Posts Categorized: Giveaway

Saturday, November 24, 2012

Giveaway: Love and Other Perishable Items

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Love and Other Perishable Items
Laura Buzo
Publication date: December 11th 2012
by Knopf Books for Young Readers

 

Love is awkward, Amelia should know.

From the moment she sets eyes on Chris, she is a goner. Lost. Sunk. Head over heels infatuated with him. It’s problematic, since Chris, 21, is a sophisticated university student, while Amelia, is 15.

Amelia isn’t stupid. She knows it’s not gonna happen. So she plays it cool around Chris—at least, as cool as she can. Working checkout together at the local supermarket, they strike up a friendship: swapping life stories, bantering about everything from classic books to B movies, and cataloging the many injustices of growing up. As time goes on, Amelia’s crush doesn’t seem so one-sided anymore. But if Chris likes her back, what then? Can two people in such different places in life really be together?

Through a year of befuddling firsts—first love, first job, first party, and first hangover—debut author Laura Buzo shows how the things that break your heart can still crack you up.

The lovely people at Random House Canada have offered one copy of Love and Other Perishable Items for giveaway to one of my Canadian readers. This has been very highly recommended by at least a dozen of my friends and I can’t wait to read it myself! Giveaway details below.

Giveaway details
Thanks to Random House Canada, there is one finished copy of Love and Other Perishable Items up for grabs.
Open to Canadian addresses only
Giveaway ends December 7th, 2012
Use the Rafflecopter below to enter  

Cover Madness Giveaway: Round 2

Posted by on 11/17/2012 • 45 Comments

I’m sure a lot of you remember me and Jenni’s (Alluring Reads) epic Cover Madness giveaway a few months back!? Well we had so much fun with it that we decided to make it our thing and do it periodically when there has been a particular bout of fantastic covers. Well, I’m not sure if you have been on the net lately, but it’s been FILLED with amazeballs covers so we couldn’t pass them up!

There will be one winner at each of our blogs, and here is what’s up for grabs!

You can pick a pre-order for any of these, OR, you can chose the 1st book in the series if the cover shows is a sequel.

*If the title chosen happens to become unavailable at The Book…

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Sneak Peak Mini Tour: Weather Witch

Posted by on 11/14/2012 • 33 Comments

Shannon Delany’s debut series (13 TO LIFE) has concluded and a new steampunk series called WEATHER WITCH (also with St. Martin’s Press) launches June 25, 2013 and is already available for pre-order. Delany warns that this series is darker and grittier than 13 TO LIFE, although still YA and still with romantic elements and she’s asked a small group of us to share her cover and Prologue AND provide a way YOU can win some things.

Weather WitchShannon DelanyPublication date: June 25th 2013by St. Martin’s Griffin

 

In a vastly different and darker Philadelphia of 1844, steam power has been repressed, war threatens from deep, dark waters, and one young lady of high social standing is expecting a surprise at her seventeenth birthday party–but certainly not the one she…

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Book Spotlight/Giveaway: Legend by Marie Lu

Posted by on 11/12/2012 • 20 Comments

Today I am happy to be spotlighting this great series. It’s a dystopian told in dual POVs where both are as great as the either–which is rare. You can read my full review on Legend here.  

Legend Marie LuSeries: Legend, #1Publication date: November 29th 2011 by Putnam Juvenile

 

What was once the western United States is now home to the Republic, a nation perpetually at war with its neighbors. Born into an elite family in one of the Republic’s wealthiest districts, fifteen-year-old June is a prodigy being groomed for success in the Republic’s highest military circles. Born into the slums, fifteen-year-old Day is the country’s most wanted criminal. But his motives may not be as malicious as they seem.

From very different worlds, June and Day have…

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Cover Reveal + Giveaway

Posted by on 11/05/2012 • 26 Comments

Shutdown Heather AnastasiuSeries: Glitch, #3Publication date: July 2nd 2013by St. Martin’s Griffin

Synopsis of Shutdown currently unavailableSynopsis for Glitch:

In the Community, there is no more pain or war. Implanted computer chips have wiped humanity clean of destructive emotions, and thoughts are replaced by a feed from the Link network.

When Zoe starts to malfunction (or “glitch”), she suddenly begins having her own thoughts, feelings, and identity. Any anomalies must be immediately reported and repaired, but Zoe has a secret so dark it will mean certain deactivation if she is caught: her glitches have given her uncontrollable telekinetic powers.

As Zoe struggles to control her abilities and stay hidden, she meets other glitchers including Max, who can disguise his appearance, and Adrien, who has visions of the…

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Blog Tour: Two and Twenty Dark Tales

Posted by on 11/02/2012 • 17 Comments

Two and Twenty Dark Tales:Dark Retellings of Mother Goose RhymesPublication date: October 16th 2012by Month9Books

 

In this anthology, 20 authors explore the dark and hidden meanings behind some of the most beloved Mother Goose nursery rhymes through short story retellings. The dark twists on classic tales range from exploring whether Jack truly fell or if Jill pushed him instead to why Humpty Dumpty, fragile and alone, sat atop so high of a wall. The authors include Nina Berry, Sarwat Chadda, Leigh Fallon, Gretchen McNeil, and Suzanne Young.

Today as part of the Two and Twenty dark Tales blog tour, I have the lovely Leigh Fallon over for an interview. Leigh is one of the authors in this anthology, in addition to her novel, Carrier of the Mark–which…

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Review + Giveaway: Renegade by JA Souders

Posted by on 10/29/2012 • 31 Comments

RenegadeJ.A. SoudersSeries: The Elysium Chronicles #1Publication date: November 13th 2012by Tor Teen

 

Since the age of three, sixteen-year-old Evelyn Winters has been trained to be Daughter of the People in the underwater utopia known as Elysium. Selected from hundreds of children for her ideal genes, all her life she’s thought that everything was perfect; her world. Her people. The Law.

But when Gavin Hunter, a Surface Dweller, accidentally stumbles into their secluded little world, she’s forced to come to a startling realization: everything she knows is a lie. Her memories have been altered. Her mind and body aren’t under her own control. And the person she knows as Mother is a monster.

Together with Gavin she plans her escape, only to learn that her own mind is…

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Blind Spot Blog Tour: Guest Post + Giveaway

Posted by on 10/25/2012 • 33 Comments

Today I have the lovely Laura on the blog for the Blind Spot blog tour. She’s here to introduce us to her characters, and you can then enter to win a great prize pack! Look for my  review of Blind Spot on the blog next week!

Blind SpotLaura EllenPublication date:  October 23rd 2012by Harcourt Children’s Books

 

There’s none so blind as they that won’t see.

Seventeen-year-old Tricia Farni’s body floated to the surface of Alaska’s Birch River six months after the night she disappeared. The night Roz Hart had a fight with her. The night Roz can’t remember. Roz, who struggles with macular degeneration, is used to assembling fragments to make sense of the world around her. But this time it’s her memory that needs piecing together—to…

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