Coffeehouse Angel Re-Create A Cover Contest

There is another on of these oh-so-lovely recreate a cover contests over on Trisha's Book Blog. You still have a few days to enter, get to it!

This is the original cover:


When Katrina spots a homeless guy sleeping in the alley behind her grandmother’s coffee shop, she decides to leave him a cup of coffee, a bag of chocolate-covered coffee beans, and some pastries to tide him over. Little does she know that this random act of kindness is about to turn her life upside down. Because this adorable vagrant, Malcolm, is really a guardian angel on a break between missions. And he won’t leave until he can reward Katrina’s selflessness by fulfilling her deepest desire. Now if only she could decide what that might be .

Here is the cover Lorena designed:

This was just a quickie before I left for - yeah freaking right, this took so damn long to make, I'm wont be doing another one of these in a long time. Despite the ridiculous amount of work I put into this, I had fun making it. Everything but the spoon, coffee, and table is my own work. That sugar wing was such a pain in the butt to make, but I love how it came out. I hope you guys do too! Oh yeah, also I'm leaving for my first year in college tomorrow :D so, peace!

Losing Faith Re-Create a Cover Contest

Princess Bookie is hosting a Losing Faith Re-Create a Cover Contest! Lorena decided to enter it, but we're encouraging others to go ahead and enter HERE you can win a lot of goodies!

This is the original cover

When Brie's sister, Faith, dies suddenly, Brie's world falls apart. As she goes through the bizarre and devastating process of mourning the sister she never understood and barely even liked, everything in her life seems to spiral farther and farther off course. Her parents are a mess, her friends don't know how to treat her, and her perfect boyfriend suddenly seems anything but.

As Brie settles into her new normal, she encounters more questions than closure: Certain facts about the way Faith died just don't line up. Brie soon uncovers a dark and twisted secret about Faith's final night...a secret that puts her own life in danger.

This is the cover I designed for the contest:

I had originally designed it as a full book jacket, but then I realized it was being published as trade paperback so I cut it down. Hope you like it!

Graduation Giveaway- FINAL WEEK

This contest has ended

Happy Graduation! It's been a long 4 years for us, so we'd like to end it with a bang!

This is our last week of school, and our last days as seniors! So naturally, this is the last week of the giveaway. This week we have 6 books to giveaway! We'd like to thank everyone who's followed the giveaway for the 6 weeks, and congratulate everyone who's won!

Here are the this week's books:

We will be giving away copies of:

• Perchance to Dream by Lisa Mantchev
• Beautiful Dead: Jonas by Eden Maguire
• Poetry Speaks Who I Am by Elise Paschen and Dominique Raccah
• Explorer X-Alpha by LM Preston
• The Star Shack by Lila Castle
• Birthmarked by Caragh M. O'Brien

Want to win a copy? Here are 6 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! - 6: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 Like us on Facebook : YAthenaeum
• +1 Subscribe to us on YouTube : YAthenaeum
• Please provide evidence that you did the above (links will do).

Winners for this week will be drawn on Sunday June .
Books will be awarded as such:

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

Good luck!
-The YAthenaeum Team

Marr Awards Giveaway- WINNER

Oh my! We got so caught up with the Graduation Giveaway, that we forgot to announce the winner of the Marr Awards Giveaway!

Congratulations, Genesis!
You get to pick any Melissa Marr book to be awarded to you!
Please e-mail us with your choice and mailing address!

Thank you to everyone who entered! The voting stage has just begun, so please stop by and vote for Lorena (ryuumisstres) if you have a minute!

-The YAthenaeum Team

Graduation Giveaway- 1st WEEK

This week's giveaway is closed.

Happy (almost) Graduation! It's been a long 4 years for us, so we'd like to end it with a bang!

Every Monday we will post 5 books (or more if we get more books) from the list. You will have until Sunday morning to enter your name into the drawing. After that, the 5 books will be awarded and the next 5 books will be announced. So if there's anything you want in specific, you'll just have to check in with us every week till it's drawn.

