Ever since I was little I’ve had a thing for series. I fall so in love with characters that I hate the idea of never seeing them again and series allow me to continue visiting with these people who’ve become real to me and to watch them grow. At my library it’s practically impossible to find the first book in a series on the shelf. Either it’s checked out or it’s been stolen (sad but true). As I’ve mentioned, I’m working on a sequel to Sleepless and I’d love nothing more than to develop Trinity as a super-sleuth/dream warrior. With that hope in mind, I’m offering a contest with the first books in some of my favorite YA series.
Marked – House of Night Series – P.C. and Kristin Cast
Prom Dates from Hell – Maggie Quinn Series – Rosemary Clement Moore
Dead is the New Black – Nightshade series - Marlene Perez
To enter please leave a comment telling me why you like (or don’t like) series and what your favorite series is. The close of this contest is midnight on February 13, 2009. A random drawing will determine the winner on Valentine’s Day. If you’d like to earn an extra entry, please spread the word about my contest. Send me a link to the buzz you’ve posted on your blog or website and I’ll give you another spot in the pot. Good luck!
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Blog: Confessions of a Desperate Young Adult Author: Terri Clark (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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By: Trisha, Gayle, and Jolene,
on 11/25/2008
Blog: The YA YA YAs (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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Daisy Giordano lives in Nightshade, California a deceptively small town that is “chock full of the unknown, the unusual, and the unexpected.” (pg 190) The Giordano family is infamous for their psychic abilities, except for Daisy who feels like an outcast because she is the “norm” in a gifted family. However, things get stranger when Daisy’s mom starts an investigation on a cheerleader’s unexplained death, and the most popular cheerleader Samantha Devereaux shows up looking like the living dead. In addition, several cheerleaders have been infected by a mysterious illness, which ages them and leaves them with streaks of white hair. Daisy (who is normally the social outcast) decides to join the cheerleading squad to find out if Samantha is a vampire and help her mom solve the murder case. As Daisy further investigates she becomes entangled in a romantic relationship with Ryan (the hottest guy in school and her best friend), and also finds that she’s not “norm” after all.
Dead is the New Black kind of reminded me of the Charmed Series in that it features three sisters with psychic and telekinses abilities who fight and investigate the supernatural. (Except they’re just psychics not witches like in the Charmed Series. This series could definately be turned into a TV show!) In addition, the writing was short, sweet, and under 200 pages making it an easily digestable low-fat mystery. (Also suitable for Ages 12 and up.) I can’t wait to read the next two books in the series!
P.S. The book also comes with a soundtrack related to the characters and storyline! Check it out below!
Playlist for DEAD IS THE NEW BLACK
- “Here Comes Your Man”
—by The Pixies - “Heartbreaker”
—by Pat Benatar - “Evil Woman”
—by ELO - “Another One Bites the Dust”
—by Queen - “Dreamboat 730”
—by Ringside
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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.
Definitely putting this on my TBR list! Thanks for posting!
Not more undead cheerleaders! This makes three on our sci fi/fantasy cybils reading lists. Where will it end?????
actually this sounds like a fun one, and I hope I’m able to get to it. The under 200 pages part is a draw.
I have to say, may not be my cup of tea.
However, I love the idea of the playlist! I love books with music in them- Rose By Any Other Name, David Levithan and Rachel Cohn books etc.- but that is such a cute idea! Maybe I’ll get the book just because of that.
Charlotte - So there’s this, Generation Dead, and…? What’s the third one?
I’m sort of soured on the idea of dead cheerleaders too, but your recommendation makes me want to pick it up. I’ve been unhappy with my latest teen urban fantasy reads, so maybe this will be the one to put a smile on my face.