World Book Night 2014: Same Difference by Derek Kirk Kim

This year I applied to be a World Book Night Giver a wee bit late, like the last day...after they extended the deadline date and I just figured that I wouldn't get it. But, yesterday I received the loveliest of emails. Seriously, no matter how many times I get to do this I will always feel excited by these words:

Dear Stephanie,

Congratulations! You will be a 2014 World Book Night giver.

The book I get the pleasure of giving is Same Difference by Derek Kirk Kim.

From this review:

"Same Difference is the story of Korean-American 20-something slackers in San Francisco who wrestle with the stereotypes and ambitions that they feel guide their lives. It has the feel of vintage Douglas Coupland, a drifting ennui shot through with moments of human warmth and connection. And though it's a quick read, it leaves a lasting emotional coal smouldering in its wake."

I can't wait to sell the idea of reading this book to the world!!!

Infinite Jest...Infinite Summer...

Ok, lovely people I thought I'd share with you a project that several of my friends and I are doing this summer.

This summer we are reading Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace. I found a website detailing all things IS (Infinite Summer @infinitesummer) and we'll be using that to get ideas and such.

Oh, my gosh Stephanie this sounds so exciting I want to join in on the fun!!!

I want you to join too and joining is simple, just reply to this post (indicate that you want to join and tell me what book you want to win--see below for details) so I know that you want to and then come back to my bloggity blog every Sunday to comment and exchange ideas. I'll post a link to every Sunday post below that way all you'll have to do is bookmark this one post to come back to again and again. You'll be able to find all the Infinite Summer Sundays.

1] June 24

2] July 1

3] July 8

4] July 15

5] July 22

6] July 29

7] August 5

8] August 12

9] August 19

10] August 26

11] September 2

12] September 9

13] September 16

14] September 23

What's in it for me?

If you complete the whole entire book with me and comment on every Sunday, I'll put your name in a drawing and you'll have the opportunity to win [Score!]:

          A David Foster Wallace Book of Your Choice

The winner will be chosen using a random number generator (using your message number from the thread) and will be announced in the beginning of November. 

What if I get behind?

No worries I won't close the contest until the last Sunday in October. This will give you plenty of time to catch up and comment on every IS post!!!

I really want to play, but don't have a Gmail or Google account

That's OK, just comment using whatever social media you want to (LiveJournal, Wordpress, Typepad, AIM, OpenID) according to Blogger. Just make sure I have your name so I can enter you in the drawing!!!

Find us on Twitter

@smj274

#infsum12

We'll be discussing the first 78 pages on Sunday the 24th of June. Hopefully, this gives you plenty of time to buy/steal/borrow the book and get to reading!!!

Here's our reading schedule, feel free to print it out and hang it on your fridge:

My YA SF TBR is getting out of control!

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I love Science Fiction! You can read all about that love here.

I'm typing this while watching Battlestar Galactica, not the new one, the old one from 1978 with Lorne Greene, and Robert Hatch and Dirk Benedict. Side note: I didn't know that Rick Springfield was in the Pilot, that's what I get for waiting so long to watch this show again!

Anyway, Jill Hathaway is having a giveaway for her upcoming debut novel Slide.

About Slide from Goodreads:

Vee Bell is certain of one irrefutable truth—her sister’s friend Sophie didn’t kill herself. She was murdered. 
Vee knows this because she was there. Everyone believes Vee is narcoleptic, but she doesn’t actually fall asleep during these episodes: When she passes out, she slides into somebody else’s mind and experiences the world through that person’s eyes. She’s slid into her sister as she cheated on a math test, into a teacher sneaking a drink before class. She learned the worst about a supposed “friend” when she slid into her during a school dance. But nothing could have prepared Vee for what happens one October night when she slides into the mind of someone holding a bloody knife, standing over Sophie’s slashed body. 
Vee desperately wishes she could share her secret, but who would believe her? It sounds so crazy that she can’t bring herself to tell her best friend, Rollins, let alone the police. Even if she could confide in Rollins, he has been acting off lately, more distant, especially now that she’s been spending more time with Zane. 
Enmeshed in a terrifying web of secrets, lies, and danger and with no one to turn to, Vee must find a way to unmask the killer before he or she strikes again.

Go over and enter to win (blogging about it gets you 10 pts. towards the giveaway!) and then come back and read my list of Young Adult Science Fiction, I'm just itching to read...

The List
(alpha by title)

Across the Universe by Beth Revis
Cinder by Marissa Meyers
Cycles by Lois D. Brown (reading right now)
Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor
Divergent by Veronica Roth
Everneath by Brodi Ashton
Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick
Slide by Jill Hathaway
Supernaturally by Kiersten White
The Maze Runner by James Dashner
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
Unearthly by Cynthia Hand

There are more...these are just the books I can think of at the moment...

Where shall I begin?

Six Word Saturday #32

My life in six words
Who's a WBN giver? It's Me!

About World Book Night (WBN)

What is World Book Night?

World Book Night is an annual celebration designed to spread a love of reading and books. To be held in the U.S. as well as the U.K. and Ireland on April 23, 2012. It will see tens of thousands of people go out into their communities to spread the joy and love of reading by giving out free World Book Night paperbacks.

World Book Night, through social media and traditional publicity, will also promote the value of reading, of printed books, and of bookstores and libraries to everyone year-round.

Successfully launched in the U.K. in 2011, World Book Night will also be celebrated in the U.S. in 2012, with news of more countries to come in future years. Please join our mailing list for regular World Book Night U.S. news. And thank you to our U.K. friends for such a wonderful idea!

Additionally, April 23 is UNESCO’s World Book Day, chosen due to the anniversary of Cervantes’ death, as well as Shakespeare’s birth and death.

If this sounds interesting or you want to learn more go here for US, here for UK and Ireland

I'm soooo excited!!!

Want to play along? All that's necessary to participate is to describe your life (or something) in a phrase using just six words. For more information, try clicking here. Feel free to explain or not explain. Add an image, a video, a song, nothing. The full list and linky can be found here. And, here's where I found it.

Book Winner Announced!!!

Kasey wants...

Congratulations Kasey!!! Thanks for playing everyone!!!

Six Word Saturday #31

My life in six words
Two days left in my giveaway!

Click to be taken to the giveaway

Want to play along? All that's necessary to participate is to describe your life (or something) in a phrase using just six words. For more information, try clicking here. Feel free to explain or not explain. Add an image, a video, a song, nothing. The full list and linky can be found here. And, here's where I found it.

Blogiversary and 50+Books in 2011 Giveaway

Hello Everyone!

In honor of my Blogiversary and in honor of the fact that I've read 60 books this year!!! (Thank-you Nook, Goodreads and Blogs I follow for making this possible!) I'm hosting a giveaway. Hopefully the way to rack up points is simple enough and the lucky winner will receive a book of your choosing from my 2011 reading list or view all 60 here!!!.

This is my first giveaway please excuse any blunders and mishaps! Thanks so much Peggy Ann's Post for the Rafflecopter suggestion!