Month9Books Halloween Spooktacular!

Hello and Happy Halloween Everyone! We here at Month9Books love Halloween so we decided to share some of our favorite Halloween or scary books and not just feature them but give them away!

The Undertakers Series by Ty Drago! We love Zombies and we know you will too!

Two And Twenty Dark Tales & Very Superstitious these 2 anthologies are perfect to scare you on Halloween!

Into The Dark & Into The Light by Caroline Patti body swapping can be freaky as heck!

Lucas Mackenzie and the London Midnight Ghost Show and Mc’Graves Hotel by Steve Bryant full of ghosts and creatures perfect for the middle grade crowd!

The Requiem Red by Brynn Chapman. A historical fantasy set in an insane asylum is the ultimate read on Halloween!

Hair in All The Wrong Places by Andrew Buckley for all the werewolf lovers in your life :)

Minotaur by Phillip W. Simpson what is more scary that being inside a creature’s lair? Hearing the story from his POV for sure!

Giveaway Details:

1 Winner will receive a Middle Grade Pack with all the Undertakers Books, Lucas Mackenzie and the London Midnight Ghost Show and Mc’Graves Hotel, & Hair in All The Wrong Places, US Only.

1 Winner will receive a YA pack with Two And Twenty Dark Tales & Very Superstitious, Into The Dark & Into The Light, The Requiem Red, & Minotaur, US Only.

3 Winners will receive an eBook pack of all the books featured, International.

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I'm Not Your Manic Pixie Dream Girl Blog Tour + Giveaway!

Good morning! I am so excited to be a part of the blog tour for Gretchen McNeil's newest book, I'm Not Your Manic Pixie Dream Girl! This book is really fantastic, and I've got an excerpt for you to read so you can get just as hooked! There's also a giveaway, so be sure to enter to win your very own copy at the end of this post. Also, don't forget to hit all the other stops in the tour to not miss out on the release fun!

About the Book

I'm Not Your Manic Pixie Dream Girl by Gretchen McNeil

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From acclaimed author Gretchen McNeil comes her first realistic contemporary romance—perfect for fans of Kody Keplinger’s The Duff and Morgan Matson’s Since You've Been Gone.

Beatrice Maria Estrella Giovannini has life all figured out. She's starting senior year at the top of her class, she’s a shoo-in for a scholarship to M.I.T., and she’s got a new boyfriend she’s crazy about. The only problem: All through high school Bea and her best friends Spencer and Gabe have been the targets of horrific bullying.

So Bea uses her math skills to come up with The Formula, a 100% mathematically guaranteed path to social happiness in high school. Now Gabe is on his way to becoming Student Body President, and Spencer is finally getting his art noticed. But when her boyfriend Jesse dumps her for Toile, the quirky new girl at school, Bea realizes it's time to use The Formula for herself. She'll be reinvented as the eccentric and lovable Trixie—a quintessential manic pixie dream girl—in order to win Jesse back and beat new-girl Toile at her own game.

Unfortunately, being a manic pixie dream girl isn't all it's cracked up to be, and “Trixie” is causing unexpected consequences for her friends. As The Formula begins to break down, can Bea find a way to reclaim her true identity and fix everything she's messed up? Or will the casualties of her manic pixie experiment go far deeper than she could possibly imagine.

Gretchen McNeil is an opera singer, a writer, and a clown. She is also the author of Get Even as well as Ten, which was a 2013 YALSA Top Ten Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers, a Romantic Times Top Pick, and an ALA Booklist Top Ten Horror Fiction for Youth and was nominated for Best Young Adult Contemporary Novel of 2012 by Romantic Times. Gretchen blogs with the Enchanted Inkpot and is a founding member of the vlog group the YARebels.

Meet the Author

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Gretchen McNeil is an opera singer, writer and clown. Her YA horror POSSESS about a teen exorcist debuted with Balzer + Bray for HarperCollins in 2011. Gretchen’s follow up TEN – YA horror/suspense about ten teens trapped on a remote island with a serial killer – was a 2013 YALSA Top Ten Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers, a Romantic Times Top Pick, a Booklist Top Ten Horror Fiction for Youth, a finalist for Washington state’s 2015 Evergreen Young Adult Book Award and Vermont’s 2014-2015 Green Mountain Book Award, and was nominated for “Best Young Adult Contemporary Novel of 2012″ by Romantic Times. In 2013, she released 3:59, a sci-fi doppelganger horror about two girls who are the same girl in parallel dimensions who decide to switch places.

