Reading Writing Wormer

THATS RIGHT! now it's only ONE WEEK until the NEAR WITCH is out in bookstores and there is the FINAL GIVEAWAY!

 go here to see how to enter:
http://veschwab.wordpress.com/2011/07/25/1wtnw-or-the-final-epic-giveaway-of-epicness/

second to last giveaway for the countdown of the NEAR WITCH by Victoria Schwab! See how to enter here! http://veschwab.wordpress.com/2011/07/18/2wtnw-%E2%80%93-the-ya-rebels-giveaway/

Three weeks until the wonderful NEAR WITCH by Victoria Schwab comes out! August 2nd! SO she has yet another giveaway. EXCITING!

http://t.co/d4T5HeG

Authors are doing a tour in the south US!
http://ash2nash.blogspot.com/

also an amazing giveaway!

A few things!

1. I apologize i haven't updated much recently besides giveaways. I've had so much to do...

2. To go along with #1, i am trying to finish the first draft of my WIP done by school, which starts on August 11th. This may not happen with all the books i need to read.

3. BOOKS! Upcoming ones...
-book reviews i need to catch up on.... includes GONE GONE GONE, NIGHTSHADE, WOLFSBANE, SHIVER, LINGER, etc.
-FOREVER by Maggie Stiefvater [I won an ARC a few weeks ago for my entry into her art contest with this http://neonorange009.deviantart.com/art/Apple-Cover-Art-213050377! I am reading it now and will have it done by the time it comes out which is TUESDAY.]
-WILDEFIRE by Karsten Knight [im close to finishing it, but i had to put it down for the Wolves of Mercy Falls series. will finish ASAP.]
-THE NEAR WITCH by Victoria Schwab [one of the books i most look forward to, and i successfully got a few ARCs for my YALSA group, so i have that and am planning to start it as soon as i finish reading Forever.
-INVINCIBLE SUMMER by Hannah Moskowitz [i've heard great things about it and i have it from YALSA]
-ZOMBIES VS. UNICORNS by (anthology) [its definitely slow reading...]
-THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS by Lewis Carroll [almost done]
-A TOUCH MORTAL by Leah Clifford [i talk to her a lot so i have a sort of obligation to read her book, hah]

4. I'm going to Idaho on Monday for a week and five days, and my dad has promised me a LORD OF THE RINGS book marathon. So the last four books on the list may be a little delayed.

5. If you recommend books, they will be moved up on my list of things to read. you can see my entire to-reads shelves here on my goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/5169115?shelf=to-read
only the first page is in order.

Hourglass was a wonderful book. Myra took the old concept of time travel and worked it into the book where it was not cliche or stereotypical in a novel. The balance of romance to the fantasy part of it was perfect. Characters were really perfect for the story and had such a personality they could be real. Emerson, especially, was my favourite.

And One Other Random Reason Why HOURGLASS Was Awesome:

Sometimes i come across books that have very similar covers and i find it interesting. These are...

NEED by Carrie Jones                              LIPS TOUCH: THREE TIMES by Laini Taylor

The wonderful author of WITHER, Lauren DeStefano, is doing a drawing for a signed bookplate!

She has great suggestions on what to use it for...
1.) Stick it in your book
2.) Use its adhesive to repair a carburetor
3.) Rub your face against it like a cat
4.) Plant it to grow a bacon tree (disclaimer: this bookplate will not grow bacon)
5.) Fasten two chipmunks together and enter them in a three-legged race
6.) Dress it like Clark Gable to keep grandma company

go here to enter! it ends july 18th.

http://www.laurendestefano.com/blog/

http://wovenstrands.wordpress.com/2011/06/28/social-network-contest/ I also can't wait for this one! in celebration of "4 Hundred Days" by L Carroll!