Jen is my sister-in-law. We love her to bits because she married our little brother (who took all the beautiful photos on her website and the photo Walker used for the cover)! I'm doubly thrilled because Jen's the first writer I mentored who landed an agent (actually, she had five agents fighting over her) and a book deal!
Jen is smart, prolific, and an incredible storyteller. She is the kindest person I know. Dave and Jen will do anything for you. Like, when TAKEN BY STORM came out, they drove across Washington State so Dave could take pictures for my trailer. And Jen (whose is a professional video-editor) made the trailer for SING ME TO SLEEP. Jen worked her school contacts for me and helped me set up visits for my launch tour for TAKEN BY STORM--and then they put me up, fed me and drove me around.
Watch this trailer and tell me you're not dying to read BREAKING BEAUTIFUL.
I knew it would be a hit from the first time I read the opening pages. I was so worried, concerned, scared--you name it--for Jen's heroine, Allie. Jen made me care from page one, so I got more and more afraid for Allie. And then angry--even indignant. You must read it and tell me if you felt the same.
Now, please jump up and down, dance and play "Celebrate, Good Times," from KC and the Sunshine Band really loud. Let's raise a ruckus for BREAKING BEAUTIFUL!
Here's the contest.
Step 1) Post Jen's BREAKING BEAUTIFUL trailer or link to it on your blog, FaceBook, Twitter, Goodreads, or where ever you hang out in cyberspace. Here's the link to copy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AT4TPxhZ0Rw
and here's the embed code: <iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/AT4TPxhZ0Rw" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
Step 2) Tell me about it in a comment below. One entry per person to keep it simple. Fair enough?
The contest runs from now until midnight (AZ time), May 12th!
Now for the prizes:
The grand prize is a beautiful hardcover of Jen's brand new book, BREAKING BEAUTIFUL (see the countdown widget in the sidebar)
4 runners up will receive BREAKING BEAUTIFUL meets MICHAEL and LEESIE swag packs
1 additional winner will receive a signed, first edition hardcover of TAKEN BY STORM (these are getting scarce!)
Okay! Ready, set . . . post!
Angela,
ReplyDeleteI added the trailer to my blog review of BREAKING BEAUTIFUL.
Congrats to Jen.
Readingjunky
That is very well done and the book look awesome.
ReplyDeleteAnna del C. Dye
for clean tales of Elfs & Romance
http://www.annadelc.com
Yay for great books coming out. Looks amazing. I posted it on Facebook, because that's where I hang out most. https://www.facebook.com/NicholeGiles
ReplyDeleteLooks like a gripping read.
ReplyDeleteMargaret Turley
The book sounds great! I blogged the trailer.
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jsididia at gmail dot com
thanks for the awesome giveaway! I tweeted and can't wait to read 'Breaking Beautiful'
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Awesome! I didn't know Jennifer is your sister-in-law! :)
ReplyDeleteI blogged about it here, Angela: http://shusky20.blogspot.com/2012/04/breaking-beautiful-trailer-giveaway.html
precious_shusky at yahoo dot com
Thank you!
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ReplyDeleteI love it! The book sounds awesome!
ReplyDeleteI post it on Facebook (:
https://www.facebook.com/bruna.rabelo
https://www.facebook.com/bruna.rabelo/posts/250541898377359
DeleteSoooo can't wait. I blogged about it here
ReplyDeletehttp://homegrown-and-heartgrown.blogspot.com/2012/04/and-i-know-her.html
I blogged about her launch at www.tanyaparkermills.com and embedded the trailer (which, by the way, is so well done). I also shared the post on FB, Google+, Twitter, and LinkedIn. I'm hoping to get over to her book launch.
ReplyDeleteI don't know if the contest is for worldwide readers, but I'm going to enter either way :) Here goes an entry from Poland!
ReplyDeletehttps://twitter.com/#!/Anette1993/status/192656037923389440
Wow, that seems so misterious and wonderful! I like this kind of plot! The booktrailer is so nice and let me curious and wonder the book!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations to Jennifer!! I'll share the contest in Meine Liege (my blog) and the blog's facebook page!
