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MADE FOR YOU by MELISSA MARR Scavenger Hunt #Giveaway @melissa_marr @harperteen @RockstarBkTours
“Who’s to say you weren’t on that list?” Piper says, but she
doesn’t mean anything by it. Reid is one of us.
“Yeung.” Reid glances at Grace and nods at her, then turns
to me. “Eva.”
“I have a first name!” Grace snaps.
Before they start bickering Piper quickly redirects the
conversation. “Did you guys want to go to Durham for the Bulls game? Daddy has
a bunch of tickets that he said we could use.”
I tune them out. It’s far too easy to do, really. The
conversation, the people, the whole party is like most every other Friday for
the past couple years. Sometimes I want to ask them if they’re happy, if they
enjoy their lives or if they feel like they’re just playing roles like me.
Grace tolerates Jessup, but this is only a pit stop for her.
Reid is hard to decipher; he never gives a straight answer. On the other hand,
my boyfriend, Robert, seems to like being one of the town darlings. He has an
entourage everywhere he goes—and likes it. I don’t. They’re my friends though,
so I smile at them before I top off my glass of lukewarm wine from a bottle
that has my grandfather’s last name on the label.
Politely, I carry the bottle over to Robert where he still
stands with Grayson and Jamie. Robert absently kisses the top of my head and
holds his cup out toward me. The other boys are drinking beer, but Robert
always drinks wine from the Cooper Winery when I’m with him.
I don’t glance toward the doorway that leads to the
bedrooms. I don’t think about Nate kissing some girl who isn’t me. No, not at
all. Not even a little.
After I fill Robert’s cup, I wait. I’m not clingy; I don’t
interrupt. I simply wait until the boys notice and walk away. Once they’re
gone, Robert looks at me carefully, studying my face for a moment before
asking, “Is everything okay?”
“I’m bored.”
He laughs. “All of our friends and a bunch of people from
school are here, and you’re bored?”
“Piper only wants to gossip. Reid is . . . Reid. Grace is
pouting or maybe arguing with Reid by now. You”—I poke him in the chest—“were
over here, so yes, I’m bored.”
He grins, sips his wine, and waits. I can’t deny that he’s
one of the best-looking boys I’ve ever seen. He’s certainly one of the
best-looking in Jessup. Basketball, baseball, and tennis keep him in perfect shape,
and he has the bluest eyes of anyone I know. It’s not his fault that I wish
they were chocolate brown instead.
“Can we leave? Maybe drive out to—”
“You know better than that,” he interrupts quietly.
“Everyone would want to come with us as soon as we said we were heading out.”
Everyone, of course, means only our closest friends, but
they’re the same people I’ve spent the past few hours with—really, the past
seventeen years with if I want to get technical. They’re my friends, and I love
them. Sometimes, though, I want to be just a girl with her boyfriend, not a
girl, her boyfriend, and their dozen closest friends.
“Fine.” I blush a little before suggesting, “We could go to
one of the bedrooms . . .”
“With all of our friends out here?” Robert looks at me like
I suggested we have sex on the coffee table.
“Just to fool around,” I clarify.
He leans in and kisses me briefly, lips closed, and then he
wraps an arm around my waist. “Come on.”
Follow all of the stop on the hunt!
Follow all of the stop on the hunt!
Week One:
9/8/2014- Katie's Book Blog- Scavenger Hunt
9/9/2014- Crossroad Reviews- Review
9/10/2014- Fire and Ice- Scavenger Hunt
9/11/2014- Reading with ABC- Review
9/12/2014- BookHounds
YA- Scavenger Hunt
Week Two:
9/15/2014- Ticket to Anywhere- Review
9/16/2014- Fiktshun- Scavenger Hunt
9/17/2014- Seeing Night Reviews- Review
9/18/2014- Magical
Urban Fantasy Reads- Scavenger
Hunt
9/19/2014- Fictitious
Delicious- Review
About the Book
Title: MADE
FOR YOU
Author: Melissa
Marr
Pub. Date: September
16, 2014
Publisher: HarperCollins
Pages: 368
Formats: Hardcover,
audio, eBook
Find it: Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Goodreads
Bestselling author
of the Wicked Lovely books Melissa Marr’s first contemporary YA novel is a
twisted southern gothic tale of obsession, romance, and murder. A killer is
obsessed with Eva Tilling. Can she stop him, or will he claim her?
