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Wednesday, August 07, 2013

Cover Reveal: Crewel & Altered by Gennifer Albin (+ Giveaway!)

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Today I have a very special treat for y’all! I’ve got the BRAND NEW (and gorgeous) covers for both Crewel and Altered which is being released at the end of October. PLUS, I have an epic giveaway that you might just drool over! Without further ado:

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Crewel
Gennifer Albin
Genre: YA Science Fiction
Publication date: October 15, 2013 (paperback)
by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)

Goodreads
Enter a tangled world of secrets and intrigue where a girl is in charge of other’s destinies, but not her own.

Sixteen-year-old Adelice Lewys has always been special. When her parents discover her gift—the ability to weave the very fabric of reality—they train her to hide it. For good reason, they don’t want her to become a Spinster — one of the elite, beautiful, and deadly women who determine what people eat, where they live, how many children they have, and even when they die.

Thrust into the opulent Western Coventry, Adelice will be tried, tested and tempted as she navigates the deadly politics at play behind its walls. Now caught in a web of lies and forbidden romance, she must unravel the sinister truth behind her own unspeakable power. Her world is hanging by a thread, and Adelice, alone, can decide to save it — or destroy it.

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Altered
Gennifer Albin
Genre: YA Science Fiction
Publication date: October 29th 2013
by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)

Goodreads
After a daring escape to Earth from Arras, sixteen-year-old Adelice Lewys thought she would finally be in control of her own destiny. She would be free to be true to herself and to her heart—to love Jost, the boy the Guild said she could not have. But Earth is not abandoned, as she’d always been taught it was. It’s inhabited with survivors waging a war against Arras. The world that was supposed to offer a new beginning is still tangled up in the past. Now Adelice is being called upon to harness her phenomenal power and break Earth from the grip of the Guild. But even as she uncovers the truth about her parents and her former life, she discovers that nothing on Earth is as it seems either. Everyone has secrets, especially those she loves most. What’s more, those secrets are driving Adelice and Jost away from each other, and Adelice into his brother Erik’s waiting arms. Now torn between two brothers and two worlds, Adelice must decide what—and who–she’s fighting for, before it’s too late.

About the Author



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Gennifer’s Website / Goodreads / Facebook / Twitter

I like coffee. A lot. Writing gives me time to go get a cup without my kids. I like books as much as I like coffee, but it is easier to read with children hanging on you than drink coffee due to the threat of third degree burns. That’s why coffee gets top billing in my intro: its unattainability.

I hold a Masters in English with a specialization in 18th century women’s studies. While this is a highly marketable area of expertise, I stay home with my kids, which means my 3 year-old son uses correct grammar and doesn’t burn down the house.

I have a ridiculously supportive husband who dreams of being included on a book jacket: “The author lives in Kansas with her husband, two children, and a Tuesday cat.”


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Giveaway

The wonderful people at Macmillan have offered up these two prize packs for giveaway:
Prize Pack Number One: One hardcover edition of Crewel + an ARC of Altered
Prize Pack Number Two: One paperback edition of Crewel + an ARC of Altered (note that this prize can only be sent in September)

PLUS
Gennifer Albin has also offered a gorgeous mini book charm with the cover of either Crewel or Altered on it (winner’s choice) for giveaway.


  • There will be 3 winners
  • Open to US and Canadian addresses
  • Giveaway ends August 21st, 2013
  • Full contest terms and conditions found on Rafflecopter

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Altered by Gennifer Albin Chapter Reveal + Giveaway

Posted by on 05/22/2013 • 52 Comments

If you do not know yet how much I loved Crewel you can read my review here (it has giraffe balls)! For the rest of you, you must know how excited I am to be on this chapter reveal tour for its sequel, Altered. On each stop, you will ge part of the 1st chapter until you’ve read it all! Plus, you get a chance to win an ARC!

*Altered, the sequel to Crewel, does not yet have a cover* Altered Chapter One (Part 3) […Continued from Part 1 at Bewitched Bookworms and Part 2 at Cuddlebuggery Book Blog] “Clearly the fact that we are in some type of forsaken alternate reality is much less important than your grudge against me, so can we get this over with and move…

Review: Crewel by Gennifer Albin

Posted by on 10/11/2012 • 43 Comments

Initial reaction: Holy mother of giraffe balls!!!

Official review:

What. Did. I. Just. Read?

*blinks*

Ok, wow. Creative does not even begin to describe this formidable world that Gennifer Albin has built. Bringing in some sci-fi elements into it, the explanations of the weaving and how the whole process works simply blew me away. When it starts off it garners a lot of questions and wonderment, but as the world building progresses, we’re brought into an extremely complex, incredibly well described futuristic world where everything and everyone can be manipulated by the touch of a Spinster. It can be hard to grasp, especially if you don’t pay attention – this is the kind of book you have to really be alert for – and it pays off. Furthermore, Gennifer’s world…