In 2014, Gretchen debuted her first series, Don’t Get Mad (pitched as “John Hughes with a body count”) also with Balzer + Bray. GET EVEN and GET DIRTY follow four very different girls who form a secret society where they get revenge on bullies and mean girls at their elite prep school.

Gretchen published two novels with HarperCollins in 2016: RELIC, a horror novel about a group of teens who, while exploring an old mine, accidentally unleash a creature who is hunting them down and cannibalizing their bodies; and I’M NOT YOUR MANIC PIXIE DREAM GIRL, a YA contemporary novel about a math-minded control freak who loses her boyfriend to the quirky new girl in school and sets out to reinvent herself as a classic manic pixie dream girl in order to win him back.

Gretchen’s novels have been optioned by Hollywood production companies, and have sold internationally in Chinese, Spanish, Turkish, and Czech. In addition to her novels, Gretchen has contributed an essay to the Dear Teen Me anthology from Zest Books.

Gretchen is a former coloratura soprano, the voice of Mary on G4’s Code Monkeys and she sings with the LA-based circus troupe Cirque Berzerk. She is repped by Ginger Clark of Curtis Brown, Ltd.

Excerpt

Below is an excerpt from I'm Not Your Manic Pixie Dream Girl! I think this book sounds so cute and fun, and I think that after reading the excerpt you'll agree with me.

Above us, the glass-and-chrome facade of Fullerton Hills gleamed in the bright Southern California sunshine, its sleek, modern construction and green manicured lawns seemingly out of place on the parched hillside. The city had spent a small fortune on the newest high school in the district, and to me, it was a perfect analogy to the student body: all flashy, expensive exteriors with very little substance once you got inside.

But there had to be a way to combat the bullshit we faced every day at school. I took Jesse’s hand. Maybe he was right. Strength and confidence, those were the keys to success. Maybe if we just acted like weren’t intimidated, people would leave us alone? It was worth a shot. I pulled open the double doors and strode purposefully into the foyer, head high, unafraid. Spencer and Gabe hesitated.

“Come on, guys,” I said, trying to rally the troops. “According to Dr. Mannheim’s treatise ‘On Mathematics and Human Behavior,’ as long as we don’t act like prey, we have a sixty-two percent chance of being left alone by the predators.”

Gabe pursed his lips. “Right, because that’s totally how it works in the Serengeti.”

I elbowed him. “Stay positive.”

“I agree with Bea,” Jesse said.

“You would,” Spencer mumbled.

Gabe cleared his throat, then started to sing, “‘Where can I find a woman like that?’”

Spencer’s jaw clenched as he glared at Gabe.

“What song is that?” I asked.

“Never you mind.” Then Gabe backed down the hallway toward his homeroom, blowing us a kiss as he went. “Hello, Fullerton Hills!” he cried out, arms flung wide. “I’m here to give you a big hug.” A gaggle of girls scurried by and he pointed right at them. “You heard me. Hugs for all!” Then he half tackled them, their shrieks of laughter pinging off the highly polished tile floors.

Well, at least he was taking my advice to heart.

Spencer, Jesse, and I were in the same homeroom, so after quick stops at our lockers, we hurried upstairs to the freshmen English classroom—the same one in which I’d met Spencer years ago. We were halfway down the hall when a group of short, scrawny guys barreled toward us. One of them shouldered Spencer’s forearm so hard his book bag went flying onto the ground.

“Watch where you’re going, loser,” the jerk said, smiling at his buddies for approval.

Instead of getting angry (Spencer never got angry), he ignored them and calmly retrieved his bag. But whether it was because Jesse was with us or because I was relatively sure the perpetrator was a sophomore with absolutely no social standing of his own (or a 78 percent chance that it was both), something inside me snapped.

