Extraordinary October
Diana Wagman
October is an ordinary girl. From her plain looks to her average grades, there seems to be nothing special about her. Then, three days before her eighteenth birthday, she develops a strange itch that won’t go away, and her life is turned upside down. Suddenly, she can hear dogs talk, make crows fly, and two new and very handsome boys at school are vying for her affections. After she starts “transplanting” herself through solid rock, October learns that she is not ordinary at all, but the daughter of a troll princess and a fairy prince, and a pawn in a deadly war between the trolls and the fairies. Now October will have to use all of her growing powers to save her family, and stop a mysterious evil that threatens to destroy the fairy world.
In the fantastical vein of authors such as Julie Kagawa and Holly Black, Extraordinary October takes us on a magical journey from the streets of Los Angeles to the beautiful and mythical underground fairy kingdom.
About the Author
I have always written and always wanted to be a writer, but didn’t think I could make a living at it. So I became a mime. (You can imagine what my father had to say about that.) I worked on the streets of NYC with two partners, stopping traffic in front of the Met and annoying tourists. When, to my great surprise, that didn’t work out, I returned to school in film–thinking screenwriters made a living. And when I had ten scripts and my agent had stopped returning my calls, I wrote a novel. I did it just because I wanted to love writing again and not think about selling or casting or marketability. That novel was Skin Deep, and it’s a testament to writing from your heart that the first person to read it, bought it. I’ve been trying to write from the heart ever since.
The Tour
October 3rd
–Melissa’s Eclectic Bookshelf >> Guest post
–Writing Pearls >> Review
October 4th
–Solafide Book Club >> Guest post
–Smada’s Book Smack >> Excerpt
–The Book Sirens >> Review
October 5th
–fuonlyknew >> Excerpt
–The Bookworm Central >> Review
October 6th
–Archaeolibrarian – I Dig Good Books! >> Excerpt
–Fathomless Reveries >> Review
October 7th
–Lisa Loves Literature >> Interview
–The Avid Reader >> Review
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October 10th
–Read to My Heart’s Content >> Review
–Two Chicks On Books >> Interview
–Perks Be With You >> Review
October 11th
–Brooke Blogs >> Guest post
–Red’s Midnight Readers >> Review
–BrizzleLass Books >> Review
October 12th
–Book briefs >> Review
–Linz Reads >> Review
October 13th
–BooksChatter >> Interview
–Desert Rose Reviews >> Review
October 14th
–Happy Tails and Tales Blog >> Review
–Fangirls Read It First >> Review
–The Cover Contessa >> Interview
