Sara Raasch's Blog, page 487
March 19, 2014
TOMORROW!
The Spring Join the Blizzard Contest starts TOMORROW at 11:30AM EST.
This is the first Join the Blizzard contest of 2014. So buckle up, Winterians.
YOU AIN’T SEEN NOTHING YET.
Launch Party Pics and Contest Winners
Saturday was the official launch party for THE SHADOW PRINCE! It was such a wonderful day. It all started with lunch with author friends Jenn Johanson, Natalie Whipple, Sara Raasch (and husband), Courtney Alameda, and Michelle Argyle at one of my favorite restaurants. Then we went…
bibliofiendweb:
WATCH: ‘The Giver’ official trailer After...
WATCH: ‘The Giver’ official trailer
After being in development for 15 years, the adaptation for The Giver is finally coming this year. Now, you can watch the film’s official trailer!
Check out more here!
March 18, 2014
March 17, 2014
nataliewhipple:
Just realized HOUSE OF IVY & SORROW is...
Just realized HOUSE OF IVY & SORROW is rather appropriately dressed for St. Patrick’s Day! Comes out in 4 weeks! Have a lovely, lucky day today and eat green stuff:)
VOYA’s recent review:
Whipple, Natalie. House of Ivy & Sorrow. HarperTeen, 2014. 368p. $9.99 Trade pb. 978-0-06-212018-2.
In contemporary Iowa, amid the cornfields and everyday American life, live the remaining two descendants of a powerful witch family, teenaged Josephine Hemlock and her grandmother, Nana. The two are careful to gather their supplies and perform their magic without observation and to maintain the respect and balance black magic requires. But the protective spell that keeps Jo and Nana safe from the Curse is growing weak, and a strange man with darkness attached to him appears at their gate. What follows is Josephine’s race against time to protect herself and her friends, Nana, and her long-lost father, all while learning about her mother’s murder and her family’s past, and juggling her first crush, a young man who ends up understanding a lot more about Jo’s life than she could have imagined.
The next move in supernatural literary trends is witches, an obvious backlash against the clumsy and helpless human girls in love with vampires. True to the potential of teen witches, Jo is no shrinking violet. She knows what she must do, she is tough, and she has the magical skills to do what needs to be done. With the help of the women in her life-witch and nonwitch alike-Jo is able to resist giving away her magic to save herself and her loved ones. Thank goodness the witching hour has come back to young adult literature.-Jennifer M. Miskec.
jrjohansson:
Happy St. Patty’s Day! New Giveaway O’ Green + win an ARC of PARANOIA! Yes, this is...
Happy St. Patty’s Day! New Giveaway O’ Green + win an ARC of PARANOIA! Yes, this is international. More details here:
http://jennjohansson.blogspot.com/2014/03/happy-st-patricks-day-giveaway-o-green.html
