YA Book Release: Of Neptune by Anna Banks

Publisher: Feiwel & Friends
Genre: Young Adult, Mermaids, Romance, Fantasy, Mythology, 
Series: The Syrena Legacy (#3)
Release Date: May 13th, 2014

Emma and Galen’s kingdom and their love is threatened by long-lost Syrena in the brilliant conclusion to Anna Banks bestselling trilogy.

Emma, half human and half Syrena, and her Syrena love, Galen, need time together alone. Away from the kingdoms of Poseidon and Triton. Emma’s grandfather, the Poseidon king, suggests the two visit a small town called Neptune.

Neptune is home to both Syrena and Half-Breeds alike. But Emma and Galen didn’t sign up to be peacemakers between the ocean and the land-dwelling, freshwater Syrena. They didn’t bargain for meeting a charming Half-Breed named Reed, who can barely disguise his feelings for Emma. And they especially didn’t expect to find themselves in the middle of a power struggle that threatens not only their love but their ocean kingdoms.

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About the author:

NYT Bestselling YA author of The Syrena Legacy series: OF POSEIDON (2012) OF TRITON (2013) OF NEPTUNE (2014). Repped by rockstar Lucy Carson of the Friedrich Agency. I live with my husband and daughter in the Florida Panhandle. I have a southern accent compared to New Yorkers, and I enjoy food cooked with real fat. I can't walk in high heels, but I'm very good at holding still in them. If you put chocolate in front of me, you must not have wanted it in the first place.NYT Bestselling YA author of The Syrena Legacy series: OF POSEIDON (2012) OF TRITON (2013) OF NEPTUNE (2014). Repped by rockstar Lucy Carson of the Friedrich Agency. I live with my husband and daughter in the Florida Panhandle. I have a southern accent compared to New Yorkers, and I enjoy food cooked with real fat. I can't walk in high heels, but I'm very good at holding still in them. If you put chocolate in front of me, you must not have wanted it in the first place.

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Email: byannabanks(at)gmail(dot)com

It's Monday! What are you reading?

Hey guys! Welcome to the first blog meme! It'll be hosted on Mondays(just not all the Mondays) and it is... It's Monday! What are you reading?

This meme is hosted by @Book Journey.


I am currently reading:

Half Bad by Sally Green is a breathtaking debut novel about one boy's struggle for survival in a hidden society of witches.

You can't read, can't write, but you heal fast, even for a witch.

You get sick if you stay indoors after dark.

You hate White Witches but love Annalise, who is one.

You've been kept in a cage since you were fourteen.

All you've got to do is escape and find Mercury, the Black Witch who eats boys. And do that before your seventeenth birthday.

Easy.



What are you guys reading right now? Feel free to leave a comment!

Movie Discussion: Divergent by Veronica Roth, Directed by Neil Burger

 What's everyone saying?!

Non-readers:
"You know that one movie? It was so cool!"
"The popular one? Have you seen it yet? It's called Divergent!"
"Omg. It was amazing!"
Readers:
"Amazing! The action was well done."
"They left out the best scene! You know? The chasm scene!"
"Woah, the factions and the premise at the beginning. Cool!"

If I were to review this on a book-movie adaptation, there would be many errors. Like: BEEP. BEEP. BEEP. But for now, I won't and I'll review it as a non reader/reader combined.

Wee. I loved the sound effects! They were on time and not even one was off during the action scenes(or I didn't catch the mistake). The camera was steady to watch and no off-beat/off the scenes sound was caught. I don't know. It was just an amazing transfer from a book to a movie.

They missed the scene, I understand because of time, but it's like 15 minutes away from 3 hours(if I'm not mistaken and I won't search it up) and I bet you they would've had time to add that particular scene. Hey! The Amazing Spider Man #2/Spider Man movies are about 3 hours! This isn't very much of a review, it's much of a rant! Haha. No matter.

Watched on: March 22, 2014.

I should've went on March 20, 2014 for the premiere items! I'm so mad. Haha.

Add the book to your goodreads at: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13335037-divergent?ac=1

It's almost at 1million reads! Holy cows! Did you know that there will be a new director for Insurgent? And the fact that Allegiant will be split into two parts/movies?! I feel like they just want the money, I'm pretty sure they can fit a ton of stuff that happened in Allegiant in one movie. I'd prefer it to be one movie. What about you?

YA Book Release: After the End by Amy Plum

Publisher: HarperTeen
Genre: Young Adult, Science Fiction, Dystopia, Romance, Fantasy, Post Apocalyptic, Adventure
Series: After the End (#1)
Release Date: May 6th, 2014

"I have no idea what is truth and what is fiction. I'm all I've got now. I can't trust anyone."

World War III has left the world ravaged by nuclear radiation. A lucky few escaped to the Alaskan wilderness. They've survived for the last thirty years by living off the land, being one with nature, and hiding from whoever else might still be out there.

At least, this is what Juneau has been told her entire life.

When Juneau returns from a hunting trip to discover that everyone in her clan has vanished, she sets off to find them. Leaving the boundaries of their land for the very first time, she learns something horrifying: There never was a war. Cities were never destroyed. The world is intact. Everything was a lie.

Now Juneau is adrift in a modern-day world she never knew existed. But while she's trying to find a way to rescue her friends and family, someone else is looking for her. Someone who knows the extraordinary truth about the secrets of her past.

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About the author:

Amy Plum is the author of DIE FOR ME, a YA series set in Paris. The first three books—DIE FOR ME, UNTIL I DIE, and IF I SHOULD DIE—are international bestsellers, and have been translated into eleven different languages. The fourth book is an eNovella, entitled DIE FOR HER. The first book of Amy’s new series, AFTER THE END, releases in May 2014.

Amy grew up in Birmingham, Alabama before venturing further afield to Chicago, Paris, London and New York. An art historian by training, she can be found on most days either daydreaming or writing (or both) in a Parisian café.

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YA Book Release: The One by Kiera Cass

Publisher: HarperTeen
Genre: Young Adult, Romance, Dystopia, Fantasy, Science Fiction
Series: The Selection (#3)
Release Date: May 6th, 2014

The Selection changed the lives of thirty-five girls forever. And now, the time has come for one winner to be chosen.

America never dreamed she would find herself anywhere close to the crown—or to Prince Maxon's heart. But as the competition approaches its end and the threats outside the palace walls grow more vicious, America realizes just how much she stands to lose—and how hard she'll have to fight for the future she wants.

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Anyone here Team Maxon? I'm so excited!

About the author:

Kiera was born and raised in South Carolina, a proud child of the 80's. Her dad is Puerto Rican, and her mom is white. She had neither a Hispanic orSouthern accent. Growing up, she was awkward. She didn't understand fashion at all and wasn't into what was cool while it was actually popular. By high school, she was a seasoned dancer, diehard theater buff, and in a chamber chior that at one point was tied for third in the nation competitively.

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Kiera Cass
PO Box 905
Christiansburg, VA 24068

Watch the beautiful book trailer for The One!