Monday, September 14, 2009

BBAW Give-Away - YA ARC Pack







In honor of BBAW - I'm giving away two YA ARCS!

Fire by Kristin Cashore and Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson.








Fire by Kristin Cashore - Fire, Graceling's prequel-ish companion book, takes place across the mountains to the east of the seven kingdoms, in a rocky, war-torn land called the Dells.

Beautiful creatures called monsters live in the Dells. Monsters have the shape of normal animals: mountain lions, dragonflies, horses, fish. But the hair or scales or feathers of monsters are gorgeously colored-- fuchsia, turquoise, sparkly bronze, iridescent green-- and their minds have the power to control the minds of humans.

Seventeen-year-old Fire is the last remaining human-shaped monster in the Dells. Gorgeously monstrous in body and mind but with a human appreciation of right and wrong, she is hated and mistrusted by just about everyone, and this book is her story.

Wondering what makes it a companion book/prequel? Fire takes place 30-some years before Graceling and has one cross-over character with Graceling, a small boy with strange two-colored eyes who comes from no-one-knows-where, and who has a peculiar ability that Graceling readers will find familiar and disturbing...

Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson - Lia and Cassie had been best friends since elementary school, and each developed her own style of eating disorder that leads to disaster. Now 18, they are no longer friends. Despite their estrangement, Cassie calls Lia 33 times on the night of her death, and Lia never answers. As events play out, Lia's guilt, her need to be thin, and her fight for acceptance unravel in an almost poetic stream of consciousness in this startlingly crisp and pitch-perfect first-person narrative. The text is rich with words still legible but crossed out, the judicious use of italics, and tiny font-size refrains reflecting her distorted internal logic. All of the usual answers of specialized treatment centers, therapy, and monitoring of weight and food fail to prevail while Lia's cleverness holds sway. What happens to her in the end is much less the point than traveling with her on her agonizing journey of inexplicable pain and her attempt to make some sense of her life.

There will be 2 winners - so please make sure in your comments you let me know which title you'd prefer or either.

USA Only!

Make sure you leave an email or I can't contact you if you win.

Winners will be announced on September 19th.

62 comments:

  1. Very cool! I'd like Fire, but I'd take Wintergirls too. :) contact me at everead//at//gmail//dot//com if I win.

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  2. Enter me, please! I'd love to win Fire.

    -Rylie
    bcanyon at hotmail dot com

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  3. I'd love to have Fire. Thanks for the giveaway.

    gevin13{at}gmail{dot}com

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  4. I would love to win Fire!
    throuthehaze at gmail dot com

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  5. I would love to win Fire. I have Wintergirls and it is very good too. Thank you for the generous giveaway!

    kalea_kane(at)yahoo(dot)com

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  6. I would love to win Fire.

    Thanks!

    bacchus76 at myself dot com

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  7. AWESOME!!! I would prefer Fire, but both are in my TBR list!

    emily DOT wittenberg @ gmail DOT come

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  8. I think Fire would be more my type of book. ;)

    melissawatercolor.blogspot.com

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  9. Hey Wendy! Awesome giveaway =) I'd like to win Fire but I'd totally go for Wintergirls too.

    Thanks so much!

    mishtakes AT gmail DOT com

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  10. I would like to win either one of these titles! Thanks for the giveaway.

    librariansbook(at)gmail(dot)com

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  11. I'd prefer Fire. Thanks for sharing it.

    s.mickelson at gmail dot com

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  12. Oh I would love Fire! The cover of that book is just fantastic. I haven't had a chance to start this series, but what better way than to have one from the series?! It'll give me more incentive to get the first book, lol.

    jennilovevirgo[at]aol.com

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  13. Very cool contest. I surfed on over from the BBAW website. I would love to win Fire!

    annasbookblog @ gmail.com

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  14. I'm interested in either of them! Thanks for the giveaway.

    i dash comment at deLeons dot com

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  15. I'd prefer Fire, but I would take either!
    ~rachel
    sentas_cry516@hotmail.com

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  16. I'd love Wintergirls.

    mj.coward[at]gmail.com

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  17. Awesome contest! Please enter me.
    I'd love to win Fire.

    hauntingorchid (at) aol (dot) com

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  18. I'd love to win Wintergirls please! thanks for the contest!

    romancebookaddict(at)hotmail(dot)com

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  19. I would looove to read Wintergirls! Thanks for the contest!

    belle2211(at)yahoo(dot)com

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  20. Please count me in for Fire! I've been waiting to read it for months! Thanks so much!
    JHolden955(at)gmail(dot)com

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  21. Wow, awesome books! I would take either one if I had the very good fortune to win. Thank you for the great giveaway! :)

    booksatmidnight@gmail.com

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  22. I have not read either of these books. I would love to read Fire, but I would like to read Wintergirls.
    Thanks
    Debbie
    debdesk9(at)verizon.net

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  23. Both sound great! One or the other would be lovely.

