Links!

A big leap forward in the life of Nightshade this week - the first mailing of Advanced Review Copies (ARCs or Galleys) arrived in the mailboxes of book bloggers! I'm now biting my nails in anticipation of their responses, and I'm so excited that Calla is out in the wild.

I thought I'd do a roundup of the links that have been popping up.

Kay Cassidy gave a Nightshade shout out in her interview on Not Enough Bookshelves. Kay's book The Cinderella Society is on shelves today!!

Book Reviews by Jess discussed the cover, as did The Bookologist and Tynga's Reviews and The Fiction Enthusiast. And Raila just stopped by to tell me about her cover post! Thanks Raila - I'm thrilled Nightshade will be pubbed in Brazil too - that was my first foreign sale :)

Nightshade got mentions in several "In My Mailbox" posts:

The Undercover Book Lover's post made my week. (Thanks Reggie!!)

And I was so excited to see Nightshade in the hands of The Frenetic Reader and Fantastic Book Review and GreenBeanTeenQueen (don't you love that name?) and Abby(the)Librarian (Happy Library Workers Day Abby!!!) and Ramblings of a Teenage Bookworm (man all these bloggers have cool site names) and Book Chic.

The Story Siren and Sarah's Random Musings both vlog about it!

And it's even showing up in Spanish :) at Book Eater and Besos de un Angel and Eternamente en Tiniebla!

Thank you so much for all the enthusiasm - I'm thrilled!

If you posted a Nightshade-related blog and I missed it - it was totally inadvertent, let me know and I'd be happy to link it here.

The next chance to win a signed Nightshade ARC will be a contest on Monday, April 19 - this contest will only be 24 hours long, so don't forget to stop by!

Linky Goodness

It's Wednesday and I have revisions staring at me from my desk. So for today's post I thought I'd share some fun from around the blogosphere. There are exciting things happening, and at least a couple that have to do with kissing - so click on the links and see what all the fuss/puckering up is about.

Stephanie Perkins, author of Anna and the French Kiss (Dutton, fall 2010 - go Penguin!!) is hosting a giveaway on her blog and it's all about your favorite film/novel kissing moments. Just reading the entries is great fun.

Another awesome review of kissage is in the first ever (and hopefully to be continued each year) awards The Smoochies, brainchild of Josh Berk and Heidi Kling.

If you're not feeling the Valentine's spirit, you can head over to Carrie Harris' blog today and read about her New York trip and watch a Strongbad clip for some good chuckles.

And finally if you don't want to sigh or laugh, you can check out Brenna Yovanoff's dark and wonderful cover for The Replacement (again Penguin FTW!) and get chills.