hi everyone!
How’s it going? Me? I’m working on Embassy Row 2. Which is really weird since no one (besides a few friends/family members and my publisher has read Embassy Row 1.)
I know I promised you guys I’d blog more often, but I’m having a hard time coming up with anything to say. Because my head is filled with things I can’t say! Because it would totally spoil Embassy Row for you.
So I’m just going to offer you five super random observations instead.
1. It’s summer time! And the mosquitoes have taken over my backyard, and I must be DELICIOUS. I mean, like they tell the little baby mosquitoes that if they’re good they can have me after dinner. Like ice cream. I am mosquito ice cream. And I’m fairly sick of it.
2. I’m starting to get really excited about all the cool things that are going to start happening this fall in the lead up to Embassy Row. Like, for example, we will announce the OFFICIAL title (Embassy Row is just the series title. The actual book has a separate title all its own.)
Stay tuned here and to my other social media outlets for information. There may just be an Advanced Reading Copy of the book in it for you!
3. I am so freaking excited that The Fault in Our Stars was #1 at the box office last weekend. That was great for John Green and fans of that book, but it’s also great for anyone who would like to see more teen movies–especially movies based on novels–come to the big screen.
4. I have zero interest in the World Cup.
5. My oven broke over a year ago. A YEAR! Now, I know what you’re thinking: But Ally! You love to bake! And I do, I really do. But my sister got me this awesome little toaster oven for Christmas a year or two ago and I have been doing all of my baking with it. It’s amazing! Really, baked potatoes and pies and anything you can do in a smaller dish come out just perfectly in it.
But I am starting to miss being able to do bigger things. Like anything on a cookie sheet or making three loaves of banana bread at once.
So maybe I’ll go get a new oven… Or maybe not.
If I go outside, after all, the mosquitoes will eat me. Because I AM their banana bread…
See, folks? I told you this was gonna be random.
-Ally
Water Lily says
June 12, 2014 at 10:14 pmFinally! Someone else who doesn’t care about the World Cup! I can’t wait for Embassy Row to come out. Keep working hard on the second book. 🙂
Danielle says
June 14, 2014 at 6:23 pmMe neither!!!!! In fact I could care less about soccer in general. Anyways I saw Fault in our Stars this Tuesday. It was sooooo so so so good. The mosquitos haven’t showed up here yet. Just thunderstorms and more thunderstorms.
Jellybeans says
June 13, 2014 at 8:01 amI don’t care about the World Cup either!!!!!!!! Yay! I am sorry your oven broke! That’s sucky….:( Really sucky. And mosquitoes!!! I hate those little dudes. But I am soooooooo excited for Embassy Row! I have to ask though. Is it hard to have all your readers so excited, like too much pressure or is it fun…. Just wondering.
Gabriella says
June 13, 2014 at 9:59 amHi!
In Sweden we still celebrate the World Cup of 1994, when Sweden came third. 😉
Great news about Embassy Row, Ally! Can’t wait to read it!
Lots of love from Gabriella in Sweden 🙂
Kelsee says
June 13, 2014 at 12:39 pmYay! Someone who gets me. At night I spend some time outside in the night air and I get like five mosquitoe bites and my sister only gets one. The next day I itch like crazy. Curse my sweet smelling blodd. I can’t wait to read the Embassy Row series? When is it coming out? And are you going to start on another Heist Society book?
Zach vs. Hale says
June 14, 2014 at 9:26 pmYes I’m VERY excited to read the Embassy Row series and good luck on the second one but I’m dying to know, is there gonna be more Heist Society books in that series and if there is do you have any idea when you’ll be able to find the time or ideas or whatever to write them? Also I know about the mosquitoes because I was outside for like 3 hours today and I’m sunburnt and have like a million mosquito bites… like literally. And can I just say thanks so much for being like the BEST AUTHOR EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!! Again can’t wait for the Embassy Row series!!!!!!!!!!!! Especially if it’s as good as your others!!!:)
Shayla says
June 13, 2014 at 2:51 pmHa, I personally love random things so this post was great 🙂 Wow, I’m so excited for Embassy Row! Hopefully you’ll have another book signing I can go to like for the last Gallagher Girls book (still can’t believe that’s over). Hopefully once the next Embassy Row book is done we’ll get #4 for Heist Society! I miss Kat and co.
Sabina G. says
June 13, 2014 at 7:14 pmI don’t mind if you don’t like the world cup, it is your opinion! Every time you talk about Embassy Row, it makes me get really excited and I can’t wait to read it! I like when you do your random blogs like this! You should do it more often!!! 😀
1110cg says
June 13, 2014 at 8:14 pmYou can try to make microwave cakes. My friends say they are even better than oven cakes!
Curious says
June 14, 2014 at 11:07 amI mean no disrespect here because I’m totally pumped for Embassy Row but I am curious… Are you finished writing Heist Society books?
Kaitlin says
June 14, 2014 at 1:51 pmI love random blogs like this! I’m super excited for Embassy Row!!!!! I also really need to see TFIOS , I feel like i’m the only one in the world who hasn’t seen it yet. I hope you get a new oven soon cause we all know you love to bake!
Livi says
June 14, 2014 at 1:59 pmI don’t really get bitten by mosquitoes, my friend does and has a jokey go a me every year.
I can’t wait for Embassy Row, but will you be writing any more Heist Society books? Because I miss them too. 😀
I haven’t read TFiOS yet but another one of my friends watched it on Thursday and said it was really good.
I don’t care much about the World Cup either, I’ve seen parts so far but not lots.
That’s annoying about your oven. I hope you get a new one soon! 🙂
Elizabeth says
June 14, 2014 at 8:56 pmI don’t care about the World Cup either! Thank you for all of your confirmations that I am not the only one 🙂
I can’t wait for Embassy Row! Love the random post! <3
Zach vs. Hale says
June 14, 2014 at 9:33 pmToday I just got done reading the Gallagher Girl series again for the fourth time and every time I read it, it never ceases to amaze me! There’s always some great I don’t know, scene, or something that I don’t remember and I always live in the books that you write. Tomorrow I’m gonna start reading the Heist Society series again for the third time. I seriously have a lot of time for reading on the weekdays since summer vacation started. Haha. If I’m gonna be reading this summer, you better believe that I’m gonna be reading Ally Carter!!!
Liv says
June 15, 2014 at 6:53 amThat random ha!
I KNOW ALLY DON’T WERE NO SOCKS
AH DING DONG
CAUSE I WAS THERE WHEN SHE BLASTED THEM OFF
AH DING DONG
SHE THOUGH THEM OFF ON THE WALL
AH DING DONG
NOW SPIDERMAN REFUSES TO CRAWL
AH DING DONG DONG DONG DONG AH DING DONG (in a sing song voice)
How that for random
Charlotte Purdy says
June 16, 2014 at 11:45 amOMG!!! I’m in the middle of the Gallager Girls series and I am LOVING IT!! After I finish it I am really exited to start te Heist Soceity!! Oh and I know how you feel about the mosquitoes, I HATE THEM!! And it suchs about your oven I love to bake too!! AND I HAVE NO CARE IN THE WORLD TO WATCH THE WORLD CUP, but all my friends are talking about who’s versus who on what date and I’m just there like i dont care.
Anyway have fun writing and baking,
Love Charlotte from Texas 🙂 🙂
Emma says
June 29, 2014 at 5:50 pmALLY, ahaha I can’t help but agree with numbers 1-5 , thanks for the ” CoveOps report”