The Veronicas – and a new competition!

Last week I went to the London showcase for one of my favorite pop bands, The Veronicas. You might have heard of them already – the sister duo were part of the Max Martin/Since U Been Gone-style guitar pop wave of 2006, and had videos full of skateboarding teens and red bracelets and general teen [...]

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Tweet tweet

That’s right, I’m twittering now – because you can’t have too many useless web applications notifying people about your every thought! Follow me at abbymcdonald for all the random musings I manage to edit out of this blog
The switch competition is now closed, people!  Carrie, I need you to email me to claim your [...]

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Happy Holi – and some winners

Sunday marked Holi – the Festival of Colors to mark the start of Spring, and I was lucky enough to head up to Queens with some friends to watch the parade and celebrate. This involved getting kind of messy!

There were floats and marchers and very loud music. And then came the powder…
 

First, the pale base…

Then [...]

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Readings.

As well as the fun Jefferson NYPL reading I did on launch day, I also went out to Brooklyn on Friday for some library visits. I’ve never really done much public speaking, so it was pretty nerve-wracking to start, but everyone was so friendly and welcoming, it was a really great day.

First stop: Mill Basin [...]

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Trailer launch.

Check out the SOPHOMORE SWITCH trailer – it just went live!

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Bookstore Fail!

Here’s the thing: like many of you, I love bookstores. I don’t just mean, ‘drop by occasionally to check out the new fiction table en-route to the magazine stand’, I mean, ‘take up residence in the corner chair every day until even the staff know my name’. The part in SOPHOMORE SWITCH where Tasha hangs [...]

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Review round-up

Publishers Weekly said some lovely things, including “McDonald plays with stereotypical images of Americans and Brits, painting both in broad strokes, but also challenges standard definitions of feminism… The characters’ strong personalities and the book’s easy sense of humor will keep readers entertained.”
Susan at Readspace posted a great review, saying “Like the best chick lit, [...]

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Help!

I’m eating Ben & Jerry’s Peach Cobbler straight from the tub, and I fear it can only end one way: with an empty carton and a full stomach. Somebody, stop me please!
In other news, I’m excited about the new season of American Idol. Will there be a contestant who annoys me as much as David [...]

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Book stalking, and (competition closed!)

I heard that the book was in stores early, so today my friend and I went BOOK STALKING! We headed to the Columbus Circle Borders, and lo! There, in the glittering center of the city–the world, if you will–was my baby:

And thus commenced the posing…

… and the signing…
 

… and the general hugging/leaping around in glee. [...]

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Winner!

Congrats to Sara, who the random number generator picked out as my winner in the first SOPHOMORE SWITCH signed ARC giveaway! I’ve emailed you already, so be sure to get in touch with your details.
And fear not, I’m starting up another contest tomorrow – this time there will be double the prizes, but you’ll have [...]

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