A Big Big Splash

So today is the official splash into the book scene for Tera Lynn Childs' sequel to Forgive my Fins: Fins are Forever!

The Splash team is honored to help Tera make a huge splash by splashing this lovely beautiful cover all over the blogging world and web! So help out, post it too!

It's so beautiful!!!!!

And the non-official publishing date since publishers can be finicky is June 28,2011!

Also find an awesome countdown widget for Fins are Forever here!

Also in celebration I'll giveaway some of my Forgive my Fins swag. Three lucky winners will get a bookmark and a tattoo, if you would like. Just fill out the form below...

I'll pick the three winners on Monday the 4th.

I just ask that you follow Loud Words and Sounds.

And also I'm not sure how shipping a letter international works exactly, so I'll try finding it out. But for right now could we just stick to USA? Thank you. I'm sorry you international followers.

CLOSED

Check out more about Forgive my Fins and Fins are Forever on Tera's site!

Author Appreciation Week: Friday

Today is the last day...

So I'm going to appreciate....

ALL OF THOSE NEW AUTHORS

Especially those ones that are starting off and are teenagers!


All of you are amazing and are the future of the literary world! So continue doing what you love and doing what you want to do in life. No matter what writing is one of the greatest accomplishments in life.

Author Appreciation Week: Thursday

Today's Author is...

Sarah Dessen

I've always enjoyed reading Sarah Dessen's books, their fun and easy to read. And at the same time hold romance and drama in them. She writes about true stuff that happens to real girls and this hits home with me everytime I read her books. I can't wait for a new one to come out, I'm hoping it soon.

Current Releases by Sarah:

Along for the Ride

Lock and Key

Just Listen

The Truth About Forever

This Lullaby

Dreamland

Keeping the Moon

Someone Like You

That Summer

Sarah's:

Website | Ning | Live Journal | Facebook | Myspace | Twitter

Author Appreciation Week: Wednesday

Today's author is...

Eva Ibboston

Eva Ibboston is an author I found by a book on a shelf, and liking the cover. Now, that was in middle school, and I love her books still. She writes mainly historical romance stories, that give you a different spin on history. And its funny when your learning about what you reading in history class too. (This always happens to me for some reason.) I love her writing and her style, so thank you Eva for being such a great author!

Eva's Great Historical Romance and Children Reads:

The Great Ghost Rescue
Which Witch? 
The Secret Countess
The Reluctant Heiress
The Worm and the Toffee-nosed Princess
A Company of Swans
The Haunting of Granite Falls
Madensky Square
Not Just a WitchThe Morning Gift
The Secret of Platform 13Dial-a-Ghost


A Song for Summer
Island of the Aunts
Journey to the River Sea
The Star of Kazan
The Beasts of Clawstone Castle The Dragonfly Pool
The Ogre of Oglefort

Check out where Author Appreciation Week started here!

Author Appreciation Week: Tuesday

So this whole week was started by Heidi Kling over at her live journal. The job, write about on of your favorite authors every day this week.

Today's author is Jennifer Echols.

Jennifer Echols is one of my favorite authors, she's kept me sane with her romantic comedies through out these past years. And helped me understand what marching band really was, when I read Major Crush in middle school (long story involved here I won't go into it). I love her stories and she's an amazing author. I think thats enough said.


Jennifer's  Current Great Reads:
Major Crush
The Boys Next Door
The Ex-Games (See My Review Here)
Going too Far


Upcoming Great Reads:
Endless Summer  (May 25)
Forget You (July 20)


Jennifer's Links:
Website | Live Journal | Simon Pulse Blog

Author Appreciation Week: Monday / MMM (7)

This whole week is Author Appreciation Week, and was started by Heidi Kling over at her Live Journal. The job, write about on of your favorite authors every day this week. And I think this is a really great idea! And instead of a traditional Madness Manga Mondays I thought I would do one on my favorite Manga artist.

So todays Author/ Illustrator is 
Matsuri Hino

Matsuri Hino is one of my favorite Manga Authors/ Illustrators, I have all of her manga volumes that have been released in the United States, and I love her work. She has an amazing drawling and writing style, and makes ever volume super exciting. So if you love manga check her out! I can credit Matsuri with being one of the first Manga Illustrators I started reading big time and one of two that got me reading manga with MeruPuri.


MATSURI's SERIES
Captive Hearts
MeruPuri
WANTED (See my Review here!)
Vampire Knight