As promised, I am announcing the WINNER of my "Favorite Reads of 2011." I am feeling generous...and only two people from the US answered the question by December 24, 2011. So...all three get to pick one book from my list.

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For the first time in years I did not receive a bookstore gift card or a book. I think my friends and family are sending me a ( Read more... )

(Sorry if the formatting is wacky. It's LJ. It keeps jacking with the spacing.) Once again I’m exposing my book addiction. This post is for a contest in celebration of Brenna Yavonoff’s second book, The Space Between. (Clicky  http://brennayovanoff.livejournal.com/38767.html to learn more about the contest.) Brenna shared her MC’s theme song (I ( Read more... )

If you're like me, you love the same four letter word I love: CAKE. If you're my clone, you also love these four-letter words: FREE and BOOK.

Tessa Gratton's YA debut, Blood Magic, comes out in May. However, if you click here, you can comment on her post and WIN her book. Oh, you also get to see her act out one of the chapters.

This will probably be the only time you will see a short story of any kind on my blog.  Back in the day I did them with ease. Now writing one is like . . . walking up a hill, in a snowstorm without shoes or a coat.  And poetry . . . I love my flist too much to put you through that torture.  My poetry stopped when I left the angsty days of high ( Read more... )

Did you know that tessagratton  . . .



AND SHE WRITES BOOKS TOO!

She is also . . .


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http://meredith-wood.livejournal.com/194027.html?view=1914091#t1914091

Go to thisLJ page for Meredity_Wood and learn how to win a free e-book version of her new book: Panthan's Crucible. It comes out March 15. the print version release date is still undetermined. It sounds AMAZING.

I am soooo proud of Meredith. Whooohooo!!

Meredith Wood is hosting her annual, Make Meredith Read contest.  You need to submit the first two pages of a story to a location to be named on Jan 4, 2010.  She reads and decides who has a great two pages.  If you win, you get braggin rights and a cool logo.  I'm doing it! All the cool kids are doin it. So if you want to be cool, you have to  ( Read more... )

So one of my goals for next year (I will post the full list at another date) is to participate in the 2010 YA Debute Author Challenge. The general goal is to read at least 12 YA Debute novels 2010. I think that will be a piece of cake. I have already read one, the Secret Year by Jennifer Hubbard writerjenn . I did a small blurb on my blog and longer over at ( Read more... )

Hey everyone. Tis the season to be jolly and kind. If you would like to win an ARC of Linger, by Maggie Steivfater,


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