Kisses!
We ordered a copy for our library in our April YA order!! I posted the book trailer on our Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/alhambrateens
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for hosting this giveaway!!
~Adriana
Teen Librarian @Alhambra Civic Center Library
https://twitter.com/#!/LexieB2/status/192731335373230082
ReplyDeleteI adore it. Very professional, very fitting, and very haunting. Perfect for the book.
Thank you so much for the giveaway. :D
Congrats on the release, Jen! The trailer's gorgeous -- can't wait to read this one myself.
ReplyDeleteTweeted this :) https://twitter.com/#!/lovestephaniexx/status/192753600341098497
Thanks for the giveaway!
Stephanie
thestephanieloves AT gmail DOT com
Love it!!!
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https://twitter.com/#!/deadtossedwaves/status/192762951323746304
Vivien
deadtossedwaves at gmail dot com
Great Trailer! link to my blog post: http://foundtheglory.blogspot.com/2012/04/breaking-beautiful.html
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Hi Angela, that joy to hear from you again. I just read about this novel and I tell you, I love it!. I am very excited to participate.
ReplyDeleteHere you leave the link to my post bilingual: English and Spanish
http://nyraescribiendo.blogspot.com/2012/04/proximo-lanzamiento-coming-up-breaking.html
Hugs and Kisses
WOW! That is so awesome! I loved the trailer! I just tweeted it!
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mrbookwonder(at)gmail(dot)com
Thanks for the giveaway! The trailer is amazing, I just posted it on my blog: http://oh-my-books.blogspot.com/2012/04/book-trailer-breaking-beautiful-by.html
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I knew you'd all love it! YAY!!! I can't wait for you all to read it. Thanks for spreading the word!
ReplyDeleteOh, I didn't say if the contest is international or not. I love my international readers and bloggers, so yes, for sure it is!
Love you guys!!
This book looks great. I can't wait to get my hands on it.
ReplyDeleteI tweeted it: https://twitter.com/#!/erindubrock/status/192988109745553408
Thanks for sharing!
Erin
erin(.)dubrock(@)comcast(.)net
Jen is doing a fantastic blog tour. Check out this character interview she did with Blake--he's a big reason I fell so in love with this book.
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I can not wait to read Breaking Beautiful!!!
ReplyDeleteI facebooked it: https://www.facebook.com/erencich/posts/367712516613686
Thanks for the giveaway!!!
doodlesbookblog at gmail dot com
Whoo hoo!!! Can't wait to read this one!
ReplyDeleteI posted it on Facebook and tagged you both in there :)
Jennie
www.randomchalktalk.com
I can't wait to read it!! The trailer is awesome!! Shared on YA Book Addict's facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/YABookAddict and Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/YABookAddict/status/193199260244770816
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for the giveaway!!
yabookaddict(at)hotmail(dot)com
Shared on fb. Definitely sounds good! I'm interested thanks!
ReplyDeleteMargaret
singitm(at)hotmail(dot)com
Tweeted here: https://twitter.com/#!/forestofthedead/status/193440121721335808
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Wow, love it! I've been wanting to read this one for a while, it looks so good! Loving the cover too :)
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jaidahsmommy(at)comcast(dot)net
I posted this trailer to my Facebook wall - four likes already! :) Don't know if you can see the post, but my page is Stephanie Gam.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the lovely giveaway!
gams13 (at) gsiscommunity (dot) kr
It's fair!
ReplyDeleteLove it (:
My posts:
http://www.facebook.com/crazygirl.andii/posts/358321490882757
https://twitter.com/#!/Andii_SaMar/status/198870334143864834
Congrats to Jennifer!!!!! :D
And thanks for the giveaway (:
I don't mean to be rude, but when will the winners be announced? This anticipation is killing me :)
ReplyDeleteAnnette! (And everyone who entered the contest!) Thanks for your patience. I'm so sorry to be late with the winners post. I've been working away on a new book. I'm not good at multi-tasking.
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