Contest & Cooking with the Authors of Demons at Deadnight

I am SO incredibly excited to be featuring some of my favorite folks today. The Kirks of Teens Read and Write are here sharing a recipe from the new book Alyssa and Eileen Kirk cowrote called Demons at Deadnight. Yay! Check it out:

Aren't they the cutest? Don't these cookies look delicious?
I can almost smell them and can not wait to try this recipe.

Now let me tell you more about the book Demons at Deadnight...

For seventeen-year-old Aurora Lahey, survival is a lifestyle.

DEMONIC DESTINY

Aurora has the crappiest superpower on the planet. And it’s just unleashed a hit squad from hell. Demons are on the hunt, salivating to carve her carcass into confetti.

CHARISMATIC KILLERS

The Hex Boys—mysterious, hunky, and notorious for their trails of destruction—have the answers Aurora needs to survive. But their overload of deadly secrets and suspicious motives makes trusting them a potentially fatal move.

LETHAL ALLIES

The battle to save her family, herself, and stop demonic domination may cost Aurora everything worth living for, and force her to reveal her own dark secrets. But no worries. She needs the Hex Boys to pull this off, and, chances are, teaming up with these guys will get her killed anyway.

The Bookish Brunette called it, "AWESOME, AWESOME, AWESOME!"

In the Hammock Book Reviews called it, "a no holds barred adventure."

Mindful Musings called it, "well-worth the read."

YA Book Queen called it, "so fun...constantly grinning."
The Unread Reader called it,"so clever...I lost count of how many times I highlighted paragraphs and bookmarked pages."

So I have just one question for you: Are you ready to read this book yet?

Thanks to the lovely Alyssa and Eileen, one of my readers will win a paperback copy of Demons at Deadnight. To enter simply comment with your email address below. You must be a resident of the U.S. to win. A winner will be selected and announced March 14th.

A&E Kirk on Facebook

Alyssa's Twitter

Eileen's Twitter

A&E Kirk Author Website

Goodreads

Book Trailer

Barnes and Noble

Amazon

Now it's time for my secret word: "Infiltrates"

What the secret word for?

If you visit all the tour stops and collect all the secret words, starting March 9th you can enter to win a Kindle fire with a Demons at Deadnight skin! Visit the AEKirk Blog Tour Page for details and a list of tour stop locations.

New Flash: The Berenstain Bears Lose Jan

Did you gals hear the sad news? Jan Berenstain (the co-creator of The Berenstain Bears) passed away at 88 years old a few days ago. Her husband Stan (the other co-creator) passed away in 2005. Over the years their son Michael has continued to help keep The Berenstain Bears alive. In my mind her and her husband are hanging out together again reminiscing and smiling that Michael will no doubt continue their legacy. I want to say, rest in peace Stan and Jan. I grew up with The Berenstain Bears and plan to raise Baby Whimsy with them too. I really do look forward to discovering them all over again with my wee one. Oh and still to this day I wish I could live in that tree house.

Whimsy Update: Ciao Baby! to Memes

I have a confession to make. I can no longer do day-of-the-week memes. It's not that I don't love certain memes. It's that with my new super awesome job as Baby Whimsy's mama, I have to blog when I can and that means I can't always align my time with certain days of the week. Sure I can set up a post for a certain day but I may not have time to comment back on those days.

I bid adieu to Musical Monday, Cover Crazy Monday, Treasure Trove Tuesday, Waiting on Wednesday, Wishlist Wednesday, Etsy Friday, Friday Finds, Foreign Cover Friday, Book Beginning Friday, Friday Finest, Friday 56, Saturday Snapshot, Quote-It Saturday, In My Mailbox Sunday, and Christian Fiction Sunday.

From now I am going to post the song or cover that I like, the book I am waiting or wishing for, what I found on the internet that I want to share with you, the international covers, excerpts or quotes, pictures, or freebies that come my way whenever they come to me and whenever I can.

So even though I will continue to visit your meme posts and have nothing but love for day-of-the-week memes, this is where me and memes officially part ways.

