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Monday, March 31, 2014

FILE UNDER: 13 SUSPICIOUS INCIDENTS by Lemon Snicket, Excerpt Read by Holly Black

Happy Marvelous Middle Grade Monday! 
Originally posted here on Mundie Kids, I couldn't not share this exciting post with you guys here. Today I'm so thrilled to be apart of Little Brown's feature for Lemony Snicket's FILE UNDER: 13 SUSPICIOUS INCIDENTS.
Here's a little bit about the book.


Out tomorrow, April 1st, 2014, Lemony Snicket's newest release, File Under: 13 Suspicious Incidents, will be available to purchase in print, ebook and audiobook formats. The audiobook features the talents of Holly Black, Libba Bray, Kon Klassen, Jon Scieszka, Ira Glass & Rachel Maddow. 

Crack the case with Lemony Snicket in File Under: 13 Suspicious Incidents. Set in the same mysterious world as All The Wrong Questions series, the young apprentice investigates thirteen suspicious incidents occurring around town.

In the thirteen top-secret cases, paintings have been falling off of walls, a loud and loyal dog has gone missing, a specter has been seen walking the pier at night—strange things are happening all over the town of Stain'd-By-The-Sea. Called upon the investigate, young Lemony Snicket collects clues, questions witnesses, and cracks every case. Join the investigation and tackle the mysteries alongside Snicket, then turn to the back of the book to see the solution revealed. 

Perfect for fans of Encyclopedia Brown, File Under: 13 Suspicious Incidents welcomes readers into Lemony Snicket's world of deep mystery, mysterious depth, deductive reasoning, and reasonable deductions. 

I am so thrilled to now show with you an excerpt from Holly Black's narration of "Midnight Demon" by Lemon Snicket.



About The Author


Found out more of the mysterious Lemony Snicket here.

COIN HEIST by Elisa Ludwig, Cover Reveal; Excerpt & Giveaway

Happy Monday! I'm so thrilled to be able to share today's cover reveal for Elisa Ludwig's COIN HEIST! Check out this cover!



I'm totally digging this cover! I've been told Coin Heist is a Breakfast Club meets Ocean's 11! Sold, and sold. I'm really looking forward to reading this one. We'd love to know what you think about the cover! Leave us a comment, and enter to win one of five arcs we're giving away. Find out more about the book below:

About the Book
The last place you’d expect to find a team of criminals is at a prestigious Philadelphia prep school.  But on a class trip to the U.S. Mint – which prints a million new coins every 30 minutes – an overlooked security flaw becomes far too tempting for a small group of students to ignore. 
United by dire circumstances, these unlikely allies – the nerd, the slacker, the athlete, and the perfect student – band together to attempt the impossible: rob the U.S. Mint.  This diverse crew is forced to confront their true beliefs about each other and themselves as they do the wrong thing for the right reasons.  
COIN HEIST is a fun, suspenseful, and compelling thriller, told from the perspectives of four teens with different motivations for pulling off the biggest heist in recent history. 
Get The Book on June 10,2014 from:
iTunes | Amazon

About the Author



My debut young adult novel PRETTY CROOKED (Katherine Tegen/HarperCollins) was released in March 2012, and the sequel, PRETTY SLY, is out in March 2014. COIN HEIST, a YA thriller, is out in June 2014 (Adaptive Studios). I live in Philadelphia with my husband and son. 

Website | Twitter | Facebook | Goodreads

The Giveaway
Want to win an arc of Coin Heist? Tell us what you think about the book by leaving a comment, and fill out the form below to be entered to win 1 of 5 arcs I'm giving away.
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Read An Excerpt
Want to read an excerpt from the book? Keep reading below!

Lux: Consequences by Jennifer L Armentrout; Cover Reveal & Giveaway

Last week I had the chance to share the new cover for Jennifer L. Armentrout's Lux: Beginnings.


Lux: Beginnings (Obsidian & Onyx) official Blurb

Obsidian
There's an alien next door. And with his looming height and eerie green eyes, he's hot...until he opens his mouth. He's infuriating. Arrogant. Stab-worthy. But when a stranger attacks me and Daemon literally freezes time with a wave of his hand, he lights me up with a big fat bulls-eye. Turns out he has a galaxy of enemies wanting to steal his abilities and the only way I’m getting out of this alive is by sticking close to him until my alien mojo fades. If I don’t kill him first, that is.
Onyx
Daemon’s determined to prove what he feels for me is more than a product of our bizarro alien connection. So I’ve sworn him off, even though he’s running more hot than cold these days. But we’ve got bigger problems. I’ve seen someone who shouldn’t be alive. And I have to tell Daemon, even though I know he’s never going to stop searching until he gets the truth. What happened to his brother? Who betrayed him? And what does the DOD want from them—from me?



TODAY I'm so thrilled to share the cover for Jennifer L. Armentrout's Lux: Consequences


Lux: Consequences (Opal & Origin) official blurb

Opal
After everything, I’m no longer the same Katy. I’m different... And I’m not sure what that will mean in the end. When each step we take in discovering the truth puts us in the path of the secret organization responsible for torturing and testing alien hybrids, the more I realize there is no end to what I’m capable. The death of someone close still lingers, help comes from the most unlikely source, and friends will become the deadliest of enemies, but we won’t turn back. Even if the outcome will shatter our worlds forever.
Origin
Daemon will do anything to get Katy back. After the successful but disastrous raid on Mount Weather, he’s facing the impossible. Katy is gone. Taken. Everything becomes about finding her. But the most dangerous foe has been there all along, and when the truths are exposed and the lies come crumbling down, which side will Daemon and Katy be standing on? And will they even be together?  


Here are both covers together:

Lux: Beginnings (Obsidian & Onyx) & Lux: Consequences (Opal & Origin) will both be releasing on June 3, 2014


LUX: BEGINNING (Obsidian & Onyx)Links:
Pre-Order it from: Amazon | Barnes & Noble
Add it to Goodreads


LUX: CONSEQUENCES (Opal & Origin) Links:
Pre-Order it from: Amazon | Barnes & Noble
Add it to Goodreads



ABOUT THE AUTHOR



# 1 NEW YORK TIMES and USA TODAY Bestselling author Jennifer Armentrout lives in Martinsburg, West Virginia. All the rumors you’ve heard about her state aren’t true. When she’s not hard at work writing. she spends her time reading, working out, watching really bad zombie movies, pretending to write, and hanging out with her husband and her Jack Russell, Loki.


Her dreams of becoming an author started in algebra class, where she spent most of her time writing short stories….which explains her dismal grades in math. Jennifer writes young adult paranormal, science fiction, fantasy, and contemporary romance. She is published with Spencer Hill Press, Entangled Teen and Brazen, Disney/Hyperion and Harlequin Teen.


She also writes adult and New Adult romance under the name J. Lynn. She is published by Entangled Brazen and HarperCollins.


Additional links to Jennifer’s pages

The Giveaway
We will also be raffling off two fan inspired artwork from fans of the Lux series sent from the author, Jennifer L. Armentrout, herself.

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Mundane Monday #207 - Sophie & Gideon

Happy Mundane Monday!



“Sophie,” he said, and when she gave him a stern look, he took a hasty swig of the posset. “Miss Collins. I have not yet had a chance to properly apologize to you, so let me take it now. Please forgive me for the trick I played on you with the scones. I did not mean to show you disrespect. I hope you do not imagine I think any less of you for your position in the household, for you are one of the finest and bravest ladies I have ever had the pleasure of knowing.” 

*sigh* I LOVE this series! 

Source & artwork by Cassandra Jean


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