VERONICA ROTH ANNOUNCES NEW BOOK

The lovely Veronica Roth has some amazeballs announcements on her YA new book coming out in 2017. It took some serious online stalking, (not in a creepy way...sort of...) until I came up with this synopsis. I hope you're grateful, because I might get a warning from the government about stalking. Major Flags in their filter. oops.

So. My new book is a sci-fi fantasy story set in a time of extreme political unrest (hence the “Star Wars” comparisons you might have heard!). In it a boy named Akos, along with his brother, is kidnapped and brought to an enemy nation. When the dictator of that place threatens his brother’s life, Akos has no choice but to work with a girl named Cyra (the dictator’s sister), to save him. But Cyra’s trust—and her kindness!—are difficult to earn…to put it mildly. And the intense friendship Akos and Cyra form puts them in more danger than they could ever have imagined.

~Veronica Roth

Can I just say that I legit just peed my pants.
   I need this book.
   This book is in my blood.
   This book is going to torment me until I read it.
   UUUURRRRGG

Aki’s Forest By Jackie

Hola! Soy Dora! XD
 Okay, so we have a special entry by Jackie! This month we will be doing something different. This story will be split into two parts.Here's part one!

Aki’s Forest By Jackie

Everett was a young boy, who lived in a small house near the beautiful woodlands.  At night, he loved to run through the forest, under the stars of  Aakash, the wolf headed night god.  He loved the feeling of the enchanted grass of the forest floor, and the owl singing her lovely song.  Every dawn, he would go in the woods and pick the fresh mulberries from the beautiful bushes.  Every day as he grew, Everett would take more from the woods.  He would cut down the trees to create shacks, he would hunt the wildlife of the animals for food and fur.  Every year, more and more was taken.

The eyes of Aki, the woodland god, witnessed everything he was doing.  All of the years that went past flew before him like Maru, bird headed goddess of song.  The sun was glowing on his red fox fur, and he was staring at the sun, thinking about what the woods will turn into in a thousand years.  His lovely woodland would be turned to a desolate wasteland.  He decided to walk towards the young man, his brown cloak dragging behind him. He tapped Everett on the shoulder. Everett turned around and saw the fox’s bright blue eyes staring back at him. Everett dropped his ax in fear and ran. But the fox caught him, his hands clutching on Everett’s deer skin tunic.

“What are you doing with your life?” The fox god asked the man. Everett’s brown eyes fogged up. He grabbed his bow and arrow and screamed, “MONSTER!!!” But before he could shoot the fox god, Zorion, the coyote god, god of archery and weapons, grabbed his arm from behind, making Everett drop the weapon.  Everett turned around and saw a coyote man standing behind him.

Zorion smiled and picked up the bow and arrow. “Archery is a sport of hand eye coordination and strength,” the coyote shot his arrow at a tree and it landed right in the middle. Everett was shocked. “But, like everything on Terra’s lovely Earth, everything has a darkside.” Zorion frowned. “The power of life and death lay in your hands. The slaughtered animals by your tent represent the evil of archery. Now those animals are to decay,” Zorion said.

           The two gods snapped their fingers and Everett collapsed and fell asleep. The man had a terrible nightmare. All of the slaughtered animals walked, transformed into humans, with bows and arrows in their hands. They were chasing Everett. “Die repulsive beast!” The animals shouted, while firing their arrows.  The words they used were the same as the ones he used when he killed them. “Die, you wicked, twisted, soul!” The animals kept shouting.

The animals kept chasing him. Everett came to a pond. He looked in the pond , and saw that he was a deer. He looked back and saw the coyote face of Zorion, and as he was about to fire, Everett woke up, covered in sweat. It was all a dream. It was all a terrible, horrible, dream. No gods, no deer, it was all a dream. But he heard a sound. A lovely sound. A sound of a woman’s voice.

He followed the song, entranced. He walked and he saw the beautiful bird face of Maru, goddess of song. She held his hand and brought him to a beautiful woods. It looked just like the woods of his childhood. He ran, feeling the grass between his toes. Then Aakash, the wolf-headed god of night, came over. “Beautiful, isn’t it? Pleasant memories you have had here. I remember watching you running through this forest as a child with a big smile on your face, having a wondrous time.” Everett smiled, remembering the pleasant times of his childhood. But the wolf frowned. “But the past is in the past.” He snapped his fingers, and then the view of the present came. The woods were full of waste, trees fell down, and dead animals fell with them. Everett looked at what he had done. He knew that this was all true. He cried on the cloak of Aakash. Aakash looked over at the man, and then Everett saw a glow. All of the gods lined up in front of Everett, and then he heard a voice. He looked, and saw Aki, the fox, standing before him.  

LADY MIDNIGHT IS COMING!!!!!

