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CONTEST CRAZE GIVEAWAY! Dash & Lily’s Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn & David Levithan

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Princess Bookie asked me to host a mini challenge, so here it is!  
Check out her other contests HERE
This one is different from my normal giveaways since this is a challenge and not a general giveaway.  
To Enter:
All you have to do is post the five best books you read in the last year.  
The books can be released in any year and in any order.
If you post this to a blog, facebook page, my space, twitter and link back to me, you get 3 extra entries.
You don’t need to justify your choices, just let everyone know what you think is the best!
Open worldwide, you just have to have reliable mail service or be in an area that the Book Depository ships.
Ends on 3.21.11 and the winner will be chosen by ME on 3.22.11
You can win:

Description

“I’ve left some clues for you.
If you want them, turn the page.
If you don’t, put the book back on the shelf, please.”

So begins the latest whirlwind romance from the New York Times bestselling authors of Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist. Lily has left a red notebook full of challenges on a favorite bookstore shelf, waiting for just the right guy to come along and accept its dares. But is Dash that right guy? Or are Dash and Lily only destined to trade dares, dreams, and desires in the notebook they pass back and forth at locations across New York? Could their in-person selves possibly connect as well as their notebook versions? Or will they be a comic mismatch of disastrous proportions?

Rachel Cohn and David Levithan have written a love story that will have readers perusing bookstore shelves, looking and longing for a love (and a red notebook) of their own.

About the Author

Rachel Cohn & David Levithan have written three books together. Their first, Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist, was made into a movie starring Michael Cera and Kat Dennings, directed by Peter Sollett. Their second, Naomi and Ely’s No Kiss List, was named a New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age. For their third book, Dash & Lily’s Book of Dares, David wrote Dash’s chapters and Rachel wrote Lily’s. Although they did not pass the chapters back and forth in a red Moleskine notebook, they did email them to each other without planning anything out beforehand. That’s the way they work.

Rachel’s previous books include Gingerbread, Shrimp, Cupcake, You Know Where to Find Me, and Very LeFreak. David’s previous books include Boy Meets Boy, The Realm of Possibility, Are We There Yet?, Wide Awake, Love Is the Higher Law, and How They Met, and Other Stories.

For more information about Rachel and David, you can find them at RachelCohn.com and DavidLevithan.com, respectively. You may also catch them in the aisles at the Strand.

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  1. OK, five isn’t much, but here goes:
    Hungry (Crystal Renn)
    Marley & Me (John Grogan)
    In Cheap We Trust (Lauren Weber)
    Retail Hell (Freeman Hall)
    The Complete Ivory (Doris Egan)

    danaan at gmx dot at

  2. 1. When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
    2. Life on the Refrigerator Door by Alice Kuipers
    3. The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
    4. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
    5. Paper Towns by John Green

    Thanks for this giveaway!

    buoyread AT gmail DOT com

  4. 1. Shades of Grey: The Road to High Saffron by Jasper Fforde
    2. Annexed by Sharon Dogar
    3. X Isle by Steve Augarde
    4. The Double Cross: A Someday Quilts Mystery by Clare O’Donohue
    5. Remember by Benjamin
    rickimc[at]aol[dot]com

  7. Five is tough, but here goes:
    1. Revolution
    2. The Cardturner
    3. When You Reach Me
    4. A Red Herring Without Mustard
    5. Beautiful Darkness

    Thanks!
    JHolden955(at)gmail(dot)com

  10. My five
    1. Crank by ellen hopkins
    2. the book thief by markus zusak
    3. wintergirls by laurie halse anderson
    4. the hunger games by suzanne collins
    5. looking for alaska by johnn gree

    thanks for this contest, so cool!

    strandedhero(@)gmail(dot)com

  14. Five of my favourites that I read last year:
    1. Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare
    2. The Replacement by Brenna Yovanoff
    3. Amy & Roger’s Epic Detour by Morgan Matson
    4. Paranormalcy by Kiersten White
    5. The Body Finder by Kimberly Derting

