Wednesday 29 August 2012

In Two Places At Once, Plus More Books for 2012

I'm in two places at once today! As well as being here, you can find me interviewing Sangu Mandanna about her awesome dystopian debut THE LOST GIRL over at The Lucky 13s. THE LOST GIRL released yesterday and is a gripping tale of love, loss and life with a unique dystopian twist. I absolutely love it and I'm hoping to have Sangu on this blog for a chat when TLG releases with Random House in the UK early next year (publisher siblings, yay!).

I reckon it's time for some more 20 Books for 2012 now, so here are the next three I'm adding to the list:

FROSTFIRE by Zoe Marriott
A fantasy YA about a girl who is possessed by a demon, and when she's forced to join a band of rebel soldiers and grows close to their two leaders, is terrified she won't be able to protect them from her own terrible power. I just finished reading this, and thought it was wonderful. The writing is exquisite and the heroine is brilliantly kick-ass. And the cover is beautiful!





SECOND CHANCE SUMMER by Morgan Matson
I've always been a huge fan of Sarah Dessen, but I reckon she now has some serious competition for the crown of realistic romantic contemporary. I already loved Morgan's first book, AMY AND ROGER'S EPIC DETOUR, but this one, a story about a girl whose family take one last vacation together before a life-changing event, forcing her to face up to the ghosts of her past, just blew me away. Warning: do NOT read this book in public unless you don't mind total strangers seeing you flat-out bawling. And make sure you have plenty of tissues!


THE WITNESS by James Jauncey
A gritty, near-future dystopian set in Scotland, where conflict over who should own land in the Highlands is escalating. A teenager witnesses a massacre and ends up on the run with the only survivor, a young boy. Everything about this book is just breathtaking. One of my favourites of all time.






From next week, I'm going to be AWOL (at least from blogging) for a while. My book 2 deadline is looming ever nearer, and I need to take time away from the blog to make sure I get the MS finished. However, it won't be sitting in the corner of the internet gathering cobwebs. Some of my fellow Lucky 13s are taking over, starting with a post next week from the awesome Ellen Oh, so I hope you'll still stop by for a read.

Until then, to the writing cave… see you again at the end of September!

18 comments:

  1. Enjoy your time in the writing corner - hope it goes well.

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  2. Enjoy your blog break, and good luck with novel two Emma :-)

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  3. Good luck with the new book, Emma; you're really on a roll.
    Enjoy the cave, take treats with you!

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    1. Alison!! *waves madly* Thank you. And never fear, I'm all stocked up on treats already :)

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  4. I've been hearing a lot about Frostfire lately. Think I'll have to give it a try. Thanks for the recommendation!

    Good luck with your WIP!

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  5. Caryn, it really is a fab book - hope you enjoy it. And thank you! :)

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  6. Yay thanks Emma! GO RHCB TWINS!

    Okay, it's freaky, but I started reading SECOND CHANCE SUMMER today! Hilarious coincidence. I'm really liking it at the moment. (And I love boys named Henry!)

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    1. You're welcome, Sangu! And how weird that you're reading SCS right now… how many boxes of tissues have you got through so far? I can't remember the last time a book made me cry so much (in a good way, of course!).

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  7. Oooh, the James Jauncy book sounds gripping. Think the wee lad would like that one... think I would too! Some lovely reviews Em!

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    1. Thank you, Abi. I think you'd both like it too. It's so beautifully written!

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  8. Good luck in the writing cave, Emma! I'll be joining you in there after I get my kids back in school next week. I have a manuscript that doesn't seem to be writing itself!

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    1. Thanks, Cat. I'll save you a chair and some chocolate biscuits… although if you want to bring more supplies, I won't say no! :D

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    2. Chocolate biscuits sound wonderful, although I may bring some extra chocolate just in case...

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