January 2011 ~ Well Read Novel

Monday, January 31, 2011

Giveaway

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Candace over at Candace's Book Blog is hosting this giveaway Here are some books that I've heard a lot of things about and they are up for grabs! Unearthly, Once in a Full Moon and Desires of the Dead!

Open to US and international! To enter and for more info click Here!

Win a Nook Color!

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bookalicio is hosting this giveaway.For her two year blogging anniversary shes giving away books and a lucky winner will win a Nook Color!

Harper Childrens Fancy Nancy Prize Pack. This prize pack includes the Fancy Nancy DS Game, Fancy Nancy Doll, Fancy Nancy Change Purse, Fancy Nancy and the Fabulous Fashion Boutique, Fancy Nancy Perfectly Paper Dolls, and a Fancy Nancy a Flutter of Butterflies Reusable Sticker Book.

Harper Childrens Middle Grade Prize Pack. This prize pack includes Take Me to the River by Will Hobbs, A Dog’s Way Home by Bobbie Pyron, Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha-Lai, The Star Maker by Laurence Yep, Skate Fate by Juan Felipe Herrera, A True Princess by Diane Zahler, and a set of Harper Post It’s.

Harper Teen Prize YA Prize Pack. This prize pack consists of the most awesome YA coming this year, Teeth, Vampire Tales (anthology), Darkest Mercy by Melissa Marr, Secrets The Ivy Two by Lauren Kunze and Rina Onur, Illegal by Bettina Restrepo, Subway Girl by P. J. Converse, and a fantabulous box of Harper Post It’s.

The Amy Einhorn Prize Pack includes The Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown, and You Know When the Men Are Gone by Siobhan Fallon.

The fabulous Raquel from Candlewickprovided a fabulous YA pack including The Agency 1 by Y. S. Lee (audiobook),Blessed by Cynthia Leitich Smith andFalling Hard, 100 Love Poems by Teens.

Chronicle Books is my local publisher in San Francisco. I absolutely adore the eclectic nature of this publisher. Laura has put together an awesome YA pack!

The Chronicle YA pack includes some oldies and newbies, The Space Between the Trees by Katie Williams, Prisoners in the Palace by Michaela MacColl, Blue Plate Special by Michelle D. Kwasney, How I Stole Johnny Depp’s Alien Girlfriend by Gary Ghislain, Spinning Out by David Stahler Jr. and an awesome tote bag.

Random House has an awesome MG prize pack for you to win including: Kickers 3 Benched by Rich Wallace, Kickers 4 Game Day Jitters by Rich Wallace,Alberic the Wise and Other Journeys by Norton Juster, Twosomes: Love Poems from the Animal Kingdom by Marilyn Singer, Lunch Lady and the Bake Sale Bandit by Jarrett J. Krosoczka, andLunch Lady and the Cyborg Substitute by Jarrett J. Krosoczka.

The YA Pack from Random is fab it includes:Badd by Tim Tharp, When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead, Dash & Lilly’s Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn & David Levithan,Vixen by Jillian Larkin, Timeless by Alexandra Monir, and Teenie by Christopher Smith.

Simon and Schuster are offering Slice of Cherry by Dia Reeves, Pathfinder by Orson Scott Card, and Shade by Jerri Smith Ready

The Grand Prize:

NookColor

The Ultimate Reading Experience

“The Best Dedicated eReader”
–The Associated Press

Stunning 7-inch color touchscreen
Magazines & newspapers in rich color
Kids’ books come alive
Over 2 million titles at your fingertips
Get social, surf the web, play games, even listen to music

Here is the information about the NookColor

http://bklc.us/2y

For more information about the giveaway click here!

Win Blood Promise, the 4th book in the Vampire Academy series

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Sisters in the Scribe is hosting this giveaway

Vampire Academy book 4

Blood Promise!

The book is brand new and AUTOGRAPHED!

Product Description

How far will Rose go to keep her promise?The recent Strigoi attack at St. Vladimir’s Academy was the deadliest ever in the school’s history, claiming the lives of Moroi students, teachers, and guardians alike. Even worse, the Strigoi took some of their victims with them. . . including Dimitri.
He’d rather die than be one of them, and now Rose must abandon her best friend, Lissa—the one she has sworn to protect no matter what—and keep the promise Dimitri begged her to make long ago. But with everything at stake, how can she possibly destroy the person she loves most?

TO ENTER: You MUST be a follower of this blog and fill out the entry form at the bottom of this post!!!!!!! New followers welcome.

CONTEST CLOSES on FEBRUARY 4TH 2010, winners announced.

Win Immortal Beloved!

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Giveaway - Immortal Beloved

The Giveaway is hosted by Escape In A Book! Its open to all.

