Shadow Hills Paperback Puzzle Reveal + Contest!

Shadow Hills by Anastasia Hopcus was released on hardcover in July by Egmont USA. Now, on May 10th, 2011, the paperback version will hit the stores. As a Shadow Hills Street Team member, I invite you to participate in this fun cover-reveal contest. If you visit the 24 blogs participating on this mission to reveal the Shadow Hills paperback cover, you will be able to collect puzzle pieces of the cover and answer trivia questions in order to win a signed posters of the hardcover of Shadow Hills.

Shadow Hills
By Anastasia Hopcus

Publisher: Egmont USA
Release Date: July 13, 2010
Pages: 400

Synopsis

After her sister Athena's tragic death, it's obvious that grief-stricken Persephone "Phe" Archer no longer belongs in Los Angeles. Hoping to make sense of her sister's sudden demise and the cryptic dreams following it, Phe abandons her bubbly LA life to attend an uptight East Coast preparatory school in Shadow Hills, MA -- a school which her sister mysteriously mentioned in her last diary entry before she died.

Once there, Phe quickly realizes that something is deeply amiss in her new town. Not only does Shadow Hills' history boast an unexplained epidemic that decimated hundreds of its citizens in the 1700s, but its modern townies also seem eerily psychic, with the bizarre ability to bend metal. Even Zach -- the gorgeous stranger Phe meets and immediately begins to lust after -- seems as if he is hiding something serious. Phe is determined to get to the bottom of it. The longer she stays there, the more she suspects that her sister's untimely death and her own destiny are intricately linked to those who reside in Shadow Hills.

There are 24 bloggers participating, 12 puzzle pieces being revealed and 24 trivia questions for you to answer -- which means that the contest will be happening during 12 days, and that there will be 1 puzzle piece revealed per day and 2 trivia questions to answer -- which means that you will have 2 chances per day to win a prize.

It is not mandatory to follow my blog or my twitter account to be entered. All you have to do is to fill out this FORM, providing every information it asks you to. This is open for US only. If you happen to be the only person to answer the trivia question correctly, you will be the winner. But if more than one person does, the winner will be randomly chosen by the random.org from those who answered it correctly. PLEASE, do NOT leave answers on the comment section!

PUZZLE PIECE #6

TRIVIA QUESTION #11

What is the first name of Kresky Hall's house mistress?

Today, Jennifer from Fictionally Yours is also posting the same puzzle piece as me, but a different trivia question. Visit her blog and answer it if you want to get another chance to win a Shadow Hills prize.

Yesterday, it was the time for Irish (Ticket to Anywhere) and Angela (Reading Angel) to post their puzzle piece and trivia questions! If you haven't tried to answer them yet, go now.

Tomorrow, it will be the time for Erica (The Book Cellar) and Catie (Book Bound) to post their puzzle piece and trivia questions, too. Make sure to visit their blogs and participate!

At the end of the contest, Anastasia Hopcus, the author of Shadow Hills, will reveal the final paperback cover on her website, on November 20th! So it means you have until this date to answer the trivia questions and enter our contest. Feel free to be friends with Anastasia on Facebook or follow her on Twitter to keep yourself informed.

Haven't purchased and read Shadow Hills yet?
Want to? Purchase it right now!
IndieBound | Amazon | Book Depository | Barnes & Noble

Also, keep an eye on my posts that I will be reviewing SH and interviewing the author in December, hopefully.

Resultado da promoção "Whisper"

Primeiro de tudo, gostaria de agradecer a cada um de vocês por terem participado da promoção e ajudado a promover "Whisper". Muito obrigada pelos quase 100 seguidores a mais! Muito obrigada pelo apoio! Espero ansiosamente a tradução e a publicação de "Whisper" aqui, no Brasil, assim como espero que vocês realmente tenham contatado as editoras conforme preencheram os formulários dizendo "sim". Dar a oportunidade a alguém de ler "Whisper" me deixa muito feliz, pois, além de ter o total apoio da Phoebe Kitanidis nisso, claro, admiro a história cativante que ela criou.

Daqui para frente, também espero ver pelo menos uma boa parte dos meus seguidores comentando nos meus posts, participando ativamente. Do que adianta eu ter milhões de seguidores se apenas um quarto deles, de fato, leem o que eu escrevo? Não tem tanto sentido, né? Faço o que posso pra não deixar isso aqui de lado e adoraria ter a colaboração de todos vocês nisso. Comentem, deem sugestões, reclamem, critiquem, mas participem – o mais importante!

Agora, quem ganha um kit especial de Whisper, contendo uma cópia avançada do livro, um marcador e dois adesivos é...

