100 Follower Giveaway

Check out our totally random "button,"  we wanted to do something a little different.

So we've been blogging for about a month now and we have finally reached 100 Followers!  We've been thinking of a way to say Thank You for following along as we slowly but surely get our "sea legs" in the book blogging/blogging community.  So we have decided that we are going to hold ourselves a 100 Follower Giveaway!  Well, "Bumps" decided...Jamie just went along with the idea :)

The Details:

1. You MUST be a follower to participate, since this is a follower giveaway
2. There will be 2 winners.
3. Each winner will win 2 books each from the books listed below.
4. This contest is INTERNATIONAL (as long as Book Depository ships to your country)
5. Ends on August 31, 2011 at 11:59 pm CST

The Books:

                                


                             


                               



                  

Divergent by Veronica Roth (Definitely Recommend)
Wither by Lauren DeStefano
Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare
Delirium by Lauren Oliver
Beauty Queens by Libba Bray
Steel by Carrie Vaughn (Definitely Recommend)
Starcrossed by Josephine Angelini
Timeless by Alexandra Monir
Clarity by Kim Harrington
Ripple by Mandy Hubbard
A Need So Beautiful by Suzanne Young
Enclave by Ann Aguirre (Definitely Recommend)
Darkness Becomes Her by Kelly Keaton
A Beautiful Dark by Jocelyn Davies
Love Story by Jennifer Echols
Imaginary Girls by Nova Ren Suma
Griffin Rising by Darby Karchut (Definitely Recommend)
Beastly by Alex Flinn


OFFICIAL RULES:

1. You MUST be a follower to participate in the giveaway.
2. The giveaway is INTERNATIONAL (as long as Book Depository ships to your country)
3. You MUST fill out the form below.
4. Winners will be drawn by random.org
5. Ends August 31, 2011 at 11:59 pm CST

*EXTRA ENTRIES*

+1 for becoming a twitter follower @jamers221
+1 for becoming our friend on Goodreads
+3 For commenting on this post
+5 for tweeting about this post
+10 for blogging about this giveaway
+10 for putting "button" in sidebar/on your blog
+5 for each comment left on a post (only comments left after this giveaway goes live will count)

Friday Book Blogger Hops

The Story Siren is hosting a really cool ARC giveaway!  I've entered why haven't you?!

Q. Let's step away from besties...What is the worst book that you've ever read and actually finished?

I can honestly say that if I know that I seriously dislike the book and I know I'm going to have to force myself to finish it, I give up.  There was one book before I started blogging that I actually forced myself to finish....it was soooo bad I can't even remember the name of it....Memorable right?!

Teaser Tuesday ~ The First Patient by Michael Palmer

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

Synopsis:

Gabe Singleton and Andrew Stoddard were roommates at the Naval Academy in Annapolis years ago. Today, Gabe is a country doctor and his friend Andrew has gone from war hero to governor to President of the United States.

One day, while the United States is embroiled in a bitter presidential election campaign, Marine One lands on Gabe's Wyoming ranch, and President Stoddard delivers a disturbing revelation and a startling request. His personal physician has suddenly and mysteriously disappeared, and he desperately needs Gabe to take the man's place. Despite serious misgivings, Gabe agrees to come to Washington.

It is not until he is ensconced in the White House medical office that Gabe realizes there is strong evidence that the President is going insane. Facing a crisis of conscience - as President Stoddard's physician, he has the power to invoke the Twenty-fifth Amendment to transfer presidential power to the Vice President - Gabe uncovers increasing evidence that his friend's condition may not be due to natural causes.

Who? Why? And how? The President's life is at stake. A small-town doctor suddenly finds himself in the most powerful position on earth, and the safety of the world is in jeopardy. Gabe Singleton must find the answers, and the clock is ticking....

My Teaser:

"Without another word, he stepped around behind her, buried a needle to the hilt at the base of her neck, and injected the contents of a syringe into her muscle.  After just a minute, the room began to spin viciously."  Pg. 330

Review ~ Enclave by Ann Aguirre

Title: Enclave

Author: Ann Aguirre

Genre: YA/Dystopian

Rating: 5/5, Awesome Sauce Award

Synopsis:

WELCOME TO THE APOCALYPSE

In Deuce’s world, people earn the right to a name only if they survive their first fifteen years. By that point, each unnamed ‘brat’ has trained into one of three groups–Breeders, Builders, or Hunters, identifiable by the number of scars they bear on their arms. Deuce has wanted to be a Huntress for as long as she can remember.

