My Mini-Challenge for Contest Craze

Hello! Today I am hosting this mini-challenge for Princess Bookie's awesome Contest Craze! Thanks Cindy for allowing me to host!

THE MINI-CHALLENGE

Answer one (1) of the following questions about a character in the book you are currently reading or the last book you finished:

1) What person, dead or alive, would she/he want to eat lunch with? Why?

2) What song describes a situation the character has faced or is currently facing? 

3) What book do you think this character would like to read? 

PRIZES

One winner will get to choose one of the following books:

• (ARC) The Mockingbirds by Daisy Whitney

 • Rae: My True Story of Fear, Anxiety, and Social Phobia by Chelsea Swiggett

• (Signed) Titus and Atreus by Meridi Myers

RULES:

- US ONLY!!! I'm sorry to all my international readers. 

- Must answer one of the questions. 

- Please specify which book you would like to win. 

- Please leave a way for me to get in contact with you.

Extra Entry:
+1 If you are a follower.
You do not have to be a follower to enter! 

Princess Bookie's Contest Craze!

The wonderful Cindy at Princess Bookie has started her Contest Craze that will be running from March 9 to April 10! Make sure you head over to her blog and check out all the amazing prizes, contests, and mini challenges (one of which, I'm hosting)!

Sisters Red

Sisters Red by Jackson Pearce
"Scarlet March lives to hunt the Fenris--the werewolves that took her eye when she was defending her sister Rosie from a brutal attack. Armed with a razor-sharp hatchet and blood-red cloak, Scarlett is an expert at luring and slaying the wolves. She's determined to protect other young girls from a grisly death, and her raging heart will not rest until every single wolf is dead.

Rosie March once felt her bond with her sister was unbreakable. Owing Scarlett her life, Rosie hunts ferociously alongside her. But even as more girls' bodies pile up in the city and the Fenris seem to be gaining power, Rosie dreams of a life beyond the wolves. She finds herself drawn to Silas, a young woodsman who is deadly with an ax and Scarlett's only friend--but does loving him mean betraying her sister and all that they've worked for?"


Jackson Pearce is having her April Sisters Red contest right now! 

Princess Bookie's WICKED Contest Craze!

In case somehow, someway you've missed the awesome Contest Craze event at Princess Bookie, click the button above!

There are DOZENS of books you can win! There are prize packages, tons of arcs, and single books being given away! Hurry because some of them end at midnight tonight!!

Waiting On Wednesday 18 + Book Cover Contest

*Waiting On Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Breaking The Spine Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins

Release date: December 9, 2010

Publisher: Dutton Juvenile

It's about a girl. It's about a boy. It's about Parisian boarding school, almond-scented macarons, famous cemeteries, and cinemaphiles. It's about heartache. And it's about true love.

This book sounds really, really cute! Although the summary is short it sounds amazing. AND it's a debut!

Over at Princess Bookie, there is another Remake a Cover contest! I thought I'd enter! Here is my cover:

Yeah, not the greatest.

Do not have much graphic skills.

Wish this was better.

(Dude. ^ I think I just wrote a haiku! Wicked!!)

*Click the pic to make it bigger!

Lisa Mantchev's Fairy Dessert ARC Contest!

Lisa Mantchev is holding another chance to win an ARC of Perchance To Dream! All you have to do is find a fairy-irresistible dessert and find a recipe and/or picture of it! To enter this awesome contest go to Lisa's LJ!

I found this amazing and delicious looking pink cake on this wonderful cooking blog!

Hot Pink Cake Adapted from Giulia Melucci’s novel I loved, I Lost, I Made Spaghetti

Ingredients: 2 cups sugar 1-3/4 cups all-purpose flour 3/4 cups cocoa powder (the better the quality, the better the cake; I am devoted to Valrhona, but Hershey’s is fine) 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda 1 teaspoon salt 2 eggs, left out of the fridge for about 30 minutes 1 stick butter, melted and cooled slightly 1 cup whole milk 2 teaspoons vanilla 1 cup boiling water

Directions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Generously butter and flour twp 8-inch baking pans and line with parchment paper.

In a large mixing bowl, stir together the dry ingredients. Add eggs, butter, milk, and vanilla and beat at medium speed for 2 to 3 minutes, until all ingredients are combined and the cocoa bits are smoothed out. Stir in the boiling water. Pour batter into pans and bake at 350 degrees until a cake tester comes out with moist crumbs, 30 to 35 minutes. Cool 10 minutes in pans, then transfer to cooking racks. Wait until the cakes have cooled completely before frosting.

