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Jun 8, 2017

Makeup Looks: The Refrigerator Monologues

Superhero Makeup

About THE REFRIGERATOR MONOLOGUES:
The Refrigerator Monologues is for anyone who ever got upset at the way women were treated in comic shows, movies or books.
The lives of six female superheroes and the girlfriends of superheroes. A ferocious riff on women in superhero comics

From the New York Times bestselling author Catherynne Valente comes a series of linked stories from the points of view of the wives and girlfriends of superheroes, female heroes, and anyone who’s ever been “refrigerated”: comic book women who are killed, raped, brainwashed, driven mad, disabled, or had their powers taken so that a male superhero’s storyline will progress.

In an entirely new and original superhero universe, Valente subversively explores these ideas and themes in the superhero genre, treating them with the same love, gravity, and humor as her fairy tales. After all, superheroes are our new fairy tales and these six women have their own stories to share.


About Catherynne M. Valente
Catherynne M. Valente was born on Cinco de Mayo, 1979 in Seattle, WA, but grew up in in the wheatgrass paradise of Northern California. She graduated from high school at age 15, going on to UC San Diego and Edinburgh University, receiving her B.A. in Classics with an emphasis in Ancient Greek Linguistics. She then drifted away from her M.A. program and into a long residence in the concrete and camphor wilds of Japan.

She currently lives in Maine with her partner, two dogs, and three cats, having drifted back to America and the mythic frontier of the Midwest.


Tour Schedule:
6/6: The Novel Hermit - My Favorite Superheroes
6/7: Avid Reader - Superhero Looks
6/8: The Irish Banana Review - Superhero Makeup
6/9: Little Red's Reviews - Q&A
6/10: Quarzfeather - Review
6/11: Megnificent Books - Q&A
6/12: Don't Fold the Page - Review

Giveaway:
2 Finished Copies of THE REFRIGERATOR MONOLOGUES (US Only)
a Rafflecopter giveaway

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Apr 5, 2017

Makeup Looks: Spindle Fire by Lexa Hillyer

ABOUT SPINDLE FIRE:
Half sisters Isabelle and Aurora are polar opposites: Isabelle is the king's headstrong illegitimate daughter, whose sight was tithed by faeries; Aurora, beautiful and sheltered, was tithed her sense of touch and her voice on the same day. Despite their differences, the sisters have always been extremely close.

And then everything changes, with a single drop of Aurora's blood--and a sleep so deep it cannot be broken.

As the faerie queen and her army of Vultures prepare to march, Isabelle must race to find a prince who can awaken her sister with the kiss of true love and seal their two kingdoms in an alliance against the queen.

Isabelle crosses land and sea; unearthly, thorny vines rise up the palace walls; and whispers of revolt travel in the ashes on the wind. The kingdom falls to ruin under layers of snow. Meanwhile, Aurora wakes up in a strange and enchanted world, where a mysterious hunter may be the secret to her escape . . . or the reason for her to stay.

Spindle Fire is the first book in a lush fantasy duology set in the dwindling, deliciously corrupt world of the fae and featuring two truly unforgettable heroines. 

LINKS: Amazon | B&N  
Spindle Fire



ABOUT LEXA HILLYER:
Lexa Hillyer is the co-founder of Paper Lantern Lit, former YA editor, and author of Proof of Forever. Lexa is also an award-winning poet: Her first collection, Acquainted with the Cold, won the Melissa Lanitis Gregory Poetry Prize as well as the 2012 Book of the Year Award from ForeWord Reviews. Her poetry has been anthologized in Best New Poets 2012, and has appeared in several journals. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband and their daughter.

LINKS: Website | Twitter | Instagram

Tour Schedule:
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Giveaway:
3 Finished Copies of SPINDLE FIRE (US Only)

a Rafflecopter giveaway

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Apr 19, 2016

Blog Tour: Solider by Julie Kagawa




Dragons ... Dragons ... Makeup...? Yes. What goes better than dragons and makeup - seriously, the bright jewel tones, the fiery lips, the smoldering eyes - YES. So here are some of my favorite dragonesque looks!







ABOUT SOLDIER:
That was what Garret Xavier Sebastian thought he was part of as a soldier of the Order of St. George. What he learned from a fiery dragon hatchling twisted all he believed in and set him on a collision course with certain death-but not without a chance to put things right.

Betrayed and on the run again, Ember and rogue dragon Riley discover an unthinkable truth about Talon and St. George. They'll need Garret's skills and insider knowledge of the Order to negotiate an impossible deal-and if they fail, there will be no way to stop all-out war.



ABOUT JULIE KAGAWA:

Julie Kagawa, the New York Times bestselling author of the Iron Fey and Blood of Eden series was born in Sacramento, California. But nothing exciting really happened to her there. So, at the age of nine she and her family moved to Hawaii, which she soon discovered was inhabited by large carnivorous insects, colonies of house geckos, and frequent hurricanes. She spent much of her time in the ocean, when she wasn’t getting chased out of it by reef sharks, jellyfish, and the odd eel.
When not swimming for her life, Julie immersed herself in books, often to the chagrin of her schoolteachers, who would find she hid novels behind her Math textbooks during class. Her love of reading led her to pen some very dark and gruesome stories, complete with colored illustrations, to shock her hapless teachers. The gory tales faded with time (okay, at least the illustrations did), but the passion for writing remained, long after she graduated and was supposed to get a
real job.
To pay the rent, Julie worked in different bookstores over the years, but discovered the managers frowned upon her reading the books she was supposed to be shelving. So she turned to her other passion: training animals. She worked as a professional dog trainer for several years, dodging Chihuahua bites and overly enthusiastic Labradors, until her first book sold and she stopped training to write full time.
Julie now lives in Louisville, Kentucky, where the frequency of shark attacks are at an all time low. She lives with her husband, an obnoxious cat, an Australian Shepherd who is too smart for his own good, and a hyper-active Papillion.


