Written on May 8, 2010 at 10:29 am by Melissa Montovani

Vampires, Zombies & Werewolves: Its A Jane Slayre Giveaway

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4589483430 b841256350 o Vampires, Zombies & Werewolves: Its A Jane Slayre GiveawayAnyone who knows me knows that I’m a HUGE Charlotte Brontë fan and that Jane Eyre is my all-time favorite book. Therefore, it gives me great pleasure that I’m able to make the following announcement: today is the first day that you can apply for my fantasic Jane Slayre Giveaway! Imagine the incredible story by Brontë with all its Gothic subplots and add in your favorite paranormal characters – it might sound like a crazy monster mashup party, but it’s actually a great read. icon smile Vampires, Zombies & Werewolves: Its A Jane Slayre Giveaway

Right now, you have the chance to win one of 3 copies of Jane Slayre by @SherriErwin. Exciting I know! I’m also going to be publishing a review of this great novel next week, so be on the look out for my review as well. So what do you have to do to be entered in this contest? First, you have to be a follow of @YABookShelf on Twitter, but there are a couple of other things you can do to get a few extra entries:

+1 for answering the question, what is the scariest book you ever read and why? Or what is your favorite paranormal YA novel or series?

+1 for being a new follower of @YABookShelf and telling me in the comments below

+3 for being an OLD follower of @YABookShelf and telling me in the comments below

+1 for tweeting, RTing or adding this contest to your Facebook profile and leaving a link below

+5 for blogging about this contest and leaving a link below

Good luck and remember to check back between Monday, May 10th and Sunday, May 16th to read my review of Jane Slayre! This contest closes at midnight on Friday, May 21st EST and is open to American and Canadian residents only!
 

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Article by Melissa Montovani

Melissa has always been a voracious reader of fiction and has an M.A. in English Literature to prove it. Like many other adults, she got caught up in the young adult crossover fiction phenomenon. Now, one of her great joys comes from sharing her love of YA lit on this popular review site. Come with expectations of intellect, magic, and honest reviews, and you won’t be disappointed. Melissa Montovani tagged this post with: , , , Read 437 articles by Melissa Montovani
  • http://thewanderinggeek.com Ashley

    I’m a new follower on twitter (I’m @wandering_geek), and I can’t believe I wasn’t following before haha. I also RT’d the contest. Good luck all :)

  • http://kissmylit.wordpress.com Mary

    I’m an old follower, the scariest book I ever read was The Riddles of Epsilon, and I retweeted the contest as well as tweeted it on my own @ mentioning YABookShelf: http://twitter.com/kissmylit/status/13620138458

  • http://talltalesfromasmalltown.blogspot.com/2010/05/thankful-fora-change-of-plans.html Tiffany Harkleroad

    Retweeted: http://twitter.com/Tiffanysblogs/status/13622790676
    Following on twitter as Tiffanysblogs
    New follower subscribed to RSS feed
    The scariest book I have read so far is Just After Sunset, short stories by Stephen King. They were a much more personal, less supernatural form of scary for him, and I find that scariest of all!
    AND….I blogged it here http://talltalesfromasmalltown.blogspot.com/2010/05/sharing-jane-slayre-love.html

  • Angie D

    The scariest book I remember reading was Patricia Cornwell’s Body Farm. I couldn’t put the stupid book down because it was so good, but I also had to sleep with the lights on. It is a psychological thriller which just kept you guessing as to what was going to happen.
    +3 I am already a follower on twitter @bangersis
    +1 I tweeted http://twitter.com/bangersis/status/13626301848
    Thanks!
    email bangersis(at)msn(dot)com

  • Heather

    I’m a new follower, and I RT’d your tweet about the contest. Thanks for the offer! http://twitter.com/jazzpatsy

  • http://foliofiles.femmeflavor.com Kirsten

    New Twitter follower and retweeted! The scariest book I’ve read was Pet Semetary; while I was reading, at night, by a small bedside lamp, my roommate’s gray striped cat jumped up onto my chest from nowhere – remembering it still makes my heart pound!

  • Marlene Breakfield

    My fav. YA book is TWILIGHT.
    I’m a new twitter follower @mbreakfield
    I retweeted.
    I posted the contest on my blog.
    http://bookloverandprocrastinator.blogspot.com/2010/05/vampires-zombies-werewolves-its-jane.html

  • Beth S

    I am a new follower of YA @bschaben.

  • Beth S

    AND I retweeted.

  • Kay Fraser

    Uhmm…I guess the scariest book I’ve read is the historian. Yeah I know not that scary!
    I’m a follower and retweeted. Thank u so much for sharing!!

  • http://www.frommyfrontporchlookingin.blogspot.com Jennifer Vincent

    I’m a new follower on Twitter. @jenni52743 I’m trying to think of the scariest YA book I have ever read…I guess I don’t read that many…and I don’t read to many paranormal books either! I did go through a phase when I was in middle school and read every Lois Duncan book I could get my hands on so I guess I’d have to say one of those…I’ll go with The Twisted Window.

  • http://brimeetsbooks.com Bri Meets Books

    +1 Scariest book?

    I had an existential crisis at age 8 when I read a short story in one of those collections that were so popular in the 90s. A boy learns his memories of his parents dying and everything else are fabricated. He’s a robot. It FREAKED ME OUT.

