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Tuesday, December 7, 2010

BIR2010 Day #2-Author Interview, Prize Pack #1 & An International Giveaway (Amy & Roger's Epic Detour, Shade, Deception, Tyger Tyger)


Yesterday we kicked off the BIR2010, and to give a little recap on what it is- we, along with 8 other bloggers have come together to collectively bring you our favorite reads for 2010. Each blog came up with a small list of their favorites and every blog will be featuring the list. We, along with the other bloggers will be featuring BIG giveaways, I'm talking more than 30 books, along with author interviews. This event will be running from now through December 14th, though on MM's our events will be running now through Friday. That means more giveaways each day! To follow all of our BIR2010 posts, just click on the BIR2010 button on the top right hand corner of our blog.

I have feel so bad that we haven't had any international giveaways like we always do, but today we have one. Next week when we post our MM favorite reads of 2010 we'll have more. Today we have two great author interviews, our Clockwork Angel giveaway and some great giveaways.

All giveaways are open to residents of the US only, unless other wise noted. If you are an International follower and have someone in the US we can send your winnings to, please feel free to enter. All giveaways will end on December 15th. All winners will be announced on Monday December 20th. This is to ensure that we don't have winners winning the same books on the other participating blogs. **Publishers will be mailing out most of the winnings and with Christmas and the holiday rush, books may not be received until after the first of the year.

Thank you to all the wonderful publishers and authors who have allowed us to host such wonderful giveaways!
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AUTHOR INTERVIEW with Daisy Whitney, author of The Mockingbirds


Some schools have honor codes.
Others have handbooks.
Themis Academy has the Mockingbirds.

Themis Academy is a quiet boarding school with an exceptional student body that the administration trusts to always behave the honorable way–the Themis Way. So when Alex is date raped during her junior year, she has two options: stay silent and hope someone helps her, or enlist the Mockingbirds–a secret society of students dedicated to righting the wrongs of their fellow peers.

In this honest, page-turning account of a teen girl’s struggle to stand up for herself, debut author Daisy Whitney reminds readers that if you love something or someone–especially yourself– you fight for it.

Hush little students, don’t say a word… (quoted from Daisy's site)

With all the fantastic new releases this year, what new release has become your guilty pleasure?

I am madly in love with Stephanie Perkins' Anna and the French Kiss.

If you were able to add in a favorite literary character to your book, who would you pick and why?
Crookshanks from Harry Potter. I'm convinced he can talk.

What inspired to become a writer?
A love of words.

As a teen, if you were friends with one of your characters, why and what would it be and why?

I would be friends with Maia because she's a great example of a powerful REAL girl.

If you could have a paranormal power, would it be or what would you want to be (ie. shadowhunter, werewolf etc)

I would like anything I eat to have zero calories.

Thank you Daisy for joining us today! I agree with you with about Anna and the French Kiss and I would love to have the zero calories superpower too. lol

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PRIZE PACK #1 & INTERNATIONAL GIVEAWAY
This prize pack contains these great reads-

Amy & Roger's Epic Detour by Morgan Matson
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Released: May 2010

Book Summary (from Simon & Schuster):Amy Curry thinks her life sucks. Her mom decides to move from California to Connecticut to start anew--just in time for Amy's senior year. Her dad recently died in a car accident. So Amy embarks on a road trip to escape from it all, driving cross-country from the home she's always known toward her new life. Joining Amy on the road trip is Roger, the son of Amy's mother's old friend. Amy hasn't seen him in years, and she is less than thrilled to be driving across the country with a guy she barely knows. So she's surprised to find that she is developing a crush on him. At the same time, she's coming to terms with her father's death and how to put her own life back together after the accident. Told in traditional narrative as well as scraps from the road--diner napkins, motel receipts, postcards--this is the story of one girl's journey to find herself.

