Saturday, March 31, 2012

Question Of The Moment: Do you want to quit reading challenges? (1)


I started to write an article earlier this year about how some reading challenges aren’t challenging. When I originally went about picking the reading challenges I wanted to do, I picked out types and levels of books I was planning on reading already.  So, it wasn’t a “challenge”, it was just signing up to reach a goal I knew I was going to reach anyways.

At this point in the year, I am on time for my reading challenges. I’ve got several under my belt. Which is all well and good, but I’m kind of annoyed at the moment. Why? I look at my plan for the year, and the little wiggle room I’ve allowed myself when it comes to my total for the year. Sure, I can read these books I’ve challenged myself to read.

I know I can do it, I just don’t want to do it.

Of course, I’m still going to keep plugging away at my Classics challenge because it really is challenging and I like that, and, well, it’s MY challenge after all. The E-Book challenge isn’t that hard either. The books I’ve chosen to read for it are ones I’ve been aching to read. And reading The Complete E.E. Cummings is enjoyable in between the books.

But when it comes to the TBR pile challenge, I want to throw something at the wall. Yeah, I want to knock out some books that have been sitting on my shelves for awhile. The ones I’ve read so far have made me feel like I’ve gotten somewhere. My issue lies with the fact that I challenged myself to read 21 books on my shelf. That’s almost half of the reading I’ve allotted for myself this year. Take out the other challenges (10 for E-Book, 8 for Classics), and that leaves me with 12 books that I can read otherwise. I’ve already used up 3 of those freebies in the beginning of the year, leaving me with 9 books that don’t count toward challenges.

Why is this a problem?

I’ll give you some examples: Pandemonium (Lauren Oliver), Insurgent (Veronica Roth), The Evolution Of Mara Dyer (Michelle Hodkins), Heat Wave (Richard Castle), Catching Fire and Mockingjay (Suzanne Collins), The Babysitter Murders (Janet Ruth Young), Catching Jordan (Miranda Kenneally), Don’t Breathe A Word (Holly Cupula)…

These are books that came out/are coming out this year (first three), I purchased this year (the next five), or I received an ARC of this year (last one). Add them up, and what do you get?

Nine.

As you can see, that accounts for EVERYTHING this year. It doesn’t include any other books I purchase this year. It doesn’t include any books I decide to borrow from the library. It doesn’t include any ARC’s or review request books I get asked to read.

Can you see why I’m annoyed?

For a few weeks, I told myself, “Just keep going on the TBR challenge. You can make it. You don’t want to fail, do you?” I’m the type of person who doesn’t like failing when I don’t have to, so I reluctantly kept reading what I had to. But that just made me feel worse and less inclined to read. Until the day I thought to myself, “Does it really matter if you don’t complete a challenge? Or if you just drop out of the challenge entirely?” I mean, it’s just a linky you wrote your name on. Who cares if you quit? Nobody. Are you going to be listed as a challenge dropout or failure somewhere on the internet? No.

So, I’ve decided I’m going to just let it all go and see where the year takes me. Reading is supposed to be enjoyable. There are certain books that you just aren’t in the mood for. You shouldn’t read them because you feel obligated to. This isn’t school. It’s your free time.

How about you?

Have you ever wanted to just give up on a challenge? Have you ever felt overwhelmed with a challenge? Did you quit the challenge? I want to hear your thoughts in the comments below!

Thursday, March 29, 2012

Update Thursday #52


Welcome to Update Thursday, my own personal meme of sorts where I post an update of the goings on at my blog, with reading, with writing, and beyond. Feel free to borrow the idea from me for your own bookish musings.

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Reading...

Books I finished this week:
It's Always Something by Gilda Radner (TBR Pile Challenge)

Books I'm reading now (and some still):
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier (Classics Challenge)
Survival by A.M. Hargrove (E-Book Challenge)

234 of 1026 E.E. Cummings poems finished (10 this week)

Writing...

