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Monday, April 18, 2011

Mundane Monday #80- Limited Edition SIGNED Giveaway


Yes, you read the title correctly, I am giving away my personally purchased Barnes and Noble, Limited Edition SIGNED City of Fallen Angels (with the letter from Jace) to one lucky follower. But, before you enter to win, enjoy this little teaser from COFA:


...As her velocity slowed, she opened her eyes and found herself dangling at the end of the cord, about five feet above Jace. He was grinning.

"Nice," he said. "As graceful as a snowflake."

"Was I screaming?" she asked, genuinely curious. "You know, on the way down."

He nodded. "Thankfully no one's home, or they would have assumed I was murdering you."

"Ha. You can't even reach me." She kicked out a leg and spun lazily in midair.
Jace's eyes glinted. "Want to bet?"

Clary knew that expression. "No," she said quickly. "Whatever you're going to do-"
But he'd already done it. When Jace moved fast, his individual movements were almost invisible. She saw his hand go to his belt, and then something flashed in the air. She heard the sound o parting fabric as she cord above her head was sheared through. Releases, she feel freely, too surprised to scream-directly into Jace's arms. The force knocked him backward, and they sprawled together onto one of the padded floor mats, Clary on top of him. He grinned up at her.

"Now," he said, "that was much better. You didn't scream at all."

-City of Fallen Angels, page 37

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Don't forget, we're chatting with Cassie this THURSDAY April 21st at 8 pm CST. We'll be talking all about COFA and yes it will be full of spoilers. :D

Wings Read Along Chapters 23-25

Welcome to Day 7 in our Wings Read Along! If you haven't already, please be sure to download your FREE ebook of Wings from one of these sites here- Today we're discussing chapters 23-25

Chapter 23- Tamani gets shot, Barnes gets away and Laurel learns more about her heritage. I love the fact that the fae will do everything to make sure the land stays in Laurel's name, but I'm curious to know what will happen next with Barnes. What are your thoughts about this chapter?

Chapter 24- I like the way the story is tying together, while leaving a lot open for it's sequel Spells (which you haven't read I recommend picking up). What are your thoughts on how everything is happening?

Chapter 25- Tamani and Laurel. *sigh* Finally they kiss! Now that we've gotten to know both David and Tamani more, which character do you want Laurel to choose? What are you looking forward to happening in Spells? I can't wait to see more of Avalon.

Tomorrow we'll wrap up our Wings Read Along by discussing our overall thoughts on the book.

Guest Post by Jennifer Archer (Places that inspired Through Her Eyes)

If at all possible, I like to experience a place, person, or topic I’m writing about “in person.” It takes a little more time, but it's almost always time well spent. THROUGH HER EYES is set in a small town located in the Texas Panhandle, which just happens to be my home. I live in Amarillo, the only city of any size in the Panhandle, with a population of approximately 175,000. From the time I was in 5th grade through my sophomore year of high school, I lived in the small town of Pampa, which is about an hour’s drive from Amarillo. However, it has been a long time since I was fifteen, so while writing the book, I visited two nearby towns similar in size to my fictional town of Cedar Canyon – population 2,250 – to refresh my memory about small town life.
My first research trip took me to Canadian, Texas. Canadian is located in the northeast corner of the Texas Panhandle. Slightly more than a two hour drive from Amarillo, Canadian is known as “the oasis of the Panhandle,” and it lives up to that description. The town truly is an oasis in this otherwise flat, parched land in northwest Texas. Whereas the bed of the Canadian River branch that runs through my area of the Panhandle is usually cracked and dry, water flowed in abundance beneath Canadian’s “River Wagon Bridge.” And in striking contrast to the flat, treeless, almost desert-like plains surrounding Amarillo, my drive through Canadian’s countryside took me over rolling green hills and into valleys graced by swaying cottonwood trees.


My next research trip was to a town called Panhandle, which is a bit confusing, as the town of Panhandle is located in the Texas Panhandle. (This old photograph of Panhandle could’ve been taken decades ago, during the time that Henry lived in Cedar Canyon.) almost that old, but not quite). The description of the science classroom in THROUGH HER EYES where Tansy has homeroom and first realizes that Tate has something against her is taken from a science classroom I visited at Panhandle High School. Also, my visit there brought back vivid memories of the sounds that drift through a school when class is in session -- the rustle of paper, sighs, the scratch of pencils on pads, the squeak of chair legs against the floor, foot falls down the hallway. Placing myself in the middle of a high school setting like the one in my book and experiencing all the sensory elements, helped me to add realism to all of the scenes in the book that took place in Cedar Canyon High.

The time I spent in Canadian and Panhandle helped bring my novel's fictional town of Cedar Canyon to life in my mind. I hope the detail I was able to include in the story from my research in these towns helps bring Cedar Canyon alive for readers, as well. Fictional Cedar Canyon is a unique mix of both Canadian and Panhandle, with a heavy dose of my own imagination tossed in!

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