Contest Winners!

We're so excited to announce the winners of Bloodthirsty! They are *drumroll please*

Amy
Maddie M.
thetherin

If our lovely winners don't contact us at bnbookblog@gmail.com then we will go back to the random number generator and find these books a good home :) Thanks to everyone who participated, and our review of the book will be up this weekend. You all are in for some laughs.

Bloodthirsty Giveaway!!!!!

We're super excited to be able to bring you free books! Thanks to our lovely friends over at Little, Brown books we have 3 HARDCOVER copies of Bloodthirsty to give away. We've posted a summary below, so read it and enjoy the hilarity. We're going to be posting a review relatively soonish, so get excited. So now to the rules of the contest which will end on the 13th of this month. They're the same as normal, just tweaked to fit the excellent theme:

+1 entry for leaving a comment with your favorite vampire (and why if you want to explain)*
+1 entry for becoming a follower
+2 entries for already being a follower
+1 entry for any tweet, you can get up to 5 (send us links)
+3 entries for making a blog post (send us a link)

EDIT: Sorry guys, this is for US and Canada only as per publisher requests :(

(Here's the summary from Amazon)
Some vampires are good. Some are evil. Some are faking it to get girls.

Awkward and allergic to the sun, sixteen-year-old Finbar Frame never gets the girl. But when he notices that all the female students at his school are obsessed with a vampire romance novel called Bloodthirsty, Finbar decides to boldly go where no sane guy has gone before-he becomes a vampire, minus the whole blood sucking part.

With his brooding nature and weirdly pale skin, it's surprisingly easy for Finbar to pretend to be paranormal. But, when he meets the one girl who just might like him for who he really is, he discovers that his life as a pseudo-vampire is more complicated than he expected.

This hilarious debut novel is for anyone who believes that sometimes even nice guys-without sharp teeth or sparkly skin-- can get the girl.

*(Beth totally votes for Spike from BtVS... swoon)

Contest!!!!!

So, we're hosting a contest! Thanks to our friends at Goodman Media, we're offering 5 (yes 5!) bottles of nail polish to celebrate the release of The Dark Divine by Bree Despain. The nail polish is a really fun and pretty purple color, and the bottles have the book title and everything on them. They're so adorable! So, the rules for the contest are as follows:



+1 entry for leaving a comment below that includes a story of a promise that either you or someone else broke.
+1 entry for becoming a follower
+2 entries for already being a follower
+1 entry for any tweet, you can get up to 5 (send us links)
+3 entries for making a blog post (send us a link)


The contest ends April 1. Good luck!
Happy Reading

Freaks And Revelations Review + Winners!!!

This raw, moving novel follows two teenagers-one, a Mohawk-wearing 17-year-old violent misfit; the other, a gay 13-year-old cast out by his family, hustling on the streets and trying to survive. Acclaimed author Davida Wills Hurwin creates a riveting narrative told in alternating perspectives of their lives before and after the violent hate crime that changed both their futures. This tragic but ultimately inspirational journey of two polarized teens, their violent first meeting, and their peaceful reunion years later is an unforgettable story of survival and forgiveness.

This story is inspired by the real lives of Matthew Boger and Timothy Zaal, who have shared their story on The Oprah Winfrey Show and NPR.

from amazon.com

Beth says 4 Stars...

The concept of this book scared me a little at first. I'm not the world's biggest Oprah fan, and books about "Oprah stories" can be more than a bit cliche and boring. So, I went into this book with less than astoundingly high expectations. I was pleasantly surprised by this novel. I really thought that the way the book was written made it much better. I loved that it was told by both of the major characters, and that it was so evident when the change occurred. The fact that the font changed was such a great divider, and I felt that the fonts were good representation of the characters. How the book managed to avoid the cliche was that it told the stories of the characters as individuals, instead of just focusing on the moment their paths crossed. The main complaint that I had was that at the beginning it was extremely difficult to determine which character was narrating.

