cindy pon
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TGIFBM morris and indie love!

we despise mondays!! =D
this is the reason i decided to feature my
free books giveaway on monday, to try and
bring some cheer to this day.
today, i have a very special giveaway.
three books that were on the morris shortlist
for 2010. the morris award is given to excellent
young adult debuts, and i’ve had the pleasure of
meeting the authors as well as enjoying their
fantastic novels.

also, i’ll be buying a signed copy for the winner
directly from indie bookstores, which will also
get some loving in this post!

ash

my review :

i’ve heard ASH by malinda lo described as a lesbian
retelling of cinderalla, but this short changes
malinda’s wonderful debut novel. beautifully written in prose
that can make your heart ache, ASH loses everything
that she loves and is on a journey to discover herself
in the process.

rich with folklore, malinda intrigues the reader with
the dark, intense and possessive fairy, sidhean juxtaposed
with the innocent, butterflies in the stomach encounters
with the king’s young huntress, kaisa. both relationships
drew me for their own reasons, and malinda does a fantastic
job of adding her own twists to a familiar fairy tale.

i highly recommend this debut!

malinda

*malinda and i at the 2009 scbwi LA conference.
i try to post the foto as much as i can cause it makes
me giggle. ha!

bookpassage

*Photo L to R: Elaine Petrocelli, C. Lee McKenzie,
Lissa Rovetch (Kid Lit Salon coordinator), George McGovern,
Sarah Quigley, me, Cheryl Renee Herbsman, J.A. Yang.

signed copies of ASH can be purchased from Book Passage.
this is what malinda had to say about her local indie bookstore!

My local independent bookstore, Book Passage, is way more
than a bookstore. It has a gigantic series of events every month
including author signings, writing conferences and literary salons –
it’s truly a community meeting place. My first event for ASH was at
one of those literary salons, the Kid Lit Salon, which brings together
Bay area writers and readers of children’s and YA books. Because
Book Passage is such a happening place, George McGovern happened
to be presenting in a separate area of the bookstore the very same
night, and Book Passage owner Elaine Petrocelli brought him over to
the Kid Lit Salon to say hello. That was an awesome way to kick off
my ASH promo efforts!

beautifulcreatures

my review :

gothic. epic. touching. frightening.
mysterious and intriguing.
with a hero falling in love for the
first time whom you can’t help falling
in love with yourself.
and a heroine battling her family, her
past, her future and herself.

definitely recommended!

fantasyfemmes

*L to R : kami garcia, margie stohl, nancy holder,
me, and megan whalen turner.

the signed copy of Beautiful Creatures which will
be made into a film soon (!!) was purchased
at the Mysterious Galaxy Holiday Party in december.
i got the chance to hang out with some awesome author
friends and many lovers of Mysterious Galaxy showed
up to support authors, good books, but most of all, a very
beloved local indie bookstore.

Mysterious Galaxy focuses on, according its website,
“books of Martians, Murder, Magic and Mayhem
(with occasional Matchmaking and Munchkins)”.
every author i know who writes within these genres
loves the store. and if you’re a reader that enjoys
science fiction, fantasy, mysteries, suspense or thrillers,
it’s the bookstore to go to if you are ever in san diego!

i had the pleasure of meeting tad williams, elizabeth
moon, melissa marr, and neil gaiman at MG author
events. i also attended my first fantasy novels panel
at Comicon and had a signing there through MG last year!

they have also been so supportive of SIlver Phoenix
and keep signed copies in stock, calling me to let me
know when there are personalized requests!

flashburnout

and last but not least, Flash Burnout was my
second favorite read from 2009–out of 41 books read.
it was an utter surprise to me because i do lean toward
fantasy as favorites (reading tastes are so personal), but
i instantly fell in love with l.k. madigan’s “hero”, fifteen
year old blake. his voice was so honest, endearing, funny
and real. this debut satisfied on multiple levels, and
i couldn’t have been happier to learn that it was awarded
the morris award for 2010!

congratulations, lisa!!

signed copies of Flash Burnout are available
from Annie Bloom’s Books. this is what lisa had
to say about her local indie bookstore :

