Andrea Cremer News

As you guys are probably aware, I love Andrea Cremer's Nightshade trilogy. I love it and I want the prequel, Rift, like yesterday (but it's not out for another week. Excuse me while I sulk in the corner over there...)

But, news has reached me that Andrea Cremer will be writing another trilogy set in the world of Nightshade for adults. HORRAY! But wait... hold on to your horses, I have a sentence that might throw you all in gasps of horror. The trilogy will be adult erotica.

Now, I know I've lost half of you by using that one word and, like you, I see that word and want to run. Run and hide under my bed. But as this is Andrea Cremer, I'm not really running away. I'm actually intrigued over where Andrea could go with this. As it's going to be for an adult target audience, she has more freedom to write sexier and more violent scenes (if you've read Nightshade, you understand how violent it gets...)

We have two books to come before we have the new trilogy thrust upon us (Rift [out next week in the UK] and its sequel, Rise [sometime next year. Summer at the latest]) and I am intrigued over what Andrea writes, I do hold some worry that this might mess up my love for the series.

But, until I actually read the book (oh yes, I'm going to read this), which is coming out in the US around October 2013 (no news if this trilogy will/has been picked up by a UK publisher), I will hold judgement. All I know is old and mew characters will feature and there will be kick-ass leads. This makes me happy.

SMILE - How You Read A Book

My thanks goes to CassJayTuck for this video. I totally get this as I do this ALL the time!!!

GoodRead - Tape-Measure Murder & Motive V. Opportunity

 It's rare (as you know) that I review two short stories in one review but seeing as these are both written by Agatha Christie, and are both in connection with Miss Marple, I will make an exception.

I somehow came across that HarperCollins had released Agatha Christie's short stories individually by sheer fluke. Not sure how but I discovered it and started snooping. I asked some Twitter pals (who are Agatha Christie nuts) on which to read. They suggested a few, and I narrowed the search down to these two: Tape-Measure Murder and Motive V. Opportunity (though a Harley Quin short story, The Shadow on the Glass has caught my eye also...). Plus, both were 49p each and, with my lovely blog pal Emma at Book Angel Booktopia kicking off her Classic Carnival next week (which I am taking part in), it couldn't be more perfect!

With Tape-Measure Murder, Miss Politt has been knocking on Mrs Spenlow's door but with no reply. When a neighbour decides to look through a window, she finds Mrs Spenlow, lying on the floor, dead. The whole of St. Mary Mead is convinced that it was her husband who killed her, as he showed very little emotion over her murder. But Miss Marple isn't so sure...

And with Murder V. Opportunity, the members of the Tuesday Night Club are told a story about Mr Clode, a man who, on his deathbed, wrote a new will. It stated that most of his fortune should go to a spiritualist, and not to his nieces and nephew. But when the envelope containing the will was opened a few months after his death, the will is blank.

I read both of these very quickly. Half an hour each and, with one of them, I think I solve it very quickly while the other surprised me as it felt, almost, like Agatha Christie tricked me, and yet, sadly, all the clues were there. Up to a point.

These are fast reads. Literally spend a few minutes on the journey to work and you're done. It's enough. And it was enough for me. So now, off to read a real novel (but which...).

DAYS OF BLOOD AND STARLIGHT UK COVER REVEAL!

Earlier today, Laini Taylor and her UK publisher, Hodder, revealed the UK cover for Daughter of Smoke and Bone sequel, Days of Blood and Starlight. And they are very excited at it. They created an animated cover, just to prove how awesome it is...

For those of you want to see it minus the animating glow, here is the cover:

Oh, how I LOVE this cover! I just love it! It's simple yet gorgeous! And I am very excited for this book. I don't know whether to buy this or wait and see if I get sent a copy (which I think is HIGHLY unlikely), but who cares?! I can't till November 8th! 

SMILE - WHALE!

My thanks go, yet again, to Julie On My Mind tumblr.

Will Hill Signs 3-Book Deal!

