Purple New Years Giveaway!

THIS CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED

Happy New Year everyone (well, almost)! It's been a long year for all of us, so we'd like to start this new year with a bang! A purple bang at that!

Why is it purple you ask? Because all the books we're giving out have PURPLE covers!

We will be giving away Advanced Reader Copies of:

• Bleeding Violet by Dia Reeves
• Wish by Alexandra Bullen
• The Betrayal of Natalie Hargrove by Lauren Kate
• The Ever Breath by Julianna Baggot

UPDATE

As a last minute update we're adding one more book to the giveaway: An Advanced Readers Copy of:

• Wanderlust: A Beautiful Americans Novel by Lucy Silag

So instead of 4, we will be drawing 5 winners! If you've already entered this contest, Wanderlust will be added as your fifth choice, but new entrants are welcome to place it wherever they want.

Want to win a copy? Here are 5 ways you can enter.

• +1 (You have to do this one) Leave a comment with your e-mail, and list the order in which you want the books (1:Really Want! - 4:Kind of Want)
• +1 Link to this contest on your blog. (You get another entry for everyplace you link)
• +1 Link to this contest on your Facebook/Myspace
• +1 Twitter this contest
• +1 Become a fan on Facebook of YAthenaeum
• Please provide evidence that you did the above (links will do).
  

Winners will be drawn on January 20th.
Books will be awarded as such:

• 1st drawn: First book on their list
  
• 2nd drawn: Second book on their list
• And so on...
  

Hope you all enjoy the New Year and good luck!

-The YAthenaeum Team

Scott Westerfeld Q&A!

Here's a Q&A with bestselling author Scott Westerfeld!

1. What's the most random question you can think of? Answer it.

What's your favorite signing pen?

Uniball Vision Elite

2. If 'they' decided to make a movie of your life, which actor would you want to play you?

Matt Keeslar

3. If someone suddenly threw a wad of twenty thousand dollars at you, how would you respond?

Grab it and attempt to catch it elegantly.

4. When writing some authors plan every detail and others just dive into the book, so are you an outliner or a diver (or a mix)?

Diver

5. Who pwns everything?

Cory Doctorow, the editor of Boingboing.net

6. Can you do the Time Warp again?

Yes, do I so choose.

Radiant Shadows Trailer

Hey guys, Lorena here. Just thought I'd share this trailer I made for Melissa Marr's upcoming novel, Radiant Shadows. She's holding a contest over on the Rath&Ruins forums that you still have time to enter!

Enjoy!

-Lorena

Hush, Hush- REVIEW

Lorena's Review of Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick

So every once in a while I tend to find one of those books that well, unless I finish it I just can't work. Hush, Hush is my latest one. Everything about this book just called to me. The story, the characters, the cover! Everytime I tried to put it down I would find myself sneaking glances at it till I had it back in my hands. It was that good.

Love was never part of the deal for Nora, her all work and no play attitude never left her interested in boys. Until Patch came around. With a smile and a look, Nora was caught, against her better judgment, by his attraction. But after a series of strange encounters, she's caught in a web of lies in which she doesn't know who to trust. She's falling for the fallen, and it just may cost her more than she's willing to pay.

If you haven't done so already, go out and get yourself a copy of this book. It really is not one to miss. It's such an moving story with such a well paced plot. I literally couldn't put it down. The characters are so beautifully crafted, but in ways that you just wouldn't expect. Patch at a first glance seems like your everyday bad boy, but the layers of character that he has are just beautifully interlaced, I honestly felt he'd fly right out of the book. Hush, Hush isn't all rainbows and romance. It's dark, it's deep, and the mystery of the story is so rich, the whole "one more chapter before bed" thing isn't going to work. You'll keep turning and turning till you find yourself reading the back flap, trying to find more story to read, trying to take in as much as you can. I know I did.

There are no credentials as to who would enjoy this book, it has something for everyone. It's got action, it's got romance, mystery, revenge, chases, true love, miracles. Brownie points if you got the reference. Point is, it has just a little bit of everything for everyone to enjoy.

Hush, Hush has a sequel, Crescendo, in the works to be published Fall of 2010.

Dave Barry & Ridley Pearson Q&A!

At Dave Barry & Ridley Pearson's event they were kind enough to answer our Q&A. Since it's them, you know hilarity is guaranteed.

1. If someone suddenly threw a wad of twenty thousand dollars at you, how would you respond?

Ridley= Count it and stimulate the economy.

Dave= Declare it on my income taxes. Though it also depends who threw it.

2. If 'they' decided to make a movie of your life, which actress would you want to play you?

Ridley= Julie Andrews or Mary Martin

Dave= Brad Pitt

3. When writing some authors plan every detail and others just dive into the book, so are you an outliner or a diver (or a mix)?

Ridley= We outline.

Dave= We use Ridley's idea, he invented the outline, did you know roman numerals were Roman originally?

4. Who pwns everything?

Dave= I don't think either of us.

Ridley= What's the next question?

5. What's the most random question you can think of? Answer it.

Dave= What is the capital of Vermont? Though I always ask this... It's Montpelier in case you were wondering... Who sings the song Mother-in-Law?

Ernie K-Doe, he's the only person to run for office after he died.

Ridley= Is it hot?

Yes.

We're giving no help for your blog...

6. Can you do the Time Warp again?

Dave= Is that still out there... "Let's do the time warp again."

Ridley= It involves time traveling hamsters.

Now for what you've all been waiting for, Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson, and the YAthenaeum Team performing the Time Warp: