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A Tumblr for fellow book lovers! I post quotes, fan art, book information, sometimes tour and author information as well. I am also the book review blogger behind My Summer Girl Books.

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54 of my favorite YA heroines! 

This took forever and a day, and I wish I could fix half of them, but I’m pretty pleased. It was great drawing a lot of these girls I’d never drawn before and seeing them all together.

1.     Hazel Levesque – The Heroes of Olymus

2.     Annabeth Chase – Percy Jackson and the Olympians

3.     Reyna Ramirez-Arellano – The Heroes of Olympus

4.     Piper McLean – The Heroes of Olympus

5.     Hermione Granger – Harry Potter

6.     Ginny Weasely – Harry Potter

7.     Tessa Gray – The Infernal Devices

8.     Isabelle Lightwood – The Mortal Instruments

9.     Evie Green – Paranormalcy

10.  Allison Sekemoto – Immortal Rules

11.  Clary Fray – The Mortal Instruments

12.  Linh Cinder – Lunar Chronicles

13.  Ella of Frell – Ella Enchanted

14.  Princess Isra – Of Beast and Beauty

15.  Scarlet Benoit – Lunar Chronicles

16.  Sophie Hatter – Howl’s Moving Castle

17.  Crescent Moon Darnel – Lunar Chronicles

18.  Katniss Everdeen – The Hunger Games

19.  Aria – Under the Never Sky

20.  Ruby Daly – The Darkest Minds

21.  June Iparis - Legend

22.  Tris Prior - Divergent

23.  Hazel Lancaster – The Fault in Our Stars

24.  Anna Oliphant – Anna and the French Kiss

25.  Cath - Fangirl

26.  Maddie Bodartt – Code Name Verity

27.  Julia Beaufort-Stewart – Code Name Verity

28.  Attolia – the Queen’s Theif

29.  Yelena – Poison Study

30.  Celeana Sardothien - Throne of Glass

31.  Alanna of Trebond – Song of the Lioness

32.  Katsa - Graceling

33.  Fire - Fire

34.  Meira – Snow Like Ashes

35.  Princess Lia – The Kiss of Deception

36.  Kestrel – The Winner’s Curse

37.  Alina – The Grisha Trilogy

38.  Adelina – The Young Elites

39.  Karou –Daughter of Smoke and Bone

40.  Seraphina Dombergh – Seraphina

41.  Meghan Chase – The Iron Fey

42.  Ember Hill – Talon

43.  Lucero-Elisa – Girl of Fire and Thorns

44.  Nikki Beckett – Everneath

45.  Lilac LaRoux – These Broken Stars

46.  Blue Sargent – The Raven Cycle

47.  Kami Glass – The Lynburn Chronicles

48.  Deeba Resham – Un Lun Dun

49.  Lila Zacharov – The Curse Workers

50. Juliet Moreau – The Madman’s Daughter

51. Gemma Doyle – A Great and Terrible Beauty

52. Eleanor Fitt – Something Strange and Deadly

53. Evie O’Neill – The Diviners

54. Emma – Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children

[rainbowrowell]

SO COOL.

[mysummergirlbooks]

THIS IS EVERYTHING. YOU GO LADY!

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Complete List of Possible Challenge Books

Bold- Challenge titles/ Only 1 book left to finish the series

*- Most likely to read

Underline- More than 3 books in the series to read

Reread Challenge

Amy & Roger’s Epic Detour by Morgan Matson*

Black Pearls: A Faerie Strand by Louise Hawes Illustrated by Rebecca Guay*

Born Wicked by Jessica Spotswood (The Cahill Witch Chronicles #1)*

Demon in my View by Amelia Atwater Rhodes (Den of Shadows #2)*

The Girl of Fire and Thorns by Rae Carson (Fire and Thorns #1)*

Halfway to the Grave/ One Foot in the Grave/ At Grave’s End/ Destined for an Early Grave/ This Side of the Grave/ One Grave at a Time by Jeaniene Frost (Night Huntress #1-6)*

Moon Called/ Blood Bound/ Iron Kissed/ Bone Crossed/ Silver Bourne by Patricia Briggs (Mercy Thompson #1-5)*