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  24. I would love to win Fire.

    Thanks
    rebecca.bradeen(at)verizon(dot)net

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  25. I'm totally intrigued by FIRE. Thanks for having this giveaway!

    My e-mail address is dbrannon[at]gmail[dot]com.

    Cheers,
    Deborah

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  27. I would love to win Fire. dasuzuki at yahoo dot com

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  28. Enter me please. I would love to win either book.

    bbricke AT yahoo DOT com

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  29. Great giveaway! I would be interested in Fire. Thanks!
    heatherzilla(at)care2(dot)com

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  30. Please enter me for either. Thanks for the chance.

    lizzi0915 at aol dot com

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  31. I would love to have either book!
    pbclark(at)netins(dot)net

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  32. Great giveaway! I would love to be entered for Fire please.

    Samantha
    HarlequinTwilight@gmail.com

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  33. No need to enter me, just posted on Win A Book for you.

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  34. I'd like to enter for Fire, please. (I've already got Wintergirls!) Graceling was my favorite YA book last year.

    You can contact me by commenting my blog. Thanks!

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  35. I would love to win Wintergirls, but they're both on my TBR list.

    onebooktime@gmail.com

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  36. I would love to read Fire.

    marielay@gmail.com

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  37. Awesome giveaway! I would prefer Fire
    Thanks!

    silverbookgirl[at]yahoo[dot]com

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  38. I've been curious about both of these books! I'd prefer Wintergirls, but happy to win either. Thanks!

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  39. I'd love a chance to read wintergirls thanks!

    unforgetable_dreamer_always(at)hotmail.com

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  40. I want to read both pretty much equally but Wintergirls kind of comes out a bit ahead...

    Ladytink_534(at)yahoo(dot)com

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  41. Please sign me up for both of your giveaways...I have 2 daughters, ages 13 and 14 who also love reading YA books, so any book I win will get read 3 times before I pass it along to someone else on PBS! I am in your YA WL Virtual Box on there! My e-amil addy is sweb4us@aol.com. Thanks a bunch!!!

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  42. I'd love to win Wintergirls!:) Thanks:)

    sylvia_uy4@yahoo.com

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  43. I would love to read both. But I'd like to start with Fire, then Wintergirls.

    Thank you so much for an AWESOME giveaway!

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  44. I would happy to win either but first choice is wintergirls

    Thanks for the chance to win,
    Froggy
    froggarita@gmail.com
    http://froggaritavillesbookcase.blogspot.com

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  45. I'm desperate to read Fire but I'd be happy to win Wintergirls too :)

    notenoughbookshelves@gmail.com

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  46. I would like either, but I would pick Wintergirls first!

    holly.kay.lee(at)gmail.com

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  47. I would LOVE to win this!!
    Thankyou!! :D:D:D
    I would like fire but I will take both.
    -Lindsay


    lindsay15photo@gmail.com

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  48. This is an awesome giveaway! I'd like to win Wintergirls.

    melanies--musings@live.com

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  49. Oh, don't make me pick! Both are books I would love to read so I would be thrilled with either!
    Thanks for the great contest and happy BBAW!

    grgenius(at)go(dot)com

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  50. i would be happy with either one thanks minsthins at optonline dot net

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  51. I'd like to be entered to win Wintergirls.

    This is such a nice giveaway.
    Thanks you!

    Aimala127@gmail.com

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  52. I would love to be entered to win Wintergirls!

    :) Erica
    thebookcellar@wi.rr.com

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  53. I'd love to win Wintergirls!

    thefatesarevicious at yahoo dot com

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  54. I would love to be entered to win Fire.
    Thanks.
    djeanq(at)gmail(dot)com

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  55. I would like to have Winter Girls, but I'd be happy to win either one. Thanks for the giveaway!

    nancyecdavis AT bellsouth DOT net

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  56. I would like to enter for Fire. Thanks for the giveaway.

    cherierj(at)yahoo(dot)com

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  57. Ohh, Winter Girls sounds SO good!!! Count me in please! jessicallawlor at gmail dot com

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  58. I'd love to be entered for Fire!

    lovinfitch(at)aol(dot)com

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  59. Please enter me for Fire.

    thebookvixen@gmail.com

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  60. I'm interested in both, but I want to read Fire the most, so it's my choice.

    paradoxrevealed (at) aim (dot) com

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  61. I'd love to win either...Fire looks exceptionally good! I now follow you and have rated this adorable blog! I'm SO glad I found it!

    x0xx Amy (Park-Avenue Princess)

    IAmHiMaintenance(at)aol(dot)com

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  62. Looks like I'm in the Minority here, Wintergirls!! Thanks

    hmahan_0529 @ yahoo dot com

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