“You know,” I said, standing my wheelie bag on its legs and approaching the group with arms folded across my chest. “I feel sorry for you.”

“Aww, Math Girl feels sorry for me?”

I nodded. “Absolutely. Because based on the remedial level of the textbooks you’re carrying and your obvious lack of adequate adult role models as exhibited by your behavior, I estimate you have an eighty-five percent chance of living with your parents until you’re forty. So have fun with that.”

And before he could answer, I spun around, caught the handle of my bag, and strode resolutely into homeroom.

Jesse slipped his arm around my waist. “That was pretty cool.”

“Thanks.” I blushed as we snagged desks on the far side by the windows, exactly ninety three seconds before the final bell.

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Excerpted from I'M NOT YOUR MANIC PIXIE DREAM GIRL © Copyright 2016 by Gretchen McNeil. Reprinted with permission. All rights reserved.

Giveaway!

Would you like to win a copy of I'm Not Your Manic Pixie Dream Girl? If so you're in luck, there is a giveaway going on for U.S. residents. All you have to do is answer this question:

Who is your favorite “Manic Pixie Dream Girl” character from a movie or book, and why?

You can answer in the comments below, and weigh in on the conversation on social media with #ImNotYourManicPixieDreamGirl and #GretchenMcNeil. I really hope you do because this book sounds like one you're not going to want to miss. 

Painting Naked Book Covers!

Now I know what you're thinking, "HOW CAN SOMEONE ACTUALLY PAINT A BOOK!?!?!?!?" But I'm here to tell you that everything actually turned out well, better even because I'm satisfied with the end result. 

I was scrolling through my Instagram feed one day and saw this beautifully painted copy of ACOMAF by Stephanie from @pink_lemonade_reads. 

"I would be quiet and enduring and as faceted as the night" 🌌💜💙 I gave ACOMAF a new cover 🙊🙊inspired by @charliebowater's Old Astronomer. And the Night Court, of course 😁 #acomaf #illustration #sarahjmaas #feyre #rhysand #goodreads #bookgasm #booksofinstagram #igreads #bookstagram #currentlyreading #nightcourt #prythian #bibliophile #booktography #booktube #painting #acotar #feyrhys #acourtofmistandfury #acrylicpainting

A photo posted by Stephanie Place (@pink_lemonade_reads) on Aug 27, 2016 at 5:30pm PDT

After seeing that amazing paint job I was like, "Yeah, that's pretty bad ass and ballsy. Wouldn't it be cool if I did that." I then started to form an idea of painting a galaxy on book. Why an galaxy? Because I've painted a lot of galaxies in my time, and it just looks so cool! Now, I have had plenty of background and routine practice with the medium. But I was still hesitant, I didn't want to ruin a perfectly good book if I messed up or something. So I held back, thinking that this idea would eventually fade into nothingness in the back of my mind. 

But then Lauren from @fictiontea happened...

So, I did a thing. I painted my 'Throne of Glass' books. This action was completely inspired by @pink_lemonade_reads who recently drew some incredible art on her copy of ACOMAF. I watched Stephanie's youtube video where she talks about doing art on her books and ultimately thats what convinced me. In her video she said the thought of drawing on your book was terrifying. But, then she mentioned that this is your personal copy, why not fill it with personal things? Draw some art that you love on it? Make this your copy of the book, not only personal, but the only edition of it to exist. I thought that was an awesome way to look at it. I decided, what the hell! I've been a fan of the 'Throne of Glass' series since the first book was released, so I wanted to paint something that symbolised each book on its cover. Assassin's Blade: A masquerade mask and swords. The masquerade mask represents Celaena meeting Chaol and Dorian at the masquerade party and not knowing it. And the two swords represent Celaena and Sam. Throne of Glass: The Stag from the amulet of Orynth. Crown of Midnight: The Eye of Elena, from the necklace. Heir of Fire: A Hawk to represent Rowan's entrance into the story (because this is the only book I really love him in, sorry guys. He's okay in the others, thats just my opinion). Queen of Shadows: The Wyrdmarks. Empire of Storms: Goldryn the sword. I was utterly terrified about painting on the books, but I quickly became comfortable with it and Stephanie ( @pink_lemonade_reads ) is telling the truth when she says that its such a bizarre, freeing feeling. I will definitely add more to these in the future, but for now, this will do. And I'll definitely do this to other books too. Its so much fun! If I ever want to see the books in pristine condition again? I can go to a bookstore! Funny story, my mum thought these designs were printed on the covers till she felt the paint. Good sign, right? • If you get a chance, go check out @pink_lemonade_reads! Her art is gorgeous and she is an absolutely lovely and wonderful person. • So, would you guys ever do this to your books? Or do any of you guys already do it? Annotating your books counts!

