Impostor - new pub date!

I know this is pretty last minute but Impostor has a new pub date!!!
It's May 28, 2013 now.
Just five days later! It's just because of a little shipping issue, so nothing to worry about.
So MAY 28! I can't wait! :)

Giveaway winner!

My giveaway is closed. Thanks for participating! And here's the winner:
Fredamans!
Please email me your address and if you'd like a personalization!
books@susannewinnacker.com

IMPOSTOR giveaway!

A few weeks ago I mentioned that I had news that I wasn't allowed to share yet. Today I can finally reveal 2/3 of my news. That's better than nothing, right? And of course there'll be a giveaway to celebrate!
But first the news:

Impostor sold to Editions Laffont in France at auction and to Jamsai in Thailand! I'm so excited!

And I forgot to mention that there will be an audiobook of Impostor. Listening Library (Random House) produced the audiobook with Emily Rankin as the reader. I listened to the first ten minutes a couple of days ago and I'm in love! Can't wait to share it with you. It'll be published May 28, 2013 (five days after the hardcover release).

But now it's time for the giveaway:
You can win a signed and personalized ARC of Impostor!

It's the last ARC of Impostor I'm giving away on this blog! I'm also throwing in a signed copy of The Other Life and some Impostor swag! Cool, right? 

So one lucky winner gets a signed Impostor ARC, a signed The Other Life hardcover and swag! 

As usual the giveaway is international and it's open until next Friday (April 12th) at noon EST. 

You probably wonder what you'll have to do to be entered?

It's easy. Since we have less than 50 days left until Impostor hits shelves I'd like to get the word out about my book. And I need your help.
So to enter the giveaway, all you have to do is tweet, Facebook, blog, pinterest or tumblr about Impostor or this giveaway and include the link in your comment. Every link is worth one entry. So let's say you do all of the above, then you're entered five times. AND you can enter ONCE per day with a new comment. So theoretically you could reach a maximum of 35 entries if you enter every day.
That's it!

(Part of the rules were "borrowed" from Victoria Schwab)

Goodreads giveaway!

Penguin is currently giving away 5 copies of IMPOSTOR on Goodreads! So if you want to win a copy, you should enter here!

Cover reveal for Jennifer Walkup's SECOND VERSE

Today I'm helping my friend  Jennifer Walkup with the cover reveal for her debut "Second Verse". Click below to enter the Epic Cover Reveal Contest over at Me, My Shelf and I - she's giving away signed ARCs, signed bookmarks and an Amazon gift card!

But first, here's the cover:

Isn't it beautiful?

And here's the official summary:

Bad things come in threes. In Shady Springs, that includes murder.

Murder Now

Lange Crawford’s move to Shady Springs, Pennsylvania, lands her a group of awesome friends, a major crush on songwriter Vaughn, and life in a haunted, 200-year-old farmhouse. It also brings The Hunt: an infamous murder mystery festival where students solve a fake, gruesome murder scheme during the week of Halloween. Well, supposedly fake.

Murder Then

Weeks before The Hunt, Lange and her friends hold a séance in the farmhouse’s eerie barn. When a voice rushes through, whispering haunting words that only she and Vaughn can hear, Lange realizes it's begging for help. The mysterious voice leads Lange and Vaughn to uncover letters and photos left behind by a murdered girl, Ginny, and they become obsessed with her story and the horrifying threats that led to her murder.

Murder Yet to Come

But someone doesn’t like their snooping, and Lange and Vaughn begin receiving the same threats that Ginny once did. The mysterious words from the barn become crucial to figuring out Ginny's past and their own, and how closely the two are connected. They must work fast to uncover the truth or risk finding out if history really does repeat itself.

I can't wait to read it!

CLICK HERE FOR CONTEST, GOOD LUCK! http://www.memyshelfandi.com/

Vacation photos!

As I mentioned before, I was on vacation in the Seychelles and Dubai for three weeks and here are a few photos (we took over 3000...)

The beach of our hotel.

On the island La Digue

Exploring the island Curieuse

Enjoying the sunset in the pool.

And watching fruit bats.

And sometimes being watched by fruit bats...

Seeing cute mammals in the Vallé de Mai on the island Praslin

Exploring the national park Vallé de Mai

Petting a turtle on the island Cousin

and discovering endangered birds nesting on the ground

Then we flew to Dubai

and spent a few days in the desert

...watching gazelles

and riding camels

and drinking sparkling wine in the dunes

and taking walks shortly after sunrise

and stalking the oryx antelopes in front of our entrance door

and then in Dubai marveling at the highest building of the world: The Burj Khalifa

and enjoying the view from our room

and going shopping in the Dubai mall, buying too many Arabic sweets...

Book Love: BY BLOOD by Tracy E. Banghart

I'm back from my vacation (Seychelles and Dubai), but before I do a post filled with too many photos, I want to recommend a book to you. My friend and crit partner Tracy wrote it and I loved it.

It's called By Blood as you can see and here is the official summary:
For 17-year-old Emma Wong, spending a summer in England should be a dream come true. Gorgeous scenery? Check. Lots of hot guys with accents? Yes, please. 

Spending two months with her mom, Dr. Mike (don’t call him her stepdad), and their pooping, puking infant son? Not what she had in mind. It’s a disaster even her favorite cherry red leather jacket can’t fix (leather and spit-up do not mix). 

Not only does she get put on diaper duty (gag), but there’s also Dr. Mike’s cute research assistant to contend with. The only thing more embarrassing than her trying to plant one on him hours after they meet is knowing he’ll be a witness to her family’s dysfunction all. summer. long.

So when Emma meets a mysterious girl who happens to be a Druid, the summer suddenly promises to be far more intriguing than she expected. Powerful rituals, new friends, an intoxicating sense of freedom . . . and Simon, the sexy foreign stranger she was hoping for. It’s all a perfect distraction from dirty diapers and awkward family dinners.

Trouble is, intriguing doesn’t often mean simple. And Emma is about to discover just how not simple her life really is.

I loved Emma. She has flaws but that only made her feel like a real person to me. I especially loved her progressing relationship to her little half-brother! 
Did you like Anna and the French Kiss because of its lovely foreign setting, then I should tell you that By Blood makes you fall in love with Oxford (and the hot boys that roam the streets there...hehe). You can feel that the author knows her setting. I visited Oxford once before I read the book and then once again after I read it, and Tracy just nailed it. The British vibe, the pubs, everything. And the mystery really caught me off guard. A book that will surprise you!
If you like contemporary mysteries, foreign settings and hot boys, then this is for you!
You can buy it here.