RESULT!! Rachel Caine Interview + Giveaway!

Hey Guys! I have the pleasure to share with you guys an awesome interview with the great author Rachel Caine! One of my personal favorites!

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1.       I have to say that I am very excited about the Morganville Mayor Elections and I was wondering, how important do you think this election is for Morganville right now?

I don’t think I’m overstating it to say that it is a struggle for the heart and soul of Morganville going forward! So … pretty important. Although I’m not sure Claire and Shane are taking it seriously at first.

2.       Is there any character you believe would NOT make a good mayor whatsoever? If so, why not?

It’s always the ones who would be terrible at it who want it the most … Monica Morrell, for instance, only really wants it because it would give her status. And that’s all she really cares about. Captain Obvious is a dark-horse write-in candidate, and I think he’d be seriously dangerous if he held the reins of government … but then again, he might not ever dare to show up to take the oath!

Also, Myrnin. Myrnin would not be a good mayor. Ever.

3.       Do you think it would be better to have a human or a vamp as Mayor?

I think humans are already at enough of a disadvantage … they need a strong, vocal advocate for their interests who isn’t afraid to speak up … or put their lives at risk. (Good luck with that, Morganville.)

4. How many more books can we expect in the series?

We’re planning on a total of 15! The next one, FALL OF NIGHT, will be out in May 2013, and I’ve already written the outline for the last, which will be out in November 2013.

5. Have you always had a plan for where you wanted the series to go or do you work with it as you go along?

I had a plan initially for the series, but it only was for the first six books. After that, I really had to start looking for new opportunities and explore different themes, which I think has really worked well. I’m very glad I had the chance to do as much in Morganville as I have!

6. Do you have an end goal in mind for the series?

I do! (crickets chirping) Wait, did you think I’d tell you what it is? HA. But I will tell you this: I think it will be a great payoff for all of you who have stuck with me for so many years and books, and I’ll do my level best to make it the Best Book Ever.

7. Do you have any plans for writing another Y.A. series?

I do. There’s a stand-alone book called Prince of Shadows that will be out in February 2014 … it’s a period retelling of Romeo and Juliet told from the point of view of Romeo’s cousin Benvolio, and I’m very excited about it. I also have a new series that I’m currently working on in proposal I can’t talk about yet, because it’s not even ready for publishers to look at, and a third that I’m developing with another writer as a co-project. Shhh. It’s a secret, internets!

Thank you so much for all your support and love for Morganville, guys! Don’t forget to vote!

MORE ABOUT Morganville Mayoral Elections:

Rachel Caine will be hosting a video contest on her website (http://www.morganvillevampire.com) in which fans can submit their endorsement ads for their ideal Morganville Mayor!  

• Videos must be 30 seconds or less
• You can make an endorsement video for any character from the book about why they should be mayor
• Videos must not contain copyrighted material such as TV, film, images or music from other sources
• No language you wouldn't hear unbleeped on network TV

We will post the winning videos on the Morganville Vampire site, and winners will receive a prize package that includes: A signed copy of BITTER BLOOD, a Morganville Coffee Mug, an election t-shirt, and a tote bag.

To check out the first 3 videos/endorsement ads for each candidate (more to come soon!), check out: http://www.morganvillevampire.com.

DON’T FORGET TO PLACE YOUR VOTES!

 

Find Rachel Caine Online:

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Goodreads | Facebook

Buy Rachel’s Book:

Amazon US | Barnes & Noble

Book Depository | Books On Board

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PRIZE PACK: {A signed copy of BITTER BLOOD, a copy of GLASS HOUSES, a Morganville Coffee Mug, an election t-shirt, and a tote bag}

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Top 5 Sundays # 66 - Best Books & Best Authors of 2011!

 

Hey Guys!

This is my last Top 5 list of the year! So sad =/

But January 1st I’m back with a brand new one!

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Thanks for digging this feature and joining me!

You guys rock!

 

  This week’s results:

BEST BOOK OF 2011! = 3 (25%)

BEST AUTHOR OF 2011! = 1 (8%)

ALL OF THE ABOVE! = 8 (66%)

 

Awesome! I get to choose both YAY!

For the Authors I went with the ones that put out one or two amazing books this year and are just amazingly awesome! =D

 

The theme for today is:

Best Books & Best Authors of 2011!

 

But first, a little bit about this feature and the rules to join in…

Every Sunday I will post a TOP 5 list on the blog. It can be about anything and every week I'll have a new theme {You can vote on next week’s theme on my left sidebar!} and I will ad the Mr.Linky bellow the post so you can do a list with the theme and add you link to it.

