Christina Makes the Bookish Rounds is a feature that will let you know about recent MG/YA/NA book related news. I'll post about articles from the publishing industry, cover reveals, discussions from fellow bloggers, the latest tv/movie news, and giveaways that you're hosting. If you would like to follow along with cover reveals during the week, see my Pinterest.
*The post today will be shorter than normal since the last bookish rounds were on Friday evening, and that only leaves a handful of days for news and book announcements.
Publishing Industry:
Rights Report:
** My True Love Gave to Me: Twelve Holiday Stories, edited by Stephanie Perkins (The YA anthology will feature 12 romantic tales of young love by celebrated YA authors, including Rainbow Rowell, David Levithan, Gayle Forman, Ally Carter, Holly Black, Kiersten White, Matt de la Peña, Laini Taylor, Jenny Han and Kelly Link. St. Martin's Press, October 2014).
*The post today will be shorter than normal since the last bookish rounds were on Friday evening, and that only leaves a handful of days for news and book announcements.
Publishing Industry:
Rights Report:
** My True Love Gave to Me: Twelve Holiday Stories, edited by Stephanie Perkins (The YA anthology will feature 12 romantic tales of young love by celebrated YA authors, including Rainbow Rowell, David Levithan, Gayle Forman, Ally Carter, Holly Black, Kiersten White, Matt de la Peña, Laini Taylor, Jenny Han and Kelly Link. St. Martin's Press, October 2014).
**Knockout Games -- G. Neri (YA story about Erica, a white 15-year-old, and her experience getting caught up in the TKO Club, a group of middle-school kids urged to play the now-infamous knockout game by Kalvin, a charismatic black 18-year-old. The book, according to its publisher, takes an unflinching and morally complex look at casual violence and American teenagers. Neri wrote the book based on visits to a St. Louis high school where the knockout game was popular several years ago. Carolrhoda Lab, August 2014).
**Partition Junction -- N.H. Senzai (MG in which 12-year-old Maya uncovers a family mystery that takes her on an adventure from Pakistan to India. Paula Wiseman Books, fall 2015).
** I'M SHMACKED by TBA (Children's: Young Adult | I'm Shmacked has over 18 million views on its YouTube channel, 95,000+ fans on Facebook, 90,000+ Twitter followers, and 69+ Instagram followers. more ...)
Children’s authors read reviews of their own books. I didn't watch all the way through, but the story about the women or girls sitting together not being appropriate -- what?! And throwing the book in the trash?!
'Excellent' Holiday for Many Indies.
Have you voted for the 2013 YABC Choice awards? You have until January 15th!
Don't forget to nominate your favorite 2013 reads for the Teen Choice Book of the Year before the end of January!
The Decline and Fall of the Book Reviewing Empire (one of the catchiest titles I've seen).
** I'M SHMACKED by TBA (Children's: Young Adult | I'm Shmacked has over 18 million views on its YouTube channel, 95,000+ fans on Facebook, 90,000+ Twitter followers, and 69+ Instagram followers. more ...)
**Another deal shown here. I don't have a Publisher's Marketplace account but: UNRIVALED -- Allyson Noel(a new series set in the fast paced world of LA night clubs, where three teens get caught up in a high stakes competition and the desperate measures they take make them suspects in a mysterious crime, Katherine Tegen books, Winter 2016).
Have you seen the authors Publisher's Weekly named as its flying starts? Among them is Phoebe North, whose Starglass I'm still looking forward to (eventually) reading. Any of your favorites make the list?
Have you seen the authors Publisher's Weekly named as its flying starts? Among them is Phoebe North, whose Starglass I'm still looking forward to (eventually) reading. Any of your favorites make the list?
Teen writers find publishing success. I didn't actually know that some of those authors are teenagers. PS-- if you know any teens, send them this link to participate in Scholastic's writing contest.
Do you know what was the most popular book of 2013 (at least according to Goodreads)? And did you know that the most shared quote came from a YA novel?
Did you see the 2013 finals for the Cybils YA Fiction award?
Simon & Schuster Signs On as Peanuts Master Publisher. Huh, I remember Snoopy, but I don't remember him having a sister...?
Have you voted for the 2013 YABC Choice awards? You have until January 15th!
Don't forget to nominate your favorite 2013 reads for the Teen Choice Book of the Year before the end of January!
Curious about the spin-off series to Beautiful Creatures, Dangerous Creatures? Here are some excerpts!
If you're looking forward to All That Glows by Ryan Gaudin, the book trailer was just released.
The same goes for Tonya Hurley's Passionaries -- check out the book trailer here.
To Publish or Pass: The Editorial Meeting & Selecting Books for Publication. Really cool article! I appreciated the inside look.
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5 Very Troubling Messages Hiding in Popular Children's Books.
Cover Reveals:
The Hunt - Stacey Kade
Dark Days - Kate Ormand
Gilded - Christina Farley
Vampires of Manhattan (Blue Bloods) - Melissa de la Cruz
Rivals in the City - Y.S. Lee
Witch Hunt - Ruth Warburton
The Lost Mission - Allen Zadoff
How to Outrun a Crocodile When Your Shoes are Untied - Jess Keating
Prince Charming - S. Celi
As You Turn Away - Molli Moran
*Molli is a fantastic blogger; feel free to congratulate her + read more here!
