March Grab Bag Giveaway

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Today I am offering two March Grab Bags full of AWESOMENESS!!

Blog Tour: Review: Walking Disaster + Signed Book Giveaway!

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Blog Tour: Rotten + Giveaway

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Giveaway: February Grab Bags

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Today I am offering two February Grab Bags full of AWESOMENESS!!

Giveaway: No Strings Attached Blog Hop

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This hop is hosted by I Am A Reader, Not A Writer

Today I'm giving away a ARC of Shadows In The Silence!!

"Your strength in heart and hand will fall. . . .
Ellie knows that the darkest moments are still to come, and she has everything to fight for:
She must fight for Will.
The demonic have resorted to their cruelest weapons to put Will in mortal danger, and Ellie makes an unlikely alliance to save him and to stop Lilith and Sammael, who seek to drown the world in blood and tear a hole into Heaven.
She must fight for humanity.
As the armies of Hell rise and gather for the looming End of Days, Ellie and her band of allies travel to the world’s darkest and most ancient regions in her quest to come into her full glory as the archangel Gabriel.
And Ellie must save herself.
Her humanity withers beneath the weight of her cold archangel power, but Ellie must hold tight to who she is and who she loves as she prepares for the ultimate battle for Heaven and Earth.
In this final installment in the Angelfire trilogy, Courtney Allison Moulton brings her dark world of epic battles and blistering romance to a blazing bright conclusion."

Giveaway: January Grab Bags

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Today I am offering two January Grab Bags full of AWESOMENESS!!

Giveaway Hop: Clean Out Your Shelves

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Giveaway: Big BOX Giveaway!!

Hello lovely readers! So today when I got home, I decided to clean out my shelf's and this is what I ended up with:

Three large bags/box full of finished copies, ARC's, indie books. I decided to give them to YOU!!
Yes, you. It is because of you, my fellow readers that I am where I am today. I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for all of you that support me! I'm giving away not 1, but 2  boxes full of books!

Giveaway:

• 2 Boxs full of YA Finished Copies, ARC's, etc
• 2 Winners will be picked
• Ends December 31, 2012
• Hosted by Me

Rules:

• To Enter, fill out the Rafflecopter form below
• Must be 13 years of age or older
• Contest is open to US ONLY!!
• Winner will be announced on the blog via Rafflecopter
• Winner will be notified by email
• Do NOT put your email in the comment section
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Giveaway: Callum & Harper

Hello everyone! Because I loved this book SOOOOOOOOOOO much, I decided to do a giveaway! I really want anyone and everyone to read the deep romance in this book!  

"Life sucks for orphans Callum Tate and Harper Bailey.
Kicked out of their foster homes because they suffer the 'eighteen disease' with nothing but a hundred dollar check from the government and a pat on the back, they're forced to rely on a system that failed them miserably.
So they sit. They sit inside Social Services, waiting for their social workers to call their names and offer them the miracle they know will never come but they sit anyway because they have nowhere else to go, no other options on their very literal and figurative empty plates.
But as they sit, they notice the other. Although captivated, they each come to the conclusion that life is complicated enough without throwing in a boiling tension that can't ever be acted upon because they're both too busy thinking about where their next meal will come from but when their names are called and both are placed on a year long waiting list for permanent housing, suddenly relying on each other seems like a very viable plan B.
And, oh, how lovely Plan B's can be.
Well, except for the psycho from Harper's past that haunts her and, oh, yeah, there's the little issue that neither of them knows they're in love with the other.
Needless to say, Callum & Harper's life just got a bit more complicated.
“One day, you and I are gonna’ wake up and be alright. Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow but one day. One day. I promise you.” - Callum Tate"

*Giveaway* 

Giveaway:

• 1 E-copy of Callum & Harper from Amazon
• 1 Winner will be picked
• Ends November 16, 2012
• Hosted by Me

Rules:

• To Enter, fill out the Rafflecopter form below
• Must be 13 years of age or older
• Contest is open to EVERYONE!!!!! (So long as you have a AMAZON ACCOUNT)
• Winner will be announced on the blog via Rafflecopter
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• Do NOT put your email in the comment section
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Blog Tour: Ashen Winter + Birthday Giveaway!