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And after seeing this I decided to go "balls to the wall" mode, and just do it. I couldn't help that nagging idea, and how cool it would be if I pulled it off. So, it was decided. I was going to paint a galaxy on a book. But then I ran into the problem of which book series I was going to paint. Well, it would odiously have to be a sci-fi series, because painting a galaxy on a high fantasy novel is just weird. And I had to have ALL the books in the series in hardbacks for their naked covers. And literally the only series that matched these standards was Melissa Lander's sci-fi adventure Alienated series. The only snag, I own all the first editions, and they have all been signed and personalized. So, painting this series was a risk. If I ruined these books, I would die. Literally die. But since I was in "balls to the wall" mode, that didn't matter to me. I was just wanting to paint and rock it. So one painted cover turned to two, and two to three. And before I knew it, I had a full custom painted  and signed/personalized book series.

They turned out so much better then I could have ever imagined! I love them! And the amazing thing is Melissa did too!

I ❤️ this! @fearlessreads painted her naked copies of Alienated, Invaded, & United in scenes inspired by each book. So incredibly stunning! pic.twitter.com/lfOGucO46l

— Melissa Landers (@Melissa_Landers) October 24, 2016

And she is right. I did paint them in theme with how the two main characters, Aelyx and Cara, and how their relationship grew throughout each book. 

On Alienated I painted both Cara and Aleyx perpetrated, because starting out they both weren't the biggest fans of each other. 

On Invaded I painted them both holding hand, because they were both separated but, still were falling hard for one another, and by the end of this one they did.

And finally, on United I painted them both in love. 

And it was awesome to get so much positive feedback from all of you . . . so thank you!

They are complete! I finished painting @melissalanders's Alienated series over the weekend, and couldn't be happier with how they turned out! 😁🖌 I took the risk of painting my personalized and signed copies, but it was completely worth it. Thanks for the inspiration @fictiontea & @pink_lemonade_reads! 😍📚 #alienated #melissalanders #books #bookstagram #bookworm #booklover #yabooks #yalit #yalovin #reading #amazingreads #bookporn #bookqueen #bookstagramfeature #bookishfeature #bookishfeatures #libraryofbookstagram

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I highly recommend that more people hop on this trend, but maybe not as hard core as I did with the whole signed copies thing. This was one of my favorite projects I've ever done. If you don't feel comfortable with your painting skills, but would like to do this too, I recommend practicing on paper or canvas before putting any paint on a cover. Remember, don't do it unless you are one hundred percent sure you can rely on your abilities to get it done. I have faith in those who try, because I did it and couldn't be happier. I wish you all luck on your creations! And if you aren't comfortable with the painting medium, you could always draw on the covers and put a clear coat on the top of you drawings; there's an idea. Maybe I'll try that next?

Click these links to learn more about Melissa Lander's Alienated series.

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Click here to see my review on Invaded, the second book in the series! 

Month9Book Birthday Bash!

Welcome to Month9Books Turns 4 Birthday Bash! We’re thrilled to share this celebration with you!

Here’s a quick note from Georgia McBride, owner of Month9Books!

“Month9Books is turning 4 this year, and I could not be happier. We are living proof that if you have a dream to write, create and inspire, you should follow that dream and let nothing keep you from realizing it. Thank you to all the readers, writers, agents, partners and friends who have made this possible. We write for you.

--Georgia McBride, Publisher and Owner of Month9Books”

Thanks so much for 4 awesome years! We look forward to celebrating #5 with you in 2017! We have something for everyone from every genre from Sci-Fi to Fantasy to Paranormal and Horror! As a thank you, we're giving away some well-loved books from 2015 and 2016. All paperback and hardcover winners must reside in the United States. International readers may receive only eBooks if they win.

