You guys are all awesome - Back on December 2nd I was hoping to get up to 250 followers by the end of 2013, then something amazing happened! Lots of people followed!
So I wanted to do something special... I wanted to do a giveaway to say thank you.
So I wanted to do something special... I wanted to do a giveaway to say thank you.
THEN a certain author that I adore and had the opportunity to exchange a few emails with provided me with the perfect book to offer, as it has been at the top of my favorites since I read it!
How about a few of my favorite quotes to clue you in?
I live in a world without magic or miracles. A place where there are no shapeshifters, no angels or superhuman boys to save you. A place where people die and music disintegrates and things suck. I am pressed so hard against the earth by the weight of reality that some days I wonder how I am still able to lift my feet to walk.
"She's really small and fragile-looking, and at the same time, it's like she's some exotic teenager mercenary, all rock solid, dressed in black, ready to take somebody down. None of it makes any sense. it's kind of disconcerting. She's like an optical illusion. You look at it from one angle and you see the picture and you think you've got a lock on it and then it shifts and the image changes to something entirely different and you can't even find the original picture anymore. It's a serious mindfuck."
Wonderful. last night's dinner, the charred remains of my dignity, and apparently, now, my undergarments too. What else did I leave on Josh Bennett's bathroom floor? I have to admit that, even in the midst of such utter degradation, I think it's funny that he can't seem to say the word bra.
"Not my fault that you're distractingly pretty." I have to take a minute to confirm to the pissed off part of my brain that still works that, yes, in fact, I did just say that."
"I'd ask you, you know. If I was allowed. I'd ask you a thousand times until you'd tell me. But you won't let me ask."
"It wasn't so much that I wanted to see her again," he says, looking at me with the depth of more than seventeen years in his eyes. "I wanted her to see you."
Then he shifts just slightly and I'm not kissing him anymore. He's kissing me. And when does, part of me is lost. But it's the part that's twisted and mangled and wrong, and for just that moment, with his hands in my hair and his lips on my mouth, I can pretend that it never existed.
Got it yet?
But... this isn't just an e-book of The Sea of Tranquility... (because that's all you can get right now) it's a bound galley courtesy of Katja Millay and Simon & Schuster.
I have to steal from my own review to wrap up my feelings and thoughts about The Sea of Tranquility...
"This story has a bit of everything... There are light, and sweet moments and there are parts where I found myself laughing out loud at a passage and then turned the page and found myself rubbing that spot over my heart because it hurt and then gasping at the sadness that I experienced. There is incredibly written dialogue and so much emotion in this book. At times I felt overwhelmed by the story, but by the end it was almost like a deep breath of fresh air. And when I got to the last page... I knew I was in love."
This is absolutely something you will want to have in your collection! SO - this giveaway is just to say thank you to all the new follows and for all the love and support and just to let you know how awesome you all are.
(it's true... I did and do!)
A few rules -
*US Only - sorry International Friends
*Must be 13 or older to enter
*You have 48 hours to respond to my email or another winner will be picked
*Book will be sent out by S&S and I am not responsible for lost items
Cinder was my 2012 favorite :)
I might have squealed a little about this giveaway. First because I'm thrilled you got to 350 so fast (and much deserved, by the way) and second because I still haven't read this and desperately want to!!!
Oh, and fave for 2012 has to be TFIOS. :)
Merry Christmas Alex Cross!! Thanks for a Great Giveaway!!
The Sea of Tranquility was the last book I read in 2012. I've been lucky to read many good books in 2012, and its hard to pick, but I will most definitely remember this one, and read again.
The Sea of Tranquility was actually my favourite book :) with Vain by Fisher Amelie a close second.
Insurgent was my favorite from 2012!
I had 2 favs -The Sea of Tranquility and Hopeless.
Great Giveaway!
I think TSoT was such a great book, definitely one of my favorite of 2012. I just can't get over the perfection of this book!
Oh I wanted to read this and ILY so that should count.
My fav was Incidental Happenstance by Kim DeSalvo.
My fav was Incidental Happenstance by Kim DeSalvo.
I had many favorite books, but some were: On Dublin Street by Samantha Young and Captive and Seduced in the Dark by CJ Roberts.
