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YAmazing Race with MGnificent prizes part Deux!
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NOTE: The race is officially over! Winners will be announced tomorrow on the apocalypsies blog for the race and for my own contest I’ll announce here tomorrow along with instructions on how to get your signed bookplate. Thanks for entering!
ETA: I’m having trouble with my comments section for some reason. However, I’m still getting all comments, even if they can’t be seen below. I will still be able to draw a winner. 🙂
Whoot! It’s that time again. Time for the 2nd YAmazing Race with MGnificent prizes! In case you weren’t here for the first one, it’s a blog hop featuring over 50 debut authors, and prize packs that include ARCs, gift certificates, swag, and more! If you haven’t yet been to the Apocalypsies website, please click here to start from the beginning and read the complete rules.
Welcome to my stop! Now on to the race!
RENEGADE by J.A. Souders
Since the age of three, sixteen-year-old Evelyn Winters has been trained to be Daughter of the People in the underwater utopia known as Elysium. Selected from hundreds of children for her ideal genes all her life she’s thought that everything was perfect; her world. Her people. The Law.
But when Gavin Hunter, a Surface Dweller, accidentally stumbles into their secluded little world, she’s forced to come to a startling realization: everything she knows is a lie.
Her memories have been altered.
Her mind and body aren’t under her own control.
And the person she knows as Mother is a monster.
Together with Gavin she plans her escape, only to learn that her own mind is a ticking time bomb… and Mother has one last secret that will destroy them all.
Got all that?
Great! You’ll need remember it for the quiz ahead! And don’t forget, you must complete ALL FIVE quizzes to be eligible for a prize pack.
But, wait! I have another giveaway for you!
Want to win an ARC when I get them?
Just tell me what one memory you don’t want to lose in the comments and don’t forget to add your email addy.
Bonus points:
This contest is open internationally. And as a special thank you, I will send a signed bookplate to EVERYONE who enters! Be sure to preorder your copy of RENEGADE today (IndieBound, Barnes And Noble, Book Depository, Books-A-Million, Powell’s, Amazon ) to have something to stick it in!
Thanks for stopping by. Ready to move on?
Click HERE to go to the next stop on the race!
Happy Book Birthday!
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A happy book birthday to the following Apocalypsies!
WHAT SHE LEFT BEHIND by Tracy Bilen (Simon Pulse)
In this suspenseful thriller, Sara and her mother are going to secretly escape her abusive father—when her mother mysteriously disappears.Sara and her mom have a plan to finally escape Sara’s abusive father. But when her mom doesn’t show up as expected, Sara’s terrified. Her father says that she’s on a business trip, but Sara knows he’s lying. Her mom is missing—and her dad had something to do with it. With each day that passes, Sara’s more on edge. Her friends know that something’s wrong, but she won’t endanger anyone else with her secret. And with her dad growing increasingly violent, Sara must figure out what happened to her mom before it’s too late…for them both.
THE VICIOUS DEEP by Zoraida Córdova (Sourcebooks Fire)
For Tristan Hart, everything changes with one crashing wave.
He was gone for three days. Sucked out to sea in a tidal wave and spit back ashore at Coney Island with no memory of what happened. Now his dreams are haunted by a terrifying silver mermaid with razor-sharp teeth.
His best friend Layla is convinced something is wrong. But how can he explain he can sense emotion like never before? How can he explain he’s heir to a kingdom he never knew existed? That he’s suddenly a pawn in a battle as ancient as the gods.
Something happened to him in those three days. He was claimed by the sea…and now it wants him back.
WELCOME CALLER, THIS IS CHLOE by Shelley Coriell (Amulet)
Big-hearted Chloe Camden is the queen of her universe until her best friend shreds her reputation and her school counselor axes her junior independent study project. Chloe is forced to take on a meaningful project in order to pass, and so she joins her school’s struggling radio station, where the other students don’t find her too queenly. Ostracized by her former BFs and struggling with her beloved Grams’s mental deterioration, lonely Chloe ends up hosting a call-in show that gets the station much-needed publicity and, in the end, trouble. She also befriends radio techie and loner Duncan Moore, a quiet soul with a romantic heart. On and off the air, Chloe faces her loneliness and helps others find the fun and joy in everyday life. Readers will fall in love with Chloe as she falls in love with the radio station and the misfits who call it home.
Veteran Plea for Help: Bob Strait and Family from RangerUp videos
>Hi all. Most of you probably know, I try to keep out of politics or really anything inflammatory because I really don’t see a point in fighting (which invariably happens), plus I HATE conflict unless it’s in my books. However, my husband showed me this video last night and I HAD to share it.
What happened to these poor people is DISGUSTING. Completely disgusting. And it’s not just the fact of what happened, which is horrible on it’s own. It’s the fact that the media doesn’t care AT ALL. I NEVER heard a word of this before now. And I don’t even have words for it now except to say that they deserved better. Much better.
I can’t do much to help, but I can share the video. And hope that I can spread the word. So, please, if you could just take a few minutes of your time to watch the video and share it as well, I would appreciate it.
And to Mr. Strait and his family: You and your wife deserved better. I’m very sorry for what happened and how it was basically ignored by every media outlet. My thoughts and prayers will be with you and your family.
To all my blog readers. We’re all adults (or young adults) here and we’re smart, beautiful people. I know that not everyone will agree with me or the video and will want to voice that opinion. As I have voiced mine. Of course, that’s fine. In fact, I will encourage smart discussion of this topic. Therefore, I will leave comments available for this post, but PLEASE, please keep in mind what this family has already gone through and keep your comments respectful and tasteful. Anything I determine to be disrespectful, inflammatory, or racist/sexist, etc, will be deleted.
Hoppy Easter Eggstravaganza Giveaway Hop
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That being said, if book depository delivers to your country, then you can enter, so yes, it’s International.
Here’s the cover and blurb:
Since the age of three, sixteen-year-old Evelyn Winters has been trained to be Daughter of the People in the underwater utopia known as Elysium. Selected from hundreds of children for her ideal genes, all her life she’s thought that everything was perfect; her world. Her people. The Law.But when Gavin Hunter, a Surface Dweller, accidentally stumbles into their secluded little world, she’s forced to come to a startling realization: everything she knows is a lie.Her memories have been altered.Her mind and body aren’t under her own control.And the person she knows as Mother is a monster.Together with Gavin she plans her escape, only to learn that her own mind is a ticking time bomb… and Mother has one last secret that will destroy them all.
*I’m posting early, it doesn’t officially start until midnight, but please do come back and enter. 🙂
RENEGADE’s Release date
>I’m just bursting with good news lately! As of today, RENEGADE will be released in the US in exactly 8 months! For those like me who are having issues with the math 🙂 the release date is:
