New Year, New Books Day 27: Emma Pass + Acid

Welcome to Day 27 of New Year, New Books! Today I'm featuring...

Emma Pass

-author of Acid (March 11th, 2014)

I am this Alasia girl right now.

Emma is such an amazing person. Seriously. She sent me an ARC of ACID all the way from the UK! Like,  A PARCEL FROM THE UK *jumps up and down* In addition to that, she's also written an AMAZING book! Acid has already been released to those lucky readers in the UK, but for you Americans, Emma and Delacorte Press are giving away an ARC for US residents!!!

Title: Acid
Author: Emma Pass
Shelves: Young Adult, Science Fiction, Dystopia
Publication Date: March 11th, 2014 (US)
Publisher: Delacorte Press

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Summary from Goodreads: The year is 2113. In Jenna Strong's world, ACID—the most brutal controlling police force in history—rule supreme. No throwaway comment or whispered dissent goes unnoticed—or unpunished. And it was ACID agents who locked Jenna away for life, for a horrendous crime she struggles to remember. But Jenna's violent prison time has taught her how to survive by any means necessary. 

When a mysterious rebel group breaks her out, she must use her strength, speed, and skill to stay one step ahead of ACID, and try to uncover the truth about what really happened on that terrible night two years ago. They have taken her life, her freedom, and her true memories away from her. How can she reclaim anything when she doesn't know who to trust?

Strong, gritty writing, irresistible psychological suspense, and action consume the novel as Jenna struggles to survive against the all-controlling ACID. Seriously sinister stuff.

A peek inside Emma's "Desk"

Emma's website|Goodreads author page

I have a confession to make. I don't have an author's desk. I own a desk – it’s on the landing, in an alcove which used to be an airing cupboard – but I don't write there.

I used to work at a one when we lived in a tiny flat and the only space I had to write was a corner of our living room. And when we moved to this house, I had every intention of turning the spare room into a study and spending hours in there, being productive and organised.

Only it didn't happen.

The spare room faces north, and has two outside walls, so it's cold, and not very well lit. Sitting for hours in a chair hurt my back, and if the phone rang I had to run all the way downstairs, hoping whoever was calling didn't ring off before I got there (I never, ever remember to take the phone with me when I'm doing things upstairs). Plus we needed a room to store, well, stuff in… you can see where this is going.

Decamping to our sofa was the best decision I ever made. I'm within easy reach of the kettle (the kitchen is next door), it's cosy, I have a view up the garden, and best of all, G-Dog likes to snuggle up to me and keep me warm on those cold winter days (as I type this, he's s t r e t c h e d right out beside me with his head on my arm).

So I can't give you a peek inside my author's desk, but here is my author's sofa, complete with author's dog!

***GIVEAWAY***

One lucky US ONLY winner will receive an ARC of ACID! And, one lucky INTERNATIONAL winner will receive ACID postcards! 

Rules of Entry:

1) ARC open to US residents only.

2) Postcards open INTERNATIONALLY.

3) The winner has 48 hours to respond to my email, or else I will be forced to pick a new winner.

4) The prizes will be sent out at the publisher's/author's discretion.
5) Please actually take the time to read this post with Emma. Authors are crazy busy, and deserve as much love as you can give them.

5) GOOD LUCK!

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***Grand Prize Giveaway***

2 Surprise 2014 ARCs + swag

Yep, these will be from my own shelf. Yep, this giveaway is open INTERNATIONALLY. Yep, it is a surprise and I am not telling you what the ARCs will be but here's an idea of what MIGHT be in it:

Any of these books are fair game! But in the end, the winner will only get 2. And I promise that the surprise ARCs will be good:)

Here are the rules of entry:

1) OPEN INTERNATIONALLY
2) The winner has 48 hours to respond to my email. If not, I will have to pick a new winner. 

3) The prize will be sent out at my discretion, so I might take me a little longer than a week to get it to you.

4) In order to earn the maximum amount of entries, you can comment on EVERY SINGLE DAY of New Year, New Books!

5) GOOD LUCK!

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