Book Contests!

Every once in a while I like to post some contests for all of you!  I tend to enter a lot of them, so I like to share.

On The Story Siren's blog, there's the chance to win A Beautiful Evil by Kelly Keaton and Faery Tales & Nightmares by Melissa Marr.  There's 3 days left, go enter!  The Story Siren Contest


Over at the Stir Your Tea blog, there's a contest for SIX different prize packs - but it ends at midnight tonight - so hurry on over!  You can win:
                 1 - Blood Red Road, Hallowed & Shatter Me
                 2 - Legend, The Fault in our Stars & Shatter Me
                 3 - The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight, Under the Never Sky & Shatter Me
                 4 - Spoiled, Wonderstruck & Shatter Me
                 5 - How to Save a Life, Cinder & Shatter Me
                 6 - All These Things I've Done, Where Things Come Back & Shatter Me
A lot of these books are also signed!  Go to: Stir Your Tea Blog


This is a surprise contest - the prize will be a complete surprise, but something good!  Enter throughout February at The Book Cellar

Winner of Soulbound Contest!!!!!!!!!!

First of all, I would like to thank you all for stopping by my blog and commenting, I hope to see you all visiting again!  Then I would like to thank you all for being so supportive of Auntie Heather, I know I may be a bit biased, but she's the best!

The fantastical mystical Randomizer has chosen a winner for Auntie Heather's newest book SOULBOUND (due out in July).

The winner is....

Jen, aka X-treme Reader

Congratulations Jen!

Contest for Arc of SOULBOUND (Legacy of Tril #1) by Heather Brewer!!

Ok, so I don't generally blog on the weekends, but when Auntie Heather Brewer offered to allow me to give out one of the VERY FIRST arcs of her new novel SOULBOUND, I jumped at the chance!  Now, why is Auntie Heather being so nice to me, you may ask?  Because she has to be...she's my little sister!!hahaha

Auntie Heather is also giving one away on her blog, which can be found at www.heatherbrewer.com  These are the only two out there right now and we want YOU to have a chance at them!  SOULBOUND will be released in July 2012, so you'll have a great headstart! 

All you have to do to win the one here is to comment on this blog - I will use a fancy randomizer to choose the winner.  The contest runs through next Saturday, January 14. 2012.

Good luck!!

Win a manuscript critique!

Win a literary agent or acclaimed author's feedback on your unpublished manuscript for young adult or middle grade readers.  This rare opportunity is being offered to the six winners of an essay contest recently announced by the literacy charity Book Wish Foundation.  See http://bookwish.org/contest for full details.

You could win a manuscript critique from:

• Laura Langlie, literary agent for Meg Cabot

• Nancy Gallt, literary agent for Jeanne DuPrau

• Brenda Bowen, literary agent and editor of Karen Hesse's Newbery Medal winner Out of the Dust

• Ann M. Martin, winner of the Newbery Honor for A Corner of the Universe

• Francisco X. Stork, winner of the Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award for The Last Summer of the Death Warriors

• Cynthia Voigt, winner of the Newbery Medal for Dicey's Song and the Newbery Honor for A Solitary Blue

All that separates you from this prize is a 500-word essay about a short story in Book Wish Foundation's new anthology, What You Wish For.  Essays are due Feb. 1, 2012 and winners will be announced around Mar. 1, 2012.  If you win, you will have six months to submit the first 50 pages of your manuscript for critique (which means you can enter the contest even if you haven't finished, or started, your manuscript).  You can even enter multiple times, with essays about more than one of the contest stories, for a chance to win up to six critiques.

If you dream of being a published author, this is an opportunity you should not miss.  To enter, follow the instructions at http://bookwish.org/contest.

Good luck and best wishes,

Logan Kleinwaks
President, Book Wish Foundation

Winner of Happy Birthday Giveaway!

Sandra Lovejoy is the winner of the Happy Birthday Giveaway!  She has won the Vlad Tod Minion Horde zip up hoodie.

Congratulations Sandra!!!

Happy Birthday Giveaway!

In honor of my lovely sister's birthday, I am doing a giveaway of a brand new Vlad Tod Minion Horde zip up hoodie!  Why does my sister deserve special recognition, you may ask?  Well, because without her, there wouldn't be a minion horde!  She's none other than Heather Brewer, author of the Vlad Tod series and now the Slayer Society Chronicles, and today happens to be her birthday!  Check out the hoodie:

All you have to do is to comment by Friday night (September 23, 2011) on this post and a random winner will be picked.  I'll be emailing you for your mailing address, do NOT include it in your comment.  :)  Have a great day!

Winner of ARC "THE OVERTAKING"!!

Saribonita won the ARC of Victorine Lieske's THE OVERTAKING!!!  Congratulations, Saribonita!

Book Giveaways and Contests

So today I thought I'd list some giveaways on other sites for ya!

First up is a contest for a signed copy of OTOLI by Bryony Allen.  The contest runs until July 3, 2011.  YA Book Reads Contest

Next is a contest for a beach bag of 16 books!  Included are: BEASTLY MOVIE TIE-IN EDITION, BEAUTY QUEENS, CLARITY, DIVERGENT, HEREAFTER, I'M NOT HER, THE IRON QUEEN, LOST VOICES, A NEED SO BEAUTIFUL, NIGHTSPELL, PROM AND PREJUDICE, RUBY RED, SHIVER, STARCROSSED, SUPERNATURALLY, and TEN THINGS WE DID.  They come with a beach bag stuffed with games, sunblock and fun stuff!  The contest runs until July 18, 2011.  Teen Reads Beach Bag Contest

Next is a contest to win an ARC of THE FUTURE OF US by Jay Asher and Carolyn Mackler.  The contest runs until June 23, 2011.  Lauren Morrill Contest

Next is a contest with TWO winners!  The Main Winner will receive signed copies of ONE LONELY DEGREE and THE LIGHTER SIDE OF LIFE AND DEATH, Amazon gift certificate for $25 and a copy of MY BEATING TEENAGE HEART.  The Runner Up will receive signed copies of ONE LONELY DEGREE and THE LIGHTER SIDE OF LIFE AND DEATH.  The contest runs until July 1, 2011.  Fragments of Life Contest

Next you can win four books: WITHER, DELIRIUM, DIVERGENT and MATCHED.  You need to friend the blogger on goodreads.com, spread the word on your blog/twitter/FB and comment on the contest.  Easy Peasy!  It's open till the end of June 2011.  Not Very Alice Contest

Win a copy of A SCARY SCENE IN A SCARY MOVIE by Judd Apatow.  The contest runs until July 1, 2011.  Regal Literary Contest

Next, win a set of 8 HarperTeen books!  They are: COLD KISS, DEAD RULES, EVE, SHATTER ME, THE GIRL OF FIRE AND THORNS, FATEFUL, THE BEGINNING OF AFTER and TEN THINGS WE DID.  The contest runs until June 30, 2011.  Katie's Book Blog Contest

Next is a chance to win any June release of your choice!  Great deal!  You'll have to check out the link, there's too many to list!  The contest ends July 1, 2011.  Addicted to Novels Contest

That's all for this time - go win some books and tell me what you won!!!!