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Home | Giveaway | Revenge Is Sweet….mwhahah.

Revenge Is Sweet….mwhahah.

October 15, 2011 - Updated May 7, 2019 // 35 Comments

I apologize for this being the THIRD post of my day (I just HAD to post my birthday giveaway!)…but the awesome people at Paper Lantern Lit are giving me the chance to share an AWESOME giveaway with my readers in which you can win:

– A copy of Fury by Elizabeth Miles
– A really awesome t-shirt. See below:

– A chat session with the author! I know I freaking want to pick her brain after getting to listen to her speak at BEA!

If you aren’t familiar with the book, you can read my review of Fury or the summary is below:

Sometimes sorry isn’t enough….
It’s winter break in Ascension, Maine. The snow is falling and everything looks pristine and peaceful. But not all is as it seems…
Between cozy traditions and parties with her friends, Emily loves the holidays. And this year’s even better–the guy she’s been into for months is finally noticing her. But Em knows if she starts things with him, there’s no turning back. Because his girlfriend is Em’s best friend.
On the other side of town, Chase is having problems of his own. The stress of his home life is starting to take its toll, and his social life is unraveling. But that’s nothing compared to what’s really haunting him. Chase has done something cruel…something the perfect guy he pretends to be would never do. And it’s only a matter of time before he’s exposed.
In Ascension, mistakes can be deadly. And three girls—three beautiful, mysterious girls—are here to choose who will pay.
Em and Chase have been chosen.

 – US only.
– Giveaway ends October 30 at 12pm. Winner will be chosen by a random generator.
– To enter- Leave a comment below with a way I can get in contact with you (Twitter, email, blog etc) and why you want to read Fury or about a time when you got some sweet sweet revenge…unless you killed someone. Then I don’t want to know. lol

As for MY sweet moment of revenge would have to be the time a girl in college stole some of my clothes. I may or may not have TPed her car.

Want an extra entry? Tweet:  Revenge is Sweet. Get Some. #giveaway @pageturnerjamie http://tinyurl.com/3opsp4a

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  1. Bookfool says

    October 15, 2011 at 8:50 pm

    I want to read Fury because it sounds fun! Hope that's a good enough reason. I'm not the vengeful kind. Boring, but I don't think I've ever gotten revenge on anyone for anything. At least, not that I can remember!

    Thanks for the giveaway!

    bookfoolery at gmail dot com

    Reply
  2. wordslikesilver says

    October 15, 2011 at 8:53 pm

    wordslikesilverblog@gmail.com

    Mine is slightly similar to yours. A boy prank called us and was calling us names. His voice was completely obvious. We TP'd his house 🙂 It also rained the next day, which made it SO much better haha.

    Retweeted your tweet @beachtwin110

    Reply
  3. wordslikesilver says

    October 15, 2011 at 8:56 pm

    Wait oops, wrong tweet. I retweeted @brokeandbookish's tweet.

    Reply
  4. Jamie says

    October 15, 2011 at 8:57 pm

    haha that is also my account so it's fine! 🙂 I'll count it in my spreadsheet.

    Reply
  5. Victorie Blake says

    October 15, 2011 at 9:07 pm

    victorieblake@gmail.com

    This book sounds wonderfully intriguing. I had a little fun with an ex boyfriend who cheated on me. It went quite lovely. It was like a kill-his-social life type thing. I never really did anything after that.

    Reply
  6. Erica says

    October 15, 2011 at 9:16 pm

    I would love to enter – Fury looks brilliant. I lvoe the mythology behind The Furies so that is why I want to read 🙂

    thebookcellar @ wi.rr.com

    Reply
  7. Mandy R says

    October 15, 2011 at 10:01 pm

    Happy Birthday and thanks for the giveaway!

    MandyLriddeLL at gmail dot com

    Reply
  8. roro says

    October 15, 2011 at 10:32 pm

    Happy Birthday

    Reply
  9. April says

    October 16, 2011 at 12:49 am

    Happy Birthday!! 🙂

    I am really looking forward to reading Fury. I love mythology, so that's usually always a win with me.

    Hmm, the best revenge story… My friend Jen and I stopped to visit a mutual friend.. She wasn't there, but her "male appendage" boyfriend was.. he was just leaving, but let us in to wait for her.. He was beyond scum… He was total scum, and thankfully she eventually kicked him to the curb.

