Thursday, October 1, 2015

Welcome to the Fall 2015 YA Scavenger Hunt!

It's that time of year again! Welcome to the Fall 2015 YA SCAVENGER HUNT!!!!

Participating in the YA Scavenger Hunt is easy! We have a "How To Hunt" page with an orientation video for you.

Here's all you have to do:

The hunt opens officially at noon Pacific Time--all posts by authors should be up then. 

During that time, you can go to the participating authors blogs and websites--you can find them all here. The first thing on the page should be their hunt information--there you can find out about new authors and get exclusive content.

Take note of the highlighted number on each author's hunt page. You need that number to enter the contest!

Each author is on either the REDORANGEGOLDGREENTEALBLUEPURPLE, or PINK TeamAdd up the numbers of all the authors on the red team, and you have the secret code you need to enter the contest for the red team--then do the same for the blue, etc! You can find the prizes for each team here. You can only enter once, and your entry only counts if you have the right number, so make sure you get the right code! Break out those calculators!

You have to submit your entry by October 4, noon, Pacific Standard Time. You can submit your entry for each team HERE.

On October 9th, we'll announce the winners! There's one winner for each team. The hunt IS open internationally, to all ages, so you have no excuse to not join in the fun!

Still have questions? Post them in the comments here and we'll do our best to answer them as soon as possible.

Also? We need your help! If you like the Hunt, please help spread the word. We can only do the Hunt when our readers tell us they want it, so please--spread the word about the Hunt!

A quick note as we kick off the celebration:

The Hunt doesn't officially begin until noon, Pacific Standard Time. 
This is 3pm Eastern Standard Time. 
While some authors will have their material up prior to this time,
not all materials in the Hunt will be up until this time.

Happy hunting! 

Thursday, September 24, 2015

Fall 2015 : Authors!

It's coming. . . October 1st - 4th, 2015
It's the YA Scavenger Hunt Fall 2015!
Now that the authors have signed up to participate in this exciting event, we've put them into teams of 20 by color. There are eight teams total this round!
Check out the teams below to see which teams your favorite authors will be on and what their featured book will be.
It's getting close folks!

YASH BLUE TEAM 2015
  • JESSICA KHOURY     
  • MEGAN CREWE     
  • DOROTHY DREYER                                  
  • JENNY MARTIN     
  • EVE SILVER   
  • ANN HELTZEL                                  
  • JOSHUA DAVID BELLIN    
  • SARA B. LARSON     
  • COLLEEN HOUCK                      
  • ANNA SCHUMACHER     
  • AUSTIN ASLAN    
  • SHARON HUSS ROAT              
  • LEAH BOBET  
  • SHONNA SLAYTON     
  • LISH MCBRIDE                              
  • VICTORIA SCOTT     
  • LIVIA BLACKBURNE     
  • MICHELLE PAINCHAUD   
  • MATTHEW PHILLION    
  • MELINDA SALISBURY


YASH GOLD TEAM 2015
  • KAT STILES  
  • GRETCHEN MCNEIL     
  • HOLLY BODGER     
  • JULIE REECE  
  • BETH FANTASKEY     
  • KATE ORMAND     
  • LAURIE STOLARZ                           
  • SEAN WILLIAMS     
  • MARY ELIZABETH SUMMER     
  • MICHAEL GIBNEY   
  • MAUREEN MCGOWAN     
  • RACHEL VINCENT     
  • PINTIP DUNN             
  • RACHEL HARRIS     
  • RITA ARENS     
  • RYSA WALKER     
  • SHANNON GROGAN
  • T.A. MACLAGAN     
  • CYNTHIA HAND     
  • Y.S. LEE


YASH GREEN TEAM 2015
  • A.G. HOWARD
  • AMY CHRISTINE PARKER  
  • BETH REVIS
  • MINDY MCGINNIS     
  • CHRISTINA NORRIS     
  • C.J. REDWINE                  
  • DEBBIE VIGUIE     
  • DEBRA DOCKTER     
  • EMMA PASS     
  • ERIN BOWMAN    
  • KAY HONEYMAN     
  • KATHLEEN BALDWIN     
  • LINDSAY CURRIE
  • LISA SCHROEDER     
  • LORI M. LEE     
  • MAGGIE HALL     
  • LYNNE MATSON
  • ANNE BOLES LEVY     
  • TERA LYNN CHILDS     
  • VIRGINIA BOECKER


