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The cover for Sally's Lament has been revealed!

"Disney’s New York Times best-selling A Twisted Tale series meets perennial fan-favorite The Nightmare Before Christmas, asking

“What if Sally discovered Christmas Town instead of Jack?”

Sally has mostly loved her creepy hometown of Halloween Town. But lately, she can't help but want something more. In a place full of the frightening, you'd think living in the shadows wouldn't feel so . . . isolating. She knows she could do so much more if she wasn't always stuck in the lab of her creator, Dr. Finkelstein. Soon Sally is surprised to learn that the Pumpkin King, Jack, is longing for a change of his own. Determined to find a solution for them both, Sally follows a vision that could be the key to changing their fates.

But the more time Sally spends in the strange, jolly land of Christmas Town, the more suspicious she grows of the seemingly idyllic winter wonderland. What is lurking behind those dancing sugar plums? And what exactly does it mean to be put on the Naughty List? Will Sally be able to save the best of both towns—before it's too late?"

Releases October 8th! Preorders available now on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and other sites!

[tenshichan1013]

all is found a frozen anthology 

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A perfect night by Mari Mancusi - 3 year(ish) anniversary!

Oops! Looks like I had a slight calendar-malfunction 😆

The Agduna (Agnarr x Iduna) centered short story "A perfect night" was released for free by Mari on February 10th, 2021 on nerdist.com and this was the 1-year-anniversary edition I put together in 2022!

Some of the illustrations/screencaps were provided by the fantastic @shade74

[qualitymoonsuit]

Last night, I finished reading A Twisted Tale Anthology, by Elizabeth Lim. Now I'm reading the 7th book I got for Christmas. It is called All Is Found: A Frozen Anthology, by Heather Knowles and Mari Mancusi.

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Random House Reveals New Line of ‘Wednesday’ Tie-In Books

Penguin Random House has announced a collaboration with Amazon MGM Studios on a new worldwide publishing programme for the global streaming phenomenon Wednesday

Penguin Random House has announced a collaboration with Amazon MGM Studios on a new worldwide publishing programme for the global streaming phenomenon Wednesday, the spin-off series inspired by Charles Addams’ cartoon creation, The Addams Family, airing on Netflix. First releases include a Wednesday-inspired cook book, and a Young Adult novelisation and of the show’s first season. The Emmy…

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Title: Polar Nights: Cast Into Darkness

Author: Jen Calonita, Mari Mancusi

Series or standalone: standalone

Publication year: 2022

Genres: fiction, fantasy, mystery

Blurb: Queen Anna of Arendelle has been tirelessly preparing for the Polar Night’s Celebration that is held every year to welcome the time when the sun doesn’t rise in the Polar Circle. She has been working so hard, her fiancé Kristoff suggests she take a night off to visit her sister Elsa, the Snow Queen. Anna loves the idea. Accompanied by Kristoff, Sven, and Olaf, Anna reunites with Elsa in the Enchanted Forest. After telling spooky stories around the campfire, Olaf swears that one of the creatures of their tales has come to life. Who else could be responsible for the sudden onset of storms and the earlier-than-normal darkening of the skies? Why else would everyone start to become so forgetful? Anna and Elsa join forces to determine what is going on. Together, they recall Kristoff’s terrifying tale about a princess who turned into a draugr - an undead creature that steals memories in an effort to make others forget the misdeeds it committed when it was alive. Could it be possible that Kristoff inadvertently unearthed memories of a draugr, and thus unleashed the monster upon Arendelle? Anna and Elsa must uncover the real story behind the tale before everyone in Arendelle forgets who they are...and is cast into darkness forever.

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Book Review: New Dragon City by Mari Mancusi

Book Review: New Dragon City by Mari Mancusi #BookTour #BookReview #BookBlog #TBRBeyondTours #NewDragonCity #MariMancusi @TBRBeyondTours

Thank you, TBR and Beyond Tours, for the chance to read and review New Dragon City by Mari Mancusi! I’m terribly late with my post, which was supposed to be up on the 3rd! I’m a massive idiot who has managed to get a few dates mixed up! In case the authors reading this, please know that I’m very sorry!  But onto the book! No one really expected a dragon apocalypse. Wars, famine, deadly…

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Book Review: "Dragon Ops" by Mari Mancusi

What happens when three kids find themselves stuck in the virtual world of an augmented-reality video-game theme park? Find out in "Dragon Ops" by Mari Mancusi! #bookreview #DragonOps #MariMancusi #fantasy #scifi #kidlit

Cover of “Dragon Ops” by Mari Mancusi. I’m back with another book review, and this time I’m reviewing “Dragon Ops” by Mari Mancusi! I actually read one of her past books years and years ago called “Gamer Girl,” long before I started this author website. After discovering recently that she wrote more books since then, I was curious about “Dragon Ops” and decided to read and review it! Here’s a…

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Frozen Through the Years

Yearly Spotlight: 2023

Written by @toriofthetrees

This year marked...

Frozen’s 10th Anniversary

It was wild.

Starting off with a bang, in February Disney CEO Bob Iger announced that Frozen III was in development, later confirmed by Josh Gad. Idina Menzel and Jen Lee confirmed it in June, with Jen Lee going on to say that she would not be directing this installment of the franchise. However, she confirmed that she knew the person who was, she loved their story, and she trusted them completely.

