Alright, I’m really excited to have this event finally start!! I have some great books to share with you a long with some awesome guest post and giveaways!
So look forward to all the different post! It’s going to be a deadly time ;)
In My Mailbox in a weekly meme hosted by Kristi at The Story Siren! If you want more information on it go visit her blog.
Here are the books I’ve received in the past two weeks. Been very busy at the moment. Sorry for lack of reviews but they will all start coming starting tomorrow when my Dead Books Celebration starts! So look forward to that!
Also, sorry for the mumbling…
For review:
Popularity Genie in a Bottle by Donatella Fragiale & Cristina Fragiale
Of Witches and Wizards: The Trouble with Spells by Lacey Weatherford
The Demon Kiss by Lacey Weatherford
Won:
The Emerald Talisman by Brenda Pandos
The Demon’s Lexicon by Sarah Rees Brennan
The Demon’s Covenant by Sarah Brennan
Bought:
Dead Is The New Black by Marlene Perez
Once Dead, Twice Shy by Kim Harrison
Deadly Little Secret by Laurie Stolarz
Trance by Linda Gerber
Suite Scarlett by Maureen Johnson
From Library:
The Flanders Panel by Arturo Perez-Reverte
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
What did you get in your Mailbox?
Hey, everyone! This is my entry for Confessions of a Bookaholic and A Life Bound by Books’ Haunted Halloween Cover and Story contest. I made my cover based off the short story I wrote so it would make more sense if you read my little story (I would really appreciate it!).
My story was inspired by the superstition that if you look in your mirror at midnight on Friday the 13th you will see a figure people call “Bloody Mary” (I’m also pretty sure it’s the name of an alcoholic drink.) I’m pretty happy with it though I wish I could have written in more detail, but I was limited to 600 words. I hope you enjoy and I would love any feedback!
Cover Entry:
~The Blood Spirit~
1920
It was in the small town of Ashbury, New York that the rumor became.
“Oh, Mary, I’ve missed you so much!”
“Hahaha, well, I told you I’d return didn’t I, silly boy.” The girl’s sweet voice filled the room. It was like a drug to Everett and he wanted more. He had long awaited her return spending night after night staring longingly into the mirror on his dresser, until she had finally appeared that night.
“I thought… maybe you had moved on.” Everett’s voice tried to cover his emotions at the thought of losing his beautiful Mary. Mary, the one that had saved him from all the darkness in his life and now he could barely stand to look her in the eyes because of her beauty. They had shown with understanding, but that was all a mask to help cover up the thing she really was.
“Oh, darling, it’s only you and always you,” she insisted, smiling encouragingly at Everett. She was so close… to what she desired.
“Where did you go? I was worried that something had happened. It’s been over a week! When will I get to meet you in person?”
“Hush, my boy, soon, soon we will be together. As a matter of fact, we can be together right now. There is all but one condition,” she cooed to Everett, twisting a lock of her dark, brown hair.
Everett jumped to life from his bed where he sat and ran to his dresser, leaning across it as far as he could to get as close to the mirror as possible. He was so close to her, he longed to be able to touch her.
“Anything,” he whispered to her, “anything you want I will give as long as I can be with you.”
She ducked her head in forge shyness and glanced up at him under her eyelashes. Everett’s breathing grew heavy and his heart skipped a beat.
“Anything?” she asked and a smile played on the corner of her lips.
Everett could only nod his head eagerly.
She let out a gleeful laugh and passes her hands to the surface of the mirror. Everett raised his hands and placed them over hers and the mirror was ice cold.
“So tell me, tell me what I must give you!” Everett begged.
“Oh, wonderful boy, all I ask of you is,” her voice grew raspier and her hands suddenly appeared to be dirtied and scratched with a giant bloody ‘X’s across the palms. Everett pulled his hands back and stared at his Mary in horror as her elegant dress turned into one full of dirt and slashes and blood. Her perfect hair suddenly became wild and tangled, her eyes turned from a light blue to a near transparency, and another giant bloody ‘X” formed from her collarbone to her waist.
“Your soul,” she finished and smiled.
‘M-m-mary, what’s happening t-to you?!” Everett tried to stubble backwards away from this awful sight but suddenly sharp, claw-like hands were holding him by his shirt. He struggled but it was no use, the arms coming from inside the mirror had a death grip on him.
“No turning back now, foolish boy. I will take from you what the person I loved took from me,” she hissed.
Everett screamed, but a sudden swift movement came at him and he was silenced. A white light shot from his body and into the hands of the monster from the mirror. He now lay on the floor, a giant bloody ‘X’ across his chest…
And the figure in the mirror was gone.
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And so I hope you liked both my cover and story! As you can see I didn’t use my real name on the cover, when I put it on there it just didn’t look right. I wanted it to be a hand coming out of a mirror for the cover but I learned that was stretching my Photoshop knowledge. Also, I really wish I could have written in more detail but this was exactly 600 words!