Only one entry per person

The Cool People Contest

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The Cool People Contest is a giveaway hosted by Rhiannon over at From the Trees, shes giving away an Amazon giftcard, right now its a $20.00 card but it can be $100.00! Check out her blog to see all the details.

January 6th - 31st
Winner Announced: February 6th

Reading Fever's Blog Kick-off Giveaway!

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Lots to win over at The Reading Fever!

What to win:

Set #1

The Iron King by Julie Kagawa (paperback)

Incarceron by Catherine Fisher (hardcover)

Wings by Aprilynne Pike (book #1) (hardcover)

Spells by Aprilynne Pike (book #2) (hardcover)

Set #2

Mistwood by Leah Cypess (hardcover)

The Hourglass Door by Lisa Mangum (paperback)

The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan (hardcover)

The Candy Shop War by Brandon Mull (paperback)

Darkest Mercy Giveaway!!

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I love this series, its one of my favorite series. The Wicked Lovely series by Melissa Marr. The newest book in the series will be released February 22, 2011, but I found a blog that has a copy to giveaway. Its an ARC.

Darkest Mercy

Rules:
1. International
2. Ends February 3, 2011 at Midnight EST
3. You must be 13 years or older to enter
4. The winner will be announced on the blog and will have 48 hours to respond.
Check out the website to enter: Recovering Potter Addict

2010 Goodbye Giveaway!

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A Huge Giveaway is going on over on BloodyBookaholic! Theres lots to win! Heres just a few of the books that you can win:
   The Lost Saint by Bree Despain

     Dead Beautiful by Yvonne Woon

My Soul to Keep by Rachel Vincent

The Ivy by Lauren Kunze & Rina Onur

Desired of the Dead by Kimberly Derting

Firelight by Sophie Jordan

The Replacement by Brenna Yovanoff

Dangerous Neighbors by Beth Kephart

and theres many more!

Click Here!

Giveaway #1: Debut Authors 2011

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I found this giveaway while looking around the internet, you could win three great books. They all sound good I don't know which one to choose. Its a international giveaway, deadline January 31st 2011. Fill out this Form.
The books to win are:

Across the Universe by Beth Revis (1/11/11)

Angelfire by Courtney Allison Moulton (2/15/11)

Clarity by Kim Harrington (3/1/11)

Wither by Lauren DeStefano (3/22/11)

Loving the Review Challenge

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I was invited to this challenge. Loving Reviews Challenge hosted by Brandi of Bilkosiner's Blog and Sniffly Kitty's Mostly Books. I decided to sign up, you review books, thats all, it sounds fun! To enter and for all the information click Here! My first book I'll be reviewing is Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones. I'll get the review up as soon as possible.

Review- The Lady's Slipper

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Title: The Lady's Slipper

Author:Deborah Swift

Publisher: St. Martin's Press

Release Date: November 23, 2010

Summary (Goodreads):
1660. King Charles II has returned from exile, but memories of the English Civil War still rankle. There are old scores to settle, and religious differences threaten to overturn a fragile peace. When Alice Ibbetson discovers a rare orchid, the Lady’s Slipper, growing in a wood belonging to Richard Wheeler, she is captivated by its beauty— though Wheeler, a Quaker, is determined to keep the flower where God intended it to grow. Knowing that the orchid is the last of its kind, she steals the flower, little dreaming that her seemingly simple act will set off a chain of events that will lead to murder and exile, and change her life forever…

Review:
This was my first first-reads book, thank you Goodreads, and/or whoever else that had a hand in the giveaway. I liked this book, I liked the time zone the book was in, 1660, the beginning was a little slow, but it picked up and it held my attention well until the last bit of the book, about the third of the way through. I don't know why it just kind of felt like it rushed the ending. Other than that I enjoyed this book.

Another Challenge!

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I love to challenge myself and I have another here to sign up for, its a Vampire Challenge, I love vampire books! Its hosted by Parajunkie, I love this blog. Sign up here.

THE RULES:

Post about this challenge on your blog stating that you are participating. That post is the link that you will include in the Mr. Linky below. The link should be the post link not just your blog link.
Grab the button and display it in the post (use grab code underneath the button) or on your sidebar so others can join in the fun.
Challenge goes from January 1, 2011 to December 31, 2011
The challenge is to read 20 books that have a vampire as a MAIN character, either protag or antagonist
Post your reviews on the Review Post:http://www.parajunkee.com/2011/01/vampire-challenge-review-link-up.html

Ill add the books later.
1)2)3)4)5)6)7)8)9)10)11)12)13)14)15)16)17)18)19)20)

Next Review

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My computer has not been working for some time now, but I finally got it working, and the next books that I'm going to review are Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones and The Lady's Slipper by Deborah Swift. I'll get them up as soon as possible. I don't get a lot of time to read so I'm not sure when that will be.