YASH ORANGE TEAM 2015
  • ASHELYN DRAKE
  • AMY MCNULTY
  • CARLY ANNE WEST
  • CAT WINTERS
  • GINA DAMICO
  • DEIRDRE RIORDAN HALL
  • ERICA CAMERON
  • HEATHER L. REID
  • MERADETH HOUSTON
  • JESSICA BURKHART
  • JULIE CHIBBARO
  • KELLY HASHWAY
  • LEAH & KATE ROOPER
  • MARIA E. ANDREU
  • MARTINA BOONE
  • CECIL CASTELLUCCI
  • MARISSA KENNERSON
  • SANDRA WAUGH
  • SARVENAZ TASH
  • VANESSA BARGER


YASH PINK TEAM 2015
  • KELSEY KETCH
  • KAI MCCARTHY
  • MELISSA GIORGIO
  • RACHEL SHANE
  • SABINA KHAN
  • VICKI LEIGH
  • LISA T. CRESSWELL
  • B. KRISTIN MCMICHAEL
  • HILARY THOMPSON
  • NICOLE ZOLTACK
  • CAROLINE T. PATTI
  • CHASE NIGHT
  • JESSICA L. BROOKS
  • DENISE JADEN
  • DEIDRE MAPSTONE
  • GILLIAN BRONTE ADAMS
  • JENNIFER TRESSEN
  • J.T. STOLL
  • KATE KARYUS QUINN
  • L.A.STARKEY


YASH PURPLE TEAM 2015
  • ADI ALSAID
  • A. LYNDEN ROLLAND
  • CATRINA BURGESS
  • CORDELIA JENSEN
  • COURTNEY ALAMEDA
  • DAX VARLEY
  • EMILY ROSS
  • GINA CIOCCA
  • JOY PREBLE
  • KATE BRAUNING
  • KATHRYN HOLMES
  • LISA VOISIN
  • MARCI LYN CURTIS
  • MARY WEBER
  • MICHELLE K. PICKETT
  • RYAN GRAUDIN
  • SHANNON LEE ALEXANDER
  • STEPHANIE KEYES
  • ELIZABETH HOLLOWAY
  • LANI WOODLAND


YASH RED TEAM 2015
  • ALYSSA SHEINMEL
  • AMALIE HOWARD
  • AMY BUTLER GREENFIELD
  • APRILYNNE PIKE
  • CHANDLER BAKER
  • DEMITRIA LUNETTA
  • CHRISTINA FARLEY
  • JANET LEE CAREY
  • JOSHUA MCCUNE
  • KIMBERLY DERTING
  • LEA NOLAN
  • LORI GOLDSTEIN
  • LORIE ANN GROVER
  • LAUREN SAFT
  • LYN MILLER-LACHMANN
  • ANGELA MYRON
  • PAGE MORGAN
  • RIN CHUPECO
  • TERI HARMAN
  • TRISHA LEAVER


YASH TEAL TEAM 2015
  • AMY K. NICHOLS
  • BRENDAN REICHS
  • DIANA RENN
  • GWENDA BOND
  • JEN BROOKS
  • JENNIFER MCGOWAN
  • JENNIFER JENKINS
  • KAREN BAO
  • KADY CROSS
  • LANCE RUBIN
  • L.H. NICOLE
  • LINDA BUDZINSKI
  • MARGO KELLY
  • MARY CROCKETT
  • TY DRAGO
  • JOSEPHINE ANGELINI
  • REBEKAH L. PURDY
  • SONA CHARAIPOTRA
  • SHARI BECKER
  • VICTORIA STRAUSS
So authors and readers,
SAVE THE DATE OCTOBER 1-4, 2015


Wednesday, August 26, 2015

Wednesday, August 19, 2015

Spellcaster by Claudia Gray

Burn the witch!

Can you picture it? The mob of villagers with their pitchforks chanting this mantra to decide the fate of a girl’s life.  Luckily for Nadia Caldani, though she was a witch, this never happened. After moving to Captive’s Sound with her father and brother, she quickly saw that there was something wrong happening. Maybe it was just because the boy she couldn’t help staring at during biology, Mateo, was surely dating the girl that sat next to him or the dark magic she could feel coming from beneath the class room floor. Take your pick.

With her witch of a mother leaving her half trained and feeling only a little able to defend herself, Nadia, battles the normal life a senior in high school with an added bonus of someone in her new hometown who has weaved their evil magic into the fabric of life in Captive’s Sound.

In the adventure to save her new home she teams up with the cursed, Mateo, and the vintage clad, Verlaine, to stop the wicked forces that is threatening everything that they loved. Who could be behind such a thing? Can half trained Nadia find enough power to come out conqueror? Only the words spellbound into the book by Claudia Gray can tell.

Spellcaster is a book filled with mystery and deception all spiced up with a little magic. Another mystery connected to Spellcaster is Amy Vincent. Who is that? She holds the real magic behind the pages. She uses Claudia Gray as her pseudonym to write her YA novels. Probably best known for her Evernight series, she has written many books including Spellcaster’s sequel Steadfast and also her latest release of A Thousand Pieces of You.


