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Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Celebratory ARC Giveaway!!

You guys. Can you just give me a moment to fangirl about how PROUD I am of my friends?

Let's recap here, shall we? (And be sure to read, because the ARCs I'm giving away at the end of this post are purely in celebration of these four girls!!)

1. Karen Hooper's book, Tangled Tides, is coming out SO SOON!

Yara Jones doesn't believe in sea monsters--until she becomes one. 

When a hurricane hits her island home and she wakes up with fins, Yara finds herself tangled up in an underwater world of rivaling merfolk and selkies. Both sides believe Yara can save them by fulfilling a broken promise and opening the sealed gateway to their realm, but they battle over how it should be done. The selkies want to take her life. The merfolk want something far more precious.

Treygan, the stormy-eyed merman who turned Yara mer, will stop at nothing and sacrifice everything to protect his people—until he falls for Yara. The tides turn as Yara fights to save herself, hundreds of sea creatures, and the merman who has her heart. She could lose her soul in the process—or she might open the gateway to a love that’s deeper than the oceans.



2. Shannon Messenger just announced her BOOK DEAL for Keeper of the Lost Cities!!

Keeper of the Lost Cities, is scheduled for fall 2012. In Cities, a 12-year-old girl who can read minds, and is something of a social outcast, discovers the reason she has her abilities when she meets a mysterious boy.


3. CJ Redwine's amazing book, Defiance, was announced a while back, but STILL.

A YA fantasy in which an independent girl sets out to rescue her father from the Wasteland outside their cloistered city and in the process finds danger, heartbreak, and a new romance with her father's apprentice.


4. MG Buehrlen runs the YABooksCentral website. 

YABC is similar to Goodreads (better IMO), but it's just for YA book lovers!! First started in 1998, the site recently had a complete design overhaul--so you should DEFINITELY check out the fabulous community!! Seriously, it's one of my new faves. Oh--and each review you submit enters you into a monthly drawing for a YABC totebag full of books from their ARC stash.  


Pretty awesome, right? 

And to celebrate their successes, I'm giving THESE babies away!

The Space Between by Brenna Yovanoff
Dark Eden by Patrick Carman
Tempest by Julie Cross
Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi

If, by some chance, you haven't heard of one of these, click on the title in the description and you'll go to the Goodreads description. 

Okay. So. Pretty much the same deal as always. You don't have to do anything, other than sign up and rank the books in order of what you want to win the most. 

BUT if you want higher odds?

There are tons of things you can do. They're all laid out in the entry form. The ones you might be most interested in are:

  • Extra entries for adding Karen, Shannon, and CJ's books on Goodreads! (And take it from someone who knows--you WANT to read these as soon as they come out. Promise!
  • Extra entries for joining YABooksCentral and friending ME!
Giveaway is open international and closes Friday, October 28. 


And good luck!!

xoxo

29 comments:

  1. I was so excited to hear of Shannon's good news and I already knew about C.J.'s. Thanks for the awesome giveaway.

    I'm not on Twitter yet, but I did post to Facebook.

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  2. I thought you already did this? Is this another giveaway, or the same one? Or am I just confused (easily possible)?

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  3. I was so excited when I heard Shannon's news, and I can't wait to read hers and Karen's books.

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  4. I tried to enter but got a "Fraudulent Web Page Blocked" message.

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  5. What awesome news from your friends -- no wonder you're proud! :)

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  6. Thanks for the amazing giveaway!

    Here are my links:
    Tweet: http://twitter.com/#!/kangaru/status/124154956935729152

    goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/4782541-krispy

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  7. Wow, you've outdone yourself this time, Sara!! And these are all great things to celebrate!!! :-)

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  8. You always have such great giveaways. I just finished Shatter Me last night. Wow.

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  9. Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/4559363-damla

    Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/sweepstakelover/status/124177436643557376

    Blog: http://sweepstakelover.blogspot.com/2011/10/babbling-flow-celebratory-arc-giveaway.html

    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sweepstakelover/posts/292220977472156

    Thank you!
    annabell_lee_dk (at) yahoo.com

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  10. What wonderful announcements!
    http://twitter.com/#!/laurapauling/status/124197442957746176

    I tried to join the YAbookscentral but after several tries, I could not read the captcha code words.

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  11. Sara!! You are awesome!!!

    Laura Pauling ~ email me at mandy [at] yabookscentral [dot] com and I'll set up an account for you manually. Those captcha things can be tricky. :)

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  12. That really is wonderful news all around.
    I joined YAbookcentral as sablelexi and sent you a friend request.

    I tweeted the giveaway here: http://twitter.com/#!/sablelexi/status/124273443087720448

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  13. Thanks for the giveaway!

    Twitter
    http://twitter.com/#!/MerySnz/status/124388022572683266

    GR
    http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/4456353-merysnz

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  14. Such good news...all the way around!!! :)

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  15. Yay for Karen! And CONGRATS to Shannon! Super awesome!

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  16. Awesome giveaway, Sara. I just launched one myself. I'll click to enter! :)

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  17. Great giveaway! :D I love it.

    Twitter:
    http://twitter.com/#!/LexieB2/status/124616837701976064

    Goodreads:
    http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/5889376-lexie

    Blog post:
    http://sheswritingincircles.tumblr.com/post/11411145768/arc-giveaway-at-babbling-flow

    My YABooksCentral username is NerdfighterWriter, but I'm not sure how to friend request.

    Again, great giveaway! :)

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  18. This is an awesome giveaway!

    Added all three books on Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/zoeytalbon

    Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/taytaystalker/status/124624048327102464

    My YABooksCentral username is Seattlelover7, and I friended you under that, too =)

    Follow BabblingFlow as Seattlelover7

    Blog post: http://zoeysunicorns.tumblr.com/post/11412592397/enter-for-a-chance-to-win-4-arcs

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  19. Thank you so much for the giveaway !!

    Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/WrightWin/status/124634567796719616

    Blog: http://welcometothefabfactory.blogspot.com/2011/10/babbling-flow-celebratory-arc-giveaway.html
    Halochanel at gmail dot com

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  20. Wow, so many great things happening. Good luck to everyone!

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  21. Thanks for the awesome giveaway and for spotlighting YABC. I have never heard of it before and it looks so cool!

    Ashley Suzanne

    Come check out my 1000 follower giveaway here!

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  22. Thanks for the giveaway!

    http://bookishinabox.blogspot.com/2011/10/giveaways-week-of-1016.html

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  23. An ARC of Shatter me? I'd die for it! I was so happy for Shannon (love her funny posts, she's adorable!)

    I put her book on my goodreads!

    aliasgirl at libero dot it

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  24. Thanks for another great giveaway!

    I joined YABookCentral, my username is Emilie.

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  26. Thanks for the giveaway!! I really can't wait to read those books. =D

    I added you as a friend on YABooksCentral- http://www.yabookscentral.com/my-profile

    I added the books on Goodreads- http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/4660415

    I tweeted- http://twitter.com/#!/Jolainne/status/126942185844248576

    I posted on FB- http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002277048258

    Oh, and I am a follower via GFC =)

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  27. Tweeted here:
    http://twitter.com/#!/yoursinfallibly/status/128902916626067456

    Follow you via GFC with my email infalliblyyours@gmail.com

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  28. Gosh, Karen's cover is amazing!!!! I'm so excited for Shannon and everyone who's had good news around blogland...

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  29. Thanks for such a great giveaway! I have been really excited for Tempest!

    I entered awhile ago but I must have forgot to leave my tweet link so I tweeted again!

    http://twitter.com/#!/sarabara081/status/129915108951461888

    sarabara081

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Yay! I love when you have things to add :)