The Near Witch by Victoria Schwab*

Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder (Study series #1)*

The Power of Two/ Building a Mystery/ Seeing is Deceiving/ Dead Wrong/ Don’t Think Twice/Double Jeopardy/ Kindred Spirits/ The Witch Hunters/ Split Decision/ Destiny’s Twins by Randi Reisfeld and H.B. Gilmour (T*Witches #1-10)*

The Professional by Kresley Cole*

Shadowland/ Ninth Key/ Reunion/ Darkest Hour/ Haunted/ Twilight by Meg Cabot (The Mediator #1-6)*

The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin (Mara Dyer #1)*

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Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare (Infernal Devices #1)

Dead Witch Walking/ The Good, The Bad, and the Undead/ Every Which Way But Dead/ A Fistful of Charms/ For a Few Demons More/ The Outlaw Demon Wails by Kim Harrison (The Hollows #1-6)

Hired: The Sheikh’s Secretary Mistress by Lucy Monroe (Royal Brides #8)

Hush, Hush/ Crescendo by Becca Fitzpatrick (Hush, Hush #1-2)

Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo (Grisha #1)

Spell of the Highlander by Karen Marie Moning (Highlanders #7)

Stray/ Rogue/ Pride/ Prey by Rachel Vincent (Shifters #1-4)

Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas (Throne of Glass #1)

Vampire Academy/ Frostbite/ Shadow Kiss (Vampire Academy #1-3)

  A Series a Month Challenge

Ash, Kentucky series by Shiloh Walker (Read #1)*

Bloodlines series by Richelle Mead (Read 0)*

Crewel World series by Gennifer Albin(Read 0)*

Cahill Witch Chronicles by Jessica Spotswood (Read #1)*

Cruel Beauty Universe series by Rosamund Hodge (Read 0)*

The Darkest Minds series by Alex Bracken (Read #1-1.5)*

Fire and Thorns series by Rae Carson (Read #1)*

Grisha series by Leigh Bardugo (Read #1)*

Heist Society series by Ally Carter (Read #1-2)*

Hex Hall series by Rachel Hawkins (Read #1)*

His Fair Assassin series by Robin Lafevers (Read #1)*

The Hollows series by Kim Harrison (Read #1-6)*

Legend series by Marie Lu (Read 0)*

Love by Numbers series by Sarah MacLean (Read #1)*

Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer (Read #1)*

Lux series by Jennifer L. Armentrout (Read #1-2)*

Maids of Honor series by Jennifer McGowan (Read #1)*

Mara Dyer series by Michelle Hodkin (Read #1)*

Mercy Thompson series by Patricia Briggs (Read #1-5)*

Night Huntress series by Jeaniene Frost (Read #1-6)*

The Queen’s Thief series by Megan Whalen Turner (Read #1)*

Rules of Scoundrels series by Sarah MacLean (Read #1-2)*

The Selection series by Kiera Cass (Read #1)*

Shatter Me series by Tahereh Mafi (Read #1-1.5)*

Shifters series by Rachel Vincent (Read #1-4)*

Study Series by Maria V. Snyder (Read #1)*

The Testing series by Joelle Charbonneau (Read #1-2)*

Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas (Read #0.5-1)*

The Tiger Saga by Colleen Houck (Read 0)*

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Animal Magnetism by Jill Shalvis (Read #2, 5)

The Body Finder series by Kimberly Derting (Read #1)

Burn for Burn series by Jenny Han and Siobhan Vivian (Read #1)

Cahill Witch Chronicles by Jessica Spotswood (Read #1)

The Chemical Garden series by Lauren DeStefano (Read #1)

Cold Kiss Duology by Amy Garvey (Read #1)

Covenant series by Jennifer L. Armentrout (Read #1)

The Dark Divine series by Bree Despain (Read #1)

Daughter of Smoke and Bone series by Laini Taylor (Read #1)

The Edge series by Ilona Andrews (Read #1-2)

Fairytale Retellings series by Jackson Pearce (Read #1-2)

Gallagher Girls series by Ally Carter (Read #1)

Graceling Realm series by Kristin Cashore (Read #1-2)

Highlanders series by Karen Marie Moning (Read #7)

Hourglass series by Myra McEntire (Read #1-2)

Hush, Hush series by Becca Fitzpatrick (Read #1-2)

