Tales of a Ravenous Reader: TOKEN OF DARKNESS GIVEAWAY!!!

Hey! It's Monday and I am here to present another amazing book give-away.

TOKEN OF DARKNESS, the new novel by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes, is in bookstores and now you can have your very own copy for free!

Teenagers are sure to delve into this captivating story about the supernatural, perfect for weekend reading.

Publishers Weekly calls TOKEN OF DARKNESS “a fast-paced, supernatural thriller.”

And other critics say:

“Atwater-Rhodes’s quick read will entice her long-time fans and those of the supernatural with its suspense, the possibility of romance and magic that’s easy enough to understand.”—Kirkus Reviews

“Atwater-Rhodes has crafted another chilling tale with enough plot twists to keep readers guessing.”—School Library Journal

Are you interested? How could you not be? And now I have a great opportunity for 5 lucky winners to win TOKEN OF DARKNESS by amelia Atwater-Rhodes.

Here are the contest rules!

1) Just respond to this post telling me how much you want to read this book

2) Post this contest on your blog or side bar

3) Contest will last two weeks, ending on March 8th, 2010 midnight

4) Open to U.S. residents only (sorry)

What are you waiting for?

Upcoming YA Bay Area Book Events

I have compiled all the SF, bay area YA events in this section. If you know of any events that I have failed to post, please let me know. Also, please keep in mind that some events may change and it is best to verify all events prior to attendance :)

MAY

YA Life ACTUALLY TOUR:
Lurlene McDaniel, Dana Reiinhardt, Wendeline Van Draanen
A Great Good Place for Books
Thursday, May 23 at 7:30pm

YA LIFE ACTUALLY TOUR:

Lurlene McDaniel, Dana Reinhardt, Wendeline Van Draanen

KEPLER'S Menlo Park

Friday, May 24 at 7:30 pm

YA EVENT AT KEPLER'S
Shannon Messenger Let the Sky Fall
Debra Driza Mila 2.0
S.J. Kincaid Insignia
Thursday, June 6 at 7pm

SUPER SUMMER SAMPLER YA PIZZA PARTY:

Copperfields in Petaluma
Marissa Meyer Scarlett
Susan Winnaker Imposter
Debra Driza Mila 2.0
S.J. Kinkaid Insignia
Shannon Messenger Let the Sky Fall
Daisy Whitney When You Were Here
Melissa Buell Seventh Blessing

Friday, June 7 at 7:00 pm

PIZZA PARTY with RANSOM RIGGS, TAHAREH MAFI and MICHELLE GAGNON
Copperfield's Petaluma
Monday, June 10 at 6:00 pm

SARAH DESSEN (Ticketed EVENT)
Books Inc. Opera Plaza
Monday, June 10 at 7pm

DUAL LAUNCH PARTY with CORINA VACCO and STEPHANIE KEUHN
Books Inc. Opera Plaza
Tuesday, June 11 at 7pm

STEPHANIE KEUHN Launch Party for Charm and Strange
Mrs. Dalloway's in Berkeley
Saturday, June 15 at 7:30pm

LAUREN CONRAD
Copperfield's in Petaluma
Tuesday, June 18th at 7pm

DOUBLE LAUNCH PARTY!
KATHERINE LONGSHORE for TARNISH
TALIA VANCE for SPIES AND PREJUDICE
The Avid Reader in Davis, CA
Saturday, June 22 at 4pm
NEIL GAIMAN
COPPERFIELD'S Ticketed event
Santa Rosa High Theater
Saturday, July 6 @8pm

An Evening of YA Historical Fiction with Katherine Longshore and Cat Winters.

The Avid Reader in Davis

Wednesday, July 24 at 7:30pm

48 comments on "TOKEN OF DARKNESS GIVEAWAY!!!"