Jessica Asato!

O email está sendo enviado para a vencedora neste exato momento. Caso não haja resposta até o dia 29/08, outro sorteio será feito.

Promoção — Whisper por Phoebe Kitanidis

Como prometido, aqui estou eu anunciando uma promoção de Whisper exclusiva para brasileiros. Fico muito feliz em dar a oportunidade de alguém ler Whisper através dessa promoção, já que é um dos meus livros favoritos! Espalhem por aí a existência de Whisper, ok?

Além disso, tenho entrado em contato com algumas editoras a fim de trazer Whisper para o Brasil, mas, infelizmente, nenhuma delas, até agora, respondeu. Então, peço que, por favor, se vocês também se interessam e querem ver Whisper traduzido e lançado aqui, entrem em contato com as editoras daqui. Quanto mais pedidos, melhor, certo? Ficarei extremamente grata caso vocês façam isso!

Prêmio:



♥ Uma cópia avançada (ARC), em inglês, de Whisper.
♥ Um marcador.
♥ Dois adesivos.

ARCs: cópias avançadas de um livro que são produzidas meses antes de seu lançamento para que este seja analisado e divulgado previamente. Tem maior produção nos Estados Unidos, sendo geralmente enviadas para críticos/blogueiros, e não podem ser vendidas.

Observação: tenho esse exemplar desde o início de abril de 2010 e o li uma vez. Desde então, ele esteve "estacionado" na minha estante até que eu pudesse colocá-lo para sorteio, pois vi que algumas pessoas daqui realmente se interessaram. É possível, portanto, encontrar pequenos desgates de uso nas "bordas" da "lateral" do livro, mas apenas neste local, já que todas as "bordas" foram contornadas com uma fita adesiva transparente no dia em que recebi este exemplar justamente para evitar desgaste.

Regras:

• Seja seguidor(a) do blog.
• Poderão participar da promoção apenas aqueles que residam ou tenham um endereço de entrega no Brasil.
• Para ter inscrições extras, preencha o formulário novamente. Para cada preenchimento, coloque um link de divulgação diferente.
  
• O vencedor terá 72 horas (3 dias) para responder o email com endereço para o envio do prêmio.
  
• As inscrições serão somente aceitas até às 23:59h do dia 25 de agosto de 2010.

Inscrições:

• Link para o formulário: http://bit.ly/bJBYbP
• Divulgue a promoção e forneça pelo menos um link de divulgação no formulário. Pelo menos UM link de divulgação (seja através de Twitter, Orkut, Facebook, blogs, fóruns ou sites) é OBRIGATÓRIO para que você possa concorrer ao prêmio.
  
• No Twitter, siga @railasoares e divulgue a seguinte mensagem (uma vez a cada 12 horas):

Promoção — Ganhe um kit de #Whisper por Phoebe Kitanidis @railasoares http://migre.me/10bOP

Boa sorte!

Giveaway: The Body Finder Prize Pack

Well, I told you we were going to have a giveaway of The Body Finder, didn't I? So here it is. Kimberly Derting generously donated a prize pack to give away besides have provided us an interview, too, which you can read here.

This The Body Finder Prize Pack includes: a tote bag, a signed poster, a signed bookmark, a bracelet, and two stickers. Gorgeous, isn't it?

Do you want to win this? The only required thing to enter is to be a participant of our "Beach Reads" Summer Challenge. If you're not, and want to sign up, please come here. Except that, you have to do nothing but leave a comment with your name and email address.

Want an extra entry? Comment on Kimberly Derting Interview.
Want another? Spread the word about the Challenge and the contest, and leave the link on your comment.

It's open only to US residents.
Ends on August 30th.

Contest: Funniest Summer Moment

Contest time, everyone! To finish the second Summer Challenge week, I've selected some great items to give away. There are 3 different ways for me to pick up the winner (or the winners) and 3 types of prize pack plus a bonus for a brazilian winner. Check it out below:

2 WINNERS: If the first randomly-chosen winner happen to be an International one, this will receive the Prize Pack #1, and I will randomly pick up a Brazilian winner, too, to win the Prize Pack #2. Also, the Brazilian winner can choose to get or do not get the bonus book: Peter Pan.

2 GANHADORES: Se o primeiro ganhador vir a ser um Internacional, ele vai receber o Prize Pack #1 e eu ainda vou sortear um brasileiro para levar o Prize Pack #2. Este ainda poderá escolher se quer ganhar - ou não - o livro bônus, Peter Pan, também.


