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Cover Stories: The Demon's Lexicon by Sarah Rees Brennan*

[image error] Sarah Rees Brennan cracks me up. Read her Cover Story for the paperback version of The Demon's Lexicon (which is out later this month) and you'll love her too. (Oh, and here's a review of the book by Kate of Read This Book!, in case you want to know what's on the inside... and she used the UK cover so there's one more visual to take in).Here's Sarah:"You know, I didn't have an idea for the cover! I'm really not visual at all. When people started suggesting ideas, I kept saying 'Oh, that soun...

Photo Friday: Cafe Con Leche

More soon, but here's an iPhone shot of my daily morning bebida--cafe con leche. There is something way more amazing than just "coffee with milk" going on here. Spain is maravillosa!

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PS-Wdebo at The Electrical Book Cafe has a new interview with me up, just in case you miss me.

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Cover Stories: Crimes of the Sarahs by Kristen Tracy*

[image error] Kristen Tracy is a fun person with a totally great Cover Story for one of her many books, Crimes of the Sarahs. Here goes:"I wasn't sure about a cover image. I LOVED my first cover for Lost It (right). In it, my main character loses her virginity underneath an unseaworthy canoe, and the cover attempted to capture a literal depiction of this--sloppily patched canoe with both boy and girl legs poking out suggestively. [image error] For Crimes of the Sarahs, I wasn't sure how to depict a group of four girl cr...

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Cover Stories: The Heart is Not a Size by Beth Kephart

[image error] Beth Kephart is a master storyteller. Her words are poetic. I've said this 1000 times, and it's true in each book. Here she is with the Cover Story for her latest work of art, The Heart is Not a SIze:"Because my fourth young adult novel, The Heart is Not a Size, was inspired by a trip that I took to a squatters' village in Juarez, I had a strong visual sense of the country and the people I hoped the book's cover might portray. Georgia, my narrator, is, like me, a photographer. She has her n...

The Library-Loving Blog Challenge!

Thanks to everyone who commented and helped in the quest to give back to the Brooklyn Public Library! I'll be donating 50 new books and $150, which is so much less than libraries have given to me over the years. I mean, look at this gorgeous place:

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Thank you, libraries and librarians all over the world! And thank you, Jenn Hubbard, for starting this amazing challenge! Jenn has posted more ways to help libraries, too.

Happy Sunday!

Cover Stories: Spring Break by Kayla Perrin

Kayla Perrin's Spring Break Cover Story is up on Unabashedly Bookish at Barnes and Noble, but I thought I'd leave a teaser here. The cover went from the original version (left) to the final version (right): [image error] [image error] And here's an excerpt:"Now, you have to understand how conservative publishing is. They like things black and white -- literally. So they had two black college girls on the cover, but didn't include the white girl. My agent and I were able to convince the publisher to try something differe...

Photo Friday: Teen Author Festival

Just a few photos for fun. I missed taking them at Books of Wonder on Sunday (oops!) but here are a few--sorry they're blurry. My blog just does that sometimes.Me with Coe Booth, who's working on Tyrell II (not the official title, but yay! Tyrell is soooo good): [image error] The panel that needs no introduction, but what the heck? John Green, David Levithan, Libba Bray and E. Lockhart rocked their performances of each other's work and then readings from upcoming books. [image error] And my group reading at the Grand Arm...