Books Book Books! You can win lots of books

Once again, our book giveaway princess, Princess Bookie, has something very awesome in store for you. A contest Craze Will be starting a week from Monday (September 27th) over her blog! It will last two weeks this year with the major blowout contest day on October 9th. Each day there will be a special contest or a little mini challenge to participate and win!

There's also a mystery pack of ARCs for one of the lucky promoters of this contest. Sounds perfectly awesome right? Head down to her blog to find more info on this!

Happy Chinese New Year

I know most of you guys don't celebrate it but I wish you a great year of the tiger ahead anyway : D



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Sing Me To Sleep Trailer

Check out the lovely trailer of Angela Morrison's upcoming book.



Love it? Come back in March for a chance to win a signed copy : D

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year

Have an awesome holidays my lovely authors, bloggers and readers ^^

*hugs and kisses*

Cover cover cover

Some remake covers I made for this contest. Something was missing in each and every cover but I couldn't tell exactly what it is...anyway, here are the cover for Something Like Fate, The Unwritten Rule & The Six Rules Of Maybe ;)








Pictures credits to deviantart.com


If you're interested, come and join us. You can stand a chance to win a bundle of ARCs. There are The Unwritten Rule, Chasing Brooklyn, Fallen to name a few.

Save Shrinking Violet + New feaure

AVE SHRINKING VIOLET CONTEST!

Help Tere keep her voice!


The book is about to go on back order and in order for more copies to be printed, more people have to place orders.

So here's how you can help:
Please tell anyone that you think might be interested to place an order now before it's too late. Guys, girls, grandmas. grandpas, you're never too old to read humorous teen fiction!

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1416596968

http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781416596967

I'm also running a contest for those that want to have some fun! There will be four winners, each receiving a $25 gift certificate to iTunes or the bookstore of their choice.

So how can you win?
1. Post a review of Shrinking Violet on Amazon.com or B & N.com 2 points

2 Blog, Tweet or Facebook about the Save Shrinking Violet Campaign 1 point for each mention

3. Take a picture of yourself wearing a sweater and mimicking the book's cover (you must have the book in the photo too). 2 points

Contest begins at 11pm on Thursday, September 24, 2009 and ends at 11pm on Thursday, October 15, 2009.
After you enter, you can either email me at danielle@daniellejoseph.com or leave me a comment here or on my blog at http://www.facebook.com/l/eed40;daniellejoseph.livejournal.com/.

Much love and thanks for your support,

Danielle





FEATURE: Friday Flavour

So I've been thinking (and has sent notes to some of you) about this feature for almost a month and I think that it should be somewhat appealing to the readers of my blog. Sometimes we read a book that we love so much that we can't stop talking about it but for some reason we cannot post its review some time soon. Sucks doesn't it? So the idea of Friday Flavour is to gush about a YA title that you've recently read (and loved) as well as recommending it to others by giving a few reasons why it rocks. Many of the authors have agreed to take part in and I hope you will as well ^^ You can have a list of drool-worthy books, you can talk about it and you can win cool prizes as well. So what are you waiting for?

If you're interested in being featured in Friday Flavour posts, please drop me an email at something_maybeATliveDOTcom. Even if you prefer to be an audience only, it's okay, I'd love to know what you think of the feature.

p.s For bloggers who have received the Friday Flavour form, I hope you could send it to me at the end of this week. If not, please let me know as well.


Thanks ; )

Author Tour & Contests

I'm meant to post this a few weeks ago but totally forgot (my bad) :(



Adriana Trigiani Tour.

Celebrated author Adriana Trigiani is adored by millions of fans around the world for her adult novels, including the New York Times bestsellers Very Valentine, Lucia, Lucia, The Queen of the Big Time, Rococo and the Big Stone Gap series. Teens finally have a chance to experience Adriana's humor, insight and beloved storytelling for themselves with the publication of her highly anticipated YA debut, VIOLA IN REEL LIFE (September 1, 2009; HarperTeen), the first in a new teen series.

Trigiani’s entrée into the teen world centers on fourteen year-old aspiring filmmaker Viola Chesterton. When Viola’s parents leave for Afghanistan to make a documentary, they send her to boarding school in South Bend, Indiana. Homesick for Brooklyn, her BFF Andrew Bozelli, her confidante mystical Caitlin Pullapilly, and cold sesame noodles from her favorite local place, Viola does her best to fit in. With her trusty camera in hand, her three dynamic roommates (Romy, Marisol and Suzanne) by her side, a new crush, and the challenge to write and direct her first movie, the year Viola was dreading becomes one filled with wonder, surprise, heartbreak and joy.

