Cover Reveal: The Body Institute

Today I am super excited to help my long-time writer friend Carol Riggs reveal the cover of her YA sci-fi The Body Institute!! Here's a bit about it:

Meet Morgan Dey, one of the top teen Reducers at The Body Institute.

Thanks to cutting-edge technology, Morgan can temporarily take over another girl’s body, get her in shape, and then return to her own body—leaving her client slimmer, more toned, and feeling great. Only there are a few catches…

For one, Morgan won’t remember what happens in her “Loaner” body. Once she’s done, she won’t recall walks with her new friend Matt, conversations with the super-cute Reducer she’s been text-flirting with, or the uneasy feeling she has that the director of The Body Institute is hiding something. Still, it’s all worth it in the name of science. Until the glitches start…

Suddenly, residual memories from her Loaner are cropping up in Morgan’s mind. She’s feeling less like herself and more like someone else. And when protests from an anti–Body Institute organization threaten her safety, she’ll have to decide if being a Reducer is worth the cost of her body and soul…

Sounds fun, yes? It's coming out on September 1st from Entangled Teen, but you can add it to your Goodreads list now (click!) or pre-order (click!). And NOW for the cover reveal!


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Doesn't it look cool? I'm so stoked for Carol :) Can't wait 'til release day!

Re-Christmas

First! A quick announcement.  Since I forgot to give a final reminder to enter my giveaway for two followers to win a $15 Amazon gift card, I am giving it now.  Last chance!  Leave a comment on this post before midnight on Thursday the 17th.  I will announce the winners this weekend.  Comment now or forever hold your peace! 

Also, since I'm in reminder mode, check out the SPD Luck o' the Irish Blogfest me and Colene are hosting.  Linky thing on Colene's blog!

So, a few weeks ago I ordered a few books from Amazon with a gift card from Christmas.  I got The Hunger Games, Matched, Fallen, Full Dark No Stars, Eat Pray Love, and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.  So far I've read Hunger Games and Fallen, and started Full Dark No Stars and Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. 

The Hunger Games was pretty amazing.  Just the whole concept really floored me.  And it made me absolutely sob at one point (those of you who've read it will know which part).  Fallen was pretty good, kind of like Twilight but with angels instead of vamps.  I've kind of paused on Full Dark No Stars because (warning: you may find my next words blasphemous), I just couldn't really get into it.  I've never read Stephen King and thought I should, since he's so famous and stuff.  And I'm going to give it another try, but it seemed sort of sexist and I just really wasn't feeling it.  I'm currently reading Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, and while the writing is excellent, it's slow starting.  It has a lot of backstory, which is something we're all told is a cardinal sin.  If it weren't for everything I've heard about it, I might not keep reading.

So, that's my Re-Christmas.  What are you guys reading these days?  Have you ever gotten a book by a famous author and not liked it?

Happy rest of the week!