For the Frosting: 1 stick very soft butter 1 pound confectioners’ sugar 3 to 4 tablespoons milk 1 teaspoon vanilla A little too much red food dye

Mix all ingredients with an electric mixer at low speed until creamy. Add more milk if necessary. The trick is for the icing to be not too thin and not too goopy.

To pre-order Perchance to Dream go HERE. This contest will end PST, March 22!

Alexandra Bracken is having an amazing contest!

When Wayland North brings rain to a region that's been dry for over ten years, he's promised anything he'd like as a reward. He chooses the village elder's daughter, sixteen-year-old Sydelle Mirabel, who is a skilled weaver and has an unusual knack for repairing his magical cloaks. Though Sydelle has dreamt of escaping her home, she's hurt that her parents relinquish her so freely and finds herself awed and afraid of the slightly ragtag wizard who is unlike any of the men of magic in the tales she's heard. Still, she is drawn to this mysterious man who is fiercely protective of her and so reluctant to share his own past. The pair rushes toward the capital, intent to stop an imminent war, pursued by Reuel Dorwan (a dark wizard who has taken a keen interest in Sydelle) and plagued by unusually wild weather. But the sudden earthquakes and freak snowstorms may not be a coincidence. As Sydelle discovers North's dark secret and the reason for his interest in her and learns to master her own mysterious power, it becomes increasingly clear that the fate of the kingdom rests in her fingertips. She will either be a savior, weaving together the frayed bonds between Saldorra and Auster, or the disastrous force that destroys both kingdoms forever.

Alexandra Bracken is having a contest! Here are the prizes:

First Prize: - A signed, finished copy of Brightly Woven - A $50 gift card to the bookstore of your choice (Amazon, B&N, Borders, Chapters, you name it!) - A signed bookmark

Second Prize: - A signed, finished copy of Brightly Woven - The following fantastic books from EgmontUSA: The Dark Divine, Scones & Sensibility, and Candor, - A signed bookmark

Third Prize - A $20 giftcard to the bookstore of your choice - ARCs of these fantastic Egmont books: Siren, The Boy Who Could Fly, The False Princess, and Frozen in Time - A signed bookmark

The Prize for Anyone that sends me proof that they pre-ordered a copy of Brightly Woven at acbracken(at)gmail.com: - A spiffy signed bookmark - My eternal love and gratitude

To Enter the contest go HERE!

Entry for Lisa Mantchev Name Theatre Book 3 Contest

Lisa Mantchev, author of Eyes Like Stars and Perchance To Dream is holding a contest for the chance to win an ARC of Perchance To Dream. All you have to do is send her an email with a 3-word Shakespearean phrase to match the other two books in the series. CLICK HERE TO ENTER. HURRY DEALINE IS MIDNIGHT PST, MARCH 8th!!!!!

I am a theatre junkie and lately I have really been getting into Shakespeare! Especially his sonnets. I chose the phrase "lines of life"

Sonnet 16

But wherefore do not you a mightier way

Make war upon this bloody tyrant, time,

And fortify yourself in your decay

With means more blessèd than my barren rhyme?

Now stand you on the top of happy hours,

And many maiden gardens, yet unset,

With virtuous wish would bear your living flowers,

Much liker than your painted counterfeit.

So should the lines of life that life repair

Which this time’s pencil or my pupil pen

Neither in inward worth nor outward fair

Can make you live yourself in eyes of men.

  To give away yourself keeps yourself still,

  And you must live, drawn by your own sweet skill.

To pre-order Perchance To Dream GO HERE.

Elizabeth Scott's fantastic contest

Sooo, Elizabeth Scott is having a WICKED awesome contest. She is giving away 10 ARCS and 25 HARDBACKS!

The Unwritten Rule

Everyone knows the unwritten rule: You don't like your best friend's boyfriend. Sarah has had a crush on Ryan for years. He's easy to talk to, supersmart, and totally gets her. Lately it even seems like he's paying extra attention to her. Everything would be perfect except for two things: Ryan is Brianna's boyfriend, and Brianna is Sarah's best friend. Sarah forces herself to avoid Ryan and tries to convince herself not to like him. She feels so guilty for wanting him, and the last thing she wants is to hurt her best friend. But when she's thrown together with Ryan one night, something happens. It's wonderful...and awful. Sarah is torn apart by guilt, but what she feels is nothing short of addiction, and she can't stop herself from wanting more...