    Thanks for this awesome giveaway, I’ve been wanting to read Dash & Lily’s Books of Dares, so thank you for the chance to win it! 🙂
    Ambur
    ambiepie_6(at)hotmail(dot)com

  15. Five best books I’ve read:

    1. Anna and the French Kiss
    2. Unearthly
    3. Across the Universe
    4. The Iron Queen
    5. Nightshade

    Thanks for the giveaway!

    chibipooh(at)gmail(dot)com

  16. My five best in no particular order:

    Cloud of Sparrows by Takashi Matsuoka
    Autumn Bridge by Takashi Matsuoka
    The Testament by John Grisham
    Bimbos of the Death Sun by Sharyn Mccrumb
    The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory

    spamscape [at] gmail [dot] com

  18. 1.) Prom and Prejudice byElizabeth Eulberg
    2.)Intrinsical Lani Woodland
    3.)Nevermore by Kelly Creagh
    4.)City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
    5.) Across the Universe by Beth Revis

    Of course, they aren’t in any particular order though. Thanks so much for the giveaway!

    Retweet:
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    Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=204374112907928&id=179696618737015

    hollyjolly89@gmail.com

    hollyjolly89@gmail.com

  19. 1. Th1rteen R3asons Why
    2. Twenty Boy Summer
    3. Wintergirls
    4. Feeling Sorry For Celia
    5. The Book of Negroes

    chloe.hope.bookie(at)gmail(dot)com

    Thanks for the giveaway!

  20. Here are the best 5 books I’ve read in the past year:

    1. Snow Flower & The Secret Fan by Lisa See
    2. Darkness Becomes Her by Kelly Keaton
    3. Matched by Ally Condie
    4. Unearthly by Cynthia Hand
    5. Across the Universe by Beth Revis

    -Jennie
    un3xpectedfate[at]hotmail[dot]com

  23. 1. Wish List by John Locke
    2. Saving Rachel by John Locke
    3. Anybody Out There by Marian Keyes
    4. Definitely Dead by Charlaine Harris
    5. The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

  24. It will be hard to choose. I love all my books. But because of you..:D

    Nightshade by Andrea Cremer
    Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia
    Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
    Incubus Dreams by Laurell K. Hamilton
    Last Sacrifice by Richelle Mead

    The all were fantastic!

    misadevilgirl at seznam dot cz

  25. What a fun contest!
    Here are mine:
    1.Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
    2.She’s so Dead to Us by Kieran Scott
    3. Bright Young Things by Anna Godbersen
    4.Twenty Boy Summer
    5.Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver

    Thanks for the giveaway! 🙂
    -Jackie
    jackie_love35@msn.com

  29. In no specific order:
    Five Flavors of Dumb by Antony John
    YOU by Benoit
    Law of Attraction by Leotta
    Room
    Sleepless by Balog.

    Will you summaraze the books the people named? Or at least tell us the top two or three?
    bmcbroom @ gmail.com (I’m always forgetting my email addy)

  31. My Fave Five:

    Before I Fall – Lauren Oliver
    Stolen – Lesley Pearse
    The Carrie Diaries – Candace Bushnell
    The Dark Divine – Bree Despain
    Shade – Jeri Smith-Ready

    freda.mans[at]gmail.com

  33. 1. Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
    2. Matched by Ally Condie
    3. Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld
    4. Five Flavors of Dumb by Antony John
    5. Holes by Louis Sachar

    Thanks for the great giveaway!
    k_anon[at]hotmail[dot]co[dot]uk

  34. My top 5 are:

    – Ballads of Suburbia by Stephanie Kuehnert
    – Shade by Jeri Smith-Ready
    – The Ivy by Lauren Kunze
    – Darklight by Lesley Livingston
    – Sea by Heidi R. Kling

    jen4777[at]hotmail.com

  36. 1. City of Bones – Cassandra Clare
    2. Paranormalcy – Kiersten White
    3. Clockwork Angel – Cassandra Clare
    4. Blood Price – Tanya Huff
    5. Angelology – Danielle Trussoni

    thais_rpc(at)hotmail(dot)com

  38. + Cracked Up to Be by Courtney Summers
    + Harmonic Feedback by Tara Kelly
    + Amy & Roger’s Epic Detour by Morgan Matson
    + Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
    + Leaving Paradise by Simone Elkeles

