Blogoversary Birthday Contest

So what's a blogoversary celebration without contests? Nothing, of course! So here's the first celebratory contest. Actually this week is going to be like "the week of contests" so make sure you keep checking back.

This time, it's a giveaway. I'm giving away a new hardback copy of Shadowed Summer by Saundra Mitchell.

If I get more than 50 comments on this post, I will add another prize for another winner. Add another 25 comments and you'll get another prize for a third winner. And so on and so forth. So keep checking back to see what new prizes pop up.

How to Enter: To enter the contest, simply leave a comment on this post. Or, if you can't leave a comment, send an email to shadyglade (AT) mail (DOT) com with the subject line "Birthday Contest" and include your name, your email address, and the correct subject line.

How to earn Extra Entries:
+1 for commenting
+1 for following
+1 for posting a link in your sidebar (include link)
+2 for a regular post (include link)

Rules: The contest is open until midnight PST on September 30th, 2009. This contest is open internationally! The winner (or winners) will be chosen by a random number generator. One free entry per person allowed. See above for instructions to earn extra contest entries. Rules about claiming prizes can be found here. Questions? Post a comment or email and ask.

Good luck to everyone!

About the Book (From Amazon.com): "Iris is ready for another hot, routine summer in her small Louisiana town, hanging around the Red Stripe grocery with her best friend, Collette, and traipsing through the cemetery telling each other spooky stories and pretending to cast spells. Except this summer, Iris doesn’t have to make up a story. This summer, one falls right in her lap.Years ago, before Iris was born, a local boy named Elijah Landry disappeared. All that remained of him were whispers and hushed gossip in the church pews. Until this summer. A ghost begins to haunt Iris, and she’s certain it’s the ghost of Elijah. What really happened to him? And why, of all people, has he chosen Iris to come back to?"

*EDIT 9/7/09* Well, I've now reached 50 comments, so it's time to add another prize. So now a second winner will have a chance at a new ARC of Prism by Faye Kellerman and Aliza Kellerman. Add another 25 comments and another prize will go up!

About the Book (From Amazon.com): "Prism takes us to a slightly alternate universe in which medicine and health care do not exist, and in which sick people are allowed to die without any care. Set in New Mexico and California, the novel features three teens who fall through a cave at Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico while on a field trip. They are plunged into a frightening parallel universe—seven weeks in the past, in which their "normal" worlds of family and high school remain the same…except for the fact that no medicine exists and when people die in the street they are picked up and disposed of."

*EDIT 9/21/09*We're at 75 comments now, so it's time for a third prize! Now one of you will get a chance to win an ARC of Recipe for Disaster by Maureen Fergus. Add another 25 comments and yet another prize will go up.

About the Book (From Amazon.com): "Francie's life was almost perfect before the new girl showed up. She had her own business as a weekend baker whose scones almost caused stampedes, a best friend named Holly and a deeply fulfilling crush on Tate Jarvis. She dreamed about the day she'd be famous and have her own baking show. But the new girl at school, Darlene, thinks Francie's obsession with baking is weird, she acts like Holly is her best friend, and she's somehow managed to steal Tate's attention away. Suddenly, everything is unravelling. Unable to stay focused, Francie's pastry-filled dreams are starting to slide. Then Francie gets a chance to meet the sexy celebrity baker Lorenzo LaRue, whose toned pectorals inspire Francie as much as the baking tips she picks up from his TV show. Francie is sure that if Lorenzo could only see how passionate she is about baking, he would help launch her career, and possibly marry her when she reaches legal age. It won't be easy - but Francie is starting to understand that although trying won't guarantee success, quitting will guarantee failure."