I sat down a couple times to write/revise this week. Tried to write in order, just kept getting bored. So I got started on an important scene near the end. While I was trying to write in order, I was thinking about where I was going on this second draft, then thought of a different way to go about it and had this horrible feeling... I DON'T WANT TO START OVER AGAIN. But, part of me thinks it might be a good idea. I have these flashback scenes, and trying to put them in discreetly and not abruptly has been hard. So, by next week. I may have started over. But, it won't be too bad, since most of this second draft has been coming along nicely. It'll be a lot of quick copy/paste action. It's just those flashback scenes that need work. And they're kind of necessary to show what happened the first time around and compare it to the present, you know? Otherwise, I wouldn't bother with them and just reference the past. Plus, I had switched around a feature of the MC's best friend after the fact and had forgotten to incorporate it in the second draft. I should just print out my whole first draft so I can flip through it rather than scroll down the page on my laptop.

Otherwise...

We've got the rental house for our vacation! Oh happy day! It's so exciting. I need this vacation. It's going to be AWESOME!

I've been working on some posts for the blog, dealing with some struggles I'm facing currently. I'll try to post one soon. I'd like to get some input from you guys.

Whoa! That's right #52, one whole years worth of weekly updates on Thursday. WOOT!


Until next time...

~Jessica

PS: Don't forget to enter my BLOGOVERSARY GIVEAWAY if you haven't already! It's ending SATURDAY night. Love you all! <3

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Review: Divergent by Veronica Roth

Title: Divergent
Author: Veronica Roth
Source: Purchased
Genre: Dystopian YA
Buy: Amazon ~*~ Barnes & Noble
Add to your Goodreads shelf
Caution: May contain spoilers

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In Beatrice Prior's dystopian Chicago, society is divided into five factions, each dedicated to the cultivation of a particular virtue—Candor (the honest), Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the peaceful), and Erudite (the intelligent). On an appointed day of every year, all sixteen-year-olds must select the faction to which they will devote the rest of their lives. For Beatrice, the decision is between staying with her family and being who she really is—she can't have both. So she makes a choice that surprises everyone, including herself.

During the highly competitive initiation that follows, Beatrice renames herself Tris and struggles to determine who her friends really are—and where, exactly, a romance with a sometimes fascinating, sometimes infuriating boy fits into the life she's chosen. But Tris also has a secret, one she's kept hidden from everyone because she's been warned it can mean death. And as she discovers a growing conflict that threatens to unravel her seemingly perfect society, she also learns that her secret might help her save those she loves… or it might destroy her.

Debut author Veronica Roth bursts onto the literary scene with the first book in the Divergent series—dystopian thrillers filled with electrifying decisions, heartbreaking betrayals, stunning consequences, and unexpected romance.

~synopsis from Goodreads

My Thoughts:

This book. THIS BOOK. Was probably. The greatest thing since I read The Hunger Games.

I adored everything about it. Dystopian novels are becoming an absolute favorite of mine. Tris is so strong, and you can empathize with get in her thoughts and her views of society (the society she lives in and the society of people). The society has good ideas, valuing the different aspects a person can have. When they all work together in harmony, they can achieve anything. Yet, no matter what, corruption happens. People think they can control it but one person can set off the worse events, exploiting the worse qualities in others.

Let me tell ya… Four is my favorite book boyfriend now. FAVORITE. He is amazing. The way he treated Tris and helped her out in so many ways. He knew her strength, and eventually she knew it too. I pretty much fell in love with him. I kept looking forward to the next moment she would be in his presence.

Her mom was, wow, the BEST mom. It makes you think about your own parents, where they stand and how they live their lives to protect you. How there are so many thing we never know of our parents until we are adults and can look back on it.

The end was epic and perfect. Enough of a cliffhanger to make you want more. And enough of an end to make you sigh with a little relief and walk away happy and not overly anxious.

All in all, Divergent has this quality that pulls out your own sense of self and of justice. You are right there in the midst of it all and you never want to leave. You want to fall in love and go fight for what it right alongside Tris (or, you just want to BE Tris, I know I did). There were so many quotes I loved. I ended up tweeting a couple of them. They reminded me of myself and my thoughts on life. All the words jump off the page and into your heart forever to cherish them. Veronica Roth is outstanding. I am SO glad the second book, Insurgent, is coming out VERY soon (May 1st). Can’t. Freaking. Wait.


My Rating:

Exceptional: Stay up until at least 1 AM

Monday, March 26, 2012

On My Mind: Note To Self--Reminiscing (1)

While I was trying to organize my room I ended up taking a trip down memory lane and laughing my butt off and subsequently coming up with an interesting side story for my work-in-progress while iTunes coincidentally plays songs from John Mayer’s first album.