Here’s a look at all of the books we have published through the years! 

Two and Twenty Dark Tales: Dark Retellings of Mother Goose Rhymes

Very Superstitious: Myths, Legends and Tales of Superstition

Praefatio (Praefatio, #1) by Georgia McBride

THE Undertakers: Secret of The Corpse Eater by Ty Drago

Fledgling (Dragonrider Chronicles #1) by Nicole Conway

Avian (Dragonrider Chronicles #2) by Nicole Conway

Fire in the Woods by Jennifer M. Eaton

The Perilous Journey of the Not-So-Innocuous Girl by Leigh Statham

Summer of The Oak Moon by Laura Templeton

The Undertakers: Last Siege of Haven by Ty Drago

The Artisans by Julie Reece

Into The Dark by Caroline Patti

Serpentine by Cindy Pon

Minotaur by Phillip Simpson

Nameless by Jennifer Jenkins

Ashes In The Sky (Fire in the Woods #2) By Jennifer M. Eaton

The Undertakers 5: End of the World by Ty Drago

The Requiem Red by Brynn Chapman

Emerge by Tobie Easton

There Once were Stars by Melanie McFarlane

The Paladins (The Artisans #2) by Julie Reece

Argos by Phillip W. Simpson

Traitor (Dragonrider Chronicles #3) by Nicole Conway

Rise by Jennifer Anne Davis

In The Shadow Of The Dragon King by J. Keller Ford

Hair In All The Wrong Places by Andrew Buckley

Genesis Girl by Jennifer Bardsley

Into The Light (Into The Dark #2) by Caroline Patti

un/Fair by Steven Harper

Operation Tenley by Jennifer Gooch Hummer

The Perilous Journey Of The Much Too Spontaneous Girl (The Perilous Journey of the Not-So-Innocuous Girl #2) by Leigh Statham

Sacrifice (Serpentine #2) by Cindy Pon

Clanless (Nameless #2 ) by Jennifer Jenkins

The Legend of The Pumpkin Thief by Charles Day

In The Beginning Anthology

Immortal (Dragonrider Chronicles #4)  by Nicole Conway

Giveaway Details:

A total of 13 winners will receive….

(1) Hardcover of SERPENTINE by Cindy Pon, US Only.

(1) Paperback of EMERGE by Tobie Easton, US ONLY.

(1) Hardcover of POPPY MAYBERRY: THE MONDAY by Jennie K. Brown, US Only.

(1) Paperback set of THE DRAGONRIDERS CHRONICLES by Nicole Conway, US Only.

(1) Paperback set of HAIR IN ALL THE WRONG PLACES by Andrew Buckley, POLARIS by Beth Bowland, and ARTIFACTS by Pete Catalano, US Only.

(1) Paperback set of THE UNDERTAKERS SECRET OF THE CORPSE EATER & THE UNDERTAKERS LAST SIEGE OF HAVEN, US Only.

(1) Paperback set of TWO AND TWENTY DARK TALES, THE REQUIEM RED by Brynn Chapman, FIRE IN THE WOODS by Jennifer M. Eaton, & RISE by Jennifer Anne Davis, US Only.

(3) Paperbacks of MINOTAUR by Phillip W. Simpson, US Only.

(3) International winners will receive a 5 eBooks of their choice from books listed above.

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BOOKSPLOSION WEEKEND: The Besties Book Tour (Lorie Langdon, Carey Corp, and Melissa Landers), and The Beauty Of Darkness Book Release Tour (Mary E. Pearson)

**I know I should have posted this sooner, but Blogger wouldn't let me post it! I don't know why, but how rude?! But now it's up for you too see. I hope you enjoy!**

Over the past weekend I was on the road to meet some of my favorite authors! The first stop was the Besties Book Tour to see Carey Corp, Lorie Langdon, and Melissa Landers. And after seeing them I went an saw Mary E. Pearson on The Beauty of Darkness Tour. I loved every minute of these tours, it was so fun to see some authors for the first time and fro the first time! So, here is my thoughts and experiences from each event.

