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It's time for a new Reading Clean Spotlight! I'm really happy to bring you a great series from Author Mara Purnhagen, called Past Midnight. I was lucky enough to stumble upon these books, and I just love them! The first book in the series (named Past Midnight) was released in September, 2010, and the next book, One Hundred Candles will be released February 15.
To celebrate the new book in the series, Harlequin Teen has graciously offered us BOTH books to give away in our Spotlight! So if you haven't read the first one, no worries!
To enter:
Fill out the form at the bottom of this post!
Giveaway is International
Ends on Release day 2/15/2011
Feel free to promote by Tweeting etc....or not if you're feeling lazy :D
If you'd like to read my review of Past Midnight, you can find it here. And stay tuned for my review of One Hundred Candles. If you like mysteries with a little spookiness thrown in, you'll enjoy these books!
If you're not familiar with Reading Clean Spotlight, you can read about it, and the books we've Spotlighted here.
This month I'm really, really excited to spotlight UNEARTHLY by Cynthia Hand. I seriously loved this book! It was so original and exciting, and the romantic tension was KILLER!! This book actually comes out January 4th, and Cynthia was kind enough to offer us a SIGNED book and some bookmarks to give away to the lucky winner!
To enter, you must be a follower. Giveaway is International and ends 1/31.
I want to read Unearthly, so bad!!! The cover is beautiful and EVERY review I've read goes on about how amazing it is. Thanks so much for the giveaway!
I chose Incarceron and Sapphique, for our Reading Clean Spotlight during the next few weeks. These books have such an imaginative, wonderful storyline. They are both very Reading Clean. Sapphique (hardcover) comes out December 28, 2010. On release day I will announce the winner of one ARC copy of Sapphique and Incarceron/Sapphique poster to ONE VERY LUCKY person. HOWEVER, the second place winner will receive two posters... one Incarceron and one Sapphique!!! (sign up below)
This contest is where Parental Book Reviews and Reading Teen come together as one. We at Reading Teen want to give a little extra attention to authors that write their books clean. Very little, or NO cursing, sexual content or violence.
However, we still love the stories (maybe, not as clean) that stay just as true, and romantic novel geniuses that we all know and love... !
Great contest. I love your website and I love how you review your books. I think your "keep it clean" policy is right on! Thanks for your honest and wonderful reviews. Thanks also for the chance to win! This series looks like a great read!
Today is the day!! Happy release day to MATCHED, one of our favorite books of the year, and our featured book in this month's Reading Clean Spotlight! We are very excited to share this Q & A we did with Ally about her book!
-Describe Matched in five words.
*Star-crossed lovers, secrets, and poetry! (I think star-crossed is one word, right?)
No, I'm sorry, you have to do it again....lol! :P
-The setting in Matched is such an amazing world!! Was it hard for you to create this world, or did the idea come to you naturally?
*The world was really fun to build, actually. I started with the idea of the Match Banquet and then basically built the world around it, thinking What kind of society would have to exist in order for this scenario (the Banquet) to take place?
I don't think I'd want to live in Cassia's world, but I have to say I would love to go to that Match Banquet!
-My favorite character in Matched was definitely Ky (although Kit and Abigaile liked Xander), did you have a favorite character?
*I'm so glad you liked Ky! I like both Ky and Xander, and I think this is because I gave them both different attributes of my husband. So they feel very equal to me. I guess that's not really a fair answer since I picked both of them. ;)
Yes, they were both VERY likable!! I really don't know how Cassia could choose between them!
-What has been the greatest moment so far in this journey?
*Oooh, tough question. There have been a lot of really great moments. But the one that stands out to me happened before I even had an agent. I had sent MATCHED to my teenage sister, Hope, to read. She's very honest and an avid reader. When she called me up to tell me how she felt about it, she said, "I have a new favorite book." After I hung up the phone, I cried a little. It meant a lot to me that she enjoyed the book so much and I knew she wouldn't say it if she didn't mean it! And that moment gave me the confidence to start querying.
-Do you have any quirky/strange "must haves" when you're writing? What are they?
*I drink a LOT of water while I'm writing, and I have to wear one of my two special hoodies. They are magical and keep me the perfect temperature (my "office" is in the corner of the basement and it gets cold even in summer).
-What do you wish I had asked you? What's your answer?
*I wish you had asked me if I would like free tickets to the London Olympics in 2012 and I would have said, yes, please! (I'm dying to go--I love the Olympics and I studied abroad in London--but I don't think it's going to happen.) ;)
Hmmm....I think you may have cheated on that question :) Oh, and don't tell Kit that you studied abroad in London,
7 Comments on Interview with MATCHED author Ally Condie and Winner Announced!, last added: 12/1/2010
I did not receive an email yet but I am HOPING this is me as there are probably not too many Mindy J in this world right? If this is me THANK YOU SO MUCH! I am so excited for this! I actually got teary when I saw my name!!! Thank you again so much!!! (you just made my WEEK)!!!!!
I am dying to go to the London Olympics! Seriously, I think I would have said the same thing. Anyway, congrats to the winner! I am sad I didn't win, but that's just how life works! Better luck next time I hope, but really, congrats Mindy and enjoy!