True story.

There was this time in my life where I would write letters to other people that I wouldn’t send. They were essentially notes to self when it came down to it, or even one page journals. I saved almost all of them for the sake of amusing myself whenever I would read them again. And every time I come across them in the process of organizing, I have a good time reading my thoughts from years past.

These notes to self were written in the area of 2003-2004, which is getting close to being a decade ago. It seriously still feels like yesterday, despite all that I’ve gone through between then and now. Thinking about the thoughts that used to run through this quirky little head of mine is oddly eye-opening. I observed a lot more than I ever gave myself credit for. Then again, I didn’t have a job or many responsibilities in those days.

Those observations sparked something in my head and made me get extremely excited. Perfect. Idea. For. My. Story. I have this one story that I feel is a very fictionalized version of some moments in my life. I’ve taken my experiences and compiled them into one crazy tale. When I say fictionalized version and crazy tale, I use the terms loosely. There are really a lot of truths to the story but the way everything comes about in it is out of order, slightly exaggerated, and the names have changed. A few of the scenes were concocted in my imagination and meant to be used in other stories that were never going to happen.

In any case, I didn’t really accomplish much since as soon as this thought came into my mind I had to pick up the laptop and write it all out before I forgot the exact nature of the feeling I was experiencing at the moment otherwise it would be lost for all eternity. And one run on sentence later, I’ll be getting back to business.


~Jessica

PS: “Reminiscing” is the name of a song I adore AND the theme song of last summer’s WIP.
PSS: I took these pictures. The sand flower was made by me on a trip to Michigan, and the autumn shot is taken at Mohican State Park.

Thursday, March 22, 2012

Update Thursday #51


Welcome to Update Thursday, my own personal meme of sorts where I post an update of the goings on at my blog, with reading, with writing, and beyond. Feel free to borrow the idea from me for your own bookish musings.

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Reading...

Books I finished this week:
PineLight by Jillian Peery (E-Book Challenge)

Books I'm reading now (and some still):
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier (Classics Challenge)
It's Always Something by Gilda Radner (TBR Pile Challenge)
Survival by A.M. Hargrove (E-Book Challenge)

224 of 1026 E.E. Cummings poems finished (17 this week)

Writing...

So I'm trying to be good and focus on the one story... BUT... inspiration keeps happening! I had two flipping dreams that gave me these perfect ideas to include in one of my stories. I blame Ed Westwick for showing up and touching my cheek with his hand. Oh my goodness, talk about swooning in your dreams. I still can't stop thinking about it. And then on my way into work yesterday I came up with some great lines to include in the story between other characters. Oh, the inspiration kept going and going. And then later on last night I was writing and revising up a storm on If Only We (the NaNo story). It was awesome.

Otherwise...

FB page for The Hunger Games

HOW EXCITED ARE YOU GUYS FOR THE HUNGER GAMES?!

Because my excitement could possibly be measured on various scales that measure things and the level would be off the charts. My BFF and I had planned on seeing it Friday night for probably a month now. Then she found out she got scheduled to work. She posted something at work to see if someone could either pick up her hours or switch with her. I was on pins and needles waiting for the answer, we finally got it last night and WOOHOO! Someone took them. So we'll be able to go, thank goodness! I was getting worried we wouldn't be able to go until Saturday night and I just couldn't fathom waiting a whole 24 hours longer. LOL. I also have plans NEXT week Friday to see it again with a few other people. So exciting. I can't wait. I'm thinking about dedicating a post with pictures of me and my friends from each and my thoughts on seeing it both times.


Until next time...

~Jessica

PS: Don't forget to enter my BLOGOVERSARY GIVEAWAY if you haven't already! Love you all! <3

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

A Glance Over My Shoulder... My Thoughts On My Blogoversary.

