Shadow Souls on Sale today & L.J. Smith’s Contest

For all the book readers who have been counting the days for it, there’s not much need for reminders, but the second book of The Return Trilogy, “Shadow Souls”, is out today!!

Find all the info about the book HERE.

Once you’ve read it, feel free to discuss the book in our forum, click HERE.

Also L.J. Smith has started a contest on her official site where you can win one of the 20 autographed “Shadow Souls” books or a genuine Twin Fox Ring.

This contest runs from March 15-June 1 2010.  To enter, send an email to info@ljanesmith.com with TWIN FOX RING in the subject line (and, optionally, the name of your favorite Vampire Diaries character in the body).  You can win the solid gold Twin Fox Ring, the object of Damon and Elena’s quest in Shadow Souls, or one of 20 autographed Shadow Souls books.  Winners will be determined randomly.

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REMINDER: Vote for Vampire Diaries at the Kids’ Choice Awards

Just as a reminder, yesterday the voting for the Kids’ choice awards was open, if you’re a fan of The Vampire Diaries Books, make sure to cast your vote on the Favourite Book Category!

Click HERE to vote.

“Shadow Souls” Promotional Trailer

Not much time left to wait for the next Vampire Diaries book, “Shadow Souls”, which will be released on March 16th… In the maintime, HarperTeen has a cool promo of the awaited upcoming book!

If you haven’t already, remember that you can get a preview of the first 8 chapters of “Shadow Souls”, HERE.

Book Series Nominated to the Kids’ Choice Awards

The Vampire Diaries book series has been nominated for the Kids’ Choice Awards in the category for favorite book 2010.

Voting starts on February 25th and the results will announced live on Nickelodeon on March 27th at 8pm. The rest of nominees for this category are:

Favorite Book
“Diary of a Wimpy Kid” series, by Jeff Kinney
“Twilight” series, by Stephanie Meyer
“Vampire Diaries” series, by L.J. Smith
“Where the Sidewalk Ends”, by Shel Silverstein

Click HERE to access the site and see the rest of categories.

First 8 chapters of “Shadow Souls” & L.J. Smith’s Interview

After releasing the first chapter of “The Return: Shadow Souls”, HarperTeen has decided to give an even more complete preview of the awaited 6th book of L.J. Smith’s series. You can find now read the first 8 chapters HERE.

The book is expected to be released in March 6th on the US, but you can already pre-order it on Amazon, HERE.

As a preview, you can also check out a new interview with L.J. Smith where she talks about the books, her view on both Salvatore brother and some little hints about what’s to come on the book series.

Stefan and Damon are always in competition for Elena’s love, among other things . . . is it possible that the brothers will ever get over their rivalry?
Well, that happens to be the very focus of the new trilogy. In Shadow Souls and Midnight the brothers are forced to work together—or at least on the same side. But while Stefan would probably try anything for Elena, Damon is more like a half-tamed panther relentlessly stalking her every move. The question each day is: Will the good, helpful Damon come out or will the wicked, wild Damon emerge? So it really depends on Damon—who’s not very dependable.

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“The Awakening” Publicated in Romania

For all the Vampire Diaries fans in Romania, we have some awesome news thanks to Lony. The first book of the series “The Awakening” will be published this month, though not official date has been released, you can already pre-prder it HERE.

Here’s also the special cover for the book…

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The Return: Shadow Souls Preview

The Return: Shadow Souls, the next installment of the Vampire Diaries book series by L.J. Smith, is due to be released on March 16, 2010. Today a preview of the book was released. I know a lot of us have anxiously been awaitng the release of this book, and now we have access to the first 16 pages in the form of a pdf file thanks to Harpercollins.com.

Book Description:

On the run . . .

Elena Gilbert’s love, the vampire Stefan Salvatore, has been captured and imprisoned by demonic spirits who are wreaking havoc in Fell’s Church. While her friends Bonnie and Meredith explore the evil that has taken over their town, Elena goes in search of Stefan.

In order to find him, she entrusts her life to Stefan’s brother, Damon Salvatore, the handsome but deadly vampire who wants Elena, body and soul. Along with her childhood friend Matt, they set out for the slums of the Dark Dimension, where Stefan is being held captive. It is rumored to be a world where vampires and demons roam free, but humans must live enslaved to their supernatural masters. . . .

Elena will stop at nothing to free Stefan. Yet with each passing day the tension between Elena and Damon grows, and she is faced with a terrible decision: Which brother does she really want?

Back in Fell’s Church, Bonnie and Meredith have made some dire discoveries. They hastily try to follow Elena and warn her—only to be caught up in Elena’s most dangerous adventure yet.

Here is the link for the book preview: http://files.harpercollins.com/OMM/Childrens/PDF/ShadowSouls.pdf

The Return: Shadow Souls Release Date!

Amazon has The Return: Shadow Souls available for pre-order with a release date for March 16, 2010

Click HERE to read more and discuss!

E! Online: Books vs. TV

E! Online Watch With Kristin released some tidbits on how the show is different than the books.

Click HERE to read or go to the source click HERE.