    He happened to have a bottle of the that bod cologne sitting in the living room.. the Yellow one.. So Jen and I emptied it.. and too turns refilling if if you know what I mean.. lol. Gross, I know, but he deserved it..

    years down the road we told that friend about what we did.. she laughed and said he used it all the time.. Sucker!

    🙂 Hope you have a great birthday!

    Reply
  10. Alexa says

    October 16, 2011 at 12:55 am

    Happy birthday! I hope you celebrated in style 🙂

    I'd love to win a copy of Fury because the story just sounds so very interesting! And hmmm, as for getting sweet revenge – well, a friend of mine posted this very embarrassing photo of me on Friendster back in the day. In her birthday tribute, I got her back by including a silly video of her 😉 Quite harmless, but still, it's sort of "revenge" I guess.

    I can be reached at:

    Email – alexalovesbooks (at) gmail (dot) com
    Twitter – alexalovesbooks

    Reply
  11. April says

    October 16, 2011 at 12:56 am

    oh I'm dumb.. forgot my contact info. sorry

    aprilchaug@gmail.com

    @philiafelice

    Reply
  12. Anonymous says

    October 16, 2011 at 4:02 pm

    I haven't read this yet, but I am really liking this retelling of greek mythology trend that is happening these days. Thanks for the contest!

    Heather R.
    threeroddsandaberry@gmail.com

    Reply
  13. Jessy says

    October 16, 2011 at 4:18 pm

    I want to read Fury because I've read some really great reviews. Thanks for the chance to win a copy.

    Tweet: https://twitter.com/emma015/status/125605662255349760

    Findjessyhere at gmail dot com

    Reply
  14. jpetroroy says

    October 16, 2011 at 5:41 pm

    I've heard such good reviews about this and I think the concept is so original.
    jpetroroy at gmail dot com

    Reply
  15. SupaGurlbooks says

    October 16, 2011 at 5:59 pm

    Awesome Happy Birthday! and I want to read this b/c the cover/blurb are AMAZING! and of course all the wonderful reviews I have seen.

    hmmm revenge moment yeah can't tell you b/c of you silly rule about no killing LMAO!! j/k 😉

    tweeted : http://twitter.com/#!/SPNHeather/status/125631439290114048

    SPNHeather / twitter

    Reply
  16. Amanda says

    October 16, 2011 at 9:38 pm

    This book seems amazing and I've been wanting it for a really long time.. ! It's been on my wishlist for a really long time!

    tweeted:
    http://twitter.com/#!/xjustamandax

    By the way, this is the second time I'm posting this because my comment didn't show up the first time. 😀

    –Amanda

    Reply
  17. Anonymous says

    October 16, 2011 at 9:56 pm

    I want to read Fury because I have been seeing and am continuing to see it all over the blogosphere! (extemter at hotmail dot com)

    Reply
  18. brookea_2006 says

    October 16, 2011 at 11:29 pm

    I've been dying to read this book. It sounds so good and I've heard such good things about it. Thanks for the giveaway!

    brookea_2006 at yahoodotcom

    Reply
  19. Cary Cheyenne. says

    October 17, 2011 at 3:55 am

    HAPPY BIRTHDAY 🙂

    I can't say that I've ever really taken "revenge" on someone else. There have been plenty of times I may have wanted to, but I'm not the type of person to SERIOUSLY do something harsh. Generally, I'm a pretty big prankster though and I love prank revenge. I'm down for anything super silly 🙂

    Email – Cary.C.Cummings@gmail.com

    http://twitter.com/#!/CaryCheyenneXO/status/125781812940255232

    Reply
  20. Kara says

    October 18, 2011 at 11:46 pm

    I want to read Fury because I have heard good things about it and it seems like a book O would enjoy.
    klepard94(at)yahoo(dot)com

    Reply
  21. Jasmine Rose says

    October 19, 2011 at 7:57 am

    Soo, I want to read Fury because I /love/ to read/watch/hear about revenge, but I'm way to goody-two-shoes to ever do it myself. That's why I must live vicariously through other (even fictional) people 😛

    @ARoomWithBooks

    Reply
  22. Jasmine Rose says

    October 19, 2011 at 8:07 am

    Also, my tweet: http://twitter.com/#!/ARoomWithBooks/status/126569988906680320

    Reply
  23. Lori M. Lee says

    October 19, 2011 at 4:27 pm

    I've read a ton of books based on mythology, but none about the furies. So I'm definitely intrigued about this book!