August 6th -- The Book Besties Tour

What would I be doing on a Saturday? Hitting up a bookstore to go to an amazing book event, of course! At around 10 in the morning, I jumped into my little red Grand AM with a hand full of books and made the 119 mile trek to Joseph-Beth Booksellers in Cincinnati, Ohio. I've seen all the authors before who attended this event at other book events in the past, but being the big fangirl I am, I just had to see them again. It was the final book tour for each author's first book series, and it was the end of two amazing book series that I hold dear to my heart. The first book series that has officially come to an end was the Alienated series by Melissa Landers, it's a action-packed YA adventure sci-fi. At this event Melissa was launching her final installment United, which was one of my most anticipated releases for this year. The other half of this book event was for the final installment of the Doon saga, co-authored by Carey Corp and Lorie Langdon, a saga about hot Scots in kilts, magic, and a every swoon worthy friendship. Each author was launching their final installment Forever Doon, which was another highly anticipated release for me too. These three authors have taken this scary and exciting journey together, so it only seemed right that when both their final book came out on the same day, they'd do a book tour together. Each author help the other out, and it had to be the sweetest event I have ever been to. Each author also met a a writing event help in Cincinnati and have all been great friends ever since. Some tears were shed, a lot of laughs were shared and tons of questions were answered. 

For Melissa Alienated was the first book/story she ever written, she wrote it during NaNoWriMo, a National Novel Writing Month that challenges writers to write 50,000 word (the minimum number of words in a novel) in the month of November. She got the idea for the trilogy while driving late at night, and she has ran with it ever since. She stressed that it wasn't easy to get this baby published. She had to go through multiple re-writes, revisions, and editing, before Alienated became the story we see today. She found the transition from writing adult fiction and romance to YA to have it's challenges, but it was pretty unique of a transition. She also shared that she needs deadline to motivate herself to get things done, and with her competitive spirit, she really doesn't have a problem with reaching them. She also shared with us that she used to be a teacher before becoming an author, she loved teaching, but likes writing a lot better. And finally, she shared with us that the message she wants readers to take from this book series is the love will always prevail. 

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For Carey and Lorie, their situation was very different from Melissa's. They each have some past writing experience on their own, but this was the first time they ever co-wrote a book series. Which has to be one of the best Scottish book series I've ever read, I haven't read Outlander yet. Sorry! But this series is right up it's ally though. It has hot guys in kilts, epic battles, dark magic, and steamy romances, so pretty close if I can compare it to the TV show. But Carey and Lorie both met at the same authors convention Melissa went too, and hit it off. They became really close and after sharing their ideas for potential books they both realized they could write an epic book series together. And so that's what they did. The first Doon book took a shorter time to write the Melissa's, but it took about seven rewrites until both Carey and Lorie go it right. And they got Doon published back in 2013, they relied on each other through their writing process obviously, but when they would both get stuck they would reach out to Melissa for help. Such a true author friendship. But they both enjoyed writing together, and even though this is an ending for both of them, it is also a beginning for they're careers apart and I can't wait to see where both of them will go.

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And so two epic book series have come to a end, and I'm so glad I was there each step of the way. Each author holds a special place in my heart, and I'm so excited to see were the future take each of them. Melissa is working on her Starflight companion novels, as well as a new fantasy series; which is so outside of her sci-fi genre, I can't wait to see where she'll take that one. Loire is writing a  more contemporary/thriller/murder mystery, Gilt Hollow, which should hit shelves and mailboxes this fall. And Carey is working on completing the series she put on hold to write the Doon novels, and I'm so very excited to see her finish that one.  This is just the beginning for these authors, and I hope to see more of their books on store shelves very soon!

