This Week in YA- September 26, 2009

Random:

• Ally Carter posted mini-FAQs on her blog here.
• Tera Lynn Childs posted about the different superpowers in her book Goddess Boot Camp on her blog here.
• Melissa de la Cruz had a chat on the Blue Bloods forum and posted the transcript on her blog here.
• Stacey Jay is giving away an ARC of Undead Much? to someone who sends her something inspired by You Are So Undead to Me. To find out more go to her blog here.
• Danielle Joseph is heading a campaign to save Shrinking Violet from being put on back order. To find out how you can help go to her blog here. She's also running a contest there as well.
• Melissa Marr posted a few randomly requested excerpts of her new book, Radiant Shadows, and short story, "Stopping Time", on her blog here. She also answered questions about religion/copyediting, tours/events, and her office.
• Carrie Ryan posted new covers for The Forest of Hands and Teeth and The Dead-Tossed Waves on her blog here.
• Janni Lee Simner posted the flap copy of Thief Eyes on her blog here.
• Maggie Stiefvater is having a contest in honor of her new book Ballad. Find out more information, including how to enter, on her blog here.

Books that came out last week:

• The Well by A. J. Whitten
• Wish You Were Dead by Todd Strasser
• Voices in the Dark: The Last Descendants #2 by Catherine Banner
• Sphinx's Princess by Esther Friesner
• Riot by Walter Dean Myers
• The Pricker Boy by Reade Scott Whinnem
• The Monstrumologist by Rick Yancey
• The Magician's Elephant: Special Signed Edition by Kate DiCamillo and Yoko Tanaka
• The Long Wait for Tomorrow by Joaquin Dorfman
• The Hunting, Book One: Z. Rex by Steve Cole
• The Hunchback Assignments by Arthur Slade
• Homestretch by Paul Volponi
• Going Bovine by Libba Bray
• Eli the Good by Silas House
• Devoured by Amanda Marrone
• Candor by Pam Bachorz
• Blue Plate Special by Michelle D. Kwasney

Books that come out this week:

• September 29- The Squire's Quest by Gerald Morris
• September 29- Rapture of the Deep: Being an Account of the Further Adventures of Jacky Faber, Soldier, Sailor, Mermaid, Spy by L. A. Meyer
• September 29- Panama by Shelby Hiatt
• September 29- Leigh Ann's Civil War by Ann Rinaldi a
• September 29- Jungle Crossing by Sydney Salter
• September 29- The Waking: Dreams of the Dead by Thomas Randall
• September 29- Spellbinder by Helen Stringer
• September 29- Ride Wit' Me by Deja King
• September 29- Pastworld by Ian Beck

  My Invented Life by Lauren Bjorkman
• September 29- Liar by Justine Larbalestier
• September 29- Leven Thumps and the Ruins of Alder by Obert Skye
• September 29- Into the Wild Nerd Yonder by Julie Halpern
• September 29- In the Path of Falling Objects by Andrew Smith
• September 29- Elphame's Choice by P.C. Cast
• September 29- Secret Society by Tom Dolby
• September 29- Demon Princess: Reign or Shine by Michelle Rowen
• September 29- Crossing Stones by Helen Frost
• September 29- The Caves of Kazoo by Ron G. Copeland
• September 29- Cat O'Nine Tails by Julia Golding
• September 29- Betraying Season by Marissa Doyle
• September 30- The Ring by Bobbie Pyron
• September 30- Listen by Nancy Coffelt
• Ocotober 1- The Winter Drey: The Trilogy of the Tree, Part II by Sean Dixon
• Ocotober 1- The Vampire Is Just Not That Into You by Vlad Mezrich
• Ocotober 1- This Girl Isn't Shy, She's Spectacular by Nina Beck
• Ocotober 1- A Summer of Silk Moths by Margaret Willey
• Ocotober 1- Star in the Middle by Carol Larese Millward
• Ocotober 1- Something Terrible Happened on Kenmore by Marci Stillerman
• Ocotober 1- Saved by the Music by Selene Castrovilla

