Archive for October 14, 2014

It’s time for The 5th Annual Spooktacular Giveaway Hop ~ Enter to win The Maze Runner Trilogy Print Editions

Posted: October 14, 2014 in Dystopian, Giveaway Hop, Series, YA
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Welcome to the 5th Annual Spooktacular Giveaway Hop.

First I’d like to thank our tour host, I Am A Reader, Not A Writer. This is my favorite hop!

I’ve been waiting for this day on pins and needles.

I’m excited to be giving away all three books in The Maze Runner Trilogy. They are the print paperbacks and look amazing. I want them for myself! LOL

Entry is easy, it’s international, and you can enter at the end of this post.

There’s also a list of the other blogs participating so click away and enter for more fun prizes!

Good Luck!

Haven’t seen the movie yet? Here’s a video clip.

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Blurb

The perfect gift for fans of “The Hunger Games” and “Divergent,” this boxed set of the paperback editions of James Dashner’s” New York Times” bestselling series includes “The Maze Runner,” “The Scorch Trials,” and “The Death Cure.” “The Maze Runner” motion picture featuring the star of MTV’s “Teen Wolf,” Dylan O’Brien; Kaya Scodelario; Aml Ameen; Will Poulter; and Thomas Brodie-Sangster, and hits theaters September 19, 2014! Also look for James Dashner’s newest book “The Eye of Minds,” book one in the Mortality Doctrine series.
“If you ain’t scared, you ain’t human.”
When Thomas wakes up in the lift, the only thing he can remember is his name. He’s surrounded by strangers–boys whose memories are also gone.
“Nice to meet ya, shank. Welcome to the Glade.”
Outside the towering stone walls that surround the Glade is a limitless, ever-changing maze. It’s the only way out–and no one’s ever made it through alive.
“Everything is going to change.”
Then a girl arrives. The first girl ever. And the message she delivers is terrifying.
Remember. Survive. Run.
Praise for the Maze Runner series:
“[A] mysterious survival saga that passionate fans describe as a fusion of “Lord of the Flies,” “The Hunger Games,” and “Lost.””–EW.com
“Wonderful action writing–fast-paced…but smart and well observed.”–“Newsday”
“[A] nail-biting must-read.”–Seventeen.com
“Breathless, cinematic action.” –“Publishers Weekly”
“Heart-pounding to the very last moment.” –“Kirkus Reviews”
“Exclamation-worthy.” –“Romantic Times”
[STAR] “James Dashner’s illuminating prequel [“The Kill Order”] will thrill fans of this Maze Runner [series] and prove just as exciting for readers new to the series.” –“Shelf Awareness,” Starred

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I’m giving away The Maze Runner Trilogy paperback editions to one winner.

Entry is easy.

Just leave your email address so I can contact you if you win and answer this question:

“When a book is made into a movie, do you like to read the book first, or watch the movie first?”

Leave your answer in the comments.

This is an International Giveaway. All are welcome to enter!

Go HERE to follow the hop and enter more exciting giveaways!

I would have posted all of the links but they wouldn’t load right on my blog.

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Thanks so much for visiting fuonlyknew and Good Luck!

To see all of my giveaways click on the lucky horseshoe below!

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It begins….Day Zero ~ A Dystopian Blitz and Giveaway

Posted: October 14, 2014 in Blitz, Dystopian, giveaways, YA
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I’m always excited when I discover a new dystopian story.

Day Zero sounds great and the cover art is spectacular.

The author has written an interesting guest post too.

Take a look.

And don’t forget to enter the giveaway. You can win some awesome books!

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Day Zero
by Summer Lane
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(The Zero Trilogy #1)
Publication date: October 10th 2014
Genres: Dystopia, Young Adult
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Synopsis:

Elle is a survivor.
Since the collapse of modern society, she’s been living in the remains of downtown Hollywood, California, foraging for food and fighting for her life.
And then everything changes.
After she is forced out of her home, she heads north. What she finds is a group of bunker survivors, unlikely comrades, and the hope of a safe haven. Together, they journey toward the dregs of civilization, facing starvation, imprisonment and death.
They are alone, but they are ready.
Day Zero begins today.

Day Zero is a novella, the first installment in The Zero Trilogy, a novella series complementing the international bestselling Collapse Series.

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Enjoy this guest post from the author
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Creating the Klan

 

The fun thing about writing The Collapse Series is that there are hundreds of different stories to be told. In my primary series, the villainous Omega is the invasion force that is taking over the United States – from both the outside and inside. In Day Zero, I jumped into the same setting. The world has been ravaged by an invasion, and Omega has taken over everything.

 

But what about the places that are completely abandoned? The places without a militia presence or military stronghold of any kind? That’s how I came up with the Klan. Elle’s worst enemy in Day Zero is the Klan – a gang that rules the urban streets.

