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Summer Reading Giveaway: Witches of East End by Melissa de la Cruz

Witches of East End actually IS a summer beach read. It takes place in the summer, and parts of it involve a beach. Crucial events of the book take place over the Fourth of July weekend, which is now just around the corner. If you are visiting family over the Fourth of July, and read this book before you go, while you’re there, or really any time after you leave, I’m pretty sure you’ll appreciate your own family more (although obviously there are exceptions). For your reading pleasure, we have a beautiful hardcover copy of Melissa de la Cruz’s first novel for adults, The Witches of East End.

What are you doing over the Fourth of July weekend? Post here and I’ll randomly pick a winner on July 6.

Posted on June 25, 2011 by , 5 comments

Small Publishers: Webcast on Ebook Distribution Available

I don’t have a lot of time to go into it, but Publisher’s Weekly just came out with an article about a recent webcast on ebook distribution for small publishers.  Here at MonsterLibrarian.com, we see a lot of requests to review ebooks, requests from small presses, and requests from small presses issuing titles as ebooks. Distribution is a major problem for them, since many don’t have the funds to get their titles listed in wholesalers’ databases. So, if you are a small press dealing with ebooks, or think you might go that direction soon, you might want to check this webcast out. It is available free for one week. Hope that helps you all out!

Posted on June 22, 2011 by , Reply

Summer Scares: What Melissa de la Cruz Is Reading

Melissa de la Cruz, author of the YA vampire series Blue Bloods, had her first novel for adults, The Witches of East End,  come out today, from Hyperion. As part of Summer Scares, Melissa offered to share her own recommendations for summer reading. Check out our review of The Witches of East End… you might want to add that to your list as well!

Melissa de la Cruz recommends:

Swamplandia by Karen Russell – more moody and funny than scary, but there is a dark theme to the book. very readable and fun.

Everlasting by Alyson Noel – again not scary but an awesome ending to a great series, very romantic!

Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl – a hot Carolina summer, scary, dark and swoony.

For summer reads I also always enjoy anything by Laura Lippman, who is the queen of suspense.

I haven’t read any of these books, and I’m always looking for something new to try, so I’ll be checking her recommendations out. I hope you will, too! Thanks, Melissa!

Posted on June 21, 2011 by , Reply
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