Have you joined the many that are addicted to tumblr and pinterest? Check out these great MATCHED sites!

MATCHED trilogy on Pinterest

Matched facts on tumblr- daily facts about CROSSED leading up to the release of REACHED by Ally Condie.

Big news! The official REACHED book trailer will be premiering at 11am on shelf-life.ew.com.

Catch up by Watching the MATCHED and CROSSED trailers!

Ally Condie talks creativity, pregnant unicorns, her writing space in more in this fantastic interview with Design Mom. Plus there’s bonus MATCHED pumpkins!

Want to throw a MATCHED themed party for a book club, library, birthday party or a Crossed book release party? Here are some great ideas to help plan the perfect party!

The official MATCHED site has a great new party guide here with great game ideas, food suggestions and more!

For a Matched party you can plan the event as casual or elaborate as you see fit for your group. You could come up with a theme such as turning your party into a Match Banquet, or just have something more low key.

• Throw a Match  Banquet of your own! You can use the official Match application on facebook here. Alternately you could have those that want to participate put their names in a hat. A dedicated “Matched Official” for the party can draw the names and present the matches to everyone at the event!

Decorations

In keeping with a MATCHED theme you could decorate with a green theme. If you are hosting a Crossed book release party you can use the brilliant blue from the cover, or use both! Tablecloths, napkins, plates, balloons, streamers can give your party space a Matched aura.

Invitations

Get out your crafty side and have fun with these! You can make invitations that make the guest feel like they would be attending a real Match Banquet, or make it less formal and just use a color scheme similar to the books.

You can use rubber stamps, ribbons, stickers, glitter, anything!

Games

There are a couple of MATCHED themed games you can have to give your guests a chance to win prizes

• Prisoner’s Dilemma: You can create a Gaming Center area where guests can play the popular game from MATCHED Prisoner’s Dilemma. For game instructions, visit our wiki  for more information here
• Guess the Artifact: Ask each guest to bring an artifact with them that will be discreetly placed on a flat surface when none of the other guests see. Then, everyone will guess which artifact is whose. The person who gets the most correct guesses wins a prize!
• Matched Trivia: You can use facts from the Matched Facts tumblr or our MATCHED wiki to create a trivia style game where fans can compete in teams for prizes

In the Society, food is prepared by nutrition specialists and sent in foilware containers via a nutrition vehicle which delivers food to the citizens.  For your party you can try a couple of different ways of presenting food in a Matched way!

• Foil Cupcake Containers: With this idea, you can make single serve foilware containers for each of your guests. This may work better for smaller groups as the containers can get pricey, but it gives a neat Society-like effect! You can fill them with small treats or healthy snacks like fruit, granola bars and crackers. Remember healthy eating is important to citizens of the Society!
• Larger Foil containers: These can be used to serve larger dishes which may be better for larger groups of people. Try fruit salads, vegetables with dips, cheese and crackers, or even meals like lasagna, pasta salads and more!
• Pie: You can serve up Grandfathers dessert

Party Favors

Do you want to do something more? Like Cassia had in the book, you could make a pill box container with the book cover image on the front! This is a fun DIY project that you can do before the party, or even have guests make their own at the party. You can buy a pillbox like the one we used above in a quantity of one, five or ten. To make these, you just need to print the image that you like, adhere the epoxy sticker to the top of the image, then use a craft glue to glue the image to the top of the pillbox. Once it is dry you can fill it with red, green and blue candies to symbolize the pills.

Do you have an idea that isn’t listed here? Share your party ideas in the comments!

According to the REACHED countdown there are 36 days left until REACHED by Ally Condie is released on November 13, 2012. Take a moment to re-acquaint yourself with MATCHED, the book that started it all! You can join in on the MATCHED read-along.

Have you seen the MATCHED trailer yet?

What do the stars accompanying some book reviews mean?

A star is assigned to books of remarkable merit, determined by the editors of Kirkus.

Only 41 days left according to the REACHED countdown widget!

Want Ally to hold a Skype session with your classroom? Check out the information here!

Ally Condie speaks about the importance of libraries in this video posted to youtube by @yourlibrary.org

Join us with Penguin Teen on the countdown to the release of REACHED by Ally condie! Click the widget above to get it for your own blog or site so you can keep up with the countdown.

Check out the MATCHED facebook to stay up to date with official MATCHED news!

Ally Condie is set to appear at Brenau University on October 3rd. She’ll be at the Pierce Auditorium at 7pm. For more information visit the Brenau University website.