Check out the book trailer for Emerald Fennell’s chilling debut novel, Shiverton Hall. You can read my review here. It’s available on 3 January in paperback or available now wherever ebooks are sold.
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Love YA sci-fi? Grab The Rosie Black Chronicles
The Rosie Black Chronicles is a fantastic young adult science fiction series, written by Australian author Lara Morgan. The series is published by Walker Books Australia, who also publish some other exciting science fiction/futuristic books for children and teens, including Brian Falkner’s The Tomorrow Code and Brainjack, and Ambelin Kwaymullina’s The Tribe series.
The Rosie Black Chronicles is an action-packed, fast-paced series set in the not-too-distant future. There are corrupt organisations, secret plans, a killer virus, rebellions, space travel, a colony on Mars, a touch of romance, and a butt-kicking main character, Rosie Black. If you like futuristic stories like The Hunger Games, The Maze Runner, Across the Universe, and Legend then The Rosie Black Chronicles is the perfect series for you.
Last week I received a top-secret package from Helios, the secret organisation from The Rosie Black Chronicles with a flash drive containing information about Rosie Black. I was told to spread the information, so below you will find links to chapter samplers from each of the three books in the series, character profiles, book trailers and an interview with Lara Morgan. Feel free to print these off and share with readers far and wide. Next week I’ll have a special giveaway of a complete set of The Rosie Black Chronicles signed by Lara Morgan, so watch out for this.
Rosie Black Book 1: Genesis Chapter Sampler
Rosie Black Book 2: Equinox Chapter Sampler
Rosie Black Book 3: Dark Star Chapter Sampler
Rosie Black Character Profiles
For more about Lara Morgan and The Rosie Black Chronicles visit www.rosieblack.com
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Prepare for the conclusion to The Rosie Black Chronicles
The Rosie Black Chronicles, written by Australian author, Lara Morgan, is one of my favourite YA science fiction series. If you haven’t come across this series (from Walker Books Australia) you don’t know what you’re missing. Here’s the blurb of the first book in the series, Genesis:
Rosie Black is on the run to save her family and uncover the truth.
Five hundred years into the future, the world is a different place. The Melt has sunk most of the coastal cities and Newperth is divided into the haves, the “Centrals”; the have-nots, the “Bankers”; and the fringe dwellers, the “Ferals”. Rosie Black is a Banker. When Rosie finds an unusual box, she has no idea of the grave consequences of her discovery. A mysterious organisation wants it – and they’ll kill to get it. Forced to rely on two strangers, Rosie is on the run. But who can she trust? Pip, the too attractive Feral, or the secretive man he calls boss? From Earth to Mars, Rosie must learn the secrets of the box. Before it’s too late.
Lara amped up the action and the tension in the second book, Equinox, and the third and final book, Dark Star, is due to be released in November. I’ll be reviewing it here on the blog in a couple of weeks and, thanks to Walker Books, I’ll have some signed copies to give away. In the mean time, check out the fantastic trailer for Dark Star:
Lara Morgan will be visiting the Walker Books Australia offices on Thursday so if you have any burning questions about the series to ask her you can post them here or send Walker Books a message on Twitter – @WalkerBooksAus
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All the Wrong Questions book trailer
Who Could That Be At This Hour?, the first book in Lemony Snicket’s new series, All the Wrong Questions is released on Tuesday 23 October (that’s next week!). If you loved A Series of Unfortunate Events you’re sure to love this new series.
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The Peculiar book trailer
The Peculiar is a wonderful new fantasy story, by debut author Stefan Bachman. I haven’t read a good fantasy in a while and this is making me fall in love with the genre all over again. The faery have crossed over into Britain and it’s now populated by humans, the faery and halflings. I’ll post my review of The Peculiar here on the blog next week and you’ll have a chance to win a copy.
The Peculiar by Stefan Bachman is out now from HarperCollins NZ.
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Zom-B book trailer
Zom-B is the first book in a new 12-book series from the master of horror, Darren Shan. It’s classic Darren Shan – totally creepy, with lots of blood and guts. Look out next week for my review and your chance to win a copy.
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Celebrate Jon Klassen’s new picture book This is Not My Hat
This week I’m celebrating the release of Jon Klassen’s new picture book, This is Not My Hat. Jon is an incredibly talented author and illustrator and his books are fantastic! The last book he both wrote and illustrated, I Want My Hat Back, has won numerous awards, including a Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Award.
Tomorrow I’ll be reviewing This is Not My Hat and on Wednesday I have an interview with Jon Klassen as part of his This is Not My Hat blog tour. Check out the book trailer:
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This Moose Belongs to Me book trailer
This Moose Belongs to Me is the stunning new picture book written and illustrated by Oliver Jeffers. He is one extremely talented guy who always creates wonderful picture books, and this is no exception. It’s available in NZ this month and you can read my review on Monday.
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Eve and Adam book trailer
Eve and Adam is one of my most anticipated books of the year. It’s written by two amazing authors (and husband and wife) Michael Grant and Katherine Applegate. They’re both amazing authors in their own right, but I’m looking forward to seeing how their imaginations come together in the same story.
Eve and Adam is due out in NZ on 1st October.
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The Infinity Ring: A Mutiny in Time by James Dashner
A Mutiny in Time, the first book in Scholastic’s new interactive series, The Infinity Ring is released today. Like the hugely popular 39 Clues series, the story doesn’t stop when you close the book. It’s one of those books that comes with extra bits and pieces so that you can find out more about the story and the characters. The Infinity Ring series is all about time travel so you follow the characters through different time periods. Each book comes with a Hystorian’s Guide, a collectible map that includes a special code to unlock exclusive content on the Infinity Ring online game. The multi-dimensional game on http://www.infinityring.com allows readers to play as the main characters from the books, as they travel back in history to fix the “Great Breaks,” key events that have gone wrong, altering history as we know it. Players can interact with characters and explore key events in history alongside Christopher Columbus, Abraham Lincoln, and other figures featured in the books.
Book 1 is called A Mutiny in Time and it’s written by one of my favourite authors, James Dashner (author of The Maze Runner series).
History is broken, and three kids must travel back in time to set it right!
When best friends Dak Smyth and Sera Froste stumble upon the secret of time travel — a hand-held device known as the Infinity Ring — they’re swept up in a centuries-long secret war for the fate of mankind. Recruited by the Hystorians, a secret society that dates back to Aristotle, the kids learn that history has gone disastrously off course.
Now it’s up to Dak, Sera, and teenage Hystorian-in-training Riq to travel back in time to fix the Great Breaks . . . and to save Dak’s missing parents while they’re at it. First stop: Spain, 1492, where a sailor named Christopher Columbus is about to be thrown overboard in a deadly mutiny!
Reserve your copy of The Infinity Ring: A Mutiny in Time at your library now or grab a copy from your bookshop.
Enter my competition to win one of two copies of The Infinity Ring: A Mutiny in Time.
Scholastic NZ are also running a really cool competition to celebrate the release of the series. All you have to do is register and play the Infinity Ring game on http://www.scholastic.co.nz/assets/pdf/tileE.pdf and you go in the draw to win iPods and iPads.
My Best Friends Are Books 