Saving Quinton - Jessica Sorensen
Dazed - Kim Karr
The Star Thief - Jamie Grey
You Found Me - Kanettra Holmes
Dark Days - Kate Ormand
Gilded - Christina Farley
Vampires of Manhattan (Blue Bloods) - Melissa de la Cruz
Rivals in the City - Y.S. Lee
Witch Hunt - Ruth Warburton
The Lost Mission - Allen Zadoff
How to Outrun a Crocodile When Your Shoes are Untied - Jess Keating
Prince Charming - S. Celi
As You Turn Away - Molli Moran
*Molli is a fantastic blogger; feel free to congratulate her + read more here!
Saving Quinton - Jessica Sorensen
Dazed - Kim Karr
The Star Thief - Jamie Grey
You Found Me - Kanettra Holmes
Earth-bound - Laura Power
**Also, apparently the City of Heavenly Fire cover will be revealed next week.
Discussion/Other Blogger Posts:
What Would Have Saved "Saving Mr. Banks." I live under a rock. I had no idea that movie was about Mr. Disney trying to option Mary Poppins.
From RT Book Reviews -- Book Hankerings: Our Most Anticipated Young Adult Books Coming in 2014.
If you're looking to try out some MG debuts in 2014, authors share the first line of their books here.
There are a lot of really great author posts out right now about expectations and pushing through for the New Year, so I'd advise you to check out your favorite author's pages if you have the time.
If you're an American librarian, check out these awesome vintage posters made specially with you in mind.
Bookish events: The Little Prince art exhibit, the McDaniels College exhibit (Jan 27 - March 6; MD), webcast with Jeff Kinney and Dav Pilkey (Jan 15), Charlotte S. Huck Children’s Literature Festival at the University of Redlands (Jan 24-25), 50 Years of Children’s Book Illustration at the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts (Until Feb. 9, MI).
Can You Solve These 9 Riddles From Literature?
Black Girls Hunger for Heroes, Too: A Black Feminist Conversation on Fantasy Fiction for Teens.
For all of you who made New Year's resolutions related to books: Tackling the TBR: The Book Jar.
And if you're wondering about upcoming 2014 novels... Five Books to Watch out for in January & 2014 YA Fiction Preview: 60 Titles for Your January - June Radar.
Some older Book Riot posts: “Listening to Books is Cheating” and 7 More Myths About Audiobooks, 8 Actors on Books and Reading.
15 Things That Happen When You’re a Speedreader. Given that gif, I probably don't qualify as a speedreader, huh?
Baddie's role in 'Divergent' left Winslet surprised. Veronica Roth and Kate Winslet weigh in on Jeanine's role in the upcoming adaptation... which, according to the LA Times, is the most anticipated film for 2014.
Which articles did you like best? Did I miss any news? Did you host a cover reveal or discussion that I should have posted about? A giveaway? Leave the links, and I'll either edit this post or post about 'em next week.
Blogging:
Advice/Support/Questions:
** Ashley at Nose Graze: Learn the difference between <b> and <strong> HTML
** Ashley at Nose Graze: WordPress "Missed Schedule" Posting Error
** Ashley at Nose Graze: Why Giveaways Won't Give You More Followers
** Hannah at the Irish Banana: Tweetiquette for Book Bloggers 101
** Alice-Jane at Crazy Red Pen: 5 Productivity Apps and Blogs
** Kimba at Caffeinated Book Reviewer: How the Heck Did You Do That?
Blogging & Bloggers:
** Anna at Anna Reads: On Bad Reviews (And Why You Rarely See Them Here)
** Steph at Cuddlebuggery Book Blog: Will Our Non-Blogger Readers Please Stand Up?
** Krystianna at Downright Dystopian: Blog or BookTubing?
Reading:
** Jen at the Starry-eyed Revue: The Making of a Library
** Savannah at Books with Bite: Book Tag: The Ultimate Book Tag
** Mel at the Daily Prophecy: What I Look For in Book Boyfriends
** Jewelz at YA Book Diva: A Playlist for Any Kind of Genre
I probably missed some posts, but again since I posted on last Friday, there are fewer new discussion posts that I haven't already included... AKA: if you want more discussion posts, check out last week's bookish rounds. Also, anyone want to recommend some blogs to me? Lol, I know I've said I'm coming back "soon" for so long, but a.) it will eventually be true and b.) I'd like to add some more blogs to my list when I do. I know I'm missing some old ones where people have moved to other sites and I haven't added them back to my Feedly yet, but how about some others?
Movie/TV News:
Two new stills for the Strigoi in the adaptation of Richelle Mead's Vampire Academy (and more on the headmistress here). Are you curious about Richelle Mead''s cameo in the movie? Here's more information.
The first movie poster for A Bear Called Paddington was released!
Gayle Forman answers questions about the If I Stay adaptation here.
