Literary Addicts Launch Event + KINDLE FIRE!

Welcome to the Literary Addicts Kindle Fire Event where we have teamed up with 10 Amazing Authors and several awesome bloggers to celebrate the

Grand Opening of Literary Addicts a Community for Book Lovers!

Please check out the Fantastic authors bringing the Kindle Fire Giveaway to you! Don't miss out on these great reads even if you don't have a kindle yet. You can download the kindle app for you phone, desktop, or ipad HERE. All of these books are less than a Starbucks Coffee!

 

Immortal Voyage Before the time of the great pyramids, there was a place like none other, a city of glass and metal rising from the depths of the ocean. Shrouded in mist, the island of Hy-Brasil and its capital Atlantis lay hidden from the rest of the world by its people, a race of long lived, interstellar nomads. Read more and purchase for only $2.99

     

Give Me - A Tale of Wyrd and Fae All she wanted was a vacation - but Dumnos offered a new life. Lilith Evergreen has always lived in the California desert, but when she receives an antique ring as a gift, she dreams of a castle by the sea, a magnificent tree at cliff's edge, and a mysterious woman who bids Lilith to come to Dumnos, a land of mist and rain. Read more and purchase for only $3.99 Paperback

   

Slow Boat to Purgatory (Slow Boat to Purgatory #1) Gaspar De Rouse, an immortal Knight Templar, a man murdered by his brothers for the secret he possessed, resurrected and given a second chance at redemption. Dominicus Bureau, a renegade priest, torn between his vows and the secret he pursues, a secret protected by an immortal. Alex Donovan, a modern day warrior thrust into an ages old war, a war between good and evil, heaven and hell.Read more and purchase for only $2.99 Paperback  

 

Mark of the Witch (Boston Witches Book 1) Magic flows through Jillian Proctor's veins as surely as blood, but so far her life outside Boston has been peaceful. William Morgan blows into Jilly's life like a hurricane, unleashing her magic and sending her out of control. Unknowingly, William brings an enemy who only wants to posses the power of the witch. Jilly must learn to harness her magic before she loses it - and everything in her life is destroyed. Purchase for only $2.99 Paperback 

 

The Marriage Bargain Camille Chandler is a tabloid journalist whose career is right on track--until her boss sees a curious ad in the L.A. Trades. Wanted: Single actress for an extended gig abroad. France's mega-rich playboy Julian de Laurent is up to something and Camille's boss expects her to find out what. Who knew the eccentric gazillionaire was looking to hire a temporary wife? Read more and purchase for only $2.99

 

Descended by Blood (Vampire Born #1) Brooke Keller is a high school junior who has never spent much time living in one place. She is finally in a town long enough to almost snag the boy of her dreams, until her life is threatened after killing a fanged man in his attempt to kidnap her. Brooke begins a dangerous journey in an effort to find out who is after her and how to stop them. In a world with powerful and prejudiced vampires, Read more and purchase for only $2.99 Paperback  

  

Dirty Blood I killed a girl last night. I did it with my bare hands and an old piece of pipe I found lying next to the dumpster. But that’s not the part that got me. The part that scared me, the part I can’t seem to wrap my head around and still has me reeling, was that when she charged me, her body shifted – and then she was a wolf. All snapping teeth and extended claws. But by the time I stood over her lifeless body, she was a girl again. Read more and purchase for only $2.99 Paperback

 

Taming the wolf (anna avery series, #1) Attacked by a wolf while hiking in the mountains, Anna Avery's life just got a little hairier. Living in the Big Horn mountains in Wyoming, with a group of werewolves who are more animal than human, Anna must try to hold onto her human side. It's not easy when the alpha continues to persuade her into his bed, while another wolf is chomping at the bit to become her mate. To top it all off, dead bodies are showing up and ..Read more and purchase for only $2.99

    

Fearless (Kings Series) Tasmyn Vaughn didn't expect much when her dad’s job moved them to a small town in Florida; it was just another new school. But there is more to King than meets the eye, and soon Tasmyn’s ability to hear other’s thoughts is the least of her worries. Entangled in a web of first love, quirky and secretive townsfolk, magic and blood rituals, she discovers the town’s secrets aren’t just bizarre, they’re deadly. Purchase for only $3.99 Paperback

  

Secrets (Guardian Trilogy) While Olivia Martin observed life through her camera, the Abyss gazed back at her. She discovers mysterious men follow her around, people close to her are dying, and her dreams are no longer her own as she falls head over heels for a perfect stranger. A chance encounter leads to an obsession that could destroy everything she has ever known or loved. Olivia is about to find out there is a lot she doesn't know and sometimes what you don't know can kill you. Read more and purchase for only $2.99   These fine authors are bringing you this Kindle Fire Event via Promotional Book Tours and Literary Addicts This contest is open Internationally! Please fill out the form below to enter. a Rafflecopter giveaway

Armchair Giveaway! OLDIES BUT GOODIES!