    leemai82 at gmail

    Reply
  24. Angie says

    October 19, 2011 at 10:32 pm

    I absolutly love mythology and when I heard about this book, I was really into it. Thanks for the giveaway! 🙂

    Email: osnapitzAngiex3(AT)aol(DOT)com

    Reply
  25. Vivian says

    October 20, 2011 at 3:20 am

    Thanks for the giveaway Jamie!

    vi3ti3abe at gmail.com

    Reply
  26. LisaILJ says

    October 20, 2011 at 5:42 am

    I had a digital ARC for this, and never got a chance to read it. I would love it. Now for a time I got revenge, I have a tendency to be a bit petty when I am mad. There was this horrible girl in my sorority in college and she HATED the smell of tuna fish. So one day we were so mad at her that we hid a can of tuna in her room.

    leyser73 at yahoo dot com

    Reply
  27. Suz says

    October 20, 2011 at 6:18 pm

    Thanks for this amazing giveaway! I would love to win because Fury sounds like a great book! I would like to read about how other people get revenge because I usually just let things go.

    susanw28 (at) mindspring (dot) com

    Reply
  28. ferretvamp14 says

    October 22, 2011 at 12:47 am

    I want to read Fury because the cover is awesome and who doesn't love a story about revenge. The shirt is pretty awesome too. Thanks for the giveaway.
    ferretvamp14[at]live[dot]com

    Reply
  29. eyeballlucy says

    October 22, 2011 at 8:37 pm

    Love to win a copy of the book 'Fury' by Elizabeth Mills….the books sounds so yummy and delightful….babyruthmac16@yahoo.com

    Reply
  30. kayla says

    October 23, 2011 at 9:33 pm

    I want to win a copy of Fury because I've heard great things about it on several different blogs.

    kaylalovesandrew09@yahoo.com

    Reply
  31. Spazzy says

    October 24, 2011 at 1:58 am

    I want to read this book SO BAD! I swear everywhere I look every single person is like "Woah Amazing" and Im like no fair!

    One time i got revenge is the time this EVIL girl took a note i was passing to my bestie about I guy I am in love with and she showed him I was humiliated.

    But shes stupid enough to tell everyone her locker combo so i got her diary and may or may not have copied everypage and flyered the school. Pretty harsh but She deserved it for torturning me for years on end.

    You can contact me at :
    adaytoremember13x@gmail.com

    Reply
  32. Jenelle R. says

    October 25, 2011 at 8:17 am

    Hmm… let's see… the cover is cool, AND the plot is amazing. Enough for you? lol, the concept of furies seem really original, so I just have to read this! Thanks for the giveaway!

    jenelleriane(at)yahoo(dot)com

    Reply
  33. Bridget H says

    October 29, 2011 at 3:36 pm

    Oh my gosh. This plot sounds amazing, who doesn't love a good revenge story. Em and Chase sound like good characters and I want to see if Em gets the guy!

    So, one day a boy broke my best friend's heart. To go out with her sister. We pranked called him pretending to be a teacher and said that he got suspended for three days. Nobody figured it out.

    Reply
  34. Bridget H says

    October 29, 2011 at 3:36 pm

    You can contact me at sweettee112297(at)gmail(dot)com

    Reply
  35. Chris Wilson says

    January 11, 2012 at 11:17 am

    Your fabulous review made me want to read it!

    Reply

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A book recommendation for all my historical fictio A book recommendation for all my historical fiction readers - The Briar Club by Kate Quinn. My holy grail historical author came through for me again. I can’t express how much I cared for and was pulled into the lives of these women living in a boardinghouse in DC during the McCarthy era just as much as I was racing to find out what happened in this house. The tension mounted as we got to what actually happened?? Masterful. Truly. #historicalfiction #bookrec #bookrecommendation #historicalfictionbooks @williammorrowbooks
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Ok technically I’m lying. My last read was technic Ok technically I’m lying. My last read was technically ATMOSPHERE but I feel like between my stories and my dedicated post to it, I’d rather talk about the book I read before it but didn’t update y’all on.

The Trouble With Anna — I enjoyed this delightful little historical romance about a heroine who is carving out her independence only to find out, when her grandfather dies, that he tied her inheritance/future to marrying her best friend’s brother — a not-so-happy surprise for both of them. I could understand why they both had some guardness/walls up and I enjoyed watching them slowly start to lower them.

Mayhem and the Mortal - I’m not too far into this romantic fantasy but it is one of my most anticipated that came out last month and I’m excited to dig in more.

