Spooky Tour Countdown...

This is the second week for Judith Graves' Halloween blog tour: Meet Us at the Crossroads. So what fabulous YA paranormal authors will you meet at the crossroads?


October 31st
8 pm central time

Jordan Deen - The Crescent

Judith Graves – Under My Skin

Linda Joy Singleton - Magician’s Muse 

Karen Kincy – Other

Stacey Kade - The Ghost and the Goth

Amy Brecount White – Forget-Her-Nots

Joy Preble – Haunted

November 1st
8 pm central time

Angie Fraizer - Everlasting

Tonya Hurley – Ghost Girl: Lovesick 

Lucienne Diver - Revamped

Jackie Kessler - Hunger

Jeri Smith-Ready – Shade

Kitty Keswick – Freaksville 

Shannon Delany – 13 to Life

230-Books Giveaway by Class of 2K10

The Class of 2K10, a group of 23 debut middle grade and young adult authors, is banding together to help nonprofit book clubs obtain brand new, hot off the presses books for their reading groups. This gigantic 230-book giveaway will begin on October 10^th, 2010, to mark 10-10-10 for the Class of 2K10. It will end on November 11, 2010.

The idea was spurred by author and blogger Teri Brown, who runs a book club at a low-income community center. Ms. Brown asked to be contacted by authors willing to donate 8 to 10 copies of their book, adding that she knows it can be a challenge, but that the girls in her club love their book club and “want more than anything to have it continue this year.”

“It can be difficult for authors to manage multiple copies on their own,” Leah Cypess, author of Mistwood and a member of the Class of 2K10, said. “We felt this was something unique we could offer as a group.”

Five book clubs around the country can win a prize pack of three to six sets of books written by authors from the Class of 2K10. The pack includes TEN copies of each book, and in some packs one of the books will be signed by the author.

The contest is open to all book clubs in the continental US associated with a nonprofit institution, a school, or a library. To enter, book club members or organizers need only comment on the giveaway post at the Classof2K10 blog (www.classof2k10.com).

CONTACT: Leah Cypess at LCypess@gmail.com.

The prize packs are:

Middle Grade Fantasy Pack: (1) The Carnival of Lost Souls by Laura Quimby, (2) Under The Green Hill by Laura L. Sullivan, (3) The Witchy Worries of Abbie Adams by Rhonda Hayter

Middle Grade Realistic Pack: (1) Fairview Felines: A Newspaper Mystery by Michele Corriel, (2) Island Sting by Bonnie J. Doerr, (3) Leaving Gee's Bend by Irene Latham, (4) The Reinvention of Edison Thomas by Jacqueline Houtman, (5) Shooting Kabul by N.H. Senzai

Young Adult Fantasy/Paranormal Pack #1: (1) 13 to Life by Shannon Delany, (2) Freaksville by Kitty Keswick, (3) Mistwood by Leah Cypess, (4) Past Midnight by Mara Purnhagen, (5) Shade by Jeri Smith-Ready, (6) Under My Skin by Judith Graves

Young Adult Realistic Pack #1: (1) Change of Heart by Shari Maurer, (2) Faithful by Janet Fox, (3) Losing Faith by Denise Jaden, (4) The Tension of Opposites by Kristina McBride

Young Adult Realistic Pack #2: (1) Of All the Stupid Things by Alexandra Diaz, (2) Party by Tom Leveen, (3) Three Rivers Rising by Jame Richards, (4) The Secret Year by Jennifer Hubbard, (5) Split by Swati Avasthi

Are You a Paranormal Junky?

Need a fix? Here's a chance to meet all your fav paranormal authors online. Of course this blog tour is being held in October, the month of haunting and spirits. And meeting great authors is only part of the fun.

You'll get to read the continuing saga of Eryn McCain, half-human and half-wolven. Part of the story will appear on each blog. Follow it, find the clues, solve the mystery, and you'll be eligible for great prizes.

