They’re back! For those times when you just need a short break from reading.

Here, for your viewing pleasure, are a few amazing book trailers for just some of the books that released – or are releasing – in May, a peek at a few of those coming out in June and beyond, a look back at those we may have missed, and a glimpse at a few authors talking about their books.

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Reboot by Amy Tintera

Release date: May 7, 2013

(harperteen)

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If I Should Die by Amy Plum

Release date: May 7, 2013

(harperteen)

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Icons by Margaret Stohl

Release date: May 7, 2013

(LittleBrownBooks)

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Mystic by Alyson Noël

Release date: May 7, 2013

(Alyson Noel)

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The S-Word by Chelsea Pitcher

Release date: May 7, 2013

(SimonSchusterVideos)

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Chantress by Amy Butler Greenfield

Release date: May 7, 2013

(SimonSchusterVideos)

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The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey

Release date: May 7, 2013

(PenguinYoungReaders)

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The End Games by T. Michael Martin

Release date: May 7, 2013

(T. Michael Martin)

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Parallel by Lauren Miller

Release date: May 14, 2013

(Lauren Miller)

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Five Summers by Una LaMarche

Release date: May 14, 2013

(fivesummersbook)

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The Rose Throne by Mette Ivie Harrison

Release date: May 14, 2013

(Mette Harrison)

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All I Need by Susan Colasanti

Release date: May 21, 2013

(PenguinYoungReaders)

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Night School by C.J. Daugherty

Release date: May 21, 2013

(nightschoolbook)

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Dare You To by Katie McGarry

Release date: May 28, 2013

(Mirainkbooks) – UK Trailer

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For just a peek at what’s coming in June and beyond….

Elegy by Tara Hudson

Release date: June 4, 2013

(harperteen)

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Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo

Release date: June 4, 2013

(Fierce Reads)

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The Testing by Joelle Charbonneau

Release date: June 4, 2013

(Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)

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The Moon and More by Sarah Dessen

Release date: June 4, 2013

(PenguinYoungReaders)

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The Academy: Game On by Monica Seles

Release date: June 4, 2013

(bloomsburykids)

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Far Far Away by Tom McNeal

Release date: June 11, 2013

(RandomBooks)

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Undercurrent by Paul Blackwell

Release date: July 23, 2013

(harperteen)

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The Ruby Red Trilogy by Kerstin Gier

Release date for Emerald Green: October 8, 2013

(Fierce Reads)

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And for a look back at a few we may have missed….

Wasteland by Susan Kim and Laurence Klavan

Release date: March 26, 2013

(harperteen)

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Dark Triumph by Robin LaFevers

Release date: April 2, 2013

(Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)

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Stung by Bethany Wiggins

Release date: April 2, 2013

(bloomsburykids)

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Light by Michael Grant

Release date: April 2, 2013

(harperteen) – Trailer 1 of 3

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Light by Michael Grant

Release date: April 2, 2013

(harperteen) – Trailer 2 of 3

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Light by Michael Grant

Release date: April 2, 2013

(harperteen) – Trailer 3 of 3

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Taken by Erin Bowman

Release date: April 16, 2013

(harperteen)

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Dead Silence by Kimberly Derting

Release date: April 16, 2013

(harperteen)

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The Symptoms of My Insanity by Mindy Raf

Release date: April 18, 2013

(PenguinYoungReaders)

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Chosen at Nightfall by C.C. Hunter

Release date: April 23, 2013

(Christie Craig)

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The Eternity Cure by Julie Kagawa

Release date: April 30, 2013

(harlequinbooks)

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The Program by Suzanne Young

Release date: April 30, 2013

(SimonSchusterVideos)

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Here’s what the authors are saying…

Invisibility by Andrea Cremer and David Levithan

Release date: May 7, 2013

(PenguinYoungReaders) – the authors talk about their recently released book

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The Beautiful and the Cursed by Page Morgan

Release date: May 14, 2013

(RandomBooks) – the author talks about her desert island books

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The Moon and More by Sarah Dessen

Release date: June 4, 2013

(PenguinYoungReaders) – the author talks about her soon to be released book

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We hope you enjoyed the lovely distractions. Stay tuned…we’ll be back with our regularly scheduled programming tomorrow.

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There are just so many amazing novellas that have been released that never seem to make it onto the reading pile. With review books or highly anticipated full-length novels, those super quick but awesome short stories get put on the back burner.

Without making a commitment to read them, stories like DESTROY ME by Tahereh Mafi, DIE FOR HER by Amy Plum, RADIANT by Cynthia Hand, A DANCE WITH DARKNESS by Courtney Allison Moulton or GLITTER & DOOM by Bethany Griffin don’t stand a chance when up against their full-length counterparts.

