Monday 22 October 2012

Big News!! And... CELEBRATION GIVEAWAY!!


Have you heard about THE FABULOUS Slammed Series??!! By the SPECTACULARLY TALENTED author COLLEEN HOOVER?! 


Yes! 

No! 


Well... 


Those who haven't WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?! Those who have and READ IT. Pat yourself on the back. LOL. Those who haven't here is the summary of the book and MY REVIEW so you understand the urgency of reading it.
 

Slammed (Slammed, #1) Point of Retreat (Slammed #2)


Summary: 

Slammed 

Following the unexpected death of her father, 18-year-old Layken is forced to be the rock for both her mother and younger brother. Outwardly, she appears resilient and tenacious, but inwardly, she's losing hope.
 

Enter Will Cooper: The attractive, 21-year-old new neighbor with an intriguing passion for slam poetry and a unique sense of humor. Within days of their introduction, Will and Layken form an intense emotional connection, leaving Layken with a renewed sense of hope.

Not long after an intense, heart-stopping first date, they are slammed to the core when a shocking revelation forces their new relationship to a sudden halt. Daily interactions become impossibly painful as they struggle to find a balance between the feelings that pull them together, and the secret that keeps them apart.  

Point of Retreat

Hardships and heartache brought them together…now it will tear them apart. 

Layken and Will have proved their love can get them through anything; until someone from Will’s past re-emerges, leaving Layken questioning the very foundation on which their relationship was built. Will is forced to face the ultimate challenge…how to prove his love for a girl who refuses to stop ‘carving pumpkins.’

This poem will basically express how I felt after finishing this lovely fantabulous book. 

Handful of Insights

Pierced into my heart

tore me apart 
left overwrought 
messy case of
emotional dose 


I cried and cried 
an ocean
no scratched that
                                  a Lake

My aching pieces of 
heart 
lying lifelessly
with my balls 
of tissues 
all over the floor

Made me realize

That I have been
carving 
               
and carving 
                                     pumpkins all my life 

That I never 

          Ever. 

Put emphasis 

              on life
all I ever did was 
carry on 
about all the obstacles in life
Dragging my feet 
                          along 

Made me stop and think 

What have I been doing 
ALL 
       MY 
              Life 

Question EVERYTHING 

That I did

I always did 
But I kept admonished

myself thinking 
I don't have answers 
Why should I keep 
circling
the issue when all I will get 
is a huge painful 
KILLER headache

When ever I needed advice 

I looked up 
             down 
left 
     right 
Didn't see anyone standing 
Hanging around 
To say 
I am here 
             For you 


I didn't realize 

that God was telling me 
Wait 
Be patient 
I am sending some advice 
In the form 
of 
Slammed 
and 
Point of Retreat 



You can buy both books here:

Slammed:
http://www.amazon.com/Slammed-ebook/dp/B008TRUDAS/ref=sr_1_2?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1344460803&sr=1-2&keywords=slammed http://books.simonandschuster.com/Slammed/Colleen-Hoover/9781476715919 https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/slammed/id551092393?mt=11http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/slammed-colleen-hoover/1108162651?ean=9781476715919&itm=1&r=1%2c+1&z=y&cm_mmc=AFFILIATES-_-Linkshare-_-TnL5HPStwNw-_-10%3a1&

Point of Retreat:

http://www.amazon.com/Point-of-Retreat-ebook/dp/B008TRU9HU/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1344460842&sr=1-1&keywords=point+of+retreat  
http://books.simonandschuster.com/Point-of-Retreat/Colleen-Hoover/9781476715933

https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/point-of-retreat/id551092380?mt=11
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/point-of-retreat-colleen-hoover/1109700530?ean=9781476715933&itm=1&r=1%2c+1&z=y&cm_mmc=AFFILIATES-_-Linkshare-_-TnL5HPStwNw-_-10%3a1& 


My full review is here: http://devouredwordsbookblog.blogspot.ca/2012/08/slammed-and-point-of-retreat-by-colleen.html  


OKAY. So the BIG NEWS IS?!

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Both SLAMMED and POINT OF RETREAT have been optioned by a film producer!!! 

*JUMPING UP AND DOWN* 
*Twirling in circles and doing the happy dance*  

I can't wait for the MOVIE!  

Okay, I'll stop but I am too excited. Moving on... 

I am sure most of you know this already. Right?! 


And in order to celebrate this HUGE NEWS. 

SLAMMED AND POINT OF RETREAT EBOOKS IS ONLY  FOR $3.99 

You can get it at that price for only 2 weeks from either of the links above. 

