Mockingjay Countdown: Mini Challenge 4 (1st Day)

Mockingjay Countdown: Mini Challenge 4 (1st Day)

Remember that if you participate in this challenge, you will add an extra four entries to win the prizes for today.

For this fourth mini challenge, I want you to tell me which of the The Hunger Games or Catching Fire characters you are most like. They can either be main characters or characters that are rarely in the book. And then I want you to explain why they are like you. You can either create a blog post on your own blog about this or you can leave a comment below with your pick of who is most like you and why. And like always, if you create your own blog post, you can add pictures and leave a link to you entry in a comment below.

Mockingjay Countdown: Mini Challenge 3 (1st Day)

Mockingjay Countdown: Mini Challenge 3 (1st Day)

Remember that if you participate in this challenge you will add an extra four entries to win the prizes for today.

For this third mini challenge, I want you to comment and tell me below if you are either: Team Peeta or Team Gale. And then I want you to explain why. You can also create a blog post on your own blog and leave a link to your entry below.

 

Mockingjay Countdown: Mini Challenge 2 (1st Day)

Mockingjay Countdown: Mini Challenge 2 (1st Day)

For this challenge, I am going to have you guys re-create the cover of either The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, or Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins. I got this idea from Princess Bookie (who does these a lot) and I decided to do one since everyone seems to really enjoy participating.

So the rules are as follows:
1. Create a blog post on your own blog with your re-created cover of either The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, or Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins.
2. You then have to come back to this post and link it in the mister linkey below
3. You must create your cover and link before midnight tonight (August 22nd).

If you create a cover, everyone that does so will add an extra four entries to win the prizes for today (like every other mini challenge). And then on August 24th, I will have a voting, and the person's entry who gets the most votes will get an extra ten entries to win the prizes for the last day (August 24th).

So link your covers below:

Mockingjay Countdown: Mini Challenge 1 (1st Day)

Mockingjay Countdown: Mini Challenge 1 (1st Day)

If you participate in this challenge, then you will receive an extra four entries to win the prizes for today. Here is what you have to do to participate in this first one:

Since there is some news for a The Hunger Games movie-I want you to tell me what actress you would cast for the part of Katniss. And then you need to explain why.



You can create your own blog post or you can leave a comment below with who you think would be perfect for the character of Katniss and why. And if you create your own blog post you can also add pictures and leave a comment below with your link.

Mockingjay Countdown Starting Line

Okay today (August 22nd) is the start date for the Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins Countdown. Today there will be five mini challenges that you can participate in-so make sure you watch out for those. They will each earn you an extra four entries to win the prizes for today. And remember if you are a follower and if you twitter, create a blog post, or post on your blog sidebar about this event-you will also earn extra entries.

Here is the prizes that one person will win today:

A paperback copy of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins and The Hunger Games Inspired Gale backpack charm (made and bought from Cold Hands Warm Arts)


Make sure you come back at 5 PM Central Time to fill out the form which will ask you which mini challenges you participated in, if you are a follower, and if you spread the word about this Mockingjay countdown event. If you don't fill out the form for the day by midnight Central Time tonight (August 22nd)-you will not be entered to win the prizes for today, even if you participated in the mini challenges.


I hope everyone has a lot of fun for the next three days and gets in the mood for the release of Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins.

Mockingjay Countdown Starts Tomorrow

You can read more information about this event here. It will answer a lot of you questions. But if you have any other questions, please email me at: smittenwithbooks (at) hotmail (dot) com and I will gladly answer them for you.

This is a countdown for the book: Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins which comes out on August 24th. So this event will take place from 12 AM on August 22nd and will end at midnight on August 24th.  Make sure you come back tomorrow because there will be five mini challenges put up throughout the day and if you enter them-you will receive four extra entries for each mini challenge you participate in. And at 5 PM tomorrow (August 22nd) I will post the form and you must fill this out to be entered to win the prizes for the day. It will ask you what challenges you participated in, if you are a follower, and if you have spread the word about the contests. So make sure you do fill it out else you will not be entered even if you participated in the challenges.

Make sure you do check out this post I created a few days ago because once again, it will answer all those questions you have and on it are the prizes you will be able to win for all the three days. And remember to come back to my blog, Smitten With Books, tomorrow bright and early for all the mini challenges you can enter.

The Absolute Value of -1 by Steve Brezenoff

The Absolute Value of -1 by Steve Brezenoff (ARC)
Publication Date: September 1, 2010
Versions: hardcover
Received from: One ARC Tours

Summary (from goodreads):
The absolute value of any number, positive or negative, is its distance from zero: |-1| = 1


Noah, Lily, and Simon have been a trio forever. But as they enter high school, their relationships shift and their world starts to fall apart. Privately, each is dealing with a family crisis-divorce, abuse, and a parent's illness. Yet as they try to escape the pain and reach out for the connections they once counted on, they slip-like soap in a shower. Noah's got it bad for Lily, but he knows too well Lily sees only Simon. Simon is indifferent, suddenly inscrutable to his friends. All stand alone in their heartache and grief.


In his luminous YA novel, Steve Brezeonoff explores the changing value of relationships as the characters realize that the distances between them are far greater than they knew.

This is one of those books that is very real and raw and worthy of a good read. Each five or ten chapters is told through one of these characters: Noah, Lily or Simon. They have been best friends for a long time and Lily also has feelings for Simon. Simon doesn't really notice and it drives Noah crazy since Noah likes Lily. They aren't known to be the best students due to them doing drugs but they are pretty good friends. And even though they all have their own things going on in their families-they stay friends and help each other out.

I liked that each character was so different. Simon was kind of the know it all and he just doesn't care about a lot of things. Noah is the sweet and kooky one who does a lot of weird stuff. And Lily is a girl who has a crush and also has insecurities with her body. Together they make good friends and even though their personalities clash at times, they understand each other.

Will I reread it?
I don't think so, but it is worth the first read. I would recommend this book to someone who is looking for something that will stand out.