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Monday, March 27, 2017

City of Bones 10th Anniversary / Mundane Monday #CoB10thAnniversary #cityofbones10

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HAPPY MUNDANE MONDAY! Today we're celebrating the 10th Anniversary of Cassie Clare's CITY OF BONES! Wow, I can't believe it's been ten years since I picked up this book. Time sure does fly when you're having fun reading the stories of characters you've come to love. Yes, there will be a 10th anniversary edition releasing later this year! Details for it are below.

City of Bones is a book that I picked up because of Stephenie Meyer. She had recommended it to an online book club I was apart of 10 years ago, called Twilight Moms. The group wasn't a book club, but within the site we had a book club where Stephenie would recommend books. She recommended City of Bones right around the time it came out. I'm so glad she did. So many amazing things have come from that, including the friendships I've made. I don't know where I'd be without the friends I've made from these books. It's amazing how books bring people together. 


THANK YOU Cassie for sharing your characters and their stories with us! Congrats on the 10th anniversary of City of Bones! I absolutely adore you! Here's to many more years with your fabulous characters. What an amazing ten years it's been. Thank you Cassie for giving us Jace & Clary, and the entire Shadowhunters world.


Just in case you were wondering, YES, there is going to be a 10th Anniversary of City of Bones out this year. It will be released on November 7th, 2017! I've already pre-ordered my copy, which you can get from Amazon and Barnes & Noble. *I've included the links to the books and no it doesn't go to any affiliated links* I imagine other stores will have it as well. I'll add those to a new post when I gather all the stores both US and internationally selling this edition. 


ABOUT THE 10th Anniversary Edition (per Amazon)


#1 New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author

Celebrate the tenth anniversary of Cassandra Clare’s City of Bones with this gorgeous new edition, complete with special content and exclusive color illustrations.

The tenth anniversary of Cassandra Clare’s phenomenal City of Bones demands a luxe new edition. The pride of any fan’s collection, City of Bones now has new cover art, gilded edges, over thirty interior illustrations, and six new full-page color portraits of everyone’s favorite characters! This beautifully crafted collector’s item also includes four bonus stories that have previously only appeared in limited distribution, and—best of all—a new piece written by Cassandra Clare. A perfect gift for the Shadowhunter fan in your life.

This is the book where Clary Fray first discovered the Shadowhunters, a secret cadre of warriors dedicated to driving demons out of our world and back to their own. The book where she first met Jace Wayland, the best Shadowhunter of his generation. The book that started it all.

Lord of Shadows Special Editions Guide / #Shadowhunters #LordofShadows


Who's ready to get their hands on Lord of Shadows? We certainly are. If you're like us, you're probably trying to figure out which edition or editions you want to pre-order. Let's be honest, it's hard not purchasing all of the different editions. Cassie has made it much easier for fans to decide which edition to get. She recently shared a guide to the special editions of LOS. Check out the guide below.

guide to the special content that will be available in various first editions in the US and UK


US EDITIONS 
1. Target – Map of Alicante 



From Cassie's post sharing the map, she said: Detail from the map of Alicante in the back of Target editions of Lord of Shadows – I love seeing the Gard and even the alley where Jace burned his handprints! For a full rundown of special editions of LoS, stay tuned. #tda, #shadowhunters, #tsc

2. Barnes and Noble – An exclusive scene of Emma and Julian on Blackfriars Bridge in which they discuss Will, Tessa and Jem
3. Costco – Julian’s portrait of Emma, described in Lady Midnight posted here



Per Cassie:


“It was half-finished, an image of Emma striding out of the ocean, Cortana strapped to her hip. Her hair was down, as it was in most of the pictures, and he had made it look like the spray of the ocean at sunset, when the last rays of daylight turned the water to a brutal gold. She looked beautiful, fierce, as terrible as a goddess.” Cassandra Jean’s interpretation of Julian’s portrait of Emma from Lady Midnight. It will appear in the back of Costco editions of Lord of Shadows in the U.S!


Also from Cassie: 

In addition, ALL FIRST EDITIONS WILL BE PRINTED WITH 30 NEW RUNES BY VAL FREIRE, THE ORIGINAL DESIGNER OF THE SHADOWHUNTER RUNES! That’s ALL FIRST EDITIONS OF LORD OF SHADOWS IN NORTH AMERICA. SO IF YOU WANT THOSE RUNES, THE BEST IDEA IS TO PRE-ORDER THE BOOK FROM ANY BOOKSTORE OR WEBSITE.

UK EDITIONS: 
1.  W.H. Smiths and Easons—Trade Paperback special edition including interior cover printing of Shadowhunter runes 
2. Waterstones—Trade Paperback special edition featuring sprayed colour edges and scene of Emma and Julian on Blackfriars Bridge.
3. Hardback special limited edition (matching the UK Lady Midnight special edition hardback) featuring scene of Emma and Julian on Blackfriars Bridge and Map of Alicante.


This is one of my favorite editions of Cassie's books, which is the special UK edition. They are doing on similar for Lord of Shadows, only it will have the parabatai rune on the outside. Cassie confirmed that recently when a fan had asked if the UK hardback special limited edition will have the 30 new runes, which YES it will. 

Which edition(s) will you be purchasing? 


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