In case you're not sure what BEA is, it stands for Book Expo America, and it's one of the largest events in the book world. Lots of important business happens there (I'm told), but the most I see is tons of book bloggers rolling in with (apparently) truckloads of awesome new books. And I am filled with envy. I love shiny new books!
When all of us at the League started talking about our BEA-book-envy, I'll admit I turned a guilty eye to my bookshelves. Here I was bemoaning my lack of books when I had several ARCs and paperbacks that I'd been meaning to giveaway! So...that's what we're going to do all this week on the League: giving away a stack of books every day this week.
Today, I'm going to offer up eight books for you! These are all either ARCs that I don't need because I now own the hard copy of the book, or paperback books that I happen to have duplicates of. Some of them have been read--but they were gently used.
Here's the stack I'm offering up for you (if you squint, you can see a few words of A MILLION SUNS on my computer in the corner of the second picture)!
XVI by our own Julia Karr (ARC copy)
NIGHTSHADE by Andrea Cremer (ARC copy)
MATCHED by Ally Condie (ARC copy)
THE REPLACEMENT by Brenna Yovanoff (ARC copy)
POSSESSIONS by Nancy Holder (ARC copy)
WAKE UNTO ME by Lisa Cahc (ARC copy)
CLASSY by Derek Blasberg (paperback)
VAMPIRE ACADEMY by Richelle Mead (paperback)
To enter:
- Leave a comment in to this post. I will announce winners in exactly one week, so make sure you comment before then!
- I'm sorry, but this contest is open to the US only--shipping this many books would be cost-prohibitive otherwise
158 comments:
What a super idea! It's much more fun to win books from awesome people than go to BEA anyway.
Amy // amyismyfriend at aol dot com
Woot! What do we love? Several books! Awesome giveaway!
Wow. Awesome.
Found you from Elana on twitter.
~dies~
OMG!!!! thanks so much for this!! I'd looove to be able to go to BEA!!!!!!
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I want, I need, I have to have!
I wanted to be at BEA. For many reasons. And these books, well, I haven't heard of some but others are already on my Amazon wishlist and have been for ages.
Also, followed the link here from one of Elana's tweets.
Cool! I'm always up for free books! Since my local Borders closed I now have no where to go to get shiny new books other than Walmart....
- Kristina
jayhawks22 AT sunflower DOT com
Hi! Oh, I so want to win! I loooove books, and I, too, have book envy. *sigh* *bounces in seat*
Here is me leaving a comment because I want those books. :) I totally have BEA envy.
This is so cool! Thanks for the opportunity!
Thank you for being sympathetic to those of us without a BEA opportunity :) I've read Matched and XVI, but don't own either and would love to!
I saw Beth and Angie tweet this!
Thank you so much for this opportunity! I would love the chance to win these amazing books! Thanks again!
andreat78@yahoo.com
I wanted to be at BEA this year and went as far as blacking out my calendar for those dates until my sister announces her wedding date...so I wasn't able to go this year afterall. Good news is there is always next year! Having a few ARCs from this year would be awesome! Thanks for such a great giveaway!
*Gasp! How kind. I did not go to BEA but wished I could have.
You can totally fix me up with some summer reading! *crossing my fingers.
I definitely have BEA envy, but what a great pile of books!
Thanks for the giveaway, I of course would love to win this pile of books. :)
geckyboz[at]gmail[dot]com
I hope to win the contest.
Pick me! Pick me!
drhelvig (at) yahoo (dot) com
Yeah, wanna win all of them :) thank you !!
uniquas at ymail dot com
Wow!!! This is an incredibly generous giveaway with super-fab books. *crossing fingers*
jodig_1 AT hotmail DOT com
I really wish I was going to BEA but this totally makes up for it!!!
cheesecake.thief59(at)gmail(dot)com
ahh, I'd love to win these! thanks so much for your generosity!
elenathomas35@gmail.com
Wow, thank you SO much for your generosity! I didn't get to go to BEA this year, but I've decided that I'm going to begin planning for it, and saving up for it from right now! :D But in the meanwhile, winning this would be like winning a lotto! Again, thanks a million for your generosity, this giveaway rocks! :D
~Hira~
Email: Enamoredsoul(at)gmail(dot)com
Awesome giveaway, so many wonderful book! Thank you for a chance to win :)
bittenbooks@gmail.com
What a great giveaway! One of these days, I hope to attend BEA, but this year was out because I'm still in school!
Thanks for sharing the book love with this giveaway!
