[Contest] The Beginning of the End...Maybe

Congratulations! We've made it through 2011, but don't rest on your laurels for too long. Armageddon may yet be around the corner and you'll need all your stamina to survive the end of the world.

But in the meantime, let's focus on happier times and have a little fun. I'm giving away FOUR YA books to one lucky winner. The prizes are as follows.



1 HC copy of Across the Universe by Beth Revis
1 HC copy of Blood Red Road by Moira Young
1 ARC of Frost by Marianna Baer
1 ARC of  the upcoming Article 5 by Kristen Simmons a debut dystopian novel from Tor Teen

To enter, comment on the blog and tell me one of your resolutions for the new year. Make sure it's a good one just in case the world really does end this year! This contest is open to US residents only I'm afraid, and closes at 10:00 am on January 8th.

Good luck to all of you in the new year. May 2012 be a happy and strong year for all of us!

Summer Reading Contest Winner

Drumroll please, Ritsu.  And the winner of my Summer Reading Contest is...

 DONNAS! Congratulations!

Good luck to you all on completing your summer reading goals.  I'm happy to report that I've already devoured the first two books of the Mortal Instruments series and will be finishing up City of Glass over the weekend. Have a happy and safe holiday everyone!

Of Contests and TBR piles

First off: I've reached 500 followers on Twitter over the weekend!  Holy cow!  Thanks for all the support.  It's been great chatting with a lot of you.  I look forward to meeting more of you.  So as I promised on Twitter last week, if I got to 500 followers then I would do a contest.

Over at Scholastic's blog the staff showed-off their Summer Stacks and To-Be-Read piles. "Books we’ve been meaning to read, books we can’t wait to read, or books we’ve been saving for a long plane ride or a day at the beach." Since graduating college and entering the workforce, I don't find that summer affords me any extra time to read. In fact, I usually have less time to read as my focus is more on enjoying the weather while it lasts; however, the post did get me thinking about what I -want- to accomplish this summer. I began looking over my shelves with the aim of building my own summer stack. These are the books I must have read by summer's end.

Not pictured here because I'm still trying to round-up the missing volumes that I need are the 15 volumes of Mars by Fuyumi Soryo.  I've been wanting to reread the series for a long time, but only recently came across a large collection of this out-of-print series at a used bookstore.  Still need about six more volumes.

So in addition to the usual ways of entering these contests, I thought that it might be both fun and useful to define our summer reading goals.  

Point System
+1 Blog follower
+1 Twitter follower
+ 1 Blog about your summer reading goals (you must provide a link to your post)

Every point gains you one entry. Tally up your points and provide any links as a comment to this post on Ink In All Forms.  You must comment to be officially entered. The winner will be announced on Friday 7/1.

The Grand Prize - a YA mini-stack

Arcadia Awakens by Kai Meyer ARC
The Girl of Fire and Thorns by Rae Carson ARC
The Iron Witch by Karen Mahoney
The Hollow by Jessica Verday

Good luck to you!

(Open to US only)

Kick-Off Contest: YA Giveaway

Some of you may be old readers of my former blog, and hopefully some of you are new from parts unknown.  But to all of you, welcome! 

So how shall we kick things off? How about some free books to start you on your summer reading?  Does that sound good?

Well it better because check out the fabulous prizes I've collected for you:

One lucky winner will receive a dozen YA novels.  The prize pack contains a mix of both hardcovers and ARC's.  There is something for everyone in this prize pack; from paranormal romance to contemporary to dystopian.

  

How to Enter:

We'll be using a very simple point system in which each point gains you one entry ticket for the giveaway. 

+1 Answer one of the questions:  "Who is your favorite author?" or "What is your post-apocalyptic society survival skill?" (Or both if you like.  Points will only be awarded once.) 

+1 Link to my contest from your blog (provide link)

+1 Link to my contest from your Twitter or Google Buzz (provide link)


Please post your answers and links as a comment to this post.  

This contest is only open to residents of the U.S. and will end on Friday, June 18th.  The winner will be announced by June 25th on the blog and I will contact you then.  The winner will be chosen at random by means of random.org. 

Good luck to all of you.  And I look forward to getting to know you.  

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