Halloween Read-A-Thon Wrap-Up and Giveaway Winner

So the Halloween Read-A-Thon is now over. It was a lot of fun and I enjoyed getting to spend all this time reading. Not something I've been doing that much of lately what with school and everything else just piling up. I didn't manage to read all the books I wanted, I got through two completely and part of the third. I finished reading Beautiful Darkness by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl as well as The Iron Daughter by Julie Kagawa and started on Linger by Maggie Stiefvater. The only book I didn't get to was I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore but I should be getting to that one shortly anyways. Thank you of course to Lesley of Young Adults Books Reviewed and we're sorry you couldn't make it for the last 15 minutes of the Twitter party.

So for those of you who entered my mini challenge and giveaway here is what you want to know. Thank you to everyone who entered, I really enjoyed reading about everyone's favorite paranormal creatures. There were a total of 28 people who entered and using RANDOM.ORG the winner is:

#4: Lauren M. of 365 Days of Reading

About her favorite paranormal creature, Lauren said:

"Faeries are my favorite paranormal creature! They have such an interesting backstory (the courts), and I like how they're sometimes nice, but mostly tricksters."

I will be e-mail Lauren and she will have 48 hours to answer. If I don't hear from her after that time I will be picking another winner.

Halloween Read-A-Thon Mini Challenge & Giveaway Closed

In honor of the Halloween Read-A-Thon I am holding a mini-challenge and giveaway. To enter, it's really simple: all you have to do is complete the form (link below) and answer one question. What is your favorite paranormal creature (werewolf, vampire, faery, etc.) and why? By filling out the form and answering that one question you will be entered for a chance to win a brand new copy of Nightshade by Andrea Cremer...and if you're lucky, I may throw in some candy as well.

Here are the rules:

- This contest is open to those with US and CANADA mailing addresses.

- You must be 13 or older to enter.

- You MUST be taking part in the read-a-thon to enter (I will check the list on Lesley's blog to make sure)

- This contest will run from October 15th to October 17th at 11:59 PM EST.

- While comments are appreciated, you need to fill out the form in order to enter.

This giveaway is now closed thank you to all who entered.

Halloween Read-A-Thon

For the next three days I will be taking part in YA Books Reviewed's Halloween Read-A-Thon. I've actually never taken part in a read-a-thon so I'm really excited to be participating. Basically for the next 3 days I will be reading as much as I can and those books will all have some sort of Halloween feel to them. Mostly that just means I'll be reading the paranormal books that have been sitting on my shelf waiting for this weekend. I have plenty of werewolves, faeries, casters, witches and even a few aliens waiting for me to find out all about them. I don't know how many books I'll manage to read but I know that I'll have fun regardless.

Here's my tentative reading list:

- Beautiful Darkness by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl

- The Iron Daughter by Julie Kagawa

- Linger by Maggie Stiefvater

- I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore

I may or may not get through all of those but I'll at least have gotten through part of my TBR pile.

On top of just participating in the read-a-thon, I will also be holding a mini-challenge and giveaway that will last the duration of the read-a-thon so look out for my post about that as well.

So if you're looking for me this weekend, I will most likely be sitting somewhere with my nose in a book!