    Thanks for the giveaway!
    nalynboni AT gmail DOT com

  39. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
    Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
    Spirit Bound by Richelle Mead
    Last Sacrifice by Richelle Mead
    Crescendo by Becca Fitzpatrick

  40. In no real order:

    What they always tell us by Martin Wilson

    Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare

    Hush Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick

    Matched by Ally Condie

    Beautiful Creatures by Margaret Stohl and Kami Garcia

    Megankyser at gmail dot com

  44. 5!! hard… but I’ll do my best…

    -Dark Song by Gail Giles
    -If I Stay by Gayle Forman
    -will grayson, will grayson by John Green & David Levithan
    -The Host Stephenie Meyer
    -Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater

  45. Ugh… Impossibly hard to limit it to five!! But-

    1. Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta
    2. The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau Banks by E. Lockhart
    3. If I Stay by Gayle Forman (and Where She Went, but I’m going to count them as one)
    4. Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson
    5. Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly.

    This might be different if you ask tomorrow, but LOVED all of these!

    basicallyamazingbooks [at] gmail.com

  46. Ohhh tough one!

    Okay here goes:

    1. The Hunger Games Trilogy (I’m counting it as one so I can say more books! Hehe.)
    2. Delirium by Lauren Oliver
    3. All Unquiet Things by Anna Jarzab
    4. Across the Universe by Beth Revis
    5. The Heist Society by Ally Carter

  47. Unwind – Neal Shusterman
    Magic Bleeds – Ilona Andrews
    The Passage – Justin Cronin
    Inside Out – Maria V. Snyder
    Graceling – Kristin Cashore

    Thanks! :0)
    librarygrinch at gmail dot com

  49. 1. The Book Thief by Markus Zusack
    2. Freedom by Jonathan Franzen
    3. I am the Messenger by Markus Zusack
    4. Blankets by Craig Thompson
    5. Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto

    Thanks!

  50. l like this idea for a giveaway! =)

    1 . Shiver – Maggie Stiefvater
    2. Hush Hush – Becca Fitzpatrick
    3. Crescendo – Becca Fitzpatrick
    4. American Vampire – Jennifer Armintrout
    5. You Against Me – Jenny Downham

    books for company @ gmail.com

  52. Here it goes mine:

    1. Clockwork angel
    2. The demon’s lexicon
    3. going bovine
    4. looking for Alaska
    5. aftertime

    aliasgirl at libero dot it

    THANKS!

  53. Hmm 5 books:
    Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater
    Siren by Tricia Rayburn
    The Study Series by Maria V. Snyder
    The Iron Witch by Karen Mahoney
    I’d Tell You I love You … by Ally Carter (still reading)

    Thanks so much for the giveaway =D
    Carrierules(at)hotmail(dot)co(dot)uk

  57. Only five, now that’s going to be hard.

    Angelfire- Courtney Allison Moulton
    The Demon King- Cinda Williams Chima
    Hearts at Stake- Alyxandria Harvey
    People of the Longhouse- W. Michael & Kathleen O’Neal Gear
    Something Rotten- Alan Gratz

    Tweeted

    Orchid
    The Haunting of Orchid Forsythia
    hauntingorchid(At)aol(dot)com

  59. Here’s mine:
    1. Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare
    2. Paranormalcy by Kiersten White
    3. Amy & Roger’s Epic Detour by Morgan Matson
    4. Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver
    5. The Body Finder by Kimberly Derting

    twilightforever.edward at gmail dot com

  60. 1. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
    2. Specials by Scott Westerfeld
    3. Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan
    4. Victoria and the Rogue by Meg Cabot
    5. The Book Theif by Marcus Zusak

    It was so hard to choose! These aren’t really my absolute top favorites just some of my long list of favorites.