Hello everyone! Today I have a special stop. First it's my birthday! YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYY! Happy Birthday To ME! First, I like to thank the Lord for all that I have. I'm grateful for being able to live to this age. With all that I have been through, I take nothing for granted. Whatever is given to you can be taken away at any minute. I adore my husband and son. They keep me moving and always busy. I'm thankful that today I am well taken care of. I have a things I don't deserve yet God has continued to give me blessings. And for that, I truly know that he is AWESOME! Now for my stop in the Ashen Winter Blog Tour!

"It’s been over six months since the eruption of the Yellowstone supervolcano. Alex and Darla have been staying with Alex’s relatives, trying to cope with the new reality of the primitive world so vividly portrayed in Ashfall, the first book in this series. It’s also been six months of waiting for Alex’s parents to return from Iowa. Alex and Darla decide they can wait no longer and must retrace their journey into Iowa to find and bring back Alex’s parents to the tenuous safety of Illinois. But the landscape they cross is even more perilous than before, with life-and-death battles for food and power between the remaining communities. When the unthinkable happens, Alex must find new reserves of strength and determination to survive."

 Buy Links:

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About the author:

 Website | Twitter | Face Book

Mike Mullin’s first job was scraping the gum off the undersides of desks at his high school. From there, things went steadily downhill. He almost got fired by the owner of a bookstore due to his poor taste in earrings. He worked at a place that showed slides of poopy diapers during lunch (it did cut down on the cafeteria budget). The hazing process at the next company included eating live termites raised by the resident entomologist (they taste like a cross between walnuts and carrots), so that didn’t last long either. For a while Mike juggled bottles at a wine shop, sometimes to disastrous effect. Oh, and then there was the job where swarms of wasps occasionally tried to chase him off ladders. So he’s really hoping this writing thing works out.

Mike holds a black belt in Songahm Taekwondo. He lives in Indianapolis with his wife and her three cats. Ashfall is his first novel.

Giveaway!!!

  

Giveaway:

• Ashfall and Ashen Winter
• Apocalypse bag filled with lots of book swag
• Ends October 19, 2012
• Hosted by ME!

Rules:

• To Enter, fill out the Rafflecopter form below
• Must be 13 years of age or older
• Contest is open to US ONLY!
• Winner will be announced on the blog via Rafflecopter
• Winner will be notified by email
• Do NOT put your email in the comment section
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Authors Are Rockstars: Death Interviews Billy

Hello everyone! I'm so excited to be a part of this tour cause I think I have the most awesomeness interview EVER!

My stop is featuring the one and only Jackie Morse Kessler, author of the Riders of the Apocalypse series.

http://www.jackiemorsekessler.com Ms. Kessler is not afraid to write about raw subjects. Her books are pure awesome-sauce!!

Through out this series, there has been once characters that has intrigued me to no end. I always wanted more of him and can't wait to hear his story. But for now, Ms. Kessler has given us the pleasure of Death interviewing Billy.

DEATH:
Hey there, living people. Welcome to Post Mortem, the fake online talk-radio show where fictional characters talk to me about their books, their Authors, and basically anything they want. I’m your host, Death.

Today’s guest is the protagonist of LOSS, book three of the Riders of the Apocalypse, by Jackie Morse Kessler.

[GLANCES AT CUE CARD] School Library Journal says, “Kessler blends fantasy, history, humor, and hard reality into a gripping tale.” Booklist says, “Kessler’s third book in the Riders of the Apocalypse series stays true to the initial premise of exposing a teen affliction—this time bullying—by providing an allegorical analysis of its effects and offering hope to its sufferers.” And New York Times bestselling author Sophie Jordan calls LOSS “Gritty and raw with powerful truths. An addictive read.”