-The YAthenaeum Team

This Week in YA- September 19, 2009

Random:

• Do you want Ally Carter to have a t-shirt contest? For more details and the poll, click here.
• Kristin Cashore wants to know what your favorite and least favorite words are. Let her know your opinions here.
• Tera Lynn Childs posted a excerpt of Forgive My Fins on her blog here.
• Megan Crewe is having a giveaway in honor of the release of her book Give Up the Ghost. Find out more information on her post here.
• Melissa de la Cruz posted the trailer for The Van Alen Legacy on her blog here.
• For this week's Freebie Friday, Linda Gerber is giving away the entire Del Rio Bay series. To find out more and to enter go to her blog post here.
• JoNoWriMo+1.5 has begun! Find out more about it here.
• Justine Larbalestier posted the U.S. Liar Trailer, the AUS Liar trailer, and FAQ's about Liar on her blog.
• Lauren Myracle is having a contest to win a copy of her book Luv Ya Bunches (coming out oct. 1) Find out more here
• You can read the first 3 chapters of Alyson Noel's new book Shadowland. Find out more here
• Elizabeth Scott is having a contest for an ARC of Scott Westerfeld's book Leviathan. More info here

Books that came out last week:

• The Other Side: A Teen's Guide to Ghost Hunting and the Paranormal by Marley Gibson, Patrick Burns, and Dave Schrader
• Once a Witch by Carolyn MacCullough
• What Matters Most by Melody Carlson
• The Vampire's Assistant and Other Tales from the Cirque Du Freak by Darren Shan
• The Twilight Zone: The Big Tall Wish by Rod Serling, Mark Kneece, and Chris Lie
• Time of the Witches by Anna Myers
• Take Your Best Shot: Do Something Bigger Than Yourself by Austin Gutwein and Todd Hillard
• The Secret to Teen Power by Paul Harrington
• Running on the Cracks by Julia Donaldson
• Positively by Courtney Sheinmel
• The Other Girl: A Midvale Academy Novel by Sarah Miller
• Guys Are Waffles, Girls Are Spaghetti by Chad Eastham, Bill Farrel, and Pam Farrel
• Give Up the Ghost by Megan Crewe
• Forest Born (Books of Bayern) by Shannon Hale
• Demon Chick by Marilyn Kaye
• The Silver Blade by Sally Gardner
• Sharp Shot by Jack Higgins and Justin Richards
• A Pearl Among Princes by Coleen Paratore
• The Cupcake Queen by Heather Hepler
• Black Angels by Linda Beatrice Brown

Books that come out this week:

• September 21- The Well by A. J. Whitten
• September 22- Wish You Were Dead by Todd Strasser
• September 22- Voices in the Dark: The Last Descendants #2 by Catherine Banner
• September 22- Sphinx's Princess by Esther Friesner
• September 22- Riot by Walter Dean Myers
• September 22- The Pricker Boy by Reade Scott Whinnem
• September 22- The Monstrumologist by Rick Yancey
• September 22- The Magician's Elephant: Special Signed Edition by Kate DiCamillo and Yoko Tanaka
• September 22- The Long Wait for Tomorrow by Joaquin Dorfman
• September 22- The Hunting, Book One: Z. Rex by Steve Cole
• September 22- The Hunchback Assignments by Arthur Slade
• September 22- Homestretch by Paul Volponi
• September 22- Going Bovine by Libba Bray
• September 22- Eli the Good by Silas House
• September 22- Devoured by Amanda Marrone
• September 22- Candor by Pam Bachorz
• September 22- Blue Plate Special by Michelle D. Kwasney

-The YAthenaeum Team

Once a Witch Giveaway!

In honor of the release of Once a Witch, we were kindly given a signed copy to give away to one of you! Trust us, this is one you won't want to miss.

If you want to find out more about the book, stay tuned for our review later in the week. Until then, you can go to the book's site here.

The Rules:

• Make sure to include your name and e-mail in your comment.
• Deadline is September 28th at 6pm est.