Yep, this is me!
I’ve talked a lot about the different aspects of how awesome this journey has been off and on this last year. And I’m sure you’ve heard it all… how much I love it, how much I love you guys, how much I love books… and honestly, as repetitive as it is, it’s too true. I love everything that encompasses this part of my life. There’s no way I can ever thank everyone enough, no matter how many times I do. And there’s no way I can stop repeating myself talking about the stuff I love about blogs and blogging. It’s just so awesome. And when something is awesome, you just have to talk about it. So I will…

Starting Out

Even though I always liked the idea of reviewing books on a blog, I was always a chicken and didn’t think I could dedicate the time to it. But there was somebody who made the difference. A lovely friend that I’ve known for years on another site. Angie from Eastern Sunset Reads and I go way back. We both collect My Little Ponies and met on a pony forum. We did some trading and chit chatting. Then there was this one day when we were talking on a thread about book blogging.

Of course, I ended up starting my blog up back in September of 2010, but as usual, I didn’t have the time to dedicate to it. I went back to it last March (2011) and started to write for it. I began my Update Thursday feature shortly after as a way to make sure I update at least once a week.

While I was on Goodreads, I discovered the groups dedicated to book bloggers and joined a couple of them. Upon joining and commenting with a link to my blog, I reached 8 followers by the end of the day. EIGHT. I was freaking out back then, because I didn’t think I’d be able to get many people to bother reading my ramblings. Little did I know that eight was going to be just the cherry on the ice cream sundae of my blog. After that I discovered the different memes, including Follow Friday, and things just started to take off from there.

The Journey

I spent a lot of time preparing posts and posting them during the next few months. It was starting to take over my life. I was on there TOO MUCH and getting hardly anything else done in real life. Plus, I found I was doing way too many memes. They were getting hard to keep up with. Coming up with books for Waiting On Wednesday, picking out the quotes for Teaser Tuesday, etc. I decided in the middle of summer to take a break to get caught up on real life stuff and come up with non-meme posts.

I’ve had to do this off and on to get myself caught up, but it always seems to work out alright in the end. I got to take part in a bunch of giveaways and discussions on great topics like Banned Books Week. I was able to win several giveaways and also to hold guest posts and blog tours for some amazing authors.

I can’t remember how many times I redid the format of my blog. The design was redone several times, but the last time was definitely the best one so far and I’m not touching it! As much as I’d like a personalized blog design, I kinda have a soft spot for the background picture and colors and fonts I already have.

And the people. By people I mean bloggers and authors. Such sweet people. I’ve been able to get to know a few of you bloggers pretty well over the last year (I'd mention names but I'm always afraid of leaving someone out!). We’ve chatted on each others blogs (I’d say practically DAILY) and some of us have emailed back and forth. I know I always look forward to new posts on your pages, and even if I don’t always comment, trust me when I say that I always read them. The authors I have contacted and who have responded have always been the sweetest bunch. They are extremely nice and come up with the coolest posts. I am thankful for their generosity when it comes to donating copies of their novels for me to review.

And all of my followers that stop by and comment, all of those who are participating in my Classics Reading Challenge, all of those who have entered a giveaway, you guys are what make this blog the absolute fun it is. Without you, I’m just some random girl who babbles on about books and the weird things she likes.

Reading & Writing

I never knew how many books were in existence until I started following all of your blogs. All I would do is go to the library and check out a bunch of YA books from the medium sized YA section. Or I would go in a loop on Amazon looking up one book and then checking out the recommendations. I’ve found that learning of them from you guys is better. You give insight into why the book is so good (or so awful, which is greatly appreciated). If I would go through my TBR list on Goodreads, I could probably blame at least one third of them on you. And that’s a good thing!

After years of idea and scene writing, I didn’t think I’d ever get around to really writing again. All I would do, at best, was come up with a poem once a month. Then I was reading about e-book publishing, and fellow bloggers writing, and then National Novel Writing Month. I just kept getting all kinds of encouragement and tips and a sense of community (unpublished but want to be published writers). NaNoWriMo made the difference. I got to see what my efforts could accomplish. And although the revision process is becoming quite the task, I would never trade this side job of writing for anything. Heck, even if I publish my novels and only get a handful of readers, I could care less because I’m enjoying writing again. And that’s just awesome.

Today

Today I feel like I’ve done quite a bit. Quite a lot a bit! The accomplishments may not add up to too much, but it adds up to something special. I’m glad that I kicked myself and started to spend more time reading and blogging. It really has changed my life in many ways. Not necessarily “OMG, I owe my life to this blog” but more like I’m glad it happened because it’s changed my outlook on things.