Inspired by the books Adriana discovered as a teen on her county Bookmobile when she was growing up in Virginia, VIOLA IN REEL LIFE touches on the importance of self-discovery, the comfort of friendship and the love of family.

Adriana will be going on a 6 city VIOLA IN REEL LIFE tour and it would be great if you could post her event schedule on your site:


Tuesday, September 1 - LAKE GROVE, NY - Barnes & Noble – 600 Smith Haven Mall – 7pm

Thursday, September 3 - LOS ANGELES, CA - Barnes & Noble – 189 Grove Drive – 7pm

Wednesday, September 16 - ATLANTA, GA - Barnes & Noble – 7660 North Point Parkway (Alpharetta, GA) – 7pm

Thursday, September 17 - DALLAS, TX - Borders – 10720 Preston Road, Suite 1018 – 7pm

Friday, September 18 - RALEIGH, NC - Quail Ridge Books & Music – 3522 Wade Ave. – 7:30pm

Tuesday, September 22 - CHICAGO, IL - Off-site event hosted by Anderson’s Bookshop – Pfeiffer Hall at North Central College, 310 E. Benton Ave. (Naperville IL) – 7pm

Thursday, September 24 - WASHINGTON, DC - Borders – 5871 Crossroads Center Way (Baileys Crossroads, VA) – 7:30pm



Share The Ghost Love Contest.

Want to win 1,3 or even 5 ARCs from the picture on the right along with some GUTG swag?

Just post a review of GHOST on Amazon and/or as many of the following sites as you like, and for each you post on, you’ll get an entry. Your review can be on one or all of the site below:

BarnesandNoble.com
Borders
Chapters.ca
Powells
GoodReads
Shelfari
LibraryThing

Then go back to this post and leave a comment with your links. Easy peasy aye?


L.K Madigan's Photo Contest.

Inspired by her own upcoming book Flash Burnout, L.K Madigan is hosting a photo contest which allows you to show off your photography skill and win big prizes. Here's the "task"

Color Spot:
Take a photo that is monochromatic (mostly all one color) or lacking in color, with one contrasting bright spot that draws the eye.

She also included some example so you can have an idea of what to do





For more information, click here.



Hopefully you'll find one or more of these interesting. Whatever you choose to participate, have a good time!

(Rather) Full Lists Of 2010 Releases or Book Addicts Will Run Out Of Cash Next Year.

So it's a few last days of school and I got nothing to do so I wandered around Goodreads and I found some 2010 YA lists but they don't seem to have many 2010 books. Most are those which will be published in late 2009. So to keep track with the next year babies I created two myself. Actually it was supposed to be one list only but Goodreads only allows 100 titles each one. Here are the books that will rock our next year...

Part 1

Part 2

There are only 162 so far since I left out all the books that are listed as 2010 ones but actual publishing dates of which are in 2009. Some Tenners haven't been noticed by Goodreads too *coughs coughs* thus I have to wait for a while before I can add them to the lists. Anyway, I hope these two will help you as much as possible with your requesting, stalking, getting info and the likes. Please vote for the books you like. I want to know which 2010 baby is most desired hehe.


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I'm Officially Back or Help Me Pick A Header

Hey everyone, it's me again. Finally I got my access to Blogger ^^ it's been hell of a week not getting to post anything on my blog. I miss you guys really much. But now I'm back and I'm trying to catch up with everything...it feels so great.

So during the days I was away I made some new headers for Serene Hours, 2 for fall and 2 for winter. I'm having trouble choosing between these two so I hope you guys could help me with it. Please have a look and tell me which one is your favorite.

Is it the header with the falling leaves?

...or this one with swaying flowers?

Click on the picture for clearer view. I know you won't refuse to help so comment on and let me know what you think ^^

Just A Quick Note

Some of you may realized and some not, but I haven't posted anything this week. There was something wrong with my internet service and I couldn't view any blogspot pages since Saturday. Now I can, but the speed is still so slow : (

I'll try to post whenever I can. Bare with me okay!

Love you all<3

A Charity Is Calling You. So Is An ARC of Ballads Of Suburbia

Stephanie Kuehnert's (the awesome author of I Wanna Be Your Joey Ramone) cousin has formed a formed an organization called Tipping Points in Philadelphia. It's an organization that provides high-quality, low-cost tutoring and test preparation services to at-risk, underprivileged youth to help them access college and higher education opportunities. At the moment, Tipping Points is competing for a grant from Match Rugby and Teach for America. To help Tipping Points, all you have to do is go here and cast a vote for them. Then for your chance to win an ARC of Ballads Of Surburbia, come back to Stephanie's blog and tell her. Extra entry is available so you'd better NOT miss this.