The Spectacular Now comes out on DVD/Bluray on January 14th if you're interested.
School Library Journal: Page to Screen: A Year's Worth of New Adaptations. Here's another movie round-up for 2014, though not all of them are YA/children's lit.
Giveaways:
ARC of Cress (Lunar Chronicles #3) by Marissa Meyer. INT, ends 01/29.
The Beautiful Creatures series and an e-copy of Dangerous Dream, in preparation for the new spin-off series. Ends 01/14.
Adventures in Children's Publishing, weekly giveaways: 01/09, 01/10.
Looking forward (2014 books) giveaway at Children's pub. Ends 01/16.
Your choice of 5 2014 ARCs from Children's pub. Ends 01/16.
Looking back at 2013 books giveaway at Children's pub. Ends 01/16.
Anticipating 2014 books? Here's another 2014-oriented giveaway from Sam at Realm of Fiction. INT, ends 01/10.
Giselle's giving away one of her top 2013 books. Ends 01/15.
Cuddlebuggery's giveaway for the listed 2013 or your choice of 2014 books. Ends 01/17.
January 2014 New Release giveaway from Book Nerd Reviews. INT, ends 01/31.
$25 Kindle or Nook gift card giveaway in celebration of A Little Too Much. Ends 01/15.
Taste of Darkness copies. INT, ends 01/11.
Assorted ARCs and finished copies from the Flyleaf Review. Ends 01/18.
A bunch of books from Books with Bite. US only, ends 01/31.
Clean your shelf giveaway hop, ends 01/10.
Congratulate Melissa on her four year blogoversary! INT, ends 01/30.
Giveaways listed at Saturday Situation by Lori of Pure Imagination and Candace of Candace's Book Blog.
Don't forget to enter YABC's giveaways for the month.
Celebrate Candace's blogoversary! A bunch of prize packs. Ends 01/09.
Win a chance to attend the Vampire Academy movie premiere. Ends 01/15.
The Edge of Never or The Edge of Always. INT, ends 01/30.
$25 Amazon Gift Card + paperback copies of Addicted to You and Addicted for Now. INT, ends 01/15.
ARC of Cress (Lunar Chronicles #3) by Marissa Meyer. INT, ends 01/29.
The Beautiful Creatures series and an e-copy of Dangerous Dream, in preparation for the new spin-off series. Ends 01/14.
Adventures in Children's Publishing, weekly giveaways: 01/09, 01/10.
Looking forward (2014 books) giveaway at Children's pub. Ends 01/16.
Your choice of 5 2014 ARCs from Children's pub. Ends 01/16.
Looking back at 2013 books giveaway at Children's pub. Ends 01/16.
Anticipating 2014 books? Here's another 2014-oriented giveaway from Sam at Realm of Fiction. INT, ends 01/10.
Giselle's giving away one of her top 2013 books. Ends 01/15.
Cuddlebuggery's giveaway for the listed 2013 or your choice of 2014 books. Ends 01/17.
January 2014 New Release giveaway from Book Nerd Reviews. INT, ends 01/31.
$25 Kindle or Nook gift card giveaway in celebration of A Little Too Much. Ends 01/15.
Taste of Darkness copies. INT, ends 01/11.
Assorted ARCs and finished copies from the Flyleaf Review. Ends 01/18.
A bunch of books from Books with Bite. US only, ends 01/31.
Clean your shelf giveaway hop, ends 01/10.
Congratulate Melissa on her four year blogoversary! INT, ends 01/30.
Giveaways listed at Saturday Situation by Lori of Pure Imagination and Candace of Candace's Book Blog.
Don't forget to enter YABC's giveaways for the month.
Celebrate Candace's blogoversary! A bunch of prize packs. Ends 01/09.
Win a chance to attend the Vampire Academy movie premiere. Ends 01/15.
The Edge of Never or The Edge of Always. INT, ends 01/30.
$25 Amazon Gift Card + paperback copies of Addicted to You and Addicted for Now. INT, ends 01/15.
YA Faeries and Fantasies giveaway hop. Ends 01/14.
Altered or Erased by Jennifer Rush. INT, ends 01/21.
The Killing Woods by Lucy Christopher. US, ends 01/21.
E-book of Salt by Danielle Ellison. INT, ends 01/25.
Other:
Most Featured: According to Goodreads, this is Hollow City by Ransom Riggs, The Destiny of Violet and Luke by Jessica Sorensen, Rome by Jay Crownover, Before Jamaica Lane by Samantha Young, Evertrue by Brodi Ashton, and Enders by Lissa Price. You excited for these upcoming/new releases?
Recent Recommended Reads: You can read my review of Cruel Beauty by Rosamund Hodge (an excellent, excellent debut that I am pre-ordering). Y'all this book may even make it to my books-that-define-me list because even though I'm still a tad confused, I love that. I love that I'm still thinking about the book, how it's deftly included so many references to Greek mythology and psych related subjects and fairy tales and how I feel the complexity of both the characters and the narrative. So, yeah. If you have an ARC, read it now. If you don't, I'll discuss the book with you when you get your pre-order :P.