AHHHHHH!!!!!! (me screaming in excitement)

I legit cannot wait to get my hands on this book! I am oozing with anticipation! If you don't know what I'm talking about, then Demon Pox to you. :P

This amazeballs book, is by Cassandra Clare AKA 'The Queen of Fantasy'! So basically, this book continues the path of Shadowhunters that this Queen has blazed for us. Hopefully, we will get to see Jace,Wayland,Lightworm,Morgenstern, Herondale, and Clary Fray's future together!!! But of course, the main focus of the book will be on some new characters, Emma and Julian!! OMG I cannot breath, i'm so excited! And the worst part is, I haven't even pre-ordered the book yet!!! URRGG!!!

Therapist: The bull growls...
Me: Hey!
Therapist: It is now marking its territory with a menacing glare...
Therapist:No, wait, an incredulous look...
Therapist:Deadpanning
Me: Get out.




Physiatrist: (while walking away) IF you want to find out more about this awesomesauce book click the link!http://www.cassandraclare.com/
 ANd here's a queen pic of the book cover, that will be coming out tomorrow, LADY MIDNIGHT!!!





Me: ARE YOU STILL HERE!!!???

Who will bravely bell the bitter Cat?

Okay, so this one is an old favorite! It might seem familiar, from my previous site, 'MyTweenLife2016' but, hey, why not post it again on a different site? Exactly. So here you go. :P

Who will bravely bell the bitter Cat       By Hannah Walker

About 20 years ago, a nasty group of mice hastily sauntered into an amazingly gigantic mansion.Two joyfully retired zebra trainers lived there and their names were Nelson and Jesse. This happily married couple had a HUGE Kitchen with the most gloriously wonderfully tasting foods that came from all over the world. Late at night the mice would stealthily but eagerly sneak into this massive kitchen, nonchalantly rob it of its fruits, meats, and certain delectable dairy products (cheese), and proudly march two by two back to their mouse condo under the floorboards of the couple’s house.

 Frankly this trick confused the couple and one fateful morning they formed a huddle. “What are we going to do?”  Wailed Jesse.  “I got it, we shall purchase a fur ball!” cried Nelson. The smug couple pleasingly did just that. Punctually, the mouse family went out to steal the valuable treats only to discover an enormous feline smack dab in the middle of their path! The cat awoke to detect the new playmates and eagerly pounced on the 9^th mouse. This amazingly continued on for days and days until there were only 4 swiftly moving brave mice left.

 Right before the routine robbery the mice had an insanely bright discussion.“We need a plan!” decided the 3^rd mouse.“Like what!?” disagreed the 2^nd mouse. “I got it!” unexpectedly exclaimed the 4^th mouse,”  “We can tie a jingle bell to the violent mouser!” snobbishly stated the 4^th mouse. “Perfect idea now who will do it?” wisely countered the brightest and wisest mouse.  Embarrassed and ashamed all the mice spoke no more.     



Important Note!
HEYO! this is the head author Hannah! Just wanted to give you a heads up! March is open for 'Author of the Month'! Just leave a comment down below, and you could see your story in two weeks! 

 ~Hannah ;P

Regardless Wednesday, Miles of Backstory, and The Legends of a Round Table. By Hannah Walker

Okay, so I was on the couch earlier,watching the rain, (This sounds so serene, it really wasn't) and was thinking about the blog...over the sounds of my mother bustling around in the kitchen, Adventures in Odyssey playing in my sister's room, my dog harping over a neighbor that had mistakenly stepped into our yard while walking his own dogs, and Owl City's new album Mobile Orchestra (If you haven't heard it, you are absolutely hopeless, you need to hear his music, click this link: http://www.ayoungblog.com/)playing over all the music. 

 Anyway, back to the point, I was thinking about how different blogs have things like, "Wacky Wednesday (Interviewer:Did you just quote Doctor Suess?

                     Me: Yes, yes I did.)

and Throwback Thursday. But, I couldn't think of anything that rhymes with Wednesday that wouldn't copyright.SO, Then a thought, inspired by John Green himself popped into my head, and I don't feel like going to the bookshelf, rooting through all the piles of Green novels, until I found 'Paper Towns' and got the exact quote. So, with Margo and her iDeals oN hOW caPitaliZatiON's bAsic rUles cOULD huRT lEttER's fEelIngs, flowing through my mind, the book I was reading (Struck, by Jennifer Bosworth) completely forgotten, I decided, "I shall SLAY the unwritten rules of writing!(see what I did there?) So here we are, after miles of backstory and links, 

drumroll please.

REGARDLESS WEDNESDAY!!!!

