Malinda Lo

Today I’m celebrating the official release of the paperback edition of Ash. *cue fanfare* Woohoo! What makes a celebration even better? Obviously, a giveaway! In honor of the fact that Ash is a fairy tale retelling, I’m giving away two different prize packs of fairy tales retold. Each pack includes a signed paperback copy of ... More→

Today I’m wishing a giant happy book birthday to The Mermaid’s Mirror by L.K. Madigan, author of Flash Burnout. *cues confetti* I got the chance to read The Mermaid’s Mirror earlier this year, and I enjoyed it so much that I blurbed it. Evidence: Flash Burnout was a contemporary young adult novel about a 15-year-old ... More→

Today I’m wishing a very happy book birthday to Ascendant by Diana Peterfreund (now in bookstores!). This is the sequel to Rampant, which introduces a world in which (1) unicorns are real; (2) they are vicious beasts, not the sparkly rainbow kind; and (3) they can only be hunted by virgin girls. “Killer unicorns” is ... More→

I‘ve been neglecting my blog lately, I know. I have a plethora of blog ideas, but last week I was hit with a cold and had to step away from the internets for a few days. I recovered just in time to go to the Sonoma County Book Festival on Saturday, which was a great ... More→

It’s September 7, 2010, which means a few exciting things. First, it’s been a year since Ash came out! I can’t believe it’s been a year! It will be coming out in paperback next month, and I have some fun things planned for that. But for now, all I can say is: What. A. Year. ... More→

I have been a big fan of Suzanne Collins’s The Hunger Games trilogy, and I eagerly dove into the third book of the series, Mockingjay, on Tuesday when it came out. I finished it by Wednesday! And then proceeded to read a lot of commentary about the book online, interested to see what others thought ... More→