~Jennifer~ wrote: February 22, 2010 at 6:22 PM: Ohh, I would love to win this book. I've been a fan of Amelia Atwater-Rhodes for many years, but wasn't in love with her Kiesha'Ra series. I need to read this book, hoping it's as good as her earlier work.

jennsicurella at verizon dot net
Orchid wrote: February 22, 2010 at 6:39 PM: OMZ! I would love to win Token of Darkness. I love her books and I have all but two of her books. :)

hauntingorchid (at) aol (dot) com
Caitlin wrote: February 22, 2010 at 6:51 PM: Exciting! I would love to win this I love the cover and the entire thing just look amazing.
katybug2373(at)gmail(dot)com
Bethie wrote: February 22, 2010 at 6:54 PM: I love her books. I really really want to win this one. I would love to spend a weekend reading this.

lizzi0915 at aol dot com
Bere wrote: February 22, 2010 at 7:16 PM: Omg how awesome! I definitely want to read this one.
It's on my wish list and I can't wait to get my
hands on it!
Thanks so much for the giveaway, how exciting! =)

Sidebar: Here

Bere
bere4estrella(at)hotmail(dot)com
Abigail [All Things Urban Fantasy] wrote: February 22, 2010 at 7:29 PM: The cover lured me in this time.

I linked this on the Contests & Giveaways section on my sidebar
http://allthingsurbanfantasy.blogspot.com/

and I will post this on my Win on Wed post

http://allthingsurbanfantasy.blogspot.com

allthingsurbanfantasy[at]gmail[dot]com
donnas wrote: February 22, 2010 at 8:53 PM: I havent read this author before but this sounds like a great book to start. I would love the chance to read it.

Linked here: http://donnasbloghome.blogspot.com/2010/02/contests-found-this-week_22.html and on the sidebar.

Thanks!
bacchus76 at myself dot com
Stacy wrote: February 23, 2010 at 8:45 AM: I would love to win this! It sounds like a great spooky book and the cover is full of awesome!

sidebar: http://wickedwalker.blogspot.com/

booknerdd(at)gmail(dot)com
InABox wrote: February 23, 2010 at 1:50 PM: I want to read this so much that...well, it's at the top of my wish list. And it's a LOOOONG wish list.

Posted: http://bookishinabox.blogspot.com/2010/02/giveaways-week-of-221.html

whatinabox at gmail dot com

Thanks!
mindy wrote: February 23, 2010 at 2:50 PM: i would absolutely love to read this thanks minsthins at optonline dot net
jemscout425 wrote: February 23, 2010 at 3:20 PM: I'd love to read this because i haven't discovered this author before
pksanddancer(at)yahoo(dot)com
Sara M wrote: February 23, 2010 at 6:06 PM: I've read every other Amelia Atwater-Rhodes novel, so I really want to read this one.

Sara M
sara_UFblog [at] yahoo [dot] com
Kelsey wrote: February 23, 2010 at 6:22 PM: Saying how much I would love to read this book is saying how much I love chocolate...a LOT! I love Amelia Atwater-Rhodes. I've read her other books, and I think she's awesome. Plus, she's so young and already an accomplished author.

I posted the contest in my blog: http://thedoortowonderland.blogspot.com/2010/02/contest-10.html.

Thanks for the entry!
Kelsey
krae991@yahoo.com
K A K A R I wrote: February 23, 2010 at 6:25 PM: I really, really want to read this because I've been a dedicated fan of hers since I was young. I've read In the Forest of the Night, Demon in My View, Shattered Mirror, Midnight Predator, and Hawksong when they all first came out! Please, please enter me! :D

P.S. Did not post this on the sidebar of my blog because my blog is private and no one has access to it but me. Plus, I only use blogspot to check out bookblogs. I hope you don't mind. =\

kakari89(at)hotmail(dot)com
julie s wrote: February 23, 2010 at 9:08 PM: I love Amelia Atwater-Rhodes, and I would love to read this book.

julstew at gmail dot com
Lindsay's Photographys wrote: February 23, 2010 at 9:09 PM: I would LOVE to win this!
Thankyou!! :D:D:D
I want to read this book SOOOOOO BAD!!!! Pick me!

