tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91224104263535087902023-11-16T06:59:24.375-05:00YAthenaeumYAthenaeumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03894183129683960001noreply@blogger.comBlogger243125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122410426353508790.post-3201536347345796902011-07-19T16:51:00.006-04:002011-07-19T19:32:16.603-04:00This Is Teen! EVENT <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:"Times New Roman"; panose-1:0 2 2 6 3 5 4 5 2 3; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:50331648 0 0 0 1 0;} @font-face {font-family:Verdana; panose-1:0 2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:50331648 0 YAthenaeumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03894183129683960001noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122410426353508790.post-54909629435959797692011-06-09T21:34:00.006-04:002011-08-29T23:26:15.447-04:00Claudia Gray, Courtney Moulton, and Kimberly Derting Q&A!Our Q&A with Claudia Gray, Courtney Moulton, and Kimberly Derting!
1. What's the most random question you can think of? Answer it.Claudia: Q: What sort of question? A: Any.Kimberly: Q: Can we ask you a question? A: Yes (Since we answered it with no...)Coutney: Q: Why did you ask?
2. If 'they' decided to make a movie of your life, which actress would you want to play you?
Claudia: Tina YAthenaeumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03894183129683960001noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122410426353508790.post-33370713040082959442011-04-30T13:52:00.005-04:002011-05-01T21:05:52.097-04:00Gayle Forman's Where She Went Event<!--StartFragment--> Gayle Forman will be back for her new book Where She Went on Thursday, May 12 at 6:30pm at Books & Books in Coral Gables for The Ballad of Mia & Adam Experience. Bestselling If I Stay Author Gayle Forman comes back to Books & Books to help to guide us through The Ballad of Mia & Adam Experience for the companion book, Where She Went. It's been three yearsYAthenaeumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03894183129683960001noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122410426353508790.post-75028840508447780212011-04-05T23:22:00.003-04:002011-04-05T23:29:54.692-04:00Interview with Lisi Harrison! Lisi Harrison joined us at Books and Books for a lovely event at the Bal Harbor Shops for her new book Monster High 2: The Ghoul Next Door.Enjoy our exclusive Yathenaeum interview with her! If someone threw $20,000 at you – all in a wad – what would you do with it? OKAY SERIOUSLY, DON'T TAKE THIS PERSONALLY BUT THAT'S AN ANNOYING QUESTION. NO MATTER WHAT I SAY I WILL BE UNFAIRLY JUDGED. IF I SAYYAthenaeumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03894183129683960001noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122410426353508790.post-49815562356519209302011-03-19T13:47:00.003-04:002011-03-19T13:49:49.393-04:00The Dark and Hollow Places - BOOK LAUNCH EVENTCarrie Ryan: The Dark and Hollow PlacesTuesday, 3/22, Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale, 6pmJoin us for the OFFICIAL BOOK LAUNCH of the newest book in Carrie Ryan’s bestselling The Forest of Hands and Teeth series.There are many things that Annah would like to forget: the look on her sister's face before Annah left her behind in the Forest of Hands and Teeth, her first glimpse of the Horde as they YAthenaeumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03894183129683960001noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122410426353508790.post-86147351806097870422011-02-26T20:52:00.011-05:002011-02-26T22:08:11.300-05:00Dark Days of Winter EventHey Guys!Claudia Gray, Courtney Moulton, and Kimberly Derting, authors of Evernight, Angelfire, Body Finder, and Desires of Dead, respectively, will be at Books & Books for a very special event on March 19th at 7pm atBooks & Books265 Aragon AveCoral Gables, FL 33134This night will not only be a Teen Band Night, but will also be live-streamed on their facebook page, so if you will not be YAthenaeumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03894183129683960001noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122410426353508790.post-11767312443365300112011-02-06T02:49:00.006-05:002011-02-06T03:08:55.338-05:00Across the Universe - REVIEWLorena's Review of Across the Universe by Beth RevisGreetings from the mysterious world of college. It's hard, and not what I expected in the least, and on top of that leaves no room for reading. I was asked to read this a few days ago and had been meaning to for the past couple of months. And boy am I glad that I did.SynopsisA love out of time. A spaceship built of secrets and murder. YAthenaeumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03894183129683960001noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122410426353508790.post-37691170321613723522010-11-05T21:00:00.006-04:002010-11-05T21:12:29.738-04:00Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins- REVIEWGaby's Review of Mockingjay by Suzzanne CollinsNow I know it's been practically two months since the book came out, but the final installment to the Hunger Games series is here! Yay?! (Before I go on, if you haven't read or don't know about the Hunger Games series, click hereAgainst all odds, Katniss Everdeen has survived the Hunger Games twice. But now that she's made it out of the bloody arena YAthenaeumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03894183129683960001noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122410426353508790.post-70885075737219797082010-10-14T15:36:00.004-04:002010-10-14T19:21:52.795-04:00Hilary