***The Starry-Eyed Revue***: book look

In celebration of the release of The Midnight Star next week, Penguin has put together an epic blog tour. You'll find all manner of posts for this tour but yours truly is taking another stab at a look book, which you can find below.

But first, here's a little more about the final book in The Young Elites series:

Title: The Midnight Star
Author: Marie Lu
Series: The Young Elites, book #3
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Publication Date: October 11, 2016
Purchase: Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Audible

The thrilling finale to the New York Times bestselling Young Elites series from “hit factory” Marie Lu.

There was once a time when darkness shrouded the world, and the darkness had a queen.

Adelina Amouteru is done suffering. She’s turned her back on those who have betrayed her and achieved the ultimate revenge: victory. Her reign as the White Wolf has been a triumphant one, but with each conquest her cruelty only grows. The darkness within her has begun to spiral out of control, threatening to destroy all that she’s achieved.

Adelina’s forced to revisit old wounds when a new danger appears, putting not only Adelina at risk, but every Elite and the very world they live in. In order to save herself and preserve her empire, Adelina and her Roses must join the Daggers on a perilous quest—though this uneasy alliance may prove to be the real danger.

Bestselling author Marie Lu concludes Adelina's story with this haunting and hypnotizing final installment to the Young Elites series.

The Midnight Star Book Looks:

About the author:

Marie Lu is the author of the New York Times bestselling Legend series. She spends her spare time reading, drawing, playing Assassin’s Creed, and getting stuck in traffic. She lives in Los Angeles, California, with one boyfriend, one Chihuahua mix, and two Pembroke Welsh corgis.

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The Midnight Star Blog Tour:

Week One:

Monday, 9/26: Expresso Reads (Series Sensory Associations)

Monday, 9/26: Ensconced in Lit (TYE “What Makes a Villain” Discussion)

Tuesday, 9/27: Myriad Inklings (Review/Book Playlist)

Tuesday, 9/27: Two Chicks on Books (Top 5 Reasons to Read TYE)

Wednesday, 9/28: Mike the Fanboy (Villains/Anti-Heroes in Pop Culture List)

Thursday, 9/29: Reading Teen (Guest Post)

Thursday, 9/29: Twirling Pages (Favorite Quotes/Mood Board)

Friday, 9/30: Bibliophile Gathering (Review)

Friday, 9/30: Brittany’s Book Rambles (Favorite Quotes)

Week Two:

Monday, 10/3: Once Upon a Twilight (Guest Post)

Tuesday, 10/4: The Starry-Eyed Revue (Midnight Star Look Book)

Tuesday, 10/4: Arctic Books (Review + Favorite Quotes)

Wednesday, 10/5: Folded Pages Distillery (Review + Instagram)

Wednesday, 10/5: Fiktshun (Review)

Thursday, 10/6: The Book Nut (Review + Mood Board)

Thursday, 10/6: Bookiemoji (Top 5 Reasons to Read TYE)

Friday, 10/7: MundieMoms (Review + Favorite Quotes)

Week Three:

Monday, 10/10: The Fandom (Review + Favorite Quotes)

Tuesday, 10/11: Forever Young Adult (Guest Post)

Wednesday, 10/12: Owl Always Be Reading (Review + Quotes)

Wednesday, 10/12: Buttermybooks (Favorite Morally Ambiguous Characters)

Thursday, 10/13: IceyBooks (Quote Candy)

Friday, 10/14: Dark Faerie Tales (Guest Post)

Friday, 10/14: A Page with a View (Favorite Fanart)

Week Four:

Monday, 10/17: The Book Shire (Review + Favorite Quotes)

Monday, 10/17: Seeing Double in Neverland (Review)

Tuesday, 10/18: What Sarah Read (Guest Post)

Wednesday, 10/19: Adventures of a Book Junkie (Top 5 Reasons to Read TYE)

Wednesday, 10/19: YA Bibliophile (Review + Favorite Quotes)

Thursday, 10/20: Eater of Books! (Swoon Thursday)

Friday, 10/21: Me My Shelf and I (Bookish Scents)

Friday, 10/21: Oh the Book Feels (Review + Favorite Quotes)

Labels: blog tour, book look, fantasy, marie lu, penguin, promotions, the young elites

In celebration of the release of Furthermore tomorrow, Penguin asked for a little creativity from bloggers, in addition to providing an awesome prize pack full of Tahereh Mafi's favorite things. I chose the following content:

BOOK-LOOK: Alice lives in a world of color. Born without pigment, she loves to dress in colorful skirts and bangles of every shade – take a style-cue from Alice and share a photo of a brightly-colored outfit inspired by both Furthermore and the ever-stylish Tahereh Mafi.

I've never done a book-look before, but I thought I'd give it a try...

Of course, I had to include fabulous shoes because we're talking about Tahereh Mafi here. But I also wanted to incorporate a fox somehow because a) I love foxes and b) there's one on the cover so it must be pretty important. And I couldn't pass on that adorable elephant coin purse. So. Cute.

I haven't read the book yet, though I do have both the ARC and audio in my possession, so it shouldn't take me long to get through it. :) But it seems like the kind of thing Katie would love, so I'm waiting on her.

Here's a little more about the book:

Title: Furthermore
Author: Tahereh Mafi
Series: stand-alone
Publisher: Dutton Books for Young Readers
Publication Date: August 30, 2016
Purchase: Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Audible

The bestselling author of the Shatter Me series takes readers beyond the limits of their imagination in this captivating new middle grade adventure where color is currency, adventure is inevitable, and friendship is found in the most unexpected places.

There are only three things that matter to twelve-year-old Alice Alexis Queensmeadow: Mother, who wouldn't miss her; magic and color, which seem to elude her; and Father, who always loved her. The day Father disappears from Ferenwood he takes nothing but a ruler with him. But it's been almost three years since then, and Alice is determined to find him. She loves her father even more than she loves adventure, and she's about to embark on one to find the other.

But bringing Father home is no small matter. In order to find him she'll have to travel through the mythical, dangerous land of Furthermore, where down can be up, paper is alive, and left can be both right and very, very wrong. Her only companion is a boy named Oliver whose own magical ability is based in lies and deceit--and with a liar by her side in a land where nothing is as it seems, it will take all of Alice's wits (and every limb she's got) to find Father and return home to Ferenwood in one piece. On her quest to find Father, Alice must first find herself--and hold fast to the magic of love in the face of loss.

And thanks to Penguin Random House, not only did I receive a copy for review purposes, but I've been given the opportunity to give away the following prize pack:

One (1) winner will receive the following:

· a copy of Furthermore

· an Egg Cream Mask

· an Advanced Brightening Sleeping Facial

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Giveaway open to US addresses only.
Prizing and samples provided by Penguin Random House.

About the author:

Tahereh Mafi is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the Shatter Me series. She can usually be found over-caffeinated and stuck in a book.

She was born in a small city somewhere in Connecticut and currently resides in Santa Monica, California, where she drinks too much caffeine and finds the weather to be just a little too perfect for her taste.

When unable to find a book, she can be found reading candy wrappers, coupons, and old receipts.

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