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Shade
By Jeri Smith-Ready
Published by Simon Pulse
Released on April 15, 2010

Love ties them together. Death can't tear them apart. Best. Birthday. Ever. At least, it was supposed to be. With Logan's band playing a critical gig and Aura's plans for an intimate after-party, Aura knows it will be the most memorable night of her boyfriend's life. She never thought it would be his last. Logan's sudden death leaves Aura devastated. He's gone. Well, sort of. Like everyone born after the Shift, Aura can see and hear ghosts. This mysterious ability has always been annoying, and Aura had wanted nothing more than to figure out why the Shift happened so she can undo it. But not with Logan's violet-hued spirit still hanging around. Because dead Logan is almost as real as ever. Almost. It doesn't help that Aura's new friend Zachary is so understanding—and so very alive. His support means more to Aura than she cares to admit. As Aura's relationships with the dead and the living grow ever complicated, so do her feelings for Logan and Zachary. Each holds a piece of Aura's heart?and clues to the secret of the Shift.
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Deception
By: Lee Nichols
Published by: Bloomsbury USA Children's Books
Lee Nichols' website: www.leenicholsbooks.com

Book summary (from goodreads.com):
When Emma Vaile's parents leave on mysterious business trip, it gives her the perfect excuse to be a rebellious teen. Throw some parties, get a tattoo (or maybe just a piercing), and enjoy the first few weeks of her junior year. Then her best friend stops talking to her, the cops crash her party, and Emma finds herself in the hands of a new guardian—her college-age "knight in J.Crew armor," Bennett Stern—and on a plane to his museum-like mansion in New England.

After enrolling at Thatcher Academy, Emma settles in by making friends with the popular legacy crowd. But she can't shake the strange visions that are haunting her. She has memories of Thatcher she can't explain, as if she's returning home to a place she's never been. Emma doesn't trust anyone anymore—except maybe Bennett. But he's about to reveal a ghostly secret to Emma. One that will explain the visions . . . and make Emma fear for her life.

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Tyger, Tyger
By Kersten Hamilton
Published by Clarion Books
Released November 15, 2010

Teagan Wylltson's best friend, Abby, dreams that horrifying creatures--goblins, shape-shifters, and beings of unearthly beauty but terrible cruelty--are hunting Teagan. Abby is always coming up with crazy stuff, though, so Teagan isn't worried. Her life isn't in danger. In fact, it's perfect. She's on track for a college scholarship. She has a great job. She's focused on school, work, and her future. No boys, no heartaches, no problems.

Until Finn Mac Cumhaill arrives. Finn's a bit on the unearthly beautiful side himself. He has a killer accent and a knee-weakening smile. And either he's crazy or he's been haunting Abby's dreams, because he's talking about goblins, too . . . and about being The Mac Cumhaill, born to fight all goblin-kind. Finn knows a thing or two about fighting. Which is a very good thing, because this time, Abby's right. The goblins are coming.

Kersten Hamilton is the author of several picture books and many middle grade novels. When she's not writing, she hunts dinosaurs in the deserts and badlands outside of Albuquerque, New Mexico, where she lives. This is her first novel for young adults. For more about Kersten, please visit www.kerstenhamilton.com.
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Thank you to Simon & Schuster, Bloomsbury Childrens Books and Kersten Hamilton for allowing us to host these great giveaways.

33 comments:

  1. Great giveaway! Thanks for making it international or for this one being international lol

    Kristen
    My Bloody Fairy Tale

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  2. Yea for Tyger, Tyger! I can't wait to read this one. Thanks for the opp!

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  3. All look great, but Tyger, Tyger is the one I am most excited about!

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  4. Thanks for the chance to win another INCREDIBLE give away! I entered all but really want Tyger Tyger!

    Thanks!

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  5. Thank you so much for the international giveaway of Tyger, Tyger!

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  6. I just finished Anna & the French Kiss and I thought it was so awesome! I still can't get it out of my head.

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  7. OMG this is so exciting!!!!!!!!!!!

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  8. This is so exciting! Great posts and giveaways, Mundie Moms!!!

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  9. What a fabulous giveaway! You ladies rock for doing international! I'm all entered.

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  10. Love that she would add Crookshanks to her book. I think he can talk as well. I wish we had gotten to see more of him in the movies! The Mockingbirds sounds amazing! Thanks for the giveaway! Awesome books!

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  11. Thank you for the international giveaway! (I forgot to put my country in my address... I'm from France !)

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  12. Thanks for the great giveaway!

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  13. Great giveaway thank you very much!

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  14. Wow! Thanks so much. This is so very fun!

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  15. Thanks for the chance to win! Some of these books I've read and would love to own and others I look forward to reading for the first time :)

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  16. Thanks for the giveaway!!

    jessica b

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  17. Fantastic giveaway! Thank you!!

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  18. Everyone seems to love Anna and the French Kiss...I must pick it up soon. Great interview and thanks for the fantastic giveaway!

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  19. Awesome choice of books. They all sound sooo good! Thanks for the giveaway!

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  20. Thanks for the giveaways, you guys are awesome!!

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