Thank you everyone so much for the congrats. I am very truly excited to have won this book. I have heard so many good things about it. (I got my confirmation email so I can say thank you properly now).
THANK YOU Reading Teen so much! I am so excited and thankful for this!!
It isn't very often that a group of us reads the same book, but when Kit and Abigaile had such good things to say about MATCHED, I just had to pick it up myself. I am so glad that I did!! This was one of my favorite reads of the year!
The story starts with Cassia, a complacent girl who does what she's told, when she's told. She trusts the Society to make all the important (and even the seemingly unimportant) decisions in her life: Where she will work, what she can read, who she will marry. When the Society "Matched" her with Xander, she wasn't surprised. He is perfect for her, her best friend. But when she looks at her Match again on her own computer, it isn't Xander's face that appears, it's Ky's.
Ky has been in Cassia's life almost as long as Xander, but while Cassia knows everything there is to know about Xander, Ky is a complete mystery. After seeing his face, she wonders if he's the one she's really meant to be with. As she spends more and more time with Ky, he starts to help her see the world for what it really is. She realizes that there is so much more to life than what the Society tells them. Now she's faced with a choice, and it isn't just a choice between Xander and Ky. It's a choice between suppression and freedom.
It was amazing to me, that in a world that was so stifled in every way, there could be so much passion! Even before Cassia realized it herself, you could tell that she had a curiosity for life and love that wasn't going to be stopped. The fire that was waiting inside her, only needed a spark to start blazing, and that spark was Ky. I think that's why I loved Ky so much, and why, even though Xander was perfect, I would choose Ky every time. He's the one who pushed Cassia to question things. He's the one who wouldn't let the Society choose for him. Xander was a great guy, but he was complacent, happy to go along with the way things were done. Ky pushed the boundaries. He held on to his freedom and helped Cassia to find hers.
I loved the romantic tension between Cassia and Ky, as well. It reminded me a lot of Twilight, in the way that there was SO much desire and passion when they weren't even able to touch. When love and romance are held at bay, it just builds that much more. It's amazing to me that the books that are the most moving and the most sigh-worthy, aren't the ones where the main characters are all over each other, they are the ones where the tension is built up to the breaking point. The ones where you're dying for them to just graze each other's fingers. Talk about driving a person crazy!!
It wasn't just the romance that I loved, though. The world that Ally created was so fantast
3 Comments on Review: Matched by Ally Condie (Andye's take), last added: 11/22/2010
You might know that we're spotlighting Ally Condie's soon to be released AMAZING book, MATCHED. Ally's Matched website is featuring some really fun things, including a chance to find your Match!! It uses your facebook profile to "Match" you with someone. FYI, I was matched with Kimberly Derting, author of one of my favorite books, The Body Finder! I think it's fate!
Ally is talking all things Matched this month, so make sure you stop by her blog and let her know how excited you are about reading her book!!
Now, check out the Matched trailer, and don't forget to enter to win a copy of Matched here!
9 Comments on Have Fun and Get Matched, last added: 11/18/2010
hahahaha everytime a pic of a possible match was loaded I was like: "NOOOOOOOOOOO! PLEASE NOT HIM!!!" and at the end it matched me with someone don't even know hahaha
I'm not sure I even added that guy as a friend *scratches head*
The reason I chose The Caster Chronicles for this months featured spotlight is because not only are these "Reading Clean" but also an amazing series written by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl.
I will be posting something dedicated to The Caster Chronicles every Thursday until the release day of Beautiful Darkness which will be October 12, 2010. So make sure you check back and see what I've got planned.
Now for my very special Caster Contest...
Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl sent Reading Teen some amazing swag to give away, so thank them next time your on Twitter please :)
First Place Winner: Signed to "ReadingTeen" ARC Beautiful Darkness, Swag & Two Signed Posters!!!
117 Comments on Reading Clean Spotlight: The Caster Chronicles PLUS The Caster Contest, last added: 9/9/2010
PLEASE ENTER ME!!! this is quite possibly the best Caster Cronicles giveaway EVER!!!
+1 for Tweeting, use the hashtag #ReadingCleanSpotlight (@BlckFingernailD) for some reason twitter isnt letting me get a direct link...sorry i hope that still counts.
+1 for Tweeting, use the hashtag #CasterContest (@BlckFingernailD)
+2 for putting this contest on your blog sidebar (www.blackfingernailedreviews.blogspot.com)
Amazing contest!!! Books, swag and posters...what more could we ask for?! :D
Thanks for having this awesome contest! :)
I tweeted using caster contest and clean spotlight tags: http://twitter.com/AmburHostyn/status/23118061449
I made a blog post for your contest on my blog as well: http://burningximpossiblyxbright.blogspot.com/2010/09/reading-teens-huge-giveaway-with-books.html
Thanks for the great contest! 1- For comment! 1- For #ReadingCleanSpotlight 1- For #CasterContest 2- For putting it in blog sidebar 3- For posting about the contest in my blog!
