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Best of YA Romance | Winter Nights Scavenger Hunt w/ Prizes

Make sure to scroll all the way down to take advantage of all the chances to win prizes! Valentines day is coming up and I don't know about you, but I'll be spending it with my two main squeezes, my awesome husband and son.

Still, I thought I'd take the opportunity to talk about my favorite fictional Romances! 

Here are the 'official' ER Arroyo YA Romance Awards  ::: smirk :::
(Photo Credit: ponsuwan/FreeDigitalPhotos.net)

Best Triangle:  Katniss / Peeta / Gale of the Hunger Games #teampeeta

Sweetie Pie:  Peeta  |  Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins

Pure HOTness:  Adam  |  Shatter Me series by Tahereh Mafi

Best Male Character Voice:  Day  |  Legend series by Marie Lu (I seriously love this guy)

Best Bad Boy:  Warner  |  Shatter Me series by Tahereh Mafi

Toughest Boyfriend:  Four  |  Divergent series by Veronica Roth

Most Intriguing:  Ink  |  Indelible by Dawn Metcalf

Guilty Pleasure: Jacob  |  Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer (admit it, you love him too)

Favorite YA Romance:  June & Day  |  Legend series by Marie Lu Giveaway: Enter to win $5 Amazon Gift Card! a Rafflecopter giveaway Grand Prize Giveaway hosted by Gliterary Girl Media! Make sure to enter my giveaway here on ERArroyo.com, enter for Gliterary Girl's grand prize, and then scroll down to find the other participating blogs and check out their awesome posts and prizes, too! 

I wish you warmth and joy, and I hope you get some time to cuddle up with a book or two this winter.

Enjoy your Winter Nights friends!


To participate in the scavenger hunt, visit the other blogs and find photos of the following items:
Cute White Puppy in a Cup Leaves with the word LOVE cut into them Dish of Colorful Candies A Pencil with a note that says "You Make My Heart Glow" Heart shaped pocket watch hanging in the trees.
To view samples of these image, check out this post. When you find the items on any of the blogs listed below, enter your answers in the Grand Prize Rafflecopter here or on GliteraryGirl.com. a Rafflecopter giveaway Participating Blogs: More Prizes & Scavenger Hunt

Champion by Marie Lu | GG Book Review

My latest book review on Gliterary Girl. Champion, the final book in the Legend series by Marie Lu.

THE GIST: Marie Lu rounded off her series with a solid conclusion. What began as an exhilarating, exciting, and youthful book one, transformed into the intense, heart-wrenching book two, and finished with an unexpected and quite mature end to the series in book three. I struggled a bit with engagement in this one, and that might be entirely because of bad timing on my part, but I felt a little bored in places. Despite that, this book delivered beautiful character development, incredible world building, and painstaking despair that continued to keep me invested in the lead characters Day and June. (click to read more)

Raising A Reader - Fingers Crossed! | Gliterary Girl

Hey all, check out my latest post on GliteraryGirl.com where I discuss my childhood struggles with reading!

As an author and reader, books are obviously a big deal in my home. Clearly, I love to read. But I wasn’t always this way.

Do you ever remember being in class reading from the text-book together and the teacher would call on different students to read the next paragraph aloud? Yeah, I dreaded that. Even more, I dreaded when she would say, “Everyone read page forty-two,” and then she’d sit there and wait. Watching us. Of course, everyone finished but me. So when the discussion began over what everyone else had just read, I was still reading as quickly as I could trying to catch up and never did. Once they started talking, I couldn’t focus on what I was reading... (keep reading...)

Fracture Me by Tahereh Mafi | GG Book Review

What to see what I thought of the latest installment of my favorite series, Shatter Me? Check out my latest review at Gliterary Girl!

Fracture Me by Tahereh Mafi.

Rating: 4 out of 5

THE GIST: I love this series so much! BUT I struggled with this installment, and it had everything to do with the character himself. I flew through this short novella... (keep reading...)

Christmas Giveaway Winners!

Congratulations to Suzy, Anna, & Jessica F! 
You'll be receiving an email from me about your $5 Amazon gift card! 

Merry Christmas everyone!!

GIVEAWAY: The Gift of Books (aka) Amazon Gift Cards

Hey friends! Gliterary Girl's Holiday Wishlist Blog Hop just wrapped up, but I'm still feeling the Christmas spirit, so I'd like to share the gift of books with you!... So... Want a few bucks to put towards your next Kindle ebook purchase? Enter my Christmas Giveaway and tell your friends!

