Sara Raasch's Blog, page 492
February 28, 2014
SLJ and HOUSE OF IVY & SORROW Sittin' In A Tree...
Woohoo! School Library Journal is also in love with HOUSE OF IVY & SORROW. How will my book ever choose who to go to prom with now that there are multiple suitors?
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Whipple, Natalie. House of Ivy & Sorrow. 368p. HarperCollins/Harper. Apr. 2014. pap. $9.99. ISBN 9780062120182; ebk. ISBN…
WHEEEE!!!
I love this book SO MUCH, guys. You will be thoroughly blown away by it!
February 27, 2014
Winter is Coming: THE WINNER'S CURSE
Hello, Tomers! sararaasch here. Today I get the ultimate pleasure of introducing to you one of the epic features that will occasionally grace our lovely blog: Winter is Coming! (better known as “Waiting on Wednesday” but, you know, fantasy-themed and not on Wednesdays)
For this first Winter…
In which I giggle about THE WINNER’S CURSE in proper fangirl fashion.
February 26, 2014
February 25, 2014
breedespain:
Hey look, it’s THE SHADOW PRINCE sitting on THE...
Hey look, it’s THE SHADOW PRINCE sitting on THE SHADOW THRONE! (Yes, yes, I am a big dork.) #Heheh #theshadowprince #theshadowthrone #yalit
HA. I see what you did there.
yainterrobang:
Here’s a selection of some of new YA covers...
Here’s a selection of some of new YA covers released in the past two weeks. For more cover releases and all things YA lit, visit our website, follow us here and on Twitter, and subscribe to our weekly newsletter!
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Poisoned Apples by Christine Heppermann
Publisher: HarperTeen
Release date: September 23rd 2014
A powerful and provocative collection of poems that bring classic fairytale characters and themes into the modern teenage girl’s life.
The Queen of Zombie Hearts (White Rabbit Chronicles #3) by Gena Showalter
Publisher: Harlequin Teen
Release date: September 30th 2014
Alice ‘Ali’ Bell thinks the worst is behind her. She’s ready to take the next step with boyfriend Cole Holland, the leader of the zombie slayers; until Anima Industries, the agency controlling the zombies, launches a sneak attack, killing four of her friends. It’s then she realizes that humans can be more dangerous than monsters; and the worst has only begun. As the surviving slayers prepare for war, Ali discovers she, too, can control the zombies and she isn’t the girl she thought she was. She’s connected to the woman responsible for killing and turning Cole’s mother. How can their relationship endure?
Rebellion (Tankborn #3) by Karen Sandler
Publisher: Lee and Low/Tu Books
Release date: Spring 2014
In the wake of a devastating bomb blast, severely injured Kayla has been brought to the headquarters of the organization that planted the bomb—and many others like it in GEN food warehouses and homes. Her biological mother tells her that Devak is dead and that Kayla must join her in the terrorist group, which is ramping up for something big. Now Kayla must pretend that she embraces this new role in an underground compound full of paranoia as she plots a way to escape and save her friends.
Rebels: The Story of Lex and Livia (City of Indra #1) by Kendall Jenner & Kylie Jenner
Publisher: Gallery Books
Release date: June 3rd 2014
Lex lives down below, close to rock bottom. She grew up in the orphanage, alone, and now is training to be a Special Op so she can finally destroy the rebels with her own hands. She needs no one. Livia lives miles above everything on a floating island in the city of Indra. She is training too, but for a life that she doesn’t want. She wants to be free, to finally leave her floating island, and to run with her beloved horse until she can’t run any longer.
Remember Me (Find Me #2) by Romily Bernard
Publisher: HarperTeen
Release date: September 23rd 2014
Wick Tate, a teenage hacker and former foster child, is back in action in this sequel to FIND ME. As a new murder case unravels, a new badass hacker love interest arrives on the scene, and long-buried secrets start to shake loose. But this time, Wick’s not so sure she can win.
