Things are really going nuts around here, what with Cavendish‘s release date rapidly approaching. Less than three weeks now (she thinks, gnawing her fingernails to the quick after having weird stress dreams in which aliens disguised as Joan Allen crashed her wedding, which was for some reason held in her grandmother’s dining room)!
LESS THAN THREE WEEKS.
I’m so, so excited about everything coming up. Lots of fun Cavendish activities and giveaways on the horizon, including a super fun blog tour that I can’t wait to tell you about!
This weekend, however, I’m going out of town and getting some good work done, so while I’m gone, I leave you with a giveaway (yes, another one; the awesome books, they just keep coming to me!) of Speechless, a YA contemporary and the second novel by my wonderful agent sister, Hannah Harrington! And — how cool is this? — Speechless and Cavendish share book birthdays! August 28! Hollaaaaa!
A little about Speechless:
Everyone knows that Chelsea Knot can’t keep a secret.
Until now. Because the last secret she shared turned her into a social outcast—and nearly got someone killed.
Now Chelsea has taken a vow of silence—to learn to keep her mouth shut, and to stop hurting anyone else. And if she thinks keeping secrets is hard, not speaking up when she’s ignored, ridiculed and even attacked is worse.
But there’s strength in silence, and in the new friends who are, shockingly, coming her way—people she never noticed before; a boy she might even fall for. If only her new friends can forgive what she’s done. If only she can forgive herself.
Sounds so good, right?! I adore that striking, minimalistic cover — so different from what you usually see on the YA shelves! And if you’ve read Hannah’s debut, Saving June, you know how smart, funny, and heart-wrenching her writing is.
In short, you totally want this book. And I’m going to give you a copy!
To win, comment on this post and, just for funsies: Would you rather be speechless forever, or never be able to stop talking? For an extra entry, tweet about this giveaway and include the link in your comment.
This giveaway ends Monday, August 13 at 11:59 a.m. and is U.S./Canada only.
Good luck!
EDITED 8/14: This giveaway is now closed. Congratulations to the winner . . .
Valerie!
Thanks to everyone who participated in this giveaway. Be sure to pick up a copy of Speechless when it releases on August 28th!
I’d have to go with speechless forever. Simply because you can find other ways of communicating. However if I were to have to talk forever, my lord, even I’d get tired of running my mouth, and not being about to stop?! The horror!
And I posted on twitter =]
That’s a hard one… am going to go for speechless… I would drive myself crazy if I talked nonstop:)
I pretty much already talk non stop and it’s not so bad so I’m goin with non stop blabbing. If I could never talk again I would blow up!
here’s my tweet: https://twitter.com/Desi_Gay/status/233458866984218624
This book sounds awesome. Thanks!
Tough question. I’d say i’d stay Speechless. I would HATE to talk all the time.
my tweet: https://twitter.com/katharynv/status/233462406033055745
Hmm I would have to say speechless. It would be kind of scary to keep talking even when you’re asleep and annoying to other people if you were taking a test. I would drive others and not to mention myself crazy if I kept talking.
Oh, that’s an easy one. I don’t particularly like talking anyway, so I’d rather be speechless forever. There are plenty of ways to communicate beyond talking, and I’d rather express myself in the written word, anyway! It definitely sounds like a really good book; I’m looking forward to seeing more of it!
Well, my younger cousin likes to call us twins (even though we are over ten years apart) because we are both blubbermouths. A term she coined when she was six. For her sake, I would stick with the never stop talking. I love telling stories verbally to my nieces, not sure I could be OK with being Speechless.
My tweet: https://twitter.com/JamiZehr/status/233560691292917761
Lets try this again lol…Definitely I would rather be speechless. If I couldn’t stop talking I feel like I’d never be able to think straight!
Sorry I somehow copied and pasted the tweat above and not the link to it!
I tend to talk a lot now, but if I had to choose one or the other it would be to be speechless. I could always write or do sign language. If I couldn’t stop talking I would drive myself insane.
tweet: https://twitter.com/amabe421/status/233573524021862400
Lol i would never stop talking…i’m known as the chatterbox in my group of friends anyway
I believe I would rather be speechless forever! I could just use sign language or write whatever I wanted to say down! I don’t think that I could talk forever because what if I needed a drink it would go everywhere lol!
Twitter: https://twitter.com/temarasheppard/status/233615615473098753
I would rather be speechless forever.
tweet:
Vivien
deadtossedwaves at gmail dot com
If only there was an in-between answer: to chose to stop or start speaking as much as you want. actually we have that right its just restricted by social standards. anyway! i will be speechless because i am that kind of girl with the motto: better safe than sorry.
im fairy new to twitter so i don’t really know how to make a link or that computery stuff. but here: https://twitter.com/clairelegrand. i replied to your giveaway post and retweeted. . which is like tweeting, i guess? hopefully? im such a fool
my user name in Twitter is MedinaLilo.
I would have to choose to never be able to stop talking, because I can’t ever stop talking as it is. I think I’d go crazy if I couldn’t ever talk!!
I’d rather be speechless. Thanks for the giveaway! And I can’t WAIT to see Cavendish in the stores.
Tweet: https://twitter.com/CAnneFrye/status/234355032332587010
Speechless, definitely. I wouldn’t make a fool of myself!
Ooof yes, I’m going to have to read this. Personally? I’d go with “never stop talking” — I have a tendency to bottle things up and stay quiet, and that’s gotten me in trouble. It’d be interesting to live the other way.
And here is a tweet! https://twitter.com/themeaningofV/status/234394214304194561
It’s painful to not be able to talk. I can’t stand it! I’d choose to talk forever.
Thanks for the giveaway! I’d hate to say it, but as a person I’m too curious to be speechless forever. I have too many questions!
also, I tweeted about this!