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Hello Everyone! It's been quite a while since anyone has posted on here. Alisha and I tried to keep it going, but life happened and things got busy. Lately, I started thinking about this blog and how fun it was for everyone! We had all kinds of reviews and contests with people interacting with one another. It was a good community for those who loved to read. This is why I would like to announce that I have started up my own blog, Brooke's Books. It's not nearly as big as Alisha's website and it's just starting up, but I'm putting up a lot of the same kinds of reviews on my blog. So if any of you were missing the content on Alisha's blog, you should look up my blog here . I'll be announcing weekly releases (as I used to), book reviews, and other fun features I'm working on. I'm not sure if it will be the same as Black Nailed Reviews, but I think it will be a fun experience! I have missed writing and have missed all of you readers as well. I hope y...

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Friday Feature: EGMONT USA Closing Shop; Top Egmont Titles to Read #BuyAnEgmontBook

 
"Egmont Publishing, which put its U.S. division up for sale in October, has announced plans to close the unit. The move, the Danish publisher said in a release, comes after the division failed to establish a "market leading position" in the States, and attempts to sell the unit failed."

Egmont USA is throwing in the towel. For real. They are fleeing the states because it seems they aren't doing good enough to justify staying. They aren't a big enough name in the states so they say fuck it. If they are not making enough money to justify staying I understand but... This sucks, majorly, for all the employees currently working for Egmont but specially for the authors who had titles being released under Egmont. Now everybody is going to be hunting for a new job... and a new publisher.

So I've compiled below a list of Egmont's top hits, misses, and the titles I really want to get before they close up shop. Every title is linked to either a review or its Goodreads page. I seriously encourage every reader out there to go on an Egmont shopping spree because they had some really good titles that shouldn't be missed.

TOP Hits:

Hourglass (Hourglass, #1) The Dark Divine (The Dark Divine, #1) Siren (Siren, #1)

The Shadow Prince (Into the Dark, #1) White Space (Dark Passages, #1)
 
HOURGLASS! It is one of my favorite Egmont reads, as well as Shadow Prince (the SEQUEL!! Can't wait) and White Space (I am still thinking about how weird this title was months after reading it --in a good way-- horror-licious). The Dark Divine has lots of supporters (werewolves, religion!) and Siren is a really good mermaid read (better than many many others I have read).
The so so's:

Nobody

Pretty good read, if not a bit forgettable.
The Flops:

Of All the Stupid Things  Tris & Izzie

The Titles I Will Buy Soon before they go out of print (maybe? Better not take chances...):

Burn Out (Burn Out, #1) Every Other Day Raised by Wolves (Raised by Wolves, #1) 

Kill Me Softly (Beau Rivage, #1) Shadows (Ashes Trilogy, #2) The Mephisto Covenant: The Redemption of Ajax (The Mephisto Covenant, #1)

Spring 2015 Releases:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18135513-the-dickens-mirror?ac=1 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21520203-tear-you-apart?ac=1 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18053984-the-eternity-key?ac=1 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22608499-strange-skies?ac=1

**These are the titles I will be purchasing and it doesn't reflect their entire catalog.

Every other title that had a release date for after spring has been (reportedly) scratched. I really hope that every author under Egmont USA finds a new home in a different publishing company. I wish them the best of luck (seriously, I need to read their sequels).


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