YASH Follow-up

Thanks to all of you who stopped by on the YA Scavenger Hunt, and to all of you who just stopped by to read PJ Hoover's exclusive content!

Congratulations to the GOLD team winner, Rena Malik, who won twenty signed books from each member of the team.  And congratulations, as well, to Barbara Gordon, the winner of my giveaway!

I asked for comments as an entry to my giveaway, answering the question: What is your favorite coming-of-age novel and why?  I received over one hundred responses, and I was delighted by how enthusiastic everyone was about their favorite books!  I have definitely added some of them to my own TBR list, and I hope that you might stop by and check out some of the answers, too.

Unsurprisingly, the book that had the greatest number of recommendations was The Fault in Our Stars, by John Green.  What did surprise me was that it was tied with Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell.  Not because Rowell's book isn't as good, but because I would have guessed one of her other books!  I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson was the next leading contemporary novel.

By far the majority of the other books were futuristic and/or fantasy, with Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi leading the pack, followed closely by Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas, The Mortal Instruments and Infernal Devices series by Cassandra Clare, Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead, and, of course, The Hunger Games, Twilight, and Harry Potter.

A few of you especially loved historical novels, including the Bloody Jack series by L.A. Meyer, The Agency by Y.S. Lee and All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr (which was also one of the only books written for adults that made the list.)

But probably the most surprising answer was "No fav.  I don't really read them."  This made me wonder why this person was on the Scavenger Hunt in the first place!  But perhaps he or she mistook my question.

Thanks again for coming by and recommending books to me.  I'm looking forward to reading them!

We Have Winners!

First of all, I want to thank every single one of you for the overwhelming amount of enthusiasm for GILT.  And for all your lovely comments about the website design (I have passed them onto the designer, who was delighted!)

Secondly, and without further ado, these are the winners of the website giveaway:

The winner of the Class of 2k12 swag pack is Dominique from the Book Vault!

The winner of the ARC of REMARKABLE by Lizzie K. Foley (which truly is remarkable -- I loved it!)  is Claire Louise at Claire Reads!

The winner of the ARC of GRAVE MERCY by Robin LaFevers (again, I'm having a hard time giving this one up, but I plan to buy a copy of my own next month) is Vivien!

And the winner of the ARC of GILT is Rebecca at ReadingWishes!

Congratulations, winners!  Please e-mail me with your address at katherine(at)katherinelongshore(dot)com and I will get these in the mail to you as soon as possible!

And the Winner is....

After a little delay, I can finally announce that the winner of the ARC of Saundra Mitchell's THE SPRINGSWEET is Jaskirat@SeeitORreadit!  Congratulations!  E-mail your address to katylongshore(at)gmail(dot)com and I'll have it in the mail as soon as I can.

Winner of the BORN WICKED Giveaway!

First, I want to thank you all for participating in the Race.  The Apocalypsies are a pretty amazing group, and it's been so much fun supporting each other and cheering each other on.  And even more fun to see the number of people who are right there with us -- wanting to read all of these amazing books.

Secondly, I want to announce the winner of the BORN WICKED giveaway.  It's hard giving up this ARC, because I love this book, but I know I'll buy a copy anyway!

Chosen from all comments and new followers by random.org: Natalie! (Natalie152 at gmail).  I will be e-mailing you shortly for your address and will get the book in the mail as soon as possible.

Thanks again for coming, everyone!