Friday 13th Blog Hop: (U.S.)

 

Friday 13th Blog Hop

Hosted by Red Headed Bookworm

Friday 13th has long been a day of fear and superstition.  That's why I have teamed up with Red Headed Bookworm and a group of other lovely bloggers to offer you all some hope with fabulous giveaways!  

I remember as a child taking Friday 13th very seriously. My entire elementary school would be heatedly discussing the do's and don'ts  and sharing their own harrowing tales of Friday the 13ths that had come and gone. As a fairly gullible and cautionary kid, I did my best to avoid stepping on cracks, walking underneath ladders, and crossing the path of a black cat! 

As an adult, I don't really sweat this day anymore, but the possibility for unlucky mischief still lingers in the back of my mind. What if this time... something really does happen!? No, but really, Friday 13th has mostly become another kinda fun silly holiday that occurs every once and awhile for me.

Even though I'm Irish, the supposed Luck has never been with me on this legendary day. Which is why I have chosen to give away a book I didn't have that much luck with in the hopes that the winner will have better luck with it. As this book has been well liked by bloggers I respect, I'm going to give someone else a chance to give it a loving home. What book might this be? Well just check out the...

Wicked Giveaway of:

 Matched

Ally Condie

Matched Series #1

Genre: Young Adult, Dystopia

Description From Goodreads

 Cassia has always trusted the Society to make the right choices for her: what to read, what to watch, what to believe. So when Xander's face appears on-screen at her Matching ceremony, Cassia knows with complete certainty that he is her ideal mate... until she sees Ky Markham's face flash for an instant before the screen fades to black.

The Society tells her it's a glitch, a rare malfunction, and that she should focus on the happy life she's destined to lead with Xander. But Cassia can't stop thinking about Ky, and as they slowly fall in love, Cassia begins to doubt the Society's infallibility and is faced with an impossible choice: between Xander and Ky, between the only life she's known and a path that no one else has dared to follow.

 Although I didn't enjoy this book as much as I'd hoped, it wasn't without its potential. I plan on giving this series another shot by reading the sequel Crossed when I get an opening in my review schedule. I hope whoever wins this giveaway will love it, because it is a gorgeous looking book! If you are interested in my review, you can read it here.

Giveaway DetailsThis Giveaway is open to U.S. Residents only please as I am mailing it directly from my home and not The Book Depository.  The winner of this giveaway will receive my gently used hardback copy of Matched by Ally Condie! This book was purchased, by me, from Goodwill used and is still in great condition with very minor dust jacket damage which is mostly limited to the top and bottom of the binding portion where it was touched when removed from my bookshelf. Otherwise this is still a gorgeous looking copy!
Entries can be gained in a variety of ways as stated in the Rafflecopter. In order to be fair to everyone, all entries will be checked so please be honest! If I find an invalid entry, it will be removed from the giveaway. As following Wickedly Bookish is a mandatory entry, if I do not find your name in my list of followers, all your entries will be removed from the giveaway. I would much rather skip over this stuff and just get to the fun, but it has happened before, so I need to state it all before the entries are collected.   Winners will be chosen within 24 hours of giveaway's end and will be notified by email. If you are a winner, you will be expected to claim your prize within 48 hours of receipt of email or another winner will be chosen.  To Enter:  1. Be a follower of Wickedly Bookish2. Make sure The Book Depository ships to your location3. Be 18 years old or older4. Fill out the Rafflecopter below5. Make sure to check out the other great giveaways on the Linky below.

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