Giveaway: Dark Souls by Paula Morris

Thanks to Scholastic THIS IS TEEN & Big Honcho Media, one lucky winner is going to get a copy of Dark Souls by Paula Morris and a cool sage candle!!

Keep your space peaceful with this Dark Souls prize pack!

One winner receives: Copy of Dark Souls + a sage candle

About the book:

Welcome to York, England: the most haunted city in the world.

Miranda Tennant arrives in York with a terrible, tragic secret. She is eager to lose herself amid the quaint shops, hoping she won’t run into the many ghosts who supposedly roam the cobblestone streets. Then she meets Nick, an intense, dark-eyed boy who knows all of York’s hidden places and histories. Miranda wonders if Nick is falling for her, but she is distracted by another boy -- one even more handsome and mysterious than Nick. He lives in the house across from Miranda and seems desperate to send her some sort of message. Could this boy be one of York’s haunted souls?

Soon, Miranda realizes that something dangerous -- and deadly -- is being planned. And she may have to face the darkest part of herself in order to unravel the mystery -- and find redemption.

About the author:
Paula Morris is the author of Ruined, and has published several novels for adults in her native New Zealand. She has lived in a number of cities around the world, including York, England. She now lives in Glasgow, Scotland, and teaches creative writing at the University of Stirling. Visit her online at www.paula-morris.com.

Photo Credit: Robert Trathan


To Enter : FILL OUT FORM HERE!
Open to US residents, 13 and over.
Deadline: August 31st, 2011

As promised...The Big Giveaway!

 

...I give you, the TRIPLE CELEBRATION GIVEAWAY!!!

January is a special month here on Stories & Sweeties!  This month marks my one year anniversary of starting this fun little blog! It's also my birthday month (it was yesterday actually!!)  AND I am astounded to be celebrating my 700 follower milestone!! I want to thank all of my blog readers, including the ones that follow through RSS feed and other ways---I hope you know I appreciate every single one of you!!

So lets give away some stuff!!

Contest will run until February 11th.

There will be 3 winners chosen randomly.

Open Internationally*!! 

Following my blog isn't necessary, but always appreciated!

WINNER #1 - PICK TWO PRE-ORDERS!

Choose from:                                   

WINNER #2 - PICK TWO ARCs!!

Choose from:

WINNER #3 - CHOOSE ANY ONE BOOK FROM ABOVE.

(Depending on who wins and which book is chosen, it will either be sent from me or ordered/preordered for the winner.)

*Please be sure Book Depository delivers to your country.

FILL OUT ENTRY FORM HERE!

Good luck, everyone!! And thanks for celebrating with me!

Waiting on Wednesday & a 2011 ARC Giveaway !!

"Waiting on Wednesday" is a weekly meme hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine. It lets us all gush about what soon-to-be released books we are jumping-up-and-down excited for.

Shadows on the Moon
by Zoe Marriott

releasing July 2011 from Walker Books

description:
"On my fourteenth birthday when the sakura was in full bloom, the men came to kill us. We saw them come, Aimi and me. We were excited, because we did not know how to be frightened. We had never seen soldiers before." Suzume is a shadow-weaver. She can create mantles of darkness and light, walk unseen in the middle of the day, change her face. She can be anyone she wants to be. Except herself. Suzume died officially the day the Prince's men accused her father of treason. Now even she is no longer sure of her true identity. Is she the girl of noble birth living under the tyranny of her mother’s new husband, Lord Terayama? A lowly drudge scraping a living in the ashes of Terayama’s kitchens? Or Yue, the most beautiful courtesan in the Moonlit Lands? Everyone knows Yue is destined to capture the heart of a prince. Only she knows that she is determined to use his power to destroy Terayama. And nothing will stop her. Not even love.

My thoughts: Zoe Marriott describes her upcoming book as "Cinderella, turned on its head and set in a faerytale version of Feudal Japan". That was enough to catch my attention! I absolutely love books that are rich with the culture and history of the Orient, and if you're a regular reader of this blog, you know I have an absolute love for fairy tale retellings!! This sounds like its going to be the best of both of those worlds! Add in the stunningly gorgeous cover and you have a book that I am literally counting down the days---well months---to!!

But WAIT! There's more! The author, Zoe Marriott, is giving away three,..you heard it right...THREE ARCs of Shadows on the Moon on her blog!! All she asks is that we help her get to 200 followers---if she reaches it by Christmas, she will pick three of those followers to receive those ARCs! Check it out HERE.

So what are you waiting for this lovely Wednesday?