To Enter:
1) You must be a follower
2) Leave a comment on THIS post - and to help pay things forward a bit, we'd love you to share either the title and author of the best book you've read so far this year, or the link to a blog you love to visit - or both! :)
That's it!
We will take entries until 11:59 pm on Wednesday Sept 7th and the winners will be announced one week from today on Thursday the 8th.
And yes, I said WINNERS!! Because we love you all so much, we are giving away SIX fantastic prize packs! Here is what you can win:
PRIZE PACK 1
A Magical World by Michelle Raynor
Tempted by PC and Kristin Cast
a first chapter critique by Michelle
assorted Homework Helper swag 1: bookmarks, pens, calendar magnets, a mouse pad (see pic below)
PRIZE PACK 2
The Maze Runner by James Dashner
Paranormalcy by Kiersten White
a first chapter critique by Katrina
Oliver Awesome "owl on a book" locket (see pic below)
PRIZE PACK 3
Incarceron by Catherine Fisher
Homework Helpers: Essays and Term Papers by Michelle McLean (signed!)
First Chapter Crit by Kristal
Homework Helpers swag 2: bookmarks, pens, calendar magnets, a mouse pad
PRIZE PACK 4
The Deathday Letter by Shaun David Hutchison
Savvy by Ingrid Law
First chapter crit by Amparo
$10 Amazon gift card
PRIZE PACK 5
Samantha Sotto's Before Ever After with autographed book plate!
Liz Michalski's Evenfall
10 Page Crit by Kelly
A custom banner for your blog or website created by Kristal
PRIZE PACK 6
WTF by Peter Lerangis
Tantalize by Cynthia Leitich Smith
First chap crit by Lindsay
Homework Helpers T-shirt (see pic below)
(locket in Prize Pack 2) (shirt in Pack 6; swag in Packs 1 and 3)
Thanks again to all our wonderful followers and good luck to everyone!!!
Whoot! I'd love to win the books in prize pack #2!
ReplyDeleteHmmm, this year I've read so many great books its hard to choose. I really enjoyed Ballad by Maggie Stiefvater.
And here is a site I find invaluable: The Other Side of the Story by Janice Hardy author of the Shifter series.
I just read A Scary Good Book by Anita Laydon Miller. It was an awesome mg mystery!
ReplyDeleteI so want to read The Deathday Letters!!
Thanks for a great contest!
The best book I've read so far was definitely Wanderlove by Kirsten Hubbard.
ReplyDeleteGreat contest.
These all sound awesome! The best books I've read this year are . . . Anna Dressed in Blood, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, Wildefire, Divergent, and Lola and the Boy Next Door. It's been a good year :)
ReplyDeleteAwesome! Best book so far...that's a tough one. I'd have to say The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown. It blew my mind away.
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful contest.
ReplyDeleteChoosing one book I loved this year? That's hard. I'm going to say Chime by Franny Billingsley because the voice was so unique.
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Do I have to choose which package I hope to win?
Great contest! Thanks for sharing so much with us.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite book this year has been THE ALCHEMIST by Michael Scott. My only frustration is that I have to wait an entire year for the sixth (and final) book to come out.
-- Tom
@Theresa - no, we'll just use handy Mr. Random.org to pick winners for each package :)
ReplyDeleteLoving all the book and blog recommends!!
Thanks for this contest. I'd have to say one of the best books I've read this year is Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins. A very enjoyable read!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for such an amazing contest!
ReplyDeleteBest book I've read this year... hm. That's so hard! I'm going to have to say Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan b/c it made me cry no less than two times.
You're all so wonderful! What a great giveaway! The best books: Mare's War by Tanita S. Davis; Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes by Jonathan Auxier, One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams--Garcia, and The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making by Catherynne M. Valente
ReplyDeleteTwo great sites: http://cynthialeitichsmith.blogspot.com/
http://writingya.blogspot.com/
Operation awesome, you are awesome!!! I don't think I can pick a single best book that I've read this year, though some really good ones are Raw Blue by Kirsty Eager, Graffiti Moon by Cath Crowley, and The Chosen One by Carol Williams.
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This sounds great. You guys are awesome. I think the best book I've read this year so far is a series of books. "The Hunger Games." It was a tough choice being that I think I've read about 30 books this year and for some reason this one sticks out to me as memorable. There are a few others that were really good, but these were probably the top tier.
ReplyDeleteCongrats! Don't sign me up for the contest, but I'd like to say that Chime by Franny Billingsley is probably my favorite so far.
ReplyDeleteBecca @ The Bookshelf Muse
Wow, you guys never cease to amaze me with your awesomeness!