Here are the this week's books:

We will be giving away copies of:

• Gimme a Call by Sarah Mlynowski (SIGNED)
  
• Magickeepers: The Pyramid of Souls by Erica Kirov
• Poetry Speaks Who I Am by Elise Paschen and Dominique Raccah
• Bruiser by Neal Shusterman
• The Summer of Skinny Dipping by Amanda Howells

For a COMPLETE list of the books in the giveaway go to THIS POST

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! - 5: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 Like us on Facebook : YAthenaeum
• Please provide evidence that you did the above (links will do).

Winners for this week will be drawn on Sunday May 9th.
Books will be awarded as such:

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

Good luck!
-The YAthenaeum Team

The Dark Divine Nail Polish WINNERS

Now that the time for entries has finished, out of a random drawing of winners.

The entrants who will be receiving a copy of The Dark Divine and TDD Nail Polish are:

Ann Diana Dihn, and Bookie

The entrants who will be receiving a bottle of TDD Nail Polish are:

Aik, and Koey

Congratulations to the winners, and thank you to all of you who entered.

-The YAthenaeum Team

The Marr Awards - GIVEAWAY

The Marr Awards are fan awards for everyone in the Wicked Lovely fandom. They are awarded TO fans BY fans and recognize amazing art, writing, and other contributions to the Wicked Lovely fandom.

So how do they work?

Wicked Lovely's fabulous fan artists are nominated by you (the fans!) for a Marr Award. There are 25 categories, ranging from Best Fan Art to Best Quote to Hottest Character. Nominations will be open for about a month. When the Nominations period is over, the lucky artists with the most nominations will move on to the Voting stage, where ALL Melissa Marr fans will be able to vote for who they think should win a Marr Award!

Cool! How can I nominate someone?

Nominating is really easy - go to the nominations page for the details. If you need to take a look at the categories available for nomination go here.

And we're happy to announce that our Art Director, Lorena, was nominated for a Marr Award under the category of Best Video for her Radiant Shadows Trailer. So in turn, we'll host a small giveaway to support her campaign and The Marr Awards! If you like her trailer please stop by the nominations page and nominate her for Best Video, she needs as many supporters as she can get!

So here's how this will work.

We will be giving away:

• (1) Copy of a Melissa Marr book. (Winner's Choice)
  

Want to win? Here are the ways you can enter.

• +1 Leave a comment or e-mail us with your e-mail and name
• +1 Tell us what Wicked Lovely Court you'd want to belong to.
  
• +1 Link to this giveaway on your blog (You get another entry for everyplace you link)
• +1 Link to this giveaway on your Facebook/Myspace
• +1 Twitter this giveaway
• +1 Become a fan of YAthenaeum on Facebook

Please provide evidence that you did the above (links will do).
Winner will be drawn on May 27th.

Review of Fragile Eternity
Review of Radiant Shadows

Good luck!

-The YAthenaeum Team

Graduation Giveaway- MAJOR UPDATE!

Our Graduation Giveaway pile has now reached a whopping 30 books! (And is subject to grow)

And we're excited to announce that the giveaway will officially begin Monday, May 3rd and will run to mid June.

So here's a sneak peak at how this is going to work:
Every Monday we will post 5 books (or more if we get more books) from the list. You will have until Sunday morning to enter your name into the drawing. After that, the 5 books will be awarded and the next 5 books will be announced. So if there's anything you want in specific, you'll just have to check in with us every week till it's drawn. Official Rules will be posted May 3rd.

Here's an updated list of books that we will be raffling out!

• Perchance to Dream by Lisa Mantchev (3 2 1)
• Beautiful Dead: Jonas by Eden Maguire (3 2 1)
• Poetry Speaks Who I Am by Elise Paschen and Dominique Raccah (3 2 1)
• Explorer X-Alpha by LM Preston (2 1)
• The Owl Keeper by Christine Brodien-Jones (1)
• Everwild by Neal Shusterman (1)
• Bruiser by Neal Shusterman (1)
• The Demon's Covenant by Sarah Rees Brennan(1)
• Princess for Hire by Lindsey Leavitt(1)
• Magickeepers: The Pyramid of Souls by Erica Kirov (1)
• Never Blame the Umpire by Gene Fehler (1)
• The Popularity Papers by Amy Ignatow (1)
• Hailey Twitch is Not a Snitch by Lauren Barnholdt (1)
• Riding Invisible by Sandra Alonzo (1)
• The Enemy by Charlie Higson (1)
• The Summer of Skinny Dipping by Amanda Howells (1)
• My Soul to Save by Rachel Vincent (1)
• The Golden Spiral by Lisa Mangum (1)
• The Star Shack by Lila Castle (1)
• Dark Life by Kat Falls (1)
• Lost Souls by Mel Odom and Jordan Weisman (1)
• Birthmarked by Caragh M. O'Brien (1)
• 
  Dreamdark: Silksinger by Laini Taylor (1)
• Gimme a Call by Sarah Mlynowski (1)