As a Huntress, her purpose is clear—to brave the dangerous tunnels outside the enclave and bring back meat to feed the group while evading ferocious monsters known as Freaks. She’s worked toward this goal her whole life, and nothing’s going to stop her, not even a beautiful, brooding Hunter named Fade. When the mysterious boy becomes her partner, Deuce’s troubles are just beginning.

Down below, deviation from the rules is punished swiftly and harshly, and Fade doesn’t like following orders. At first she thinks he’s crazy, but as death stalks their sanctuary, and it becomes clear the elders don’t always know best, Deuce wonders if Fade might be telling the truth. Her partner confuses her; she’s never known a boy like him before, as prone to touching her gently as using his knives with feral grace.

As Deuce’s perception shifts, so does the balance in the constant battle for survival. The mindless Freaks, once considered a threat only due to their sheer numbers, show signs of cunning and strategy… but the elders refuse to heed any warnings. Despite imminent disaster, the enclave puts their faith in strictures and sacrifice instead. No matter how she tries, Deuce cannot stem the dark tide that carries her far from the only world she’s ever known.

Review:

A few months ago I added Enclave to my BN.com order on a whim.  I'd heard some really great things about the book on some of the blogs that I have been following for awhile now.  I'm still trying to figure out why it took me so long to get this book read!

First, I'm going to tell you that I really thought that the author did an excellent job of creating this post-Apocalypse world.  I think that we live in a world of  "entitlement" right now and I think that Deuce's world, the not knowing if your going to see tomorrow or if the Freaks are going to attack your enclave, take all the "entitlement" out of the situation.  It made the world created in Enclave new, exciting and fresh for me.

Our main character Deuce is in my top 3 for Tough As Nails, Kick Ass Main Character Chick's.  Deuce has spent her whole life right up until her naming ceremony training to be a Huntress, so that she can protect her enclave from the Freaks that roam the tunnels in which Deuce and her enclave live.  On the day of Deuce's naming ceremony becomes a Hunter, but there are many that believe that Deuce should have been a breeder like her mother and say that she's a Hunter with a Breeder's heart.

Then Deuce is partnered up with Fade.  The more I read about Fade the more he sort of reminded me of James Dean.  Especially during his time with Deuce's enclave.  Fade comes from Topside and a virtually unknown past, which made him a threat to many members of the enclave.  So Fade doesn't have many friends and trusts almost no one.

The Freaks!  OMG!  Just creepy sounding "villains!"  What's worse is that they seem to be getting smarter, which makes killing them that much harder.

The more time that Deuce and Fade spend together the more a budding romance takes place.  Then there is a situation and the two them end up Topside.  That's when things get interesting.  New characters come into play.  A love triangle starts to form and things get CRAZY!

For me personally, I thought that the action was White Hot!  Once it started coming it never really let up and intensified as the book progressed.  It makes me REALLY excited to read the next book in the series...To bad we have to wait so long!

Cover Alert ~ Lover Reborn by J.R. Ward

I just saw this cover on Goodreads and had to post about it.  Honestly, it's not my favorite cover by a long shot.  For me there is just too much color going on, Tohr's backstory is pretty dark so the cover looks to light and fluffy for me.  Also, Tohr looks like he's about 12. 

I really do love this series and I can hardly wait until March 2012 to get my hands on the latest installment!

What are your thoughts on the cover?

Coming Soon! A Bloggy Pal!

Starting on Monday July 4, I will have a blogging partner here on Bumps in the Road.  My new blogging partner will be my good friend (in real life) Jamie from Jamie's Bookshelf. From what Jamie has told me, she has been looking for a way to turn her love of books, knitting, digital photography and life in general into one blog, without it feeling like a job....That's where I come in.  So far there is a lot of book related material on Bumps in the Road but as a team we're going to turn it into a book/crafty/personal blog.

For the time being any giveaways here on the blog will be done by me.  Due to Jamie's efforts to get out of debt she just cannot afford right now to contribute to the giveaways.  I hope you'll check out my Divergent giveaway that ends on July 7.

Divergent Giveaway ~ Freedom Giveaway Hop

Hosted by I Am A Reader, Not A Writer and Simply Stacie














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.

Details/Rules:

1. Contest is open to the US only.

2. Contest runs from July 1 - July 7

3. MUST fill out the form below.

4. MUST leave a comment on this post.




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