ReplyDeleteI really love Stina Lindenblatt's blog, Seeing Creative:
http://www.stinalindenblatt.com/
You guys are so awesome! So far the best book I've read this year is Everfound, the last book in the Everlost triology by Neal Shusterman. I'm also reading a great book right now, called Maze Runner. I forgot the authors name. I think the last name is Dashel.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the contest and thanks for being awesome! :0)
My favorite book so far was Starcrossed by Josephine Angelini. So much fun!
ReplyDeleteGreat contest!
Yay! Best book I've read this year is an old one. THE LEFT HAND OF DARKNESS by Ursula LeGuin. Loved it though.
ReplyDeleteThis is great! My favorite book that I've read this year is City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare
ReplyDeleteWhat wonderful prizes!! I'd have to go with "THE HELP" and the movie was also fabulous :-)
ReplyDeleteI want to win! Such great giveaways! Thanks for the opportunity!
ReplyDeleteCongrats on the 500 followers!
ReplyDeleteThe best book I've read this year is actually a self-published book called Angelfall by Susan Ee. I reviewed it here: http://www.siftreviews.com/2011/08/angelfall-by-susan-ee.html
Everyone should check it out!
Wow! Thanks for an amazing giveaway! I would love any of the prize packs!
ReplyDeleteBest read? Please don't make me choose. I read the awesomeness that is Divergent, Where She Went, the entire Hunger Games series back in January, and I just finished Beauty Queens. I could list more. So many!
A book I read recently that totally charmed me is The Anvil of the World by Kage Baker. I featured it in my Road Trip Wednesday yesterday, in fact.
ReplyDeleteAnd here are a few blogs for your enjoyment that I discovered recently:
http://evemariemont.blogspot.com/
http://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/
And I wanted to take this opportunity to thank OA for all you do! So many contests and so much vital info.
Congrats on 500 followers! Way to be awesome!
ReplyDeleteBest book I've read this year has already been mentioned in here. It was definitely the Hunger Games series (I'm just starting the third one now)but Cassandra Clare's City of Fallen Angels was also fantastic.
Great contest, and congrats on the followers!
ReplyDeleteThank you for the ace contest OA. Hmm such a hard choice, but I'd have to say G R Martin's Game of Thrones...phew it took me a while, but was well worth it!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for the contest and congrats on the anniversary!
ReplyDeleteNow I can't really give you one favorite book, so I'll give you three. Linger by Maggie Stiefvater, Red Glove by Holly Black (both part two of a trilogy), and The Ghost and the Goth by Stacey Kade (this one really caught me by surprise). I could go on and on, but these are my top three so far this year.
Congrats on 500 followers! Some of my favorite books that I've read this year are...
ReplyDeleteGena Showalter's LORD OF THE UNDERWORLD series
Kiersten White's PARANORMALCY
And some of my favorite blogs are by these fab writers...
http://paranormalpointofview.blogspot.com/ - Lisa Gail Green
http://heathermccorkle.blogspot.com/ - Heather McCorkle
http://www.yelenacasale.blogspot.com/ - Yelena Casale
Amazing contest! Thanks.
ReplyDeleteOne of the best books I've read would have to be Charlie Joe Jackson's Guide to Not Reading by Tommy Greenwald. Also,Dash and Lily's Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan. Okay, I realize that's two, but one is MG and the other is YA. So it's like there's only one. . . of each.
Thanks for the great contest!
ReplyDeleteYou do know how hard it is to pick just one book, right? :) But I'll go with the one I just finished: Prisoners in the Palace by Michaela MacColl--it was great!
Awesome contest... who doesn't love to win book and related items:)
ReplyDeleteFav. book this year - Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater.
Favorite Book of the Year: Uglies series by Scott Westerfeld
ReplyDeleteI know I'm late in discovering the Uglies series, but whatever. I'm still loving it right now!
And I'd love to know where I could buy the owl locket... as I probably won't win it... I collect owls :)
Great contest. I've got my fingers crossed for #5.
ReplyDeleteI've read a lot of great stuff this year, but I've finally gotten around to reading The Hunger Games and am really enjoying the series.
This looks great! A lot of good books this year, but I've really been enjoying Artemis Fowl recently.
ReplyDeleteGood book review site: ax20b.wordpress.com
Congrats on your milestone! I think the best book I've read this year was an ARC of WINGS OF THE WICKED by Courtney Allison Moulton! It was such an amazing sequel to ANGELFIRE!
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jadedlittlegirlx AT gmail DOT com
These are such great prizes!
ReplyDeleteThis was a good reading year for me: I discovered Kelley Armstrong's Otherworld series AND Vampire Academy. I finally read How's Moving Castle, which reminded me why I love and write fantasy the most. Vampire Crush has the best voice I've read all year.
I just discovered your blog thanks to: http://www.stinalindenblatt.com/2011/09/blogging-about-writing.html
ReplyDeleteAnd just in time to enter this great giveaway! I just finished the best book: Cleopatra's Moon by Vicky Alvear Shecter. Congrats on your 500 followers!