New Year, New Books Day 7 (Part 2): Michelle Krys + Hexed

Day 7: Hexed

Welcome to Day 7 of New Year, New Books! We're officially a week in, and congrats to those of you who have been here and are planning to stick around! To kick off the 2nd week of New Year, New Books I've got a fantastic author lady with me here today!

2) Michelle Krys

-author of Hexed (June 10th, 2014)

Can I get a "whoop whoop!"?

In the blogosphere, we have this thing called "Top Ten Tuesdays" and it's sometimes about our Top 10 TBR, must reads, etc. But have you ever wondered if authors have a Top Ten TBR list too? *If you haven't wondered that, this is NOT a good time to say so.* Anyways, I have Michelle here with me today to talk about HER Top Ten MUST READS for 2014. Before you read her very fangirly list, take a peek at her upcoming book.

Title: Hexed
Author: Michelle Krys
Shelves: Young Adult, Paranormal, Fantasy
Publication Date: June 10th, 2014
Publisher: Delacorte Press/ Random House Children's

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Summary from Goodreads: If high school is all about social status, Indigo Blackwood has it made. Sure, her quirky mom owns an occult shop, and a nerd just won’t stop trying to be her friend, but Indie is a popular cheerleader with a football-star boyfriend and a social circle powerful enough to ruin everyone at school. Who wouldn’t want to be her?

Then a guy dies right before her eyes. And the dusty old family Bible her mom is freakishly possessive of is stolen. But it’s when a frustratingly sexy stranger named Bishop enters Indie’s world that she learns her destiny involves a lot more than pom-poms and parties. If she doesn’t get the Bible back, every witch on the planet will die. And that’s seriously bad news for Indie, because according to Bishop, she’s a witch too.

Suddenly forced into a centuries-old war between witches and sorcerers, Indie’s about to uncover the many dark truths about her life—and a future unlike any she ever imagined on top of the cheer pyramid.

Top 10 TBR for 2014 with Michelle Krys
Michelle's website|Goodreads author page

2014 is going to be a hugely exciting year, and not just because my debut year is finally upon me (WOOO!), but because so many of the incredible books I’ve been dying to read are finally releasing this year. So many books, in fact, that to narrow down the list (and to avoid things getting messy), I’ve excluded debuts.

Without further ado, the top 10 books I want to read in 2014, in no particular order, are:

ASTRAY by Amy Christine Parker. I was blown away by Amy Christine Parker’s debut novel GATED, about a girl in a modern-day cult who falls for a boy on the outside, and now I’m dying to get my hands on the sequel.

CRESS by Marissa Meyer. Marissa Meyer consistently delivers edge of your seat, swoon-worthy, read-in-a-day books, and I will read anything she writes for the rest of my life, on release day, sooner if I can harass someone into giving me an ARC.

PANIC by Lauren Oliver. Though Delirium was good, I adored BEFORE I FALL and can’t wait to read another contemporary written by the incomparable Lauren Oliver.

FIRE & FLOOD by Victoria Scott. Amazing Race meets THE HUNGER GAMES? Yes, please. (Confession: I’ve already read an ARC of this, but it’s on the list anyway because it’s just THAT GOOD.)

AFTER THE END by Amy Plum. Amy Plum wrote it? Yep, I want to read it.

ISLA AND THE HAPPILY EVER AFTER by Stephanie Perkins. If I need to explain this one then I don’t think we can be friends.

THE ONE by Kiera Cass. PRINCE MAXON.

REBEL by Amy Tintera. CALLUM.

RUIN & RISING by Leigh Bardugo. THE DARKLING. STURMHOND. MAL.

THRONE OF GLASS #3 by Sarah J. Maas. I just heard this one actually comes out in 2015. *weeps*

As a thank-you for putting up with myfangirly list, I’m giving away a pre-order of my debut novel HEXED as well as a signed bookplate and bookmark. The giveaway is open internationally.

Rules of Entry:

1) OPEN INTERNATIONALLY- therefore, if you are from outer space, sadly, you cannot enter.

2) No cheating with your entries, I always check

3) The winner has 48 hours to respond to my email, or else I will be forced to pick a new winner.

4) The pre-order/signed bookplate and bookmark will be sent out at the author's discretion.
5) Please actually take the time to read this post with Michelle. Authors are crazy busy, and deserve as much love as you can give them.

5) GOOD LUCK!

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****GRAND PRIZE GIVEAWAY***

In addition to the individual giveaways each author is hosting, I am also going to have a grand prize giveaway that will run for the entire month. This is because some authors cannot contribute a giveaway, so I figured I'd give something of mine as well.

Grand Prize Giveaway:

2 Surprise 2014 ARCs + swag

Yep, these will be from my own shelf. Yep, this giveaway is open INTERNATIONALLY. Yep, it is a surprise and I am not telling you what the ARCs will be but here's an idea of what MIGHT be in it:

Any of these books are fair game! But in the end, the winner will only get 2. And I promise that the surprise ARCs will be good:)

Here are the rules of entry:

1) OPEN INTERNATIONALLY
2) The winner has 48 hours to respond to my email. If not, I will have to pick a new winner. 

3) The prize will be sent out at my discretion, so I might take me a little longer than a week to get it to you.

4) In order to earn the maximum amount of entries, you can comment on EVERY SINGLE DAY of New Year, New Books!

5) GOOD LUCK!

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