The next hit book by Sarah Beth Durst, author of Into the Wild

This book is based in modern times, up in Alaska and the arctic. Cassie lives with her father and their team at a research station in the middle of the ice-desert. Cassie’s grandmother often told Cassie the story of how her mother was promised to the Polar bear king by her father the North Wind, but then she fell in love with a human man and the Polar Bear King(love him!) agreed to protect her from the North Wind’s wrath, on the condition that their first-born daughter be his wife. But North Wind found her anyway blew her to the edge of the earth to be with the trolls.

Now it’s Cassie’s 18th birthday, and the Polar Bear King has come for her.

Enna Isilee ranted and raved about the awesomeness of this book over at her blog, and now she’s offering anyone an opportunity to own it.

This giveaway is awesome and easy, head here to enter the drawing and to get more information (open to US residents only).

And…if it means that I have to win first for you to win…that’s totally awesome, right?

And you’re probably thinking, “Uh, no, I win, and that’s that.” Just kidding. You’re all nicer than that…I think.

If you stop by Jaclyn Dolamore’s blog, she’s holding this awesome contest where you can win her book (signed AND sketched! Beautiful!), or some other awesome books she’s giving up for grabs!

But if you want to win, you have to say I referred you. Say that “Jacqueline, aka bookbutterfly” referred you, and leave my gmail address, which is lady.dashti(at)gmail(dot)com. Totally awesome, right?

You have until SEPTEMBER 27, SUNDAY, MIDNIGHT EST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! RIGHT NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AND SAY THAT I SENT YOU OVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Like you don’t love them enough. Because I SO DO.

Okay, for starters, I’m uber busy at the moment and won’t get down to real maintenance on any of my blogs until November, so they will be on official hiatus until then. However, because I heart contests will all my heart (that…was weird), I will be doing only posts throughout the hiatus of links to giveaways. So it’s not like a total hiatus. I’m still here. And alive.

I’m really tired at the moment, so I’m just going to sort of NOT ramble through this…and make it short and sweet. Please note that the ones below are ending September 10. I will add on more links for contests that are ending soon (but not ending on September 10).

Ending September 10

• Win three books at Melanie’s Musings
• Win Another Faust at Fantastic Book Review
• Win Shiver at Reverie Book Reviews

Ending September 12

• Win a prize pack from Katie’s Bookshelf

Ending September 13

• Win Dreaming Anastasia from Book Reviews by Jess

Ending September 14

• Win As You Wish from The Book Butterfly

Ending September 15

• Michelle Moran books from Garden in My Pocket
• Michelle Moran books from My Own Little Corner of the World

Ending September 19

• Win The Stolen One and cool swag at Presenting Lenore

A Whole Bunch of Links to Catching Fire Swag Ending September 15

• Presenting Lenore
• The Story Siren
• Pop Culture Junkie
• Frenetic Reader
• GreenBeanTeenQueen
• Book Love Affair
• Luxury Reading
• Booking Mama
• The Discriminating Fangirl
• MORE COMING!

Also, guys, be sure to check out my new giveaway blogroll. There are a few more there, and those will usually be updated first.

Be back later…with more links.

Traveling to Teens is holding a giveaway of Michelle Zink’s Prophecy of the Sisters, a book I simply can’t wait to read. The giveaway ends today though, so I suggest hurrying up to get over there to enter before it’s too late!

Also, be sure to check out that link for another giveaway going on–Another Faust by Daniel and Dina Nayeri. I love the cover (yes, I can be a bit of a cover snob). This one started a little later, so you still have time to enter until September 10!

Want even MORE books? Go to Bloody Bookaholic’s contest going on right now until September 27. You have to see how many books are available. It is MIND-BLOWING, seriously. If you decide to sign up, be sure to say that I was your referrer (please?)! You get an extra entry for saying who your referrer was.

Yes, even more contests…

I’m proud to admit it: I am a Bloomsbury geek. So when I saw that Presenting Lenore was holding a contest of ALL Bloomsbury books (yes, including some Shannon Hale books thrown into the bunch), my jaw dropped. Really. My mouth was hanging open. Go take a look at it. Go. NOW.

I know some of you guys really liked Mary E. Pearson’s The Adoration of Jenna Fox (which is coming out in paperback in a few days! I can’t wait to get my hands on that one), so I bet you’re getting hyped up for The Miles Between. Mrs. Magoo Reads is giving away three copies of the latter novel–just check out the trailer for the book at Mrs. Magoo’s blog and enter!

I think you guys like historical fiction…well, I do anyway. The Story Siren is giving away two of Michelle Moran’s books…and these look really interesting. Probably really good reads if you’re taking AP World History (I dropped last year…this year I’m taking APUSH…but still, these look GOOD. I love historical fiction). Check it out!

I believe that’s all…I’ll let you guys know of any more that pop up!

edit: Yes, there are more! If you’d like to win Eyes Like Stars by Lisa Mantchev, your chance awaits you here!

Coming 12/22/09 from Bloomsbury…

Nimira is a music-hall girl used to dancing for pennies. So when wealthy sorcerer Hollin Parry hires her to sing accompaniment to a mysterious piano-playing automaton, Nimira believes it will be the start of a better life. In Parry’s world, long-buried secrets are about to stir. Unsettling rumors begin to swirl about ghosts, a madwoman roaming the halls, and Parry’s involvement in a group of corrupt sorcerers for whom the rules of the living and dead are meant to be broken for greater power. When Nimira discovers the spirit of a dashing fairy gentleman is trapped within the automaton, she is determined to break the curse. But even as the two fall into a love that seems hopeless, breaking the curse becomes a perilous race against time. Because it’s not just the future of these star-crossed lovers that’s at stake, but the fate of the entire magical world.

Want to win an ARC with original sketches from the author inside? See http://fabulousfrock.livejournal.com for details!

(I WANT this book. Badly. The cover is really pretty, and the premise sounds neat! And yay for authors with a similar name to mine!! )

So, readers, as you may well know, I’ve been saying over and over again that I would do blog maintenance. And I have been doing it, but just not recently.

If you want major blog maintenance, HERE YA GO. You’re welcome to it.

And yes, I am speaking of major blog maintenace. Major as in “I’m changing my blog title.”

If you object, by all means, do so. Look at the poll below, and vote! Easy, right? If you’re curious as to my takes on the titles below, read below the poll.

Butterfly Forest. I love the current title. I do. I just think that this would be better to label my whole “favorites” system rather than name the whole blog after it.

Read.Write. Watch. Listen. One of my favorites, from the list. But I think there are many similar blog titles out there, and I don’t want it to get all mixed up, plus I don’t want to seem like I’m stealing other people’s ideas.

Clean for Teens. Another favorite. This sounds fresh and new, perfect for a blog that I’m trying to make exactly that (when it’s actually stale and old ). In addition, it sums up my blog: everything I review is clean for teens.

Books, Movies, and Music: A Nerdette’s Outlook/A Nerdette’s Outlook on Books, Movies, and Music. I’m a little more partial to the first; the second is a little too lengthy and wordy, even though it just has the word “on” added to it. I also love how fresh the basic premise of the title is. I am a nerdette, after all.

Notes from the Nerdette. Cute! But this sounds better for a personal blog, not a review blog.

The Blog Around the Corner. I. LOVE. THIS. ONE. Sadly, this one has been taken by another blog (google it), but I really would love to owe a nod to one of my favorite, most bookish movies ever, You’ve Got Mail. So cute.

Quality: A Review Blog. This one is quite cute, really. It’s a nod to Funny Face, another of my favorite movies. But people, with this in mind, might think this is a fashion blog in which I review new trends or certain kinds of clothing or whatever. Which I don’t.

