Cover Remake Public Winner

Hi Everyone!


So the public vote winner of the cover remake for Awaken is Kyleigh with this cover:

I've emailed the covers to Katie and I'm awaiting a reply, to see who her winner is and the winner of the ARC is.

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In other news I'm having family health issues right now and I'm not sure what's going to happen this weekend. I just wanted to tell you all encase I'm gone again. I wanted to return this week to blogging with a lot of reviews but if things happen I probably won't be able to.


I'm also in the process of making a new design for the blog. I feel like my current one is drab and I can't stand it anymore, so I'm working on one which is lighter and sleeker. And I'm hoping it'll help encourage me to blog again.


~Andrea

Don't Forget!

The voting for the Awaken remake ends tomorrow!

HERE's the LINK to the post

(And I just watched Harry Potter 7 (Part One) and loved it! Probably my favorite yet out of the series!)

Awaken Cover Re-Design VOTING

So yesterday at midnight was the closing of the cover re-design of Awaken by Katie Kavinsky. I only had three submissions, so I'd like to still send them all to Katie, but let you all pick a winner by yourselves. Though Katie's final decision will the true winner of the Awaken ARC. To vote see the covers below in the voting poll. Voting will end April 18th, and the victor of the poll will be crowned the fan favorite.

So here's the original Awaken cover: 

Now choose one of these!
VOTING IS CLOSED
Here's links to make each of these pictures larger for your viewing:

#1, #2, #3

Vote By April 18th! And see who wins!


I'd also like to show you something I came up with for a different Awaken Cover. Basically each square is a television screen, showing the world in which Awaken takes place and what Madeline wants it to be.

Reminder: Cover Remake

Hi Everyone I'm back! Hopefully this week I can write up some much needed reviews and that seniorities doesn't kick in full swing!

I just wanted to remind everyone that the cover remake ends at midnight (EST) TONIGHT. Please submit your entries by then, if you submit it after midnight I'll still take them up till the point when I make the poll for the covers.

Thanks! :)

And I'm hoping to redesign the blog for the spring/summer months, this just one I have right now just feels too dull and wintery.

Bumped by Megan McCafferty (Review)

Bumped
By Megan McCafferty
(BUMPED SERIES)

Age Warning: Young Adult 12+, Sexual Content Innuendos

Published By: Harper Collins- Balzer + Bray

Genre: YA Dystopia Romance

Date Released: May 26, 2011

Provided By: A Cornucopia of Dystopia

Synopsis: 

When a virus makes everyone over the age of eighteen infertile, would-be parents are forced to pay teen girls to conceive and give birth to their children, making teens the most prized members of society. Sixteen-year-old identical twins Melody and Harmony were separated at birth and had never met until the day Harmony shows up on Melody’s doorstep. Until now, the twins have followed completely opposite paths. Melody has scored an enviable conception contract with a couple called the Jaydens. While they are searching for the perfect partner for Melody to bump with, she is fighting her attraction to her best friend Zen, who is way too short for the job. Harmony has spent her whole life in religious Goodside, preparing to be a wife and mother. She believes her calling is to bring Melody back to Goodside and convince her that “pregging” for profit is a sin. But Harmony has secrets of her own that she is running from. When Melody is finally matched with the world-famous, genetically flawless Jondoe, both girls’ lives are changed forever. A case of mistaken identity takes them on a journey neither could have ever imagined, one that makes Melody and Harmony realize they have so much more than just DNA in common.

My Review:

Having never read a Megan McCafferty book before I didn't know what I was getting myself into when I picked up Bumped. But I liked it and I'm now going to go look into her Jessica Darling Series because of it. The book starts off in a world full of "pregging", because of a virus that has stopped individuals from reproducing past the age of 18. Because of this things like Pro(Professional)/Am(Amateur) Pregging Clubs at High Schools exist and special schools for "pregging" girls and facilities are in order. Being a quick exiting read Bumped is a book you must pick up!

Told in alternating perspectives, Melody is the first one we meet. She's an ordinary girl for the times, selling herself for the purpose of "pregging" for profit. Actually she's the starter of the whole craze and the one that made it cool. But at the age of sixteen she's still waiting for her signed contract to be initiated and for the parents of her still unknown child to find a match for her. Then comes in Harmony, she's been raised in the church environment since she was a baby. Separated from Melody at birth because she was in bad shape, this twin has grown up in Goodside her whole life. But Goodside isn't what it looks like, and Harmony wants to find out why her two Melody is "pregging" for profit. Identical twins, Melody and Harmony have one big unexpected event that changes both of their lives forever.

Other characters including Melody's charming best friend Zen, Harmony's husband Ram and a shifty character in my mind named Jondoe (get it "Jon" "Doe" as in like an unknown murder case kind of really it's supposed to be John Doe [it took me a while]) make up a cast of characters that keep the reader entertained and makes for a fast quick read. Once you get into the heads of both Melody and Harmony you can't quit reading Bumped. With both also having some dark secrets from the past, you'll be kept reading till you finish too. And if you really want a great new Dystopia read, I suggest picking this up! I can't wait for the next Bumped novel to come out either, because the ending had me wanting more!

(I'd also like to thank both Casey and Danya for letting me review this book through A Cornucopia of Dystopia!)

Links:

Author's Site | Facebook | Twitter

Gone For the Rest of the Week

So right now I'm probably having fun in Epcot or the Magic Kingdom... Depending on where my friend and I wanted to go.

If you haven't guessed I'm in Disney on a trip with my friends. And I won't be returning till Saturday. We met at 2am this morning! And I'm either dreading the rest of the day with out sleep or having a lot of fun!

But anyway I have a few posts scheduled, and I've bought several books with me to read. If I get through them or not will be another question...

So if you email me I won't be responding till Sunday! Because I more than likely won't have internet access, unless on of my friends brings their laptop.

There is also a Cornucopia for Dystopia post scheduled for Thursday, so I hope all of you will tune in for that! And don't forget to get your covers in for the cover remake either!

Cover Remake Update

Hi Everyone,


So after talking to Casey and Danya I've decided to extend the Submission Deadline for the Awaken Cover Remake to April 11th at Midnight, instead of tomorrow. This is because were having difficulty receiving entries and would like to have more than we already have for you to vote on. Even if you are really really bad at art just try! You never know you could win an ARC of Awaken!


And instead of voting in two rounds for the top five we will have just one vote for the final five that will get sent to Katie Kacvinsky. This will take place from April 12th to the 18th, and winners will be announced when Katie decides on the top cover.


Remember I'd like if the submissions could come from individuals from Canada or the USA, but at this moment I won't mind if your international. Just please help by submitting a cover remake of Awaken.

CLICK HERE FOR THE ORIGINAL POST.

~Andrea

Best Overlooked Book Battle 2011

So I'd like to show all of you something I worked very hard on! This button:

I'm the graphics specialists and a Round 1 Judge for the

Best Overlooked Book Battle 2011

hosted at Alyssa's blog The Shady Glade. 

I'd like to encourage you all to help nominated a book that you've seen as overlooked! For the other judges and myself to read. If you click HERE you can see the rules for nominating your favorite overlooked book! (Nominations end April 5th.)

While Alyssa is also looking for a few more judges so if you'd like to help judge see this POST. (This is open till April 10th.)

The Updated Timeline for the Book Battle is as following:

Close of nominations: April 5th

Announcement of Longlist: April 7th

Round 1 Judging period: Present-April 30th

Announcement of Shortlist: May 3rd

Start of Round 2 Judging: May 8th

Announcement Posts for Round 2 brackets : Beginning May 22nd