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Saturday, February 7, 2015

This Week's YA & MG Book News

Happy Weekend! 
Check out some of this past week's exciting book news.

Cover Reveals
Check out this week's stunning cover reveals.

  1. Epic Reads revealed this stunning cover for Claudia Gray's upcoming release, Ten Thousand Skies Above You. I love this cover. Get more info about the book here
  2. This week on Mundie Moms, we revealed the cover for debut author, Heather Petty's LOCK & MORI. This book will be hitting shelves later this fall from Simon & Schuster. 
  1. Publisher's Weekly revealed this AWESOME cover for Erin Bowman's Vengeance Road. I can not wait to read this book! Seriously, that cover is all sorts of awesomeness. It definitely looks like it fits the book's 1877 Arizona setting, perfectly.
  2. USA Today revealed the cover for Martina Boone's sequel to Compulsion, PERSUASION. We took part in the celebration with a Q&A with Martina and a giveaway! Check it out HERE and enter to win!
SPECIAL EDITIONS & Upcoming Releases

Special Editions!! This is like crack for book nerds. You can never have too many editions of your favorite books, and when news breaks of a special edition of that book or a newer edition, well you know we're going to be all over that book as well. If you're living here in the U.S., you're going to want to find a way to obtain these UK special editions. 


Harry Potter fans will want to get this new special edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone! Yes, if you guessed it, this is the UK edition! I think I need this book. I LOVE this cover! OWLS!! Bloomsbury Kids UK 


UK fans, check out this Valentine special edition of My True Love Gave To Me! 
Okay, it's NOT really a Valentine's Day edition, but I like to pretend it is, since this new edition will be released just in time for Valentine's Day. We all know that BOOK NERDS WANT BOOKS for Valentine's Day not chocolate. *coughs* Just saying. Find out more about this edition HERE. Thank you Rainbow Rowell for tweeting about this, this week! 


Mugglenet shared the exciting news that Harper Collins will be releasing HARRY POTTER: Magical Places from the Films. This book is set to be revealed this May! Get more info about the book from Harper Collins, here.


BOOK TRAILERS, MOVIE NEWS & MORE



Check out the book trailer for Victoria Aveyard's RED QUEEN! In case you missed it earlier this week, check out my interview with Victoria, and read my 5 star review of her debut! 



Ransom Rigg's novel, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children is hitting the big screen next year! News broke yesterday that Samuel L. Jackson is in negotiations to star in the movie as Barron. Get more info about this exciting news via Deadline.



Devon Bostick will be narrating the audiobooks for Cassandra Clare's WELCOME TO SHADOWHUNTER. Find out more about this exciting announcement here


Exciting news for E.B. White fans! ABC News announced this last week that E.B. White's classics will soon be available a e-books!! Check out their announcement here

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Fans of Holly Black's The Darkest Part of the Forest will love this! BuzzFeed shared a flow chart for they SHOULD YOU MAKE A BARGAIN WITH THE ALDERKING. If you've read the book, you know the price that comes with making a bargain. Check out the flow chart here.


Bloomsbury Kids UK also held their first ever #HarryPotterBookNight! We took part in the fun as well. I'll have pictures of that up later this weekend. Follow the hashtag and find out more about Thursday night's fun via Harry Potter Book Night


With Valentine's a week away, book nerds will want to check out this list of 15 Nerdy Valentine's Day cards from Huffington Post. You don't need to be a book nerd to enjoy these cards, as they're not all book related. They are however 100% awesome. This link had me at Star Wars! 

Happy Reading! Have a great weekend!

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