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Marlene Perez is the author of DEAD IS THE NEW BLACK. She lives in Orange County, California, where she's always on the lookout for vampires roaming her sunny suburb. So far, she hasn't spotted any. www.marleneperez.com
1) what's your book about?
DEAD IS THE NEW BLACK is the first book in a trilogy.
2) favorite Halloween candy?
mini mint Three Musketeers bars or those mellocreme pumpkins.
3) favorite spooky novel?
LOST BOY LOST GIRL by Peter Straub creeped me out. But my childhood favorite was WOLVES OF WILLOUGHBY CHASE by Joan Aiken.
4) fangs or fur?
Fangs. Vamps rule and werewolves drool.
5) Monster Mash, Thriller, or The Time Warp?
It's a tie. I love The Time Warp, but Thriller has Vincent Price doing a voice-over.
6) cape or no cape?
cape. I'm old-school.
7) Bela Lugosi or Gary Oldman?
Gary Oldman! I know Bela Lugosi is the premiere vamp, but Gary Oldman rocked the house as Sid Vicious, Dracula and Sirius Black.
8) Trick or Treat?
treat.
9) favorite costume?
Hmm. On me or someone else? My best friend and I (our names both start with M) once dressed up as M&M candies. Not very scary, but fun.
10) favorite scary movie or television show?
SCARY MOVIE: THE LOST BOYS
TELEVISION SHOW: Buffy, of course
11) what really scares you? (like spiders or the dark or whatever)
Lots of things. I'm a wimp. Spiders, heights, people who don't vote.
12) what’s your favorite way to spend Halloween night?
The people in our neighborhood all hang out together, then a group of parents & kids go trick-or-treating. I stay home and hand out candy. Then after the kids have gorged themselves on chocolate and have crashed, my husband and I watch a movie.
13) what’s the scariest thing that ever happened to you?
When I was growing up, I lived in an old farmhouse that was haunted.
It's teen read week! Right now I'm reading WALKAWAY by Alden R. Carter and in my immediate YA TBR I have lots of BOOKS WITH BITE:
The Otherworldlies / Jennifer Anne Kogler
Bliss / by Lauren Myracle
The graveyard book / Neil Gaiman
Betrayed : a House of Night novel / P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast.
What YA books are you reading this week?
And teens, don't forget to vote for your Top Ten and check out what's happening at your local library!
This week is Teen Read Week, an annual event created by YALSA, the young adult division of the ALA. In honor of Teen Read Week, I'm going to be giving away a set of three books from the Named series, by Clare Bell: Ratha's Creature (book 1), Clan Ground (book 2), and the newly published Ratha's Courage (book 5).
For a chance to win, all you have to do is to write a limerick relating to this year's Teen Read Week theme, "Books with Bite," and leave your limerick in the comments. Your limerick could be related to the theme in general, or it could be about your favorite book with "bite". To get you started, here's a limerick written by Clare Bell, author of the Named series:
With October comes Halloween night
When we dress up to give folks a fright
Costumed as bats
Or black Named clan cats
And read all the best books "with bite".
Entries must be posted by this Saturday, October 18, at 11:59 pm Eastern Time. The winner will be selected by random drawing, 'cause, well, I was recently a judge in a writing contest and I know how hard it is to pick one winner from so many good entries. I'd rather celebrate and enjoy all your limericks rather than having to choose one as "best".
The winning entrant must be able to give me a shipping address for review copies, so anyone under 18 should check with your parents first. You don't need to give me your address unless you win (please don't post it here!) and I promise I won't do anything with your address other than ship you the free books!
So limerick away! I look forward to reading your entries!
Oops. I am so late with this that I missed the first one. Sorry! But it's not too late to chat with a fabulous lineup of authors. In honor of Teen Read Week, which has the theme "Books with Bite," Readergirlz is hosting a series of themed author chats, called Night Bites, every night this week!
Here's the schedule:
Sorry that I didn't tell you in time to catch this one:
Monday, Oct. 13: Multicultural Bites with authors Coe Booth (TYRELL), An Na (THE FOLD), and rgz diva Mitali Perkins (SECRET KEEPER)
But don't worry, look at all these authors you can still catch!
Tuesday, Oct. 14: Verse Bites with rgz diva Lorie Ann Grover (ON POINTE), Stephanie Hemphill (YOUR OWN SYLVIA), and Lisa Ann Sandell (SONG OF THE SPARROW)
Wednesday, Oct. 15: Contemporary Bites with Ally Carter (CROSS MY HEART AND HOPE TO SPY), rgz diva Justina Chen Headley (NORTH OF BEAUTIFUL), and Maureen Johnson (SUITE SCARLETT)
Thursday, Oct. 16: Fantasy Bites with Holly Black and Ted Naifeh (THE GOOD NEIGHBORS), rgz diva Dia Calhoun (AVIELLE OF RHIA), and Tamora Pierce (MELTING STONES)
Friday, Oct. 17: Gothic Bites with Holly Cupala (A LIGHT THAT NEVER GOES OUT), Christopher Golden (SOULLESS), Annette Curtis Klause (BLOOD AND CHOCOLATE), and Mari Mancusi (BOYS THAT BITE).
All the chats take place at 9pm Eastern/6pm Pacific in the Readergirlz forum on MySpace. (You have to be a MySpace member to participate)
For more information, see the readergirlz web site or the YouTube video.
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Teen Read Week Books with Bite
Celebrate Teen Read Week at the YA Authors Cafe
Our guests will be:
Monday, October 13- Kimberly Pauley, author of SUCKS TO BE ME
Tuesday, October 14-Annette Curtis Klause, author of BLOOD AND CHOCOLATE and FREAKS
Wednesday, October 15-Cynthia Leitich Smith, author of TANTALIZE
Thursday, October 16, Kristopher Reisz, author of UNLEASHED
Friday, October 17, A.M. Jenkins, author of NIGHT ROAD
Saturday, October 18, Marlene Perez, author of DEAD IS THE NEW BLACK
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My first name and middle name, and my sisters first name and middle name both begin with M. hhaha i dont know what my parents were thinking. Anyway, they dressed us both as M&Ms, also, when we were smaller. I dont think it was my favorite costume, though.
Well would you rather have a person vote who didn't even know who was running, or they not vote at all? 'Cause if they had no clue who was running, they might end up voting for the worst person.
I'd love to read your book sometime. it looks very interesting
Oh, good point! In an ideal world, I'd rather have educated voters, but I think our right to vote is a precious one, so use it!
Mar
Excellent site you have here. I run a site similar to yours, and was wondering if you would like to trade links with me?
You can see my site at http://Jijol.Com . I would give your site a prominent listing on my page, if you would be willing to do the same.
I enjoyed reading your stuff!
Link Exchange Info:
Title: Jijol.Com - Key To Success - 21 Things You should Know
URL: http://jijol.com
Regards,
Joseph
The Keys to Success: 21 Things Every Teen Should Know
This looks like a great title! When does it come out?