Have A Sci-Fi Christmas With The League Giveaway!

Christmas... sometimes it's hard to remember to be happy about it when we're worried about covering all the shopping, making food (and trying not to overeat), wrapping gifts, and doing all the things you're supposed to do, while not necessarily doing things you want to do. So screw that - let's read. What's in the magnificent giveaway from the League? This stuff: SKYLARK by Meagan Spooner THESE BROKEN STARS by Meagan Spooner & Amie Kaufman NOT A DROP TO DRINK by Mindy McGinnis IN A HANDFUL OF DUST by Mindy McGinnis CONTROL by Lydia Kang STARTERS by Lissa Price ENDERS by Lissa Price LANDRY PARK by Bethany Hagen POSSESSION by Elana Johnson SKY JUMPERS by Peggy Eddleman FORBIDDEN FLATS by Peggy Eddleman DEFECTOR by Susanne Winnacker BETWEEN THE SHADOW & THE SOUL by Susanne Winnacker THE MEMORY OF AFTER by Lenore Applehans CHASING BEFORE by Lenore Applehans THE SILENCE OF SIX by E.C. Meyers THE BODY ELECTRIC by Beth Revis That's 17 books just for you (or maybe to plug a Christmas gift hole that you forgot). So think of yourself (or belatedly of someone else) and enter to win in the Rafflecopter below!

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A London company has designed a pen that lets you draw actual objects. The Lix 3D Pen prints out melted plastic that cools as you use it, so you can build, sculpt, or design in 3D by “writing” with the pen. Source

Are you a student at UNC-Asheville? Please come see me in an exclusive reading and signing. There will be prizes! :) 

Just got this in! It’s a beaut. #thebodyelectric #bethrevis #scifi #epicreads #bookstagram #booknerds

Winchester Mystery House - front (by TheOtter)

Lyra Silvertongue + mood board (insp.)

The giant spot on the face of the sun has scientists scratching their heads. By the time it rotated into our view, it was already 80,000 miles wide, big enough to fit all of Jupiter, big enough to lay 10 Earths, side by side, across. It is the largest spot the sun has harbored in 24 years.

I made a thing. An AOY thing.

I did the graphic thing.

I’m no good at the graphic thing but I did it anyway…

Pop Culture and SciFi, by Tonya Kuper

I am a self-proclaimed scifi-dork, fangirl, whatever. I love all things science fiction and always have. 

For some reason though, I’d never thought about how much science fiction and pop culture are interwoven, even one in the same at times, until I started writing ANOMALY, my young adult debut. I mean, think about how much we give a nod to science fiction in our everyday conversations - or how much some science fiction has become common knowledge in the United States and beyond.

ANOMALY is science fiction set in present day. Josie, the main character, is a science-fiction nerd and totally owns it. There are science fiction nods, analogies, and references throughout the novel. Science fiction within science fiction. Is it a no-no? I’m not sure, but I really don’t care, either. And here’s why: I attempted to make a character that readers could relate to, who was real. The predominance of pop culture and the influence it has on our society, especially teens, can’t be denied – so I used it.

My hope is that some readers will “get” Josie and her view of the world, seen through a pop culture/sci-fi lens.

Here is a short excerpt, to give an example of the science-fiction within the science-fiction:

She rolled said eyes and gave me the Vulcan hand gesture.  

“I think your Vulcan salute is backward. I thought you’d know that, nerd,” I said, trying to keep it light. 

She turned her hand the correct way, the palm facing me. “No, this is what Vulcans like Spock use, which means ‘live long and prosper.’” Then she flipped her hand so the backside faced me. “I’m using it backward, which means the opposite. ‘Die and languish.’” She flashed a fake smile. 

And Josie often says, “Oh, for the love of Khan.”

For more scifi goodness, action, and a bit of romance, you can check out ANOMALY, releasing November 25, 2014 by Entangled Teen! Or for daily scifi and general dorkiness, follow me on the interwebs! Thanks so much for having me on your rad blog, LoEW!!!

Reality is only an illusion. 

Except for those who can control it... 

Worst. Birthday. Ever. My first boyfriend dumped me – happy birthday, Josie!- my dad is who knows where, I have some weird virus that makes me want to hurl, and now my ex is licking another girl’s tonsils. Oh, and I’m officially the same age as my brother was when he died. Yeah, today is about as fun-filled as the swamps of Dagobah. But then weird things start happening... 

Like I make something materialize just by thinking about it.  

When hot badass Reid Wentworth shows up on a motorcycle, everything changes. Like, everything. Who I am. My family. What really happened to my brother. Existence. I am Oculi, and I have the ability to change reality with my thoughts. Now Reid, in all his hotness, is charged with guiding and protecting me as I begin learning how to bend reality. And he’s the only thing standing between me and the secret organization that wants me dead... 

Tonya Kuper is a young adult author living in Omaha, Nebraska with her two cool boys and husband. ANOMALY, the first in the Schrodinger’s Consortium trilogy, is her debut novel and releases November, 25, 2014 by Entangled Teen. Tonya is a music junkie, Star Wars dork, and Sherlock lover.

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LOVE IN THE TIME OF GLOBAL WARMING by Francesca Lia Block is only $2.99!! Get it before it’s gone!

TODAY!!

SAN FRANCISCANS! Come out to Kepler’s Books in Menlo Park (1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park, CA 94025) tonight at 7PM for the Blizzard Tour!

Featuring Kasie West and Corrine Jackson!

"I work alone,” I say quickly. I do everything alone: eat, sleep, run, steal, talk, cry. It’s the curse of the second rule: Trust no one. The cost of staying alive.

And the praise keeps rolling in for The Walled City by ryangraudin and it’s nothing short of amazing—just like the book. Countdown to publication: 8 DAYS. Until then, get the low-down and check out the digital preview here. 

Have you discovered A WRINKLE IN TIME? An oldie but a goodie!

[♥] It should be a truth universally acknowledged That a heroine in a major cinematic franchise must be in want of her own damn movie.

~ Me: “Come on, Marvel, don’t be such weenies.” ~

It’s so damn pretty. Thank you Rae!

Let’s start out with the title that hits all 3 categories: War of the Seasons, book 1: The Human, is on sale, has a coupon associated with it, and has a couple places you can get it for free (plus an associated short story)!

1. You can purchase The Human...