Want to Trade? Updated Trading List

Well, it's official. I've done a little bit of spring cleaning the last few days (not much, but a little) and it's time to get rid of some old books to make room for new. Plus, I'm also moving to Florida for the summer, so I want to have everything sent out by May 15th.

So here's an updated trading list. Want to help me out, or see something you want? You can see my wish list in the left sidebar. If you don't have anything on that list, you can send me an email with a list of what you have, and we'll see if I can work something out.

Pretty much these are all gently used (a few new)
ARC=Advance Review Copy, PB=Paperback, HC=Hardcover

Books with an (*) I am open to doing a 2 for 1 trade in some cases.

*Adios To All The Drama by Diana Rodriguez Wallach (ARC)
After Ever Afterby Jordan Sonnenblick (ARC)
Alphas by Lisi Harrison (ARC)

Banana Ninja BOLDPRINT Graphic Novel by Robert Piotrowski (PB)
The Best Little Girl in the World by Steven Levenkron (PB)
*The Book For People Who Do Too Muchby Bradley Trevor Greive (HC)
Boys without Namesby Kashmira Sheth (ARC)
Bratfest at Tiffany's by Lisi Harrison (PB)

Catwalk: Strike a Pose by Deborah Gregory (PB)
Change Of A Dress (Cinderella Cleaners) by Maya Gold (PB)
Cirque Du Freak 5: Trials of Death/Cirque Du Freak 6: The Vampire Prince2-in-1 Edition by Darren Shan (ARC)
Confessions of a Teenage Hollywood Starby Dyan Sheldon (PB)

*Daily Reflections For Highly Effective Teensby Sean Covey (PB)
*Dancing With Ana by Nicole Barker (PB)
Dark Tales of the Tower by Donna G. Munch (PB)
Dayan's Birthday by Akiko Ikeda (HC, no Dust Jacket)
The Dead End by Mimi McCoy (ARC)
Defining Twilight: Vocabulary Workbook for Unlocking the SAT, ACT, GED, and SSATby Brian Leaf (PB) *This is unused*
Dizzy in Your Eyes: Poems about Love by Pat Mora (HC)

Ed's Terrestrials by Scott Christian Sava and Diego Jourdan (PB)
*Eight Cousins by Lousia May Alcott (PB)
Elephants and Golden Thrones: Inside China's Forbidden City by Trish Marx, Ellen B. Senisi, and Li Ji (HC)
Emily the Strange: The Lost Days by Rob Reger, Jessica Gruner, and Buzz Parker (ARC)

The Fatal Childby John Dickinson (HC)
Fever Crumb by Philip Reeve (ARC)
First French Kiss: and other traumas by Adam Bagdasarian (ARC)
Frenemies #2: Faketasticby Alexa Young (PB)

Getting the Girl: A Guide to Private Investigation, Surveillance, and Cookeryby Susan Juby (ARC)
Girl to the Coreby Stacey Goldblatt (HC)
*Gone and Back Againby Jonathon Scott Fuqua (PB)
Graveyard Girlby Wendy A. Lewis (PB)

*Happy Birthday, Felicity! A Springtime Storyby Valerie Tripp (PB)
Hoot by Carl Hiaasen (HC)

*The Incredible Truth about Motherhoodby Bradley Trevor Greive (HC)

*The Jane Austen Book Club: A Novelby Karen Joy Fowler (PB)
*Jinxedby Day Leclaire (ARC)

Kings and Queens of the Bible by Mary Hoffman and Christina Balit (HC)

Learning To Swim by Ann Warren Turner (PB)
Likely Story: Red Carpet Riot by David Van Etten (HC)
Lost for Words by Alice Kuipers (ARC)

Magyk (Septimus Heap, Book 1) by Angie Sage (HC)
*Meow.org: The Cat-Napping Caperby Darby Lee Patterson (PB)
*Missing Persons #2: Chocolate Loverby M. E. Rabb (PB)
*Missing Persons #3 The Venetian Policemanby M. E. Rabb (PB)
My Sweet Audrina by V. C. Andrews (PB)

*The New Girl (Fear Street, No. 1) by R.L. Stine (PB)

The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory (PB)

Prep Cool (Cinderella Cleaners) by Maya Gold (PB)
Pride and Prescience: Or, A Truth Universally Acknowledged by Carrie Bebris (PB)
The Princess and the Frog Junior Novelization by Irene Trimble (PB)

The Queen of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner (PB)