When Eva Tilling
wakes up in the hospital, she’s confused—who in her sleepy little North
Carolina town could have hit her with their car? And why? But before she can
consider the question, she finds that she’s awoken with a strange new skill:
the ability to foresee people’s deaths when they touch her. While she is
recovering from the hit-and-run, Nate, an old flame, reappears, and the two
must traverse their rocky past as they figure out how to use Eva’s power to
keep her friends—and themselves—alive. But while Eva and Nate grow closer, the
killer grows increasingly frantic in his attempt to get to Eva.
For the first time,
New York Times bestselling author Melissa Marr has applied her extraordinary
talent to contemporary realism. Chilling twists, unrequited obsession, and
high-stakes romance drive this Gothic, racy thriller—a story of small-town
oppression and salvation. Melissa’s fans, and every YA reader, will find its
wild ride enthralling.
About Melissa:
Melissa grew up believing in faeries, ghosts, and various
other creatures. After teaching college lit for a decade, she applied her
fascination with folklore to writing.
Melissa writes fiction for adults, teens, and children. Her
books have been translated into 28 languages to date and been bestsellers in
the US (NY Times, LA Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal) as well as various
countries overseas. She is best known for the Wicked Lovely series for teens
and Graveminder for adults.
Wicked Lovely was her first novel; it was simultaneously
released in the US and UK by HarperCollins in 2007 (with translation rights
also sold in twenty-some countries). It debuted as a NY Times Bestseller and
evolved into a multi-book series with myriad accolades and international
bestseller lists.
Her debut adult book, Graveminder, released to strong
critical reception in 2011. Following
that she has edited anthologies with Kelley Armstrong (Enthralled and Shards
& Ashes) and with her friend Tim Pratt (Rags & Bones), and released a
second adult novel (The Arrivals) in 2013.
With Kelley Armstrong, Melissa is the co-author of the
Blackwell Pages trilogy (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers), a children’s
series about the Norse myth of Ragnarök.
Her upcoming HarperCollins 2014 release, Made For You,
utilizes both her graduate degree in Southern Literature and her personal
experience with stalkers in a story about a killer who terrorizes a small North
Carolina town.
Her first picture book (Bunny Roo) will be released in 2015.
Currently, Melissa resides in Virginia with her spouse,
children, and many dogs.
Giveaway
Details:
1 winner will receive a full set of
the 5 Wicked Lovely series and the Wicked Lovely companion book (all paperback)
as well as a hardcover copy of Made For You. US Only
1 winner will receive a paperback of
Graveminder & of Arrivals, as well as a hardcover copy of Made For You. US
Only.
1 winner will receive a hardcover of
Made For You.US ONLY.
Thursday, September 11, 2014
Tuesday, September 9, 2014
Blog Tour Interview THE VAULT OF DREAMERS by CARAGH O'BRIEN @CaraghMOBrien #VaultofDreamers @FierceReads
PLEASE WELCOME CARAGH TO BOOKHOUNDS ya
1. What is the first book you remember reading by yourself as a child?
I believe it was Hop on Pop, and I remember being sad because I thought my new ability meant my mom wouldn’t read with me anymore.
2. What are you reading right now?
I believe it was Hop on Pop, and I remember being sad because I thought my new ability meant my mom wouldn’t read with me anymore.
2. What are you reading right now?
I’m reading Dear Genius: The Letters of Ursula Nordstrom (1998)
3. How does your garden grow?
It grows all right, considering the shade and the deer.
4. What is the last thing you Googled?
I just Googled the date of publication of the answer to #2.
5. What makes you cringe?
I cringe at remembering the day I led pioneer songs at the Minnesota State Fair.
The Vault of Dreamers by CARAGH M. O'BRIEN
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CARAGH O’BRIEN
Caragh M. O’Brien is the author of the BIRTHMARKED trilogy and THE VAULT OF DREAMERS, both from Macmillan/Roaring Brook Press. Born in St. Paul, Minnesota, Ms. O’Brien was educated at Williams College and earned her MA from Johns Hopkins University. She recently resigned from teaching high school English in order to write young adult novels.
From the author of the Birthmarked trilogy comes a fast-paced, psychologically thrilling novel about what happens when your dreams are not your own. The Forge School is the most prestigious arts school in the country. The secret to its success: every moment of the students' lives is televised as part of the insanely popular Forge Show, and the students' schedule includes twelve hours of induced sleep meant to enhance creativity. But when first year student Rosie Sinclair skips her sleeping pill, she discovers there is something off about Forge. In fact, she suspects that there are sinister things going on deep below the reaches of the cameras in the school. What's worse is, she starts to notice that the edges of her consciousness do not feel quite right. And soon, she unearths the ghastly secret that the Forge School is hiding—and what it truly means to dream there.
Pre Order your copy:
Goodreads has a giveaway for a copy HERE that ends on September 13.
I have my review scheduled and this is one book you won't want to miss! Look for that and a giveaway of my ARC on September 14.
CARAGH O’BRIEN
Caragh M. O’Brien is the author of the BIRTHMARKED trilogy and THE VAULT OF DREAMERS, both from Macmillan/Roaring Brook Press. Born in St. Paul, Minnesota, Ms. O’Brien was educated at Williams College and earned her MA from Johns Hopkins University. She recently resigned from teaching high school English in order to write young adult novels.
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THE VAULT OF DREAMERS Blog Tour
Monday, September 8, 2014
Trailer Reveal REWIND TO YOU by LAURA JOHNSTON #Giveaway @lauralojohnston @TooBusyReading
Rewind to You Book Trailer
Trailer Reveal Giveaway Details
$40 Gift Card to River Street Sweets
2 $10 iTunes Gift Cards
Ends 9/31/14
Open only to those who can legally enter, receive and use an iTunes Gift Code or River Street Sweets Gift Card. Winning Entry will be verified prior to prize being awarded. No purchase necessary. You must be 18 or older to enter or have your parent enter for you. The winner will be chosen by rafflecopter and announced here as well as emailed and will have 48 hours to respond or a new winner will be chosen. This giveaway is in no way associated with Facebook, Twitter, Rafflecopter or any other entity unless otherwise specified. The number of eligible entries received determines the odds of winning. Giveaway was organized by Kathy from I Am A Reader and sponsored by the author. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW.
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Rewind to You
One last summer before college on beautiful Tybee Island is supposed to help Sienna forget. But how can she? This is where her family spent every summer before everything changed, before the world as she knew it was ripped away. But the past isn’t easily left behind. Especially when Sienna keeps having episodes that take her back to the night she wants to forget. Even when she meets the mysterious Austin Dobbs, the guy with the intense blue eyes, athlete’s body, and weakness for pralines who scooped her out of trouble when she blacked out on River Street. When she’s with Austin, Sienna feels a whole new world opening up to her. Austin has secrets, and she has history. But caught between the past and the future, Sienna can still choose what happens now…
Author Laura Johnston
Laura Johnston lives in Utah with her husband and two children. Growing up with five siblings, a few horses, peach trees, beehives and gardens, she developed an active imagination and always loved a good story. She fell in love with the young adult genre both through her experience in high school as well as her job later as a high school teacher. Laura enjoys running, playing tennis, sewing, traveling, writing, and above all, spending time with her husband and kids. REWIND TO YOU is her debut novel.
Praise for the Book
“Johnston’s debut spotlights romance and familial relationships, including themes like grief and self-sacrifice. It’s an ideal story for readers looking for a deep-rooted YA love story with the emotional ups and downs and poignancy of a Nicholas Sparks contemporary. There’s also a touch of wit and a sigh-worthy hero – a definite on your TBR list.” – RT Book Reviews
“This is contemporary YA fiction at its best! –Kay Lynn Mangum, author of The Secret Journal of Brett Colton “Rewind to You will steal your hear away.” –Kelly Nelson, author of The Keeper’s Saga
Trailer Reveal Giveaway Details
$40 Gift Card to River Street Sweets
2 $10 iTunes Gift Cards
Ends 9/31/14
Open only to those who can legally enter, receive and use an iTunes Gift Code or River Street Sweets Gift Card. Winning Entry will be verified prior to prize being awarded. No purchase necessary. You must be 18 or older to enter or have your parent enter for you. The winner will be chosen by rafflecopter and announced here as well as emailed and will have 48 hours to respond or a new winner will be chosen. This giveaway is in no way associated with Facebook, Twitter, Rafflecopter or any other entity unless otherwise specified. The number of eligible entries received determines the odds of winning. Giveaway was organized by Kathy from I Am A Reader and sponsored by the author. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW.