Living people, give a warm welcome to Billy Ballard!

[APPLAUSE]

Hey, Billy!

BILLY:

Yeah. Um. Hey. [LOOKS AROUND] Where are the others?

DEATH:

Others?

 Death by Artist Ryan Robbins

BILLY:

You know. War. Famine. The other Riders of the Apocalypse.

DEATH:

They’re riding. Sort of in the job description.

BILLY:

[BLINKS] You told me we were getting together for a game of Bridge.

DEATH:

I might have lied.

BILLY:

[SIGHS]

DEATH:

If I’d invited you to be interviewed about being the hero of LOSS, would you have accepted?

BILLY:

Wait, let me think about it. No.

DEATH:

So I lied. And here you are.

BILLY:

Terrific. Anyone ever tell you what a role model you are? No? Wonder why that is…

DEATH:

A dead man once said that the ends justified the means.

BILLY:

[SIGHS, SINKS INTO CHAIR] All right. Let’s do this. You said you’re interviewing me about LOSS? That’s…

DEATH:

Rather meta.

BILLY:
Well. Yeah.

DEATH:

In your own words, what is LOSS about?

BILLY:

I’d been bullied pretty much all my life, but it wasn’t until I became Pestilence, the White Rider of the Apocalypse, that I learned how to fight back.

DEATH:

What was worse for you: being bullied, or being Pestilence?

BILLY:

Being bullied.

DEATH:
‘Splain, please.

BILLY:

Before LOSS, I can’t tell you the last time when I could walk down a block or down a hallway at school and not hope to God no one was waiting to trip me, or push me, or worse. I was constantly tense, always expecting the worst, because nine times out of ten, the worst happened. The laughter. The shove from behind. The nasty names. It sucked. I made myself sick from worry.

DEATH:

Literally or figuratively?

BILLY:

Both. My mom made me see doctor after doctor because I was constantly sick. Stomachaches, mostly. And even when I wasn’t sick, I tried to fake it. If I had to go to school, I’d spend hours planning what routes to take, when to run down the hall, how to avoid Joey Glass and his bruiser buddies. I’d dress to be invisible.

DEATH:

Even when you stayed home, you weren’t exactly in a safe haven, were you?

BILLY:

I wish. My grandfather’s suffering from Alzheimer’s, and we can’t afford to have him be in a home where people can take care of him properly all the time. So he lives with us. My dad left us way before Gramps got sick, so it’s just me and Mom. She’s stuck working two jobs just to keep up with the bills, so I have to be Gramps’s caregiver. And that’s a nightmare.

DEATH:

Why?

BILLY:

When he’s lucid, it’s not so bad. Then he’s just like a little kid, you know? I have to feed him and clean up after him and make sure he doesn’t hurt himself. I draw the line at changing his adult diaper, though.

DEATH:
Understandable.

BILLY:

But when Gramps isn’t in his right mind, he’s dangerous. He’s hit me. He’s bitten me. He’s accidentally started fires. He’s walked out of the house, and we’d have no idea where he’d gone. This one time, he almost got hit by a car.

DEATH:
Almost only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades.

BILLY:
Yeah? Next time, you be the one who saves him from getting run over.

DEATH:
I’m not really in the market to save people from dying. So compared with your normal life, being Pestilence wasn’t so bad.

BILLY:

Whoa, I never said that!

DEATH:
That’s what it sounds like. Normal life meant getting bullied and babysitting your grandfather. And lusting after your best friend Marianne, who you were too nervous to ask out.

BILLY:

Hey! That’s private!

DEATH:
Sorry. Mind-reading thing. Your normal life wasn’t fun.

BILLY:
But being the White Rider was worse.

DEATH:

How so?

BILLY:

You were there. You saw what I did when I had the Bow in my hands that first time. You saw what happened because of it, what I did to… [SHAKES HEAD] No, I’m not going to talk about it.

