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Don’t forget to enter to win Hourglass or Evernight by Claudia Gray!

Waiting on Wednesday is hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine.

This Wednesday I am waiting on Mockingbird by Kathryn Erskine. (OK, I’m a little late on Waiting on Wednesday, but I really wanted to post about this title!) The folks at Penguin were kind enough to send me an ARC of this book, and I’m very excited to begin it. The book is about Caitlin, a young girl with Asperger’s, and all of the awful, unfortunate things that happen to her. But look at this cover–doesn’t this book look inspirational? I am anticipating a moving, emotional story. Check back here for my review in the next 2 weeks!

Mockingbird
Release date: April 15, 2010

Summary (from Kathryn Erskine’s Website):

In Caitlin’s world, everything is black or white.  Things are good or bad.  Anything in between is confusing.  That’s the stuff Caitlin’s older brother, Devon, has always explained.  But now Devon’s dead, and her father cries a lot.  Caitlin wants to get over it, but as an eleven-year-old girl with Asperger’s, she doesn’t know how.  When she reads the definition of “closure” in the dictionary, she realizes that is what she and her father need.  In her search for Closure, Caitlin discovers that not everything is black and white–the world is full of colors–messy and beautiful, and it is through this discovery that she embarks on a road which leads her to find both healing and Closure.

Hourglass by Claudia Gray will be released on March 9, and the blogosphere is buzzing about it! You can read my review/thoughts (un-spoilery!) here. Since I was lucky enough to get an ARC, I thought I would share the wealth by hosting my second contest! Here are the prize(s)!

• First prize winner receives: 1 ARC of Hourglass
• Second prize winner receives: 1 paperback of Evernight

Please fill out the form below. The contest is only open to US residents and will close on March 19 at midnight EST. You can earn extra entries by following my blog (old followers or begin following me now!), following me on Twitter, or promoting this contest on your blog or tweeting about it!

For More: I recommend being a friend of Claudia Gray on Facebook, as she is having tons of contests to promote Hourglass!

I have been very busy as you can probably tell by my lack of posts. School and work have kept me going nonstop for the past few weeks. It has been difficult to keep up with everything, but I am actually coming close to the end of this semester. There are about 4 weeks left, and then I won’t have any classes until January. I’m sure I will have plenty of time to blog about books once my classes are finished this semester, and I am so excited to talk about some of my favorites that were just recently published!

So I have approximately 575 books (and you wonder why I have a blog about books? I’m obsessed!). I use Delicious Library software to keep them organized. I had to do something–I found myself buying copies of books I already owned, but forgot that I owned!

If you’d like to take a look at what books I own, go visit my shelf! You can click the link here, or check out the link on the side of the page under “Explore”. I’ll make sure to keep my shelf updated as I purchase new books. I am also hoping to add some sort of book widget to my sidebar to keep up with my book reviews, etc.