Y’all don’t you just love it when you read a book that makes you want to gush and gush and THEN you get the opportunity to pick the author’s brain about it? Seriously, that’s like dreams coming true for me.
PLUS OMG YOU GUYS! Today is the RELEASE DAY HOLLAAAAA for Masque Of The Red Death by Bethany Griffin. Bethany has graciously dropped by to answer a few BURNING questions I had!
The Masque Of The Red Death
1.One thing that struck me while reading Masque of the Red Death was the lush style of writing. Which writers have influenced you?
Oh wow, so many writers. I love Anne Rice, and I’m not sure if my writing is lush, but if so, she influenced me a lot. Growing up I read a lot of semi-modern gothic literature by authors like Victoria Holt, and lots of fantasy (my favorite fantasy authors are Guy Gavriel Kay and Jacqueline Carey).
2. Much of Masque centers around a horrific plague that reminds one of The Black Death during the Medieval period. Did you do any research on plagues while writing? What was the most interesting thing you came across?
Okay, well I love the middle ages and the Bubonic Plague, the Doomsday Book by Connie Willis is one of my all time favorite books, but I have to admit I didn’t do a lot of research for Masque, I read up on the awful symptoms that Poe described for his plague, tried to make the initial plague awful and different, and went from there.
3. If you had to pick a theme song for Masque, what would it be?
Machine Gun by Portishead.
4. What are a few YA books you’ve read and enjoyed recently?
I loved Born Wicked by Jessica Spotswood, Black Heart by Holly Black (and the rest of the books in that series), Oh, I really liked Invisible Sun by David Macinnis Gill.
F’realz, Bethany has GREAT TASTE in YA books AND music.
Via http://www.bethanygriffin.com/bio.html
And okay, because I was in L-O-V-E with Masque of The Red Death, I kind of want you all to fall in L-O-V-E with it too and OMG OPPORTUNITY! So, here’s the deal. Leave a comment on this post with a great YA book you’ve read lately and I will choose a winner on April 30th for my ARC. Oh, and of course this business is open INTERNATIONALLY, y’all.
And the winner is Andrea at Love Is…
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OH YEAH and right here is the reason I think you should ALL COMMENT AND ENTER!
Thanks for the giveaway!
A great YA I’ve read lately is Across the Universe. I didn’t know a lot about it, and was sort of hesitant, but boy was it amazing!
Oh dear. The last really good one that I read was Divergent, but of course that’s everyone’s answer.
So for something different, I’m really enjoying Glitch by Heather Anastasiu right now, although I’m not finished so who knows how I’ll feel in a couple days. But I’m almost done, and so far so good!
The last really good books I read are Shattered Souls and Dreamless! Loved both of them. Great interview! I cannot wait to get my hands on this book!
A great book that I just read was Starters by Lissa Price!! Although the cover is icky…
Thanks for the amazing giveaway! I just read Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers, and When You Were Mine by Rebecca Serle. Both were AMAZING! <3 loved 'em. Thanks again
Thanks so much for the great interview and opportunity to win. I really loved Shatter me and Pandemonium.
I am reading Bewitching by Alex Flinn and it is really good!
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That is one hard question! I read so few YA novels, I actually had to check out my timeline to see which YA books I read lately. So, the last few YA novels I read were Dreamless and The White Oak. Dreamless was good! I loved the different take on Greek/Latin myths!!
I’have read Shatter Me few weeks ago and it was really good:)
I read The Hunt by Andrew Fukuda a couple of weeks ago and loved it! It is a vampire dystopian how can it be cooler? It is also told from the male pov which is kind of different in YA. If you have ever seen the movie Daybreakers think that but aimed at teens.
The Fault in Our Stars! Maybe the best book of 2012 I’ve read so far.
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(is this, still open?)
Ohhh this is quite difficult to choose! I read Where She Went a month ago and I absolutely loved the book! It’s better than the predecessor imo. and although i loved it, my vote will go to White Cat by Holly Black cause’ awesome book is awesome. (and it doesn’t hurt the MC is male XD)
The best book I’ve read this year was The Storyteller by Antonia Michaelis. I reminds me of Forbidden and Nevermore.
A great YA book I’ve read lately would probably be… Rampant by Diana Peterfreund. It was a litlle “slow” at first but in the end, I couldn’t put it down
Thanks for the giveaway (Hoping on it still being open)
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