The Best Reader: this or that

Today Myra McEntire has let me have Thomas for a bit so we can get to know him a little better. He, of course, is from her fabulous book Hourglass!

Myra has also kindly offered up a SIGNED poster featuring the Hourglass cover!

Mountains or Beach
Beach- My wife looks hot in a bikini.
Work or Play I think it's best when you combine the two.
Books or Movies Movies Have you seen The Godfather?
Lions or Tigers OR BEARS OH MY.
Horror or Comedy Horror.
-- More Personal --
Supernatural super-power or Shape-shifting ability Super Power.
Go into the future or go into the past Future. I'd like to make sure my offspring turn out all right.
Night out with Dru or Night at home with Dru Home *cough*
Emerson as a dating-aged teenager or Emerson as a nun Preferably a cloistered nun.
Baby boy or Baby girl I already know, but I'm not telling you.

Hourglass by Myra McEntire
Publisher: Egmont USA
Reading Level: Young Adult
Hardcover: 397 pages
Series: Hourglass #1
One hour to rewrite the past..

For seventeen-year-old Emerson Cole, life is about seeing what isn’t there: swooning Southern Belles; soldiers long forgotten; a haunting jazz trio that vanishes in an instant. Plagued by phantoms since her parents’ death, she just wants the apparitions to stop so she can be normal. She’s tried everything, but the visions keep coming back.
So when her well-meaning brother brings in a consultant from a secretive organization called the Hourglass, Emerson’s willing to try one last cure. But meeting Michael Weaver may not only change her future, it may change her past.
Who is this dark, mysterious, sympathetic guy, barely older than Emerson herself, who seems to believe every crazy word she says? Why does an electric charge seem to run through the room whenever he’s around? And why is he so insistent that he needs her help to prevent a death that never should have happened?

Prize:

1 winner will receive a SIGNED Hourglass cover poster.

Rules:

You must be at least 13 to enter.
Name and email must be provided and counts as 1 entry.
Extra entries are possible and links must be provided.
Contest is US Only and ends July 10th.
Once contacted, the winner will have 48 hours to respond.
The form must be filled out to enter.

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Today I have Alyssa Sheinmel on the blog. I'm a tour stop for her new book The Lucky Kind, which just came out yesterday.

I have a fun interview with her and 2 lucky winners will get a copy of her book!

Summer or Winter? Summer. But with the air conditioning turned up so high that you need a blanket.
TV Shows or Movies? TV shows. My favorite moment of pretty much every single day is when I climb into bed, turn on the TV, and turn off the lights.
Beach or Mountains? Beach – though actually, I’d really prefer a pool because I don’t like the sand. Night at home or Night on the town? Night at home (see my answer to “TV Shows or Movies”).
Coffee or Tea? Coffee. I’m not the biggest coffee drinker but I always drink it on vacation, starting with a skim latte from the airport Starbucks. I never feel like my vacation has really started until I’m sipping a latte waiting to board a plane. Chocolate or Vanilla? Chocolate, especially ice cream.
Vampires or Werewolves? Vampires. Although I am a dog person, so I suppose that’s a little surprising. But vampires are just so darn cool.
Angels or Demons? Demons – well the daemons from Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials series. Luck or Fate? A little of both.
Tall, Dark and Handsome or Sweet, Cute and shy? I was going to say tall, dark, and handsome, but then my dog looked up at me with his sweet, cute, and shy face and I had to change my answer.

The Lucky Kind by Alyssa B. Sheinmel
Publisher: Knoph Books for Young Readers (May 10th, 2011)
Reading Level: Young Adult
Hardcover: 208 pages
High school junior Nick Brandt is intent on getting a girlfriend, and Eden Reiss is the one that he wants. He has exactly four semesters to get the girl, but when the phone rings on an otherwise ordinary Tuesday night, life for Nick and his parents will never be the same. What had been a seemingly idyllic home life has become something else entirely. But with this shake-up comes a newfound confidence for Nick; he's become a bolder version of himself, no longer afraid to question his parents, and no longer afraid to talk to Eden.Alyssa B. Sheinmel has written a powerfully gripping story about family secrets, falling in love, and finding luck in unexpected--and sometimes unwelcome—circumstances.