The Entertainment Database/Entertainment Express. Meh. I don’t care for either one all that much. Although books are considered a branch of “entertainment”, people seldom think of it that way–”entertainment” usually signifies movies and music, and though I review both, I’m going to review more books than films or albums.

Persuasion. As much as I love the book, and this wouldn’t make all that bad a blog title, it sounds too forceful for a review blog. In some ways, I do persuade people to read or watch or listen to whatever I’m reviewing, but that’s not all I’m going to do. Plus, this also sounds more like a Jane Austen blog title. I love Austen blogs, but I just don’t think it’s going to work for my blog.

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Don’t let my comments constrain you from your decision on the poll! Just choose what you like after reading my comments on each of my possible titles, and vote. If you don’t think your vote counts, trust me, it DOES. I will choose whichever gets the most votes.

Also, stay tuned next week! I’m off from class, and I will be doing more writing and blogging–yes, folks, that includes writing REVIEWS!! And, I’ll be introducing a new game next week. It is FUN. The prizes will be virtual lollipops of whatever shape, size, color, and flavor you wish.

♥BB

This week stunk. And so did like…the past weeks that I didn’t do this. So, here is a quick retrospective of my stinky weeks in which I did nothing. Thank goodness for Netflix.

What I Finished This Week

• None. Fail already.

What I’m Reading Now

• Prada and Prejudice by Mandy Hubbard
• River Secrets (The Books of Bayern #3) by Shannon Hale
• Boston Jane: An Adventure (Boston Jane #1) by Jennifer L. Holm
• Sorcery and Cecilia or the Enchanted Chocolate Pot by Patricia Wrede and Caroline Stevermer

What I’m Reviewing Now

• See last time’s TFPWU…fail again.

What I’ve Watched

• Ballet Shoes (2007)
• WALL-E (2008)
• Chocolat (2000)
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
• I Dream of Jeannie: Season Four (Discs One, Two, and Three) (1968)
• Kit Kittredge: An American Girl (2008)
• Mary Tyler Moore: Season One (Disc One) (1970)
• Victoria and Albert (2001)

What I’m Watching Now

• Not quite sure what I’ll be watching next…probably the fourth disc of IDoJ Season Four, and another watch of North and South.

Who and What I’m Listening To Now

• Not much…although my mom has been playing an awful lot of ABBA ever since we saw Mamma Mia!, and that’s all that’s been ringing in my head as of late. (same from last time)
• “Unglamorous” by Lori McKenna–amazing, cute song! I have no idea why I didn’t buy this earlier!
• I’ve been playing a lot of Anna Nalick, as well. I guess I’ve sort of “rediscovered” her music…especially “Paper Bag”, “Forever Love (Digame)”, “In the Rough”, and “Citadel”.

Again, if you guys think I should write a review on any of the stuff that I do a weekly update on, let me know and LEAVE A COMMENT!!!!!!!! I can’t read your mind, so tell me!

Okay, so it seems that HMHY was really, really, really, dreadfully unpopular, but thank you so much to sweet Priya for entering! You won, so I’ll be working on a review of Up soon and send it to you asap! (I am figuring out a new way to do reviews that YOU guys want to read. Come back soon to hear more about it!) Also, I just found out that there are several giveaways going around at the moment. This is what I love about YA: you have the chance to get a book you really want for free, because someone is always giving it away.

• If you’d like a shot at winning Cayla Kluver’s Legacy, head on over to “La Femme Readers”–there’s an awesome giveaway going on over there. Click here!
• You can win Graceling, The Hunger Games, or Water for Elephants over at “Today’s Adventure”. Check it out!

If you’ve read at least one or two of my reviews, you will realize that they are not exactly like other reviews; not only do they give a good idea as to whether a book, movie, or album is of high-quality or not, but they also help my readers–they give them information that would take them a few extra minutes if they had to wait for that product’s Amazon page to load. I think of my reviews as almost part of a database, like IMDb–it includes my thoughts and a summary, but it also has several other tidbits as well.