I’m glad for the friends I have made and kept. I’m glad for the books I’ve read and loved. I’m glad for the authors that have taken the time to read my thoughts on their books. I’m glad for the writers and for writing again. I’m glad for it all.

So. Thank you. Thank you for being on this journey with me and sticking with me. You’re truly amazing and I appreciate you so much.

Especially since you guys know how weird I am.

Holy long post, Batman! If you have read all of this and haven’t fallen asleep or yawned or gotten bored, HUGE HUGS to you. You’re definitely awesome. Since, this post is long enough, I will bid you farewell until next time. Thanks again and have a great day!

~Jessica

PS: Because I love you so much, here's another LOLCATS picture: http://icanhascheezburger.com/2010/08/18/funny-pictures-facebook-poop/?from=recMap3

(Picture replaced with link to picture)

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Review: I Capture The Castle by Dodie Smith

Title: I Capture The Castle
Author: Dodie Smith
Source: Purchased
Genre: Classic Young Adult
Buy: Amazon ~*~ Barnes & Noble
Add to your Goodreads shelf
Caution: May contain spoilers


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I Capture the Castle tells the story of seventeen-year-old Cassandra and her family, who live in not-so-genteel poverty in a ramshackle old English castle. Here she strives, over six turbulent months, to hone her writing skills. She fills three notebooks with sharply funny yet poignant entries. Her journals candidly chronicle the great changes that take place within the castle's walls, and her own first descent into love. By the time she pens her final entry, she has "captured the castle"--and the heart of the reader--in one of literature's most enchanting entertainments.

~synopsis from Goodreads

My Thoughts:

What can I say, this story was pretty amazing. It was so vivid and compelling, and it had gorgeous storytelling and background detailing. Cassandra, our narrator and guide to her life, is charming and sweet. She was so likable, I don’t know how someone could not like her. She so… REAL. Her speed writing book, novel, journal (or whatever you’d like to call it) is brilliant.

I loved the way she would tell the story. It would always be so humorous and serious all at the same time. The chapters were long though… very long. That’s the one thing that made it a little harder for me to read, especially when I needed to find a spot to stop. There’s so much going on you don’t want to lose your place and get confused.

There are numerous stories contained in this one novel. It’s one big story, of course, but the side stories make the whole thing even better. I wish I could talk about some of them but it would give away too much.

Cassandra’s dealings with her family and friends, and new-found friends, are very interesting. She and her sister, Rose, have this imaginary friend (a mannequin they call Miss Blossom that they pretend is real) that they have talk to each other. It’s pretty cute. The potential love part of the story is intriguing. I know that I was guessing and second guessing who would be with who, who should be with who, who the author would probably put together. It was a whirlwind. In the end, I believe it turned out as I expected. And it wasn’t bad how it ended. It wasn’t perfect by any means, but it was the way you would think it should end, given the circumstances.

I Capture The Castle definitely captured my heart. Cassandra’s story us one I will not soon forget. It was filled with all sorts of charms and character. Dodie Smith knows how to tell a story. She also wrote 101 Dalmatians (the book behind the movie, which is VERY different in detail compared to the movie), and I adored that story too. I’m glad I took the time to read this, even though it took me longer to read.


My Rating:

Exceptional: Stay up until at least 1 AM

Monday, March 19, 2012

The Hunger Games Reluctance

One of my coworkers started to talk about finally catching up on reading all the Nicholas Sparks books. Which, of course, led into talk about books. And that led into me talking about The Hunger Games. When I brought it up, the other two coworkers nearby got all interested too. “I keep hearing about that.” “My daughter’s friends were talking about it.” “Is it any good?” “What’s it about?” So, I explained the premise of the story to them (basically explaining about the 12 districts, there used to be 13, yada yada, they developed the Hunger Games to keep them in line). When I explained what exactly the Hunger Games WERE, here is their response:

“Oh.”

Not, “Oh, that sounds interesting,” or, “Oh, that sounds like it would be intriguing.”

It was, “Oh, that sounds absolutely horrible. Why would a sweet person like you be reading such a terrible book?

