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there was a lot of peer pressure. so i made a tumblr.

[astreiants-archive]

Are you you without your memories? If not, who do you become?

— Invictus Ryan Graudin

[ryangraudin]

Presenting: INVICTUS’s pre-order perk! I teamed up with the amazing @elvishness​ to bring all five of my time traveling thieves to life! If you live in the US and buy a copy of INVICTUS before it’s released on September 26th, you can redeem your receipt for a set of character trading cards! Head on over to http://thenovl.com/invictus to snatch them while you can.

Bonus: you can pre-order SIGNED copies from my local indie Blue Bicycle Books.

[thenovl]

Happy last-month-of-summer, NOVLers! Doesn’t it seem like the season is just racing by? Well, never fear– You still have some time left to soak up the sun, and what better way to do that than by lying outside, getting lost in a great read?

So who’s picking out the great reads and other goodies for this NOVLbox? None other than the amazing Ryan Graudin! Her newest book Invictus is a space odyssey unlike anything you’ve ever seen. Think Joss Whedon’s Firefly meets Alexandra Bracken’s Passenger with some extra mind-bendy moments thrown in for good measure. After all, this is the author of Wolf By Wolf we’re talking about. Invictus isn’t out until September 26th but in the meantime, maybe Ryan’s NOVLbox will tide you over!

What’s a NOVLbox? It’s a care package curated by one of our favorite authors. What’s inside? It’s a mystery! If we told you, we’d ruin the fun. But… we’ll give you a hint of what to expect. Check out the archive to see what curators have included in the past!

How It Works:

Enter HERE for a chance to win.

We’ll select & notify 10 lucky winners at the end of the month.

A surprise will be waiting in the winners’ mailbox!

Good luck, and may the odds be ever in your favor.

[vivraidamour]

So she traced and she named. She hurt and she raged. She remembered.

[ryangraudin]

I put together a giant YA giveaway* for you guys. 22 signed YA books by 15 amazing authors. 

GO FORTH AND ENTER HERE: http://bit.ly/2tp7z9q

*(US only.)

[unapologeticallya]

Review: Invictus by Ryan Graudin

Stars: 5/5

Okay so Ryan Graudin is officially one of my favorite authors because I have loved every one of her books that I have picked up. Not to fangirl too much, but she is such a master at combining historical fiction and fantasy and her writing brings me so much joy. Invictus was just EPIC. I felt all the feels like when I was reading Marissa Meyer’s The Lunar Chronicles for the first time. Don’t get me wrong, though–this story is totally different from TLC aside from them both sharing futuristic settings, being sci-fi, and containing a kickass crew of main characters. In case you couldn’t tell, I really loved this book a lot. It was such a well-crafted story and it makes me so happy that it’s a standalone. While I love the characters and would probably be happy to read their grocery lists, this story just has such a satisfying arc, like I get legitimate chills just from thinking about it. I haven’t had much luck with time travel books lately, but I just think this one was so well done. It really felt real, like the time travel could actually happen. That’s probably because the characters were hella intelligent and some of the things they’d casually toss around as conversation topics were like Illuminae/Gemina levels of complicated, but boy oh boy did I love it. So, yes. Please read. Loved it <3 Current Publication Date: September 26, 2017 ***I received a free ARC from the publisher at BookCon 2017

***My review is also posted on Goodreads

[thenovl]

5 Mysterious Cities of YA

From the shadowy walls of Weep to the twisting alleys of Ketterdam to the sleek penthouses of NYC 2118, there are dozens of intriguing settings in YA lit—and we can’t get enough. Strange the Dreamer, Laini Taylor’s newest epic fantasy, features her best world-building yet—so, in honor of its release, we’ve rounded up some of our favorite mysterious cities of YA. 

Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black

The Thousandth Floor by Katharine McGee

The Walled City by Ryan Graudin

You never know what’s lurking around the bend in these places… it could be wonders beyond imagining or dangers beyond comprehension. You’d better start reading ASAP to find out!

[fortuneredding]

Redesigned Book Covers: Wolf by Wolf

Once upon a different time, there was a girl who lived in a kingdom of death. Wolves howled up her arm. A whole pack of them–made of tattoo ink and pain, memory and loss. It was the only thing about her that ever stayed the same.

[earthstory]

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Singing sand avalanche, Great Sand Dunes National Park, Colorado.

Have you ever heard sand sing? Listen to 15 seconds of this bizarre phenomenon! Just as our own voices are made by air moving through vibrating vocal chords, a humming sound is made at Great Sand Dunes as air is pushed through millions of tumbling sand grains during an avalanche. Avalanches occur naturally during storms, but can also be created by people pushing sand down a dune face. In the 1940s, one of Bing Crosby’s musical hits was “The Singing Sands of Alamosa” - a love song based on the sounds of Great Sand Dunes. This humming sound continues to inspire people today!

[ryangraudin]

'Wolf by Wolf' Author Ryan Graudin Previews Her Next Book, 'Invictus'

The Wolf by Wolf author previews her next book, Invictus.

IT’S SO SPARKLY!!!!!

[ryangraudin]

A sampling of chapter titles from my next YA novel INVICTUS. What’s it about? Time traveling thieves. Think Doctor Who meets Firefly.

[jollywithyourhair-blog-blog]

[fivewolvesyael]

A brief summary of the Wolf by Wolf duology.

[fivewolvesyael]

“The angel of Death has been busy in the years since they’d escaped. His experiments climbed into the high hundreds—an overwhelming number of labeled drawers. Yael was beginning to fear they’d never end when they gave way to cabinets branded with letters instead of digits.

Doppelgänger Project”

[fivewolvesyael]

•FELIX AND ADELE WOLFE•

“Yael’s deception becomes more difficult when Felix, Adele’s twin brother, enters the race to watch Yael’s every move.”

[hilokaul]

People were more than crooked type and swastika-stamped documents. No number of bullet points and biography facts could pin the soul behind the eyes.

[injghf]

wolf by wolf,  @ryangraudin

“ once upon a different time, there was a boy who raced through a kingdom of death. his own heart? hidden behind layers of leather and sneer and steel.  u n t o u c h a b l e.

until it wasn’t.”

[ryangraudin]

GIVEAWAY ALERT: I’m starting a quarterly newsletter chock full of behind the scenes, news on future books and appearances, writing advice, puppy pictures and giveaways! To celebrate the launch I’ll be giving away ARCs of Strange the Dreamer, Roseblood (signed) and Wintersong (also signed) to one lucky subscriber. I’m also giving away a WOLF BY WOLF t-shirt designed by @shanandwords. To enter, go to www.ryangraudin.com/newsletter and subscribe!