April is Awesome - Post 5 (Giveaway!)

Hello, lovely readers! I have been enlisted to help Ruby at Ruby's Reads announce some new books during her APRIL IS AWESOME event!

Who: Well, me, obviously--Ruby from Ruby's Reads

What: April is Awesome--a month-long celebration of books that will be published during the awesomest month of the year! Author interviews and guest posts, excerpts and giveaways, I’ve got a lot planned!

Where: Ruby's Reads, of course!

When: The entire month of April!

Why: Because it's my birthday month and I wanted to celebrate in a big way. 

I hope y'all have enjoyed the 4 books that Ruby had me feature this week! I am looking forward to them and hope you've added them to your TBR lists!

Now, we have the GIVEAWAY!

The giveaway begins at Midnight EST on Saturday, April 20 and will end at 11:59PM EST on Tuesday, April 30

One lucky winner will get to choose one book from the four books I've featured this week as his/her prize.

This is an International giveaway, as long as The Book Depository ships to your location.

As always, the winner must be at least 13 years old.

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April is Awesome - Post 4

Hello, lovely readers! I have been enlisted to help Ruby at Ruby's Reads announce some new books during her APRIL IS AWESOME event!

Who: Well, me, obviously--Ruby from Ruby's Reads

What: April is Awesome--a month-long celebration of books that will be published during the awesomest month of the year! Author interviews and guest posts, excerpts and giveaways, I’ve got a lot planned!

Where: Ruby's Reads, of course!

When: The entire month of April!

Why: Because it's my birthday month and I wanted to celebrate in a big way. 

Today's Book Announcement is another Debut

The Loop Goodreads / Amazon / Barnes & Noble
by Shandy Lawson Website / Facebook / Twitter
Release Date: April 30, 2013
Publisher: Disney-Hyperion Books

Ben and Maggie have met, fallen in love, and died together countless times. Over the course of two pivotal days—both the best and worst of their lives—they struggle again and again to resist the pull of fate and the force of time itself. With each failure, they return to the beginning of their end, a wild road trip that brings them to the scene of their own murders and into the hands of the man destined to kill them.

As time circles back on itself, events become more deeply ingrained, more inescapable for the two kids trapped inside the loop. The closer they come to breaking out, the tighter fate’s clutches seem to grip them. They devise a desperate plan to break free and survive the days ahead, but what if Ben and Maggie’s only shot at not dying is surviving apart?

Come back tomorrow for the start of the giveaway! Someone will win one of the four books I featured this week!

April is Awesome - Post 3

Hello, lovely readers! I have been enlisted to help Ruby at Ruby's Reads announce some new books during her APRIL IS AWESOME event!

Who: Well, me, obviously--Ruby from Ruby's Reads

What: April is Awesome--a month-long celebration of books that will be published during the awesomest month of the year! Author interviews and guest posts, excerpts and giveaways, I’ve got a lot planned!

Where: Ruby's Reads, of course!

When: The entire month of April!

Why: Because it's my birthday month and I wanted to celebrate in a big way. 

Today's Book Announcement is another Historical Fiction

The Sweetest Dark Goodreads / Amazon / Barnes & Noble
by Shana Abe Website / Facebook / Twitter
Release Date: April 2, 2013
Publisher: Bantam

“With every fiber of my being, I yearned to be normal. To glide through my days at Iverson without incident. But I’d have to face the fact that my life was about to unfold in a very, very different way than I’d ever envisioned. Normal would become forever out of reach.”  

Lora Jones has always known that she’s different. On the outside, she appears to be an ordinary sixteen-year-old girl. Yet Lora’s been keeping a heartful of secrets: She hears songs that no one else can hear, dreams vividly of smoke and flight, and lives with a mysterious voice inside her that insists she’s far more than what she seems. 

England, 1915. Raised in an orphanage in a rough corner of London, Lora quickly learns to hide her unique abilities and avoid attention. Then, much to her surprise, she is selected as the new charity student at Iverson, an elite boarding school on England’s southern coast. Iverson’s eerie, gothic castle is like nothing Lora has ever seen. And the two boys she meets there will open her eyes and forever change her destiny. 

Jesse is the school’s groundskeeper—a beautiful boy who recognizes Lora for who and what she truly is. Armand is a darkly handsome and arrogant aristocrat who harbors a few closely guarded secrets of his own. Both hold the answers to her past. One is the key to her future. And both will aim to win her heart. As danger descends upon Iverson, Lora must harness the powers she’s only just begun to understand, or else lose everything she dearly loves. 

Filled with lush atmosphere, thrilling romance, and ancient magic, The Sweetest Dark brilliantly captures a rich historical era while unfolding an enchanting love story that defies time.