Infernal Devices series by Cassandra Clare (Read #1)

Kate Daniels series by Ilona Andrews (Read #1-5)

A Little Too Far series by Lisa Desrochers (Read #1, 3)

Losing it series by Cora Carmack (Read #1-2)

Lucky Harbor series by Jill Shalvis (Read #1, 2, 6)

Marked Men series by Jay Crownover (Read #3)

Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare (Read #1-3)

Nightshade series by Andrea Cremer (Read #1)

Paranormalcy series by Kiersten White (Read #1)

Percy Jackson and the Olympians series by Rick Riordan (Read #1-2)

Arcana Chronicles by Kresley Cole (Read #1)

Psy-Changeling series by Nalini Singh (Read #1)

Something Strange and Deadly series by Susan Dennard (Read #1)

Suddenly series by Nichole Chase (Read #1-2)

Summer series by Jenny Han (Read #1)

Vampire Academy series by Richelle Mead (Read #1-3)

[x-heliotropic]

You are lovely too, but in a quieter way…. She could lead a charge, but you could last a siege.

The Two Princesses of Bamarre, Gail Carson Levine (via xheliotropic)

[oofpoetry]

Everyone who terrifies you is sixty-five percent water. And everyone you love is made of stardust, and I know sometimes you cannot even breathe deeply, and the night sky is no home, and you have cried yourself to sleep enough times that you are down to your last two percent, but nothing is infinite, not even loss. You are made of the sea and the stars, and one day you are going to find yourself again.

Finn Butler (via heartique)

[cosmiccalculation]

“You’ll need coffee shops and sunsets and road trips. Airplanes and passports and new songs and old songs, but people more than anything else. You will need other people and you will need to be that other person to someone else, a living breathing screaming invitation to believe better things.”

— Jamie Tworkowski  (via rawie)

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The first 8 chapters of THE UNBOUND (the sequel to THE ARCHIVED) are officially up on Netgalley! And they are auto-approved, meaning you can simply GO HERE and click READ NOW! 

And if you re-post this post, you’ll be entered to win a FULL digital copy of the book. Contest runs from 11/7 through 10pm EST 11/10. 

[mysummergirlbooks]

Ahhh! So excited to read the first 100 pages! I've been waiting for this for months!

[mysummergirlbooks]

Sometimes people think they know you. They know a few facts about you, and they piece you together in a way that makes sense to them. And if you don't know yourself very well, you might even believe that they are right. But the truth is, that isn't you. That isn't you at all.

-This Song Will Save Your Life by Leila Sales 

[mysummergirlbooks]

You are my new hero. Seriously, I might actually be in love with you now. Would it be awkward if we made out?

-Dexter, School Spirits by Rachel Hawkins

Reason #500 to love Dexter 

(via mysummergirlbooks)

You're right about the purple coat collection. #501 is him using the phrase "I also like ladies. And not as in shopping buddies, but in the carnal sense."

[mysummergirlbooks]

When you don’t have much family left, you’ll do anything to protect what you have.

-School Spirits by Rachel Hawkins

[mysummergirlbooks]

You are my new hero. Seriously, I might actually be in love with you now. Would it be awkward if we made out?

-Dexter, School Spirits by Rachel Hawkins

Reason #500 to love Dexter 

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I love Percabeth and I love blanket forts so I figured I would combine the two.

[mysummergirlbooks]

Awww! This is so cute! I approve of this combination mightily! :)

[bythewyrd]

So remember when I made this fan art awhile back WISHING that A COURT OF THORNS AND ROSES would be published in the near future?

WELL GUESS WHAT? WISHES DO COME TRUE! Bloomsbury just knew how promising Sarah is with her already thousands of fans everywhere!

in 2015, the series: A COURT OF THORNS AND ROSES will be released by Bloomsbury and I believe the first book will be titled or the working title had been, ‘MORTAL’ 

Excited? Overly ecstatic? Absolutely crazed? Share with all your friends, reblog this post and head over on Twitter to Tweet @SJMaas your congratulations! 

While THRONE OF GLASS had been inspired by Cinderella, ACOTAR has been inspired by Beauty & the Beast (HOW AWESOME?) Check this post out for more information!

Want to see more visuals on this upcoming series? Check the Pinterest Board for it! 