DEATH:

There is such a thing as a learning curve, you know.

BILLY:

Not when people get sick and maybe die if I mess up!

DEATH:

Consider it incentive not to mess up.

BILLY:
[GRUMBLES] I really hate your point of view.

DEATH:

It comes from being around for thousands and thousands of years. Did anything good come out of what happens to you in LOSS?

BILLY:

Well…yeah. Lots of things. [SMILES] Amazing things. I learned something important about myself, something that made me stop feeling like a victim. And then there’s the last chapter.

DEATH:

What about it?

BILLY:

[GRINS] It’s my favorite chapter. Wow, this is really meta, isn’t it?

DEATH:

Told you so. Speaking of which, were there any parts of LOSS where you were like, Jackie Morse Kessler, what on earth are you making me do? Or were you and your Author in sync the entire time?

BILLY:

I don’t like violence. But if I ever meet Jackie, I’m going to get seriously violent with her.

DEATH:

[CHUCKLES] You sound more like War than Pestilence.

BILLY:

Seriously, Jackie is vicious. She hurts her characters. A lot.

DEATH:
I think that makes her a sadist. Or, you know, an Author. If you could change any part of LOSS, what would it be?

BILLY:

Everything. [TICS OFF POINTS ON FINGERS] I wouldn’t have been bullied from the time I was a little kid, my grandfather wouldn’t have gotten Alzheimer’s, I would have had the courage to tell my best friend Marianne that I liked her more than just as a friend…

DEATH:
For the record, this time you’re the one bringing up Marianne.

BILLY:

[CONTINUING]…and I never would have gone with you when you came knocking at my door!

DEATH:

You didn’t have to help me, you know.

BILLY:

You sort of didn’t give me a choice.

DEATH:

It’s not like I held a scythe to your throat…

BILLY:

Dude. You’re Death. Capital D. I wasn’t about to talk back to you, or slam the door in your face.

DEATH:

[LAUGHS] Yeah, that was in War’s book, not yours.

BILLY:

What? War slammed the door in your face?

DEATH:

Sort of.

BILLY:

[GRINS] Awesome.

DEATH:

If you say so. If LOSS were to go the way of Hollywood, who would play you?

BILLY:

Someone who looks like me, not too tall, not too short, not too anything. You know, someone who looks real, not like a celebrity. I don’t really have an actor in mind.

DEATH:

What about me?

BILLY:

You’re a dead ringer for Kurt Cobain. So someone who looks like Kurt Cobain.

DEATH:
If there’s one piece of advice you can give to your fans, what would it be?

BILLY:

You’re stronger than you know. Believe it.

DEATH:

Words to live by. Finally, who’s your favorite Rider of the Apocalypse?

BILLY:

What, you mean between you, War, and Famine? You.

DEATH:

[SMILES] I sense flattery…

BILLY:

Dude. You could kill me with a thought. Until that changes, you’re my favorite Rider. Period.

DEATH:

Heh. Got to love self-preservation.

Living people, give another warm round of applause to the protagonist of Jackie Morse Kessler’s novel LOSS…Billy Ballard!

[APPLAUSE]

You can buy LOSS at the Book Depository, your favorite local indie, Barnes & Noble and Amazon.

Thanks for tuning in to Post Mortem. Until next time, go thee out unto the world. Rock on!

OMG! Loved this interview. Thank you so much Ms. Kessler. Giveaway:

Giveaway:

• 1 Copy of Loss
• Ends August 10, 2012

Rules:

• To Enter, fill out the Rafflecopter form below
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Giveaway: The Raven Boys