Come back each day this week to see a new book featured. On Saturday, a giveaway will go up for a chance for someone to win one of the four books I will be showing off!

April is Awesome - Post 2

Hello, lovely readers! I have been enlisted to help Ruby at Ruby's Reads announce some new books during her APRIL IS AWESOME event!

Who: Well, me, obviously--Ruby from Ruby's Reads

What: April is Awesome--a month-long celebration of books that will be published during the awesomest month of the year! Author interviews and guest posts, excerpts and giveaways, I’ve got a lot planned!

Where: Ruby's Reads, of course!

When: The entire month of April!

Why: Because it's my birthday month and I wanted to celebrate in a big way. 

Today's Book Announcement is a new Historical Fantasy:

In the Shadow of Blackbirds Goodreads / Amazon / Barnes & Noble
by Cat Winters Website / Facebook / Twitter
Release Date: April 2, 2013
Publisher: Amulet Books

In 1918, the world seems on the verge of apocalypse. Americans roam the streets in gauze masks to ward off the deadly Spanish influenza, and the government ships young men to the front lines of a brutal war, creating an atmosphere of fear and confusion. Sixteen-year-old Mary Shelley Black watches as desperate mourners flock to séances and spirit photographers for comfort, but she herself has never believed in ghosts. During her bleakest moment, however, she’s forced to rethink her entire way of looking at life and death, for her first love—a boy who died in battle—returns in spirit form. But what does he want from her?

Featuring haunting archival early-twentieth-century photographs, this is a tense, romantic story set in a past that is eerily like our own time.

Come back each day this week to see a new book featured. On Saturday, a giveaway will go up for a chance for someone to win one of the four books I will be showing off!

April is Awesome - Post 1

Hello, lovely readers! I have been enlisted to help Ruby at Ruby's Reads announce some new books during her APRIL IS AWESOME event!

Who: Well, me, obviously--Ruby from Ruby's Reads

What: April is Awesome--a month-long celebration of books that will be published during the awesomest month of the year! Author interviews and guest posts, excerpts and giveaways, I’ve got a lot planned!

Where: Ruby's Reads, of course!

When: The entire month of April!

Why: Because it's my birthday month and I wanted to celebrate in a big way. 

Today's Book Announcement is a DEBUT NOVEL: (and it sounds freakin' AWESOME!!!)

Taken Goodreads / Amazon / Barnes & Noble
by Erin Bowman Website / Twitter
Release Date: April 16, 2013 (TODAY!!!)
Publisher: HarperTeen

There are no men in Claysoot. There are boys—but every one of them vanishes at midnight on his eighteenth birthday. The ground shakes, the wind howls, a blinding light descends…and he’s gone.

They call it the Heist.

Gray Weathersby’s eighteenth birthday is mere months away, and he’s prepared to meet his fate–until he finds a strange note from his mother and starts to question everything he’s been raised to accept: the Council leaders and their obvious secrets. The Heist itself. And what lies beyond the Wall that surrounds Claysoot–a structure that no one can cross and survive.

Climbing the Wall is suicide, but what comes after the Heist could be worse. Should he sit back and wait to be taken–or risk everything on the hope of the other side?

Come back each day this week to see a new book featured. On Saturday, a giveaway will go up for a chance for someone to win one of the four books I will be showing off!

Celebrating Ruby's Birthday!

Ruby of Ruby's Reads is turning...21! Yeah. 21! What better way to celebrate a friend's birthday than giving away books?!? I can't think of any!

Before we begin, let's all sing!

Happy birthday to you,

Happy birthday to you, 

Happy birthday dear Ruuuubbbyyyyy, 

Happy birthday to youuuu!

Be glad you didn't have to hear that with my voice! HAH!

I'm a day late with my post. *mourns the old laptop* I'm soooo sorry! I have been excited for this day (yesterday) to come and I BLEW IT! Doh!

Now, on to the goods! For this special occasion, I'm giving away a book. And another book! There will be one winner from the Rafflecopter (your book of choice!) and that winner will pick Ruby's birthday book from her wishlist! Pretty awesome, yeah? Yeah!

Just follow the steps on the Rafflecopter. Do what you want to do. Just don't be a cheater! Cheaters are disqualified. :( Also, wish her a belated birthday in the comments or on Twitter: @Rubysreads. (Those options are in the Rafflecopter for entries!) You know how we girls are! We love to get birthday wishes...just don't remind us how old we are! Even though she's 21. Yeah. Sticking with 21!

On my end, please just make sure you're at least 13 (no, really! Not fake aging here.) and live anywhere that The Book Depository ships. Celebrating Ruby's birthday is a global event! :)

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Make sure to check out the other friends celebrating with Ruby!



Even Ruby has a giveaway going for her own birthday! Ruby's Reads