Ways to Enter:

+1: Comment or e-mail with your ideal magical power.

+1: Link this contest to your blog, facebook, twitter, etc. Each link is a separate entry, but make sure you give us each to receive credit.

The Prize:

1 Entrant will receive:
(1) Signed copy of Once a Witch by Carolyn MacCullough.

Good luck!

-The YAthenaeum Team

This Week in YA- September 12, 2009

Random:

• Have you been wondering where you will be able to find Libba Bray the next few months? Well, she answered you here on her blog.
• Heather Brewer is having a contest and answered some questions on her blog here.
• Tera Lynn Childs wants to know what you want the next short story she posts to be about. Find out more on her blog post here.
• Megan Crewe is having an in person and an online release party for Give Up the Ghost. Find out more on her blog post here.
• Lauren Myracle posted a video where she talks about Luv Ya Bunches on her blog here.
• Maggie Stiefvater is having a contest on her blog about Ballad, but with Shiver prizes on her blog here.
• Courtney Summers posted the cover and first chapter of Some Girls Are on her blog.
• Lili Wilkinson posted the first chapter of her new book Angel Fish on her blog here.

Books that came out last week:

• Ghost Huntress Book 2: The Guidance by Marley Gibson
• Crazy Beautiful by Lauren Baratz-Logsted
• Winter's Child by Cameron Dokey
• Suspicion by Kate Brian
• Stealing Death by Janet Lee Carey
• Muchacho: A Novel by Louanne Johnson
• Rage: A Love Story by Julie Anne Peters
• The Splendor Falls by Rosemary Clement-Moore
• Earth's Magic by Pamela F. Service
• The Ex Games by Jennifer Echols
• The Fatal Child by John Dickinson
• Food, Girls, and Other Things I Can't Have by Allen Zadoff
• The Georges and the Jewels by Jane Smiley
• The Goldsmith's Daughter by Tanya Landman
• The Judgement Line by Nadine M. Riggs
• Crashed by Robin Wasserman and Kate Reinders
• Century #1: Ring of Fire by Pierdomenico Baccalario and Leah D. Janeczko
• Catwalk: Strike a Pose by Deborah Gregory
• Back Home by Julia Keller
• The Ask and the Answer: Chaos Walking: Book Two by Patrick Ness
• All About Us #5: Tidings of Great Boys: An All About Us Novel by Shelley Adina
• Hunter Brown and the Consuming Fire by Chris Miller and Allen Miller

Books that come out this week:

• September 14: The Other Side: A Teen's Guide to Ghost Hunting and the Paranormal by Marley Gibson, Patrick Burns, and Dave Schrader
• September 14- Once a Witch by Carolyn MacCullough
• September 15- What Matters Most by Melody Carlson
• September 15- The Vampire's Assistant and Other Tales from the Cirque Du Freak by Darren Shan
• September 15- The Twilight Zone: The Big Tall Wish by Rod Serling, Mark Kneece, and Chris Lie
• September 15- Time of the Witches by Anna Myers
• September 15- Take Your Best Shot: Do Something Bigger Than Yourself by Austin Gutwein and Todd Hillard
• September 15- The Secret to Teen Power by Paul Harrington
• September 15- Running on the Cracks by Julia Donaldson
• September 15- Positively by Courtney Sheinmel
• September 15- The Other Girl: A Midvale Academy Novel by Sarah Miller
• September 15- Guys Are Waffles, Girls Are Spaghetti by Chad Eastham, Bill Farrel, and Pam Farrel
• September 15- Give Up the Ghost by Megan Crewe
• September 15- Forest Born (Books of Bayern) by Shannon Hale
• September 15- Demon Chick by Marilyn Kaye
• September 17- The Silver Blade by Sally Gardner
• September 17- Sharp Shot by Jack Higgins and Justin Richards
• September 17- A Pearl Among Princes by Coleen Paratore
• September 17- The Cupcake Queen by Heather Hepler
• September 17- Black Angels by Linda Beatrice Brown

-The YAthenaeum Team