GIVEAWAY!! 

The fabulous Colleen Hoover has been generously offered to giveaway signed copies of SLAMMED AND POINT OF RETREAT here on Devoured Words. To one LUCKY follower of DW.  It's open internationally. Fill out all the entries every one counts. 


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32 comments:

  1. Great review! I read Slammed and loved it! Have to read Point of Retreat!

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    1. Forgot to add that I've read Flat Out Love and its been in my head ever since! GREAT book!

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    2. Thank you :D
      I have read Flat Out of Love too it was awesome. Since you haven't read POR I am telling you to do so NOW ;) lol.

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  2. Loved, Loved, Loved these books!! Can't wait for the movies!! So exciting!!

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    1. Me too!!! To see it on BIG SCREEN real soon would be BUTTERFLYING BEMAZING.

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  3. Im still on a book hangover from Slammed and Point of Retreat!

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    1. IKR!! I still can't get over it. Have you read I LOVE YOU TO DEATH by Natalie Ward? Or The Bronze Horseman Trilogy by Paullina Simons?

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  4. My current faves are Flat Out Love, Stalk Me, Taking Chances and of course Slammed

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    1. Haven't read Stalk Me yet nor Taking Chances. My friend told me that her friend read Taking Chances and she sobbed a lot. So I'm saving it for when my mood hits to read a emotional one.

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  5. The Eden series~nicole williams

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  6. I loooove this series so much!

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  7. Thank you for the giveaway!
    Artemis

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  8. Thanks for the giveaway! I loved Sea of Tranquility! A must read also if you haven't read it!

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    1. I haven't but I have heard so much about it and amazing things so its next on my list. Have you read I LOVE YOU TO DEATH by Natalie Ward? A emotional read that I have read recently and can't get over. A beautiful one. When you can you should definitely go for it.

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  9. a lot, a lot of ya/new adult books :D

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    1. Haha, true they are some many fabulous books out there I have lost count.

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  10. I love your poem!!! Also, I answered in the RC but.. i'm completely obsessed with Noah from The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer. I read it, in honor of the release of Evolution which came out yesterday!! :) Thanks for the giveaway.

    For anyone who wants another chance at winning a signed copy of both novels by Colleen Hoover - visit our page here! YA Vixens Blog

    You have a new follower in both Kait and I now! AWESOME blog :)
    -Bethany

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    1. Thank you! I am glad you did.
      Awesome. I am following your blog as well. I am so glad you guys stopped by. If you can ask your followers to come by here as well. The more places they go the odds are more in their favor hehe.

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  11. The Child Thief by BROM still haunts me.

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    1. Cool, I haven't read that one. I'll look into it.
      Thanks for dropping by.

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  12. I haven't read Slammed or Point of Retreat yet, but I am excited to read them! There are many books I've read recently that I have stuck in my head - Bared to You, Reflected in You, Down to You, the elemental mystery series by Elizabeth Hunter, the moreno boys series by Elizabeth Reyes... Too many!

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    1. I know they are so many AMAZING authors out there that its hard to name them all. I really hope you read them soon. They're such amazing books. I loved the Elemental Mystery series by Elizabeth Hunter as well. They were amazing. I am planning to read Building from Ashes soon.

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  13. What an amazing giveaway!!!
    Nicoleta D.

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  14. I recently read Reflected in You by Sylvia Day and I can't get it out of my head!

    HUGE BUTTERFLYING CONGRATULATIONS Colleen! Your books are amazing and I am excited for you!

    And thanks for this awesome giveaway :) I hope so badly to win the autographed books! I'll treasure them with all my heart <3 <3 <3

    tess_halim(at)hotmail(dot)com

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  15. Everytime I read something good, it becomes my favorite for about a day or two until I read something new, haha. So right now, the book I can't get out of my head would be How To Kill A Rockstar <3

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  16. Recently a trilogy in spanish named La Puerta Oscura, they're very good!! ;)

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  17. Goodness I LOVED these two books SO SO much. Thanks for hosting a giveaway!

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  18. Slammed is one of my favorite books,I love this book!!! and now that there talking about a movie, OMG WOW!!! can't wait!! And I think Kristen Stewart will be a good Lake! when I was reading the books i imagine Kristen Stewart as Lake.She's the perfect person for that roll!

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  19. I can't get MY SISTER'S KEEPER out of my head. Besides Colleen Hoover's Slammed series, of course.

    It was my first Picoult book and I am now a fan!

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