I had so much fun today! Thanks for a day full of happy tears and laughs, @careycorp, @lorielangdon_author, and @melissalanders! 😢😙😄📚 #bookbestiestour #united #invaded #alienated #doon #destinedfordoon #shadesofdoon #foreverdoon #melissalanders #careycorp #lorielangdon #books #bookstagram #bookworm #booklover #read #yabooks #yalit #yalovin #reading #amazingreads #bookporn #bookqueen #booktour

A photo posted by Katelyn (@thefearlessreader) on Aug 6, 2016 at 5:11pm PDT

August 8th -- The Beauty of Darkness Release Tour

A photo posted by Mary E Pearson (@maryepearson) on Jul 31, 2016 at 9:18am PDT

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 And then I got a small break on Sunday, but the next day I packed up again to hit the road to head to Lexington, KY. It was another long drive, but 4 hours later I found myself at the most beautiful bookstore I've ever visited in my entire life, the Joseph-Beth Bookstore; which was their mother store. I was huge! With two stories, balcony, plenty of cool reading nooks, and a restaurant, I could have moved there. And everyone who worked there was so nice and helpful, it's truly a wonderful place to get new reads. Once I got down there I decided to take a look around and found that the event was going to be held on the balcony that over looked the entire store, which was awesome! A book event with a view, I was getting spoiled. After a little exploration, I got hungry, so I took a stop at the restaurant for a quick bite to eat before the event. As I was sitting and reading, I peeked over the top of my book and saw Mary. And my fist thought was, "OMG! It's her!" One of my favorite fantasy authors ever was just across the store. I was fangirling. Hard core. So giddy me, paid my bill pack up my sack of books, and ran/walked to the sitting area for the event. Before the event started, I met so many lovely book people, whether they were other authors, bloggers, bookstagramers, ect. I met so many lovely people. And then Mary came out and slayed the event.

I learned that The Remnant Chronicles wasn't Mary's first book series she has published, she previously published series {{{}}}; which is also getting a movie deal, and should be coming out next year. Mary's favorite place to write is in her backyard, where she wrote this series and most of her other ones. I took her quite some time to write the first Remnant Chronicles book, The Kiss of Deception. But once she signed with [[[]]], the time crunch was on. But as we all may know she took a two year period between the 2nd and last installments. She said she wanted to have the appropriate ending to this series that it deserved, so she wanted to have plenty of time to finish it. I also learned that she loved to listen to music when writing certain scenes throughout the entire series. She has each playlist for each book posted on my Spotify account and website, so if you're interested, go check them out! Next she opened the floor for questions and I asked her a question that no one has asked her before. I asked what her favorite place in  The Remnant Chronicles, she would want to visit and why? Her answer was both the sea village of Terravin and Venda. She based Terravin off of a real place, cute little island off the coast of Venice, Italy. Where they actually paint the homes in bright pastel colors, just like in  The Remnant Chronicles. She said she would love to retire there someday too. And she would love to visit Venda, just to she how Vendans rebuilt from previously torn down and existing structures. And I agree, I would love to see that too.

 After questions were answered it was book signing time, and I hopped right in because heck I drove four hours to see her. And here we are...

Drove almost 4 hours to meet one of my favorite fantasy authors today! I had so much fun. 😁 Mary you were awsome! 😢😱 #theremnantchronicles #booksigning #thekissofdeception #maryepearson #theheartofbetrayal #books #thebeautyofdarkness #bookstagram #bookworm #booklover #read #yabooks #yalit #yalovin #reading #amazingreads #bookporn #bookqueen

A photo posted by Katelyn G. ♉🇺🇸 (@thefearlessreader) on Aug 8, 2016 at 5:30pm PDT

I loved meeting her, because she lives in California, I probably won't be able to see her again. But you never know what the future holds. After the signing there were fun games to play, and prizes that involved ARC's. And I met so many lovely people, and had the most fun I ever had a book signing event. I can't wait to see were MAry's furture will take her, becuase I'll be there every step of the way. I also can't wait to visit the Lexington Josph-Beth store again soon! Who knows, maybe one day I'll be holding my own signing event there some day?

💙💙💙 Joseph-Beth Booksellers and Lexington readers rock! And what a gorgeous store! Loved the creative games--including "decision dice." Thanks to all who came out tonight!! Even all the way from Indiana! 😍 @josephbeth #beautyofdarkness #booktour #lexington #kentucky #bookstagram

A photo posted by Mary E Pearson (@maryepearson) on Aug 8, 2016 at 7:21pm PDT