So that’s what Mindy of Magical Urban Fantasy Reads and I decided to do. Commit to reading as many novellas as we can for one week, setting aside our review books and finally diving into those short stories we’ve been dying to check out for ages.

And we thought that maybe there were one or two readers who might like to join us.

The Details

DATES: Novella Reading Week will take place from JUNE 10th to JUNE 16th.

GOAL: To read as many novellas as possible.

OPTIONAL: Write reviews and/or share thoughts on Goodreads, Blogs, Facebook, etc.

GIVEAWAYS: Those who sign up to participate in the challenge can enter the giveaway in the Rafflecopter below for two eNovellas from Amazon for the Kindle. There will be three winners.

During the week of the challenge there will be a giveaway for a Book of Your Choice up to $25 USD to two winners. Details on that giveaway will be included in the Novella Reading Week Begins post on June 10th.

TO PARTICIPATE: Leave a link in the Linky form at the bottom of this post with any of the places you hang out online – Blog, Facebook, Tumblr, Twitter, Goodreads. Reviews will not be required to participate, but to be eligible for the BoYC giveaway, you’ll have to prove you’ve read the novella(s) by at least sharing your non-spoiler-y thoughts in the comments.

That’s it!

So, if you’d like to participate, sign-up in the Linky below. And if you can accept Kindle eBook gifts, be sure to enter the giveaway.

If you have a blog and would like to grab a Novella Reading Week badge, the code is in the sidebar.

Possible Reading Week Novellas

If you haven’t a clue about what novellas are out there, here are just a few of those worth checking out.

UNDONE (Unraveling #1.5) by Elizabeth Norris

DESTROY ME (Shatter Me #1.5) by Tahereh Mafi

RADIANT (Unearthly #2.5) by Cynthia Hand

GLITTER & DOOM (Masque of the Red Death #1.5) by Bethany Griffin

BREATHLESS (Firelight #3.5) by Sophie Jordan

FLIRTING WITH MAYBE by Wendy Higgins

THE SHATTERED MOUNTAIN (Fire and Thorns #0.6) by Rae Carson

BRIDGE (Shade #2.5) by Jeri Smith-Ready

A DANCE WITH DARKNESS (Angelfire #0.5) by Courtney Allison Moulton

THE PRINCE (The Selection #0.5) by Kiera Cass

VALKYRIE SYMPTOMS (Valkyrie #0.5) by Ingrid Paulson

DIE FOR HER (Die for Me #2.5) by Amy Plum

WHAT REALLY HAPPENED IN PERU (The Bane Chronicles #1) by Cassandra Clare and Sarah Rees Brennan

The Giveaway

What’s Up for Grabs

TWO Kindle eBook Novellas to THREE winners

The Deets

***Giveaway is open to those who sign up to participate in the Novella Reading Week only***

• Must be 13 or older to enter.
• One entry per person.
• Must be able to accept Amazon Kindle eBook gifts.
• Winners will be chosen by Random via Rafflecopter.
• Winners will be announced in the Rafflecopter and contacted by email.

Enter in the Rafflecopter below…

a Rafflecopter giveaway
To participate in the challenge, which begins on June 10th, sign-up in the Linky list below…

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I am “over the moon” thrilled to be a part of THE BEAUTIFUL AND THE CURSED Blog Tour which gave me the chance to read this absolutely amazing book just a little bit early. I am even more thrilled to be hosting a stop on RELEASE DAY!!!!! I cannot thank Books Complete Me enough for including me.

And I happen to think this tour is totally awesome with the addition of the “Team Dispossessed” and “Team Waverly” trivia questions and answers which must be paired up and which makes following this tour that much more fun!

My stop on the tour today is for a review, but as I tend to be a bit long-winded I’ve only included a part of it in this post with a link out to the full review for those who want to read on. But I didn’t want all the awesome parts of this tour – the trivia questions, the giveaway, the tour schedule or the author’s details – to get lost amidst my gushing ramble.

Because, yes, there was gushing. This story was so amazing, incredibly unique, utterly captivating and one I just wanted to keep on reading long after I was forced to stop. But I think I may say all of that in my review, which starts below the details about the book and author, if you want to know just what I thought about this delicious book.

Be sure to follow along at each of the stops for more trivia questions and answers and be sure to visit the hosts for another awesome giveaway.

And if you haven’t yet heard about this fascinating book with its stunning cover, its description follows immediately below.