Last year I hosted my first giveaway for Armchair BEA and gave away Summer & The City by Candace Bushnell. This year my focus on things that I want to feature is a little different and with my new Reader's Advisory feature, I am trying to feature some older books to bring back that good literature still exists even though we get wrapped up in the new and shiny. So this year I am giving away an older book from the following list:

• Glimmerglass (2010) by Jenna Black
• The Giver (1993) by Lois Lowry
• If I Stay (2009) by Gayle Forman
• Memoirs of a Geisha (1997) by Arthur Golden
• The Wizard's First Rule (1994) by Terry Goodkind
• Uglies (2005) by Scott Westerfeld

I think that covers a variety of genre and ages for hopefully everyone to enjoy something. Enter on the Rafflecopter below and check out the details:

•     Contest Ends June 12, 2012 at 12:01AM EST
•     US Only (Sorry)
•     Must be 13 or older
•     Extra Entries are available
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•     Comments must be reported as entries
•     Winner will have 48 Hours to respond or another will be chosen

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Book Blast: Masters of the Veil by Daniel Cohen + Giveaway

Masters of the Veil by Daniel A. Cohen

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Life can't get much better for Sam Lock. Popular, good-looking, and with a future as a professional football player. every guy at Stanton High School wishes he were Sam. That is, until his championship football game, when Sam accidentally links with an ancient source of energy known as the Veil and reveals his potential to become a powerful sorcerer. Sam is whisked off to Atlas Crown, a community of sorcerers who utilize the Veil as a part of everyday life. Once there, he trains beside a mute boy who speaks through music, an eternal sage who's the eyes and ears of the Veil, and a beautiful girl who's pretty sure Sam's an idiot. As it becomes clear Sam's meant for power magic-the most feared and misunderstood form of sorcery-people beyond Atlas Crown learn of his dangerous potential. An exiled group of power sorcerers are eager to recruit Sam, believing that he is destined to help them achieve their long-held goal. If they succeed, they could bring about the downfall of not only Atlas Crown. but all humankind.

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Can you tell us a little about yourself? I graduated with a degree in business management but I’m trying my best not to use it. Obviously I love writing, but really I just love books in general.

What inspired you to write about magic and sorcerers? Harry Potter. And others. But mostly Harry Potter. Like most everyone else, I am obsessed with Rowling’s work. Growing up, I was always the same age as Harry’s crew and I felt a special bond to him and his world. I knew I could never create something as world shattering at J.K. did, but I knew in the very least that I wanted my work to be in the same genre. I’ve also found out by trial and error that choosing to write about magic and sorcery is choosing to be free and chained at the same time. You can create anything you want, but you have to follow your own rules or the story doesn’t work. This genre can be unbelievably liberating and mind-bogglingly frustrating at the same time.

What do you do when you’re not writing? Rock saxophone. I’ve been playing tenor saxophone for about fifteen years now, but I still have a lot to learn. I actually just moved to Austin, TX (the live music capital of the world) to try my hand at the music scene. Turns out that everyone here is amazing so it’s going to be rough.
 
Who is your favorite character from your book and why? My favorite character is a young sorcerer named Glissandro Thicket. He’s a lanky, curly-haired sorcerer on the brink of adulthood. He was born without the ability to talk, but he somehow found a way to speak through playing music on his horn.

He’s based on a type of person that I feel like happens all too often. He’s talented, has a kind heart, plenty of wisdom, but because of certain life circumstances, he’s shy and lacks the self-esteem to shine as bright as he could.

Do you work with an outline or just write? I have an outline, but in the heat of writing things seem to always change. However the bones of the story tend to stay pretty close to what I have planned out.

Do you have any advice for aspiring authors? I know this is going to sound pretentious (and I apologize for it) but I have found that there is a huge difference between writing and being an author. I started as a writer, but I find myself slowly drifting to the other side. Writing is fun. Being an author can be horrible. If you’re serious about becoming an author, be prepared to sacrifice for your craft. I don’t mean to sound melodramatic, but real writing will consume you. The best advice I can give is be careful, and make sure to find time for friends, family, and real life. 

What has been the toughest criticism given to you as an author? What’s been the best compliment? People tended to complain about the romance in, “The Ancillary’s Mark”. And they were right to. But it was a good thing. Since I was aware of my problem with romance, I concentrated on making it better in my next book, and even better in the next book (Children of the Veil).

Was there any scene or part in your book that was difficult to write? I was battling some pretty nasty demons while writing the first book, and some of them came out in the reenactment scene. I was actually climbing a mountain alone when I put that scene together. There were a lot of things in this book that hit very close to home with me, but it felt good to breath some of my own issues into the characters. For solidarity I guess.

