My personal favorite was Jinx, by Sage Blackwood; very different from David Sedaris, but I like him a lot too!
The best (?) literary haiku I ever wrote was a celebration of a common trope in British girls' boarding school stories (although you have to say "school" like an American, with one syllable..
Hanging from the cliff, I wonder when a school girl Will come rescue me.
Thanks for this great giveaway (check out mine too, at leeswammes' blog). My favorite book for this year is The First Book of Calamity Leek by Paula Lichtarowicz. Brilliant!
SQUEEEE! These are amazing prizes! Thanks so much for hosting. My fave book of the year so far is probably Eleanor and Park which is outside my usual reading choices.
Ah! My favorite book I read this year so far.... oh man, there are so many. I loved "Lizz Free or Die" by Lizz Winstead. (also "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand and "Me Before You" by Jojo Moyes. okay I'm done!)
My favorite books so far this year are: The Death of Bees, Girl of Fire and Thorns, and Eleanor and Park. I really enjoyed all of these, and just can't choose! Though I have yet to encounter that jaw droppingly "great" book yet this year. Still reading...
THE DEATH OF BEES
Two sisters left behind, in a house without parents. Don't look in the shed!
I've read several great books so far this year, but the best have probably been Days of Blood and Starlight by Laini Taylor and Ever After by Kim Harrison.
Without Reservations by Alice Steinbach. Amazing read.
ReplyDeleteFun idea the haiku but a bit difficult in a strange language!
ReplyDeleteI'd love to win Eleanor and Park! Awesome idea but I suck at haikus! haha
ReplyDeleteMy personal favorite was Jinx, by Sage Blackwood; very different from David Sedaris, but I like him a lot too!
ReplyDeleteThe best (?) literary haiku I ever wrote was a celebration of a common trope in British girls' boarding school stories (although you have to say "school" like an American, with one syllable..
Hanging from the cliff,
I wonder when a school girl
Will come rescue me.
The Sea Of Tranquility was one of my favorite reads :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for this great giveaway (check out mine too, at leeswammes' blog). My favorite book for this year is The First Book of Calamity Leek by Paula Lichtarowicz. Brilliant!
ReplyDeleteSo far this year my favorite novel has been Letters from Skye by Jessica Brockmole.
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My favorite book so far this year was Life after Life by Kate Atkinson.
ReplyDeleteSQUEEEE! These are amazing prizes! Thanks so much for hosting. My fave book of the year so far is probably Eleanor and Park which is outside my usual reading choices.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite was With All My Soul by Rachel Vincent!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the giveaway! My favorite book this year is Prisoners in the Palace.
ReplyDeleteGreat giveaway! I just heard David Sedaris speak live in Kansas City on tour for "Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls." So funny! Literary haiku:
ReplyDeleteAll day long I think,
"I want to READ ALL THE BOOKS!"
Never enough time
Ah! My favorite book I read this year so far.... oh man, there are so many. I loved "Lizz Free or Die" by Lizz Winstead. (also "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand and "Me Before You" by Jojo Moyes. okay I'm done!)
DeleteThanks for entering the giveaway, yeah Sedaris was a great speaker and pretty darn hilarious. :)
DeleteWhat a great giveaway! I've been dying to read the new Sedaris :)
ReplyDeleteGreat giveaway! I'll have to work on my haiku skills, though...
ReplyDeleteOkay, here goes it:
ReplyDeleteDear Mary Poppins
Not so nice as Dame Julie
We prefer the film
EH? Does that work? Maybe not the most book-affirming haiku, but it was the best I could come up with the moment
I really loved Vessel by Sarah Beth Durst (it's a 2012 release but I just read it).
ReplyDeleteThe Painted Girls, by Buchanan
ReplyDeleteMy favourite book this year was Paper Towns which brings us to my haiku:
ReplyDeleteI'm looking for you
And the pages of this book
Are like paper towns
(I'm not sure if the metre is totally correct since english isn't my first language)
Joana @ Joana In The Sky With Books
Your metre is fine, thanks for entering the giveaway. :)
DeleteA Corner of White is my favorite of the year so far. Great giveaway!
ReplyDeleteThe Best Book This Year
ReplyDeleteIs Winger by Anderw Smith
No Doubt About It
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Ashes by Ilsa J. Bick.... I think....
ReplyDeleteHaiku for Ashes:
Apocalypse
Adults die, teens get hungry
for flesh and mayhem
Haiku for Anna and the French Kiss:
ReplyDeleteEtienne St. Clair,
British and American
with a splash of French.
I think my favorite book so far is Time of My Life by Cecelia Ahern :)
ReplyDeleteMy favorite is A Good American by Alex George.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the giveaway!
Book Thief and see the books I awarded the Thanks for Changing My Life Awards on my ABEA post today. Thanks for hosting this giveaway! I'm your friendly ABEA cheerleader for tonight. I like literary fiction, I look forward to chatting with you more throughout the week. Keep up the good work!
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by and cheerleading. :)
DeleteNeverwhere by Neil Gaiman :D
ReplyDeleteThanks everybody for entering the giveaway and commenting. :)
ReplyDeleteTHE BOOK THIEF by Markus Zusak has been a favorite so far this year.
ReplyDeleteTHE BOOK THIEF
DeleteDeath narrates the tale
Liesel reading stolen books
Nazis, fear, courage
The Winter Witch by Paula Brackston.
ReplyDeleteCode name verity! It was amazing.
ReplyDeleteFrost Burned by Patricia Briggs :) Thanks for the fun giveaway!
ReplyDeleteMarried life so grand
But haters gonna be hatin'
Werewolves not so secret
Probably one of the Dresden Files.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite books so far this year are: The Death of Bees, Girl of Fire and Thorns, and Eleanor and Park. I really enjoyed all of these, and just can't choose! Though I have yet to encounter that jaw droppingly "great" book yet this year. Still reading...
ReplyDeleteTHE DEATH OF BEES
Two sisters left behind,
in a house without parents.
Don't look in the shed!
Lilian @ A Novel Toybox
My favorite book so far this year was The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan
ReplyDeleteI have been underwhelmed by my book choices this year. My favorite book so far this year was probably The Silver Linings Playbook.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the giveaway! These are great prizes.
I am looking for book recommendations in my giveaway. Please stop by: http://madhoydenish.blogspot.com/2013/05/armchair-bea-little-help-from-my.html
Written in Red by Anne Bishop.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the amazing giveaway!
elizabeth @ bookattict . com
Dreams of Joy by Lisa See is the best yet.
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Shadow and Bone is my favorite so far. Thanks for the chance to win!
ReplyDeleteI've read several great books so far this year, but the best have probably been Days of Blood and Starlight by Laini Taylor and Ever After by Kim Harrison.
ReplyDeleteIt's Anna and the French Kiss. Thanks for the giveaway!
ReplyDeleteI'm not good making up staff :p
ReplyDeleteMy favorite book so far is Edenbrooke by Julianne Donaldson. Thank you for the giveaway :)
My favorite so far this year is In The Stillness by Andrea Randall.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the giveaway! :)
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