Hamnet — I know, I know. For April I decided not to make a traditional TBR list of books I wanted to read but instead give myself some prompts to guide my reading (bc I’m overwhelmed with all my choices at hand) without feeling rigid. One of the prompts was to read a book I HAD TO BUY but is still unread. So going to finally get to it. Have you read this one or watched the movie?

What are you currently reading?
I had been waiting for the perfect time to read th I had been waiting for the perfect time to read this one after Random House sent me a finished copy as TJR is a longtime auto-buy author.  I found myself caught up in all the space joy and wonder and feeling quite parasocial about the Artemis crew...I decided now was the time.

I had no idea what I was getting into.

I hadn’t really known what it was about but I didn’t really need to given its TJR & the fact it was 1980s NASA & astronauts.

But this book was about love to me - romantic love, platonic love, familial love, love for something bigger than yourself, love for the person you are & are becoming, love in the face of obstacles, love for what lights you up.

Having been invested in real life astronauts & their journey lately really made this book even more vivid to me — seeing the bonds of the crew so deeply, feeling the fragility that exists while they are doing this wondrous & crazy thing that often still boggles my mind that we can do.

And, hardest to put into words, that feeling of awe in the expansive nature & capabilities of love & the universe that I felt when a husband named a crater after his late wife which doubly helped me understand how Joan & Vanessa felt looking back at earth.

It made me sob & feel everything about being a human so deeply basically from that Frances/Joan phone call at 86% of the way through until the final words. Like could not breathe.

*might be a tiny bit spoilery so beware:

I think the way she wrote this was so impactful bc we start out knowing something bad happens &it’s not even that far when we know that some of them def won’t make it back & some are alive in peril.

I was like “oof” when *it* happens early on. But each and every chapter where we learn more about these ppl & their relationships felt agonizing & I was retroactively grieving for them more deeply every turn of the page.

The hurt and grief just compounds from a moment that was sad from the jump to something that had dug in deep to me.

To know what happens right before this mission makes the mission control bits even more excruciating. Makes the peril a character is in hit even harder than just “oh that must be scary!”. 

I loved it. I needed it bad.
The theme of Q1 was “just go with it” — it being m The theme of Q1 was “just go with it” — it being my reading whims, quirks and troubles.

Interesting things:

1. January started out rough. I only read 1 physical book and leaned very heavy into audiobooks only. At first it was distressing that my brain -thanks to current events and their effect on my mind - couldn’t work out how to sit down and read with my eyeballs but I was like…let’s just roll with it and wait for it to pass. So I waited and enjoyed a ton of audiobooks.

2. I don’t think I’ve ever read so many thrillers and mysteries in a quarter. It’s a genre I love but I’m normally quite more balanced. However, it’s what I was craving and what my brain was tolerating so…I just went with it.

3. I have always been a reader led by my moods (both how I feel reading wise and personally). This quarter was FERAL. Like the most feral mood reading ever. I couldn’t even categorize it. I’d decide on one book enthusiastically and suddenly I was like…absolutely not that.

4. I read way less fantasy than normal which was WEIRD but I felt like I also wasn’t surprised given my brain space.

5. I really started to resent people even more who said “it’s a book account stop talking about politics etc”. Babe, I’m a human who gives a shit but ALSO this has and always been an account of MY reading life. And my reading life was profoundly affected by the things that were going on in this country. Like they have been before - whether it’s been current events or things like having a kid, being depressed, slumps, etc.

6. I return to the fact that, for me, I am happiest when I pay attention to my reading whims. The end of the month I had a very specific reading mood (wanted time travel element but not a heavy time travel book) and I decided to pick up A Rip Through Time at the end of the month and I’m now halfway through book 4. Having the best time ever!!! 

Anyways, tell me how your reading life was in Q1! Fave books? Biggest surprises??
New historical fiction books on my radar for April New historical fiction books on my radar for April and I feel like there is quite a bit of variety. Any of these on your TBR? #historicalfictionbooks #historicalfiction #newbookrelease #newbookreleases
Being someone who reads based on their ever shifti Being someone who reads based on their ever shifting reading moods (sometimes very feral) makes library holds and tbrs very hard. It’s the worst when 5 weeks ago I would have gobbled the library hold up but now when the hold comes in I’m like…I think not. #readersofinstagram #readerproblems #librarylife #librarybooks #moodreader

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