[CLOSED] Nightshade by Andrea Cremer Giveaway!

I'm hosting a contest as part of

Enna Isilee's Birthday Bash 2010

Presented by Squeaky Books

 

From August 23^rd until September 22^nd Enna Isilee at Squeaky Books is having a HUGE bash to celebrate her birthday! There are twelve contests, tons of author interviews, and guest posts from over a dozen different YA book bloggers. And I get to host a contest!

 

I get to give away a pre-order of Nightshade by Andrea Cremer! As well as some swag that Andrea herself will send to the winner! You have until September 21st at 11:59 MST to enter. All winners will be announced on Enna Isilee's birthday (September 22nd) on Enna Isilee's blog (Squeaky Books). And today, Ennalee interviewed Andrea at Squeaky Books. You should totally go check it out.

 

Want to know more about Nightshade? Click here!

  
Book Trailer:
 

 

Without further ado, enter to win! Click below. 

Click here

Sorry guys, this one is US/Canada only, which goes against me since I am an international reader too, but this isn't my contest. I'm only one blogger in Enna's web of awesome contests and interviews and reviews. It's going to be awesome! Don't be in it just for the contests!

Let's get squeaky with it! :D 

Note: All those who already visited my page and tried to click the broken link, you'll be glad to know it has been fixed. Go ahead and enter now! So sorry, Enna, for posting it up early. The timing is confusing, so hopefully I post it on time this time around!

More Gayle Forman Love // Contests

If I Stay & Where She Went

By Gayle Forman

So, many of you may recall/know that I really really love If I Stay by Gayle Forman. Well, I was surfing around and I found some cool NEW If I Stay related stuff. :)

• An original song inspired by/based on If I Stay, by Jacquelyn Girling {link}
• 'Official' site has been updated!{link} Also, to receive an extra teaser for Where She Went, the sequel, there's a questionaire-thingy to answer.
• The Teaser Tour for sequel, Where She Went, has ended {link} If you haven't been following that, now is the time to read the teasers- you'll be ITCHING for April to come rolling by! Also, at many of the stops, there are *signed* covers up for grabs!

Here are the covers together:

For more covers of If I Stay, click here.

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 Contests

1

Over at The Eclectic Reader, Teddy is hosting an international book giveaway! 

I want The Chosen One by Carol Lynch Williams! 1 winner, 4 books to choose from: 

- Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl

- Still Missing by Chevy Stevens

- The Chosen One by Carol Lynch Williams

- Torment by Lauren Kate

Ends September 30th

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2

Massive Shelf Clearout Giveaway!

Look at all those up for grabs!

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I'm kidding. There are 3 prize packs, each consisting 4 books. As well as for intl' readers, 2 winners will be able to choose 2 books from that TBR list (the pic) and will be shipping via The Book Depository. Great contest, right?

Ends September 30th

 {link}

3

ARCs up for grabs.

An ARC package, which will include: The Duff, Beautiful Malice, Sapphique, I Am Number 4...and maybe some other surprises

Ends September 7th

{link}

Note: There are 6-7 hours left until my contest goes up again. Sorry to anyone who was hoping this was it. Don't worry, it will happen! :)

[Review] Girl Parts by John M. Cusick

Title: Girl Parts

Author: John M. Cusick [debut novel!]

Publication: August 2010 -- out now!

Publisher: Candlewick Press

Review Copy: ARC

Pages: 218

My Rating:

Blurb from Goodreads:  

"Hello, David. My name is Rose. It’s a pleasure to meet you. We are now entering minute two of our friendship. According to my Intimacy Clock, a handshake is now appropriate…"

David and Charlie are opposites. David has a million friends, online and off. Charlie is a soulful outsider, off the grid completely. But neither feels close to anybody. When David’s parents present him with a hot Companion bot to encourage healthy bonds and treat "dissociative disorder," he can’t get enough of luscious red-headed Rose — and he can’t get it soon. Companions come with strict intimacy protocols, and whenever he tries anything, David gets an electric shock. Severed from the boy she was built to love, Rose turns to Charlie, who finds he can open up, knowing Rose isn’t real. With Charlie’s help, the ideal "companion" is about to become her own best friend.
In a stunning and hilarious debut, John Cusick takes rollicking aim at internet culture and our craving for meaningful connection in an uber-connected world.

 My thoughts: Girl Parts is definitely guy YA lit; I enjoyed it, but it was flawed. The writing style was so different to what I'd become accustomed to, so it took a while to get used to it. Which is fine, and probably expected, since this book is for a different audience, and written by a male author.

It took until halfway through the novel to realise what the title Girl Parts was referring to. :P And I guess the sexual passages, while spread apart and slightly (very slightly) graphic, were necessary... since that's kind of a major part/point of this book. I think this is for 15+; I wouldn't be giving this one to a 12 year old, because of what I've briefly discussed.

Keeping in mind that this is a debut novel, there are obviously going to be issues with it, that will be ironed out (hopefully) with each coming release by Cusick. However, since I enjoyed this one, and it is guy lit, I'm rating it 4 stars with all of that in mind. This is completely new territory to me: guy YA lit, sci-fi-esque, with a guy MC and POV . . .