I knew when I told them I would most likely have a negative response. They didn’t say much else. I did explain about Suzanne Collin’s inspiration behind the novel, with war and the like. It didn’t seem to change their thoughts much. So, the conversation changed to other books.

It got me to thinking about it. To be honest, when I first heard of what the books were about, I was reluctant to read them. I am not the type of person to read (or watch, for that matter) anything in the horror genre, or anything with horrific events that are gory and disgusting or extremely disturbing. I am more along the lines of contemporary, coming of age, psychological, and the like. I do read some paranormal and have been reading other dystopians, but that’s about it. The Hunger Games has quite a disturbing premise. A government that forces people to send and watch their children get killed and mutilate on television. It’s really sickening when you think about it.

But with all the talk of it, I couldn’t stop thinking about it and wanting to at least SEE for myself what was so special about it. I was worried I’d be reading descriptions of the gross things that would happen to the tributes. It wasn’t as horrific as I imagined. The story wasn’t necessarily about the Hunger Games themselves--it was more about life. The life they all were forced into living. The life that had sad consequences. The life of finding love and friendship under pressure.

People in general don’t realize that though. They hear about a battle to the death and they instantly turn away. What gets me is that these are the same people who watch horror movies and television shows that feature violence for violence sake. What is so different from those things and The Hunger Games? (I mean, if all you’re focusing on is the killing.)


How about you?

Have you talked about The Hunger Games with somebody you know? Did you have a reaction similar to mine? Or did they accept the premise of the book/movie and not care about the negative? How about you--are you okay with the premise of The Hunger Games or do you find it too scary/horrible to try? I’d love to hear what you think in the comments below!

PS: Pictures have been removed 08/03/2012, you can see some of them on The Hunger Games Facebook Page HERE and HERE.

Sunday, March 18, 2012

The One Year Blogoversary/Follower Appreciation Giveaway (International!)

Blogoversary/Follower Appreciation Giveaway!


In just a few days (on March 21st), my blog will be a year old! (If we want to get all technical, I started it a year ago last September but I didn't start to do anything until March 21st. So I'm considering it the true blogoversary date.) It's so exciting for so many reasons. One: I usually don't stick with stuff for that long and end up moving on to something new within months. Two: I can't believe how awesome the community is, not just book bloggers but people who just follow and love books and also non-book-bloggers. Three: Everything that I have been able to do makes me feel accomplished in a new way I've never had before. Four: I can't believe how many followers I have gotten thus far! It's amazing all around. ^_^

In any case...this calls for a celebration on this blog. And to celebrate, you will be able to read a nice recap of my thoughts: on blogging, on writing, on reading, on my blog itself, etc. on the day of my Blogoversary. But, what you're really interested in is this: THE GIVEAWAY!!! And unlike my other giveaways, this one is going to be awesomer. That's right AWESOMER. Why?

THERE WILL BE TWO PRIZES AND TWO WINNERS!!!

You heard me. TWO! And what will the two prizes be in this giveaway? I'm glad you asked...

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Prize #1: ONE book of choice under $15 from The Book Depository


~Anything you want, as long as it's under $15.~

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Prize #2: Book Swag Pack


~Featuring some really cute bookmarks (including a Hunger Games one!) and other goodies (I have a bunch of little Twilight pictures about the size of a business card that can be used as bookmarks--I'm showing 6 of them, but you'll probably get more).~

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What do you guys think? Are they good prizes? Do you want to win one of them?

Here's the official rules/guidelines for the giveaway:

1). You must be a follower.
2). You must be over 15 years old.
3). This is open to international followers. (Only if The Book Depository will ship to you; please check this link to see if you are eligible.)
4). This contest runs from March 18th to March 31st (two weeks).
5). You can gain extra entries by "liking" my Facebook page, following me on Twitter @Jess_Sankiewicz, commenting on this post, and/or blogging about this giveaway.
6). Winners will be selected at 12:01 a.m. on April 1st via Rafflecopter random selection.