If you were to go live on an island and could only choose 5 books to take with you, what would you choose?

• The Name of the Wind
• The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
• The Giver
• The Alchemist
• How to Build A Boat Using Nothing But Island Materials

If Masters of the Veil were made into a movie, who do you picture starring in it? It’s funny that you should ask. I did a [guest post] over at Fiktshun where I cast the main characters. There’s even photos!

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Release Spotlight: Allergies, and Awesome You by Dr. Atul Shaw

Allergies, and Awesome You by Dr. Atul Shaw

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"Allergies, and Awesome You” is a part of the Amazing Allergist’s Awesome Series that empowers allergic children to live and lead great lives, allergy-free. It is a by-product of the author’s extensive medical knowledge, vast experiences as an allergy specialist, and the desire to make a difference, one allergic child at a time.

About the Author:

Atul N. Shah, MD, FACAAI, FAAAAI, is a celebrated author of this AmazingAllergist book series, founder of www.AmazingAllergist.com, and the medical director of www.Center4AsthmaAllergy.com. He is a board certified allergist who has earned an honor of fellowships in both the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology and the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.

He has personally treated more than 20,000 patients, made a significant impact on more than 100,000 lives as an allergist so far, and earned the nickname “AmazingAllergist” from his patients and peers. His work is rewarded daily with numerous compliments of smiling patients and their families. He has been recognized with various awards, including the America’s Top Physicians’ Award, the Patients’ Choice Award, and the Most Compassionate Physicians’ Award. He believes that every allergic child and individual has a potential to live a great life, allergy-free. His desire to empower allergic individuals translated into this series of books.

!~Win A Kindle Fire~!

Pump Up Your Book Tour and the AmazingAllergist are giving away a FREE KINDLE FIRE! Fill out the Rafflecopter form below to win! This giveaway is only open to U.S. and Canada citizens. Deadline is June 1 and announced on June 2. If you are the winner, contact Dorothy Thompson at thewriterslife (at) gmail.com or Tracee Gleichner at tgleichner (at) gmail.com. You have 48 hours to reply. If we do not hear from you in 48 hours, another winner will be selected. Thanks and good luck!

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Off the Shelf Giveaway Winner!

The winner has been chosen to pick the book of her choice! She has been contacted and claimed her prize!

Congratulations, Ishita S!

Thank you everyone for entering the giveaway! Be sure to check out the Hunger giveaway that is still going on!

New Release Spotlight: Loss by Jackie Morse Kessler

Jackie Morse Kessler has released the third book in her Riders of the Apocalypse series! This series is a powerful series that takes real and extreme problems that teens are facing and uses them for a unique urban fantasy about turning that trouble into power by making them one of the four horsemen. This is extremely unqiue and powerful. In her first books she covered anorexia (Hunger) and self mutilation (Rage), in her new release that hit shelves March 20, 2012 from Graphia, it is the real and ever present idea of bullies.

Fifteen-year-old Billy Ballard is the kid that everyone picks on, from the school bullies to the teachers. But things change drastically when Death tells Billy he must stand in as Pestilence, the White Rider of the Apocalypse. Now armed with a Bow that allows him to strike with disease from a distance, Billy lashes out at his tormentors...and accidentally causes an outbreak of meningitis. Horrified by his actions, Billy begs Death to take back the Bow. For that to happen, says Death, Billy must track down the real White Rider—who is lost in his memories.

In his search, Billy travels through White Rider’s life: from ancient Phrygia, where the man called King Mita agrees to wear the White Rider’s Crown, to Sherwood Forest, where Pestilence figures out how to cheat Death; from the docks of Alexandria, where cartons of infested grain are being packed onto a ship that will carry the plague, to the Children’s Crusade in France—all the way to what may be the end of the world. When Billy finally finds the White Rider, the teen convinces the man to return to the real world.

But now the insane White Rider plans to unleash something awful on humanity—something that could make the Black Death look like a summer cold. Billy has a choice: he can live his life and pretend he doesn’t know what’s coming, or he can challenge the White Rider for his Crown. Does one bullied teenager have the strength to stand his ground—and the courage to save the world?

In honor of this book releasing, I am giving away the first book in the series, Hunger. Reading Rage at the moment, I can see the are consecutive if only mildly connected. Each book is individually powerful and I hope Hunger will make you as excited to read the rest as it did me!

•     Contest Ends April 20, 2012 at 12:01AM EST
•     US Only (Sorry)
•     Must be 13 or older
•     Extra Entries are available
•     Fill out the Rafflecopter below to enter!
•     Comments are love but not entries
•     Winner will have 48 Hours to respond or another will be chosen

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Off the Shelf Giveaway!

