YA Scavenger Hunt - Spring 2018: Gold Team

Welcome to YA Scavenger Hunt! This bi-annual event was first organized by author Colleen Houck as a way to give readers a chance to gain access to exclusive bonus material from their favorite authors...and a chance to win some awesome prizes! On this hunt, you not only get access to exclusive content from each author, you also get a clue for the hunt. Add up the clues, and you can enter for our prize--one lucky winner will receive one book from each author on the hunt in my team! But play fast: this contest (and all the exclusive bonus material) will only be online for 120 hours!

Don't miss out on the bonus giveaway at the bottom of the post: Win $15 PayPal!

Go to the YA Scavenger Hunt page to find out all about the hunt. There are SIX contests going on simultaneously, and you can enter one or all! I am a part of the GOLD TEAM--but there is also a red team, a blue team, a green team, a purple team, and a pink team for a chance to win a whole different set of books!

If you'd like to find out more about the hunt, see links to all the authors participating, and see the full list of prizes up for grabs, go to the YA Scavenger Hunt page.

SCAVENGER HUNT PUZZLE

Directions: Below, you'll notice that I've listed my favorite number. Collect the favorite numbers of all the authors on the gold team, and then add them up (don't worry, you can use a calculator!).

Entry Form: Once you've added up all the numbers, make sure you fill out the form here to officially qualify for the grand prize. Only entries that have the correct number will qualify.

Rules: Open internationally, anyone below the age of 18 should have a parent or guardian's permission to enter. To be eligible for the grand prize, you must submit the completed entry form by Sunday, April 8th, at noon Pacific Time. Entries sent without the correct number or without contact information will not be considered.

INTRODUCING AUTHOR A.M. ROSE

Today, I am hosting A.M. Rose for the YA Scavenger Hunt! A.M. Rose is the author of Road to Eugenica and writer of young adult novels of all genres as long as they have a hint of romance, drinker of too much coffee (with way too much coconut creamer), and lover of all carbohydrates. Currently, she lives in Houston, TX with her three boys (yes, her husband is in that count) and three cats. When she isn’t writing, she is an avid reader, critiquer, (is that even a word?) literary agent intern, and trampoline enthusiast. She’s a graduate from San Diego State University with a BA in Communication and a minor in underwater basket weaving. (Okay, maybe not the basket weaving part.) It might just be a rumor, but word is she set 9 baskets on fire one day.


Find out more information by checking out the author website or find more about the author's book here!

EXCLUSIVE CONTENT

Road to Eugenica

Two dimensions - And the girl who connects them.

Yesterday, Drea Smith couldn’t do anything spectacular—even walking and texting at the same time was a challenge. But today, she suddenly has more answers than Google, can speak and understand numerous languages, and she can fight. Like a boss.

Super freaky.

Drea has no idea where her encyclopedic knowledge has come from, but she’ll take it when she discovers someone out there knows her secret and wants her badly. And that they’ve been searching for her since she was born.

 Since she was created.

 With the help of her best friend Dylan, who just wants to keep her safe, and Maddox, a mysterious new boy who is prepared to get her answers, Drea will have to push her new skills to their limit as she uncovers nothing is quite what it seems.

 As she uncovers…Eugenica.

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A.M. Rose's niece, to whom ROAD TO EUGENICA is dedicated to, helped her create a playlist, which can be found here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/playlist/road-to-eugenica/pl.u-4JomX5bTMqPZq4

Road to Eugenica

Erin Atkinson

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  Hair

  Lady Gaga
  5:08
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  Shy

  Jai Waetford
  3:07
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  i miss the old u 

  blackbear
  3:31
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  Sit Still, Look Pretty

  Daya
  3:22
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  Learn To Let Go

  Kesha
  3:37
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  Question (feat. Travis Mills)

  Lauv
  3:55
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  ...Ready For It?

  Taylor Swift
  3:28
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  anxiety 

  blackbear & FRND
  3:11
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  E.T.

  Katy Perry
  3:26
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  Good Girls

  LANY
  4:09
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  Cold Water (feat. Justin Bieber & MØ)

  Major Lazer
  3:05
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  Who Says

  Selena Gomez & The Scene
  3:15
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  Immortals

  Fall Out Boy
  3:15
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  Burnin

  Calvin Harris & R3hab
  3:54
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  Champion

  Fall Out Boy
  3:12
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  Wake Up

  New Language
  3:36
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  Animals

  Martin Garrix
  5:03
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  Wanted Dead or Alive

  Bon Jovi
  5:07
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  Centuries

  Fall Out Boy
  3:48
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  Wings

  Little Mix
  3:40
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  Roar

  Katy Perry
  3:43

Isn't that great? Hey, don't forget to enter the contest for a chance to win a ton of books by me, A.M. Rose, and more! To enter, you need to know that my favorite number is 9. Add up all the favorite numbers of the authors on the gold team and you'll have all the secret code to enter for the grand prize!