Thank you to everyone who has made this blogging experience one of the coolest things I've chosen to do in my life. You are all appreciated for following and commenting and just being awesome. I love you all! <3

XOXO~Jessica

Friday, March 16, 2012

50 Barnes & Noble Nook Book Deals Under $5.00!

I've been seeing a lot of Amazon Kindle Book Deals posts. That's all well and good, but when I search for the book on Barnes & Noble, it's not always on sale there too. Which is disappointing. So, I thought I'd compile a little bunch of Nook Book Deals for my lovely fellow bloggers who own Nooks and not Kindles. And oh boy did it take some time! But I think it was SOOO worth it because I discovered some good deals that I had to take advantage of. So I hope you can find something you like too. ^_^

I haven't read all of these books, nor do I own all of them. This is just a compilation of some good deals that are out there, whether they are traditionally published and now available at a low price or are indie and are already low priced. It's a low cost way of trying out new authors.

Note: These prices are the current price as of the hours prior to publishing this post. Some of these prices may change by the time you click on the links. I am not in control of Barnes & Noble or indie authors in the pricing of their e-books. I am also not affiliated with Barnes & Noble and I am not receiving any monetary compensation for this post. The reason is just because I wanted to.

$0.99


1. Portal by Imogen Rose ~ $0.99
2. PineLight by Jillian Peery ~ $0.99
3. Grounding Quinn by Stephanie Campbell ~ $0.99


4. Hidden Gem by India Lee ~ 0.99
5. C.Y.A.: Covert Youth Agency, The Case Of Tangled Love by Jason Aconya ~ $0.99
6. The Fallen Star by Jessica Sorensen ~ $0.99


7. My Blood Approves by Amanda Hocking ~ $0.99
8. Camille by Tess Oliver ~ $0.99
9. Remembrance by Michelle Madow ~ $0.99


10. On The Fringe by Courtney King Walker ~ $0.99
11. Getting Caught by Mandy Hubbard and Cyn Balog ~ $0.99
12. Parallel by Claudia LeFeve ~ $0.99


13. Butterfly by Jody Bullock ~ $0.99
14. He Loves Me... He Loves You Not by Lauren Hammond~ $0.99

$1.31-$2.99


15. Born At Midnight by C.C. Hunter ~ $2.99
16. Evermore by Alyson Noel ~ $2.99
17. The Lost Saint by Bree Despain ~ $1.31


18. Brightest Kind Of Darkness by P.T. Michelle ~ $2.99
19. Between The Lines by Tammara Webber ~ $2.99
20. Sophie & Carter by Chelsea Fine ~ $2.99


21. The Boyfriend Thief by Shana Norris ~ $2.99
22. Safe Landing by Tess Oliver ~ $2.99
23. Virtue by Amanda Hocking ~ $2.99


24. Codename: Dancer by Amanda Brice ~ $2.99
25. Wanderdust by Michelle Warren ~ $2.99
26. Marked by P.C. Cast, Kristen Cast ~ $2.99


27. White Cat by Holly Black ~ $2.99
28. Everblue by Brenda Pandos ~ $2.99
29. So Over You by Gwen Hayes ~ $2.99


30. Lost In Las Vegas by Melody Carlson ~ $2.99
31. Last Stand by Niki Burnham ~ $1.99
32. Casey Barnes, Eponymous by E.A. Rigg ~ $2.99


$3.59-$3.99


33. Shadowland by Meg Cabot ~ $3.99
34. Cross My Heart by Katie Klein ~$3.99
35. Need by Carrie Jones ~ $3.59


36. Heart On A Chain by Cindy C. Bennett ~ $3.94 
37. Double Clutch by Liz Reinhardt ~ $3.99
38. Love Of The Party by Lauren Barnholdt ~ $3.99


39. Because Of Low by Abbi Glines ~ $3.99
40. What I've Done by Jen Naumann ~$3.99
41. Blue Sky Days by Marie Landry ~ $3.50

$4.19-$4.99



42. Geek Girl by Cindy C. Bennett ~ $4.19
43. Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia, Margaret Stohl ~ $4.99
44. Blue Bloods by Melissa de la Cruz ~ $4.99


45. The Iron King by Julie Kagawa ~ $4.99
46. Desire by Kailin Gow ~ $4.99
47. Northanger Alibi by Jenny James ~ $4.99


48. Pride & Popularity by Jenni James ~ $4.99
49. Dream Smashers by Angela Carlie ~ $4.29
50. Catching Jordan by Miranda Kenneally ~ $4.99

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Hope you found something good!!!

~Jessica