Lyssa Chiavari is an author of speculative fiction for young adults, including Fourth World, the first book in a YA sci-fi trilogy set on Mars. Her short fiction has appeared in Ama-Gi magazine, the Wings of Renewal anthology, and Perchance to Dream, a young adult collection of Shakespeare retellings which she also edited. I want to introduce Lyssa Chiavari! She is the author of a science fiction/fantasy novel that sounds out of this world! So I do have some fun stuff…including a guest post from author Lyssa Chiavari (author of Fourth World), and some giveaways (and one of them is international, so yay!). I’m giving you all virtual hugs right now! So I want to thank all of you for being great friends, for being helpful, and loving books so darn much. This past year really has been amazing…and I have to say I’m pretty proud of how well Here’s to Happy Endings has been doing over the course of the year since I started it up originally.

I’m so thankful to the many publishers who have sent ARCs and books over for review, and incredibly grateful for the authors that I have had the chance to work with for interviews and guest posts. I’m so glad to be able to share all of this with you, the people who make the blogging/book community awesome.

I’ve learned a lot of things along the way, had a couple of blog redesigns, and realized that reading and talking about books really is one of my favorite things. This is so exciting! I can’t believe that I’ve been blogging for a whole year already! I’ve met some really awesome people along the way, read some great books, and had such a fun time talking about books with all of you (and yes, there are giveaways in this post)! Hi everyone! So I’m a little behind, but as some of you know from my posting about it on Twitter, June 1st was my 1 Year Blogiversary!

Fourth World by Lyssa Chiavari