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I’m so excited to be a part of Kismet’s Spellcaster Music Blog Tour! Check out this fantastic guest post, and enter to win a final copy of Spellcaster! Follow the tour for a chance to win an iPod Nano!
Ashley Picks for Emma
This is so exciting! I love that I get to pick a song for my cousin! I have to be honest, I tried to pick a song that was more in line with the music Emma likes—something really obscure, by some band that only she and Brendan know about, that played in, like, a broom closet in Brooklyn and sold five albums or something—but she told me to stay true to myself and pick a song that I liked.
So, my song for Emma is Christina Aguilera’s “Beautiful.” I was listening to Christina’s greatest hits album the very first day I walked from my house to pick up Emma for her first day of school. And I noticed that Emma looked a little scared, and a little nervous, but she deliberately put on a brave front because she didn’t want to worry me. After I left her at her locker to go to her first class, this song just kept running through my head. It got stuck in my head all day. At first I thought it was stuck in my head because it’s really catchy—I was even caught humming it in class. Thankfully no one recognized what song it was or else that could have been embarrassing! But then I realized I had the song replaying in my head because it reminded me of Emma. She manages her keep her head held high no matter what is going on in her life. She’s inspired me to be stronger and have more faith in myself. And if she reads this, she’s so going to hold it over my head, isn’t she?
Series Information:
Spellbound (Book 1, June 2011)
My Review | B&N | Amazon
Finding your eternal soulmate – easy.
Stopping a true-love-hungry evil – not so much…After breaking a centuries-old romantic curse, Emma Connor is (almost) glad to get back to normal problems. Although…it’s not easy dealing with the jealous cliques and gossip that rule her exclusive Upper East Side prep, even for a sixteen-year-old newbie witch. Having the most-wanted boy in school as her eternal soul mate sure helps ease the pain-especially since wealthy, rocker-hot Brendan Salinger is very good at staying irresistibly close…
Stopping a true-love-hungry evil – not so much…After breaking a centuries-old romantic curse, Emma Connor is (almost) glad to get back to normal problems. Although…it’s not easy dealing with the jealous cliques and gossip that rule her exclusive Upper East Side prep, even for a sixteen-year-old newbie witch. Having the most-wanted boy in school as her eternal soul mate sure helps ease the pain-especially since wealthy, rocker-hot Brendan Salinger is very good at staying irresistibly close…
But something dark and hungry is using Emma and Brendan’s deepest fears to reveal damaging secrets and destroy their trust in each other. And Emma’s crash course in über-spells may not be enough to keep them safe…or to stop an inhuman force bent on making their unsuspected power its own. (Goodreads)
About the author: Cara Lynn Shultz’s love of supernatural writing began when she was 7 and wrote a play about ghosts, which she and her friends acted out on her grandparents’ porch. Since then, her work has appeared in Teen People, Alternative Press, Stuff, InStyle, Us Weekly, The Guardian UK and countless posts on Facebook and Twitter. She is a proud graduate of Fordham University and is currently a senior editor at PEOPLE.com. Cara lives in her native New York City with her husband, tuxedo cat and 8 million other people. Spellbound is her first novel. (Photo credit: Melinda Oswandel)
Stalk the author: Website | Twitter | Facebook | Goodreads
Stalk the author: Website | Twitter | Facebook | Goodreads
The GIVEAWAY!
Contest Info: Spellcaster is on tour with daily give-aways and a grand prize give-away of an iPod skinned in the sleek Spellcaster cover art. Daily entries are managed through the Rafflecopter widget. (click continue reading if you don’t see the widget)
To win the iPod nano: At the end of the Tour a Rafflecopter will be up at the Tour Stops where you have to enter a question concerning one character of Spellcaster. Follow the Tour and you’ll be able to answer the question easily! Open US/Canada. See full contest rules here.
Tour Dates:
Tour kick off – Harlequin, Paranormal Blog
Monday March, 19th – My Cute Bookshelf
Wednesday, March, 21st – Mundie Mom’s
Friday, March, 23rd – VerbVixen
Monday, March 26th – Book and A Latte
Tuesday, March 27th -Book Birthday! – Read Me Bookmark Me Love Me
Wednesday, March 28th – Miss Page Turner’s City of Books
Friday, March 30th – writers write, right?
Monday April 2nd – Alice Marvel’s
Wednesday, April 4th- Paranormal Wastelands
Friday, April 6th – Fiktshun
Good luck, and thanks for stopping by! Have you entered to win Shot Through the Heart Yet?
Twitter: kimbacaffeinate
says:
I have this in my tbr pile and i love the song you picked. Thanks for sharing. I will try to read before the end of tour.
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Twitter: bookandlatte
says:
Hi Kimba! There was an error with the rafflecopter, please stop by to enter again! It’s all fixed now :).
Jen recently posted..Blog Tour: Spellcaster by Cara Lynn Shultz
What a beautiful choice (no pun intended)!!! I love that song and what a great fit!
Pushy recently posted..Review Bad Taste in Boys by Carrie Harris
Twitter: bookandlatte
says:
Hi Pushy! I just fixed the rafflecopter, please stop by to make sure you’re entered. It’s all fixed now.
Jen recently posted..Blog Tour: Spellcaster by Cara Lynn Shultz
Twitter: alwaysyaatheart
says:
Sounds like a great book. Can’t wait to read it.
Twitter: bookandlatte
says:
Both Spellbound and Spellcaster are really good!
Jen recently posted..TGIF: Bookish Trends
Twitter: Reader_Fictions
says:
Love the playlist theme. That’s totally what I do on my blog with every review. About to read Spellcaster, yay!
Christina (A Reader of Fictions) recently posted..The Passage of the Marshes – Howard Shore
Eep! Can’t wait for this to come out. I absolutely loved Spellbound when I read it last summer.
P.S. My Name’s Natasha btw. Natasha I.
Twitter: bookandlatte
says:
Hi Nastasha, I loved Spellbound too!
Jen recently posted..TGIF: Bookish Trends
So excited to read the books thanks for the giveaway!!!
Aww, Ashley’s the sweetest cousin ever! 😀 I can’t wait to read Spellcaster!
Jen @ Midnight Book Thief recently posted..Memorable Monday #8
I have been DYING to read this book!! Thanks for the great giveaway!
Great song choice! The book sounds very good.
Excellent song choice! And I cannot wait to read the second book!
ash recently posted..In My Mailbox (5)
I like Ashley, I hope we get to see a lot more of her in this book.
I love Cara and her books! 🙂
I’m in it for the book. Who cares about the ipod? 😉
Twitter: deviantzangel
says:
I’ve seen this around and have heard nothing but great things about it. I love the covers to both of the books in the series. Thanks for the chance at winning =)
Shellie recently posted..April Page Count Contest
Thanks for the chance!
Thanks for the wonderful giveaway and the fun tour stop!
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