Ruin and Rising (The Grisha #3) by Leigh Bardugo
Publisher: Henry Holt
Release date: June 17th 2014
The capital has fallen. The Darkling rules Ravka from his shadow throne. Now the nation’s fate rests with a broken Sun Summoner, a disgraced tracker, and the shattered remnants of a once-great magical army. Deep in an ancient network of tunnels and caverns, a weakened Alina must submit to the dubious protection of the Apparat and the zealots who worship her as a Saint. Yet her plans lie elsewhere, with the hunt for the elusive firebird and the hope that an outlaw prince still survives. Alina will have to forge new alliances and put aside old rivalries as she and Mal race to find the last of Morozova’s amplifiers. But as she begins to unravel the Darkling’s secrets, she reveals a past that will forever alter her understanding of the bond they share and the power she wields. The firebird is the one thing that stands between Ravka and destruction—and claiming it could cost Alina the very future she’s fighting for.
Sanctum (Asylum #2) by Madeleine Roux
Publisher: HarperTeen
Release date: August 26th 2014
The sequel to New York Times bestseller Asylum, Sanctum follows Dan and his friends back to Brookline, where they are determined to find closure from their haunted past. With more mind-bending revelations, thrilling action, and creepy found photographs.
The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson and the Olympians #2) by Rick Riordan
Publisher: Disney Hyperion
Release date: Summer 2014
There is trouble at Camp Half-Blood: the magical borders that protect Half-Blood Hill have been poisoned by a mysterious enemy, and the only safe haven for demigods is on the verge of being overrun by mythological monsters. To save the camp, Percy needs the help of his best friend, Grover, who has been taken prisoner on an island somewhere in the Sea of Monsters, the dangerous waters Greek heroes have sailed for millennia. Only today, the Sea of Monsters goes by a new name: The Bermuda Triangle.
Snow Like Ashes (Snow Like Ashes #1) by Sarah Raasch
Publisher: HarperTeen
Release date: October 14th 2014
Sixteen years ago the Kingdom of Winter was conquered and its citizens enslaved, leaving them without magic or a monarch. Now, the Winterians’ only hope for freedom is the eight survivors who managed to escape, and who have been waiting for the opportunity to steal back Winter’s magic and rebuild the kingdom ever since. Orphaned as an infant during Winter’s defeat, Meira has lived her whole life as a refugee, raised by the Winterians’ general, Sir. Training to be a warrior—and desperately in love with her best friend, and future king, Mather — she would do anything to help her kingdom rise to power again.
*fangirls over the company SLA is in*
"What To Do When Your Boyfriend’s Asshole Best Friend Says, “Hey, Never Trust Anything That Bleeds..."
What To Do When Your Boyfriend’s Asshole Best Friend Says, “Hey, Never Trust Anything That Bleeds For Seven Days And Doesn’t Die,
Right?”
OR The Only Poem I’ll Ever Write About Periods.
Don’t excuse him because he’s had
at least three lite beers
and is sweating through his black button down
that his mom or exgirlfriend
probably bought him.
Don’t excuse him because he’s been turned down
by the last six girls he went on dates with
after meeting them on tindr
with a picture that’s seven years old
Don’t excuse him because
he’s usually such a nice guy
because you don’t want to be a bitch
because you don’t want to cause a scene
because when you were seventeen
your sister told you
no one likes an angry feminist
Tell him,
Hey, Asshole:
Let me explain something to you.
Every goddamn motherfucking month since I was eleven,
a part of me
tore itself to shreds
ripped itself apart inside me
and then remade itself.
So yes, I bleed for seven days
and I don’t die
You know what else can do that?
Gods.
Immortal beings.
Things of legend.
Fuck, I can even
create life.
So I say, never trust anything that can’t
bleed for seven days and not die.
You know what that makes it?
Weak
Fallible
Mortal.
So let’s see, hon,
What you’re made of.
If you can bleed for seven days
and not die.
Rip out his jugular with your teeth.
And when he bleeds for seven seconds
and dies,
spit on his corpse and say,
I thought not.
- Katherine Tucker (via ofcrosseddaggers)
