End of the Year Madness Giveaway

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CONTEST CLOSED

This year has been a fantastic year of books, authors, and amazing debuts! To celebrate, I'm having the biggest giveaway that I've ever held before. Why celebrate? IT'S CHRISTMASTIME! I've been in the giving mood, want to share fabulous 2011 books, and also want to thank all of my lovely blog followers who continue to stick around. I've compiled 20 young adult books that were published this year to be given away by their authors to you!

Here's what's up for grabs...
(click a title below the picture to see its Goodreads page)





The Lipstick Laws by Amy Holder
The Mephisto Covenant by Trinity Faegen
Stupid Fast by Geoff Herbach
Deadly Cool by Gemma Halliday
Cold Kiss by Amy Garvey
Babe in Boyland by Jody Gehrman 
You Are My Only by Beth Kephart 
Between by Jessica Warman
Through Her Eyes by Jennifer Archer 
Ripple by Mandy Hubbard 
Shifting by Bethany Wiggins 
OyMG by Amy Fellner Dominy
The Revenant by Sonia Gensler
Imaginary Girls by Nova Ren Suma 
Witch Eyes by Scott Tracey 
Love Story by Jennifer Echols
The Beginning of After by Jennifer Castle
Misfit by Jon Skovron
Possess by Gretchen McNeil
Darker Still by Leanna Renee Hieber

AND ALSO THREE SWAG PACKS!
Audition by Stasia Ward Kehoe swag prize: signed poster, signed bookmark, and ballerina sticky notes
Playing Hurt by Holly Schindler swag prize: signed bookplate, signed bookmark, and button
Aaaaaand a VERY awesome, huge swag prize of an assortment of author/book goodies that I've been collecting: 6 bookmarks (some signed), temporary tattoos, signed postcard, stickers, pin-back button, and chapter samplers from young adult books     
    


There will be seventeen (17) winners! This is my biggest giveaway in Books Obsession history!
First winner gets to choose four books.
Second winner gets to choose three books.
Third winner gets to choose two books.
Fourteen winners get to choose one book or swag prize.


Giveaway Details:
-The only requirement? Be a blog follower via GFC (Google Friend Connect).
-Open to U.S. residents only.
-Giveaway runs from December 20th to January 3rd.
-Fill out the form linked below to enter. Comments are very appreciated and count as an extra entry. Also, you'll gain some extra entries by sharing about my giveaway.
-17 random winners will be chosen & emailed. Everyone will have 1 week to reply before new winners are chosen.


Click here to fill out the form!

Waiting On Wednesday: Flyaway

This week's WoW book is Flyaway by Helen Landalf! It will be released on December 19, 2011.

SUMMARY: Fifteen-year-old Stevie Calhoun is used to taking care of herself. But one night, her mom, who works as an exotic dancer in a downtown Seattle nightclub, never comes home. That’s the night Stevie’s life turns upside down. It’s the night that kicks off an extraordinary summer: the summer Stevie has to stay with her annoyingly perfect Aunt Mindy; the summer she learns to care for injured and abandoned birds; the summer she gets to know Alan, the meanest guy in high school. But most of all, it’s the summer she finds out the truth about Mom. Flyaway is the story of a teen girl’s struggle to hold on to what she’s always believed, even as her world spins out of control.

I think that this one sounds pretty interesting. I like a good, realistic fiction book that's not like all the others. PUBLISHED ON DECEMBER 19, 2011.

Book Lover's Holiday Giveaway Hop

CONTEST CLOSED!
The winner is entry #118, Christine A., who chose Favorite by Karen McQuestion.

I can't believe it's already December! This year is just flying by and the holidays are right around the corner. To celebrate, I'm participating in the Book Lover's Holiday Giveaway Hop hosted by I Am a Reader, Not a Writer and Kid Lit Frenzy. If you're an old follower of my site, thank you so much! For those of you first timers, please check out my other posts; I have written tons of young adult book reviews, author interviews, and if you come back later in the month there will be a HUGE giveaway! Thanks for taking the time to stop by my blog, be sure to visit the other blogs participating in this giveaway hop, too.

Here's what's up for grabs...
(click a title below to see its Goodreads page)



Moonglass by Jessi Kirby (ARC)
I'm Not Her by Janet Gurtler (Paperback)
Favorite by Karen McQuestion (ARC)
OyMG by Amy Fellner Dominy (Signed Hardcover)
All These Things I've Done by Gabrielle Zevin (ARC)
The Lucky Kind by Alyssa B. Sheinmel (Signed ARC)
Beastly by Alex Flinn (Paperback)
The Big Crunch by Pete Hautman (ARC)

Note: These have all been read and reviewed by me & are gently used.

