Today is the Day

YAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!

That is all.

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No, not really all. For instance, here is an awesome interview with me at Angieville. An interview in which readers have a chance to win one of THREE free copies of Rampant. How exciting is that? Three. What I want to know is what kind of dirt Angie has on the Harper Teen publicity department to score so much loot. I don’t have three free copies of RAMPANT, and I wrote the darn thing.

Lets see if we can break three figures with those entries!

And here’s another great review of RAMPANT, from Juiciliciousss Reviews. My favorite part:

I’m going to go a bit fangirly here now. OMG! Bonegrinder (the house zhi for the cloisters) is soooo cute. I was like OMGGGGGGGGGG!!!!~~~ She reminded me of a little goat that’s so sweet. Too bad she’s ferocious to nonvirgins. 🙁 She’s so white and fluffy and I’m like awwwwww~~~

And from the BookKids blog, from the fabulous indie BookPeople in Austin, TX:

Rampant is an absurd thrill-ride and a perfect escape from every other fantasy out there.  Killer unicorns?  Come on – there have been enough vampires, zombies, and werewolves to keep us sated for years to come.  But Peterfreund’s YA debut is fresh, new, and ready to help you end your summer vacation with a bang.  Or an “alicorn” to the chest, if you like.

And I thought I’d already linked to this, but I guess I didn’t: Library Lounge Lizard’s awesome 4.75/5 star review of RAMPANT. Beware, it’s a more spoilery review than most. Here’s a spoiler-free part:

I was caught up in this book from the first few pages. Astrid’s adventure starts in chapter one and the roller coaster continues all the way to the last page.

LLL, a middle-school librarian, recommends the book for grades 7 and up.

And finally, I’m posting today on Romancing the Blog about Release Day superstitions and my plan to sideswipe them. Check it out!

And believe me, guys. This is all just the tip of the iceberg. There are a ton of guest posts and other goodies coming up soon! In the meantime, please go BUY A COPY OF RAMPANT TODAY!

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How about a giveaway? Something to mark this very, very special occasion. Okay, twist my arm. Today, I am giving away a copy of my coffee shop writing companion, release-day at Harper Teen twin, totally awesome friend Bennet Madison’s brand new novel, THE BLONDE OF THE JOKE.

School LIbrary Journal: Val, friendless and adrift, finds Francie and adopts her religious devotion to slutty ensembles and shoplifting. Off-kilter humor, moody narration, and twisted psychology make this sardonic exploration of suburbia thrilling—like pocketing lip gloss and walking right out of the store. In Madison’s hands, tacky becomes fabulous and wrong weirdly morphs into holy. The girls rock conservative Sandra Dee High with gold lamé hot pants, big boobs, bigger hair, and heavy eyeliner. They travel daily to the glimmering Montgomery Shoppingtowne Mall to perfect the black art of stealing. Val and Francie zealously try to strip the place to its cement foundation. Contempt for false edifice and for the superficial frameworks behind home, school, and the mall fuel their obsessive devotion to thievery.

Maureen Johnson: “The Blonde of the Joke turns a dull suburban landscape into a mythical place, full of treasure, inner demons, and transformations. Bennett Madison is one of the best YA writers around and this is his sharpest book to date.”

COME AND GET IT. Leave a comment to win. And stay tuned. More giveaways forthcoming.