Another short review. School. All in all, I think this is worth a read. It will not win over some people, but I think there is promise-- Cusick drew upon an interesting concept and wrote an entertaining story about it. Plus, it's pretty short. I read it within the span of a day. :) Plus, the cover is gorgeous! I want to see a finished copy of this one-- I'd buy a copy.

Amazon | The Book Depository | Borders

Learn more about Girl Parts and read more reviews at Goodreads!
Girl Parts is John M. Cusick's debut novel.


Book Trailer:

Note: For the handful of people who stumbled across my giveaway post a few hours ago, just letting you know that it wasn't meant to be up until tomorrow. Hope you check back later!

Blog Hop (6)

Hey fellow bloggers and/or readers,

Thanks for hopping along to my little blog. :) Hope you enjoy your visit, and like what you see. If you do, feel free to follow. It's free!

If you'd like to hop around, too, then visit Jennifer at Crazy for Books for all the details! 

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Here's this week's question:

Do you judge a book by its cover?

Honestly, yes. I can say that most of the books I have read recently have been *blessed* with pretty covers. I'm not the only one out there, I'm sure. They're definitely important in order to draw in potential readers. However, in the way of ARCs and review copies, covers don't play such a big part in this, especially since many ARC covers are not finalised.

I usually browse titles on Goodreads, and if a cover catches my eye, I'll check out reviews & ratings as well as the description. So, a cover is really important, as it is what will make me find out more about the book.

This Week at Words on Paper

• What I received in the mail this week: {In My Mailbox}
• Upcoming Contests & Questions: {Contests & Q}
• Review for Shug by Jenny Han {Shug} 
• Waiting on Wedneday: Where She Went by Gayle Forman {WoW}

Upcoming at Words on Paper

• Giveaway for a popular YA paranormal novel, N...... (Sep 4th)
• Review for Girl Parts by John M. Cusick (Sep 4th)
• In My Mailbox (Sep 5th)
• Waiting on Wednesday: E.... (Sep 8th)
• Review for The Dead by David Gatward (Sep 11th)
• Review for One Night that Changes Everything by Lauren Barnholdt (Sep 18th)
• Review for The Poison Diaries by Maryrose Wood (Sep 25th)
• Review for Twenty Boy Summer by Sarah Ockler (Oct 2nd)
• Note: I will be on reading break for the next week, and will be reducing reviews to one a week, until October 20th~. Look out for more giveaways in the next month! {International!} Stay following to stay informed! ALSO, an international book + swag giveaway will commence when I reach 200 followers!

Waiting on Wednesday (5)

Hey everyone! I've already read 3 of my 5 planned books to read for the September Spectacular Reading Challenge... I've read 7 books in the span of 10~ days. I've got 3 reviews that will be posted as the days roll by, so hope for that. :) I just finished One Night that Changes Everything, and boy was it a compelling read! I quite liked it. Review to come next Saturday, according to my plans.

Anyway...

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill @ Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.

For this week, I am swooning over Where She Went (#2, IF I STAY) by Gayle Forman, which is due for release April 2011!

Why I'm Waiting on Where She Went:

Hello? Seriously, if you haven't read If I Stay yet, what's wrong with you?!?! It is one of the only books I have re-read, and only in the span of a few months! I never re-read books, but since it's such a brilliant, short but effective, compelling, simply-written but beautiful, interesting, unique-- uses a somehow familiar notion but Gayle deals with all the issues so well; just definitely a MUST READ!

Ahem. So of course, this means that once I found out about Where I Went (I'm happy I found out about this "early on"), I was jumping for joy! Also, Forman has promised a darker-approach on the Mia-Adam dynamic, namely, that they are not together anymore. Slight spoiler, but if you haven't read it yet, that's your fault. :P

Just pimping If I Stay some more, I read this one on COMPUTER the first time around! I read it in the span of one afternoon! Anyone who has read anything on computer knows how terribly painful it is, and should find some merit to this achievement/un-put-downability-ness.


Information:

- Where She Went is set 3 years after the events in If I Stay
- It is written in the POV of Adam this time around
- Forman has said Adam is not as nice as he was in If I Stay
- Adam has become an extremely successful & famous rock God
- More tears and memory/soul/heart-searching to be expected
- As title suggests- "Where She Went", Mia is MIA. ROFL!! XD Sorry, I'm lame. I understand if you un-follow me now.
- Well, okay, Mia has gone to pursue her dreams. So she's not exactly MIA, I think. Though Adam & Mia have been broken up since If I Stay
- BIG SPOILER: If the appearance of a sequel didn't spill it out, I'm sorry. Mia is well and truly ALIVE! Yeah, shocker.




Links:
Goodreads page
Where She Went Teaser Tour
Gayle Forman's site


Other Tidbits
Gayle Forman will be posting the official jacket copy of Where She Went tomorrow, or she SHOULD be, since she promised she'd post it up after her Teaser Tour. I want something that matches my US hardcover of If I Stay, so I can't say I'm particularly happy. Unless I win a US paperback, in which case I can at least relish in all the pretty covers! :D




Thanks for visiting my weekly WoW post. 2011 is looking to be a promising year in the YA book department. ♥

What are you waiting on this week?