Count me in!! Thanks so much :)
Vivien
deadtossedwaves at gmail dot com
This is super! Thanks so much, guys! Count me in! :)
-Len-
maidenveil(at)gmail(dot)com
Thanks for this amazing giveaway!!! I wish I could have went to BEA, but maybe I can in a couple of years. I won't lie, I'm drooling over thus giveaway!!
Miss Lauren
lwilkerson21(at)gmail(dot)com
Pick me! Pick me!!! =P
SWEET! Glad I am not the only one with major BEA envy. I thought it was bad reading about everyone going to BEA, its worse now reading how much fun they had while there. Truly, i am happy for them, someday it will be our turn ;)
Jennifer Kjovus
kjovus AT gmail DoT com
kjovus.blogspot.com
this is so awesome i was totes jealous of everyone that got to go to bea.
dookiepookiebear @ yahoo dot com
In.
Oooo oooo me me! I AM totally jealous of BEA people! This would make me happy. ;)
Thanks for the awesome giveaway! I only found out about BEA this year (I'm new to the book blogging world), but I was totally jealous of it - I love the idea of all these armchair BEA and post-BEA giveaways!
susanna DOT pyatt AT student DOT rcsnc DOT org
I'm jealous every year of people who go to BEA. Yesterday as the husband was channel surfing, CSPAN2 was interviewing some gal at BEA about some thing and I made him stop so I could search the crowd for people I knew. Yep, I'm pathetic. ;o)
Thanks for a great giveaway! You have some books listed that I've been dying to read!
Amanda
Awesome way to make us folks that couldn't make it to BEA feel better!! Thanks!
Abgafford@crimson.ua.edu
Yes, I so wanted to go to BEA but alas, no :P Thanks for offering this awesome giveaway!
Oh, and my email (if you wanted it) is sparklybumblebee (AT) gmail (DOT) com
Whoo so excited11
I had some major BEA envy this year, so thanks for the awesome contest to ease the ache. As far as consulation prizes go, it's pretty great.
kebirch@hotmail.com
Amazingfulness!!! I would love to try to go to BEA one of these years...
Thanks for the giveaway!
fallenleaf99@hotmail.com
Thanks for the awesome giveaway!
throuthehaze at gmail dot com
OMG Please please please let me win this one. I can't keep my teen daughter in books anymore! She reads them so fast it makes my head spin and my bank account drain! A book a day when she isn't otherwise occupied. >_<
Awesome contest! I love all those books and can't wait to read them!
Louise
Lexirylie at yahoo dot com
Thanks for the great giveaway!
Awesome giveaway! Next year - I'm going. I'm clearing my schedule!
Wonderful! Thanks for spreading the love!
Awesome! There's so many books there I'd love to read!
Awesome! BEA needs to work its way back to LA so I can actually go! THX!
Wonderful stack of reads! 321gemstar (at)gmail (dot)com
I want to go to BEA someday. It sounds like an amazing event. And being a big reader, I'd love to get my hands on some of those things.
Thanks for this awesome giveaway! I'm so bummed I didn't get to go this year, but am looking forward to next year!
One can never have too many books! I'd love to read these.
Great giveaway, thanks! I'm planning a Book Auction at my library to reward my teens for summer reading, and these titles would be absolutely perfect!!
Sigh. So sad I didn't get to go to BEA. Thanks for being awesome and doing this!
iLiveiLaughiLoveBooks@gmail.com
Awesome contest! would love to win!
Awesome! I wanted to go to BEA so bad!
Pretty sweet giveaway. Count me in. Have a great holiday.
Yay giveaways!!! I totally wish I couldve gone to BEA! I will someday even if I have to walk there!
Awesome contest, there are some wonderful books in that list!
Oh my goodness. so many books. I could do so much with these.. so many trailers. :) It's so awesome of you to be doing this giveaway.. :)
I'm crazy to read XVI and Wake Unto Me!
Hope i win! ^^
Great idea :)
So many great books!
Jemma
Oh, my gosh! The Replacement came out in softcover! OMG!!! The Book Expo of America sounds SO fun! Lucky!
Hope I win! lol. :)
Awesome giveaway! Thanks for the chance to win great books!
Great giveaway thanks! Yani from tsloaar at gmail.com
I'm with you. Definitely jealous of the big piles of books I know everyone who went is going to have. Great giveaway!
Those are some great books!
I felt that same envy, so don't worry to much.
Lisa @Fic Talk
lee(at)fic-talk(dot)com
xo
Lisa
Swoon-worthy guys have nothing on the fainting induced by this stack of books. :) Definitely count me in! :)
Of course I have BEA-Envy (I do every year), but this contest makes it a little easier!
Thanks!