  61. Ok, here’s my list:

    -City of Angels by Sheralyn Pratt (actually all 3 Rhea Jensen books, but this is book #1 so I will count it as one)

    -Chalice by Robin McKinley

    -The Kiss of a Stranger by Sarah M Eden

    -The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley (ok so I read this for the first time years ago, but I did read it again this year, so it counts right?)

    -The Clouds Roll Away by Sibella Giorello

    kissyjensen at gmail dot com

  68. Matched by Ally Condie
    Crazy by Han Nolan
    Hero by Perry Moore
    Hunger by Jackie Kessler
    Firelight by Sophie Jordan

    magabygc at gmail.com

  71. 1. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
    2. Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater
    3. Graceling by Kristin Cashore
    4. The Happy Prince by Oscar Wilde
    5. The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

    Thanks for this great giveaway!

    Rathouska.jana@gmail.com

  73. Listed are some of my choices; five really limits the selection.
    Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
    Think of a Numb3r by John Verdon
    Embolus by Gary Birken MD
    Bloodborn by Kathryn Fox
    The Suspect by John Lescroart
    nicolesender(at)yahoo(dot)com

  74. 1. Discovery of witches: Deborah Harkness
    2. The Reapers are the Angels: Alden Bell
    3. The Painted Man: Peter Brett
    4. The Towers of Midnight: Robert Jordan (&Mr Sanderson)
    5. Sharp Objects: Gillian Flynn

    so many books, so little time

  75. 1. The Hunger Games
    2. The Sky is Everywhere
    3. Graceling
    4. The Body Finder
    5. Angelfire

    toprocrastinate at hotmail dot com

  77. 1. Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
    2. The Host by Stephanie Meyer
    3. The Sky Is Everywhere by Jandy Nelson
    4. Old Magic by Marianne Curley
    5. The Girl next Door by Selene Castrovilla

    Thanks!
    thebookish96(at)gmail(dot)com

  78. So tough to choose!! I have way more than 5 top reads in the past year. Here are 5 of my tops that I adored.
    1. Bayou Moon by Ilona Andrews
    2. Paranormalcy by Kiersten White
    3. Warped by Maurissa Guibord
    4. Furies of Calderon (entire series!) by Jim Butcher
    5. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

    Thanks!
    Seescootread[at]gmail[dot]com

  79. Only five!
    1.Heart Sick by Chelsea Cain
    2.Deaper Than The Dead by Tami Hoag
    3.I Can See You by Karen Rose
    4.The Bride Collector by Ted Dekker
    5.All The Pretty Girls by J.T. Ellison

    ayancey(at)dishmail(dot)net

  81. Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
    Rabbit: Chasing Beth Rider by Ellen C. Maze
    Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Moer
    Matched by Ally Condie
    Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen

    Thanks for the giveaway!

    erikadlugoAT yahoo(DOT)com

  82. Best books in the last year?
    1. Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta
    2. Last Sacrifice by Richelle Mead
    3. Shadowfever by Karen Marie Moning
    4. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
    5. Some Girls Are by Courtney Summers

  86. 1. The Demon’s Covenant by Sarah Rees Brennan
    2. Paranormalcy by Kiersten White
    3. Angelfire by Courtney Allison Moulton
    4. The Iron Queen by Julie Kagawa
    5. Raising Demons by Rachel Hawkins

    Thanks for the giveaway! 🙂

    planetprint8(at)gmail(dot)com

  88. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
    Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
    Delirium by Lauren Oliver
    These Things Hidden by Heather Gudenkauf
    Idlewild by Nick Sagan

  90. The Hunger Games Trilogy
    The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau Banks
    Elsewhere
    Perfect Chemistry and Rules of Attractions
    Stargirl

    Thank you!!

    infinitemusic19 at gmail dot com

  91. 1. Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare (Jem and Will are just- OH MY GOD! And STEAMPUNK LOVE <3)
    2. Nightshade by Andrea Cremer (Very cool take on werewolves!)
    3. The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han (So so so so so cute! *-*)
    4. The Body Finder by Kimberly Derting (Uh, why can’t I have a friend like Jay? *wink wink nudge nudge* ;D)
    5. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins (This book actually took my breath away! It was… I… No words can describe how amazing this book was to me)