Duff Signing!Hilary Duff will be at Books & Books at 7 tomorrow, Friday, October 15, 2010 signing Elixir:Books & Books 9700 Collins Ave.Bal Harbour, FL 33154 You must purchase a copy of Elixir at Books & Books to join the signing line. Line opens at 6pm. Signing begins at 7pm.AUTOGRAPHING ONLY – MEET HILARY DUFF: Hilary Duff is a multifaceted actress and recording artist whose career began on the YAthenaeumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03894183129683960001noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122410426353508790.post-18076541676356198022010-09-17T02:14:00.004-04:002010-09-17T15:39:13.494-04:00Heather Brewer Birthday Bash Tuesday!Come one Minion, come Minion Horde – celebrate two important birthsat our Birthday(s) Bash for author, Minion goddess -- and birthday girl Auntie Heather, HEATHER BREWER And the launch of the final book in her bestselling The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod series: Twelfth Grade Kills Tuesday, September 21, 6pm Books & Books 265 Aragon AvenueCoral Gables, FL Live Music from YAthenaeumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03894183129683960001noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122410426353508790.post-42678262257163271082010-08-24T11:58:00.000-04:002010-08-24T21:59:17.798-04:00Holly Black & Cassandra Clare Q&AWe got a chance to ask bestselling authors Holly Black & Cassandra Clare our little questionnaire. We would give them each a post, but some of their answers play off each other. Enjoy!1. What's the most random question you can think of? Answer it.Cassandra: If you could marry a vegetable, which would it be?Holly: Well if rhubarb is vegetable...C: Carrot. 2. If 'they' decided to make a movie YAthenaeumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03894183129683960001noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122410426353508790.post-77833567799215095692010-08-13T02:40:00.005-04:002010-08-13T02:56:58.953-04:00Coffeehouse Angel Re-Create A Cover ContestThere is another on of these oh-so-lovely recreate a cover contests over on Trisha's Book Blog. You still have a few days to enter, get to it!This is the original cover:When Katrina spots a homeless guy sleeping in the alley behind her grandmother’s coffee shop, she decides to leave him a cup of coffee, a bag of chocolate-covered coffee beans, and some pastries to tide him over. Little does she YAthenaeumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03894183129683960001noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122410426353508790.post-59598973740326920052010-08-10T02:20:00.007-04:002010-08-10T02:39:46.824-04:00Losing Faith Re-Create a Cover ContestPrincess Bookie is hosting a Losing Faith Re-Create a Cover Contest! Lorena decided to enter it, but we're encouraging others to go ahead and enter HERE you can win a lot of goodies! This is the original coverWhen Brie's sister, Faith, dies suddenly, Brie's world falls apart. As she goes through the bizarre and devastating process of mourning the sister she never understood and barely even likedYAthenaeumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03894183129683960001noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122410426353508790.post-12856687015163128282010-08-05T11:44:00.005-04:002010-08-05T12:19:36.282-04:00Heather Brewer Q&AWe got the chance to meet up with bestselling author of The Chronicles of Vladimir Todd, Heather Brewer, and ask her our questionnaire.1. What's the most random question you can think of? Answer it.What is my favorite color?Three2. If 'they' decided to make a movie of your life, which actor would you want to play you?That's a hard one... aw man... I don't know, Winona Ryder?3. If someone suddenlyYAthenaeumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03894183129683960001noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122410426353508790.post-12904859962660191652010-08-03T23:44:00.002-04:002010-08-03T23:52:01.856-04:00New Site!Only not really...We've been itching to change up the blog for some time now, so here you go! Love it? Hate it? Wish Lorena had chosen different books for the background? Tell us what you think, and then we'll do something with the information. What that is, we do not know.-The YAthenaeum TeamYAthenaeumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03894183129683960001noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122410426353508790.post-54634077806807658142010-08-02T02:57:00.002-04:002010-08-02T03:10:28.504-04:00Halo - REVIEWLorena's Review of Halo by Alexandra AdornettoSynopsis"Three angels are sent down to bring good to the world: Gabriel, the warrior; Ivy, the healer; and Bethany, a teenage girl who is the least experienced of the trio. But she is the most human, and when she is romantically drawn to a mortal boy, the angels fear she will not be strong enough to save anyone—especially herself—from the Dark YAthenaeumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03894183129683960001noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122410426353508790.post-46969051743128892142010-07-30T15:09:00.007-04:002010-07-31T00:21:22.286-04:00Doodle Day 7.30.10(Click the image to see it bigger)After looking back at this I sort of feel like I need to find that article that said that Angels will become the new Vampires, and ask the writer for next week's lotto numbers. Seriously.Today's DD is a compilation of some of the