Jenna
jennapomme[at]yahoo[dot]com
Books Books!! Yay!!! Thank you for the chance!
ilepachequin(at)hotmail(dot)com
Such a great idea for a giveaway! I'm one of the jealous bloggers who didn't get to go to BEA - because I had to be in my classroom teaching! :)
heisereads [at] gmail[dot]com
Oooo awesome! I want to go to BEA... someday. We all share the same envy ;)
jennimerritt.writing (at) gmail (dot) com
What a great idea! Thank you so much for the giveaway.
Ashelynnsanford at hotmail dot com.
you ae AWESOME!!!
Please enter me.
belle5678 at yahoo dot com
I really wished I could've gone to BEA :( I'm filled with envy too!
Thanks for the awesome chance to win!
brainytex@gmail com
Great giveaway! Wish I could have gone to BEA.
forth1ee (at) cmich (dot) edu
You are too awesome! I really wanted to go to BEA, but as a teacher, there was no way I could miss that much time from work. :)
Thanks for this chance!
abookvacation@gmail.com
Wow so many entries! Magan.Vernon@gmail.com
Wow! Thank you for the giveaway! BEA looked awesome!
wolfluvr420 at yahoo dot com
Cool giveaway, thanks! I couldn't make out any of the AMS words on your computer.. Oh well!
ashleeminton(at)gmail(dot)com
Wow, what a great idea! And so generous! Thanks for the chance to win.
mrsboswellsbooks@gmail.com
How exciting! Thanks for the contest, it's a great idea and awfully generous of you!
Brilliant contest!!
WOW! Lots of great ARC's! Sign me up to win!!! :)
This is super awesome what you guys are doing. Thank you :)
vysblog(at)gmail(dot)com
Whoa, nice haul! This is a really generous giveaway.
As a sidenote I am now stalking this blog. : )
What a fabulous idea/opportunity. Thanks so much!
So sad I didn't get to make it to BEA, but this helps a bit. :)
jasminediana13(at)gmail(dot)com
Thanks for the awesome giveaway!
genessis dot liahut542 @ gmail dot com
Great idea! I wish I had been able to make BEA.
GFC Follower: Cheylea
Email: Cheylea120 AT yahoo DOT com
Thank you!
I hope one day I'll be able to go to BEA. :)
Ashley_alongi@yahoo.com
If Puerto Rico counts as US, enter me, Lol
marynellie8 at yahoo dot com
Booooooks. Do you remember, when you were little, driving in the back seat and lifting your book up to read by the headlights of the car behind you? My friends and I were talking last night and realized we all did that as children. I'm not quite as obsessed as I used to be, or at least I'm more aware of social norms, but there's still nothing as sweet as opening a new book.
I've been enjoying BEA vicariously through everyone's blog posts. A book give away is a nice consolation for those of us who must remain with our noses pressed against our computer screens while more fortunate get to rub elbows with writers and publishers and gather free books and swag...
What an incredible stack of books! I want every single of one them!
stimble(at)hotmail(dot)com
Thank you for thinking of everyone else who might also be experiencing BEA envy!
Thanks for the great giveaway!
minas_1989(at)hotmail(dot)com
This is such a wonderful thing to do for all of us who couldn't make it to BEA this year. Thank you! lcbeutler888(at)yahoo(dot)com
This week has been horrible hearing about everyone's BEA swag. Thanks so much for this giveaway!
Britta
ilikethesebooksblog at gmail dot com
Awesome! I'm crossing my fingers for this one!
wow all this scrolling down to get to the comment box. really awesome contest. I love this.
Awesome contest! Please enter me in it :)
socalgal82(at)hotmail(dot)com
Awe too sweet! I wish so much I couldve made it to BEA! :) Thanks for the chance to win the books!
valialind(AT)yahoo(DOT)com
Thank you so much for this contest!!!
*staggers* Thanks so much, Beth! These are awesome! I loved Replacement, and I'm really enjoying Matched. I'm also planning on getting to VA...eventually. And Wake Unto Me! And Possessions! And exclamation points!
Thanks again!
rivkarno1(at)hotmail(dot)com
Matched! XVI! I love dystopia... Thanks for running this contest.
And yes, I am super bummed about missing BEA. This is actually the first year I ever knew about it, but reading so many editor/agent blogs made me super jealous...
elanor_gamgee [at] yahoo [dot] ca
P.S. I'm actually Canadian but I someone in the US that you could ship the books to if I win. Am I still eligible?
"Comment." Oh, right. I mean pick me! Ah to be lost in dystopia. *gazes into distance*
Yay! I'm in!
Ohh, great selection! As much as I have BEA ARC envy, these look like bunch of great books too. ;D
Swanksta at gmail dot com
Lots of great titles to be had. Thanks for the opportunity to win them!
