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Sunday, September 19, 2010

A Little NightShade Love

Last week I received a little gift in the mail...

At first I had no idea who it was from, as there was nothing but a note on the ribbon that said Invitation and a key that was tied around the flower. Well, I found out who it was from.

To give a little, okay big clue, I put my beautiful copy of Nightshade in the picture. I'm thinking someone is trying to woo me away me from Ren. *coughs* Not that I don't love Shay, as I do. Andrea has written such a an awesome love triangle that I think many people will be torn between Ren and Shay.

Thank you Shay for sending me one of my favorite flowers!

YOU can meet Shay here:
http://www.shaydoran.com/ and you follow him on Facebook Page here and subscribe/watch Shay's Youtube Channel for his latest vlogs.

Here's the first one he posted here

Don't forget to visit Andrea Cremer's official Nightshade web page
You can also click on Shay's blog button to be taken to his page, which is on our right hand side bar.

City of Fallen Angels - September Excerpt, Part 1

Artwork is by bhanesidhe


Cassie tweeted a delicious City of Fallen Angels excerpt with one of our favorite characters, Magnus, in it. Here's her tweet:

COFA September cookie part one. For those who have read CA. For those who haven't it will not be spoilery so much as inexplicable. Magnus-centric (tomorrow's will be Simon-related due to multiple requests.)

And here's the excerpt:
"Camille,” Magnus said. “It’s been a long time, hasn’t it?”
She smiled. Her skin looked whiter than he recalled, and dark spidery veins were beginning to show beneath its surface. Her hair was still the color of spun silver and her eyes were still green as a cat’s. She was still beautiful. Looking at her, he was in London again. He saw the gaslight and smelled the smoke and dirt and horses, the metallic tang of fog, the flowers in Kew Gardens. He saw a boy with black hair and blue eyes like Alec’s, heard violin music like the sound of silver water. He saw a girl with long brown hair and a serious face. In a world where everything went away from him eventually, she was one of the few remaining constants.
And then there was Camille.
“I’ve missed you, Magnus,” she said.

If you've missed any of the City of Fallen Angels excerpts, Cassie has posted them in sequence on her blog.

We can hardly wait for tomorrow's excerpt, can you??

Speaking Up For Speak


I usually take a break from the computer Sundays, but today something has really caught my attention. I've debated back and forth if I should post about it today or wait to post about it later in the week. Once I read a friend of mine's post, Myra McEntire, I decided I needed to post about it today. You can read what Myra posted in defense of SPEAK here on her blog. * I'm adding in one more very powerful post to read and it's from a close friend of ours. I hope Saundra Mitchell doesn't mind me doing this, but you can read her powerful and personal post here http://tinyurl.com/24jphj8).

I've read SPEAK, and I've talked about SPEAK with other friends, and most importantly, it's been a book that has been discussed with friends I know who have been rapped. While I understand and respect Mr Scroggin's is allowed to voice his opinion, here's my opinion.

When has RAPE EVER BEEN PORN!?!?! For someone to even suggest that disgusts me. RAPE is RAPE. It's something that is stolen from a victim and it's NEVER the victims fault. EVER! While people may not like SPEAK or they may opt their children out of reading SPEAK (which is their right to do), banning the book will not ban RAPE itself. 1 in 6 women and 1 in 33 men will be sexually assaulted in their life time and college women are 4 times more likely to be sexually assaulted (quoted from RAINN's site) RAPE is something that teens face and it's something they need to be educated about, whether that's from their parents, guardians or from reading about in a book.

I regret that I didn't read SPEAK until I was an adult. I'll be honest, it wasn't one of my favorite reads BUT it has a powerful message and that is TO SPEAK UP! What I took away from Mr Scroggin's article is that he wants people to SHUT UP about it and turn the other way. I'm sorry, but that's a problem we already face in our society and why so many victims DO NOT SPEAK up when they should.

Since Mr Scroggins has made the point that Christian's wouldn't let their children read this, I'd like to say I am a Christian and you can bet that if my children had this book to read I would let them. Sometimes reading something like this can convey a very POWERFUL message. You can also bet, I will be talking to my children about RAPE, dating, sex and everything else when they hit the appropriate age!

Yes, I will have Speak as part of my home library. In fact, I really want to go out and buy numerous copies so I can give them to every teenage girl to read. Since I can't afford that, I'm buying copies so I can loan them out and let the message be spread.

You can click here to the article. You read what Laurie Halse Anderson has said about the article here.

Spread the word and use the #SpeakLoudly hashtag on Twitter today and during Banned Book Week.

In My Mailbox

In My Mailbox is a meme hosted by The Story Siren and was inspired by Alea of Pop CultureJunkie! With this post, we share the books we've received this past week for review, borrowed from friends or the library, received as a gift and/or bought. We've posted our what we've received for Mundie Kids here http://mundiekids.blogspot.com/


For Review:
* Crash Into Me by Albert Borris, published by Simon Pulse, received by Albert Borris for The Teen Book Scene Blog Tour
* Anna and The French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins, published & received by Penguin, to be released on December 2nd, 2010
* Desires of The Dead by Kimberly Derting, published & received by HarperTeen, to be released on March 15th, 2011
* Awakened by Ednah Walters, published by Pill Hill Press, received by Ednah Walters, released August 2010
* Blessed by Cynthia Leitich Smith, published and received by Candlewick Press, to be released January 2011
* City of Bones, City of Ashes, City of Glass, Clockwork Angel, Hush Hush Audio Books & The Mortal Instruments MP3 CD set, received from Simon & Schuster

Bought:
* Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare (not pictured)

My other goodies I received this week are in my Smart Chicks Kick It Tour post.

We have some great giveaways coming up for the The Mortal Instruments, Clockwork Angel & Hush, Hush audiobooks AND TMI MP3 set!! What I have picture is only a sample of what Simon and Schuster sent. You can enter to win some of these now under our Current Giveaway spot in our right hand side bar.

Thank you so much to Simon & Schuster, Penguin, Cynthia Leitich Smith, Candlewick, HarperTeen, Ednah Walters, Teen Book Scene and Albert Borris.

What goodies did you receive this week?

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