If you're a Sovereign fan, don't forget to look for the sequel in March! If you haven't read Sovereign yet, you should check it out -- it's free! Check out the links in the sidebar! -->

Merry Christmas everybody! a Rafflecopter giveaway

Holiday Giveaways & Guest Post by David Estes

Hey friends! We just wrapped up Gliterary Girl Media's Holiday Wishlist Blog Hop! And I'd like to congratulate Crystal Y on winning a signed copy of SOVEREIGN! 

Getting into the holiday spirit was so much fun, I decided to keep it going! Check back tomorrow when I'll announce a brand new giveaway! Amazon Gift Cards, anyone?

Also, if you missed my latest post on Gliterary Girl, a guest blog by David Estes, check it out...

We had a great time getting to know author David Estes in his interview with Gliterary Girl last week. So much, we decided to have him back! This time, we’ve given him the reigns, and he’s here to share some insight on one of my favorite topics. In fact, what he’s going to share with you is precisely why I couldn’t click “buy now” fast enough for his YA novel Fire Country after reading only the first paragraph. I’ll let David take it from here.

Do All People Sound the Same? 

That’s a stupid question, right? Of course they don’t. In real life everyone is different, everyone has their little nuances, ways of speaking, and unique mannerisms. That’s what makes life interesting and fun. If everyone sounded the same, we’d all die of boredom. There are funny people, serious people, angry people, kind people, and every combination of those qualities and a million other qualities. (...Keep reading on Gliterary Girl)

Holiday Wishlist Blog Hop & Giveaway

**This post is packed with excitement, so please read all the way through!**

1) holiday musings & my wishlist
2) signed paperback giveaway
3) grand prize (where to enter)
4) other blogs participating in the hop Holiday Blog Hop What a great time of year! 

I don't know what things are like in your neck of woods around the holidays but here in Oklahoma, it's cold! And in the Arroyo household, things are busy.

But this year, for the first time, I get to celebrate the holidays as a mom! So what in the world could I possibly wish for? I get to enjoy my little family of three (four if you count the horrible cat that lives here...whom I love/hate).

Nevertheless, here's my list!

1 - It would be a Christmas miracle if my almost 6 month old will sleep through the night

2 - Baby needs books! Enough clothes already, just get us the books! He loves when we read to him. His sweet little hands touch the pages, and his eyes grow wide with wonder as he's lulled by our soothing voices. Yeah, we need more of that. So if any of our family are reading this... BOOKS! (please)

3 - I don't think it'll happen, but it would be awesome if the boots I ordered online would arrive before Christmas.

I know it's short and it's not really a true wish list, but I got a new Kindle for my birthday last month, so there's not much else I could ask for. Christmas with my sweet family, maybe some time to read, even though I'll probably be doing a great deal of editing. Oh, did I mention I finished the sequel to Sovereign? I did :) It's being edited and will be ready to publish in March!
Giveaway What about you? What's on your list? A signed copy of Sovereign perhaps? Well, I just happen to have one. Enter the giveaway here, and then hop on over to the other blogs involved in the hop and see what awesome prizes they're giving away.

Merry Christmas! Have a great holiday!  a Rafflecopter giveaway GRAND PRIZE @ Gliterary Girl After you enter my giveaway, hop over to http://www.gliterarygirl.com/holiday-wishlist-blog-hop to enter for the Grand Prize!  A Book Bag Filled With Swag and Books (Some autographed)

A Gliterary Girl Media Holiday Book Sampler

Your Choice of Two of the Books Within the Sampler

$25 Gift Card

GGM Personalized Notepad

Other Blogs Participating in the Hop

Interview with Indie Author David Estes + Giveaway | Gliterary Girl

Check out my latest post on Gliterary Girl. I got to have a chat with Indie author David Estes and he's giving away some ebooks! Check it out.

Today we’re joined by my new friend David Estes, an awesome Indie author of Children’s and Young Adult books. His career has been (and continues to be) an inspiring one. He began writing in 2010 and has since published 14 books! And GG gets to chat with him. Incredibly prolific, wildly inspiring, and a little silly, here’s David Estes. (read interview)

PAWN by Aimee Carter | Gliterary Girl Book Review

Check out my latest book review for GliteraryGirl.com ... 

THE GIST: This concept was quite clever, and while I was put off by certain aspects, it was interesting and I enjoyed most of the characters. Carter’s best quality was her world-building, as I found it very easy to picture. Some characters may have fallen a tiny bit short of the mark, but I liked them, and that goes a long way with me. ... (keep reading...)