Cool Young Adult Related Information

Besides my "Saving Shrinking Violet" email I got the other day, I got several others about info that I thought you may be interested in.
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The first is for a really cool signing happening with one of my favorite authors, Melissa Kantor, in NYC on the 11th. All the info is pasted below.

"Attention all tween girls in the NYC area!

The Amanda Project is the first series that invites tween girls to become a part of the mystery and contribute their own stories and ideas! Come celebrate the publication of the first in the 8-book series - Invisible I - and launch of The Amanda Project!

Hear author Melissa Kantor read from the book and talk about writing collaborative fiction.

AND, in the spirit of Amanda, we're also taking submissions from tween girls who aspire to be writers! Send your latest piece of fiction (up to 500 words) to events@theamandaproject.com, and we'll pick a select group of writers to read at the event!

For more information:
www.theamandaproject.com/tappresents-10-11

events@theamandaproject.com
www.myspace.com/the-amanda-project"

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Also, Gilda's Club New York City is sponsoring a teen essay contest. The topic is sharing your experinces with Cancer. Once again, the info is pasted below.

"GILDA’S CLUB LAUNCHES “IT’S ALWAYS SOMETHING” TEEN ESSAY CONTEST TO PROVIDE A FORUM FOR TEENS TO SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCES WITH CANCER.

Gilda’s Club New York City, a cancer support community named for the late comedian Gilda Radner, launches its inaugural Teen Essay Contest.

NEW YORK – ( September 28, 2009) – Are you a high school student who has been impacted by cancer? Gilda’s Club New York City is launching its inaugural “It’s Always Something” Teen Essay Contest to provide high school students with a forum for sharing their stories about living with cancer. Teens may submit an essay about the experience of their own cancer diagnosis, a family member or friend living with cancer, or the loss of a loved one to cancer. Celebrity Judges include Alan Zweibel – Emmy-winning writer and close friend of Gilda Radner, Matthew Zachary – Founder of I’m Too Young For This! Cancer Foundation, William Sherman – Pulitzer Prize-winning writer for New York Daily News, and Tonya Hurley – author of the NY Times best-selling “ghostgirl” novels.

More than 70% of teens have been impacted by a cancer diagnosis yet teens are often an overlooked audience, especially regarding cancer prevention and dealing with the social and emotional needs brought about by cancer. Nationwide, 25% of families with a cancer diagnosis have children under the age of 18. “Our primary objective is to provide a forum for teens, grades 9-12, to share their experiences with cancer and more importantly, raise awareness of the issues teens face when they are living with cancer. By partnering with local schools and community organizations, we are hoping that our inaugural ‘It’s Always Something’ Teen Essay Contest will open the door for teens to express themselves and provide an opportunity for our community to hear what they have to say about life with cancer” says Lily Safani, CEO of Gilda’s Club New York City.

Essays must be postmarked by Friday, October 23, 2009. The contest is open to all high school students who are legal residents of the 50 states or the District of Columbia. Subject to official rules available at: www.gildasclubnyc.org. Or write: Gilda’s Club New York City, c/o "It’s Always Something" Teen Essay Contest, 195 W. Houston St., New York, N.Y. 10014. The essay winner will receive a $250 Apple gift card. A ceremony for all participants will be held at Gilda’s Club New York City on January 14, 2010.

About Gilda’s Club New York City

Gilda’s Club New York City creates welcoming communities of free support for everyone living with cancer – men, women, teens and children – along with their families and friends. Our innovative program is an essential complement to medical care, providing networking and support groups, workshops, lectures and social activities, all free of charge."

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Hope you check these events out! =)

~ Lauren

Teenreads.com 2009 Reader Survey

Do want to win one book out 775? Well, Teenreads is hosting there annual Reader Survey on their website, where if you participate you get entered to win a book out of a 27 available titles. This includes Catching Fire (!!!!), Shiver (!!!), and plenty of other drool worthy books.

