Happy Monday! Monday Mishmash is a weekly meme dedicated to sharing what's on your mind. Feel free to grab the button and post your own Mishmash.
Here's what's on my mind today:
1. The Attic of Sand and Secrets by Medeia Sharif I'm reading this right now!
THE ATTIC OF SAND AND SECRETS by Medeia Sharif
Vendor links will be updated on Medeia’s site.
Middle Grade Historical and Fantasy, Featherweight Press, November 2014
Lily, a learning
disabled girl, attempts to unravel the mystery of her abducted mother using
supernatural clues from an ancient stranger, even when it means posing a danger
to herself.
Learning-disabled Lily desires
to prove herself, although her mind freezes when presented with big problems -
such as her mother's abduction. With a French father and Egyptian mother, Lily
worries that her mother hid her ethnicity from her French in-laws. However,
there's something deeper going on. Lily finds a way into an attic that's
normally locked and encounters a mysterious, moonlit Egyptian night world.
There she finds Khadijah, an ancient stranger who guides her to finding clues
about her mother's whereabouts. Lily becomes a sleuth in both the real world
and magical desert, endangering herself as she gets closer to the kidnapper.
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2. Revisions This week I'm revising one of my manuscripts I put aside for a while. It's always fun to go back and read a first draft I've stepped away from.
3. Some Fine Day by Kat Ross Kat Ross has a new release and a giveaway for you.
What if everything you've
been taught is a lie?
Sixteen-year-old Jansin Nordqvist knows that when the world flooded
and civilization retreated deep underground, there was no one left on the
surface.
She knows that the only species to thrive there is the toads, a
primate/amphibian hybrid with a serious mean streak.
Most of all, she knows there's no place where you can hide from the
hypercanes, continent-sized storms that have raged for decades.
Turns out Jansin was wrong. On all counts…
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awesome YA audiobook giveaways!
4. Reading/Reviewing I'm reading a bunch of books that I need to review. It's nice to have to find time to read. Usually reading gets pushed aside for other things, but when I promise to review, I can't do that. ;)
5. Promo My crazy month of events every week (some weeks more than one event) is over, but I do still have a signing set up for this month and two school visits coming up. This week I'll be trying to book another signing for the holidays.
That's it for me. What's on your mind today?
Thank you for featuring my book. :)
ReplyDeleteKat's book looks amazing.
Stretch time is wonderful and necessary.
You're very welcome. I'm reading it and really enjoying it. :) I should be finished and have my review posted soon.
DeleteSounds like another busy week for you.
ReplyDeleteMe? I'm 10,000 words into my NaNoWriMo novel which sounds good but I should have been 15,000 words written by now. Real life got in the way. Still, I'm not down about it. That's 10,000 words written of my first draft (six chapters) and I've got a new chapter to get on with today. Rather than using 50,000 words as the target for this month, finishing my first draft is my aim.
Have a great week.
I think that's a great goal. I see people use NaNo for different things and I think that's good. You should make it suit your needs. Good luck!
DeleteLooking forward to Medeia's book, and Kat's looks fun, too! Good luck with all your reading & revisions!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Meradeth!
DeleteWOW. I HAVE to pick up that novel about the Egyptian-French girl. That's fantastic. I hope you enjoy your reading time—it really is hard to find that time but it's so relaxing and necessary!
ReplyDeleteYes, so necessary. :)
DeleteI like both covers!
ReplyDeleteThe revisions are going to take you time.
I don't mind. I love revising.
DeleteWow, Medeia's plot lines are always really cool!
ReplyDeleteYes, they are.
DeleteCan't wait to read Medeia's book.
ReplyDeleteI'm really enjoying it.
DeleteI'm looking forward to reading The Attic of Sand and Secrets. Lovely cover.
ReplyDeleteSome Fine Day looks great too.
Enjoy the reading and reviewing.
I'm so close to finishing Medeia's book. It's good.
DeleteBoth look good, and the covers are really good. Book design, art. I hate it when I am behind on my TBR list.
ReplyDeleteI'm always behind. lol
DeleteThe Attic Of Sand And Secrets sounds fascinating.
ReplyDeleteIt is.
DeleteI am so excited for Medeia's book! Some Fine Day also looks really good! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for the giveaway.
~Jess
Good luck with the giveaways.
DeleteI've enjoyed getting to see your author event pics here and there. I've yet to see an author event at my local B&N, but I hope to one day, as I'm curious to see how they set up there, etc. And love the cover for Kat's book, super cool!
ReplyDeleteAgreed. Kat's cover is great.
DeleteThank you for featuring Medeia Sharif's new book. It sounds like a magical exploration, the sort of book I love. I enjoyed her first MG.
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome. I just finished the book last night and will be posting my review today. :)
DeleteMedeia (and you, Kelly) have had a GREAT year for publishing! :)
ReplyDeleteMedeia is on fire!
DeleteSome Fine Day has a really interesting cover :)
ReplyDeleteI had a feeling you'd like this cover, Auden.
DeleteCongrats to Medeia and Kat. Always so many great releases!
ReplyDeleteYes, so many great ones.
DeleteSo much has happened so early in the week-
ReplyDelete-11/12/14: Rum's Birthday (From my novel "GABRIEL")
-11/11/14: The rebirth of Tor Seidler's "The Wainscott Weasel" (Which I reviewed yesterday)
-11/12/14: Launch of "Kidlit TV" (a new multimedia imitative for all things children's/YA)
-11/11/14 Sailor Moon Part 1 on DVD/Blu-ray (I got my copy a week early)