So I’ve got one (1) hardcover copy of Living Dead Girl by Elizabeth Scott here! All you have to do is follow the rules and fill out the form below!
RULES
International
Must be at least 16!
Ends Oct. 31th
Fill out form below!
Today I have Elizabeth Scott here, author of Living Dead Girl! It’s an honor that she let me interview her and I hope you enjoy it!
Tell us a little about yourself.
I'm pretty boring, LOL! I like to write, I like to read, I like to watch TV, and I love spending time with my husband and dog. (See? Boring!)
What is one of your favorite part about writing?
Finishing that first draft!
What inspired you to write the story of Alice?
A dream, of all things--one that I had over and over until I finally realized I had to write her story.
Living Dead Girl could not be a more perfect title for the book. How did it come to be?
It was always the title--she thought of herself that way in the dream and I knew it was not just who she was, but the title too (I like to know my titles before I start writing, so that was serendipitous)
There are many different messages you can receive from reading Living Dead Girl, but what was your central message you were trying to get to your readers through book?
I wasn't thinking about a message--I don't like message books at all, myself--I just wanted to tell Alice's story.
I know that your newest book, Grace, was just released. Congrats! Do you have any other projects planned for the future?
Thanks for the congratulations, and I do have more books in the work--the next one, Between Here and Forever will be in stores on May 24, 2011...
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Thanks so much for doing this interview Elizabeth! I loved Living Dead Girl (you can read my review) and I really look forward to reading more of you work!
So sorry I’m a little late on this but I’ve been swamped with school work and stuff and I had to hand write every entry enter in my giveaways. Not so fun. But it was fun to pick my two winners so here they are:
Winner of Welcoming the Fall Giveaway #1:
Rachelle!
She has already contacted me and will be getting a copy of Revealers by Amanda Marrone. She also seems to be a new blogger and all of us has been there at one time so way don’t you go take a look at her blog!
Winner of Welcoming the Fall Giveaway #2:
Autumn!
She has also already contacted me! She also as a blog and you should go take a look and check it out! I know I love finding new blogs :D
If you didn’t win do not fear! I have quite a few others coming up from my Dead Books Celebration! Also look out for a giveaway tomorrow for a copy of Living Dead Girl!
Title: Living Dead Girl
Author: Elizabeth Scott
Publisher: Simon Pulse/ Simon & Schuster
Pages: 170
Summary: Once upon a time I was a little girl who disappeared.
Once upon a time my name was not Alice.
Once upon a time I didn't know how lucky I was.
When Alice was ten, Ray took her away from her family, her friends -- her life. She learned to give up all power, to endure all pain. She waited for the nightmare to be over.
Now Alice is fifteen and Ray still has her, but he speaks more and more of her death. He does not know it is what she longs for. She does not know he has something more terrifying than death in mind for her.
This is Alice's story. It is one you have never heard, and one you will never, ever forget.
Overall: 5 stars 
Review:
Living Dead Girl is a novel that will truly stay with you long after you have finished it. It has an unforgettable story told from the voice of a fifteen year old girl who has been abducted at the age of ten. We read of her long journey and hardships as she tries to find a way out of a life where she is only living on the outside but all dead in the inside.
Alice isn’t her real name, it’s the name Ray gave her, but now she is Alice and no one else. She is trapped under the controlling and menacing gaze of Ray, who keeps her locked away from the rest of the world. She dares not to run because of the deadly consequences Ray has drilled into her head. She dare not hope for freedom, but she does. Now that Alice is older and it’s about time, she figures, for Ray to get a new Alice, she so sets out in hopes to find someone that will replace her in her sorrows and mercy. All she wants in freedom.
This highly emotion packed book will leave you with a punched-in-the-gut kind of feeling. When you are done with Alice’s journey it is not one you will regret. You will see a new perspective, a new light. The pages will keep on turning and by the end you’ll wonder where the rest of them went.
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-Living Dead Girl-
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Order a copy HERE
-Elizabeth’s Other books-
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Prefect You (In Stories)
Bloom (In Stories)
Something, Maybe (In Stories)
Stealing Heaven (In Stories)
Love You Hate You Miss You (In Stories)
The Unwritten Rule (In Stories)
Grace (In Stories)
Between Here and Forever (May 24, 2011)
Find Elizabeth
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WEBSITE
Today is the end of the Welcoming The Fall Giveaway event hosted by Good Choice Reading! It will end 11:59pm EST so hurry up an enter if you haven’t! You may have entered my first giveaway but I added another one and it’s international!! (You guys are worth the dent in my wallet :D
Welcoming The Fall Giveaway #1 (US and Canada only!)
Welcoming The Fall Giveaway #2 (International!)
Hope you guys enjoy and look forward to some Halloween related giveaways coming soon for my Halloween Event: Dead Books Celebration! (you can read more about it if you click on the button on the top right hand corner!)
