Gratitude Giveaway: Signed ARC of Matched by Ally Condie

Welcome to my giveaway as part of the Gratitude Giveaways: a signed ARC of Matched by Ally Condie.  My review posted yesterday, so if you want to know more about this book and what I thought, check it out.  (That is, if you haven't already seen the millions of other reviews out there.)  Let's get right down to it.

I've got one extra ARC of Matched that I got signed by Ally Condie (read about my experience meeting her here).  You can earn one extra entry by being a follower of my blog.  Just fill out the form below to be entered (US only, must be 13 or older).  The giveaway will run from today until Sunday, November 28th.  I'll post the winner the following Monday.  Good luck! 

Let's not forget the excerpts of some of my favorite parts: [forthcoming, I promise!] [or let's just forget it, because I keep forgetting it - maybe in a separate post?  Sometime?  Maybe?]

And for lots of other bookish giveaways, go to any of the blogs listed below for lots of other great giveaways going on as part of the Gratitude Giveaways. 

If you buy through my Amazon linkage, I will get a very small percentage

Quotificent # 5

Following that excellent book review for The Last Olympian praising Percy's sense of humor, I had to pick just a few lines from the book to illustrate. Riordan's writing is just too good not to share.

"A blade was supposed to reap my soul. As a general rule, I preferred not to have my soul reaped." p. 56

"He seriously needed to keep a pack of Aloe Vera Kleenex in his armor pocket, because that nose was wet and red and pretty gross." p. 186

"If you're heading downtown from Central Park, my advice is to take the subway. Flying pigs are faster, but way more dangerous." p. 250

The books are chock full of that kind of fun. Nothing like a dry sense of humor to make you snort in public. (Not that I would ever snort anywhere - I'm much to classy.)

Quotificent #4

I'm currently reading An Abundance of Katherinesby John Green and I have been loving all the fun writing. I am having a really hard time deciding what to put in here, but I think this is the best I've found so far:

"Anyway, you see a snake, you kill it. That's just how I was raised up. So I shot it. Split it right in two. And that evening Caroline Clayton come over to my house - she's passed on now, bless her heart - and she's screaming and crying that I killed Jake, and I told her that someone else musta killed Jake whoever the hell he was, 'cause all I did was shoot up a [darned] rat snake. But then turns out Jake was the snake, and that she loved it like the child she never had. She never married, of course. Uglier than sin, bless her heart."
"The snake probably didn't care that she was ugly," Colin pointed out. "They have very poor eyesight."

Anyway, the characters are just awesome. Watch for my review coming soon. (Sorry about the swear word editing, I didn't really want to type it, call me a prude.)

Quotificent #3

I just had to put a few of the fun quotes from My Fair Godmother, reviewed here. I loved the humor in it and couldn't resist sharing:

It looked like the feasting could go on for quite a while. I didn't have much stomach for food - nearly being killed and then spending the evening with a decapitated cyclops head will do that to you.

And then there was this:

"I don't want to come back and find you're off trying to help me slay the dragon, okay? I know they're fun magical creatures in all those fantasy novels back home, but here they're more like huge flying crocodiles. That have bad tempers. And shoot flames out of their mouths. And eat people."

Sorry it took me so long to finally post these quotes. Turns out, I have a few more lined up, but I haven't even reviewed the books for them yet!

Quotificent #2

Whilst I was perusing my latest read, City of Ashes, I came across two most excellent passages that I thought worthy of quotificenting.

Watching Jace hug Isabelle, she tried to school her features into a happy and loving expression.
"Are you all right?" Simon asked, with some concern. "Your eyes are crossing."
"I'm fine." Clary abandoned the attempt.
"Are you sure? You looked sort of...contorted."
"Something I ate."

This is the kind of exchange I wish I had all the time with people. No, really.

Also:

"Mom. I have something to tell you. I'm undead. Now, I know you may have some preconceived notions about the undead. I know you may not be comfortable with the idea of me being undead. But I'm here to tell you that the unead are just like you and me." Simon paused. "Well, okay. Possibly more like me than you."

I am definitely enjoying the humor in this series. Watch for my review coming soon.

Oh, and enter to win my Ranger's Apprentice: the Siege of Macindaw ARC here!

Quotificent

As promised, I present to you a fantastic quote from Princess Ben. It will give you a taste of the fun:

"Night soil oozed onto my cloak, and I wondered why all my adventures involved foul odor. Why could I not for once frolic in a meadow of flowers or escape in a hamper of fresh laundry?"

I believe I snorted in a very ladylike way at that part.

Doesn't that just make you want to read it?

It inspired me to create a new word:

quotificent [kwo-ti-fi-sent] - a magnificent quotation shamelessly stolen from a favorite book