TO ENTER THE CONTEST GO HERE! TIME IS RUNNING OUT. You have until 11:59 tonight to enter.

Here is a picture I took of one of the signs I made for the the contest.

And here is a really horrible video thingy I made for the contest. It was my first time making a video....So please forgive me. And my voice sounds wicked weird. HA

You can find my review of Elizabeth Scott's other book, Something Maybe HERE.

SEA ARC GIVEAWAY!

SEA by Heidi R. Kling--Available Bookstores everywhere June 10, 2010! And pre-order now!

Haunted by recurring nightmares since her mother's accidental disappearance over the Indian ocean three years before, fifteen year old California girl Sienna "Sea" Jones reluctantly travels with her father's volunteer team to six months post-tsunami Indonesia. During her stay at the orphanage, she meets scarred and soulful Deni who is more like Sea than anyone she has ever met. She knows they can't be together, so why can't she stay away from him? And what about her old-best-friend-turned-suddenly-hot Spider who may or may not be waiting for her back home? And why is her psychiatrist father so secretive about her mother's plane crash? The farther she gets from home, the closer she comes to the truth. And Sea's real adventure begins.

Here are so nice words about SEA.

"Heidi R. Kling takes us on a journey to an unfamiliar geography, but where we all recognize the emotional vocabulary of loss and grief, of attraction and love. And we long to speak the language." --Vivian Leal, Kepler’s Books

"Heartbreaking but always hopeful; achingly romantic but never sappy-- SEA is simply luminous. What a remarkable debut!" -- Jennifer Laughran, "Not Your Mother's Book Club" Books Inc., San Francisco

"SEA is a richly woven story as turbulent and beautiful as the sea itself, plunging us headlong into the depths of loss, devastation, compassion, and hope. A touching and romantic debut about the redemptive power of altruism and the heart's capacity for love."Sarah Ockler, author of TWENTY BOY SUMMER

Heidi R. Kling is giving away 2 signed ARCs of SEA! To enter GO TO HEIDI'S LIVEJOURNAL!

The Giant LINGER Giveaway!

In Maggie Stiefvater's Shiver, Grace and Sam found each other. Now, in Linger, they must fight to be together. For Grace, this means defying her parents and keeping a very dangerous secret about her own well-being. For Sam, this means grappling with his werewolf past . . . and figuring out a way to survive into the future. Add into the mix a new wolf named Cole, whose own past has the potential to destroy the whole pack. And Isabelle, who already lost her brother to the wolves . . . and is nonetheless drawn to Cole.

At turns harrowing and euphoric, Linger is a spellbinding love story that explores both sides of love -- the light and the dark, the warm and the cold -- in a way you will never forget. Comes out in stores everywhere July 20th. Pre-order here. Enter to win an advanced review copies of LINGER, Sisters Red, The Dead-Tossed Waves, and The Replacement on Maggie's blog.

Explorer X - Alpha Contest!

LM. Preston is graciously offering one (1) lucky winner to win her debut novel Explorer X - Alpha!

Summary: For most kids, a trip to space camp is a trip of a lifetime, for Aadi it was life altering. After receiving a camp immunization needed for travel to Mars, Aadi finds that the immunization is the catalyst of an insidious experiment. Lucky for him, he was engineered to survive, thrive, and dominate. Without realizing he is being trained to conquer worlds, and manipulated under the guise of a camp, he unfolds the plot too late for a change of fate. Aadi’s world is shaken upon the revelation that life before camp was not what it appeared. This solidifies his plan to save them all from the company that seeks to control him, only for his rescue to end abruptly due to a freak accident on a field trip to Mars. The full experiment is set in motion when he and his co-pilot, Eirena, crash in a distant galaxy called Shrenas, where they change and realize the full extent of their power. Holding onto his humanity, in the midst of turning into a god is Aadi's biggest battle yet. This turn of events causes him to put his childish thoughts away, forcing him to accept his change, and to decide to save a world, or to do what he was trained to do, dominate it. In the midst his struggles with his changes, his power is coveted by the warring leaders of Shrenas, and he is forced to choose sides to save a life, or to save himself. A decision that may prove just how much humanity he has left.