Also, if you love me (I know you do), don't forget to tell her that you heard about this contest from me. 

Interested in this contest or not, I hope you all will help Tipping Points<333

Happy Valentine's Day

happy valentine's day~

Have anyone received roses or candies today? I hope you all did, if not, here you are *hands out chocolate*. Enjoy your day and do not forget to spread love everywhere you go!!!

i HEART u : D

Happy Tag

I was tagged by Nadine for this meme.

Rules of the tag:
- Link to the person who tagged you
- List 6 things that make you happy
- Post the rules, tag 6 others and let them know you did so
- Then tell the person who tagged you your entry is finished!

SIX things that make me HAPPY:
: ) Books. I love books to death.
: ) Blogging and sharing my thoughts/feelings with others. I used to write diary everyday but it got boring and I decided to blog. It has been great!
: ) My cousin Ann. She rules <3>

: ) Having more friends. I'm shy so making friends is always so hard for me.

: ) Music. Who doesn't love music?

: ) Cute babies. Lately I've been addicted to babies, I don't even know why.

So these 6 lovely bloggers should tell us 6 things that make them happy too

Mellisa Walker at Mellisa Walker Blog
Lenore at Presenting Lenore
Chelsea at The Page Flipper
Korianne at Korianne Speaks
Carol at Bookluver Carol
Adele at Persnickety Snark

The Bookshelf Meme

I was tagged by Korianne. This sounds fun so I have to give it a try : D

1. Tag 3-5 people, so the fun keeps going!
2. Leave a comment at the original post at A Striped Armchair, so that Eva can collect everyone’s answers.
3. If you leave a comment and link back to Eva as the meme’s creator, she will enter you in a book giveaway contest! She has a whole shelf devoted to giveaway books that you’ll be able to choose from, or a bookmooch point if you prefer.
4. Remember that this is all about enjoying books as physical objects, so feel free to describe the exact book you’re talking about, down to that warping from being dropped in the bath water…


The book that’s been on your shelves the longest

It takes me forever to answer this one. My memories are so bad right now so even though I think it's A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett, I'm not really sure. Apart from Charles Dickens books, it's the only classic I loved and read over and over again. I bought A Little Princess because it seemed nice. Back then I didn't judge a book by its cover, but its title.

A book that reminds you of something specific in your life

I got this one for myself right after I had been accepted into university. It was bliss to read again. University Entrance Exam was super duper tough and it stressed me so much that I couldn't even do anything except waiting half a month for the results. This book was like a self-present. Everytime I looked at it I was proud and happy. Like nothing could stop  me if I try with all my heart. You may like this one if you love touching stories.

A book you acquired in some interesting way

It was actually not really interesting, but I had fun. I won this book over Books Boys Buzz. The rule was to leave comments wishing everyone a happy new year (since Perfect Chemistry's release was in the last week of Dec) and you could enter as many times as you liked. I wanted this book so bad that I came back everyday leaving replies in several languages. Seriously, if you've seen the msg board, you'll say I'm a extreme spammer =.= It got like 60+ comments under my name. Marley said I got picked randomly but somehow I thought she was scared I would flood the blog with my comments. (Just joking.)

The most recent addition to your shelves

One of the four I got recently. As I said it was from a soul sister and I couldn't wait to read it. Well, more like I want to read, but I want to save the book for later because my instinct tells me it'll be a good read.

A book that’s been with you to the most places

It's a shame I never finish this one. I bring it along every vacation I take, but until now I'm only halfway : ( I wish it was as cool as other James Pattison books though.

A bonus book that you want to talk about but doesn’t fit into the other questions

I read this book in Vietnamese because they don't have an English version for it. Marc Levy had been real popular for a long time but not until later did I find out about him. This one was best of the best. The only book that made me sleepless for two nights. It started in a strange way and ended with so much nostalgic feelings. If you could read in French, you should get this. I strongly recommended Ou Es Tu? (Will You Be There?)

Okay so here I tagged:

Lenore at Presenting Lenore
Chelsea at The Page Flipper
Nadine at Starry Night


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Thought I Should Say

happy chinese new year!!!!

I know many of you guys don't celebrate Chinese New Year but because it's such a special occasion, I have to share the joy. Hopefully everyone will have a fabulous year of the ox with happiness, love and success.

I can't wait to get my red pockets : D