Waiting on Wednesday: Week 11

Waiting on Wednesday is hosted by Breaking The Spine. This week's choice is:

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MOCKINGJAY by Suzanne Collins

• Reading level: Young Adult
  
• Hardcover: 400 pages
• Publisher: Scholastic Press (August 24, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0439023513

Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has survived the Hunger Games twice. But now that she’s made it out of the bloody arena alive, she’s still not safe. The Capitol is angry. The Capitol wants revenge. Who do they think should pay for the unrest? Katniss. And what’s worse, President Snow has made it clear that no one else is safe either. Not Katniss’s family, not her friends, not the people of District 12. Powerful and haunting, this thrilling final installment of Suzanne Collins’s groundbreaking The Hunger Games trilogy promises to be one of the most talked about books of the year.

TEAM GALE! By the way.

New Novella by Stephanie Meyer

In case you haven't heard, and I'm sure most of you have, Little Brown Books for Young Readers will release The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner on June 5th.

This novella follows newborn vampire, Bree Tanner(featured in Eclipse), as she gathers her vampire army and closes in on the Cullens and Bella Swan.

Meyer said that the short was originally created to be shown on her website, then later she had planned to include it in the Twilight guide, but the story was too long.

The Sky is Everywhere

• Reading level: Young Adult
  
• Hardcover: 288 pages
• Publisher: Dial; 1 edition (March 9, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0803734956
• ISBN-13: 978-0803734951

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http://theskyiseverywhere.com/synopsis.php

Seventeen-year-old Lennie Walker, bookworm and band geek, plays second clarinet and spends her time tucked safely and happily in the shadow of her fiery older sister, Bailey. But when Bailey dies abruptly, Lennie is catapulted to center stage of her own life—and, despite her nonexistent history with boys, suddenly finds herself struggling to balance two. Toby was Bailey's boyfriend; his grief mirrors Lennie's own. Joe is the new boy in town, a transplant from Paris whose nearly magical grin is matched only by his musical talent. For Lennie, they're the sun and the moon; one boy takes her out of her sorrow, the other comforts her in it. But just like their celestial counterparts, they can't collide without the whole wide world exploding.

I LOVED this book! It easily ranks on my top 5 list of 2010. The characters in this book are so vivid and unique, and the prose is beautiful. Like Heidi R Kling said to me on twitter, "It's like diving into a poem."

The Sky is Everywhere is like diving into a painful, beautiful, epic poem.

Book Giveaway! Merlin's Harp!

Park Ave Princess is hosting yet another fabulous giveaway on her blog! Enter for a chance to win MERLIN'S HARP by Anne Eliot Crompton.

Merlin's Harp
By: Anne Eliot Crompton
Published: First published in 1995, re-published March, 2010 by FIRE (Sourcebooks)

Book Synopsis:

When I was yet a very young woman I threw my heart away. Ever since then I have lived heartless, or almost heartless, the way Humans think all Fey live.

Among the towering trees of magical Avalon, where humans dare not tread, lives Nivienne, daughter of the Lady of the Lake. Her people, the Fey, are folk of the wood and avoid the violence and greed of man. But the strife of King Arthur’s realm threatens even the peace of Avalon. And while Merlin the mage has been training Niviene as his apprentice, he now needs her help to thwart the chaos devouring Camelot. Nivienne’s special talents must help save a kingdom and discover the treachery of men and the beauty of love…

Help Beth Revis Celebrate!

Beth Revis is celebrating the sale of her book ACROSS THE UNIVERSE, Penguin/Razor Bill, Spring 2011! Visit her blog and congratulate her and enter her contest for a chance to win one of two fabulous prize packs! CONGRATS, BETH!

Tiger Beat

This video is way better than the one my phone took so I'm going to share it. I was standing next to the person who recorded it. :D This is the band Tiger Beat. Libba Bray singing the YA Song.

(Tiny bit of language, just so you know)

Book Giveaway! Ballad by Maggie Stiefvater

Enter to win a signed (and doodled!) BALLAD by Maggie Stiefvater, courtesy of Susan, aka Wastepaper Prose at http://bit.ly/bQc8eH