 

She deals with the Klan more than Omega, and in doing so, we get to explore a part of the apocalypse that Cassidy Hart hasn’t even seen. The Klan represents the dangers and pitfalls that society can stoop to when left unchecked. In such an archaic and desperate environment, it’s really no surprise that people have become bloodthirsty. Where is the moral compass of a community? Who determines what is right and what is wrong? It’s a theme I got to explore, and it was an enjoyable challenge to do so.

 

I modeled the Klan after numerous groups and cults that have popped up throughout history. The Klan, in essence, represents the evil of society just as much as Omega does in The Collapse Series – I just got to take a different approach with it. Where Omega is a cold, steely military force, the Klan is a medieval, feral society – almost tribal. It was an interesting story to explore, and I’m excited to share Elle’s story with the world!

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Author Summer Lane
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Summer Lane is the author of the international bestselling Collapse Series, which includes State of Emergency, State of Chaos, State of Rebellion and State of Pursuit. The fifth installment, State of Alliance, is releasing January 2015. Summer is also the author of The Zero Trilogy and an upcoming survivalist/science fantasy series coming in 2015. She owns WB Publishing, Writing Belle Magazine, and is an accomplished creative writing teacher and journalist.Summer lives in the Central Valley of California, where she spends her time writing, teaching, and writing some more. When she is not writing, she enjoys leisurely visits with friends at coffee shops, dates to the movies, hiking in the mountains and strolling on the beach.
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Tour-wide giveaway (International)
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A pack of eBooks including:

Dead Girl Walking, by Ruth Silver
Fractured Dream, by K.M. Randall
Spirit Warriors: The Scarring by DEL Connor
Eyes of the Enemy by Kelly Hess
Jacob, King of Portalia by Casey Club
Destiny Gift by Juliana Haygert
Aftershock by Roberta Trahan

Click on the rafflecopter below to enter.

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Event organized by Xpresso Book Tours.

Click on the banner to learn more and become a host!

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Thanks so much for visiting fuonlyknew and Good Luck!

To see all of my giveaways click on the lucky horseshoe below!

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Teaser Tuesdays #85 ~ The Memory Closet

Posted: October 14, 2014 in Mytery/Thriller, Teaser Tuesdays
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Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading.

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Anyone can play along! Just do the following:
• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page.
•Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

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My Teaser for today is from

The Memory Closet

 by Ninie Hammon

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Genre: Psychological thriller/mystery

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My teaser from 11% into the eBook.

“I don’t remember my childhood.”

“What is it ’bout your childhood you forgot?”

“Everything. I don’t have any memories at all of growing up. Didn’t you know that?”

She got a far-away look in her eyes and then recognition dawned.

“Your mind went plum blank, didn’t it? I remember now. You was so tore up after…” She stopped and bowed her head a moment. When she continued, her deep voice was so soft I had trouble hearing her. “…the accident. You got the forgets, didn’t you?”

The forgets. Yeah, that’s right. I got the forgets.

“I didn’t just forget the accident. I forgot everything.”

She looked up, startled.

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I spotted this as a free download on Amazon and grabbed it. I enjoy psychological thrillers and this sounded like quite a mystery too. I’m so into this story and can’t wait to finish it so I can tell you what I thought.

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Synopsis

What really happened to Laughs in the Wind?

When Anne Mitchell was 11 years old, something happened to her that erased the whole first decade of her life.

Twenty-five years later, she has come home to re-claim her past.

Oh, she gets it. She understands that something profoundly evil lurks in the swirling purple haze of her amnesia. Fear of facing that secret held her hostage. Like a schoolyard bully, it twisted her arm behind her back and forced her to accept that her life began in the dirt beside the ditch where the family station wagon burned like hell had opened up a crack in the world right there in the back seat.

For 25 years, she was enslaved by what she called the “Boogie Man”– images from her lost childhood that appeared in the shadows behind her reflection in mirrors and wine glasses, haunted her dreams and attacked her in screaming night terrors.

Then the monster shattered her career.

And Anne saw him in her dying mother’s eyes.

With her last breath, Susan Mitchell begged for her daughter’s forgiveness. She didn’t mean for it to happen, she gasped, but she’ll burn in hell for what she did all the same.

What did her mother do? Anne has to know.

So she has come home to a small Texas prairie town to live with her crazy grandmother in the rambling old house where she grew up to take her stand against the Boogie Man. But Anne isn’t really prepared for how expensive remembering might be. The cost of her memories could very well be her sanity.

Each new revelation loosens Anne’s grip on reality.

Surely her crazy grandmother didn’t do THAT to Anne’s beloved parakeet! Yes, the old woman DID! No … actually, she didn’t.

The horror that attacks her in the garage–it can’t possibly be real…can it?

And most important: what happened to the little girl with a face like a china doll whose name was Laughs in the Wind?

The Boogie Man knows.

He also knows Anne’s here. He knows it’s showtime. And he knows what she doesn’t–that Anne might very well have to pay for her past with her future, that the cost of remembering could be her life.

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How about you? Got a tease? Tell me!

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