Eve Tour: Into the Past+Giveaway

Today Anna Carey is here with a guest post on her favorite books at ages 5, 10, 16 and 20.

Age 5: Caps for Sale by

I remember thinking this book was so funny. I recently re-read it and laughed as hard as I did then. I love how angry the man gets, how he literally throws a tantrum and is screaming at those monkeys. What a lunatic.

Age 10: Babysitters Club by Ann M. Martin

These books established my identity as a reader. I tore through all 150+ of them, and they’re one of the reasons I write for a younger audience. Series like these are a gateway drug.

Age 16: Lord of the Flies by William Golding

I’m sad to say I read only required reading during high school, but I truly enjoyed this book. Oh Piggy. I still scream “I’ve got the conch!” when people aren’t listening to me.

Age 20: Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers

I loved this book not only for the writing, but for what it did for me. I found it after a long period of not touching anything that wasn’t assigned in school. It reminded me why I loved reading. It opened me up again to what good writing can do, how it can make you feel. Shortly after I became an English major, took my first college level creative writing class, and started down a path I’m still on.

Thanks for sharing that look Into Your Past Anna!

Giveaway:

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Flashback Giveaway

Description: The United States is near total collapse. But 87% of the population doesn't care: they're addicted to flashback, a drug that allows its users to re-experience the best moments of their lives. After ex-detective Nick Bottom's wife died in a car accident, he went under the flash to be with her; he's lost his job, his teenage son, and his livelihood as a result.

Nick may be a lost soul but he's still a good cop, so he is hired to investigate the murder of a top governmental advisor's son. This flashback-addict becomes the one man who may be able to change the course of an entire nation turning away from the future to live in the past.

A provocative novel set in a future that seems scarily possible, FLASHBACK proves why Dan Simmons is one of our most exciting and versatile writers.

Giveaway Rules

Thanks to the awesome people at Little Brown I am offering 2 copies of Flashback by Dan Simmons.

This giveaway is open to the US and Canada only (& No P.O. Boxes).

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Also, if you happen to win more than one of these Flashback giveaways that have been posted around the blogosphere, you will only receive one copy.

The giveaway runs till July 15th!