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Thursday, December 27, 2012

Cover Craving...Indelible by Dawn Metcalf!

Indelible

by Dawn Metcalf

The Twixt, book one

Publication date: 2013

In a sea of covers with girls in pretty dresses, and teens with only half a face, or mysterious chopped photographs, this one stands out!

I love the simplicity, the colors, and the way that it looks almost like a tattoo. Gorgeous.

Wednesday, December 26, 2012

My Best Books of 2012 List (with a Giveaway)!!!

For a few years, I painstakingly agonized over all of the books that I read that year and carefully chose one great book for many, many different genres or categories. Then, last year I simplified! I realized that I already had a great system in place for my "best of" choices... my GOLD STAR reviews! Duh. LOL.

So, without further ado, in the same style as last year, and in order only by alphabetizing the title (not reflective of one being chosen over another), here is my BEST BOOKS OF 2012 list:

A Beautiful Evil

by Kelly Keaton

Bad Hair Day

by Carrie Harris

Circus Galacticus

by Deva Fagan

Curveball: The Year I Lost My Grip

by Jordan Sonnenblick

Edenbrooke

by Julianne Donaldson

Enchanted

by Alethea Kontis

Every Other Day

by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

by Amy Kathleen Ryan

by Jo Knowles

by Rachel Hartman

by A.G. Howard

by E.M. Kokie

by Kimberly Derting

by Maggie Stiefvater

by Maria V. Snyder

Since I loved these books so much, I want to give someone the opportunity to love at least one of them, too. If you'd like, you can use the Rafflecopter below to enter to win any ONE of the books you see above...whichever one you'd like to have the most. Unfortunately, since shipping is getting so expensive, I have to limit this to US/Canadian shipping addresses only. Sorry!!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Monday, December 24, 2012

BOTM - YA!!

Hey Booklovers!
I'm now an affiliate for the Book of the Month YA program!!

It's a fantastic opportunity to get a hot new YA hardcover (or two or three!) each month at a less than bookstore price from a list of curated titles. What does that really mean?

Each month, you would receive a list of hot new YA titles that are coming out and you can pick which ones off the list you'd like and then they're delivered straight to your door!! No more having to browse through hundreds of titles online wondering if they might actually be something you want to read... no more having to wander the aisles in the bookstore overwhelmed. (Unless that's your happy place, then this can just be an amazing add-on to that experience!)

That's right, this list is CURATED each month to make sure they're all exceptional reads and there's a book to everyone's taste! And all you have to do is pick which ones you want and then *poof* they show up at your front door. Such an awesome program. Click on the link below for more information!