best books I've read this summer (and one that's in the mail). Actually...half of the doodles are of books that aren't even out yet...YAthenaeumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03894183129683960001noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122410426353508790.post-68751891764489065962010-07-27T21:00:00.006-04:002010-08-04T15:15:14.510-04:00Ally Carter Q&A in Honor of Thursday!Guess who's coming to Books & Books on Thursday? From the title you probably already know one of the authors, Ally Carter, New York Times bestselling author of the Gallagher Girls series... But bestselling author Melissa de la Cruz, author of the Blue Bloods series, is coming too!So, we're having a specialBlue Bloods and Gallagher Girls Signing Social!There will even be special key necklaces YAthenaeumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03894183129683960001noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122410426353508790.post-11162911207412840382010-07-16T14:08:00.007-04:002010-07-16T16:09:44.302-04:00Inara Scott Q&AWe were lucky enough to have Inara Scott, author of Delcroix Academy that comes out August 24, to answer our Q&A.1. What's the most random question you can think of? Answer it.Shoot, this is expecting me to be creative, right? Okay,Q: How long does it take you to make a Burger King Whopper? A: In high school, about six seconds. But I'd probably be much slower if I tried it today.2. If 'they' YAthenaeumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03894183129683960001noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122410426353508790.post-89619155512749949112010-06-10T22:19:00.006-04:002010-06-10T22:32:16.457-04:00Doodle Days 6.10.10When was the last time one of these happened?Way too long ago. I actually have this one sketchbook filled with random book sketches, but I haven't gotten around to scanning any of them recently. I did however scan this one, and actually colored it! So it's not really a doodle anymore... Oh well, let's just go along with it.Another doodle day featuring Patch & Nora from Becca Fitzpatrick's YAthenaeumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03894183129683960001noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122410426353508790.post-9982678298739421302010-06-08T00:24:00.004-04:002011-02-06T10:38:29.312-05:00The Gardener- REVIEWLorena's Review of The Gardener by S.A. BodeenThis has been stashed away for some time, but I think I was finally able to get my point across.SynopsisMason has never known his father, but longs to. All he has of him is a DVD of a man whose face is never seen, reading a children’s book. One day, on a whim, he plays the DVD for a group of comatose teens at the nursing home where his mother works. YAthenaeumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03894183129683960001noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122410426353508790.post-19003583199185135202010-06-07T01:00:00.003-04:002010-06-15T17:21:15.535-04:00Graduation Giveaway- FINAL WEEKThis contest has endedHappy Graduation! It's been a long 4 years for us, so we'd like to end it with a bang!This is our last week of school, and our last days as seniors! So naturally, this is the last week of the giveaway. This week we have 6 books to giveaway! We'd like to thank everyone who's followed the giveaway for the 6 weeks, and congratulate everyone who's won!Here are the this week's YAthenaeumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03894183129683960001noreply@blogger.com31tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122410426353508790.post-57586099513235823242010-06-06T19:54:00.003-04:002010-06-06T19:58:31.510-04:00Marr Awards Giveaway- WINNEROh my! We got so caught up with the Graduation Giveaway, that we forgot to announce the winner of the Marr Awards Giveaway!Congratulations, Genesis! You get to pick any Melissa Marr book to be awarded to you!Please e-mail us with your choice and mailing address!Thank you to everyone who entered! The voting stage has just begun, so please stop by and vote for Lorena (ryuumisstres) if you have a YAthenaeumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03894183129683960001noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122410426353508790.post-52644253185728440372010-06-03T22:58:00.005-04:002010-06-03T23:03:50.394-04:00Night for Newborns Midnight Release Party<!--StartFragment-->Come to our Night for Newborns MIDNIGHT RELEASE PARTY for Stephenie Meyer’s brand new book, The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner: An Eclipse Novella Friday, June 4, 9:30pm Books & Books Coral Gables LIVE MUSIC from Courtesy of Paco Bree Tanner got just 10 pages in Eclipse, but now she’s getting her due: Her own book in the Twilight family, and her own YAthenaeumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03894183129683960001noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122410426353508790.post-44839539755432572742010-05-09T20:10:00.003-04:002010-05-09T20:16:46.303-04:00Graduation Giveaway- Week 1 WINNERSNow that the time for entries has finished, out of a random drawing of winners. The five entrants who will be receiving books are:Aik- Gimme A Call (Signed)Teen Zone- BruiserEVA SB- MagicKeepersBroodie- Summer of Skinny DippingSRMcEvoy- Poetry Speaks Who I amCongratulations to the winners, and thank you to all of you who entered. Check back tomorrow for this week's books!-The YAthenaeum TeamYAthenaeumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03894183129683960001noreply@blogger.com3