To see more of the stories weaved by Claudia Gray go check out her website and you will be enchanted. 

Wednesday, April 8, 2015

Are you a winner?

If you discovered just one new book or author... or found some lovely bits of exclusive content... or had a great time getting to know the authors...  then resounding answer is YES!

On top of that, we have some books to give away.
Winners of the YASH team prizes have received an email from yash.organizer@gmail.com. Please respond quickly!
Winners of any additional author giveaways can contact that author if they have not already contacted you.

RED TEAM : Mo G.
Total : 664

ORANGE TEAM : Alex R.
Total : 437

GOLD TEAM : Rena
Total : 113,063

GREEN TEAM : Beth J.
Total : 247

TEAM TEAM : Nia C.
Total : 1,502

BLUE TEAM : Ginger B.
Total : 359

PURPLE TEAM : Delia C.
Total : 834 or 778

PINK TEAM : Harry B.
Total : 145, 146, 154, or 155


AUTHOR GIVEAWAYS (Author : Winners)
Angelica R. Jackson : Eva R.
Sarah Tomp : Aila J.
Kelsey Ketch : Karen C., Sarah M., Harry B., Sharon B., Merisha A.
Deirdre Riordan Hall : Natalie
Paula Stokes : Chelsea C.
Kimberly Giarratano : Natasha S.
Laurie Starkey : Tammy V., Melissa P., Nathalia W., Victoria L., Katy M.
Joshua Bellin : Chelsea C., Jenna K., Erin P.
Jennifer Comeaux : Jessica K., Maud G., Victoria L.
Shauna Granger : Ashley M., Samantha P., Caitlin W.
Melissa Landers : Amber G.
Amy McNulty : Rotem A., Mimi, Alicia, Aditi, Deanna B., Jessica K., Kaci F.
J.R. Johansson : Vickie W.
Eileen Cook : ByBreenah, Rachel L.
Sarah Negovitch : Ayala, Book Spot Reviews, Augustine D.
Sharon Huss Roat : Hannah M.
Gina Damico : Autumn M.
Stacy Stokes : Amy C., Patricia L.
Anya Monroe : Katherine A.
L.H. Nicole : Cassidy, Paige B., Cindy C.
Cady Vance : Samantha R.
Katherine Longshore : Barbara G.
Rachel Shane : Dana B.
Jessica Brody : Merisha A., Jaime A., Samantha P., The Unofficial Addiction Book Fan Club, Nikki
Rita Arens : Rachel P.
Trisha Leaver : Isabel C., Emz C.
Carey Corp & Lorie Langdon : BreAnna L.
Colleen Houck : Natalie, Morgan F., Denise C., Paige B., Sarah C., Emma M., Karla, Carly V., Bethany F., Nikki C., Quintana H., Chelley A.
Hilary Thompson : Lindsey L., Sharon B., Vickie., Kellani A., Reading A.
Angela Myron : Katherine A., Dominique C., Mandy K.
Kathryn Holmes : Alysha P.
Maureen McGowan : Emz C.

Thursday, April 2, 2015

Welcome to the Spring 2015 YA Scavenger Hunt

It's that time of year again! Welcome to the Spring 2015 YA SCAVENGER HUNT!!!!

Participating in the YA Scavenger Hunt is easy! Here's all you have to do:

The hunt opens officially at noon Pacific Time--all posts by authors should be up then. 

During that time, you can go to the participating authors blogs and websites--you can find them all here. The first thing on the page should be their hunt information--there you can find out about new authors and get exclusive content.

Take note of the highlighted number on each author's hunt page. You need that number to enter the contest!

Each author is on either the RED, ORANGE, GOLD, GREEN, TEAL, BLUE, PURPLE, or PINK TeamAdd up the numbers of all the authors on the red team, and you have the secret code you need to enter the contest for the red team--then do the same for the blue, etc! You can find the prizes for each team here. You can only enter once, and your entry only counts if you have the right number, so make sure you get the right code! Break out those calculators!

You have to submit your entry by April 5, noon, Pacific Standard Time. You can submit your entry for each team HERE.

On April 10th, we'll announce the winners! There's one winner for each team. The hunt IS open internationally, to all ages, so you have no excuse to not join in the fun!

Still have questions? Post them in the comments here and we'll do our best to answer them as soon as possible.

Also? We need your help! If you like the Hunt, please help spread the word. We can only do the Hunt when our readers tell us they want it, so please--spread the word about the Hunt!

A quick note as we kick off the celebration:

The Hunt doesn't officially begin until noon, Pacific Standard Time. 
This is 3pm Eastern Standard Time. 
While some authors will have their material up prior to this time,
not all materials in the Hunt will be up until this time.

Happy hunting!