Race for Doroon by Gloria Jean Hartman (PB)
The Real Life Channel by Robert A. Black (PB)
Red River, Vol. 1 by Chie Shinohara (PB)
The Road to Weird: Carly's Ghost / Harpo Marx is Seeing Things by Peggy Tibbetts (PB)

*Samantha Learns a Lessonby Susan S. Adler (PB)
Scepter of the Ancients (Skulduggery Pleasant) by Derek Landy (PB)
*The Secret of the Atticby Sheri Cooper Sinykin (PB)
Secret Santaby Sabrina James (PB)
The Shadow Door (Elsewhere Chronicles)by Nykko and Bannister (PB)
Side by Side: New Poems Inspired by Art from Around the World by Jan Greenberg (HC)

The Softwire: Betrayal on Orbis 2by PJ Haarsma (HC)
The Stolen Sapphire by Sarah Masters Buckey and Jean-Paul Tibbles (PB)
Thin Club by Kim Ann Tennant (HC)
This Totally Bites! by Ruth Ames (ARC)

*The Vanishings (Left Behind: The Kids #1) by Jerry B. Jenkins (PB)

When the Whistle Blows by Fran Cannon Slayton (ARC)

*YUM: Your Ultimate Manual for Good Nutritionby Daina Kalnins (ARC)

Argh!

I know, I know, I haven't posted hardly anything lately. Last week I was trying to get everything organized for the book battle, and this week, well, I started a new job. I'm working on the 2010 Census and this week is training week. So all my free time is spent doing all the stuff I normally do during the day... like my regular job for example.

But! I am working on a fun thing to help tide you all over until the book battle results are revealed from the first round. So hang in there, and more stuff will be coming soon!

Book Battle: Offical Starting Line

Let's get ready to rummmmmmmmmmble!

This is the official starting point for the 2010 YA Bloggers Debut Book Battle!

So here's how it's going to work. I currently have 38 judges assigned to 24 brackets in three different rounds. If you'd like to see the books organized into the starting brackets, check out this post. Each judge (or judges if it's a partnership) will be assigned two books to read in two weeks. At the end of two weeks, each judge will pick a winner. One book will move on, one will not. The one that moves on will become part of a bracket in the next round and will have a chance to move on or not depending on what the new judge(s) decide.

So this week it's going to be a little quiet while our first round judges spend the next two weeks choosing which books will move on to Round 2. And then (hopefully) starting on May 9th we'll begin to announce the decisions while Round 2 gets started on their reading.

All right guys, it's time to get started. Let's battle!

Book Battle: Cheer Us On!

First of all, I want to send a big, huge, giant THANK YOU! to everyone who signed up to help with the battle. Our positions have all been filled, and today is the official start date. It's been a lot of time and preparation poured into something that started out as a little crazy idea and has gotten a whole lot bigger in the meantime.

If you didn't end up as a judge this time around, we can still use all the support we can get on the sidelines. So this post is for all of you out there cheering us on. And we could use a little help.

Help us spread the word about the battle. If you haven't already, grab the button over in the right sidebar and/or write a post on your own blogs. The more people who know about this, the more exciting it gets! Also, you can also share the trailer I made just for this purpose. If you haven't seen it yet, here it is again. (And if you've already seen it, you can watch it again too...)


Now, if you're wanting to follow all the action, there's a couple ways to do it. First, you can subscribe to this blog's feed. There's an RSS thing in the left sidebar, or you can subscribe via email or Google Friend Connect (all in the left sidebar).

If you're not a feed person, you can also bookmark this blog. I have a sticky post at the top of the blog will all the basics in it, and I'm updating the introduction post will helpful links too.

Lastly, we do have a Goodreads Group as well. I've been bad about posting updates here the last few days, but I will do better, I promise! You can join the group and enter the dicussion with our other members to discuss who your favorite is to win, find news updates, etc.

On behalf of myself and the other battle judges, we thank you for your continued support. Now let's sit back, relax, and have a little fun!

Brackets Complete!

Whew! It's been a loooong week, but after several days of intense organization (really, you should see the papers I have scattered around I had to use for this) the book brackets are complete! Check them out below (you can click to make it bigger):


And we're now ready to battle. The offical reading kick off is tomorrow, Sunday April 25th. That's when our lovely Round 1 judges will be working through the first set of brackets. So things will continue to be a little more quiet around here as they work on that. And then as soon as they're done, we'll be annoucing which books moved on and which ones well... didn't.