 About the Book

Description…

After a bizarre accident, Ingrid Waverly is forced to leave London with her mother and younger sister, Gabby, trading a world full of fancy dresses and society events for the unfamiliar city of Paris.
In Paris there are no grand balls or glittering parties, and, disturbingly, the house Ingrid’s twin brother, Grayson, found for them isn’t a house at all. It’s an abandoned abbey, its roof lined with stone gargoyles that could almost be mistaken for living, breathing creatures.

And Grayson has gone missing.

No one seems to know of his whereabouts but Luc, a devastatingly handsome servant at their new home.

Ingrid is sure her twin isn’t dead—she can feel it deep in her soul—but she knows he’s in grave danger. It will be up to her and Gabby to navigate the twisted path to Grayson, a path that will lead Ingrid on a discovery of dark secrets and otherworldly truths. And she’ll learn that once they are uncovered, they can never again be buried.

GOODREADS | AMAZON | BARNES & NOBLE | THE BOOK DEPOSITORY

About the Author

PAGE MORGAN has been fascinated with les grotesques ever since she came across an old, black-and-white photograph of a Notre Dame gargoyle keeping watch over the city of Paris. The gargoyle mythologies she went on to research fed her imagination, and she became inspired to piece together her own story and mythology for these remarkably complex stone figures. Page lives in New Hampshire with her husband and their three children.

WEBSITE | TWITTER | FACEBOOK | PINTREST

The Review

A story as unique, as riveting and as gorgeously written as Page Morgan’s THE BEAUTIFUL AND THE CURSED stands out in the crowded landscape of which it is a part. It invites readers to discover a mythology that is refreshingly original, characters that are intriguing and incredibly appealing, and an exciting plot that is full of twists, turns and shocking surprises.

Set in Paris in the late 1800s, this story manages to evoke the charm and elegance of the era while keeping the pace quick, the action thrilling and the characters relatable. And with a mix of paranormal elements, a dark premise and a touch of romance, readers will be transfixed.

Ingrid Waverly was glad to leave London and her tarnished reputation behind. But escaping to Paris only to discover that their new residence was a dilapidated building that was once an abbey and that her brother Grayson was missing wasn’t the fresh start she was hoping for.

And when it turns out that Grayson’s wasn’t the only disappearance, but that a number of girls had also vanished without so much as a clue to their whereabouts, Ingrid is more desperate than ever to solve the mystery and find her brother. Because she knows that he’s still alive. She can feel that he is. But she also knows that he’s running out of time.

Told from multiple characters’ points of view, in a way that weaves together each of their viewpoints seamlessly, readers are able to explore more of the fascinating world the author created, learn more about each of the characters and uncover more of their dark secrets.

Author Page Morgan gives readers two strong and likable, but very different, female main characters in Ingrid and Gabby, three charismatic male protagonists – Luc Rousseau, Vander Burke and Nolan Quinn – who are even more dissimilar from one another than the Sisters Waverly but just as likable, two captivating love stories – one shaped a little bit like a triangle – and one very dark, deadly and deliciously chilling mystery. And with the author’s extraordinary ability to make the grotesque beautiful, she introduces readers to her fascinating and incredibly imaginative world of the Dispossessed.

Danger-filled and exciting, heartwarming and heartbreaking and gripping from beginning to end, THE BEAUTIFUL AND THE CURSED is a wildly entertaining must read first book in this new series.

To read the full review, which includes my rating, my personal thoughts and my favorite passage, CLICK HERE.

A note: This review is based upon an advanced copy of the book received from the publisher in exchange for my honest thoughts about the book.

The Trivia

Team WAVERLY Trivia QUESTION

What does Gabby sometimes call Ingrid (much to Ingrid’s dislike)?

Team DISPOSSESSED Trivia ANSWER:

Memorized or catalogued scent

The Giveaways

There are TWO awesome giveaways included with this tour.

Giveaway #1

There will be FIVE winners for a THE BEAUTIFUL AND THE CURSED Signed Swag Pack. And it’s open internationally!

This giveaway can be entered via the common Rafflecopter form, below, provided by the tour hosts.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Giveaway #2

There will be TWO winners for a signed, annotated copy of THE BEAUTIFUL AND THE CURSED. To enter this giveaway, visit Books Complete Me and Once Upon a Twilight.

++ Readers will need to correctly pair up as many Team Dispossessed trivia questions and answers and Team Waverly trivia questions and answers as they can.

++ Winners will be randomly chosen from those who get the most correct.

To enter at Books Complete Me – Team Waverly Trivia – CLICK HERE.

To enter at Once Upon a Twilight – Team Dispossessed Trivia – CLICK HERE.