Prize Pack #1: Harry Potter stickers and Brazilian postcards, The Body Finder poster and stickers, a Whisper sticker, a hardcover copy of Heist Society by Ally Carter.

Prize Pack #2: 5 esmaltes e um exemplar de Na Alegria e Na Tristeza, de Carole Matthews.

Bonus: Peter Pan, tradução de Ana Maria Machado.

1 WINNER: If the randomly chosen winner happen to be a Brazilian one, this will receive the Super Summer Special Prize Pack #3. Also, the Brazilian winner can choose to get or do not get the bonus book: Peter Pan.

1 GANHADOR: Se o ganhador vir a ser um brasileiro, ele vai receber o Super Summer Special Prize Pack #3 e ainda poderá escolher se quer ganhar - ou não - o livro bônus, Peter Pan.


Super Summer Special Prize Pack #3: um Hardcover de Heist Society (Ally Carter), um exemplar de Na Alegria e Na Tristeza (Carole Matthews), adesivos e cartões-postais de Harry Potter, um adesivo de Whisper (Phoebe Kitanidis), dois adesivos e um poster de The Body Finder (Kimberly Derting), 5 esmaltes (Astral e Obsessão - Risqué; Sophia - Impala; Camurça - Colorama; 209 - Hits).

All you have to do is to fill out the form, telling us the funniest summer moment you have passed throught in your life. Please, make sure you are signed up for the Challenge on the Headquarters page. It's not required to be a follower of my blog, but you MUST be signed up for the Challenge to enter this contest, once it's an event of the Challenge week. It's open INTERNATIONALLY. It will end on August 30th.

Good luck, everyone!

Guest Post: Shelena Shorts (And giveaway!)

This Saturday our guest is Shelena Shorts, the author of The Pace, released last year. Its sequel, The Broken Lake, is being released in August. So, today Shelena shares her thoughts regarding summer and books with all of us.

Perfect Summer Book: SOS!

Reading on the beach, listening to waves crash. Ahh... oh how I wish I was there right now. It's neck and neck to curling up by a fire in the winters with a good book. And actually, if I had to choose which one I preferred, I don't think I could. Good thing nature is choosing for me! It's 95 degrees in Virginia and a trip to the beach is right around the corner! Yes, yes, and yes!!

But now I have a dilemma of what books to take. It's getting harder and harder to choose, because I have kids and those quiet hours on the beach, listening to waves crashing are getting replaced by, "Mommy look at me. Mommy, come swim. Mommy, watch this:D!"

That means lots of interruptions, but I do still get time to read! I just can't pick ones where I know they'll be page turners or highly intense, because it's not fun to read a little here or there when you have to stop, and the whole time, you're itching to find out what happens back on those pages. It can make a vacation more stressful LOL!

So for me, right now, the perfect beach read is a love story, but not a suspenseful one. One where the characters have great chemistry, they have an obstacle to climb that's not sad, and one that I can walk away from and pick back up feeling just as content as when I left off. Those are hard to find, but when you do....it's peerrrffecttt! Right?

Giveaway

Besides doing a guest post for our Challenge, Shelena is also donating a super-cool The Pace Summer Prize Pack! There will be only ONE winner, who will receive a Beach bag, a Beach towel, a signed copy of The Pace and The Pace bookmarks. The giveaway is open INTERNATIONALLY.

- It's not required to be a follower of this blog, but you will only be entered once you have signed up for the Challenge. Done that, leave a comment here with your email address.

- Extra entries? Spread the word about the Beach Reads Summer Challenge and leave the link here on the comments.

- Like all the others Beach Reads Summer Challenge giveaways, this one will end on August 30th and the winner will be announced on August 31st.

Good luck, y'all!

Challenge Welcome Post + Giveaway!

Welcome!

Today we officially open our Summer Beach Reads Challenge!
If you haven't signed up yet, please follow the instructions below:

1) Visit the Reading Challenge Intro Post page.

2) Scroll down to the bottom and copy the code for the button you'll see down there.

3) Open a "New Post", paste the code and tell your blog readers what you'll be reading or what level you plan to go for!

4) Publish that post and copy the URL.

5) Come back to the Reading Challenge Intro Post page and scroll down to the bottom.

6) Paste your URL into the Mr. Linky with your name and VIOLA! You're all ready to go!

Got it done? Now we can *party* and you're automatically entered to the giveaways we'll be hosting until August 30th! Contests and giveaways will be going on our blogs every week!

Giveaway Time!

The first week is being hosted by Jessica and she's first giving away a signed ARC of Low Red Moon by Ivy Devlin and a kind crouchet octopus, Mr. Octavio the Octopus (which is super cute!) to U.S. and Canada residents only. For International participants, there will be a $15 Amazon Gift Card!