Now, hopefully I'll have some time to get my butt in gear and write some reviews in the next two weeks...

Book Battle: Offical Nomination List

Well, it's past midnight on April 18th, so that means nominations are now closed. Want to know what made the final battle list? Here to introduce the titles is the brand new, just completed official YA Bloggers Book Battle Trailer:



Feel free to share the trailer on your own blog if you like. And let me know what you think. It's my first time making a trailer...

So what do you think of the titles that made it? All told we had over 40 different books nominated, and it was tough trying to narrow it down to only 24. Thank you so much to everyone who nominated titles and gave input about which ones should make the final list.

Now that the nomination list is in, the next week or so will be spent organizing the titles into brackets, splitting up the judges, and getting the first round judges reading their titles. Things might be a little quiet for the next few days as things are being set up, but make sure you stay tuned for the most recent updates.

And now, if you happen to be a list person, here's the final nomination list again:

Eighth-Grade Superzero by Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich
A Match Made in High School by Kristin Walker
A Spy in the House by Y.S. Lee
Ash by Malinda Lo
Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl
Because I Am Furniture by Thalia Chaltas
Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver
Bleeding Violet by Dia Reeves
Brightly Woven by Alexandra Bracken
Eyes Like Stars by Lisa Mantchev
Hearts at Stake by Alyxandra Harvey
Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins
Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick
Jessica's Guide to Dating on the Dark Side by Beth Fantaskey
Magic Under Glass by Jaclyn Dolamore
Prada and Prejudice by Mandy Hubbard
Silver Phoenix by Cindy Pon
The Body Finder by Kimberly Derting
The Dark Divine by Bree Despain
The Demon's Lexicon by Sarah Rees Brennan
The Iron King by Julie Kagawa
The Season by Sarah MacLean
Twenty Boy Summer by Sarah Ockler
You Are So Undead to Me by Stacey Jay

Hurry, Time is Almost Up!

Don't forget that tomorrow (April 18th) is the very LAST DAY you have to sign up to judge a bracket or nominate a title to compete in the YA Bloggers Debut Book Battle.

The list of nominated books will be posted sometime on Monday, April 19th. Books that were nominated more than once are automatically on the list, and then the final spots are being filled by consulting with a few alternate judges. So want to have a say in what makes the final list? First of all, make sure you've nominated your favorite book. And then, if you're quick, you can participate in this poll below.

These books are all in the running to be on the shortlist, but there isn't room for all of them. Vote for the book YOU want to see make the list to save it. The books will the most votes from this may move on (depending on what other nominations come in). So if you see a book you want to "save" from being cut, make sure you vote for it!

*Poll removed when nominations closed*

Ironically, the most highly nominated book isn't eligible for the battle this time around. It's Angel Star by Jennifer Murgia, which unfortunately isn't able to participate this time because it won't be published until May and doesn't make the March 31st cutoff date. I don't know much about this, but the nominators have been raving about it, so it must be good.

Anyway, don't forget to nominate if you haven't already, vote in the poll above, and come back Monday to see who makes it and who doesn't.

If anyone has trouble with the poll and would rather email their vote to me, send it to shadyglade(AT)mail(DOT)com.

Changes to Battle Schedule

Nominations for the Book Battle are filling up fast. Since I got a better response than I thought, I am changing the deadline. Nominations and Judging applications will both close on Sunday, April 18th. So if you haven't nominated a title, or signed up to be a judge, now would be a good time to do so!

The deadlines on the Introduction Page have been changed to reflect this.

New Post Notice

For anyone who's interested, my first Ask A Cast Member post has gone live at my Disney blog. Today's topic: Gators in Splash Mountain. Click over to read the whole post, and/or to submit your own question.

LOL of the Week: Civil Disobedience

I bought my larger cat Brownie a leash and harness this week thinking that now the weather is nicer we could both use a little more exercise. Yeah, this was pretty much the result...

If you'd like to learn more about LOLcats, you can check out the website, or read my review of the book.

Have a great week!

Contest Heads Up

Today in the blogosphere is the 24-hour-read-a-thon where participants try to spend as many hours as possible reading in a 24 hour period. And while I can't participate this year (I have to work), there are a lot of cool things going on today to celebrate.

One of the biggest events is the 2010 Contest Craze hosted by Cindy at Princess Bookie.


So if you want the chance to win a lot (and I do mean A LOT) of free books, click on this button to head over to her blog and check out the festivities.

Happy winning!