Rules:

1. Write a post listing your TOP 5 choices within the theme I chose (or was chosen on a poll) for the week.

2. Mention this Blog on the post and link back to it.

3. Fell free to use the Feature's image (there is a smaller size version of it bellow)

4. After you've finished your post, add you link (of the post, not your blog's main page) to the Mr.Linky at the end of that week's post.

5. If you don’t have a blog to post, just leave your list in the comments =)

This week’s theme is Best Books & Best Authors of 2011!

*in no particular order

Best Authors:

Larissa Ione

She put out two awesome books this year, not to mention that meeting her was a dream and she is an incredible person! Oh and she’s a member of the Werefly sisterhood!

Gini Koch

She also put out two great books this year and one of them is on my BEST OF 2011 list!

Ilona Andrews

Not only did Magic Slays and Fate’s Edge freaking rocked, but I just love reading Ilona and Andrew’s blog posts!

Rachel Caine

Bite Club and Last Breath were amazing! Love Rachel!

Lara Adrian

I was so lucky to have met her and spend my bday with her as well! Love how sweet she is and she’s also a member of the Werefly sisterhood! Nuff Said!

 

Best Books:

Alien Proliferation 

Katherine “Kitty” Katt Series by Gini Koch

Amazing novel! Proof that this series is here to stay!

I cannot wait for more!

 

Magic Slays

Kate Daniels Series by Ilona Andrews

Kate and Curran at their best! Fantastic book!

2013 is so far away =/

   

Immortal Rider 

Lords of Deliverance Series by Larissa Ione

Larissa has outdone herself with this spin off series!

This was an amazing book!

 

Blood Challenge

World of Lupi Series by Eileen Wilks

So perfect! Arjenie and Benedict made this book simply outstanding!

 

If I Die

Soul Screamers Series by Rachel Vincent

Love this series and the direction Rachel is going! Can’t wait for more and more!

 

Special Mentions:

 

 

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Top 5 Sundays #62 – Best Heroes & Heroines of 2011!

 

 

Hey everyone!

Wow this theme was so much harder than I thought LOL I am SURE I forgot some =/

Hope you guys enjoy it!

 

   This week’s results:

Best Heroines of 2011! = 8 (53%)

Best Heroes of 2011! = 7 (46%) +1 = 8

  We have a TIE! I’m doing both themes!

You can do both or choose one… Up to you!

The theme for today is:

Best Heroes & Heroines of 2011!

 

But first, a little bit about this feature and the rules to join in…

Every Sunday I will post a TOP 5 list on the blog. It can be about anything and every week I'll have a new theme {You can vote on next week’s theme on my left sidebar!} and I will ad the Mr.Linky bellow the post so you can do a list with the theme and add you link to it.

Rules:

1. Write a post listing your TOP 5 choices within the theme I chose (or was chosen on a poll) for the week.

2. Mention this Blog on the post and link back to it.

3. Fell free to use the Feature's image (there is a smaller size version of it bellow)

4. After you've finished your post, add you link (of the post, not your blog's main page) to the Mr.Linky at the end of that week's post.

5. If you don’t have a blog to post, just leave your list in the comments =)

This week’s theme is Best Heroes & Heroines of 2011!

*in no particular order

 

Kitty & Jeff Martini

Katherine “Kitty” Katt Series by Gini Koch

They are amazing together or separate… I prefer them together and kicking ass though hehe.

 

Claire & Shane 

Morganville Vampires Series by Rachel Caine

YA representing is spades with this fantastic installment of this great series.

Love Claire and Shane. They show that YA characters can be as deep as any adult novel character out there. 

 

Kate & Curran 

Kate Daniels Series by Ilona Andrews

THEY ARE FREAKING AMAZING!

Nuff said LOL

 

Vicky Vaughn (Deadtown Series by Nancy Holzner) 

Pritkin (Cassie Palmer Series by Karen Chance)

 

Vicky rocked Bloodstone and made the Deadtown series a must read =D

I LOVE Pritkin! 

 

Merit (Chicagoland Vamps Series by Chloe Neill) 

Ash (Iron Fey Series by Julie Kagawa)

Merit has gone through hell this year and rocked it =)

Ash, oh Ash… I have no words to describe how amazing you are! 

 

Special Mentions:

  Heroes: Rule, Benedict & Zay.

Heroines: Evy, Charlie, Lily & Allie.

   

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BE: Morganville Vampires Series Discussion 2MORROW!

 

As you all probably know YA is not really my favorite genre, but I do enjoy some novels and series, specially in the paranormal YA sub-genre. The Morganville Vampires series by Rachel Caine is one of my all time favorites! 