This list will only keep growing so check back soon to see what else we give away!

-The YAthenaeum Team

The Dark Divine Nail Polish- CONTEST

THIS CONTEST IS CLOSED

Have you ever wanted your nails to match the cover of a book you love? Well, we're giving away bottles of The Dark Divine nail polish! (And a copy of the book too!)

The Dark Divine by Bree Despain

"Grace Divine, daughter of the local pastor, always knew something terrible happened the night Daniel Kalbi disappeared—the night she found her brother Jude collapsed on the porch, covered in his own blood—but she has no idea what a truly monstrous secret that night held.

The memories her family has tried to bury resurface when Daniel returns, three years later, and enrolls in Grace and Jude's high school. Despite promising Jude she'll stay away, Grace cannot deny her attraction to Daniel's shocking artistic abilities, his way of getting her to look at the world from new angles, and the strange, hungry glint in his eyes.

The closer Grace gets to Daniel, the more she jeopardizes her life, as her actions stir resentment in Jude and drive him to embrace the ancient evil Daniel unleashed that horrific night. Grace must discover the truth behind the boy's dark secret...and the cure that can save the ones she loves. But she may have to lay down the ultimate sacrifice to do it—her soul."

We will be giving away:

• (1) Copy of The Dark Divine & The Dark Divine Nail Polish
• (3) The Dark Divine Nail Polish
  

Want to win? Here are the ways you can enter.

• +1 Leave a comment or e-mail us with your e-mail and name
• +1 Tell us why you think forgiveness is important
• +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 of YAthenaeum on Facebook

Please provide evidence that you did the above (links will do).

Winners will be drawn on April 30th.

• First name drawn will receive the book & nail polish
• Next three will receive The Dark Divine nail polish
  

Good luck and thank you for entering!

-The YAthenaeum Team

Graduation Giveaway- UPDATE

We announced back in February that at the end of the school year we would be hosting a month long giveaway of YA books. And it's still going to happen!

Three YAthenaeum members; Lorena, Erika, and Brigitte will be graduating this summer and heading off to college, so we wanted to end it with a bang!

Here's an updated list of books that we will be raffling out!

• Perchance to Dream by Lisa Mantchev (3)
• Beautiful Dead: Jonas by Eden Maguire (3)
• Poetry Speaks Who I Am by Elise Paschen and Dominique Raccah (3)
• Explorer X-Alpha by LM Preston (2)
• The Owl Keeper by Christine Brodien-Jones (1)
• Everwild by Neal Shusterman (1)
• The Demon's Covenant by Sarah Rees Brennan(1)
• Princess for Hire by Lindsey Leavitt(1)
• Magickeepers: The Pyramid of Souls by Erica Kirov (1)
• Never Blame the Umpire by Gene Fehler (1)
  
• The Popularity Papers by Amy Ignatow (1)
• Hailey Twitch is Not a Snitch by Lauren Barnholdt (1)
• Riding Invisible by Sandra Alonzo (1)

This list will only keep growing so check back soon to see what else we give away!

-The YAthenaeum Team

Heather Brewer Intro- CONTEST

Celebrate the fourth book in her bestselling series, The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod – Eleventh Grade Burns (Dutton, $16.99) – when Heather Brewer visits us for a party even Vlad himself would enjoy. Forget the Junior Prom. For Vlad, we’ve got the anti-prom, a party dripping in sarcasm and blood red décor. It’s just the thing to help with another sucky year at high school for Vlad, as it looks like things have taken a more serious turn for the teenage vampire who is trying to keep his secret from the world. Joss, a professional vampire slayer and Vlad’s former friend, has moved back to town. A mysterious and very powerful new vampire, Dorian, has arrived on the scene, and he has an overwhelming desire to drink Vlad’s blood. And if things aren’t bad enough, Vlad’s arch enemy, D’Ablo, has brought his uncle Otis to trial for crimes against vampires. So much for Junior Prom! When the tables turn on Vlad, he has just enough time to return to Bathory for his final goodbyes. The stunning cliffhanger ending that will leave readers begging for more. Don’t miss your chance to party with Heather Brewer for this Vampire Valentine’s Day Bash – music and more!

