I loved hearing all the swooning stories last week -- so. much. fun. I enjoy prying into your personal lives, you know. The winner of the paperback of Swoon by Nina Malkin is... Alison! Send me your address, A.This week, I'm giving away a paperback copy of Gayle Forman's If I Stay. You guys must have heard how beautiful and amazing and incredible this book is. If you haven't read it yet, NOW IS THE TIME. There's a sequel in the works. (YES!) I sometimes hang out with Gayle and dig for information about said sequel, but she's a good secret-keeper. Bummer. I cannot wait to continue Mia's story!
To enter, just tell me which cover you like more -- US hardcover (below left) or paperback. I'm curious.
I actually like them both for very different reasons. I love a non-person cover that so aptly displays the feeling of the story, like this one does (delicate flower, hanging on tenuously; winter feel with the hope of spring). But I'm also really into frosty covers like the paperback -- something about ice on a cover makes me happy.
Anyway, thoughts? I'll choose one winner next week.
Happy Wednesday!
PS-Read Gayle's Cover Story for the hardback here.
Win-It Wednesday
Win-It Wednesday: Swoon by Nina Malkin
Last week's winner of The Daughters is... Kayte J! Send me your address, K. (Loved all the video links. I laughed! I cried! I was mildly amused. The gamut.)
Anyway, this week, the lovely Nina Malkin is celebrating the release of Swoon in paperback (remember when I talked to her about that epic cover? Or when I made a vlog about my very first swoon?). Anyway... I like this book.
Nina will send a signed copy to the winner of this contest. To enter, just comment below and tell me about your first swoon (celebrity crush, guy/girl in your 2nd grade class, whoever made your heart speed up... I want to hear!). You can write as little as, "His name was Ed" to as much as you can type. I'll choose a winner next Wednesday. Tell, tell!
Okay, okay, here's me telling first:
PS-The characters in Swoon give love advice. How cool is that? Go here for their insights.
Win-It Wednesday: The Daughters (signed!) by Joanna Philbin
First, the winner of last week's Something Like Fate contest is... Lasha! Send me your address, L.
Last night I went to the launch party for The Daughters, the debut novel of Joanna Philbin (who looked totally pretty in pink).
The book is about growing up in a celebrity family and the fabulous (and scary and heartbreaking and humiliating and insecure) moments that come with that. Joanna herself is Regis Philbin's daughter, so she knows of what she writes!
The party was at the Rose Bar of the Gramercy Park Hotel (swank!) and there were signed copies of the book for all the guests, so I snagged one for you guys. Well, one of you.
To enter to win, just comment below and tell me about the best online video you've seen recently. I could use some interesting youtube time. Here's mine: I can't wait for this movie (Easy A, a retelling of The Scarlett Letter -- ha!) just because this trailer delights me. Now THIS is committing to a joke:
After the jump: Fuzzy iPhone pics of Joanna and the crowd at the book party (which included a glittering Joan Rivers!).
(Mortified that these are so dark/blurry but it was night-chic in there...)
Joanna speaking about how this debut novel is a dream come true. Told you she was pretty in pink!
Joanna talking to friend Joan Rivers (who totally smiled at me and made my night!):
Dad Regis giving a warm speech for Joanna, in which he said he'd found and read her old letters to Judy Blume!
Win-It Wednesday: Something Like Fate by Susane Colasanti
The winner of last week's Gimme a Call contest is... Melissa of YA Book Shelf! Send me your address, M. Oh, and Random House is having a contest where you can win a phone and a call from author Sarah Mlynowski, so enter that here.
This week's contest is the one I posted on Monday (the Cover Story for Something Like Fate by Susane Colasanti). So head over to Monday's post and leave an honest comment about the cover--what you like or don't (seriously, it's good market research for everyone!), and then you're entered. I'll choose a winner next week.
Oh, and here are three more books I gave some love to today in I Heart Daily. Have you guys read these yet?
Also: Is anyone else super upset about Jill and Bethenny's friend fight on Real Housewives of NYC? I am almost crying with each episode now. As NY Mag says, it is harming my soul. Sad, I know, but I want them to patch things up!
Happy Wednesday!
Win-It Wednesday: Gimme a Call by Sarah Mlynowski
The winner of the 4-book set from last time is... Janet! Thanks for all the tweets and blog posts and even a youtube video about the contest--you guys rule.
Okay, I'm reading this book right now and it's awesome. Signature Sarah Mlynowski brilliance with a major plot twist: Devi finds a cell phone on which she can call her older self. So it's told from two perspectives: Freshman Devi and Senior Devi. How will Sarah pull this off? I can't wait to finish it.
And after I do... you can win it! I'll send a lovely hardcover copy to one randomly chosen commenter below who answers this question: "If you could call your high school self, what would you tell him or her?"
Yes, that's the question that Sarah put out to twitter! I'll add my answer soon, but if you want to tweet your answer too, do it! Use this hashtag: #gimmeacall (and find me on twitter here!).
Good luck, everyone! I'll pick a winner next Wednesday.
Win-It Wednesday! (Last Reminder)
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(I'm back next week!)
Win-It Wednesday: Reminder
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(I've been partial to red sparkles since my first ruby slipper sighting.)
Win-It Wednesday!
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(Just kidding about the shoes part. It's BOOKS of course!)
Win-It Wednesday: The Four-Book Contest!
Watch the video and find out how to enter. Okay, I'll tell you: Just comment below naming four books you love (recent or ancient, doesn't matter). Then, you're entered!(But if you want to know the books you're playing for, you've gotta watch.) +1 entry for tweeting, linking, facebooking or otherwise spreading the word, just note that in the comments. Contest ends 4/21, when I'll post a winner! xoxo PS-Forgot to announce the winner of last week's contest for Living Dead Girl. It's Andrea M.! Send me your address, A!
Win-It Wednesday: Living Dead Girl by Elizabeth Scott
Last week's contest over at Teen Fiction Cafe ended with tons of winners and lots of peeks into writers' working lives and insecurities.
This week, to help celebrate the release of her latest novel The Unwritten Rule, I'm giving away a copy of Living Dead Girl by Elizabeth Scott. It's the paperback version (read that Cover Story here), and it's a haunting book, in case you haven't heard.
To enter to win a copy, just comment below and tell me about the creepiest/scariest book you've read lately. I'm sort of having a scary-book renaissance. I'll choose a winner at random next week!
PS-Elizabeth herself is having a huge release party for her new book, and she's giving away a gazillion prizes, give or take. Check it out. (Oh, and there's a live chat with her tonight at 6pm EST too!)
PPS-Elizabeth is also the Author in Residence at Readergirlz, and she's making awesome vlogs about writing and giving away 5 copies of The Unwritten Rule. Go here to get in on that!
PPPS-Speaking of Live Chats and readergirlz, there's one with a certain Scott Westerfeld tonight at Readergirlz. 9pm EST. I'll be there!