I want to say thanks and show some appreciation for my wonderful followers and so I am having a giveaway. I thought about posting the information yesterday but I wanted it taken seriously, not as an April Fool's (at least that is my excuse while I was really making a medieval feast for Game of Thrones)!

The nitty gritty of the giveaway is that there is a varying selection that the winner gets to chose from:

• Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
• Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick
• Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins
• The Near Witch (ARC) by Victoria Schwab
• Glimmerglass by Jemma Black
• Blood Red Road (ARC) by Moira Young

In the event that before the end of this giveaway the blog breaks 200 followers, I will pick TWO winners!!

•     Contest Ends April 14, 2012 at 12:01AM EST
•     Open Internationally
• In the event of 2 winners, only 1 international will be chosen
•     Must be 13 or older
•     Extra Entries are available
•     Fill out the Rafflecopter below to enter!
•     Comments are love but not entries
•     Winner will have 48 Hours to respond or another will be chosen

Congratulations!

The winner has been chosen for the Under the Never Sky ARC giveaway! She has been contacted and claimed her prize!

Congraulations, Kim H!

Thank you everyone for the great response to the giveaway! It means so much!

ARC Giveaway: Under the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi

I just finished reading Under the Never Sky and it was a great read; a fantastic way to start my endulgence of 2012 debuts! That being the case, I have decided to share the wealth and pass on my ARC that was awarded to me from the publisher. Enter to win the goods and be on the look out for the coming review!

•     Contest Ends February 13, 2012 at 12:01AM EST
•     Open to US only (sorry)
•     Must be 13 or older
•     Extra Entries are available
•     Fill out the form below to enter!
•     Comments are love but not entries
•     Winner will have 48 Hours to respond or another will be chosen

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EPIC GIVEAWAY: Signed Box Set of Song of Ice & Fire

As a contributor for Kentucky Geek Girl, I am proud to be able to announce to you a giveaway of epic proportions. As I just wrote, George R. R. Martin was doing a signing here in Lexington. As a gift to all geeks and "bookwyrms" we are very excited to announce that we have a signed box set of books 1-4 available!

What better way to prepare for winter than to get to take this wonderful opportunity to dive into the world that Martin has created. Whether you are a fan of the show or avid reader, these books will take you on a journey you are destined to remember!

As this is a promotion run by KGG and supported here at Within Pages, the Rafflecopter allows entries for following on twitter, comments, and more. Following on GFC and Facebook likes are in accordance with KGG and not this blog. You can however, answer the following question and comment on this blog for an entry. Also, following me on twitter gains an entry, so be sure to follow lostwithinpages!

Comment to answer**

Who is your favorite fantasy author?

**You must comment then report the entry on the rafflecopter form.

Contest Details:

• One (1) Winner will be chosen by Rafflecopter
• Contest ends August 10, 2011 @ 12:01 EST
• Entries in Rafflecopter are required
• Winner will have 48 hours to respond
• US & Canada Only (Sorry)
• Prize is one (1) paperback box set (box is signed) including:
• A Game of Thrones
• A Clash of Kings
• A Storm of Swords
• A Feast of Crows

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GIVEAWAY: The Midwife's Confession

The Midwife's Confession by Diane Chamberlain

Dear Anna,
What I have to tell you is difficult to write, but I know it will be far more difficult for you to hear, and I'm so sorry…

The unfinished letter is the only clue Tara and Emerson have to the reason behind their close friend Noelle's suicide. Everything they knew about Noelle—her calling as a midwife, her passion for causes, her love for her friends and family—described a woman who embraced life.

Yet there was so much they didn't know.

With the discovery of the letter and its heartbreaking secret, Noelle's friends begin to uncover the truth about this complex woman who touched each of their lives—and the life of a desperate stranger—with love and betrayal, compassion and deceit.

Contest Details

• Contest Ends August 1st at 12:01AM EST
• Open to US only (sorry)
• Must be 13 or older
• At this time, following is required
• Extra Entries are available
• Fill out the form below to enter!
• Comments are love but not entries
• Winner will have 48 Hours to respond or another will be chosen

Summer & The City Winner

Thank you for everyone that helped make my first giveaway spectacular! The winner has already been drawn and confirmed! Check back later this summer for another giveaway!

Congratulations!

Valia from Words are Things

GIVEAWAY: Summer and the City

When I received Summer and the City in my mailbox a few weeks ago, I promised I would be hosting a giveaway for it! Well the time has come loyal readers, here is your chance to win this book! And what better timing than during BEA!? Of course, it was mere coincidence that I scheduled it that way, but oh what a serendipitous event!

Contest Details

• Contest Ends June 3rd
• Open to US only (sorry)
• Must be 13 or older
• At this time, following is required
• Extra Entries are available
• Fill out the form below to enter!
• You DO NOT have to be a BEA participant
• Comments are love but not entries
• Winner will have 48 Hours to respond or another will be chosen