    Thanks so much for the giveaway!
    I’ve been dying to read Dash & Lily’s Book of Dares *-*

    debs_diggory[at]yahoo[dot]com[dot]br

  94. This is a tough one! In no perticular order…

    1. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
    2. Mocking Jay by Suzanne Collins
    3. David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
    4. The Dark Towers series by Stephen King
    (couldn’t pick just one – I read them straight through and it took forever!lol)
    5. The Testa ment by John Grisham

    I can’t wait to read Dash & Lily’s Book of Dares. Thanks for the giveaway.
    mamabunny13 at gmail dot com

  95. The Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins)
    Wicked Lovely (Melissa Marr)
    19 Minutes (Jodi Picoult)
    The Sweep Series (Cate Tiernan)
    Mockingjay (Suzanne Collins)

    swaggirl01 at gmail dot com

  96. Anna and the French Kiss (Stephanie Perkins)

    Firelight (Sophie Jordan)

    Matched (Ally Condie)

    The Iron Queen (Julie Kagawa)

    Heist Society (Ally Carter)

    Thanks for the giveaway!

    shwengreen (at) gmail (dot) com

    –Sandy

  97. 1. Inside Out – Maria V. Snyder
    2. Glass – Ellen Hopkins
    3. The Lie – Chad Kultgen
    4. The Dead and the Gone – Susan Beth Pfeffer
    5. The Forest of Hands and Teeth – Carrie Ryan

    TaraTagli at gmail dot com

  99. Hi. Thanks for the great giveaway:)
    It’s hard to explain just how badly I want to read this book. My brother knew it was on my wish list and went to buy me a copy but the store was sold out, so I’m really hoping to win it this time.

    My best five books read in the past year:

    1. Footpaths in The Painted City(Sadia Shepard)
    2. The Book Thief (Markus Zusak)
    3. The Way of Shadows (Brent Weeks)
    4. The Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins)
    5. P.S. I Love You (Cecelia Ahern)

    Whew! I had no idea it would be so hard choosing just five, but then I decided to narrow my list down by concentrating on those books that either made me laugh, cry or get that warm, glowy, fuzzy feeling.

    I tweeted at: http://twitter.com/#!/SweetNSensible

    Thanks:)

    sarah.setar@gmail.com

  100. 1. Anna & the French Kiss
    2. A Blue So Dark
    3. Paranormalcy
    4. Matched
    5. Heist Society

    It’s really hard to limit that to just five!!

    and I added this to my sidebar: book-splot.blogspot.com

    book.splot [at] gmail [dot] com

  101. Here are my five:

    Beastly by Alex Flinn
    Wither by Lauren DeStefano
    The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
    Dear John by Nicholas Sparks
    Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher

    velopez92(at)gmail(dot)com

  102. 1: The Demon’s Covenant by Sarah Rees Brennan
    2: Postcards from No Man’s Land by Aidan Chambers
    3: The Marbury Lens by Andrew Smith
    4: I Am The Messenger by Markus Zusak
    5: Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta

    amy408(at)gmail(dot)com

  103. Jennifer @ Back to the Homestead
    Who Fears Death, by Nnedi Okorafor.
    Nation, by Terry Pratchet.
    Skipping a Beat, by Sarah Pekkanen.
    The Passage, by Justin Cronin.
    Maybe This Time, by Jennifer Cruisie.
    (from her linked post)

  106. 1-Mockingbird- Suzanne Collins
    2-Nightshade-Andrea Cremer
    3-Anna and the French Kiss-Stephanie Perkins
    4-Matched- Ally Condie
    5-Jane- April Lindner

    bookworm1494

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    I agreed with everything on this list. I just need to read Matched and Anna and the French Kiss!

    An email has been sent to the lucky people named above (first part of their email address in case my note ends up in spam). The winner(s) has 48 hours to respond or a new winner will be chosen.

    Thanks to all who entered.

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