The latest novel in this fabulous series, Bite Club was just recently released and Jackie, Calliope, and I are curious to hear what you’ve thought.

Do you have a favorite Morganville Vampire? Are you happy with where the series is going? We want to discuss this fabulous town, so join us at Talk Shoe on May 8th at 9pm EST and let’s talk about it.

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After discovering that vampires populate her town, college student Claire Danvers knows that the undead just want to live their lives. But someone else wants them to get ready to rumble.

There’s a new extreme sport getting picked up on the Internet: bare- knuckle fights pitting captured vampires against each other-or humans. Tracking the remote signal leads Claire- accompanied by her friends and frenemies-to discover that what started as an online brawl will soon threaten everyone in Morganville…

Warning: Bite Club was just released, so it will definitely be on everyone’s minds.  We’ll try to keep spoilers to a minimum, but anything from the first eight novels is totally game.

Haven’t read the series yet? What are you waiting for?! Here are the books, in order:

 

Welcome to Morganville, Texas.

Just don’t stay out after dark.

College freshman Claire Danvers has had enough of her nightmarish dorm situation, where the popular girls never let her forget just where she ranks in the school’s social scene: somewhere less than zero.

When Claire heads off-campus, the imposing old house where she finds a room may not be much better. Her new roommates don’t show many signs of life. But they’ll have Claire’s back when the town’s deepest secrets come crawling out, hungry for fresh blood.

 

Claire has her share of challenges. Like being a genius in a school that favors beauty over brains; homicidal girls in her dorm, and finding out that her college town is overrun with the living dead. On the up side, she has a new boyfriend with a vampire-hunting dad. But when a local fraternity throws the Dead Girls’ Dance, hell is really going to break loose.

 

 

 

Claire Danvers’s college town may be run by vampires but a truce between the living and the dead made things relatively safe. For a while. Now people are turning up dead, a psycho is stalking her, and an ancient bloodsucker has proposed private mentoring. To what end, Claire will find out. And it’s giving night school a whole new meaning.

 

 

 

The wait is over. dig into the feast…

In the town of Morganville, vampires and humans live in relative peace. Student Claire Danvers has never been convinced, though—especially with the arrival of Mr. Bishop, an ancient, old-school vampire who cares nothing about harmony. What he wants from the town’s living and its dead is unthinkably sinister. It’s only at a formal ball, attended by vampires and their human dates, that Claire realizes the elaborately evil trap he’s set for Morganville.

 

 

In the college town of Morganville, vampires and humans coexist in (relatively) bloodless harmony. Then comes Bishop, the master vampire who threatens to abolish all order, revive the forces of the evil dead, and let chaos rule. But Bishop isn’t the only threat.

Violent black cyclone clouds hover, promising a storm of devastating proportions as student Claire Danvers and her friends prepare to defend Morganville against elements both natural and unnatural.

 

 

In the small college town of Morganville, vampires and humans lived in (relative) peace-until all the rules got rewritten when the evil vampire Bishop arrived, looking for the lost book of vampire secrets. He’s kept a death grip on the town ever since. Now an underground resistance is brewing, and in order to contain it, Bishop must go to even greater lengths. He vows to obliterate the town and all its inhabitants-the living and the undead. Claire Danvers and her friends are the only ones who stand in his way. But even if they defeat Bishop, will the vampires ever be content to go back to the old rules, after having such a taste of power?

 

 

Without the evil vampire Bishop ruling over the town of Morganville, the resident vampires have made major concessions to the human population. With their newfound freedoms, Claire Danvers and her friends are almost starting to feel comfortable again…

Now Claire can actually concentrate on her studies, and her friend Eve joins the local theatre company. But when one of Eve’s castmates goes missing after starting work on a short documentary, Eve suspects the worst. Claire and Eve soon realize that this film project, whose subject is the vampires themselves, is a whole lot bigger-and way more dangerous-than anyone suspected.

 

 

Vampire musician Michael Glass has attracted the attention of a big- time producer who wants to cut a demo and play some gigs-which means Michael will have to enter the human world. For this, he’s been assigned escorts that include both a dangerous immortal as well as Michael’s all-too-human friends. And with that mix of personalities, this is going to be a road trip from hell…

 

 

While developing a new system to maintain the town’s defenses, genius student Claire Danvers discovers a way to use the vampires’ powers to keep outsiders from spreading news of Morganville’s “unique” situation.

But when people in town start forgetting who they are-including the vampires-Claire has to figure out how to pull the plug on her experiment before she forgets how to save herself…and Morganville.

Last Breath (November 1, 2011)

 

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