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And the winner is . . . lasrisas ! Congratulations! You know the drill. Send me an email with your mailing address info and I'll get the ARC sent out shortly. There were a ton of entries and I had a lovely time browsing through your list of books that lingered with you long after you closed them. The ones that were mentioned most frequently included Shiver (shocker!), The Book Thief ,  Catching Fire , Before I Fall , and Wintergirls . And believe you me, I was taking notes and soaking up all the reasons you couldn't get these books out of your heads. Thank you all so much for your comments!  And lastly, though I'm sure you've seen it already, here is the Linger trailer. Because it is just that beautiful and I am in awe of Maggie's endless skills. Also, Maggie is currently running a super contest with several prizes over at her blog right now. Go here to find out the details and enter. 

It seems a long time ago now that I first read Shiver -- the first book in the Wolves of Mercy Falls trilogy. But looking back I started it on the plane ride to BEA and finished it there in the conference center, fingers gripping the cover tightly, while sitting on the floor in one of the many autograph lines. And now it's May again and BEA is right around the corner and I emerge from my recent and nasty reading slump stupor to find a copy of Linger sitting in my mailbox like a glove thrown down in the dirt. "I will be the one to pull you out," it whispers to me slyly. "Just open me up and take a sip. I promise--one sip is all it will take." And I look at it with fear and longing written all over my face. "You promise?" I ask  intently. "Because it's been a long walk in the cold and I'm not sure I can take another disappointment." "Just open me up," it says, confidence written all over its cover. And so I do. And everythin...

Maggie Stiefvater has revealed the cover for her upcoming Wolves of Mercy Falls novel, Linger , along with the first paragraph as a teaser! As you probably know, this is the sequel to Shiver and it follows Sam, Grace, and the whole crew as they find out what happens after. And here it is: • grace • This is the story of a boy who used to be a wolf and a girl who was becoming one. Just a few months ago, it was Sam who was the mythical creature. His was the disease we couldn't cure. His was the good-bye that meant the most. He had the body that was a mystery, too strange and wonderful and terrifying to comprehend. But now it is spring. With the heat, the remaining wolves will soon be falling out of their wolf pelts and back into their human bodies. Sam stays Sam, and Cole stays Cole, and it's only me who's not firmly in my own skin. So what do you think? I love the first paragraph and like the consistency of the covers. I confess to being pretty intrigued to find out where s...