The first blog review FLASH BURNOUT ever received
(a glowing one!) came from Holly at Annie Bloom’s.
And the very first fan mail I ever received (literally: the
topic line was “Fan Mail”!) came from Matt at Annie Bloom’s.
No wonder they’re my favorite independent bookstore.
They made me feel like a star before my book ever came out,
and they’ve been hand-selling it ever since.

whew! so how do you win ALL THREE fabulous
signed copies? simply tweet, fb status, LJ or blog a link
and blurb about the contest from now through this
saturday (1/30). i will choose a winner randomly some
time on saturday. please be sure you let me know in
THIS POST if you’ve tweeted, etc, to officially enter!
contest is open to all! good luck!

This entry was written by cindy pon, posted on January 25, 2010 at 12:06 pm, filed under book review, books, celebrate, contest. Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post. Both comments and trackbacks are currently closed.

56 Comments

  1. Natasha
    Posted January 25, 2010 at 12:19 pm | Permalink

    Retweeted! What a great contest. Thanks!

  2. Mike Jung
    Posted January 25, 2010 at 12:20 pm | Permalink

    Tweeted! http://twitter.com/Mike_Jung/status/8205297015

    And Facebooked too. http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/captainstupendous?v=feed&story_fbid=296123010700&ref=nf

  3. Travis
    Posted January 25, 2010 at 12:25 pm | Permalink

    Retweeted! Awesome contest. I REALLY wanna read Ash.

  4. Justine
    Posted January 25, 2010 at 12:32 pm | Permalink

    Amazing! :)

    tweeted!
    http://twitter.com/justeena/status/8205747392

  5. Jessica
    Posted January 25, 2010 at 12:42 pm | Permalink

    Thanks for offering this contest! RT – http://twitter.com/mybplteens/status/8205976915

  6. Lena
    Posted January 25, 2010 at 12:48 pm | Permalink

    GREAT contest!!!

    Tweeted : @Lena1xoxo
    added to my sidebar: http://addicted2novels.blogspot.com

    YAAAAY! :D

  7. whatinabox
    Posted January 25, 2010 at 12:54 pm | Permalink

    I want to read BC so much!!!

    Tweet: http://twitter.com/whatinabox/status/8206482337

  8. LiLi Ramos
    Posted January 25, 2010 at 1:12 pm | Permalink

    Great books to giveaway!

    Tweeted: http://twitter.com/Lilixtreme/status/8207064346

  9. I Heart Monster
    Posted January 25, 2010 at 2:41 pm | Permalink

    I tweeted :o)

  10. Diana Dang
    Posted January 25, 2010 at 2:46 pm | Permalink

    Great contest Cindy! :D I have tweeted under @stopdropandread :3

  11. ninefly
    Posted January 25, 2010 at 3:37 pm | Permalink

    oh wow, I’m dying to read all three! but especially Flash Burnout because I love the cover <3
    I've tweeted here:
    http://twitter.com/angeltyuan/status/8212094018

    thanks!

  12. Sharli
    Posted January 25, 2010 at 3:52 pm | Permalink

    Tweet:
    http://twitter.com/Entre_Libros/status/8212565745
    Sidebar link: http://blogentrelibros.blogspot.com/

  13. Ella
    Posted January 25, 2010 at 3:54 pm | Permalink

    Great contest Cindy!
    I tweeted ;)
    Thanks for letting everyone enter!

  14. Sharli
    Posted January 25, 2010 at 3:54 pm | Permalink

    Sidebar link: http://blogentrelibros.blogspot.com/
    Tweet: http://twitter.com/Entre_Libros/status/8212565745

  15. Josie Kramer
    Posted January 25, 2010 at 3:59 pm | Permalink

    Tweeted:

    EllaPress Latest: Win Ash, Beautiful Creatures and Flash Burnout @cindypon http://bit.ly/5P5Lay Retweeted by you less than a minute ago

    And thank you!

  16. Gaby
    Posted January 25, 2010 at 3:59 pm | Permalink

    Thanks for this contest!

