{Story Diary} Lost Night by Kate Ellison

Lost Night by Kate Ellison
Older Young Adult /New Adult Contemporary

May 5, 2015

Sapphire knows she has to avoid trouble if she's going to survive in Neverland, the seedy neighborhood of Cleveland she now calls home. Other girls here have gone missing when they didn't play by the rules: the "lost girls," she calls them. Like her, they're all runaways - no one to notice if they vanish for good.

And Sapphire knows, too, that falling for Bird is only going to cause trouble. She just doesn't know how soon, or how bad... And whether that trouble will come from the dangers of Neverland or from Bird himself.

All she knows is that this will be their last night together - or the night she's lost forever.

Places

Favorite Quotes

"If only more young people were able to pull their heads out of their smart phones and pay attention to the rest of the world."

--Kate Ellison, Lost Night (Loc 197)

Isn't that the truth!

My Playlist

Bird and Saph's tumultuous relationship reminds me of some songs from particular bands, so I decided to compile a playlist that I felt best fits their relationship/the vibe I get from them. I wonder what music what they listen to while on late night drives.

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"Degausser" by Brand New
"Everlong" by Foo Fighters
"Wicked Games" by The Weeknd
"Angels" by The XX
"Night Time, My Time" by Sky Ferreira
"Happy With Me" by HOLYCHILD
"Reckless" by Julia Lauren
"Sex" by The 1975
"Fallingforyou" by The 1975
"Bones" by MS MR
"Desire" by Meg Myers
"Better in the Dark" by Say Lou Lou
"The Devil Within" by Digital Daggers
"Not On Drugs" by Tove Lo
"Dark In My Imagination" by of Verona
"Run On Love" by Lucas Nord and Tove Lo
"I Can't Stop Drinking About You" by Bebe Rexha
"Kiss Me" by Ed Sheeran
"Tonight, I Love You" by The Latency
"Painkiller" by Three Days Grace
"push pull" by Purity Ring
"Is There Somewhere" by Halsey
"Get Lost" by Icona Pop
"The Edge of Tonight" by All Time Low
"Think Of You" by MS MR
"Hold Me Down" by Halsey
"Hunger" by Of Monsters and Men
"Tear In My Heart" by Twenty One Pilots
"This Is Love" by Cappa
"Rain" by Cappa
"R U Mine?" by Arctic Monkeys
"If It Means A Lot To You" by A Day To Remember
"Nova cane" by Frank Ocean
"Take My Hand" by The Cab
"Kids In Love" by Mayday Parade
"Beside You" by Marianas Trench
"Dreams" by Cassie Steele
"Chains" by Cassie Steele
"Beast" by Nico Vega
"So High" by Ghost Loft
"Ashtrays and Heartbreaks" by Miley Cyrus ft. Snoop Lion
"Bonnie and Clyde" by Jonathan Clay

Meet Kate Ellison

Kate Ellison spent a lot of time as a child, in Baltimore, pretending to be things she wasn't: a twin, a telekinetic, a benevolent witch with a box full of magical stones, a spy, a soccer player. She trained as an actor in Chicago and has walked across the entire country of Spain. She is a painter and jewelry-maker, and has at least one artist friend who really does keep his true name a secret from the world. He told her, but don't ask her to tell you—she's not gonna do it. Kate lives in Brooklyn, New York. The Butterfly Clues is her first novel.

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madly + pressed juicery

today was a day well-spent sitting by the bonfire pit at the fountains reading an arc of madly by amy alward that i picked up at ala last month, accompanied with a vanilla almond juice from pressed juicery.

add madly by amy alward to your tbr!


title: madly
author: amy alward
publication date: september 29, 2015
publisher: simon schuster books for young readers
genre: young adult fantasy

ala annual 2015 book haul

i experienced my first ever book conference: ala annual conference (alaac) in san francisco a couple of days ago, and as promised in my last post, here's my book haul!

books i obtained (in no particular order):

• salt to the sea by ruta sepetys (bound manuscript)
• everything, everything by nicola yoon
• black widow: forever red by margaret stohl
• walk on earth a stranger by rae carson
• vengeance road by erin bowman
• daughters unto devils by amy lukavics
• when we collided by emery lord
• first & then by emma mills
• the scorpion rules by erin bow
• hunter by mercedes lackey
• madly by amy alward
• tonight the streets are ours by leila sales
• beastly bones william ritter
• melt by selene castrovilla
• naked by stacey trombley
• modern monsters by kelley york
• better when he's brave by jay crownover
• risking it all by tessa bailey
• more than music by elizabeth briggs

thank you to the publishers and folks working the booths. y'all were amazing and very helpful. thanks for getting the books out there to readers and educators. i can't wait to attend more conferences and meet more of my favorite authors.

♥ did you go to alaac15? or are there books that you cannot wait for?

comment your recaps or anticipated books below! ♥

ala annual 2015 | san francisco, ca

ala (american library association) annual was in san francisco this year, so we went off on a 2 hour drive to the city and attend for a day. having never been to book conferences before (unless you count the california capitol book festival), i first strolled down each aisle, checking out all the books on display and snapping photos along the way. after knowing where some of my favorite publishers were stationed was when i finally went to snap some books. first timers mistake because they run out so fast! don't make the same mistake. get those books you want when you see them!

for my first book conference, it honestly wasn't that bad. hearing stories of the madness of how these turn out, it was kind of daunting to me, but while there was a lot of people, it wasn't too crowded nor was there any shoving, so that was good.

shoutout to the publishers. y'all do an outstanding job to get those books out there.

♥ have you been to an ala (annual or midwinter) before?

if you did, how did you like it? ♥

bay area book fest 2015 | berkeley, ca

the bay area book festival was this past weekend in berkeley, ca and it was packed with readers, authors, local booksellers, food trucks/booths, interesting art installations, free books and more. the teen stage was the platform where ya authors come up on stage and answer questions from readers in the audience, talk about their books and read a bit from their books before signing. 

i was only able to make it to sunday's events but it was still a blast nonetheless. to cap off the day, i also got to meet dear blogger friend kaitlin of last page please! in person for the first time!

sunday's teen stage authors:

11am // kim culbertson (catch a falling star)

11:30am // morgan matson (since you've been gone)

12pm // virginia boecker (the witch hunter)

12:30pm // tamara ireland stone (every last word)

1pm // greg weisman

1:30pm // danielle paige (dorothy must die)

2pm // tricia stirling (when my heart was wicked)