TBR Thursday {2} & The Secret Year Giveaway

Time for this week's Bookaholics Anonymous meeting. So hi, my name's Melanie and I'm addicted to books. This week I purchased 5 books. Yes 5, but I'm going to bury my shame and only tell you about the last one I picked up.

Last Book Purchased:

The Secret Year, by Jennifer R. Hubbard

Synopsis from Goodreads:

Colt and Julia were secretly together for a year, and no one ever knew, not even Julia's boyfriend. Why would they-they were from two different crowds. Julia lived in her country club world and Colt . . . didn't.

Then Julia dies in a car accident. Colt is devastated but can't mourn openly, and he's tormented that he may have played a part in her death. And when Julia's journal ends up in his hands, he is forced to relive their year together-just when he is trying to forget. The problem is, how do you get over someone who was never really yours to begin with?

And here's why I purchased it:

I've been wanting to read this book for some time now but haven't gotten around to it since it was not available on my Nook and required a trek to the Barnes & Noble in the suburbs. However, I recently made the trip and picked up not only a copy for myself but one for a lucky blog follower as well. (Giveaway details below) It's a beautiful book. The cover feels like satin. I looked like a freak rubbing it in the aisle at B&N, but once you touch it, you'll understand.

TBR Books:

Click on the book cover for a synopsis

 1. Amaretto Flame, Sammie Spencer

 2. Wither, Lauren DeStefano

 3. Seed, Ania Ahlborn

 4. Legend, Marie Lu

 5. Starcrossed, Josephine Angelini

 6. Darkness Becomes Her, Kelly Keaton

 7. A Need So Beautiful

 8. Carrier of the Mark, Leigh Fallon

 9. Half-Blood, Jennifer L. Armentrout

 10. The Book of Lost Souls, Michelle Muto


Okay, so now for the Giveaway details...

The rules are simple. If you want this lovely paperback copy (and if you haven't read it yet, trust me you want it) just follow these steps:

1) Be a follower of this blog
2) Leave me a comment below with either your email address or Twitter handle so I can contact the winner.

Contest closes at midnight on Wednesday 8/17/2011. Good luck to everyone who enters!!


Also, if you want to join me on TBR Thursday you can link up below!!!

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