CONTROL Yourself!

This past Friday I visited one of my favorite bookstores, Anderson's Bookshop, to see our fabulous blogger friend, Lydia Kang!  She was there for her booksigning with Rachel Caine, author of the Morganville Vampire series. Before the signing, the ladies spoke of their writing journey and fun anecdotes about the life of an author. I was so excited to not only meet Lydia in person, but get her debut YA  novel, CONTROL (signed, of course)! Lydia was as lovely and amazing in person as she is online. If you haven't visited her informative and entertaining blog, check it out here. You can buy CONTROL here.

If by chance you have been hibernating, here's the Amazon blurb of CONTROL:
Set in 2150 -- in a world of automatic cars, nightclubs with auditory ecstasy drugs, and guys with four arms -- this is about the human genetic "mistakes" that society wants to forget, and the way that outcasts can turn out to be heroes.

When their overprotective father is killed in a terrible accident, Zel and her younger sister, Dylia, are lost in grief. But it's not until strangers appear, using bizarre sensory weapons, that the life they had is truly eviscerated. Zel ends up in a safe house for teens that aren't like any she's ever seen -- teens who, by law, shouldn't even exist. One of them -- an angry tattooed boy haunted by tragedy -- can help Zel reunite with her sister.
But only if she is willing to lose him.


Have a great week, all!

I have talented blog buddies.

Yes. Yes, I do.

I have seen so many great tweets and posts about my friends in blogland that I wanted to share their new (or upcoming) books with you!

Check these out!

NEW-ISH RELEASES

 

 

Laura Pauling can write one exciting thriller. This YA time travel novel came out last month! You can purchase it here!

 

 

Jimmy's other books feature vampires, but his newest is a paranormal with ghosts. Cool cover!

 

 

I read Suzanne's YA Fingerprints on vacation in August. True to life characters.

 

 

Oh my heck! It's Elana's conclusion to the amazing Possession trilogy!

 

 

 

 

Have you read Myra's awesome Hourglass series? Infinityglass , the third novel in the series, released last month!

 

 

 

I'm currently reading Indiestructible: Inspiring Stories from the Publishing Jungle. Proceeds go to charity! Check it out! Lots of my writing friends are featured.

 

If you are in blogland and don't know Alex, you need to check out his blog! He's the blog ninja, people! Cassastorm is his third installment of his Cassastar series. You can buy it in paperback or ebook form here and other online stores!

 

 

Christina's debut NA novel released this week, too! I hear it is hot AND sweet! Looking forward to reading it!

 

 

UPCOMING BOOKS

 

You all know that I adore LTM's books. This latest in the Dragonfly series releases October 3!

 

 

Is this cover bluetiful or what? Our favorite doctor/author Lydia's debut YA novel arrives December 26!

 

 

 

Those super helpful ladies, Angela and Becca have done it again! Look forward to other helpful books, The Positive and Negative Trait Thesaurus next month!

 

 

Fellow Illinois author Susan Kaye Quinn is blogging her upcoming book Indie Author Survival Guide. Check out her amazing, instructive posts!

 

 

And have you seen the super cute cover reveal from Bish?

 

 

Lastly, a super shout out to Samantha Verant who sold her memoir, Seven Letters From Paris. It is amazing. Sam is so funny, genuine, and this is such a wonderful story about second chances.

 

 

These are a peek at some amazing people and their books. There are more out there, and I hope I didn't miss any wonderful friends who have books recently out. If I did, I'd be happy to add them to this post!

 

HAVE YOU HEARD? READING ROCKS!