The Tour Schedule

Monday, May 13th

Katie @ Katie’s Book Blog – Review

Stacey & Amber @ Page Turners Blog – Author Interview

Tuesday, May 14th

Rachel @ Fiktshun – Release Day! Review

Kathy @ I Am Reader, Not A Writer – Release Day! Guest Post

Wednesday, May 15th

Anna @ Anna Reads Books – Review

Jen @ Hypable – Guest Post

Thursday, May 16th

Christin @ Portrait of a Book – Review & Ingrid Interview

Damaris @ Good Choice Reading – Review

Friday, May 17th

Nancy @ Tales of the Ravenous Reader – Review & Gabrielle Interview

Katie @ Mundie Moms – Review

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If you have been actively participating in this challenge and managed to make it through the first three months, it means you’re more than halfway through this challenge.

YAY!

There are just two months left, including this one, in the Don’t Let It End Reading Challenge. Which is good – as there is still time to take the plunge and finish those series that should have already been finished – and bad… for the very same reason. Especially if you really don’t want to see those favorite series end.

Once again, both WITH ALL MY SOUL and CLOCKWORK PRINCESS seem to have been the favorite series-ending books to read last month. Of course, I still haven’t managed to say goodbye to Cassandra Clare’s series….

And during this past month, it was Haraiah of Random Things in Action that totally rocked the challenge.

While I didn’t do as poorly as I did the previous month of the challenge, I still didn’t get to finish all the series I wanted to.

This past month I managed to read:

UNBREAKABLE (Unraveling #2) by Elizabeth Norris

[UPDATE]

THE GIRL WITH THE IRON TOUCH (The Steampunk Chronicles #3) by Kady Cross – review scheduled

I thought it was a little odd that THE GIRL WITH THE IRON TOUCH was to be the final book in the series. Especially as there was definitely more story to tell. With the way things ended and all…. Well I’ve heard chatter that there will be another book or two in the series. Though I can’t confirm it. So I’m removing this from my challenge list for now. Even though I read it thinking it was the final book.

[END OF UPDATE}

GODDESS (Starcrossed #3) by Josephine Angelini - review to be written

But I had hoped to read IF I SHOULD DIE by Amy Plum and I had hoped to finish reading DANCE OF THE RED DEATH by Bethany Griffin in time to list them for the third month of the challenge. That didn't happen. But both books better be in next month's post listing or I'll be so disappointed in myself.

And no, I still couldn't bring myself to read FORETOLD or SPELL BOUND, but I will read them before July 14th... I hope.

In this fourth month of the challenge my plan is to finally read CLOCKWORK PRINCESS. I also think it might be time to finish Alyson Noel's The Immortals series or Melissa de la Cruz's Blue Bloods. Though I'm not sure I'm ready to say goodbye to either just yet.

But what books are you "hoping" to read this month? I'd love to know!

Just a reminder of what to do....

When you’ve read the book and shared your thoughts online – whether on Goodreads, Facebook or your blog – stop back and leave a link in the Linky. At the end of this third month of the challenge I’ll throw the names into Random and choose a winner for ONE series ending book of your choice.

The more books you link up each month means more chances to win. And it also means you've managed to overcome any fears of seeing your favorite series end. Which is a good thing. Right?!?

The winner for this month's Don't Let It End Reading Challenge Book of Your Choice is....

Haraiah @ RTIA

Congratulations! You've won a series-ending books of your choice. Please email me - or fill out my contact form - with your book of choice and your address and I'll order it from Amazon or The Book Depository - or pre-order it if it's not yet released.

As ever, I wish you luck in tackling those series-ending books during this fourth month of the Don't Let It End Reading Challenge. And I hope that things have gotten a bit easier.

For me, it wasn't so hard to say goodbye this third month of the challenge... but then again I wasn't focusing on the fact that they were series-ending books. I just wanted to see where the story was headed. I hope you found a way to make saying goodbye easier, too.

This month's challenge ends on June 13th and the Month Five post will go up on June 14th. And I hope that with over half the challenge completed, saying goodbye will be as easy as saying hello.

Leave your links for your thoughts and/or review posts below.

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There are so many amazing books out there – released or soon-to-be-released – that have certain passages that just captivate.
Here are just a few of those that caught my attention in the past few weeks.

The writing style in ANOTHER LITTLE PIECE by Kate Karyus Quinn is so very different from most of the books I’ve read in young adult fiction. There is a beauty to it, but also an unpredictable rhythm. Which of course made me fall in love with it almost instantly.

There are two particular passages that stuck with me, but I decided to only share one as the other is a bit too long to tease.

I am sure there will be a ton of favorite passages in Bethany Griffin’s THE DANCE OF THE RED DEATH by the time I reach the story’s end. But as I just recently received a copy and only just started reading it, I haven’t yet had the chance to discover them all.

