans 12 stories, with every other story alternating from the Zombie Team and the Unicorn Team. Readers will enjoy short stories from Cassandra Clare, Carrie Ryan, Diana Peterfreund, Meg Cabot, Libby Bray, Maureen Johnson, Scott Westerfeld and more. The debate gets even wittier as Holly Black and Justine Larbalestier's dialogue before each story is comical and one I think fans will really enjoy enjoy reading. With such a great mix of authors and stories, I found that I really enjoyed a couple of the stories, others I liked and some I didn't really care for. Which is not out of the norm for me when I'm reading a large collection of short stories.

Here's the teams-
Team Unicorn: edited by Holly Black: Meg Cabot, Kathleen Duey, Margo Lanaga, Garth Nix, Naomi Novik, and Diana Peterfreund.

Team Zombie: edited by Justine Larbalestier: Libba Bray, Cassandra Clare, Carrie Ryan, Scott Westerfeld, Maureen Johnson and Alaya Dawn Johnson.

Before I read this, I thought I would be more of a Team Unicorn fan, but my favorite stories are Bougainvillea by Carrie Ryan and Cold Hands by Cassandra Clare. So I guess if they're team Zombie, that would make me team Zombie, right!?! Really I've not been on either team, as I'm team werewolf. Hmmm, I wonder if a werewolf could defeat a Zombie or a Unicorn..... Having said that, my favorite Unicorn story is The Care and Feeding of Your Baby Killer Unicorn by Diana Peterfreund.

Zombies vs Unicorns has a large mix of diversity in each of the short stories, which either have a seriousness to them or are humorous. Like Meg Cabot's Unicorn story, Princess Prettypants, which is the name of the rainbow farting unicorn a 17 year old receives for her birthday. There's humor, romance, gore, and adventure mixed together to fuel the great debate, Zombies or Unicorns and who would win.

If you're on "team in the middle", by the time you finish reading this book, I feel you'll have picked a side. With a great mix of YA authors, you'll find yourself persuaded to be on either Team Zombie or Team Unicorn. Even if you've picked a team, you might find yourself trading sides after you read Zombies vs Unicorns. I do want to throw some caution out, that this was written for teens, and some of the stories do contain maturer content.

I have to ask, what team are you on?

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