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Join Us Tonight for The Fandom Hangout, Episode II

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Today, starting at 7:30pm Eastern Time/4:30pm Pacific Time, TheFandom.net is going to be hosting another Google Hangout!  If you missed our very first episode, don’t worry, you wouldn’t have needed to see it before watching this one to understand what’s going on.

But you certainly won’t want to miss tonight’s hangout, because we’ll be announcing some cool giveaways to help officially launch the new sites that have been basically transferred from tfgeekgirl.com to their own fandom!

We’ll be announcing the prizes and how you can enter each one as well as some news from our various fandoms.

Then we’ll get into discussing what’s going on in some of our busy fandoms, including movie news for some (Divergent, The Maze Runner, The Mortal Instruments, Ender’s Game, Percy Jackson) as well as TV and book news for others (Harry Potter, Delirium, Game of Thrones).

And we’re going to talk about some events that are or will be taking place in the very near future, so we hope you can join us tonight at 7:30pm ET/4:30pm PT.

Look for our tweet for the YouTube link by following @fandomnet, or go to The Fandom’s YouTube channel.

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Hollywood Crush Poll: Best YA Novel of 2012

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MTV’s Hollywood Crush recently posted a poll asking you to pick your favorite book of the year and Reached happens to be an option!

From series enders (Ally Condie’s “Reached;” Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl’s “Beautiful Redemption”) to debut efforts (Kiera Cass’ “The Selection,” Julie Cross’ “Tempest”) to the book that left us all quivering in a puddle of our own snot and tears (John Green’s “The Fault in Our Stars”), it’s been another great year to read young adult. Though it may be tough to play favorites, that is the task before you. Cast your vote for the best YA novel of 2012 after the jump (or else we’ll send a hydra demon after you!).

Make sure to cast your vote here!

Cassia and Ky’s Poem Pendant

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Anorie’s Whimsies on Etsy (aka our very own Annie!) is one of the few retailers with fantastic original Matched themed jewelry. She’s too modest to have ever mentioned her own jewelry on the site, but we love it so much that we just had to!

We’re especially attached to this beautiful pendant featuring Cassia’s poem to Ky, the featured lines of which originally appear in Crossed:

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by Anorie’s Whimsies

“I climb into the dark for you
Are you waiting in the stars for me?”

Official Reached Playlist

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Happy Reached day! Along with the release of the book, Ally Condie has also released the official playlist for Reached through Hollywood Crush. Here’s what she had to say:

I love making playlists for the books, and it’s one of my favorite ways to interact with readers—it’s fun to hear their responses to the songs on the list! When I was writing “Reached,” these are the songs I listened to most. I tried to arrange them a little in the order of the story—which songs seem to fit the beginning, middle, end, etc., but they all work for the whole story.

Here are some of the songs and their significance:

1. “Save the World” by Swedish House Mafia. I picture Xander walking down the street to this song at the beginning of “Reached,” and I love the mood it sets.

5. “All the Rowboats” by Regina Spektor. Love this song, its allusions to museums and art, the way it fits the story…especially a certain scene involving Xander in the middle of the book.

12. “Land of Hope and Dreams” by Bruce Springsteen. I love the line about the “brother” and being a good companion for the ride. This song, with its epic-sounding feel, is great for the end of a series. Substitute the word “ship” for “train” and it’s pretty much an exact fit.

You can listen to them here:

 

You can check out the entire list of 13 songs and their significance over at Hollywood Crush right here.

Matched Trilogy Quote of the Day – 11/12/12

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Here’s the last in our month-long Quote of the Day series leading up to Reached! Tomorrow we will all be able to reach out and grab a copy of Ally Condie’s highly anticipated new novel!

We’ve got some other good news, too: We’ll be announcing that Matched contest TONIGHT and posting up our spoiler-free review of Reached TOMORROW! Keep your eyes peeled!

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“I have a sense that we have not yet arrived, that we are still reaching. For each other. For who we are meant to be.“

REACHED Challenge: Share Your Artifact!

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Did you know that the Matched Trilogy has its own Pinterest board filled with “artifacts” you might see in the series?

Now, Penguin Teen is challenge fans to pick their favorite artifact and make it their own! Here’s how:

  1. Pick an artifact from the Matched Trilogy Pinterest board
  2. Write a short story about that artifact that is no more than 400 words in length
  3. Post the photo of the artifact and your story on your blog, Tumblr, Facebook, etc to spread the love!

Here’s our take on one of the items, which turned out as a mini-fanfic from Cassia’s POV:

Matched Trilogy Artifact Challenge

The concept was as beautiful as it was dangerous: metal scissors in the shape of a bird, its beak poised to cut through the silence. It opened with a slight creak and closed with a gentle snipping sound, creating a new song for a new life. A birdsong that dared us to glide away from the ideals of the Society, to create our own way of thinking.

I knew as I cut into the paper, pouring my soul and my passions into each dip and curve of the design, that I could be that bird. I could fly into the night and leave the Society and the Rising behind me, if only I could take the people I love with me. I realize know how we might survive on our own, free of the power struggle between two groups of strangers that are neither friend nor enemy. Together, who knows what new things we could create?

If you create a story of your own based on the artifacts, be sure to link to it in our comments!

The Salt Lake Tribune: Article on Matched Trilogy

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The Salt Lake Tribune recently posted an article on the trilogy, entitled “Three’s company for Utah writer’s ‘Matched’ trilogy.‘

Some authors embarking on a trilogy of novels might find the focus of their story narrowing toward the end. Ally Condie, somewhat to her distress, found her narrative road widening the longer she traveled it.

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Make sure to check out the entire article here.