    I tweeted: http://twitter.com/magabygc/status/8212927209

  17. Edna
    Posted January 25, 2010 at 4:49 pm | Permalink

    Cool contest, Cindy! I enjoyed reading about these books, as well. I reposted on FB: http://tinyurl.com/ydlpo94

  18. Karen
    Posted January 25, 2010 at 4:56 pm | Permalink

    I’ve sent out a tweet about this wonderful contest you are having. I will also be sharing the news with the members of my GHHS library book challenge group so that they can enter, too! I’m klibrary on Twitter. All of these books that I have in the library and yours, too, fly off the library shelves!

  19. Renee
    Posted January 25, 2010 at 5:06 pm | Permalink

    Thanks! I posted a tweet about your contest. Fingers crossed!

  20. AudryT
    Posted January 25, 2010 at 5:14 pm | Permalink

    Tweeted & FB’d! What a great group of books!

  21. Laurie May
    Posted January 25, 2010 at 5:21 pm | Permalink

    Great combination for great reading.
    I tweeted and FaceBooked.

    http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/laurie.l.may?ref=name
    http://twitter.com/timestndstill

  22. Liyana
    Posted January 25, 2010 at 7:38 pm | Permalink

    Signed copies! I’d love to win them. *wistful*

    Tweeted: http://twitter.com/dy0ulee/status/8220570866

  23. Sherry Salach
    Posted January 25, 2010 at 7:56 pm | Permalink

    Wow what an awesome contest! Please enter me, I tweeted!

    http://twitter.com/ssalach21/status/8221171230

    Thanks so much!!

    Sherry :)

  24. Dara
    Posted January 25, 2010 at 8:11 pm | Permalink

    Awesome contest :)

    Tweet, tweet!

    http://twitter.com/dmarie84/status/8221741000

  25. Donna S
    Posted January 25, 2010 at 9:20 pm | Permalink

    Tweeted – http://twitter.com/DonnaS1/statuses/8223924552

    Also posted here: http://donnasbloghome.blogspot.com/2010/01/contests-found-this-week_25.html and on the sidebar

  26. Kim Kasch
    Posted January 25, 2010 at 10:20 pm | Permalink

    Love your brush art. Great Lily in the rock.

    Plus, I hate Mondays too. That was what my post was about today. :)

  27. Jenny N
    Posted January 25, 2010 at 11:26 pm | Permalink

    I just tweeted it: http://twitter.com/Jullysay/statuses/8227072428

  28. Brodie
    Posted January 26, 2010 at 1:35 am | Permalink

    Ohh what an awesome contest! Three amazing books, definitely count me in :D

    I tweeted – http://twitter.com/peacelovevegan/status/8229545191

    Thanks!

  29. Precious
    Posted January 26, 2010 at 1:57 am | Permalink

    Yay! Signed Copies!! Please include me. Ash and Beautiful Creatures have been in my wishlist for quite some time now. Flash Burnout sounds good too!

    I tweeted here: http://twitter.com/precious_shusky/status/8229892119

    Thank you!

  30. Violet
    Posted January 26, 2010 at 5:45 am | Permalink

    wow, 2 of these books are on my wishlist.

    Tweeted http://twitter.com/Violet_Crush/status/8235367577

  31. Emily Brown
    Posted January 26, 2010 at 7:35 am | Permalink

    Awesome contest!!!

    Tweeted: http://twitter.com/EmilyBrown95/favorites

    emilyb3342@bellsouth.net

  32. sruble
    Posted January 26, 2010 at 9:27 am | Permalink

    I tweeted – @stephanieruble. (Don’t know how to do the direct link to the tweet.)

    Thanks for the cool contest Cindy!

  33. rem
    Posted January 27, 2010 at 2:29 pm | Permalink

    great contest!!! Ash and Beautiful Creatures have been in my wishlist for quite some time now

    tweeted: http://twitter.com/rem_pdg/status/8297211064

    Thanks for the contest

  34. Elise Murphy
    Posted January 27, 2010 at 5:33 pm | Permalink

    I re-tweeted!

    Thanks for the great reviews!

