A Sneak Peek of 1k-a-day Books Up for Grabs!

Just to get everyone a little more excited about our upcoming 1k-a-day challenge, I wanted to post a sneak peek of a few books that will be up for grabs each week of July and for part of the final prize. Keep in mind, these are slightly used books, but all are in great condition. Also, they are a mix of hardbacks, paperbacks and even a few ARCS!

Also, welcome to all of our new followers! I hope you enjoy the blog.

Free Books Available for Week 4 and 1k-a-day!

Below is the list of available books for week 4 as well as the overall word count for 1k-a-day! Good luck everyone, and don't forget to post those week ending word counts, as well as your final word count by Sunday, August 2nd! We will announce the winners on Tuesday, August 4th

Week 4 word counts should be the words written between Wednesday, July 23 and Friday, July 31. Overall word counts should be words written between Wednesday, July 1 and July 31.

• A Mango Shaped Space by Wendy Mass
• Golden by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
• The Summoning by Kelley Armstrong
• Undone by Brooke Taylor (hardback)
• Eighth Grade Bites (Vlad Todd, Book 1) by Heather Brewer
• I Heart You, You Haunt Me by Lisa Schroeder
• Fly on the Wall by E. Lockhart
• Stealing Heaven by Elizabeth Scott
  

Free Books Available for Week 2!

Okay everyone...just in time for the close of week 2! Below is the list of available books for this week. Good luck everyone, and don't forget to post those week ending word counts by Wednesday, July 15!

Week 2 word counts should be the words written between Wednesday, July 8 and Tuesday, July 14.

• A Mango Shaped Space by Wendy Mass
• Golden by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
• The Summoning by Kelley Armstrong
• Undone by Brooke Taylor (hardback)
• You Know Where to Find Me by Rachel Cohn (hardback)
• Just Listen by Sarah Dessen (hardback)- I have to say, this is one of my fav. books. I just ended up with 2 hardback version for some reason. :)
• Shadowed Summer by Saundra Mitchell (hardback)
  
• Eighth Grade Bites (Vlad Todd, Book 1) by Heather Brewer
  

1k-a-day Week 1 Winners!

We're ready to announce the winners of week 1!

The top word count for week 1 goes to:

Leona with an INCREDIBLE 8,479 words!!!!

AND, because you all were awesome, the second free book of the week goes to:

Lori May with an awesome 8,297 words!!!

As a reminder, here are the great books to choose from this week.

A Mango Shaped Space by Wendy Mass
Golden by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
The Summoning by Kelley Armstrong
Undone by Brooke Taylor (hardback)
The Black Tattoo by Sam Enthoven
You Know Where to Find Me by Rachel Cohn (hardback)
Perfect You by Elizabeth Scott


If both of you could email us at: YAedge at yahoo.com (w/o the spaces and replace the at w/ @) with your name, address and your book choice before this weekend, I will send out your prizes this Saturday. If you both request the same book, it will go to first come, first serve.

Congrats! Remember, keep track of your word counts for week 2 to win free books! There will be books added to the list for the new week, so check back soon!

Valentine's Day Quiz Contest

Happy Valentine's Day! What a better way to spread the love than with a love quote quiz from some of the best YA books! All you have to do is match the quotes to the book covers and post your answers in the comments section. The first person to answer all correctly (or the one who gets the most right first) will win a copy of Bloom by Elizabeth Scott! The contest ends at 6pm PST on Wednesday, February 18th. Good luck and make sure to tell everyone you love in your life just how much you care about them today.


Here's the books to choose from (click on the picture to view the covers at a larger size):

1) "As he leaned down to kiss me, I closed my eyes and saw not the flat black of the dark but something else. Something brighter, closer to light, shining small but ever steady. More than enough to go on as a part of me pushed up and out, finally, to meet it there."

2) "Somehow we stay together. We are graced, and we are together, and the twoliness is trumping the loneliness and the doubt and the fear."

3) "We didn't have sex. We never got naked. I never touched her bare breast, and her hands never got lower than my hips. It didn't matter."

4) "His fingers were ice-cold, like he’d been holding them in a snowdrift before class. But that wasn’t why I jerked my hand away so quickly. When he touched me, it stung my hand as if an electric current had passed through us."

5) "The whole "weak in the knees" thing, which she always thought was just some idiotic expression back from the golden age of idiotic expressions, was real."

6) "You. I've spent my life waiting for you."

7) "There are some people who fall in love over and over: And there are others who can only seem to do it once. "

8) "You are the only thing I have that is neither duty nor obligation, the only thing I chose for myself. The only thing I want."

9) "Needless to say, the fact that he actually spoke to me at all practically caused me to pass out. And then the fact that he was actually saying something that sounded like it might be a prelude to asking me out - well, I nearly threw up. I mean it. I felt really sick, but in a good way."

10) "What you do, the way you think, makes you beautiful."

Big Question 3...The Final Question of November.

Okay everyone! Here is your last chance for the month of November to win one of those great Young Adult books (unless you're week 4's word count winner). All you have to do is answer the big question of the weekend. Please post your answers in the comments section of this blog entry by today(Monday), 6pm PDT. We will be picking our favorite answer! Good luck!

We want to hear about your first kiss! Where were you when it happened and who was it with?

Basically we're looking for some awesome stuff. Be specific!

Just to get your mind flowing, here's a list of available books the winner can choose from!

ttyl by Lauren Myracle
Valiant by Holly Black (book 2)
Golden by Jennifer Lynn Barnes (book 1)
Platinum by Jennifer Lynn Barnes (book 2)
When Lightning Strikes by Meg Cabot (book 1 in the 1-800 series)
Size 14 is Not Fat Either by Meg Cabot (book 2 in the Heather Wells series)
The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot
Absolutely Normal Chaos by Sharon Creech
Wild Roses by Deb Caletti
Vibes by Amy Kathleen Ryan

Free books available in week 2!

Okay everyone...just in time for the close of week 2! Below is the list of available books for this week. Good luck everyone, and don't forget to post those week ending word counts!

Week 2 word counts should be the words written between Saturday, Nov. 8th and Friday, Nov.14th.

How To Ditch Your Fairy by Justine Larbalestier
ttyl by Lauren Myracle
Valiant by Holly Black
Golden by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Platinum by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
When Lightning Strikes by Meg Cabot
Lessons from a Dead Girl by Jo Knowles
The Boyfriend List by E. Lockhart
As Simple as Snow by Gregory Galloway
Peeps by Scott Westerfeld