Last entry brought the story of two little girls, one very good and the other very bad.

Well, today brings the story of a little boy named Alan Gratz who is not good, not bad, but downright WICKED. Wicked how? Wicked cool! Cuz he's giving away free copies of his book!!!!

I know, right?

Maybe he's not wicked; maybe he's crazy. Crazy like a fox...

But, hey. Might as well take advantage of it, yeah? 'Specially since he is a phenomenal writer and you basically have the chance to give yourself a delightful little pressie, WHICH YOU DESERVE.


(I'm kinda wishing someone would give ME a pressie...)

So what are you waiting for? Go! Scurry! Get thee a free copy of SOMETHING WICKED before Alan regains his senses!!!!!!!


P.S. Since we're talking about wickedness, here's my fun BLISS quote for the day, from Missmath144: "If you like creepy, this is your book. It is well crafted and I found myself engrossed in it for hours, but the closer I got to the end, the creepier it got. It was not for me. I prefer going to bed at night without disturbing images roaming freely in my thoughts. However, if you like horror movies, Stephen King, teen angst and vampires, then you'll probably enjoy Bliss." I mean, I'm sad the book wasn't for her, but I love the last sentence!!!!

P.P.S. Okay, fine, I also really liked this one, from Navah". Okay, fine, I LOVED it. Navah, wherever you are and whoever you are, I you!

I am haunted by this book. Literally. I fell asleep while reading yesterday (a commentary on my state of mind, not the book) and dreamed over and over again about it. And last night, even as I struggled to stay up and finish it, when I fell asleep, I dreamed about it again.

I am awed and impressed by what Myracle has done here. This is a genuine, actually scary ghost story for teens. (And let me say, this is one creepy package that absolutely does justice to the inside. Gorgeous!) She doesn't pull any punches. She never holds back. This story is really freaking creepy. There were times, reading last night alone in my living room, that I had to close the book, because I had the creeps.

She's not gory. Never gory. But Myracle packs this novel full of atmosphere and voice, and she builds the suspense and the creepy so very well that as it rises to a close, you feel it gripping you in the throat.

This is a scary book, because it's a ghost story, but much more terrifying because Myracle never lets us forget, even for a second, that while ghosts may be fiction, human evil is fact...