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Rewind to You
One last summer before college on beautiful Tybee Island is supposed to help Sienna forget. But how can she? This is where her family spent every summer before everything changed, before the world as she knew it was ripped away. But the past isn’t easily left behind. Especially when Sienna keeps having episodes that take her back to the night she wants to forget. Even when she meets the mysterious Austin Dobbs, the guy with the intense blue eyes, athlete’s body, and weakness for pralines who scooped her out of trouble when she blacked out on River Street. When she’s with Austin, Sienna feels a whole new world opening up to her. Austin has secrets, and she has history. But caught between the past and the future, Sienna can still choose what happens now…
Amazon * Barnes & Noble * Kobo
Laura Johnston lives in Utah with her husband and two children. Growing up with five siblings, a few horses, peach trees, beehives and gardens, she developed an active imagination and always loved a good story. She fell in love with the young adult genre both through her experience in high school as well as her job later as a high school teacher. Laura enjoys running, playing tennis, sewing, traveling, writing, and above all, spending time with her husband and kids. REWIND TO YOU is her debut novel.
“Johnston’s debut spotlights romance and familial relationships, including themes like grief and self-sacrifice. It’s an ideal story for readers looking for a deep-rooted YA love story with the emotional ups and downs and poignancy of a Nicholas Sparks contemporary. There’s also a touch of wit and a sigh-worthy hero – a definite on your TBR list.” – RT Book Reviews
“This is contemporary YA fiction at its best! –Kay Lynn Mangum, author of The Secret Journal of Brett Colton “Rewind to You will steal your hear away.” –Kelly Nelson, author of The Keeper’s Saga
Tuesday, September 2, 2014
Exclusive Excerpt Blog Tour GUARDIAN by COURTNEY COLE @Court_Writes #Giveaway
SECTION 2:
The blue had been in motion, a blur on the edge of my periphery. It hadn’t made any noise, but there had been movement right next to me. I’m sure of it.
Aren’t I?
I step inside the door and sink to the dirty gym floor, still scanning the room suspiciously.
Brightly colored championship pennants hang motionlessly from the ceiling. The huge digital scoreboard is dim and dark. The only noise in this room is the persistent ticking of the wall clock behind me.
There are no voices.
No one is here.
Is it possible that my emotions are causing me to see and hear things? I’m suddenly dizzy again, and I rest my chin on my knees, hugging my legs.
“Whitney?” Brady’s voice echoes from across the gym. “Are you alright? What’s wrong?”
He emerges from the boys locker room door and crosses over to me, wearing a black t-shirt that stretches tightly across his chest. He must’ve had the same idea as me about washing his hands because he smells like soap.
Excerpt Hop Schedule:
September 1-Excerpt 1
The Novel List-Section 1
TSK TSK What to Read-Section 2
Roxy’s Reviews-Section 3
What’s Beyond Forks-Section 4
TSK TSK What to Read-Section 2
Roxy’s Reviews-Section 3
What’s Beyond Forks-Section 4
September 2-Excerpt 2
Book Drunk Blog-Section 1
The Unofficial Addiction Book Fan Club-Section 2
Becky on Books-Section 3
Tales of the Ravenous Reader-Section 4
The Unofficial Addiction Book Fan Club-Section 2
Becky on Books-Section 3
Tales of the Ravenous Reader-Section 4
September 3-Excerpt 3
I Heart YA Books-Section 1
BookHounds YA-Section 2
Reads All the Books-Section 3
Twin Sisters Rockin’ Book Reviews-Section 4
BookHounds YA-Section 2
Reads All the Books-Section 3
Twin Sisters Rockin’ Book Reviews-Section 4
September 4-Excerpt 4
Such A Novel Idea-Section 1
The Book Beacon-Section 2
Short and Sassy Book Blurbs-Section 3
Tissues and Tomes Book Blog-Section 4
The Book Beacon-Section 2
Short and Sassy Book Blurbs-Section 3
Tissues and Tomes Book Blog-Section 4
September 5-Excerpt 5
Desert Divas Book Addiction-Section 1
In My Secret-Book-World-Section 2
Resch Reads and Reviews-Section 3
Lulo Fangirl-Section 4
In My Secret-Book-World-Section 2
Resch Reads and Reviews-Section 3
Lulo Fangirl-Section 4
September 6-Excerpt 6
Readers Live a Thousand Lives-Section 1
The Phantom Paragrapher-Section 2
Stuck in Books-Section 3
Rhi Reading-Section 4
The Phantom Paragrapher-Section 2
Stuck in Books-Section 3
Rhi Reading-Section 4
GUARDIAN Synopsis:
Sometimes, things that go bump in the night are real.