I found the supporting cast to be interesting, and I though that the book was made richer because of them. None of them were astounding. The plot wasn't the main focus of the book; instead it relied on developing the main players and letting everything flow from there. The ending was so moving without being sappy and trite.

This was a lovely book that hit the right nerves once it got going. This is a good read about the biases that we have and how they affect others.


And now for the fun stuff! The winners of a copy are:

kalynnick
Rae
Linda

We're sending e-mails to the winners so we can get your addresses!

Books from Publisher

Happy Holidays Contest

Hi all! We're feeling ultra-nice because we've finished with school until 2010, so we're holding a contest! After all, the holidays are all about giving. What are we giving you may ask, well...

It's Freaks and Revelations by Davida Wills Hurwin. This books looks utterly fantastic, and thanks to the lovely people at Little, Brown we have three copies to give away.

So, here are the details.

+1 entry for leaving a comment below that includes the best gift you've ever received

+1 entry for becoming a follower

+2 entries for already being a follower

+1 entry for any tweet, you can get up to 5 (send us links)

+3 entries for making a blog post (send us a link)

The contest will end January 10, 2010. Open to residents of the US and Canada only, sorry.

Have a lovely holiday!

More Contest Fun!!!

Yes... We are giving away Geektastic! Thanks to our friends at Little, Brown we have not one, not two, but THREE copies of this amazing book to give out. Since we have so many copies we're going to do this contest a little differently. Two of the copies will be done by a random drawing, but the other will be given to the person who tells us their best geeky moment. Nathan and I will read all of them and then agree on the winner. So for entries:
+1 entry for submitting your story as a comment on this post.
+1 entry for tweeting about the contest and including a link in your tweet. If you tweet give us a link to your profile so we can check.
+2 entries for being or becoming a follower of in BetweeN the pages.
+2 entries for blogging about this contest or hosting a link in your sidebar. Give us the link for the blog for the extra entries.

It's come to our attention that Blogger is having some issues with the comment box. If for some reason you aren't able to comment, just send us an e-mail entitled Geektastic (or some other suitably geeky title) with the same information. Thanks for your patience.

As per the publisher's request this is for US and Canada only.

The contest ends August 27th so you all have two weeks.

May the Force be with you.

You're a Winner!

Well one of you is, and it's...Cassie! Congratulations, we'll be contacting you soon. A huge thank you to everyone who entered. We'll be having another contest very soon, we may in fact start at the end of this week, so be on the lookout.

Free Books for You

Hey everyone, our new contest starts today. We're giving away the Evernight series by Claudia Gray. That's right-you get both Evernight and Stargazer if you win. Here are the rules.
+1 entry for commenting below and telling us your best name for a vampire boarding school.
+1 entry for tweeting about the contest and including a link in your tweet. If you tweet give us a link to your profile so we can check.
+2 entries for being or becoming a follower of in BetweeN the pages.
+2 entries for blogging about this contest or hosting a link in your sidebar. Give us the link for the blog for the extra entries.
The contest will end July 27, 2009.
US residents only-sorry!

Best of luck and much love to everyone.

CONTEST TIME

Update: Thanks for the entries-The contest is now closed. We'll be announcing the winner soon.

That's right everyone-Beth and Nathan are hosting their first book give away. Since there are two of us here at the site, we're giving away two books.
One lucky reader will receive-














The Magicians of Caprona by Diana Wynne Jones
AND
Three Willows by Ann Brashares

Two very different books from two very different people.

Here's how it works. Post a comment below to be entered in the contest. If you follow our blog, you will gain one additional entry. Finally, if you post about this contest on another blog or site, and give us the link, you get 2 extra entries. So, if you comment, follow, and blog that's a total of 4 entries. The deadline is April 11, 2009. Beth and Nathan will be celebrating Nathan's birthday (which is not in April) at a Katy Perry Concert. So we're going to celebrate with you too by giving away books.

On your mark-Get set-GO!!!