To enter please fill out this FORM.

The deadline for this contest is 11:59 PM (central time), December 22.

Cindy's surprise contest!

So yesterday night, I mentioned that Cindy over at Princess Bookie was hosting TONS of book contests. Well, I just saw today that she posted a mini challenge. All you have to do is tell us your favorite things and you could win an ARC! 

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Name 8 Of Your Favorite Things (not all books either LOL)

My List:

1. Watching baseball. I love the Royals and the Red Sox!!

2. Post-it notes! 

3. Sharpie pens!

4. Broadway!

5. Getting A's on report cards. I NEED MORE OF THOSE!

6. Daytime TV. Yes, I love watching The View and soap operas. xD

7. Good friends. 

8. Goodfellas. Favorite movie of all time! 

Click HERE to enter. 

Go check out Cindy's blog! NOW!

Cindy over at Princess Bookie is hosting a HANDFUL of contests today! I'm talking DOZENS! 

Go enter some right now because it ends tonight! 

If you need some help choosing which contest to enter, here is a great one for you: Win 4 ARC Bundle. You have the chance to win ARCS of The Unwritten Rule by Elizabeth Scott, The Dark Divine by Bree Despain, Voices of Dragons by Carrie Vaughn, and Bleeding Violet by Dia Reeves. 

THE NUMBER 1 REASON WHY I MUST HAVE THESE BOOKS: I freakin' LOVE Elizabeth Scott books! I even had The Unwritten Rule as one of my WoW posts! OH and 3/4 of the books have purple covers  and not too mention the fact that those 3 books also have a feet theme going on. I love themes. C: 

Click here to enter! 

Check out the Living Your Five website!

"Living Your Five is about making the world a better place, one person at a time. It's about understanding what you care about most and how you can make a positive difference in your world."

Kay Cassidy, Tera Lynn Childs, Becca Fitzpatrick, and Alyson Noël have started this AMAZING and very inspirational blog. It's called LIVING YOUR FIVE. 

Go check it out! You have the chance, not only to read their FIVE, but to win their books and other great prizes! 

Magic Under Glass ARC contest!!

 

Coming 12/22/09 from Bloomsbury... Nimira is a music-hall girl used to dancing for pennies. So when wealthy sorcerer Hollin Parry hires her to sing accompaniment to a mysterious piano-playing automaton, Nimira believes it will be the start of a better life. In Parry's world, long-buried secrets are about to stir. Unsettling rumors begin to swirl about ghosts, a madwoman roaming the halls, and Parry’s involvement in a group of corrupt sorcerers for whom the rules of the living and dead are meant to be broken for greater power. When Nimira discovers the spirit of a dashing fairy gentleman is trapped within the automaton, she is determined to break the curse. But even as the two fall into a love that seems hopeless, breaking the curse becomes a perilous race against time. Because it's not just the future of these star-crossed lovers that's at stake, but the fate of the entire magical world. Want to win an ARC with original sketches from the author inside? See http://fabulousfrock.livejournal.com for details!

This book looks so interesting! Go check this contest out! :) HERE

Mrs. Magoo Reads!

If you would like to win NINE books, head over to Mrs. Magoo Reads! She writes extremely awesome reviews and always has wonderful posts. Go check her out & be sure to become a follower. :)

Some of the books, Sophie is giving away include.....

-Slept Away by Julie Kraut

-ARC of Castration Celebration by Jake Wizner

-ARC of The ABC's of Kissing Boys by Tina Ferraro

Click here to enter the contest! Hurry before contest ends! 

Lipstick Apology trailer

If you go to debut2009 on livejournal, you will see that they are holding a book trailer contest for Lipstick Apology. 

The trailer I chose was:

I haven't read the book yet, but I think this trailer is awesome. I love the little lipstick notes and the song choice! Very cute.

Win Simply Irresistible and Gossip Girl Season 2!!!

If you would like the chance to win book 3 of the Elite Series and more, head over to The Page Flipper to enter the HUGE contest! 

Vlog for Eyes Like Stars release

This is my vlog congratulating Lisa Mantchev on the release of Eyes Like Stars.

Go check out Eyes Like Stars Release Extravaganza over at Reverie Media

Congrats Lisa!!!!

sorry about the video quality and the video it's self! i was a little nervous!