Wow that is a stack of awesomesauce. THnak you!
Ohhh what a great stack of books! Love the giveaways all week idea! Who doesn't love lots of giveaways? :)
a_hobbit_of_the_shire(at)yahoo(dot)com
oooh you are so kind! I was just sulking over the fact that I wasn't able to go to BEA... :)
THANK YOU!!
arallison at gmail dot com
Awesome idea. <3 This one I'm just entering for the hell of it, cause I never win these things, xD if I do win though all of these books will go to my followers on facebook, because I have all these, but it never hurts to enter. :]
~Grace
peachandblue2@aol.com
Comment! Comment! There's some great stuff in there.
WOW count me in!
Valerie(at)stuckinbooks.com
I would love to win these! :)
Completely spazzing because I'd loooove to win this (especially since I missed BEA...*sigh* work.)
Thanks!
-Em
mcnx06@gmail.com
Enter me please!
travisp1026@yahoo.com
oooo I'd love to win! I couldn't make it to BEA, but I got to see everyones excited tweets when they were there. :( Enter me please! :)
-Grace
raggs89@aol.com
WOW!! so many awesomeness. count me in please (**fingers crossed**)
chelleyreads AT gmail DOT com
Attempt #2 forgot the email.
jellipe at hotmail dot com
I would love to win these! Thanks so much!
bruce.brianna AT gmail DOT com
Still sad that I missed BEA, but this makes it a little better :)
ArcadiaWearsPrada[at]yahoo[dot]com
This is so amazingly generous! I really do wish I could have gone to BEA. I've heard people's stories of getting ARC's and meeting awesome writers. Getting a book might help though! :D
P.S. I wish I could zoom in somehow to read the words on the screen. -_- I'll figure something out.
--Sasha
fiveforfighting42(at)yahoo(dot)com
Thanks for the giveaway!! :-)
Ooh, I totally loved Vampire Academy and Matched. Enter me! =)
Ooh, such great books! Thanks for this giveaway!
Sounds great! You must have had a blast at BEA!
I would love to win all of those books, they look great. I had super BEA envy over the past week, I might just have to make the trip next year. :) Thank you! seescootread[at]gmail[dot]com
Great contest! I will hopefully be able to make BEA next here!
spicedice45@gmail.com
This is so thoughtful, I wish I could give something back in return even if I don't win. Thanks for the amazing giveaway.
Email: akasha_hale@hotmail.com
Thank you! How generous.
eprusso at comcast dot net
This is great.
ragdoll29 (at) yahoo (dot) com
OMG! You guys are AWESOME! It's like a blog community mine BEA! A BCMBEA!!
Throw my name into the mix please
sarah.ahiers@gmail.com
WOW! Thanks for the opportunity!
britneywyatt[at]gmail[dot]com
Wow, thank you!
Ahhh! Have. To. Win. *passes out*
thank you for the opportunity!!
Great giveaway! Thanks!!
leahmcclung@gmail.com
Ohmygosh, thank you so much for the giveaway! :D I REALLY wish I could've gone to BEA. It's like my lifelong dream...
Winning any of these would be amazing! <3
~Susan
oneofakind308@gmail.com
Wow, so many great books!
tiasbook AT gmail DOT com
Eight books! Goodness gracious, that's a lot!
joebob1379 (at) yahoo (dot) com
Wow, these are all great titles. THANK YOU! :)
sierra.seifert@gmail.com
Thanks for the giveaway!
brookea_2006@yahoo.com
I want to win! Pick me pick me pick me!
Thanks so much. This is really generous of you.
Please include me in your giveaway! I've been eyeing so many of these books!
Thanks!
tiftalksbooks at gmail dot com
Eeep, so many books I want to read. Thanks!
rachie203 [at] gmail [dot] com
Count me in!! Thanks so much :)
khyla_808ATyahooDOTcom
Wow! Thanks for such a great giveaway! =) I wish I could have made it to BEA.
Raychelle
SteeleReviews@gmail.com
Shiny books...me NEED! :)
hauntingorchid(at)aol(dot)com
Pls enter me:)
goldie-mail(AT)web(DOT)de
BOOKS!! *hyperventilates*
Hikari
hikablack(at)gmail(dot)com
I'm definitely drooling over all of these awesome BEA giveaways!
I would love to be entered!
Jen
Lratrandom@gmail.com
Thanks for the great giveaway. I'd love to win these books!!
Kris
GFC Follower: Sakira
elfdrop AT gmail DOT com
Awesome!
chelseaschmidt90 (at) gmail (dot) com
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