In the survey teens will be asked some of the following questions:

-How often they buy books and where they shop
-How often they visit the library and/or take out books
-What kinds of books they are interested in reading
-Who and what influence their reading selections
-How they feel about required summer reading
-What they think about eBooks and digital reading devices
-What their other media habits are

The survey can be found here. It will take an estimated 15 minutes. Also, this survey will be closed on August 31 and is open to the world. Though, only participants from the US or Canada can win the chance of getting a new book.

Some Great Summer Reads!

Are you looking for some fantastic reads to occupy your summer? Well, look no further than Penguins new Darken Your Days website which features books from You Are So Undead To Me to Strange Angles to the Vampire Academy series.

Also, here are some cool videos I was sent this past week:

The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod: Tenth Grade Bleeds Trailer:



Darken Your Summer Days Trailer:

Review Policy and Other Info About Lauren's Crammed Bookshelf

In order to somewhat clean up my sidebars I've decided to make a page detailing my review policy ( it's even going a bit more in depth and some things are changing), stats, and other info.

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Authors/Publishers:

I'm all for accepting books for review, so if you have a book coming out soon that you have written or are trying to get buzz about, please feel free to contact me.

I accept books that have the following criteria:

~ Must be published through a publishing house, big or small doesn't matter.
~ Must be YA ( Young Adult) or have a YA crossover appeal
~ Can be a E-Book though only if you are being published by a major publisher ( Harper Collins, Simon and Schuster, Penguin, Random House, Hyperion, Houghton Mifflin, Egmont, ex.) Sorry!

Also, as of January 2, 2010, I do not guarantee a review for each book received. Though, it is very high chance I will still review your book no matter what.

Other than that, feel free to send an email to LaurensCrammedBookshelf@gmail.com with info about your book(s). I look forward to hearing from you.

Stats:

I have had over 74,900 views from December 2008 to March 21, 2010 with about 120-180 per day, which average to be about 1,000 per week according to my Google Analytics Account,when updated. *

I currently have 973 followers and 1,020 subscribers from google reader. *

I have been posting since June 2008 with about 5-11 posts per week.

Interviews/ Guest Blogs:

I’m okay with doing either. So, if you would like to do one just email me at the address above and I’ll set it up. You can provide the guest topic if you would like.

Link Exchanges:

If you have a blog of your own and would like to do a link exchange, you can leave a comment in my chat box, on a post, or email me and I will add you pronto.

If you have questions or just want to talk:
You can email me at the above email address, leave a message in my chat box, send a message through myspace, ex.

Contact info:

Email: LaurensCrammedBookshelf@gmail.com

FTC Disclosure:

Most of the books reviewed here on Lauren's Crammed Bookshelf have been sent to me by publishers or authors in exchange for an HONEST review. I would also like to state by saying this that not at any time have I received money for posting my thoughts on a book. Lastly, when a book has been received for review it will always say under the 'source' portion of my review that it has.

Oh, and one last thing, when posting links to author website, youtube, amazon, goodreads, exc. I am not receiving at any time money by doing so.

* All facts with * are from July 29, 2010 and have probably changed since then.

A Great Opportunity and A Cool Link

Tanya Egan Gibson, author of the upcoming adult/teen book How To Buy a Love of Reading which will be released May 14 (check out the book trailer here), is offering readers the chance to share stories about how reading changed their lives on a new part of her site.

All submissions will be posted (subject to approval to weed out spam and profanity), and between now and the novel's release date on May 14th, three of them then will be chosen to be made into flash-animated "books" on the site's virtual bookshelf. Also, the three winners will win a signed copy of How To Buy a Love of Reading.

Basically it's a win win situation, that I will defintly be taking part in and I hope you do too. :)

Also, recently, author Brent Hartinger ( author of Project Sweet Life) sent me an email that linked to a Harry Potter vs. Twilight discussion where an hour-long debate occurred between a few teens. He ended up compiling all of the footage into an eight minute video, which he hopes you will check out here.