Tour Schedule:
Week 1:

Week 2:

Giveaway:
1 set of TALON, ROGUE & SOLDIER (US Only)
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Jan 21, 2016

The 100 Blog Tour: Makeup Inspirations

 

Happy 100 Day, everyone!!! Thanks for stopping by today to chat about The 100 (don't forget season 3 premieres TONIGHT!). While we wait, check out some 100-themed makeup trends!

The 100 Inspired Makeup

ABOUT THE 100:
New York Times bestseller The 100--now available in a paperback boxed set!

For centuries after a nuclear war destroyed the Earth, the human race has lived on spaceships far above the radioactive surface. Now, for one hundred juvenile delinquents, it's time to return home. Their mission: recolonize the savage land. The future of humanity rests in their hands.

Read the series that inspired the hit TV show. The 100, Day 21,and Homecoming are gathered together for the first time in this striking boxed set, perfect for fans and series newcomers alike.


LINKS: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N


ABOUT KASS MORGAN:
Kass Morgan studied literature at Brown and Oxford, and now resides in Brooklyn, where she lives in constant fear of her Ikea bookcase collapsing and burying her under a mound of science fiction and Victorian novels. Kass is currently working on the sequel to The 100, which she’ll finish as soon as she finds a coffee shop that allows laptops on the weekend.

LINKS: Website | Twitter

Giveaway:
3 Boxed Sets of THE 100 by Kass Morgan
-US/Canada Only

a Rafflecopter giveaway


Tour Schedule:

Week 1:
1/18: Once Upon A Twilight - Q&A w/Kass Morgan
1/19: Don't Fold The Page - Review (The 100)
1/20: No BS Book Review - Getting' GIFy With It!
1/21: The Irish Banana Review - The 100 Inspired Makeup
1/22: Paperback Princess - Review (Day 21)
Week 2:
1/25: Swoony Boys Podcast - Interview w/Clarke & Bellamy
1/26: BooksABlog - If I Were Part of The 100
1/27: Fangirl Confessions - Review (Homecoming)
1/28: Reading Teen - Why Bellarke Are the OTP
1/29: Bookiemoji - Kass Morgan Guest Post
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Jan 8, 2016

The Tsar's Guard Parade


Welcome to The Tsar's Guard Parade!!! We are gearing up with this months long parade of blogs to celebrate one of the most anticipated titles of 2016 - THE CROWN'S GAME by Evelyn Skye!

 To celebrate the book (and my love of all things sparkly), I wanted to share with you some makeup looks I think would be fitting for THE CROWN'S GAME and The Tsar's Guard.

 First off, I think a gold smokey eye is a must have:



And of course what goes great with gold? Red. A red lip, that is.


And who doesn't love a strong cat eye?


Make sure you check out the rest of the parade: http://www.evelynskye.com/events/
About the Book:
Title: THE CROWN’S GAME
Author: Evelyn Skye
Release Date: May 17th, 2016
Pages: 416
Publisher: Balzer+Bray
Formats: Hardcover, eBook
Find it: Goodreads | Amazon | Barnes & Noble | iBooks
Vika Andreyeva can summon the snow and turn ash into gold. Nikolai Karimov can see through walls and conjure bridges out of thin air. They are enchanters—the only two in Russia—and with the Ottoman Empire and the Kazakhs threatening, the Tsar needs a powerful enchanter by his side.

And so he initiates the Crown’s Game, an ancient duel of magical skill—the greatest test an enchanter will ever know. The victor becomes the Imperial Enchanter and the Tsar’s most respected adviser. The defeated is sentenced to death.

Raised on tiny Ovchinin Island her whole life, Vika is eager for the chance to show off her talent in the grand capital of Saint Petersburg. But can she kill another enchanter—even when his magic calls to her like nothing else ever has?

For Nikolai, an orphan, the Crown’s Game is the chance of a lifetime. But his deadly opponent is a force to be reckoned with—beautiful, whip smart, imaginative—and he can’t stop thinking about her.

And when Pasha, Nikolai’s best friend and heir to the throne, also starts to fall for the mysterious enchantress, Nikolai must defeat the girl they both love . . . or be killed himself.

As long-buried secrets emerge, threatening the future of the empire, it becomes dangerously clear . . . the Crown’s Game is not one to lose.

About Evelyn:
Evelyn Skye was once offered a job by the C.I.A., she not-so-secretly wishes she was on "So You Think You Can Dance," and if you challenge her to a pizza-eating contest, she guarantees she will win. When she isn't writing, Evelyn can be found chasing her daughter on the playground or sitting on the couch, immersed in a good book and eating way too many cookies. THE CROWN'S GAME is her first novel. Evelyn can be found online at www.evelynskye.com and on Twitter @EvelynSkyeYA.

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1 winner will receive an ARC of THE CROWN’S GAME. International.

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