#WeLoveYA: Julianna Baggot gives advice to her 16 year old self...

Something special today guys! Direct from the fantastic Sam over at Headline we have a letter written by Julianna Baggott, written to... well... Julianna Baggott... Or her 16 year old self, that is!

Before that though be sure to check out the We Love YA Facebook page and Pinterest!

Now without furter ado, Julianna's letter... Check it out below!

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Listen, smart ass, you're going to get out of here. I promise. Yes, the hypocrisy of adulthood isn't easy to take, and there is more viciousness than you can imagine. You're glimpsing it here. The kid who drown to death on the carbon monoxide fumes filling the locked garage. The pregnant girls who have their own smock uniforms. But don't harden your heart. There's joy too. You feel caged, of course. You are caged. But what you're learning is the small kindnesses, what you're learning is who to slap down and who to stand up for. You will keep standing up. That won't ever quit you. So, for now, keep at it. The springs of the cage door will give, and there will be more cages to come, but you will keep finding ways out. Your greatest trick of all -- that reel of images in your own head. Guard that. Guard that with all you've got.

Anthony Horowitz' RUSSIAN ROULETTE gets UK cover!

The US artwork for Russian Roulette, the last foray of Anthony's into the world of Alex Rider, this time focusing on the love-to-hate assassin Yassen, was released a few weeks ago, and now it's the UK's turn to see what we're going to be nabbing for our book shelves!

Ooh! I think Walker have done a great job. I like how it matches the covers for the main books in the Alex series but also manages to look like it's something completely different, which in essence I suppose it is. Either way I can't wait to own this one! 

What do you think? Do you like the cover? Are you going to be reading Russian Roulette when it comes out? Which cover do you like best? The UK one or the US one?

Title for Taken 2 is unveiled...

I for one adored Taken the first book in the (well...) Taken trilogy (I think it's a trilogy, it's a trilogy right? Correct me if I'm wrong please...) by Erin Bowman and I have been anticipating news on the second book ever since! If you haven't read Taken yet, you need to right this wrong right away, and why not check out my review (which can be found here) if you need any more persuading...

Well just moments ago, I got my wish. Erin herself has just unveiled the title for book 2! ARGH! Without further ado it is...

Oh man I love it. I cannot wait. She also revealed the official publication date. Mark 15th April 2014 in your diaries, calendars  smartphones or whatever else it is you use to mark important dates!

If you're in America you can get Taken right now at all book shops. If not, and you're from the UK like me, or elsewhere, why not check out The Book Depository? Free delivery world wide folks! That's where I got my hardback from and it was super cheap. I'll pop the link down below!

What do you think of the title? Are you going to read Frozen? Taken first though, yeah?!

Buy Taken from The Book Depository

New Catching Fire poster

I am so so so so SOOO excited for Catching Fire to hit cinemas later this year and Lionsgate are just teasing me and making things so much worse. They're making me anticipate it even more, as if that was possible. They had to go and release this absolutely blinding poster today and make me want to weep tears of joy and longing.

I. Cannot. Wait. 

ALLEGIANT UK cover art unveiled!

So last week the cover art for the US edition of Allegiant, the third and final book in Veronica Roth's incredible Divergent trilogy was unveiled and now we're on my home turf. UK cover, holla at me!

Now... I like it. A lot. It's got blue. It's got Tris. It's got feathers. It's great. I much prefer the blue to the US's orange but that's just because blue if my favourite colour. That said I prefer the US art just because it is so epic and I love the font they use for the titles. The font on this one just looks naff.

(All 3 UK covers...)

Either way, I can't wait! This is the first time we're getting the book in hardback in the UK and you just know this book s going to stand out! It's so much nice than the UK covers for Divergent and that horror that was Insurgent so at least there has been improvement. I'm still importing my Us hardback though. Couldn't not. I need that complete set. Roll on 22nd October! 

ALLEGIANT cover art!!!!

Argh! So the day has finally arrived, and I know my post is about 4 hours late but hey, ho, what can you do when you're stuck at work? Not a lot... That's what! Anyway! I am here now and I have to say wowwwwweeeeee!

I MEAN!!!!!! Come on! Look at it. Gah. It's so beautiful. The colour. The symbol. Oh my days, the symbol... it isn't a faction symbol!!!!?!?!?! Who would of thought it? So much speculation over whether it'd be the Erudite symbol or Amity and it's neither! What! Direct from Veronica's own blog (which can be found here...) we know that it's a new symbol and one which will obviously play a role in Allegiant. All I know is I cannot wait for that package to come in from Amazon US holding what is bound to be a stunning hardback! Cannot wait!

Allegiant is due 22nd October, and the UK cover is yet to be unveiled!

Are you excited for Allegiant? What do you think will happen? Who do you think will survive! The answers are so close and yet so far away!