-Lindsay

lindsay15photo@gmail.com
Kelly wrote: February 24, 2010 at 4:58 AM: I would love to win this because I have been an AAR fan for years. I think I started reading her books in middle school and she has been awesome ever since. I try to keep up with what she is writing.

I posted on my blog here: http://kghbookhunter.blogspot.com/2010/02/contests-tales-of-ravenous-reader.html

Thanks for the giveaway. :D
kghobbs@gmail.com
Kelly wrote: February 24, 2010 at 5:00 AM: Oops, I forgot to mention...I'm already a follower. :)
Donna [F.D. Ramblings] wrote: February 24, 2010 at 7:35 AM: I love the cover! And this book looks like a terrific ghost to read.

I added this giveaway to my contest/giveaway sidebar.

Thanks for the giveaway!
layla418 wrote: February 24, 2010 at 12:26 PM: I haven't read anything by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes, but after reading the synopsis for this book, I really want win this book!

Skk25@aol.com
Sue (okibi_insanity) wrote: February 24, 2010 at 3:05 PM: I havent read any books by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes but based on the synopsis and the awesome book cover I want to win and read it. Thanks for the chance.

Sue
okibi_insanity[at]yahoo[dot]com
Anna ♥ wrote: February 24, 2010 at 9:35 PM: Oooh, I would love to read this book! I've yet to read a book by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes yet but I would love for this to be my first read of her works. :D

Sidebar: http://goodgonegirl.blogspot.com

Anna ♥
goodgonegirl@gmail.com
Heather M wrote: February 24, 2010 at 10:10 PM: I REALLY want to read this book! It's on my list of WANTS

hmahan_0529 @yahoo dot com
Jessy wrote: February 25, 2010 at 7:08 AM: I'd have to say the cover did it for me this time. I have also heard some great things about her other books.

I don't have a blog so I tweeted: http://twitter.com/Emma015/statuses/9629243048

findjessyhere at gmail dot com
Sherry @ Flipping Pages for All Ages wrote: February 25, 2010 at 7:11 AM: I've been wanting to read this for a long time. I even used it for my WoW(waiting on wednesday) one week! It looks amazing!

I put it on my sidebar!
http://lushbudgetproduction.blogspot.com/2010/02/token-of-darkness-giveaway.html

Thanks so much!

Sherry
ssalach88(at)gmail(dot)com
Deedles wrote: February 25, 2010 at 8:06 AM: Amelia is a new author for me and I'd love to read this. Looks like a great book.
djeanq(at)gmail(dot)com
LiLi wrote: February 25, 2010 at 1:52 PM: I have several of Amelia's novels. What first got me interested in her work was mostly the morbid way she has with telling vampire-tales. I soon researched her and found out that she started out as a teenage writer, and since I was already interested in her books I've been enjoying them more and more each time!
Sidebar: http://lilibethramos.blogspot.com/
LiLi wrote: February 25, 2010 at 1:53 PM: Forgot email: chicareader@gmail.com
Dwayne wrote: February 26, 2010 at 9:26 AM: I want to gush about the cover - how captivating is that? :) Somehow I'm a sucker for spooky trees lmao. I know, I know. I so want this book - I <3 Amelia's Kiesha'Ra series and I certainly do hope this one is even better!

I sidebar linked @ www.withoutabookshelf.blogspot.com

dwaynehalim@hotmail.co.uk
Ashley wrote: February 27, 2010 at 8:20 AM: Wow I had never heard about this book before now! I read the summary on Amazon and it sounds creepy but interesting, I'd love to read it!
I'm an old follower and I posted this on my sidebar at http://booksobsession.blogspot.com
Thanks!
booksobsession(at)gmail(dot)com
griet_pearl wrote: February 27, 2010 at 11:06 AM: Okay, I want to win this book because I love her books!! Especially, Wyvernhail!!!And I just finished reading The Persistence of Memory, and I loved it, too. Plus, she wrote her first book when she was 13 yrs. old, and I read it when I was 13, too, and thanks to that book I found one of my all-time favorite poems: Burning Bright.
Posted the contest on my blog.
justpeachy36 wrote: February 27, 2010 at 3:01 PM: justpeachy36@yahoo.com