One winner will win one of these books! With eight very different YA titles to choose from, I'm sure there's a little bit of something here for everyone.

Giveaway Details:
-The only requirement? Be a blog follower via GFC (Google Friend Connect).
-Open to U.S. residents only. (Christmas shopping for friends and family is wearing a hole in my wallet. Sorry international friends!)
-Giveaway runs from Dec. 2nd to Dec. 6th.
-Fill out the form below to enter. Comments are very appreciated but won't count as entries.
-Winner will be announced on this post & emailed the next day.



If you can't see the form above...
Click here to fill out the form to enter!

Debutante of the Month: Miranda Kenneally

de·but
-noun: A person's first appearance or performance in a particular role.

Welcome to author Miranda Kenneally's debutante ball...

       

Miranda Kenneally enters the ballroom wearing a whimsical hello kitty dress. Escorting her is actor Sam Worthington.
And now (mostly) ladies and (a few) gentlemen, I introduce to you...Miranda Kenneally! *cue applause* This new author in the literature realm is debuting this month with her book Catching Jordan.

What girl doesn't want to be surrounded by gorgeous jocks day in and day out? Jordan Woods isn't just surrounded by hot guys, though - she leads them as the captain and quarterback on her high school football team. They all see her as one of the guys, and that's just fine. As long as she gets her athletic scholarship to a powerhouse university. But now there's a new guy in town who threatens her starring position on the team... and has her suddenly wishing to be seen as more than just a teammate.

As guests begin entering for the party, the DJ gets to work!

The setting of your party: If you could visit anywhere in the world, where would it be and why? Australia. I’ve always wanted to visit the Great Barrier Reef and the Outback, and after reading all of Melina Marchetta’s books, I’m dying to visit Australia.

The guest list: Who are the top three authors (dead or alive) that you would like to meet? JK Rowling, Sarah Dessen, and Orson Scott Card.

The menu: What do you consider your "brain food", the snacks that kept you going while you wrote your novel? Mexican food! Nearly every weekend, I go out for chips and queso and margaritas and think about my plots and characters.

The deb's high heels: If you could step into someone else's shoes for a day, who would it be and why? Author/editor David Levithan. I would love to see and read the manuscripts that come across his desk every day.

The table centerpiece: What's the #1 thing that you can't go anywhere without? Caffeine in my bloodstream! I’m sort of addicted. Can caffeine be a centerpiece? Hmm. The other thing I can’t go anywhere without is a wifi signal, and I don’t think that can be a centerpiece either. :)

Now it's time for the debutante and her date to share their first dance! What song has stuck with you through life? “Maybe I’m Amazed” by Paul McCartney. It really is the perfect, heartfelt song.

We have a special guest tonight at the ball...Jordan from Catching Jordan! Jordan, what was your favorite scene from the novel you starred in? Probably the scene in home ec class, where my best friend Henry and I are told we’re “married” and have to take care of an electronic baby for an entire week. Henry is the mom and I’m the dad. Thanks for having me at the ball, but dances aren’t really my thing. I’m gonna go to Jiffy Burger for a milkshake now. Bye!

The heartfelt speech: How has the publishing process changed you? What have you learned from your experiences? I’ve always gone after my dreams and done what I’ve wanted to do, but publishing is probably the biggest thing I’ve ever done. When I first started seriously writing, I think a lot of people around me were skeptical. I don’t think everyone necessarily believed I could get published. I’m so glad I stuck with it. I think that’s the biggest takeaway about publishing – you just never know what’s possible until you put yourself out there.

The future: Now that you are officially introduced to society, what's next? Do you plan to write another book? Yes! I’m working on two companions to Catching Jordan: Playing Parker (fall 2012) and Bad, Bad Thing (spring 2013). Parker is about a girl who falls for the coach of the school baseball team, and Bad, Bad Thing is about a girl who can’t get over the roll she played in helping her best friend to get an abortion. Also, I’m the editor of the Dear Teen Me anthology, to be published in fall 2012.

To  finish up this debutante ball, Miranda is letting me host a fun contest! One of you lucky blog readers will get the chance to name a character in her next book Bad, Bad Thing.

Contest Details:
Ends on December 31. Open internationally.
Two extra entries to those of you that spread the word about this interview & contest (via twitter, facebook, blog post, sidebar, etc).
One winner will be randomly picked and emailed.
Fill out the form linked below to enter; comments are very appreciated but don't count as entries.

Click here to fill out the entry form!

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