But I just had to share a short passage from the beginning of this already amazing book.

I love this series by author Kady Cross and THE GIRL WITH THE IRON TOUCH is every bit as delightful as the other books in the series. Even more so in some ways because of….

This is a teasers post, not a spoilers post, so I won’t say why. But I will share just a couple of short passages from this awesome book. Because sharing just one was impossible.

No, I won’t reveal who the two characters in that particular scene are. I cut out some of my very favorite lines so as not to be too revealing. And no, I won’t say a word about just who the characters are in the scene below, either. I even removed the character’s name and replaced it with “she” so as not to give anything away.

There is quite the love triangle in this amazing series by author Josephine Angelini. And things get rather interesting in GODDESS.

But if you think that means she definitely chooses Lucas…

…then maybe that passage will plant a seed of doubt in your mind. Oh, and no, I’m not going to reveal the rest of that sentence.

I’d heard THE BEAUTIFUL AND THE CURSED by Page Morgan was awesome. From the description I’d imagined it would be. And yes, the beautiful cover may have also made me think it might be. They were not at all deceptive.

I love this book and its characters. But I especially love the author’s writing style. And with passages like the one below, how could I not? It makes what could be a gruesome transformation seem absolutely beautiful.

As I didn’t want to spoil just which character this was for those who haven’t yet read it, I exchange their name for a “his.”

I decided to only share five teasers this time around. In part because eight teasers always felt like a bit too much. But also because I can’t tease one of my more recent reads as it was a beta. Which kills me. Because I have at least thirty passages in that particular book that I’m just dying to share.

Anyway….

If you have read any of these books I’m curious if the passages I did choose were among your favorites. And if you haven’t, I hope I only managed to tease, not torment.

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But for those of you who have signed up and made it through month TWO…

CONGRATULATIONS!

I am so happy to see that a couple of you took the plunge and read WITH ALL MY SOUL by Rachel Vincent. And I can’t believe that BOUNDLESS and CLOCKWORK PRINCESS made a few of your reading lists this month. Both books are ones I haven’t been able to bring myself to say goodbye to. And believe me, I’ve tried!

And wow, Lena and Lis did so amazing this month! I’m more than a little bit jealous. Especially as, for me, this month wasn’t so great. I didn’t think it would be, but I hoped….

Many of the books on my pile were first and second books in a series, not series-enders. But to be fair, I had to read the Eve Trilogy for the Epic Reads event, so I couldn’t get to all the series ending books I’d wanted to.

Of course, the main reason I wasn’t able to read all three titles I’d hoped to read this month was that I just couldn’t say goodbye. It’s so hard! Especially with books you know will involve many tears. Like CLOCKWORK PRINCESS and FORETOLD.

But I hope I’ll be able to muster up the courage this month for both those books. I’m not wholly confident, but I’m going to try.

Anyway…

The only series-ending book I read (and reviewed) this month is…

RISE (Eve #3) by Anna Carey

And while I did manage to post my review for WITH ALL MY SOUL, I still need to post my review for A TOUCH MENACING.

So while I’d planned on reading CLOCKWORK PRINCESS and FORETOLD last month, this month I’m going to try and read GODDESS by Josephine Angelini and SPELLBOUND by Rachel Hawkins in addition to those other two.

Hey, I did say try not will….

But what books are you looking forward to dreading the ending of during this third month of the challenge? I’d love to know!

Just a reminder of what to do….

When you’ve read the book and shared your thoughts online – whether on Goodreads, Facebook or your blog – stop back and leave a link in the Linky. At the end of this third month of the challenge I’ll throw the names into Random and choose a winner for ONE series ending book of your choice.

The more books you link up each month means more chances to win. And it also means you’ve managed to overcome any fears of seeing your favorite series end. Which is a good thing. Right?!?

The winner for this month’s Don’t Let It End Reading Challenge Book of Your Choice is….

Katrina of Bookish Things and More 

Congratulations! You’ve won a series-ending books of your choice. Please email me – or fill out my contact form – with your book of choice and your address and I’ll order it from Amazon or The Book Depository – or pre-order them if they’re not yet released.

I wish you all the very best of luck, once again, for this third month of the Don’t Let It End Reading Challenge. If you’re like me, this is getting harder rather than easier, but if not… YAY!

This month’s challenge ends on May 13th and the Month Four post will go up on May 14th. As ever, I wish all your series-ending reads to end happily… or at least be bitter-sweet… and most definitely not end on the edge of a cliff.

Leave your links for your thoughts and/or review posts below.

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