Rue and Thresh Cast!!

Excitement everyone!! We now have our Thresh and Rue! Dayo Okeniyi and Amandla (yes, Amandla) Stenburg were choosen to play the two tributes in the much anticipated movie rendition of The Hunger Games, coming out next year in March! I think they're perfect, especially Rue. I can't wait to see who will be cast next!

Winners!!!

Woo-hoo! I'm so excited to be announcing the winners of my followers contest. Thanks you so much everyone who entered and supported me on this. You all are awesome, and I wish I could send you all a book! And without further ado, I give you the winners!!

Llehn has won herself a copy of Low Red Moon. Congrats!!

And Bea at The Bucket List is the winner of Mockingjay. Congrats!  

So there you have it! I'll be e-mailing the winners soon for their addresses! Thanks again everyone:)

     

Check This Out!

Oh My Goodness! I just found the most amazing contest over at Book Lungs! It's a follower contest, and you can get some amazing stuff. I really don't need the competition (smiley face) but this is just too awesome to not share. Check it out here!

Last Chance for Giveaway!!

Hello all my lovely followers! As you may or may not know, I have a cool contest going on here to win a hardcover copy of Low Red Moon and Mockingjay! And it ends tomorrow, so hurry up and enter by commenting here! I'm super excited and wish you all good luck:)

Waiting on Wednesday

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine, allowing bloggers to share the amazing books they are eagerly anticipating this coming year!

Between the Sea and Sky by Jaclyn Dolamore

For as long as Esmerine can remember, she has longed to join her sister as a siren, the highest calling a mermaid can have. But when her sister runs away to the mainland, reportedly to elope with a human, Esmerine is sent to retrieve her.  

Using magic to transform her tail into legs, she makes her way unsteadily through the streets of New Sweeling. There, she will come upon a friend she hasn't seen since childhood - Alandare, a boy, now a man, who belongs to a winged race of people. Together, Esmerine and Alandare put aside their differences to find her sister, and in the process discover a love that cannot be bound by land, sea, or air.

 

** I love mermaid stories, and I'm so hyped up for this one! The cover is just gorgeous and the plot sounds intrguing. Can't wait for June 7th!

Waiting on Wednesday

Waitng on Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Breaking the Spine, which allows bloggers to showcase the amazing books they can't wait to get their hands on.

Demon's Surrender by  Sara Reese Brennan

The Goblin Market has always been the center of Sin’s world. But now the Market is at war with the magicians, and Sin’s place is in danger. Thrown out of the Market she loves, Sin is thrown together with brothers Nick and Alan—whom she’s always despised.

Alan has been marked by a magician and is being tortured so that the magicians can get to Nick. As Sin watches Alan struggle to protect the demon brother he loves, she begins to see him in a new light—but she and Mae are locked in a fierce rivalry over who will inherit the leadership of the Goblin Market, and a decisive battle with the Aventurine Circle is looming. Mae’s brother, Jamie, is holed up with the magicians, his loyalties in question. And Nick—well, who knows what a demon might do to save his brother? How far will Nick go to save Alan—and what will it cost them all? Find out in this gripping conclusion to the trilogy Scott Westerfeld says is “full of shimmery marvels and bountiful thunder.” 

 

***I love these books and I'm so excited there's going to be a third one! It comes out June 14th!! So excited! The cover is probably my favorite so far-- very dramatic and stark with the orange sunset behind the dark guy:)

Josh Hutcherson as Peeta Mellark

''LOS ANGELES, CA, April 4, 2011- Lionsgate® and the filmmakers of THE HUNGER GAMES are pleased to announce that actor Josh Hutcherson (THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT) has been cast in the role of Peeta Mellark, with Liam Hemsworth (THE LAST SONG) joining the film in the role of Gale Hawthorne in the much anticipated film adaptation of Suzanne Collins’ worldwide smash hit novel. Both actors will star opposite Jennifer Lawrence, who it was recently announced will play heroine Katniss Everdeen.

Peeta accompanies heroine Katniss Everdeen into the 74th annual Hunger Games as the male tribute chosen from their native District 12, the most remote and marginalized district of all the subjugated districts of Panem. At the outset of the Games, Peeta publicly confesses his longtime feelings for Katniss, setting up one of the most fascinating fictional rapports of all time with his supposed arena rival.
Though Katniss and Gale have never had a romantic relationship, they share a transcendent bond, often of few words. When Katniss volunteers to participate in the 74th Annual Hunger Games in her younger sister’s stead, they both presume that bond will carry her far through the horrors she will face in the arena, and they each silently hope they’ll be reunited in safety on the other side of the ordeal.''    

                                                             --from Mockingjay.net

Well... I can't really say I'm overjoyed at these actors. They're not exactly how I imagined them. I thought Peeta should be played by Hunter Parrish, and Gale should be played by an actor with a bit more experience. Liam Hemsworth's acting in The Last Song didn't really impress me all that much. And he thinks The Hunger Games is an ''action movie''. Yeah, that's quoted. I was so excited when Jennifer Lawrence got the part, but now, who knows? They could do completely wonderful and blow us all away. Thoughts?