A Choose Your Own Pre-Order Giveaway

Last week, by wild coincidence, the first three writers whose blogs I read regularly revealed covers of books they have coming out later this fall. If you've been reading my blog since the beginning, you already know who the three writers are, but most of you are more recent than that.

My introduction to the world of blogging writers began with Shannon Hale. When I finished THE GOOSE GIRL, I found her website listed at the back of the book. I'd just come home from a writer's conference where I kept hearing her name, partly because one of the agents at the conference represented her, mostly because people LIKED her. You could tell by the way their eyes lit up whenever someone mentioned her name. It made me curious. I found her blog on her website and not only started reading it faithfully, I read her older posts as well. I loved her sense of humor, her honesty, and the writing information I picked up.

Shannon's FOREST BORN finally has an Allison Jay cover to match the rest of the original hardback covers in the Bayern series, and it's gorgeous. Click here to read more about it. I already own a signed/personalized copy of this one, and I'm tempted to buy this for the cover. I've read it twice. Like all of her books, it's gush-worthy.

On one of Shannon's posts, she introduced us to a debut author named Laini Taylor and Laini's Not For Robots website. I read Not For Robots (which I've already recommended on here) and started reading her blog. I fell in love with Laini's blog before I read any of her books, but then I fell in love with her books. They're the sort of stories that sneak into your dreams, filling them with colorful adventures and, in my case, talking crows.

Laini revealed two covers for the same book, DAUGHTER OF SMOKE AND BONE. I haven't read this one, but I will. Click here to find out more. 

Laini linked to Stephanie Perkins, and I had the same reaction to her blog. The main difference with Steph was that she didn't have any books for me to read, not even an agent; she wasn't any farther along the writer's path than I am now, but again: humor, honesty, and invaluable writing information. Her debut novel, ANNA AND THE FRENCH KISS, didn't disappoint.

Steph's LOLA AND THE BOY NEXT DOOR looks like it will be every bit as much fun as her first. I love the purple wig and that the boy is named Cricket. Click here to read more about this one.

So, you choose which one you'd like a pre-order for. I'll choose a random winner and pay for their choice, and then the lucky one will have to wait for the book to be released. To enter: tell me which book you'd like to win. You don't have to be a follower. If you spread the word (FB, Twitter, Blogger) about my contest, I'll give you an extra entry for each link you leave in my comments. This contest is open internationally, and you have until March 23rd to enter.