  35. JennW
    Posted January 27, 2010 at 5:34 pm | Permalink

    I’ll retweet too!:)

  36. Chloe
    Posted January 27, 2010 at 5:36 pm | Permalink

    Thanks for the contest! One book I read and LOVED (Beautiful Creatures) and two I’ve been wanting to read for a long time :D

    tweeted: http://twitter.com/chloeeesays/statuses/8303748386

  37. Alexandra
    Posted January 27, 2010 at 6:01 pm | Permalink

    I tweeted: https://twitter.com/naruxhina/status/8304604453

    Thanks for the contest! :3

  38. Erica
    Posted January 28, 2010 at 2:18 pm | Permalink

    I tweeted :) http://twitter.com/thebookcellarx/status/8340757132

  39. Ink
    Posted January 28, 2010 at 2:23 pm | Permalink

    I updated my facebook status and tweeted!

  40. Christine
    Posted January 28, 2010 at 2:51 pm | Permalink

    Hi Cindy!

    *waves*

    What an AWESOME contest. I want to win those books so badly!

    I’ve tweeted (@christinepuddin) and posted on my blog.

  41. Sarah Rees Brennan
    Posted January 30, 2010 at 2:43 am | Permalink

    I tweeted, but don’t put me in the draw, I own ‘em all already!

  42. Kimberly B.
    Posted January 30, 2010 at 6:35 am | Permalink

    Hi there! What a great giveaway! I’m especially happy that you’re sharing your love for Indie bookstores, since I used to work at one!
    I tweeted the contest @KimBea.
    Thanks!

  43. Violet
    Posted January 30, 2010 at 9:34 am | Permalink

    Three amazing signed books + support for Indie bookstores = Awesome! I would love to enter. :)

    *Tweet:
    http://twitter.com/TheEagerReaders/status/8407535962
    *Blog mention:
    http://theeagerreaders.blogspot.com/2010/01/book-giveaways-contests_30.html

  44. Breanne M.
    Posted January 30, 2010 at 1:43 pm | Permalink

    Retweeted @for_rainy_days on twitter.
    hope its not too late. Great contest, thanks!

  45. Sage
    Posted January 30, 2010 at 2:08 pm | Permalink

    I tweeted, chica. @Sagecollins

    Thanks for the contest, the books sound awesome.

  46. Ari
    Posted January 30, 2010 at 2:09 pm | Permalink

    i tweeted! (@sheba201)

  47. Paul W. Hankins
    Posted January 30, 2010 at 2:10 pm | Permalink

    I tweeted (re), posted to facebook, and put on my website that I run with my students in Southern Indiana, RAW INcK (Reading and Writing in Kentuckiana). Our url is rawinck.ning.com. Our sole purpose is to create a classroom community that we can share with others. We collect and create resources for reading and writing.

  48. Mary Witzl
    Posted January 30, 2010 at 2:10 pm | Permalink

    I’ve tweeted too — please count me in!

  49. Cassandra
    Posted January 30, 2010 at 2:12 pm | Permalink

    Tweeted here: http://twitter.com/thatwemightfly/status/8426910772

    Thank you!

  50. Heather Gardner
    Posted January 30, 2010 at 2:15 pm | Permalink

    I tweeted this @fireicephotos SOOOO excited for the giveaway :) Awesome.

  51. Julie K
    Posted January 30, 2010 at 2:18 pm | Permalink

    Great support for indie bookstores!

    Tweeted :)
    http://twitter.com/Selestial/status/8427089305

  52. Denise
    Posted January 30, 2010 at 2:32 pm | Permalink

    Those book look really really good
    I twitted about this contest her http://twitter.com/DeniseMadness/status/8427445881

  53. Debbie D
    Posted January 30, 2010 at 4:20 pm | Permalink

    Some great books. I re-tweeted!

  54. Sandy Shin
    Posted January 30, 2010 at 5:27 pm | Permalink

    I’d love to read all these titles! I’ve retweeted here: http://twitter.com/sandy_shin/status/8433061481 :)

  55. Savannah J. Foley
    Posted January 30, 2010 at 5:58 pm | Permalink

    I tweeted! Username savannahjfoley. All of those books sound amazing, and I love your short, to the point reviews of them.

  56. Landon
    Posted January 30, 2010 at 6:47 pm | Permalink

    Retweeted here: http://twitter.com/LHKramer !