Please enter me in the giveaway. This looks like a really great book.
Darlene wrote: February 28, 2010 at 1:35 PM: It sounds like a great book but I'd really like to win it for my daughter because I think she would love it.
MannaB wrote: March 1, 2010 at 9:42 AM: I want this book so much that I would walk to the moon and back (if it were possible...)!

crazypplrok@gmail.com
bison61 wrote: March 2, 2010 at 5:18 PM: Wonderful-I love this author and want to win so bad!

tiramisu392 (at) yahoo.com
mis(h)takes wrote: March 3, 2010 at 12:21 PM: I graduated from High School in 2005 but I remember spending a lot of time in the library hunting down books to read. This was before I became the reader I am today. But Amelia's books stuck out to me and I quickly gobbled up whatever the library had. I've been planning on re-reading everything I did during High School and I'm excited about a new novel!!

Posted on sidebar -> http://creativitygone.blogspot.com

Thanks for the great contest. (PS- this is my first visit and I gotta say I love the look of your blog, very cool)

mishtakes AT gmail DOT com
marian wrote: March 3, 2010 at 3:40 PM: Love her books! Can't wait to read this one! Would really like to win this book!

mariannguyen16 AT gmail DOT com
Julie! wrote: March 4, 2010 at 5:27 PM: The cover makes me want to definitely read it!!!!!

Julie102794@gmail.com

good luck to all on winning!!!
kakihara wrote: March 4, 2010 at 7:31 PM: I haven't read anything by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes, but after reading the synopsis for this book, I really want win this book--I think my teen daughters would just love it!
kakihararocks@gmail.com
Elie wrote: March 7, 2010 at 9:21 AM: I REALLY want to read this one, the summary sounds great and the cover looks intense. Thanks for the great giveaway.

http://ellzreadz.blogspot.com/ (sidebar post)
zenfoxflowerATyahooDOTcom
Lea wrote: March 7, 2010 at 9:33 AM: I've been wanting to read this since I saw the synopsis!!! Thanks for the chance to win :D

sidebar: http://yabookqueen.blogspot.com/
yabookqueen@yahoo.com
~The Book Pixie wrote: March 7, 2010 at 8:40 PM: I want Token of Darkness a whole bunches! I recently read The Den of Shadows Quartet and enjoyed it so I've been looking forward to this one.

Sidebar: http://thebookpixie.blogspot.com/

~Briana
thebookpixie[at]yahoo[dot]com
Southern Princess wrote: March 8, 2010 at 9:29 AM: Awesome contest!

sidebar: http://princesscourtneysbarr.blogspot.com

clsbarr(at)yahoo(dot)com

Visit My Kingdom Anytime
Alexa wrote: March 8, 2010 at 6:27 PM: I loved all of her other books so I'm sure I'll love this one too!
sidebar: http://hookedonyabooks.blogspot.com/

naggy8(at)gmail(dot)com
angel28140 wrote: March 8, 2010 at 7:10 PM: Token of Darkness sounds really great. I'd love to read it!

angel28140 (AT) yahoo (DOT) com
Book Sp(l)ot wrote: March 8, 2010 at 8:23 PM: I'm definitely really interested in this book and would love a chance to read it (and hopefully my interent will cooperate and post this in time!) and it's been on my sidebar: http://www.book-splot.blogspot.com :)
Book Sp(l)ot wrote: March 8, 2010 at 8:24 PM: oops, my email: book.splot AT gmail DOT com
Ravenous Reader wrote: March 9, 2010 at 1:35 PM: Hello this contest is now closed. Thank you to everyone that has entered :)