BLOODY AMAZING BOOK GIVEAWAY!!!

In honor of how much I loved the novel The Blood Keeper by Tessa Gratton, I'm giving away 2 copies!!

If you don't know the premise, you can find it on goodreads.
It's a standalone sequel to her other novel Blood Magic.

The contest is simple.

Each task you do earns you 1 entry, with a total of 3 entries possible.
On September 12th the contests ends.
Two winners will be chosen and announced on my website and twitter.
I will ship your books and you will be happy reading maniacs.

How to get an entry?

1. Post a comment below, telling me who your favorite witch is from any novel in the world. (+1 entry)

2. Follow me on twitter. Note your twitter name below or tweet to me that you entered. (+1 entry)

3. Announce my giveaway on twitter please! Just copy and paste the following for +1 entry:
*Giveaway* Enter to #win The Blood Keeper by Tessa Gratton at http://tinyurl.com/9hpv65s #bookgiveaway #BloodKeeper

That's it. Easy peasy.

Thank you for entering!

Don't forget to include a way to get ahold of you if you win!

Book Giveaway!!!!!

Hi Everyone!

I love free things. I bet you do too. Especially when it involves books!

I was lucky enough to snag a copy of The Blood Keeper by Tessa Gratton at ALA in Anaheim. I literally devoured it because it's a phenomenal read!  I loved it and I'm sure you will too! 

That said, I feel that this book is definitely worth purchasing and sharing with others. 

I'm showing my support by buying 2 copies of the novel to give away!!! 

I will update this blog tomorrow with the information to enter! :)

Haters gonna hate.

I felt the need to wonder aloud why everyone seems so bent out of shape over this whole new cover of J.K. Rowling's next book The Casual Vacancy. 

In case you've missed the bazillion tweets about it and blogs displaying it, here it is again:

Now, my first thought was... Okay. JK Rowling's new book is clearly Gryffindor.

My second thought was... the synopsis doesn't sound that great.

But I don't necessarily hate the cover. I mean, sure it's a little... minimalist, but not bad. I mean, some of my favorite books of all time have very simple covers. For example:

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But the lack of color and drama that usually graces the cover of novels doesn't make me hate this new book. 

I mean sure, if I was shopping in a book store, it wouldn't make me necessarily jump to try and read it.

However, it's not like J.K. Rowling has to try and appeal to fans. She already has a fan base. Millions of people will read her new novel whether or not it's good and whether or not the cover is Gryffindor.

Do people hate it because after such a crazy build up of Harry Potter adventuredom, they want to be WOW-ed and reassured again that the author of their favorite childhood protagonist wont let them down?

Or do people want an extravagant cover to make up for the lack of appeal in the novel's description?

Tell me. 

What do you hate about J.K. Rowling's new novel The Casual Vacancy?

Do you like it or hate it? Why?

Reading Reading Reading

So lately, I've been trying to finish reading a specific ARC from an author that I really love.

And for some reason I can't.

It's... boring. It sounds like she wrote her new novel trying to sound like someone else. But she doesn't need to. Her previous writing style was perfect. This is just... weird.

Being that I picked that ARC up on my own accord and no one is waiting for a review, I figured that I would set that one down for now and start reading a different novel that I am excited about.

It's called Sammy Keyes and the Night of the Skulls by Wendelin Van Draanen.

It looks like a fun, Halloween-esque read. We shall see.

The Nightmare Affair

I was beyond excited yesterday to hear about the novel The Nightmare Affair by Mindee Arnett.

Here is the synopsis from Goodreads:

16-year-old Dusty Everhart breaks into houses late at night, but not because she’s a criminal. No, she’s a Nightmare. Literally. Dusty is a magical being who feeds on human dreams.

Being the only Nightmare at Arkwell Academy, a boarding school for magickind, and living in the shadow of her mother’s infamy is hard enough. But when Dusty sneaks into Eli Booker’s house, things get a whole lot more complicated. He’s hot, which means sitting on his chest and invading his dreams couldn’t get much more embarrassing. But it does. Eli is dreaming of a murder. The setting is Arkwell.

And then it comes true.

Now the Dusty has to follow the clues--both within Eli’s dreams and out of them--to stop the killer before more people turn up dead. And before the killer learns what she’s up to and marks her as the next target.

Could this novel sound any more amazing! The answer is no! I literally can't wait. 

And for those of us that cannot wait, there's an amazing contest right now that allows you to win an arc of the novel The Nightmare Affair. There are a few different sites hosting that you can find at the link:http://www.mindeearnett.com/the-nightmare-affair-cover-reveal/

Also, if you would like to check out the cover reveal, follow this link:

http://www.tor.com/blogs/2012/06/cover-reveal-for-new-ya-novel-the-nightmare-affair

Good luck to everyone!!

Stargirl

Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
My rating: 5 of 5 stars


I thoroughly believe that anyone in the world will love this novel. I finished feeling good about myself and empowered to make good changes in the world and in myself. I strongly recommend reading this book.

Meet Stargirl Caraway. She’s a mysterious, happy go lucky, and unique girl living in an all too familiar cookie-cutter world.

She’s compassionate, considerate, and goes the extra mile for everyone… Which is why the people in her school don’t understand her. She is written off as weird. Bizarre.

Stargirl doesn’t notice..at first. She goes on to serenade people with her ukulele on their birthdays, wear strange clothing to school, and cheer for her school and their rivals during games.
But Stargirl isn’t obvious. Soon she starts to see the differences between herself and the others around her. In fact, she sees more than most humans do in a lifetime. Stargirl just believes in following her heart, which is harder to do that we’d all like to admit.

Follow Stargirl as she learns, grows, and falls in love in this amazing novel that teaches that though it’s not easy, it’s always important to be true to oneself.


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