I don't know what my favorite book was. hahahahahaha But I do know that YOU are one of my favorite people. xo
My favourite book was Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn :) How did you manage to get so many followers in so little time? You could do a post telling how to get followers quickly :D
Favorite book of 2012 was the Fault in our Stars by John Green.
Wha...? OMG! AHH. I need this!!!!
(PS - can you tell? THIS was one of my fav reads from 2012!!)
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
Where She Went by Gayle Forman
The Opportunist by Tarryn Fisher
The Sea of Tranquility by Katja Millay
SOT was my fave book of 2012. I am waiting to order a print copy!
Love this book!
TFioS had to be one of my favs for 2012.
I'm not really into reading new releases, so mine is a bit old, but my favorite book I read last year definitely had to be The Host. I was surprised. I really enjoyed it and am eagerly anticipating the next book!
The Sea of Tranquility and Slammed were my favorite books of 2012!
LOVED The Sea of Tranquility
My fave of 2012 was Sea of Tranquility. I sound like a broken record when I say this because I love this book so much!
Woot!
I can't to read this. :)
The Sea of Tranquility without a doubt.
I loved so many especially Hopeless and The Secret of Ella and Micha. Thanks for the great giveaway! I've been dying to read this!
Too hard a question -but the one I think about the most right now is The Edge of Never ;-) thanks for the giveaway!
Huge congrats on reaching 350 blog followers! And thank you so efffffing much for this super duper epic giveaway! :)) My fingers are crossed so hard, loooool!
And my favorite novel of 2012 was probably Crash by Nicole Williams! <3333
P.S. I sorta freaked out *BIG* time when I saw my blog button under favorite blogs -- like... freaked the freak out!
Thank you SOOO much; you are too awesome! :))))
Congrats on reaching 350!
Favorite of 2012 would have to be TFiOS. Such a great book. It made me laugh and cry (a lot!). Sea of Tranquility would have been fighting for the top spot in 2012, but I didn't read it until last week. LOVED IT!
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Congrats on the 350 followers! I absolutely loved this book!! It was one of my top five favorites for 2012.
Too many favorites!! I read some really fabulous books :) One of them was The Edge of Never!
On Dublin Street and Thoughtless. Thanks!!
I have a hard time picking a favorite but besides the Sea of tranquility (awesome book) I loves both Reason to breath books, Vain, Edge of never, Fallen to far, Sempre, Crow row, The Coincidence of Callie and Kayden, but my fav is a few years old, How to kill a rock star... all time fav book!
Congrats on all the new followers. Do you follow back? ;)
I can't really pick a favorite as there were a number that were great! I would include Sea of Tranquility in that list so since that is the giveaway, I will default to that one. If I make a list...it will be far too long but I will include The Fault in our Stars as well.
My favorite book would def have to be Crank by Ellen Hopkins
Too many to post but I just finished Consequences & Truth and they were great!
So, so many, but two of my favorites were The Raven Boys and The Diviners :)
The Sea of Tranquility was definitely one of my favorites, but I also loved Hopeless by Colleen Hoover and Angelfall by Susan Ee!
I see you all tweeting about this book on twitter and I'm dying to read it. The last book (besides fic) that I've read was Anna and the French Kiss (I'm always late to the party).
The Sea of Tranquility
I loved at lot of books last year but the one that stuck out the most was Hopeless by Colleen Hoover :) It was a really great story. Thank you for the giveaway!
The Coincidence of Callie and Kayden
My favorite was The Edge of Never.
This was definitely one of my favorite reads in 2012
Anything by Samantha Young. Oh and I loved Beautiful Disaster.
Loved This book!
My fave read of 2012 was The Sea of Tranquility. By far the most extraordinary book. I loved every bit of it, even that parts that pissed me off because they all culminated into the ending. I can't wait to buy this in hardcover.
My most favourite book in a lot of years!! would DIE and go to Josh's garage if I won this!!! I'm international but if I win I can supply a USA address xxxx
My favorite book of 2012 was either The Sea of Tranquility oooorrr Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuire. That was just SUCH a good book. Sigh. Thanks for the chance! (:
I can't just pick ONE! So.. TSoT, The Experiment in Terror Series by Karina Halle, Edge of Never, & Slammed.
My favorite would have to be The Golden Lily by Richelle Mead (I still cannot get over that ending)
The Fault in Our Stars was my favorite read in 2012<3 TSoT is in 1st place for 2013. Thank you for hosting this giveaway!