We here at the lounge LOVE Maggie Stiefvater. A few weeks ago we were lucky enough to meet her and get her to sign a copy of Linger for us to giveaway.  If you’ve read Shiver we know you are craving more. Since our next pick for book of the month will be Linger, we thought it would be fitting to give a copy to one of our listeners to read along with us.  Fill out the form below and please make sure to leave all the correct info so that if you are the winner we can get the book to you ASAP!  We’ve set the contest up with lots of ways to earn extra entries.  Have fun with it and spread the word!

~Shannon and Kim

MLL Podcast Episode #12 – The Hunger Games Monday August 16th 2010

The first book in the Hunger Games trilogy does not disappoint.  Shannon and I both fell in love with this book. We could talk for hours about it, but we restrained ourself and only talked for about 50 minutes. Stay tuned after the book discussion for some fun things going on around the lounge.

Listen in as we, Shannon and Kim, chat about our thoughts on The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins.

LINKS{*J.K.Beck*}{*Julie Kenner*}{*Suzanne Collins*}{*The Hunger Games*}{*James Frey*}{*I am number 4*}{*Girls in the Stacks*}

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Colleen Harkins

Colleen Harkins Congratulations you are the winner of our Hunger Games Giveaway.  We emailed you this morning so be looking for it and your winnings will be coming to your mailbox soon.

Kim and Shannon

And she wrote a short story about what would happen if Jace and Daniel meet.  It was awesome, go read it and vote on who you think would win between the two.

Read Bree

Why do people do this, it really makes me angry.  Screw You Andrew Sims of Mugglenet.com and who ever leaked you the copy.  Go leave him some choice words.

Scholastic responds to apparent leak of ‘Mockingjay’ ahead of August 24th

August 11, 3:20 PMThe Hunger Games ExaminerSara Gundell

Perhaps one of the most coveted books — and most difficult to find before August 24th — is Mockingjay bySuzanne Collins, the third and final book in the best-selling Hunger Gamestrilogy.

The book doesn’t hit stores until August 24th, andScholastic has been adamant that no advance copies be released to anyone — not even members of the media. Mockingjay is being closely guarded, much as Scholastic did with the final Harry Potter book and as Little Brown did with the final Twilight Saga book. (Collins herself even wrote a letter to fans, asking them to avoid posting spoilers before and immediately following the book’s release.)

But somehow, at least one copy has been leaked to Andrew Sims, the admin for MuggleNet.com — one of the largest Harry Potter fansites around.

Sims tweeted a photo of the book, sans jacket cover, along with this message:

Thanks to a very kind friend, I’m about to start Mockingjay. Join me on my red eye flight to read along.

But Scholastic insists no advance copies are going out, and they’re puzzled as to how Sims got his hands on a copy.

“We are not releasing copies in advance of 8/24/10,” said Sheila Marie Everett, Collins’ publicist at Scholastic. “Scholastic did not provide this person with a copy of Mockingjay. In fact, I haven’t even read it yet!”

The Hunger Games Examiner asked Sims for a comment, but as of this time he has not responded.

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