Omigosh! I need a life jacket. I'm literally drooling. This is such an awesome contest!!! So sweet! Thank you so much for this!! Y'all ROCK!!!! :) *fingers and toes crossed*
+1 for Tweeting, use the hashtag #ReadingCleanSpotlight (you may tweet up to once a day for extra points) +1 for Tweeting, use the hashtag #CasterContest (you may tweet up to once a day for extra points)
link (I put both in one): http://twitter.com/VamPoet/status/23165989843
Well, this is going to be a popular contest! What awesome prizes! I follow your blog. Here's a tweet for the ReadingCleanspotlight tag. http://twitter.com/candacemom2two/status/23172333649
Oh. my. god! *dies* THIS IS THE BEST CONTEST TO EVER GRACE THE HUMAN RACE. *fangirl squee* I'll tweet as often as I can remember from @SixteenCandles daily, and here's the first lot: http://twitter.com/SixteenCandles/status/23176380109 (+1) http://twitter.com/SixteenCandles/status/23176411316 (+1) FB share (although my profile's locked so I don't think you can see it): http://www.facebook.com/#!/profile.php?id=1349893620&v=wall&story_fbid=145596748812544&ref=mf (+1) Blog post: http://nosmokewithoutafire.blogspot.com/2010/09/readingteen-reading-clean-spotlight.html (+3) Sidebar link: http://nosmokewithoutafire.blogspot.com/ (+2) Total so far: 9
Wow! Amazing giveaway! Thank you! entrelibros_blog at hotmail.com
+1 https://twitter.com/Entre_Libros/status/23216947998 +1 https://twitter.com/Entre_Libros/status/23216947998 +2 for putting this contest on your blog sidebar: http://blogentrelibros.blogspot.com/
+1 for sharing this contest on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=4777236&fbid=432665418761&id=508473761&ref=nf#!/profile.php?id=510195679)
+2 for putting this contest on your blog sidebar (http://snowdropdreams.blogspot.com/)
Just a note. I would really love to win the book. Our library Middletown Public Library is low on funds. So they are taking donations. Any books i wi i read and then donate to the,. Thanks for your contest [email protected] USA
woot! this is an awesome contest!! twiomom101(at)yahoo(dot)com http://twitter.com/twimom101/status/23974880547 http://twitter.com/DonnaS1/status/23974351686
Evie’s always thought of herself as a normal teenager, even though she works for the International Paranormal Containment Agency, her ex-boyfriend is a faerie, she’s falling for a shape-shifter, and she’s the only person who can see through paranormals’ glamours.
But Evie’s about to realize that she may very well be at the center of a dark faerie prophecy promising destruction to all paranormal creatures. So much for normal.
My Review:
I've started quite a few books lately that have been very disappointing, and I thought maybe I was just getting picky after reading so many amazing books. I think my mom got sick of listening to me complain about the ones I was reading and she said, "Just go read Paranormalcy right now!" Needless to say, I finished it in less than one day. Paranormalcy has officially been added to my favorites list (which includes Sea, Hunger Games, Catching Fire, and Harry Potter :) I ADORED THIS BOOK! It is hilarious, quirky, and completely unique! I don't care about your stupid "TBR Pile." Read Paranormalcy instead. Period. End of story. It is absolutely, utterly, entirely amazing.
Hi Book Friend! Thought I'd share a new Book Review linky. It's for younger kids - but I shared my book review for the extreme adventures series (8-12 yr olds) so you might share a review like that!
We at Reading Teen are excited to bring to you a new series we are starting called "Reading Clean Spotlight"! We love and appreciate all authors, but we want to give a little extra recognition to those authors and books that manage to not only be phenomenal reads, but have also accomplished that difficult task without the use of excessive language and sexual content. Although there are many out there who don't mind these elements in books, we have heard, overwhelmingly, from those who are looking for great books that are free of those things.
We will be focusing on one book, for a couple of weeks at a time, and will hopefully be able to offer exciting things associated with the book we're spotlighting. Things like book reviews, author interviews, vlogs (maybe even cooking vlogs featuring food from the book), and of course giveaways!
If there's a clean read that you would like us to spotlight, or if you're an author who would like us to feature your book, email us at ReadingTeen1 at gmail.com.
We hope you enjoy this feature!
Andye, Amy, Kit, Abigaile, & Austin
If you'r
1 Comments on Reading Clean Spotlight, last added: 8/11/2010
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. I was lucky enough to stumble upon these books, and I just love them! The first book in the series (named Past Midnight) was released in September, 2010, and the next book, One Hundred Candles
will be released February 15. 
by Cynthia Hand. I seriously loved this book! It was so original and exciting, and the romantic tension was KILLER!! This book actually comes out January 4th, and Cynthia was kind enough to offer us a SIGNED book and some bookmarks to give away to the lucky winner! 
, one of our favorite books of the year, and our featured book in this month's 
! I think it's fate!
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Ohh lovely giveaway. Thank you for hosting it!
Thanks this books look great!!!
These books seem to be very good!
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Thanks for the chance.
Thanks you!!!
Thanks for the giveaway!
Thanks for the giveaway! ^_^
Yay, thank you ! I'm dying to read this series,, it sounds really, really great =D
thanks for the giveaway!