Bits of This and That: It's been a while!

Some bookish news that went out while I was gone.  Starting off with a list of July releases, then off to  Becca Fitzpatrick's Silence Tour, her vlog, and new Silence countdown widget, a new book from a gleek.  And did I mention the new title to the sequel of Veronica Roth's Divergent and a behind the scene from the Iron Knight photoshoot?
Check out this month's book releases!

July 1
Eternity (Fallen Angel #2) by Heather Terrell
July 4
Lost Voices by Sarah Porter
July 5
Original Sin (Personal Demons #2) by Lisa Desrochers
Sirensong (Faeriwalker #3) by Jenna Black
July 12
Forever (Wolves of Mercy Falls #3) by Maggie Stiefvater
Undercurrent (Siren #2) by Tricia Rayburn
Bad Taste in Boys by Carrie Harris
Starstruck by Cyn Balog
July 19
Small Town Sinners by Melissa Walker
Love Story by Jennifer Echols
July 21
Ripple by Mandy Hubbard
July 26
Supernaturally (Paranormalcy #2) by Kiersten White
Wolfsbane (Nightshade #2) by Andrea Cremer
Wildefire by Karsten Knight

July sure is shaping up to be quite a TBR shelf filler!  If I missed anything else, feel free to tell me so I can add it to the list. :)

Then off to some Silence (Hush Hush #3) news.  Becca Fitzpatrick shared a new countdown widget for your blogs, courtesy of Simon & Schuster.  I have it on my upper right blog page; feel free to grab it and post it on yours.  It's much smaller and blog-friendly widget packed with the same goodies. :)

Here are also some of the confirmed Silence tours of Becca:

October 4 @ 7:00PM

Barnes & Noble

7881 Edinger Avenue

Huntington Beach, CA 92647

October 6 at 7:00pm

Once Upon a Time

2207 Honolulu Avenue

Montrose, CA 91020

October 11, time TBD

Provo City Library

550 North University Avenue

Provo, UT 84601

 And if you are quite curious about where Becca got Patch's personality, or will there be ARCs for Silence, or what are Becca's favorite books, head on to Becca's Blog for the answers to her questions via her latest vlog.

And we have one of our favorite Gleek coming out with a new book:

The Land of Stories
by Chris Colfer
August 12, 2012:  Little Brown Young Readers

Alex and Conner Bailey's world is about to change, in this fast-paced adventure that uniquely combines our modern day world with the enchanting realm of classic fairytales.

The Land of Stories tells the tale of twins Alex and Conner. Through the mysterious powers of a cherished book of stories, they leave their world behind and find themselves in a foreign land full of wonder and magic where they come face-to-face with the fairy tale characters they grew up reading about.

But after a series of encounters with witches, wolves, goblins, and trolls alike, getting back home is going to be harder than they thought.

What do you think?  I hope Chris' venture into writing will be pleasant, and the story does sound promising.  But will a ghost writer be involve?  I hope not because that kid is sure talented, maybe writing can be one of it too, with a bit of help will not be bad of course.

And now for the title for Veronica Roth's sequel to the awesome-sauce, Divergent. 

*drum rolls*

Veronica isn't telling much her readers about the meaning of the title for the book, but do check out some of the dictionary's definition of Insurgent that she said one might be spot on.


I am not that excited about the sequel.  I just went all giddy again at the sight and knowledge of the second book's title.  Can I have the book right now?

And lastly, we have a behind-the-scenes video from the photoshoot of Iron Knight.  Courtesy of the HarlequinTeen thru the Iron Fae goddess, Julie Kagawa:




I hope they'll have a book trailer with these guys playing the characters!  They have good chemistry and loved them!  Can I have Ash?  But Puck's voice can be a winner.  Meghan, you are sure lucky. :)