Bonus Giveaway

How would you like to win $15 PayPal!? Just follow the instructions on this entry form to follow me on social media and the grand prize could be yours!
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CONTINUE THE HUNT

To keep going on your quest for the hunt, you need to check out the next author—Amy Plum!

Good luck!

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Guest Post: Writing our Reality in Books by Author M Hollis @_mhollis #KrakenFriends2018

The Kraken Collective launched February 1st, 2017, and in celebration of their one-year anniversary, they've put together an awesome promo sale of 19 books with queer characters for 99¢ each. You should really check them out (selfish plug, since one of the books is mine).

Be sure to go here to take the personality quiz and find out which queer character you are most like!

As part of the big event, I've asked author Maria Hollis to write a guest post on the blog, which she so graciously did. Writing as M. Hollis, Maria's novelette RIPPED PAGES is about a Princess named Valentina who lives a reasonably comfortable life, but after her mother's death, her father gets tired of taking care of her and locks her in a tower. She spends years on her own, talking to the birds on her windowsill, and reading books with adventures she will never experience. Her plans of running away are usually left for another day because she knows the vast forest surrounding her tower is too dangerous to cross alone. Until one day, another girl passes by on her horse and Valentina wonders if she’s finally brave enough to seize her chance of freedom.

Be sure to check out RIPPED PAGES here.

Without further ado, here's her post!

*****

Writing our Reality in Books

When I was around eleven years old I wrote my first book. It was my cheesy attempt to write a magic
world where I could see myself and my reality existing. Today, I recognize it as fanfiction more than
an original story, but at the time I didn’t have any knowledge about these things and the internet would
only reach me later that year. But something that always stays with me from this book is that I rewrote
Harry Potter with a female protagonist who lived on a small island in the south of Brazil. She was a part
of me I couldn’t find in the famous and accessible books and movies that everyone loved at that time.

Flash-forward to a decade later, and today I’m still trying to write stories where I can see myself, but
this time they are stories about women who love other women. It took me such a long time to accept
my sexuality and identity. I still struggle with this some days. It’s not something I like to talk about all
the time because as an author I always feel this need to show my younger readers that they can have
hope, but my hope is still a fragile thing that I have to try so hard to hold on to.

The media hides LGBTIQAP+ content from kids and leaves the mainstream for the most privileged.
Sometimes, you see parts of yourself but can’t find others. I’m still a white, cis, able-bodied person
and it already took me until my twenties to realize so many things about who I am. What changed
was that I was able to find TV shows, movies, books, and web series about girls falling in love thanks
to the internet and the research I’ve been doing lately.

That’s why representation matter. Because we all live in a world where being marginalized from
society is also being erased from the media we consume. There’s a slow change happening that can
be extremely frustrating in the age of fast consuming media, but it’s a change that makes me happy.
I read Young Adult books with girls loving other girls and I think: this is exactly how lost I was when
I was their age. Someone out there is reading these books now at the right time and figuring out they
are not alone.

Since I’ve published my Rapunzel retelling, Ripped Pages, I’ve received a couple of messages
from readers telling me they read the story for their kids and they adored it. Nothing makes me
happier than that. To know that kids of all ages can find some hope in the words I wrote. In this
little fairytale I wrote for younger me that is now finding other people who need it. And I guess
that’s our role as creators, to write stories where people can see themselves as the heroes who
save the day.

YA Scavenger Hunt: TEAM PURPLE! Meet Author Mackenzie Flohr

Welcome to YA Scavenger Hunt! This bi-annual event was first organized by author Colleen Houck as a way to give readers a chance to gain access to exclusive bonus material from their favorite authors...and a chance to win some awesome prizes! At this hunt, you not only get access to exclusive content from each author, you also get a clue for the hunt. Add up the clues, and you can enter for our prize--one lucky winner will receive one book from each author on the hunt in my team! But play fast: this contest (and all the exclusive bonus material) will only be online for 72 hours!

Go to the YA Scavenger Hunt page to find out all about the hunt. There are seven contests going on simultaneously, and you can enter one or all! I am a part of the PURPLE TEAM--but there is also a red team, an orange team, a gold team, a green team, a blue team, and a pink team for a chance to win a whole different set of books!

If you'd like to find out more about the hunt, see links to all the authors participating, and see the full list of prizes up for grabs, go to the YA Scavenger Hunt page.

SCAVENGER HUNT PUZZLE

Directions: Below, you'll notice that I've hidden my favorite number. Collect the favorite numbers of all the authors on the purple team, and then add them up (don't worry, you can use a calculator!). 

Entry Form: Once you've added up all the numbers, make sure you fill out the form here to officially qualify for the grand prize. Only entries that have the correct number will qualify.

Rules: Open internationally, anyone below the age of 18 should have a parent or guardian's permission to enter. To be eligible for the grand prize, you must submit the completed entry form by Sunday, October 8th, at noon Pacific Time. Entries sent without the correct number or without contact information will not be considered.