My name is Whitney Lane. I’m sixteen years old and at first, I thought I was crazy.
I kept seeing shadows move along walls, and hearing whispers around corners, but whenever I looked, there was never anything there.
Until one day, there was.
Our world isn’t what we think. There are things around us, good things, bad things, scary things.
Things that we tell ourselves aren’t real, but they are.
They’re very real, and they’re terrifying.
I’ve been swept up now, in a battle of good and evil, confused about love and what is supposed to be love, but isn’t. I don’t know what to think anymore. I can’t trust my emotions and I don’t know what is true.
There’s only one thing I know for sure.
Nothing is what it seems.
BUY LINKS:
Barnes & Noble ** Kobo ** Amazon ** iBooks
ABOUT COURTNEY COLE:
Courtney Cole is a novelist who would eat mythology for breakfast if she could. She has a degree in Business, but has since discovered that corporate America is not nearly as fun to live in as fictional worlds. She loves chocolate and roller coasters and hates waiting and rude people.
Courtney lives in quiet suburbia, close to Lake Michigan, with her real-life Prince Charming, her ornery kids (there is a small chance that they get their orneriness from their mother) and a small domestic zoo.
Links:
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Release Day Blast THE WINTER PEOPLE by REBEKAH PURDY @RebekahLPurdy @EntangledTeen
An exciting new release from Entangled Teen!
Check out The Winter People by Rebekah Purdy
About The Winter People:
Salome Montgomery fears winter—the cold,
the snow, the ice, but most of all, the frozen pond she fell through as a
child. Haunted by the voices and images of the strange beings that pulled her
to safety, she hasn’t forgotten their warning to "stay away." For
eleven years, she has avoided the winter woods, the pond, and the darkness that
lurks nearby. But when failing health takes her grandparents to Arizona, she is
left in charge of maintaining their estate. This includes the "special
gifts" that must be left at the back of the property.
Salome discovers she’s a key player in a
world she’s tried for years to avoid. At the center of this world is the
strange and beautiful Nevin, who she finds trespassing on her family’s
property. Cursed with dark secrets and knowledge of the creatures in the woods,
he takes Salome's life in a new direction. A direction where she’ll have to
decide between her longtime crush, Colton, who could cure her fear of winter.
Or Nevin, who, along with an appointed bodyguard, Gareth, protects her from the
darkness that swirls in the snowy backdrop.
An evil that, given the chance, will
kill her.
Find The Winter People Online:
About Rebekah L. Purdy
I was born and raised in Michigan (just
look for the mitten-shaped state on the map). I’ve lived here most of my life
other than the few years I spent in the U.S. Army. At which time I got a
chance to experience MO, KS, SC, and CA.
I work full time for the court system
and in my free time I write YA stories. Pretty much any genre within the YA
realm is game for me, but my favorites are fantasy, urban fantasy, paranormal
romance, thrillers, light sci-fi, and some time travel.
I also have a big family–I like to
consider us the modern day Brady Bunch. When my hubby and I met and got
married, he had 3 children from a previous marriage, I had 2 and we have 1
together. It’s a lot of fun though.
And I can’t forget my other family
members–yep, we’ve got some pets: 4 dogs, 3 cats, and 1 turtle.
Everyone in the family has one…I won’t bore you all with their names (unless
you really want to know). Okay, you talked me into it! Jack, Pearl, Grr…(yes
that’s my dog’s name), Callie, Shadow, Mooshoo, Grouchy, and Sorbert. Other
than writing some of my other hobbies include: reading (mostly YA of course),
singing, swimming, football, soccer, running, camping, sledding, church,
hanging with my kids, and traveling.
I belong to a fabulous writing group
called YA Fiction Fantatics (YAFF) and you guessed it we all write YA!
Find Rebekah L. Purdy Online:
Website:
http://rebekahlpurdy.wordpress.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/RebekahLPurdy
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