To honor the release of this title, Books & Books will be hosting an author event at their Coral Gables store. Where author Heather Brewer will read, and sign books for admiring fans. But as the final preparations are installed for the weekend's event, we realized we forgot the most important part. We don't have anyone to introduce Heather!

Normally one of us would gladly do it, but we figured, hey why not let the fans give Heather a proper intro, along with a FREE copy of Eleventh Grade Burns to the chosen winner.

Again however, this contest will be limited to those who will be able to attend the event.

So how about we get straight to the rules? To enter, just write up a short intro, which you would use to introduce the author. Please no longer than 4 minutes.

.:Rules:.

• Write an intro to introduce Heather Brewer. 4 minutes max.
  
• E-mail entry to yathenaeum@yahoo.com
  
• Include a phone number at which we may contact you if you win.
  
• You must be present at the event on February 14th.
  
• Contestants are limited to 1 entry
  
• Deadline is Friday, February 12th at 7:00 p.m. Eastern

.:Prizes:.
1 entrant will receive:

• 1: Chance to introduce Heather Brewer at the Valentine's Day Vampire Ball on February 14th.
• 1: Copy of Eleventh Grade Burns by Heather Brewer

Winners will be chosen on Friday, February 12th at 8:00 p.m. and announced shortly after. (Keep a lookout!)

-The YAthenaeum Team

Purple New Years Giveaway!- UPDATE

THIS CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED
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.

For original contest rules please go to the original post: HERE

-The YAthenaeum Team

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

*Another* Another Faust Contest

Today we bring you a guest contest from Dina and Daniel Nayeri, authors of Another Faust. There's plenty of goodies to be won, so we encourage everyone to enter! So without further ado, here is their post:

Hi everyone. Dina and I are about to kick off a month-long tour for our book, Another Faust, and we want to do it by announcing a contest! We are looking for the most promising writers out there (that’s YOU). And then we want to showcase their work, so that all of the Internet can bask in their awesome writing might (and, you know, give them prizes).

HERE’S HOW IT GOES.

We want you to write your own short story, re-imagining of the Faustian Bargain. (For inspiration, check out Bedazzled, Simpsons “Tree House of Horrors IV,” and The Little Mermaid). It can be about anything you like (but let’s keep it PG-13, and under 3,000 words), and it’s open to everyone.

All you have to do is send your entry to dviergutz@gmail.com before January 31.

Rules and details can be found here.

Make sure to read them so you don’t get DQed

And the winner gets all kinds of sweetness:

• A signed copy of Another Faust
• A handwritten deleted scene
• A featured article & interview on our site
• An author’s galley of the sequel Another Pan

Though we’ll feature the top five on our site for comments, the judging WON’T happen by popular vote (so basically, we don't care which contestant has the most friends). Dina and I will personally read them.

So, spread the word! Tweet, retweet, forward, thread, spread, embed this post.

Good luck!

D&D

Monster's Proof and The Morgue and Me Contest Winners!

Since both the Monster's Proof contest and The Morgue and Me giveaway were ending within a day of each other, we decided to announce the winners together.

So, first, we'd like to congratulate Paradox for winning the first publicly signed copy of Monster's Proof by Richard Lewis by proving that she herself is a contradiction!

And last but not least, we'd like to congratulate Lisette for winning the copy of The Morgue and Me by John C. Ford!

We hope you both enjoy your book! Special thanks to Richard Lewis and John C. Ford for giving us their book to give away! Also, thanks goes to everyone who entered!

-The YAthenaeum Team

Death by Denim Giveaway Winners!

Our Death by Denim giveaway is now over and it's time to announce the winners:

Congratulations to 

Susan, Deniz, and Prodhi!