NOW LET'S MEET MACKENZIE!

Today I am hosting Mackenzie Flohr. Mackenzie is the author of The Rite of Wands, a young adult fantasy series, published through BHC Press. She wanted to write a fantasy of her own, one that could inspire imagination in others and lead them into a magical world of their own making. She currently resides in Hartland, Michigan. Rumor has it she secretly wants to own 9 dragons! But that's just a rumor.

Find out more information by checking out the author website or find more about the author's book here!

WEBSITE | BOOKS

And now for the exclusive content!

Mackenzie is sharing, exclusively for you hunters, a short story from her YA fantasy series, The Rite of Wands. First, a little about the series:

One boy…one Rite… And a world of deadly secrets that could change the course of history—forever.

And so begins the tale of Mierta McKinnon. When a horrible fate reveals itself during his Rite of Wands ceremony, he must find a way to change not only his destiny but also the land of Iverna’s.

Forbidden from revealing the future he foresees to anyone, he is granted a wand and his magical powers, but still must master the realm of magic in order to save himself and those he loves.

But Mierta is not the only one with secrets…especially when it’s impossible to know who to trust.

To get Mackenzie's exclusive content, click the book cover below!

And don't forget to enter the contest for a chance to win a ton of books by me, Dorothy Dreyer, and more! To enter, you need to know that my favorite number is 9. Add up all the favorite numbers of the authors on the purple team and you'll have all the secret code to enter for the grand prize!

And as a bonus for you, I'm having my own giveaway! Enter now for your chance to win a $15 Amazon.com Gift code. Though this is open internationally, you must be able to receive and use an Amazon gift code from the US site.

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CONTINUE THE HUNT! To keep going on your quest for the hunt, you need to check out the next author, F.M. BOUGHAN! Click here to continue the hunt!

Cover Reveal: Immortalis: The Hunter by Leah Lozano

Today I'm happy to share the cover reveal for IMMORTALIS: THE HUNTER by Leah Lozano. Check out this cool cover!

IMMORTALIS: The Hunter

by Leah P. Lozano

Flap Copy

“In truth, I was tired of waiting for him to manifest from my visions. I was tired of waiting for my life to begin, for something to happen. Anything! Now, I fear that which I have stirred …”

For twenty-one-year-old Lina, there was no denying what she was. Not human. Or the life she would soon leave behind, destined for a planet. Not earth. To claim her power. Please, not blooming flowers! The Fates, it would seem, had a twisted sense of humor. As mortal and immortal worlds collide, one thing is clear; nothing about Lina is conforming to the natural order of things.

From the day she was born she felt it, their eyes on her. Be it from the heavens or earthbound, she was being watched. And now, she could hear them. Their incessant whispers, most of which were incoherent. But one in particular has grown distinct. Beckoning.

He waits for you.

Worse, her birthday just happens to coincide with an ancient prophecy, and now she’s a target, forced to run from the very legends she read about. Dragons and Vampires, Fairies and Lycanthropes, a chance encounter with Poseidon, and a Siren singing Lina’s death song. Now would be a bad time to test the boundaries with her guardian, Archos, but she cannot help herself.

The only real escape she has are her visions, and those too are growing more treacherous and terrifying, especially in the absence of him. His visits always made the strange ones worth suffering through, so where was he?

As her normal reality crumbles, Lina’s intuition ignites a warning of danger more fervent than ever and her revelations are undeniable …

THE DARK

He has returned.

Carry Me Home Back to School Giveaway

Carry Me Home Release Day Party!

CARRY ME HOME is AVAILABLE TODAY for $0.99!

To celebrate the release of her latest novel, Carry Me Home, author Jessica Therrien is hosting a HUUUGE BACK TO SCHOOL BOOK GIVEAWAY! The giveaway includes nearly 50 books, all from different authors. Keep scrolling for prize info and how to enter the giveaway.

~*PRIZES*~

PRIZE #1 (5 winners)

WINNERS of this prize will take home one of FIVE 10 Book Bundles.

*Each 10 book bundle is guaranteed to have at least 1 paperback book.

PRIZE #2

A signed hardcover of

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by Jessica Therrien

PRIZE #3

A signed hardcover of

OPPRESSION (Children of the Gods #1)

by Jessica Therrien

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Open only to those who can legally enter, receive and use money sent via Paypal or gift codes via Amazon.com. Winning Entry will be verified prior to prize being awarded. No purchase necessary. You must be 18 or older to enter or have your parent enter for you. The winner will be chosen by rafflecopter and announced here as well as emailed and will have 48 hours to respond or a new winner will be chosen. This giveaway is in no way associated with Facebook, Twitter, Rafflecopter or any other entity unless otherwise specified. The number of eligible entries received determines the odds of winning. Giveaway was organized by Kathy from I Am A Reader and sponsored by the authors, bloggers and publishers on the sponsor list. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW.



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