TOUR PREMISE: The pressure is on Eryn as she faces tough decisions. Luckily a rash of paranormal activity within the walls of Redgrave High provide a distraction. Are these harmless pranks or something more sinister? You’ll have to do a bit of research to find out. A new clue will be revealed at each blog stop during the tour. Can Eryn and the crew track who (or what) is causing the mayhem in Redgrave High? Follow the hunt and meet a bevy of dreadfully talented young adult paranormal authors along the way!

And there'll be a wicked cool selection of SWAG and ARCs as prizes!

If you want to find out more about the tour, check out Judith Graves' website or follow any (or all) of these bloggers who will be keeping the book world updated about the tour:

Crossroads Tour Official Bloggers:

The Here, The Now, The Books

Liyanaland

Ms. B’s Book Swarm

Kid Lit Frenzy

Narratively Speaking

Tales of a Teenage Book Lover

Just Your Typical Book Blog

Late Bloomer Online

YA Addict

Book-Savvy

Book Faery

Book Bound

A Simple Love of Reading

Confessions of a Bookaholic Supernatural Snark Wolfy Chicks: The Blog With Bite

Wanna join the fun? To become an official tour blogger, let Judith know, and you can post this cool badge on your website. Be sure to link it to the web address below.

 

http://judithgraves.com/events/the-crossroads-tour/

See Author Judith Graves at Teen Author Carnival

"Art by Salvatore Vuono"Are you heading to NY on Monday? Or do you already live there? Stop by the Teen Author Carnival to meet some fab YA authors.




The authors have been announced for the Teen Author Carnival in NYC on May 24, 2010, from 5:00 - 8:00 PM.

And Leap Books is thrilled that author Judith Graves will be one of the attendees. Other fabulous authors attending include (click on their names to check out their websites):

1. Heidi Kling
2. Jeri Smith-Ready
3. Holly Cupala
4. Michelle Zink
5. Stephanie Kuehnert
6. Elizabeth Scott
7. Judith Graves
8. Alexandra Diaz
9. Barry Lyga
10. Jon Skovron 
11. Tonya Hurley
12. Amy Brecount White
13. Linda Gerber 
14. Melissa Walker
15. Kieran Scott 
16. Courtney Sheinmel 
17. Michael Northrop
18. Lauren Oliver 
19. Ned Vizzini 
20. Melissa Kantor 
21. Susane Colasanti 
22. Violet Haberdasher
23. Eliot Schrefer
24. Sarah Darer Littman

You can see all these authors at:

Jefferson Market Branch Library
425 Avenue of the Americas [at 10th St.],
New York, NY 10011-8454


For a a night of Q&A, activities, and giveaways, join these authors and the hosts of the event (Devyn Burton, Mitali Dave, & Korianne Wey) for a star-studded evening in the Big Apple.

Teen Author Carnival

The authors have been announced for the Teen Author Carnival in NYC on May 24, 2010, from 5:00 - 8:00 PM.

And Leap Books is thrilled that author Judith Graves will be one of the attendees. Other fabulous authors attending include (click on their names to check out their websites):

1. Heidi Kling
2. Jeri Smith-Ready
3. Holly Cupala
4. Michelle Zink
5. Stephanie Kuehnert
6. Elizabeth Scott
7. Judith Graves
8. Alexandra Diaz
9. Barry Lyga
10. Jon Skovron 
11. Tonya Hurley
12. Amy Brecount White
13. Linda Gerber 
14. Melissa Walker
15. Kieran Scott 
16. Courtney Sheinmel 
17. Michael Northrop
18. Lauren Oliver 
19. Ned Vizzini 
20. Melissa Kantor 
21. Susane Colasanti 
22. Violet Haberdasher
23. Eliot Schrefer
24. Sarah Darer Littman

You can see all these authors at:

Jefferson Market Branch Library
425 Avenue of the Americas [at 10th St.],
New York, NY 10011-8454


For a a night of Q&A, activities, and giveaways, join these authors and the hosts of the event (Devyn Burton, Mitali Dave, & Korianne Wey) for a star-studded evening in the Big Apple.