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Thanks to I am a Reader, Not a Writer for hosting this giveaway hop!

I am giving away a paperback copy of Ondine: The Summer of Shambles, by Ebony McKenna!


My blurb for Ondine: Girl meets ferret. Ferret speaks with Scottish accent. Hilarity ensues!

Really, Kimberly and I just about peed our pants laughing. Ondine is SO funny... I will be quoting jokes (particularly footnotes) forever.

By the way, there is a sequel to Ondine: The Autumn Palace. Also very funny and I can't wait to read more (please, Egmont UK, tell me there's more coming!)

If you have already won a prize from me this year, you're out of the running--let someone else win! XD 

This contest is open Internationally anywhere bookdepository.com will mail.

If you are under 13 please get a parent's permission before sharing your email address.

The contest stops at the end of the day, Friday June 24th. I'll announce the winner sometime on Saturday after YA in Bloom.

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Also YA Book Council is giving away an ARC of Andrea Cremer's WOLFSBANE. With, *gasp!* the original (and IMHO prettier) cover art... Enter to win! Winner will be announced July 1st, and you can get more entries by sending more people to the contest.

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Thanks to I am a Reader, Not a Writer for hosting this giveaway hop!

I am giving away a paperback copy of Ondine: The Summer of Shambles, by Ebony McKenna!


My blurb for Ondine: Girl meets ferret. Ferret speaks with Scottish accent. Hilarity ensues!

Really, Kimberly and I just about peed our pants laughing. Ondine is SO funny... I will be quoting jokes (particularly footnotes) forever.

By the way, there is a sequel to Ondine: The Autumn Palace. Also very funny and I can't wait to read more (please, Egmont UK, tell me there's more coming!)

If you have already won a prize from me this year, you're out of the running--let someone else win! XD 

This contest is open Internationally anywhere bookdepository.com will mail.

If you are under 13 please get a parent's permission before sharing your email address.

The contest stops at the end of the day, Friday June 24th. I'll announce the winner sometime on Saturday after YA in Bloom.

Ready to enter? Fill out the form! Leaving a comment is nice, but won't enter you in the contest.

Don't forget to visit the rest of the umpteenmillion blogs participating in the hop!

Also YA Book Council is giving away an ARC of Andrea Cremer's WOLFSBANE. With, *gasp!* the original (and IMHO prettier) cover art... Enter to win! Winner will be announced July 1st, and you can get more entries by sending more people to the contest.

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June 9th. That's the day school is over for me (well, for a few weeks) and the day I can start reading/blogging in earnest again. Until then, well, the half-hearted, guilty and distracted reading and blogging prevails.

I did get to read The Wake of the Lorelei Lee: Being an Account of the Adventures of Jacky Faber, on Her Way to Botany Bay (Bloody Jack, Book 8) by L. A. Meyer. As always, freaking brilliant, and months early thanks to Netgalley.com. And instead of studying for my fourth chem test (I got a B) I read The Iron Daughter by Julie Kagawa, also through Netgalley.com--totally worth the sleepless night and less-than-stellar grade! (Alert, an exclusive Iron Fey short story will be available for download on Julie's website TODAY, June 1st!) I'll be posting reviews for those and other e-galleys I've read next week.

I also read Sea by Heidi R. Kling, which was an awesome debut novel and sure to be a big hit this summer.

I also got to meet C.J. Omololu, author of Dirty Little Secrets, who is, by the way, very tall, very sweet, and very friendly! I can't wait to read more of her stuff :D Picture soon; I'm trying to get ready for my drawing final in a few hours, so I'm afraid that's it for the moment.

Hmmm, should I sleep, or read?

I think you know the answer...

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Hooray! The first Odyssey Award for Excellence in Audiobook Production medalists have been named! As chair of the committee that had the pleasure of choosing the titles, I can say that the decision came after deliberating many wonderful productions. We were amazed that the finest titles also covered a breadth and range of ages and interests. But the truly astonishing fact was discovered only after we had completed the entire process. We all felt the planets aligning when we realized that the author of the first Odyssey winner, Walter Dean Myers, was also the winner of the first Printz Award. It was meant to be.

The winner:

Jazz. By Walter Dean Myers. Narrated by James “D-Train” Williams and Vaneese Thomas. 43min. Live Oak Media. CS, $25.95 (9781430100195); CD, $28.95 (9781430100225).
“Jazz,” a production of Live Oak Media, takes the readalong to new heights as James “D-Train” Williams and Vaneese Thomas perform the work of Walter Dean Myers. Original music accompanies each poem's performance, resulting in a rhythmic representation of mood and tone. Separate tracks for the selections and lively inclusion of a glossary and timeline create a dynamic audiobook; part poetry, part nonfiction, and wholly authentic.

The Honor audiobooks:

Bloody Jack: Being an Account of the Curious Adventures of Mary “Jacky” Faber, Ship’s Boy By L. A. Meyer. Narrated by Katherine Kellgren. 8hr. Listen & Live Audio. CD $37.95. (9781593160944).
Katherine Kellgren’s vocal athleticism takes listeners from the filthy streets of eighteenth century London to the high seas in Meyer’s fast-paced novel about a girl who stows away as a cabin boy.

Dooby Dooby Moo. By Doreen Cronin. Narrated by Randy Travis. 13.36min. Weston Woods/Scholastic. CS $24.95 (9780545042833). CD $29.95 (9780545042819).
Music and barnyard chatter enhance Randy Travis’ performance of Cronin’s comic tale of talented farm animals gone wild.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. By J. K. Rowling. Narrated by Jim Dale. 21hr. Listening Library. CS, $90 (9780739360408; CD, $90(9780739360415).
Jim Dale masters and maintains voices for all genders, ages, species, and emotions created by author J.K. Rowling in this final Harry Potter adventure.

Skulduggery Pleasant. By Derek Landy. Narrated by Rupert Degas. 7.5hr. HarperChildren’s Audio. CD, $27.95 (9780061341045).
Rupert Degas fleshes out a cast of characters including a “tweenage” girl, nefarious villains, and a skeleton detective. Music and sound effects mirror the mood of this bone-rattling mystery.

Treasure Island. By Robert Louis Stevenson. Narrated by Alfred Molina. 7hr. Listening Library. CD, $55 (9780739350836).
Stevenson’s pirate classic elegantly unfolds as Alfred Molina’s panoply of accents and the soundscape of the sea place listeners aboard the Hispaniola.

Listen and discover the best in audiobook literature.

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