HAHA! and here is the story for this magical day where I completely disregard all rules of

1. Capitalization
2. Rhyming
3. My Sanity...

The Legends of a Round Table. By Hannah Walker

There are legends, and then there are Legends. Once upon a time, in the land of nobility, chivalry, courage, and justice, there were the Knights of the Round Table. They abided in a castle and in that castle there were the Cavalry quarters, and in the Calvary quarters, the knights planned how to, simply, save the world.  The reason they had a ‘round’ table instead of a reliably regular rectangular sitting area was frankly because, circles were round, had no points, and plainly stated that they were all equals. There was no ‘head’ chairman or leader of the group. Just some noble men looking to ensure justice unto the world. They swore to always follow their ‘Knights-of-the-round-table’ or ‘KRT’’ code which goes as follows: Aid any person in trouble, to not single out females simply because they were always stereotyped as the ‘Helpless Maiden in Despair’ or “Damsels in Distress” .Helpless, schmelpless. Ever heard of Malala? Anyway, the code also included; “To protect the helpless and weak, man or female, didn’t matter. To fight evil, and to have each other’s backs. Because of them, that era was just that much better. Thanks to the Legends of the Round Table, who shined light in a world brimming with darkness,

and illiteracy.

Helping Hands, by Bethany

Hey readers! Here is February's guest story! Thanks a bunch of daisies!!! :[ )

Helping Hands, by Bethany

Whitaker Jason had a kind reputation for saving people's lives, when they needed it of course. He also could never do it without the help of his trusty crewmen, of which he named Argonauts. Jason just began torelax in his colorful beach chair, recovering from a previous excursion,when he received an urgent message.Hastily, the message was pleadinghim to set sail immediately, for a king from another land was in trouble.Quickly, Jason ordered his men the hoist the sail, for they were to crossthe great blue Aegean Sea, and from what he could tell that could takeall day.So they immediately set sail and arrived in the kingdom, thereJason approached king Phineas. King Phineas truly claimed that evil Zeus; king of the gods had blinded him. And on top of that, sent his harsh minions, called harpies to do his dirty work and stole Phineas' Succulent food every time he ate. So now Phineas was blind, had no food, and had repulsive harpies attacking him constantly.Jason soaked up this information, considering the numerous possibilities of what he could do. Gathering his capable Argonauts, here quested that they build a clever harpie trap, while telling the 2 special Argonauts who were sons of the great North Wind, to soar high above the massive trees, and keep a sharp eye out for harpies. When one intruded, the sons would chase them far beyond the sea.After two long games of chase, Jason ordered them to collect some scrumptious food for the poor old king. In return, Phineas gifted Jason with a new spectacular ship to sail home in. Ever so grateful,Jason and his huge crew rushed aboard, exploring every nook and cranny in it.A helpful sailor, is a happy one

Glass Sword Release!!!

Hello Fellow Geeks!
As you may already know, tomorrow is a pretty big day for the YA fandom!!! And do you know why? On February 9 (tomorrow) the sequel to the New York Times Bestseller Red Queen, Glass Sword!!!

If you haven't already red the first one, here's a synopsis provided by Wikipedia.

The story is set in a fantasy world where human beings are divided based on the colour of their blood. The "ordinary" people have red blood and those with "abilities" have silver blood. These silver-blooded are referred to as "Silvers" and are the ruling elite. Silvers severely oppress the red-blooded commoners referred to as "Reds".

A series of events results in the discovery of a seventeen-year-old Red girl with abilities named Mare. The royal family hides the truth about her lineage and proclaims her as one of their own, a Silver accidentally raised as a Red. Oppression of the Reds leads to a rebellion (the Scarlet Rebellion) and the rise of revolutionaries, lead by Reds. The Silvers and Reds clash and the main character, Mare, is caught in between. Both sides want to use her to their advantage and she struggles internally as she tries to decide what to do to keep her family alive without completely changing and going against what she believes to be right. 

 Now, introducing Glass Sword, the highly anticipated sequel! 

 WARNING! SLIGHT SPOILER!!!

Mare Barrow’s blood is red—the color of common folk—but her Silver ability, the power to control lightning, has turned her into a weapon that the royal court tries to control. 

The crown calls her an impossibility, a fake, but as she makes her escape from Maven, the prince—the friend—who betrayed her, Mare uncovers something startling: she is not the only one of her kind.

Pursued by Maven, now a vindictive king, Mare sets out to find and recruit other Red-and-Silver fighters to join in the struggle against her oppressors.

But Mare finds herself on a deadly path, at risk of becoming exactly the kind of monster she is trying to defeat.

Will she shatter under the weight of the lives that are the cost of rebellion? Or have treachery and betrayal hardened her forever?

Thanks for reading! And please check out the awesome mind behind the books, here! https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7074943.Victoria_Aveyard

Here's the link to the books! Please check it out!

Glass Sword (Book 2)

 http://www.harpercollins.com/9780062310668/glass-sword

Red Queen (Book 2)

http://www.harpercollins.com/9780062310637/red-queen

Thanks again! BTW, you probably won't here from me til Friday. I have a sequal to read!

~Toddles :{ )

*All rights go the the Victoria Aveyard, HarperCollins, and Wikipedia