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YA Meets Kimchi: The Forest of Hands and Teeth

It's that time again - my third official YA Meets Kimchi post! Since I last cast Gayle Forman's IF I STAY, my fellow Kdrama-buddies have been busy putting up their own awesome posts. Here's a quick update in case you missed them:

Christina at A Reader of Fictions casts Josin L McQuein's PREMEDITATED

Laura J Moss casts John Green's PAPER TOWNS

Katie M Stout casts Holly Black's WHITE CAT

Corey Wright casts Kristin Cashore's GRACELING

This blog series might be my favorite thing ever, and not jus...

Covers and Titles

It's been a week since my cover was officially revealed on A Life Bound by Books (there's still a giveaway going on of 2 signed books, so go check it out!), which I think means it's time to reveal it on my own blog too. So here's the beauty:

I'm obsessed. I love everything about it. From the pink and purple sky to the riot of red hair. AND I think this might be my favorite title. It's super romantic & a little mysterious & fits the book so well (YOU WILL SEE WHY SOON). Also, my bff Jeramey h...

Fall 2013 YA Scavenger Hunt!!

GUYS. It's that time of year again...YA Scavenger Hunt Fall addition! This is always one of my favorite events. Created by Colleen Houck, it's an awesomeway to give readers access to exclusive bonus material from their favorite authors...and a chance to win some cool prizes.

Not only will you get exclusive content from authors (in my case, the first scene from the just-copyedited, totally-top-secret third book in the SO CLOSE TO YOU series), but you will also get a clue on each page. Add up...

YA Meets Kimchi

After I turned SO CLOSE TO YOU into a Kdrama, it started up a pretty awesome blog series called YA Meets Kimchi, where 4 other (amazing, Kdrama loving!) bloggers and I take turns casting our favorite YA books as Kdramas. Here are the posts so far:

DELIRIUM cast by Laura J Moss

LOLA & THE BOY NEXT DOOR cast by Katie M Stout

JELLICOE ROAD cast by Corey Wright

THE DISTANCE BETWEEN US cast by Christina at A Reader of Fictions

Now it's back to me, and this time I'm casting one of my absolute favor...

YA Books I've Read Lately...

...That I loved.

This. Book. I get that everyone else is freaking out about it too, and that maybe I'm even a little late to the party. BUT SO WHAT. It is not often that I read a love story that feels fresh and new and exciting and oh so lovely, and ELEANOR & PARK nailed it. I believe in this love. I want this love to span generations. In my head Eleanor and Park are two real people living somewhere right now with a bunch of kids and never-ending happiness. I seriously don't want to live in...

So Close to You as a Kdrama

I decided to combine two of my favorite things. This is the result:

In this epic tale of time travel and romance, an unlikely heroine stumbles into the heart of a massive government conspiracy. Now she must solve family secrets even as she feels herself drawn to the dark, mysterious boy who just can't seem to let her go.

***Starring***

Park Shin Hye as Lydia Bentley

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Sung Joon as Wes

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Jung Eun-Ji as Mary Bentley

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Kim Bum as Lucas Clarke

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Ku Hye-Sun as Hannah Sasaki

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SO CLOSE TO YO...

Dream Casting

This summer SO CLOSE TO YOU was part of the 2013 YA and MG Time Travel Challenge - which is the coolest challenge around, if you ask me. Right now there's still an international giveaway going on at Oops! I Read it Again (run by Dianne, who happens to be one of my fav bloggers), but it closes in three days so hurry and enter!

By the way, here is one of the reasons Dianne is a fav blogger of mine - she wrote a SO CLOSE TO YOU poem!!! I know. Epic. She's been kind enough to let me share it, so...

THIS STRANGE AND FAMILIAR PLACE

Today is the day. THIS STRANGE AND FAMILIAR PLACE is out in the world, just sitting on bookshelves and waiting for people to buy it. I'm happy to tell you that I'm just as excited as I was yesterday, and it only feels natural to be sharing the next step in Lydia's journey with you guys.

Over the next four days I'm having a mini book tour and here are the stops:

Wednesday:J.C. Lillis Author Blog

Thursday:Magnet 4 Books

Friday: A Life Bound By Books

Saturday: Alexa Loves Books

Each stop will h...

Anticipation

THIS STRANGE AND FAMILIAR PLACE comes out tomorrow. To. Morrow. TOMORROW. AHHH. I still can't believe I wrote ONE book and that it's available on the shelves of bookstores. Now I'll have two. I cannot wait for you guys to read about what happens to Lydia & Wes in this one. It's a little epic/don't hate me.

In honor of my book-birthday eve, I'm reposting the trailer for SO CLOSE TO YOU, which is still one of my most favorite things ever:

It so perfectly captures the vibe of the books - myste...

Event Round Up

I was incredibly lucky to go to both RT (the Romantic Times Convention) and BEA (the Book Expo of America) this year. And I had such an amazing time at both. Here's a round-up of my photos, with a little bit more on what happened. Also, I am aware that this post is super late, but whatever:

In early May, I arrived at the Romantic Times in Kansas City and immediately realized that it was going to be a surreal experience. This helped tip me off:

My keycard also had a naked guy on it, and there...