September New Release Giveaway Hop

Welcome to my stop on the September New Release Giveaway Hop, which is hosted by Book Twirps & Refracted Light Reviews.

I am giving away 1 copy of

The Raven Boys (Raven Cycle #1) by by Maggie Stiefvater.

(I read it and loved it and I want to read it again! It was so good. I want everyone to read and enjoy it and ooh and aah and gush to the extreme with me.)

Contest Rules:

• The hop runs September 15th through July 30th.
• Giveaway is International as long as The Book Depository ships to your country.
• Must be 13 years of age or older to participate.
• Fill out the Rafflecopter entry below.
• Winner will have 48 hours to respond to email or a new winner will be chosen.
• Be sure to check out the linky below and visit all of the participating blogs.

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Teaser Tuesday (5)

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading.

• 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!

The Raven Boys (Raven Cycle #1) by Maggie Stiefvater


Hardcover, 408 pages
Expected publication: September 18th 2012 by Scholastic Press


Blue had two rules: Stay away from boys, because they're trouble, and stay away from raven boys, because they were bastards. ~ page 81


"Thanks for coming, Jane," Gansey said.
Blue shot him a dirty look. "You're welcome, Dick." ~ page 265

There is a seriousness in The Raven Boys due to the dire warnings about Blue causing her true love to die. (That is not a spoiler - it's in the book's synopsis.) But we also get a bit of cheeky humor, inside jokes, and one-liners that keep the story from being too heavy.

*Quotes are from the eARC and are subject to change.

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Sunday Updates (5)

Inspired by features from The Sunday Post from Kimba the Caffeinated Book Reviewer and Sunday Summary from Book Twirps.

Received For Review:
The Raven Boys (Raven Cycle #1) by by Maggie Stiefvater (via NetGalley)

Reviews Posted:
Such A Rush by Jennifer Echols
This Is Not A Test by Courtney Summers

Books Read This Week:
I was somehow able to start reading 3 books and finish not a single one. But I did manage to squeeze in a 3 day mini vacation with the family and not miss a blog post every day. I don't usually read more than 1 book at a time, but I was feeling restless and not happy with what I was reading.

Giveaways:
700 Follower Giveaway Ends July 17th
July New Release Giveaway Hop Ends July 31st

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Book Trailer: The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater

I am so excited to bring you The Animated Book Trailer for The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater!

Let me know what you think about the trailer, and if you are excited to read this series.



You can check out more about this series and the author at maggiestiefvater.com


The Raven Boys (Raven Cycle #1) by Maggie Stiefvater

Hardcover, 416 pages
Expected publication: September 18th 2012 by Scholastic Press

Synopsis From Goodreads:

“There are only two reasons a non-seer would see a spirit on St. Mark’s Eve,” Neeve said. “Either you’re his true love . . . or you killed him.”

It is freezing in the churchyard, even before the dead arrive.

Every year, Blue Sargent stands next to her clairvoyant mother as the soon-to-be dead walk past. Blue herself never sees them—not until this year, when a boy emerges from the dark and speaks directly to her.

His name is Gansey, and Blue soon discovers that he is a rich student at Aglionby, the local private school. Blue has a policy of staying away from Aglionby boys. Known as Raven Boys, they can only mean trouble.

But Blue is drawn to Gansey, in a way she can’t entirely explain. He has it all—family money, good looks, devoted friends—but he’s looking for much more than that. He is on a quest that has encompassed three other Raven Boys: Adam, the scholarship student who resents all the privilege around him; Ronan, the fierce soul who ranges from anger to despair; and Noah, the taciturn watcher of the four, who notices many things but says very little.

For as long as she can remember, Blue has been warned that she will cause her true love to die. She never thought this would be a problem. But now, as her life becomes caught up in the strange and sinister world of the Raven Boys, she’s not so sure anymore.

From Maggie Stiefvater, the bestselling and acclaimed author of the Shiver trilogy and The Scorpio Races, comes a spellbinding new series where the inevitability of death and the nature of love lead us to a place we’ve never been before.

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