A few years ago YA Book Council read the book Cryer’s Cross by Lisa McMann. I was browsing through the Simon & Schuster Pulse website when I came across a new cover for the book which I had never seen before and it was just so radically different then the cover I have that I felt the need to share it with everyone. Actually my first reaction was OMGWHHHHHHHHHHAT but that could be the iced coffee kicking in. Continue reading “Gender and Marketing: Cryer’s Cross by @lisa_mcmann #coverflip”
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A.S. King @AS_King wins a book prize and I get my books signed #BookFest
A.S. King (asking for a link to her website? Right there).
One of the authors I did get to see at a booth was A.S. King who had just won a prize for her book. The Los Angeles Times Book Prize for 2012 in Young Adult Literature was awarded to her for Ask the Passengers which is on my to be read list. (As is pretty much all of western literature).
She was signing at the Mysterious Galaxy booth and there wasn’t a line and I got books signed. Continue reading “A.S. King @AS_King wins a book prize and I get my books signed #BookFest”
House of Secrets Panel Ned Vizzini @ned_vizzini, Chris Columbus #BookFest
TL; DR: I attended the panel with Ned Vizzini and Chris Columbus at LATFOB and just missed out on the opportunity to get a copy of their new book, House of Secrets. Continue reading “House of Secrets Panel Ned Vizzini @ned_vizzini, Chris Columbus #BookFest”