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Okay, I think I got the ! use out of my system, but it's going to be hard to avoid them because I have some amazing news:

First, Bloom's release date has been moved to April 24th, which means it will be in stores in a little over two months!

Second, Bloom has been picked to be a Borders Original Voices selection for May. I am so honored to be a part of this amazing program.

Third, Bloom is going to be Books-A-Million Teen Book Club selection in August. This is another huge honor that I didn't expect, but I'm so thrilled that it's happened.

Okay, I've held off for as long as I can: !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you to everyone at Simon and Schuster for their amazing efforts on Bloom's behalf (with a special thank you to Victor and Hector for everything they've done, and to Jen for being so amazing) and, of course, thanks to Borders and Books-A-Million for these amazing opportunities.