Tech Tuesday - Maggie Stiefvater Edition

Hey guys! Today's Tech Tuesday is going to be featuring one of my favorite authors, Maggie Stiefvater. She's the author of Shiver, Ballad, Lament and the upcoming Linger. What I love about her trailers & videos is that she does it all herself! All the music, artistic stuff etc, and I love that she's such a diverse author with not just one focus :)

So here are a couple of her book trailers along with another really cute promo thing for Shiver using Play-Doh.












I'm going to be honest here - the song she wrote for her Ballad trailer is actual the most played song on my ipod right now :p Oh! That's right - she has all of her written music up for free downloading on her site, which you can find right here. Yeah, I really like Irish music... :)

See you guys next week!

Oh, and I'm super sorry if the reviews slow down in the near future - I've started reading Anna Karenina as a little personal challenge, and it's taking a while :p

Covers revealed!

So... 2 books I featured in my WoW posts now have covers! I'd figure I'd share them with you all to see what you think.

Apparently, The Rise of Renegade X is a wrap around cover and looks fabulous. I love both covers! Harmonic Feedback is very sorrowful and powerful. Renegade X is just so intense and comic book like. :D

- Alex

Similar book covers!

So, I was in Chapters the other day, and guess what I saw? No, sadly not a famous author, although that would be amazing. And not the manga I wanted either... but I did see two books with eerily similar covers!


















I admit, when I saw Flirting With Boys, I did a double take. I was like, Woooah. Haven't I seen that picture somewhere... oh yeah! That Deb Caletti book! XD What a coincidence that Lauren just finished reading The Secret Life of Prince Charming. If you want, check out her review here.


I find it kind of annoying, maybe not annoying, but ummm, I'll take Lauren's word: sad, when books have the same cover. They both just seem so much less original. Alright, guilty. I totally judge a book by its cover. On the plus side, at least the colouring is slightly different. And the title and text. I'd say I prefer Prince Charming, because you can see that they have their hands in each other's back pockets, which is so cute, while you can't in Flirting with Boys.

So that's pretty much all for today. I'm still reading The Resistance. I've actually been getting homework now, so I don't have as much time. I know, teachers right? You'd think they'd let us off easy close to the end of the year, but no. It's tests, summatives, exams, whoohoo! -_- Not so much fun.