However, if you are an International participant and want to enter the giveaway, please leave a comment on Jessica's post with your name, your email address and the country that you reside in AFTER you sign up for the challenge!

Let's have fun!

Today there will be two more posts going up later on. One will be a recommended reading/sponsors and prizes list. The other will be a calendar of events for the remainder of the week on A Fanatic's Book Blog!

NOTE: The challenge button has been changed since it didn't have the timeline dates or the host blog. If you already have the button can you please take a moment to update it on your blog? Thanks!

Contest: Whisper by Phoebe Kitanidis [CLOSED]

Yes, it took a while for me to finally post this. It's been such an amazing honor for me to host this contest right here at my blog because I've been so happy while recommending it for everybody, everywhere, anytime! Whisper is not only an adorable, original book, but it is also by one of the nicest authors I have ever talked to. And it means so much to me, since I am from far away from the North America and Europe, continents where most people might speak English fluently and have bigger opportunities to meet their favorite authors. :)

I must have said once that since I first saw the cover of Whisper and read its synopsis, months before the release date, I had been so wanting to receive a copy to read. That's when I, after a while, took courage to send Phoebe Kitanidis a request. I was sincerely afraid of hearing a big NO, because I know it's not so cool to email authors... Some might get bothered. But then she, like always have been, was very nice to me and fowarded the request to another person who could send me. I kept waiting for being contacted and a week after that I had a review copy in my hands. Happy dances all day!

Whisper came out on April 27th, 2010 by Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HaperCollins Publishers. By the love I have for this book, I would also love you if you read and commented on my INTERVIEW with Phoebe and on my REVIEW of Whisper to get extra entries.

EDIT: After posting here, Phoebe wrote a short note to us. Read it below.

"I'm thrilled that Books Out of the Bookshelves is hosting this international contest for Whisper! While I was writing the book, I was lost in the world of Joy and Icka and their strange ability (or disability?). I hardly dared to imagine that people in countries far away from me might read it--and even now, that seems like the coolest part of having a book come out. Knowing that it will go places I haven't been. I love working with bloggers like Raíla who are enthusiastic, professional, and just plain fun to talk to online. To all Raíla's readers, I wish you the best of luck in her contest!" – Phoebe Kitanidis

Thank you so much, Phoebe. You're my favorite! <3

Now that I have the chance to pick a follower of my blog to win a hardcover copy of Whisper, plus bookmarks and stickers (all provided by Phoebe herself) I'm more than happy. So thank her, not me. To enter, it's very simple: be a follower. But, if you want to get extra entries, just pay attention on the form.

CONTEST RULES

• Open internationally only for followers of this blog.
• I will use the Random.Org to pick the winner.
• The winner will have 2 weeks to claim her/his prize.
  
• This contest will end on June 22nd, 2010.
• Fill out the FORM.

P.S.: You can fill the form once and, then if you want to record a video or something to get the extra entries, you can fill it out again so I'll add your new entries. :)

Aviso para brasileiros: em breve, provavelmente, teremos um sorteio do ARC de Whisper exclusivo para vocês!

The Body Finder Giveaway [CLOSED]

Hello! I have already said I've hit 50 followers, haven't I? Now it's actually 54! I felt super-thankful and happy about it AND wanted to make something to give you in return. I received an awesome THE BODY FINDER swag package from Kimberly Derting and I'll give some of them away. I was going to say that I couldn't put a book up on this giveaway, but now I've discovered the Amazon Prime and it got cheaper. I am very, very sorry, but I can't ship to outside the whole American continent. I'm speding the rest of the money I got for birthday on this because I feel like doing it! :) I hope to get 100 followers until it ends. I will start only with the FIRST PLACE WINNER, then for each 15 followers I get I will add one more winner until I get 4 winners to give the swag away.

You MUST be a follower to enter.

If you win, I will contact you and wait you to respond until two (2) weeks.

WINNERS

1st Place: 1 hardcover copy of The Body Finder, 1 poster, 2 signed bookmarks and 2 stickers. (Open only to US and Canada)
2nd Place: 1 poster, 2 signed bookmarks, 2 stickers. (Open to North, Central and South America)
3rd Place and 4th Place: 1 signed bookmark and 2 stickers. (Open to North, Central and South America)

Ends on 04/16*

*UPDATED: I can't make it end before this date because I realized that I will be doing the school trimestrial tests and the trial Amazon Prime only goes until 04/29, so I'm afraid the first winner doesn't respond it quickly enough for me to be able to purchase the hardcover.

To enter, fill out the form here.