Ok, I know I haven't read Will Hill's Department 19 series (am saving them for Halloween! SCARY READING aka Me Forwarding Planning!) but this news thrills me SO much. After meeting him at the HarperCollins Book Bloggers Event, I have been a little bit in love with him, so hearing this news is AWESOME! Anyway, here's the press release:


HarperCollins signs three more books from Department 19 author Will Hill
HarperCollins is delighted to be continuing its relationship with YA author Will Hill by acquiring three new titles. Fiction Editorial Director Nick Lake secured UK & Commonwealth rights to two final books in the Department 19 series, plus one untitled YA novel. The deal was concluded by Nick and Charlie Campbell at Ed Victor Ltd.

First launched by HarperCollins in 2011, Department 19 was the number one bestselling YA hardback debut of the year and the series has acquired more than 7,000 fans on Facebook (www.facebook.com/department19exists). The books have also enjoyed sales success as ebooks, with Department 19: The Rising becoming HarperCollins' bestselling children's ebook launch in April. Hill’s writing has also been acclaimed in the press. "High action, fast plot, original and gripping, this is vampire writing without the sparkle – but with lots of blood!" said the Sun, while the Telegraph pronounced that, “Bram Stoker can stop turning in his grave: his 21st-century legacy extends beyond Twilight.”

Nick Lake said: "Will Hill is an incredible talent and we’re tremendously excited to have these new books to look forward to. With The Rising, he achieved that rare feat - a sequel that is richer and more gripping than its predecessor - and the strength of his writing is certain to garner him many, many more fans over the coming years."

Will himself said: "I'm absolutely delighted to have signed with HarperCollins for three more novels - the experience of publishing the Department 19 books with them has been an absolute pleasure. I'm looking forward to continuing to work with my amazing editor Nick and the fantastic sales, marketing and publicity teams, and I'm so thrilled that the Department 19 series will finish where it started; on the best list in the business."

About Will:
Before quitting his job in publishing to write Department 19, Will Hill worked as a bartender, a bookseller and a door-to-door charity worker. He grew up in the north-east of England, is scared of spiders, and is a big fan of cats. He lives in east London with his girlfriend.

www.department19exists.com
Twitter: @WillHillAuthor

GoodRead - Harry Potter: Page to Screen

I treated myself to this BEAST of a book during the Christmas Sale (I had a Waterstones giftcard and Amazon Kindle voucher and yet, this isn't a ebook [thank Goodness - will explain in a bit] and no Waterstones I went to had it in stock. Expect for WHSmiths who had one hidden away in the back so, to that WHSmiths, THANK YOU!] and have been reading it slowly for the past 6 months.

I wasn't going to rush this! And this book needs your time and full attention!

This book details the filming of the Harry Potter movies. Not just talking about the movies themselves but the making of them. The actors, producers, directors, but most of the crew talk openly and frankly about making the movies and the effect the movies had on their lives. Showing concept art, never-seen-before photos and showing how the magic was done, this is really a film buff's book.

I LOVED this book! Of course, I was going to love it. I'M A HARRY POTTER NUT! And I adore the books and movies (maybe not the early movies which my other half is making me watch...), and I always find the "This Is How We Make" stuff quite interesting (I treated myself to The Art of the Avengers... Tiny heads-up).

I'm a geek. I admit it.

Now, the book is split into three parts. The Making of Harry Potter (which talks about in depth about the films and how they were made, which had funny and, often, emotional information like 9/11 and Richard Harris's death), The Art Of Harry Potter (this is why it's not on kindle. The amount of detail in concept art, photographs and notes is high and your eReader won't do it justice) and the Epilogue (am saying nothing about this...).

But, oh! This book was wonderful! *hugs the tomb of a book close to my chest* If not for anything, then for the exercise (weight-lifting) it has done to my arms!

I think if you are a fan of the Harry Potter movies are just a film buff (and if you can find this book - it was a nightmare to find my copy!), get it! Will show some images... enjoy!

SMILE - WALRUS!

You guys have no idea how LONG I wanted to put this on as a SMILE picture! NONE WHAT SO EVER!

My thanks go to Fell From Fiction's tumblr.