Also, I’ve made a new Tumblr (it’s under construction) but like BY THE WYRD, it will be dedicated to A Court of Thorns and Roses - follow here, if you wish :) 

Congratulations, Sarah! You deserve it and more!

[sjmaas]

<3 <3 Thank you so, so much!!!! You are the BEST, Michelle!!! :D

[mysummergirlbooks]

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! Congratulations Sarah! That's spectacular! You've worked so hard on that book for so long! I'm freaking out! I can't wait to read it. You go Sarah, four for you!

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I decided to make a Celaena doll using a Game of Thrones character maker and oops there went two hours of my life. Also yes, I'm about to explain my wardrobe choices on them. 

Celaena Sardothien- I figure if Celaena is living in a castle with all sorts of fancy dresses at her disposal, she is going to milk that sh*t for all it is worth. She would be slightly understated in dress, as per Chaol's demands, but look stunning, per her standard of sheer fabulousness.

Princess Nehemia Ytger- She would be beautiful, because that's just how Nehemia rolls. However, even in adopting the Adarlan court style of fancy dress, she would still set herself apart. Her dress doesn't quite match court style, her earring and hair are meant to be little Eyllwean.

Chaol Westfall- He's Captain of the Gaurd, he is mr. serious pouty face in his plain clothes and sparring gear. (Also whoops, I  couldn't remember Chaol's hair color. I thought it was brown?)

Prince Dorian Havillaird- Okay, so he looks a little like a tool, but that's just how I see Dorian. He's most comfortable in fancy, well made clothes. He is a man of impeccable style. Also, he's wearing such a lovely necklace because I couldn't get a crown on his super fantastic boy band hair. He still needed to look "royal" though.

Kaltain Rompier- She of course, has perfectly coiffed Adarlan court style. She looks gorgeous, but rather like a doll. 

So, yes, there's that. My doll versions of characters from Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas. Annnnnnnd, Goodnight. 

I used the Game of Thrones scene maker on DollDivine to make these.

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Maureen Johnson (author of the Shades of London series, Thirteen Little Blue Envelopes, Suite Scarlett, etc.) challenged readers in this post to "cover flip" any book they liked.

Cover flipping according to Maureen: "1. Take a well-known book. (It’s up to you to define well-known.)

2. Imagine that book was written by an author of the OPPOSITE GENDER. Or a genderqueer author. Imagine all the things you think of when you think GIRL book or BOY book or GENDERLESS book (do they EXIST?). And I’m not saying that these categorizations are RIGHT—but make no mistake, they’re there.

Now, as a mental exercise, imagine I’m Maurice Johnson. The book has the same exact topic. Does the cover look like [book photo in post]?

You get the point, I think.

3. Now, COVERFLIP! Make the new cover and put it online. Tweet or Tumbl it with the tag #coverflip.

4. I’ll be looking at them all, along with Huffington Post Books. They will put up a GALLERY of the best ones, and I’ll pick one winner to get a PRIZE PACK of signed books by me, along with whatever else I find in my house and shove in the envelope." 

The reason I chose Such a Rush is because I am not able to understand  why the original cover (Top) has a picture of a girl with windblown hair on it. That cover doesn't fit the book for me. With the Jensen Echolston cover (Bottom) I tried to give it a more adrenaline-junkie feel to it in order to appeal to boys. I specifically chose a plane crash scene from the book to model this cover after.

CREDITS:

The stormy background is stock from Cinnamoncandy-Stock on Deviantart.com. Here is the photo I used,

The cracked glass is part of a brush set from archaii on Deviantart.com. Here are the brushes I used.

The blood spatter is part of a manga blood brush set by Debi-Chiru on Deviantart.com. Here are the brushes I used.

The font for the title and author name is Boston Traffic from Dafont.com made by Vic Fieger. It is a free font. 

The font for the credentials is regular Century Gothic which comes standard on MS Word I believe.

*All images used are free, stock images. I have followed terms and conditions for using/posting these resources.*

[bythewyrd]

CROWN OF MIDNIGHT galleys have arrived!

I AM SUPER EXCITED. 

[mysummergirlbooks]

WANT. SO MUCH. 

Way to go you for getting them!

[awaitingariake]

[arryns]

the new tmi trailer