Her enthusiasm did not go unnoticed.

On top of the 10th Anniversary for Frozen (November 27) this year also marked the 100th Anniversary for Disney Studios as a whole (October 16). To commemorate both, much of the activity peaked towards the last three month of the year.

The hashtag #Frozen10 was created to celebrate the anniversary.

On October 11, the Forces of Nature podcast was released over several installments. It was met with mixed reviews; some enjoyed it, some were more critical of it, and most agreed that while it was fun, it did not have the chops to be a major installment of the Frozen franchise.

On October 16, Disney released a short film called Once Upon a Studio to commemorate their centennial celebration. It aired on ABC and showed the hustle and bustle of Disney Studios as everyone (all of our favorite characters) prepared for the big celebration! Elsa, Anna, Kristoff (and technically Hans) were among the many classic Disney characters that appeared!

Two novels were released this year. The first book was the first installment in the Disney Legends trilogy entitled Fixer Upper, written by Jen Calonita. It tells the story of Kristoff’s childhood and life before he met Anna in Frozen. The second novel, an anthology of short stories, was created specifically to celebrate #Frozen10. It is called All is Found, and it brought together 10 authors to write 10 short stories to celebrate the anniversary. It was edited by Heather Knowles and Mari Mancusi, veterans in non-film Frozen lore.

November is the month things started reallly picking up. The merchandising train at Disney rolled out a lot of Frozen merch, including limited edition dolls of the sisters specifically for the 10th anniversary. On November 16, Bob Iger announced a fourth installment of the franchise, with multiple voice actors and creators tied to the project confirming it later that same day. This coincided with the Grand Opening ceremony of the World of Frozen at Disneyland Hongkong. Jen Lee joined in this celebration, with the gates to the park opening four days later.

She informed the world on November 22 that Frozen III and Frozen IV were one story across two installments.

The anniversary itself was on November 27. Disney released a press release on their official website commemorating all that had happened in Frozen history (kind of like what we are doing with these blog posts). And, of course, the merchandising train spun out once again to give us all new merch specifically for the #Frozen10 celebration.

Towards the end of the month, the Frozen song playlist was added to Spotify and Season 5 of Disney Speedstorm was released with Frozen characters.

The year ended with exciting activity from the fandom! The Youtuber GeekCritique worked closely with the Arendelle Archives to create a video detailing the history of Arendelle. The video was released on December 23 and managed to make headlines! The other major project was a fanzine celebrating #Frozen10. Inspired by All is Found, several fans came together to create Water Has Memory: A Frozen Decade. Within the zine are the fandom's Frozen memories, presented in the form of Elsa & Anna accessing them together through Ahtohallan.

Needless to say, this year was a major leap forward for all things Frozen. It gave so much to look forward to, and it was a sizable way to commemorate the 10th Anniversary of this beloved story.

Stay Tuned for More

👆🏻 Click above if you want to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of Frozen. The due date is April 12, 2024.

4 Days Left

We look forward to seeing your memories ❄️

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"Disney’s New York Times best-selling A Twisted Tale series meets perennial fan-favorite The Nightmare Before Christmas, asking

“What if Sally discovered Christmas Town instead of Jack?”

Sally has mostly loved her creepy hometown of Halloween Town. But lately, she can't help but want something more. In a place full of the frightening, you'd think living in the shadows wouldn't feel so . . . isolating. She knows she could do so much more if she wasn't always stuck in the lab of her creator, Dr. Finkelstein. Soon Sally is surprised to learn that the Pumpkin King, Jack, is longing for a change of his own. Determined to find a solution for them both, Sally follows a vision that could be the key to changing their fates.

But the more time Sally spends in the strange, jolly land of Christmas Town, the more suspicious she grows of the seemingly idyllic winter wonderland. What is lurking behind those dancing sugar plums? And what exactly does it mean to be put on the Naughty List? Will Sally be able to save the best of both towns—before it's too late?"

Releases October 8th, 2024! Preorders open now!

[tenshichan1013]

all is found a frozen anthology

[snowflaketale12]

"Chocolate makes everything better."

My most favorite quote in one of the Frozen novel named "Dangerous Secrets: The Story of Iduna and Agnarr" by Mari Mancusi and I've made a poster for it... 💙

This is my most favorite Frozen novel so far! It tells the backstory of Iduna and Agnarr which is really tight with the movie imo and I would consider it as canon.

I love how the Agduna actually went to the Enchanted Forest bi-yearly to check on the mist, I love that Iduna use Northuldra way proposed to Agnarr, I love how they always share their secret times in library secret room, I love everything in this novel 🌹

I've tried to include some elements in the poster like the tree Agduna always hanging around, the Monolith, Sir Jorgenbjorgen, the map to Valley of the Living Rock, the bridge that causing everything, and the ship that never sail back 😭 Though I've missing a few like the windmill, reindeers etc as there's limited space in the poster 😆

[qualitymoonsuit]

Back cover of All Is Found: A Frozen Anthology l, by Heather Knowles and Mari Mancusi.

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[justfrozenthings]

They’re so in love, I love it for them ❤️

Polar Nights Cast Into Darkness by Jen Calonita and Mari Mancusi