    +3 old follower!

    +1 tweeted: http://twitter.com/brimeetsbooks/status/13699969093

  • http://thebookishtype.blogspot.com Casey (The Bookish Type)

    Thanks for this awesome giveaway!!

    +1 for answering the question, what is the scariest book you ever read and why? Or what is your favorite paranormal YA novel or series? My favorite paranormal YA is Twilight. It’s cliche, I know. But there’s just something about that series that sucks you in! (No pun intended, swear).

    +3 OLD follower (@The_BookishType)

    +1 for tweeting, RTing or adding this contest to your Facebook profile (RT’d http://twitter.com/brimeetsbooks/status/13699969093) (facebook http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Bookish-Type-Book-Reviews/327206975973?ref=ts#!/profile.php?id=100000818595857&v=wall&story_fbid=101660993212759&ref=mf)

    +5 sidebar (http://thebookishtype.blogspot.com/)

  • http://kzupancic.blogspot.com Karen Zupancic

    +1 for being a new follower of @YABookShelf
    KarenZupancic

    +1 for RTing:
    http://twitter.com/KarenZupancic/status/13703254426

    +5 for blogging about this contest and leaving a link below:
    http://kzupancic.blogspot.com/2010/05/jane-slayre-giveaway-yabookshelf.html

  • http://raven-ashley.blogspot.com/ Raven

    +1 New Follower

    +1 Tweeted: http://twitter.com/ravenamo/status/13749729533

    +1

    The most scary book that can also be dubbed as a YA paranormal, that I have ever read would have to be Look for Me by Moonlight by Mary Downing Hahn. I picked up this book, mostly because of the original cover, with the girl buried underneath all the leaves and because the title of this book comes from my favorite poem The Highwaymen, so I knew right away that this book was going to be scary, and it was. The descriptions, the setting, the ghost, and Victor. *shivers* I get scared, just thinking about it.

  • http://www.jewelknits.blogspot.com Julie @ Knitting and Sundries

    Right now, my daughter and I are reading the “Mortal Instruments” series … so it’s our favorite (our favorite usually seems to be whatever good series or book we are reading at any given time!)

    jewell330 at aim dot com

  • http://www.lanaet.scentsy.us Lanae T.

    I follow on Twitter.

    I don’t remember the title, but it was years ago. I belive it was by Dean Koontz. I just remember it had a dark cover. It kept me on the edge of my seat, literally. I had trouble getting to sleep the night I finished it. I just couldn’t quit thinking about it. Books don’t usually do that, so it was really weird.

    This book looks like a fun, new twist. Thanks!

  • http://vvb32reads.blogspot.com/ vvb

    ok, twitter follower now.
    scariest book to date would be, the ring by koji suzuki.

  • http://www.twitter.com/juniwolf Shauna

    I was always really creeped out by Libba Bray’s Gemma Doyle trilogy. I just remember laying in bed at night reading and I would get chills and have to turn on a night light! There is something about her language and imagery that is just fantastically chilling.

    I’m a follower of YABookShelf on twitter. I only just started following yesterday though :] AND I would like to say… I RT’d the contest before I knew that RTing gave extra points ;) http://www.twitter.com/juniwolf

  • http://dead-girls-designs.piczo.com Autumn Taylor

    +1 Scariest book would have to be Night Runner by Max Turner! The book is set in my home town so it kinda freaks me out.

    +3 I’m an old follower! :) @RedHeadDeadGirl

    +1 I retweeted about the contest! (I can’t post a link cuz I’m on my iPod touch :( )

  • http://www.yabookshelf.com Melissa

    UPDATE: Just realized that not everyone has twitter – I don’t want to block people who would love to win from the contest from applying if that’s the case. Instead, if you LIKE my FB page, you can also use that for one entry. (It can be an extra entry for those who are already following and who may have entered the contest already).

    Check out my FB Like page here: http://bit.ly/bQHTFJ

  • Kimberly H.

    +1 My favorite paranormal YA series is The Vampire Academy series by Richelle Mead!

    +1 New Follower (@SimmieTaye)

    +1 Tweeted: http://twitter.com/SimmieTaye/status/14290581168

  • http://www.sherribrowningerwin.com Sherri Erwin

    The scariest YA book I read (and I’m dating myself) was VC Andrews Flowers in the Attic. It was creepy that a mother could do that to her kids, and the whole incest angle was just scary/icky/fascinating. Wow, the 80s. :)

  • http://www.yabookshelf.com Melissa

    You aren’t really dating yourself Sherri, though you think you are. I read those books when I was a teen, and they’ve even repackaged them as YA novels now. (I saw some in the teen section of the bookstore one day.) I completely agree with you though that the idea that a mother would do that willingly to her kids and all the rest was quite scary.

    Thanks for taking the time to comment…I’m assuming that you don’t want to be entered in the contest to win your own book, but if let me know if I’m wrong. ; )

  • Melanie

    +1 The scariest book I’ve read is The Ruins by Scott Smith. I couldn’t put it down and it kept me up at night!

    +1 I’m a new follower (@Melanie_Vautour)

    +1 Twitter RT
    http://twitter.com/Melanie_Vautour/status/14441821496

    melvautour(at)hotmail(dot)com

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