“There are only two reasons a non-seer would see a spirit on St. Mark’s Eve,” Neeve said. “Either you’re his true love . . . or you killed him.”
It is freezing in the churchyard, even before the dead arrive.
Every year, Blue Sargent stands next to her clairvoyant mother as the soon-to-be dead walk past. Blue herself never sees them—not until this year, when a boy emerges from the dark and speaks directly to her.
His name is Gansey, and Blue soon discovers that he is a rich student at Aglionby, the local private school. Blue has a policy of staying away from Aglionby boys. Known as Raven Boys, they can only mean trouble.
But Blue is drawn to Gansey, in a way she can’t entirely explain. He has it all—family money, good looks, devoted friends—but he’s looking for much more than that. He is on a quest that has encompassed three other Raven Boys: Adam, the scholarship student who resents all the privilege around him; Ronan, the fierce soul who ranges from anger to despair; and Noah, the taciturn watcher of the four, who notices many things but says very little.
For as long as she can remember, Blue has been warned that she will cause her true love to die. She never thought this would be a problem. But now, as her life becomes caught up in the strange and sinister world of the Raven Boys, she’s not so sure anymore.
From Maggie Stiefvater, the bestselling and acclaimed author of theShiver trilogy and The Scorpio Races, comes a spellbinding new series where the inevitability of death and the nature of love lead us to a place we’ve never been before."

Giveaway:

• 1 ARC of The Raven Boys
• Ends August 10, 2012

Rules:

• To Enter, fill out the Rafflecopter form below
• Must be 13 years of age or older
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Mid-Year Blog Hop!

Hello everyone!

I can't believe that half the year is gone already! And this year, I am proud to say that I read a total of 233 books. Out of my goal of 365. With that said, I picked my top ten books of this year.

Here we go:

 

 Giveaway:

• Two winners will be picked (One US and One International.)
• Both winners can pick a book of their choice from my top ten books listed above.
• Books will be ordered from The Book Depo. Please make sure they ship to your country.

Rules:

• To Enter, fill out the Rafflecopter form below
• Must be 13 years of age or older
• Contest is open to both US and International!!
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Giveaway: Mytho's Academy

Hello lovely readers! Today I have an awesome giveaway hosted by Kensington Teen!

Mytho's Academy giveaway!

Want an adventure of action, love, and humor laced between every line? Not to mention Vic the talking sword. Then enter here!

Giveaway:

• One Copy of Touch of Frost by Jennifer Estep
• One Copy of Kiss of Frost by Jennifer Estep

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Giveaway: HON Destined

Hello everyone! I have a great giveaway for you!

"Breathing hard, Aurox stood there over the bodies of his vanquished enemies. He turned to Neferet.

"Very good," she said in her emotionless voice. "Let us leave this place before the authorities descend."

Aurox followed her. He walked heavily, his hooves gouging furrows in the dirty alley.

Weak. He felt weak. And more. There was something else.

"What is it?" She snapped at him when he hesitated before entering the car again.

"I do not know. I feel--"

She laughed. "You don't feel at all. You're obviously overthinking this."

"Yes, Priestess." Aurox got in the car and let the world speed past him.I do not think. I do not feel. I am a weapon.

Zoey is finally home where she belongs, safe with her Guardian Warrior, Stark, by her side, and preparing to face off against Neferet -- which would be a whole lot easier if the High Council saw the ex-High Priestess for what she really is. Kalona has released his hold on Rephaim, and, through Nyx's gift of a human form, Rephaim and Stevie Rae are finally able to be together -- if he can truly walk the path of the Goddess and stay free of his father's shadow.

But there are new forces at work at the House of Night. An influx of humans, including Lenobia's handsome horse whisperer, threatens their precarious stability. And then there's the mysterious Aurox, a jaw-droppingly gorgeous teen boy who is actually more -- or possibly less -- than human. Only Neferet knows he was created to be her greatest weapon. But Zoey can sense the part of his soul that remains human, the compassion that wars with his Dark calling. And there's something strangely familiar about him . . .

Will Neferet's true nature be revealed before she succeeds at extinguishing Light? And will Zoey be able to touch Aurox's humanity in time to protect them all? Find out what's destined in the next thrilling chapter of the House of Night series."

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 Website:

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