Aug 152012
 

 

Thank you to everyone who entered the YA Giveaway Hop on the LDSWBR blog. The response was amazing and wins the “Most Comments on a Single Post” award. This was LDSWBR’s first time participating in a blog hop, and I think we may have to do it again!

The winner gets to choose one of three books by great Utah authors: Variant by Robison Wells, Slayers by C.J. Hill, and Shifting by Bethany Wiggins.

And the winner is….

Tracy J.!!!

Tracy J. says: “I would choose Variant, because it sounds like a great suspense thriller, which is one of my favorite genres to read. It also has some pretty great reviews on Goodreads, which helped in making my decision. Thanks so much for the chance to win. It’s appreciated.”

Congratulations!

Email me at ldswbr (at) gmail (dot) com with your mailing address and we’ll get your copy of Variant on its way to you!

Happy reading!

 

 

Aug 072012
 

Young Adult Giveaway Hop

August 8 – 14

Hosted by I’m a Reader, Not a Writer and Reading Teen

 

LDS Women’s Book Review is participating in the Young Adult Giveaway Hop and giving you the chance to win your choice of one of the great young adult books by Utah authors below.

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Benson Fisher thought that a scholarship to Maxfield Academy would be the ticket out of his dead-end life.

He was wrong.

Now he’s trapped in a school that’s surrounded by a razor-wire fence. A school where video cameras monitor his every move. Where there are no adults. Where the kids have split into groups in order to survive.

Where breaking the rules equals death.

But when Benson stumbles upon the school’s real secret, he realizes that playing by the rules could spell a fate worse than death, and that escape–his only real hope for survival–may be impossible.

Read our review of VARIANT.

Dragons exist. They’re ferocious. And they’re smart: Before they were killed off by slayer-knights, they rendered a select group of eggs dormant, so their offspring would survive. Only a handful of people know about this, let alone believe it – these “Slayers” are descended from the original knights, and are now a diverse group of teens that includes Tori, a smart but spoiled senator’s daughter who didn’t sign up to save the world.

The dragon eggs have fallen into the wrong hands. The Slayers must work together to stop the eggs from hatching. They will fight; they will fall in love. But will they survive?

Read Shanda’s review of SLAYERS.

 

After bouncing from foster home to foster home, Magdalene Mae is transferred to what should be her last foster home in the tiny town of Silver City, New Mexico. Now that she’s eighteen and has only a year left in high school, she’s determined to stay out of trouble and just be normal.

Agreeing to go to the prom with Bridger O’Connell is a good first step. Fitting in has never been her strong suit, but it’s not for the reasons most people would expect-it all has to do with the deep secret that she is a shape shifter. But even in her new home danger lurks, waiting in the shadows to pounce. They are the Skinwalkers of Navajo legend, who have traded their souls to become the animal whose skin they wear-and Maggie is their next target.

Full of romance, mysticism, and intrigue, this dark take on Navajo legend will haunt readers to the final page.

Find SHIFTING on Goodreads.

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All you need to do to enter is fill out the form below to make it easier for me to find you if you win, and then leave a comment below telling me what book you would choose and why.

***Don’t forget to leave a comment below telling me what book you would choose and why, otherwise your entry is incomplete.***

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After you enter, be sure to visit I’m a Reader, Not a Writer for a list of participating blogs where you can enter to win even more prizes. Good luck!