Yackety-Yak: Midnight in Paris

"No subject is terrible if the story is true, if the prose is clean and honest,
and if it affirms courage and grace under pressure."
~ Ernest Hemingway's character in the film Midnight in Paris

So after a little pleading recently, I convinced Mr. Whimsy to sit down and watch Midnight in Paris with me. I must confess, I really connected with Gil and Adriana's love for bygone eras. But what we both really dug was getting to see all the famous writers and artists Gil gets to hobnob with when he time travels to 1920s Paris. This got me thinking, if you could travel back in time and visit a certain writer in a certain city who, where, when would you pick? Who would you meet? Where would you like to meet them? Would you want to meet them in their hometown or during their travels? When would you rather meet them? In their youth, during the prime, or perhaps later in life when they could reflect back? Will you day dream with me?

Yackety-yak: Valentine's Day

Hey sugar plums! I am super busy but just had to wish each and every one of you dolls a very Happy Valentine's Day! Hope it is totally grand AND I would love if you pop by tomorrow and let me know how you celebrated it. Whether it was snuggled with a good book, cuddled up to a movie, or out with your main squeeze, this inquiring mind wants to know.

Hate Valentine's Day? i swim for oceans has a great Anti-Valentine's Day list of book love gone oh-so wrong.

Need to whip up a last minute Valentine's Day card? Visit the super adorable Puppy Love Preschool for some fun printable card ideas.

Talking About The Vow

So The Vow opened this weekend. Did you see it? And did you know The Vow is actually based on a true story? Apparently two months after they got married, a serious car accident left the wife with absolutely no recollection of her husband. Their story (The Vow: The True Events that Inspired the Movie) has been released as a book as well. I will definitely be adding it to my TBR.

Roving Reader: Atlas

This cutie caught my eye yesterday. Isn't it adorable?

The Atlas of Love by Laurie Frankel is about three besties/English-lit grads working together to raise Atlas. Cutie name alert!

Have you read it or heard anything about it?

What do you think of the name Atlas?

Did any books catch your eye this weekend?

The Roving Reader is a meme by Satisfaction for Insatiable Readers. It features fetching covers captured via cell phone.

Free eBook Alert: The Keeper

Fab news for my fellow Christian Fiction fans, the recently released book The Keeper by Suzanne Woods Fisher is FREE (today only) for the Kindle and the nook. So don't delay! The offer ends tonight at 11:59pm. Personally, I am thrilled. I have heard nothing but good things from Along the Way, Wall-to-Wall Books, In the Hammock Book Reviews, and Black 'n Gold Girl's Book Spot.

Don't have a Kindle but still interested? Consider downloading the Kindle reader (for free) for your for PC, BlackBerry, Android, or iOS device. Own a nook? Check out Free Friday at Hott Books.

Yackety-yak: Flying Books

Have you had the delight of watching the animated short film "The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore" yet? I finally watched it yesterday and I have to say it is one of the loveliest most whimsical animated shorts I have ever seen. It is the sweetest fifteen minutes you will spend today. I promise. Watch it! Then come back and chat with me about what you think the ending means.

UPDATE: Sadly the video has been made private at Vimeo. Visit The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore to see the video for a limited time.

Info & Credit: The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore is currently available as an iPad interactive book and is scheduled to be released as a hardcover this summer. The short film has been nominated for a 2012 Acacademy Award for Animated Short Film.

Well Said: Walk With

"Walk with the dreamers, the believers, the courageous, the cheerful, the planners, the doers, the successful people with their heads in the clouds and their feet on the ground. Let their spirit ignite a fire within you to leave this world better than when you found it..." ~Wilfred Peterson

Don't you love it? Now I feel like wearing some polka dots and going for a picnic.

Credits: Quote spotted at the super cute and fun Puppy Love Preschool. Image courtesy of Fifties Wedding.com.

Free eBook Alert: Ghost a la Mode

Howdy sugars! Ghost a la Mode by Sue Ann Jaffarian is currently FREE for the Kindle and the nook. I've never read this one before but it has caught my eye plenty of times. I mean it combines two of my favorite things dessert and mystery. Yum! So run over and grab it as soon as you can. One never knows how long this sweet deal with last. Toodles!

Don't have a Kindle but still interested? Consider downloading the Kindle reader (for free) for your for PC, BlackBerry, Android, or iOS device. Own a nook? Check out Free Friday at Hott Books.

Tempest Contest Winner

How are my chickadees doing? How is your week so far? Mine is positively flying by but I had to pop in and announce that Samantha of Caught in the Pages is the winner of my Tempest contest. Congratulations Sam dear! I will be contacting you for your address. Thank you everyone for your entries. The winner was selected with help from Random.org.