Thanks to all who entered! Remember we still have two ongoing contests (if you haven't entered them already) for more chances to win books.

-The YAthenaeum Team

John C. Ford Q&A and Contest!

This Contest is Closed

John C. Ford, author of the new book The Morgue and Me, was kind enough to stop by and even give us a copy of his book to give away.

First, the Q&A:

-Who pwns everything?
I think it’s pretty obvious that Kermit the Frog pwns everything. Is this even subject to dispute?

It isn’t easy being green, but Kermit makes it look so cool. The women (or, well, Miss Piggy anyway) want him, and both the male and indeterminately gendered muppets want to be him. He’s universally respected, funny, and sings a mean version of “The Rainbow Connection.” I rest my case.

-If someone suddenly threw a wad of twenty thousand dollars at you, what would you do?

First and foremost, I would gather up any stray bills that had escaped from the wad and then tuck this newfound fortune in a secret pocket sewn into the lining of my jacket. (Cause that’s how I roll, with the secret linings.) I would then check for bruising, depending on the force of impact with which the projectile wad hit me. Next, I would turn my attention to this strange somebody—who, I assume, is running away from the scene to maintain his/her secret identity—and say “thank you.” I would do this this softly and wistfully, the way one thanks a mystical character (e.g., Bagger Vance, the Horse Whisperer, Obi-Wan Kenobi) in a cinematic feature and/or after-school special in which the mystical character has taught the main character something very special. The main character sure didn’t like it at the time—like when the Karate Kid had to “wax on, wax off” for hours, or like when I got hit in the face with a projectile wad—but then the main character (often seen in a tight close up at this point) understood: that crazy mystical character has given me a gift. That is the sentiment with which I would say “thank you.”

Assuming no immediate medical attention was necessary, I would then perform a complex calculation in my head. It would require me to determine the minimum amount from the $20,000 that I would need to donate to a worthy charity in order to relieve my guilt over blowing the balance on a used car which, unlike my current vehicle, has functioning windshield wipers.

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

This is somewhat obscure, but Guy Pearce. He’s just really cool (which may not necessarily be the quality you’re looking for in someone to play me, but whatever—I’m the one casting this thing).

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

Q: What are your feelings about the color forest green?

A: It’s weird that you would ask that question, since it’s pretty random and I was just thinking of it. My thoughts are this: (a) aesthetically, I’m pretty much digging it, but I probably like it even more because of it’s association with forests (no surprise) and other greenery in nature; and (b) this is not a color that works for clothing very well, in my opinion; like, it seems like one of those colors that gets picked for bridesmaid dresses that seem good in theory but actually look horrendous; and (c) it is only just now hitting me that I thought of this question because I still have Kermit the Frog on the mind.

-Can you do the Time Warp again?

Oh, totally. I do it all the time. Right now, for instance, I’m writing you from the year 3047.

-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)?

I think it takes an extraordinary level of talent to write a novel-length work that’s worth reading without doing a fair amount of outlining first. Also, I tend to write stories with a lot of “plot” in them, which is hazardous to attempt without a pretty clear roadmap. For the current manuscript I’m writing, I have an outline that identifies every scene that takes place, the location of that scene, the characters involved, and some minimum level of description about what happens. I won’t stick to it completely, but it’s necessary for me to have the general structure of the story in place as I write.

Thanks so much for having me!

Now, do you want a copy of The Morgue and Me? Of course you do. Here's how you can win:

RULES

• Leave a comment on this post or send an e-mail to yathenaeum@yahoo.com(with the subject as "The Morgue and Me Giveaway")
• Please include your name and e-mail address and which of the ways you are entering. (Provide the links and other information where applicable.)
• Entry deadline is July 31st at 6:00 p.m. Eastern.

WAYS TO EARN ENTRIES

+1= For telling us what you'd want for a summer job.

+1= For stating which crime-solving tool you would most like to have if asked to solve a mystery.

+1= For linking to this contest (Each new link earns another entry. For example, twitter, facebook, your blog, etc. Just provide a link for each).

PRIZES

1 contestants will receive:

1 copy of The Morgue and Me by John C. Ford

Thanks again John! Good luck to all entrants!

-The YAthenaeum Team