With this said, I think I better make this next part clear: I have no idea what to review next. That is, I’m going to write another movie review, but I’m sort of stuck on which one to do. Since my family is getting Netflix, you would think I would have plenty to write about. And I do. And that, my readers, is my problem. I’m a rather indecisive reviewer. Actually, I’m just indecisive overall.

Anyhow, I need you guys to basically help me help you all get another review. But it’s going to be like a contest. Basically, you give me entries for what movie you want reviewed, and, next week, I’ll do a random number generator and whoever has that number and picked a movie for that entry will win…a review!

Okay, I know this sounds dumb, but I can’t afford to get a prize and send it out. Anyway, I don’t think my mom would let me.

There’s just one rule: comment, leave your e-mail address (please write it in the safe way–e.g., my.name(at)website(dot)com), and state ONE MOVIE PER ENTRY from the list I have at the end of this post.

Most blog contests have a system in which they incorporate a number of entries, so I’m going to do the same:

• 1+ Comment on this post (again, with your E-MAIL) and state which movie you want
• 2+ Send me an e-mail or put in your comment a question for me to put in the forthcoming FAQ page. It doesn’t have to be formal; it can be a joke, a random question (e.g., “What is your favorite color?”), a question about my opinions, anything. But questions like, “Where do you live?” and “How old are you?” are prohibited, even though most people may know one or the other or both of those questions’ answers. NO PRIVATE QUESTIONS.
• 3+ Each time you link anywhere; it can be anywhere you please EXCEPT for MySpace, simply because I’m not allowed to go on there and can’t verify where you link myself. Leave a comment or e-mail me with a link to where you linked. You can link on your blog, Twitter, Facebook…anywhere! Just let me know where. Also, I’m going to make a tweet that you can RT for three more entries.
• 4+ For following my blog!

Questions I Am Sure You Will Have:

• Can I make my first entry for one movie, my second entry for another movie, my third for a different movie, and so on? Absolutely. Enter in one movie per entry as erratically as you wish.
• If I make three separate posts this week, and in each post I mention and link to this post/blog, does that count for three entries? YES! Absolutely.
• What if I tweet about the contest in several intervals? Go right ahead. If you tweet a number of times (including RTing), it counts as that times three. Same goes for Facebook.
• What must I write in a comment? It is absolutely, positively, VITAL to have your e-mail and the movie you chose for that entry.
• I don’t see any movies I want reviewed. Will you being doing this again soon? Yes! I’m planning on doing a music one for my album reviews, if this goes well.
• Anything else that you should tell me? Yeah. There’s a catch, sort of. The movie you pick won’t necessarily get a good review just because it was your favorite movie.
• Do I get recognition? You get mentioned in the beginning of the review, and you will have a post announcing you as the winner (if you are the winner). But if and when I post reviews on other sites (e.g., Amazon), that will not be put on there.
• Can I make an entry a movie I haven’t seen but am interested in? Definitely, as long as it’s on the list.
• What are your reviews like? I did a review on Ratatouille last summer. All movie reviews will be formatted just like it.
• When is the last day to submit entries and enter? Next Tuesday, July 28, 2009, 11:59:59 PST
• Who do I e-mail to who? What should the subject of the e-mail be? E-mail me, bookbutterfly, at lady(d0t)dashti(at)gmail(dot)com, or bookbutterflyangel(at)yahoo(dot)com. If it is regarding a linked entry, please state so in the subject; if you have a question or comment (which I would love to hear, even if a comment is negative), please state that in the subject. Please write either “Help Me Help You”, “Help Me Help You Contest”, or “HMHY” somewhere in the subject; it would help me sort out my regular mail from ones for this contest.

THE MOVIES*

• Up (2009)
• Lost in Austen (2008)
• The Mission (1986)
• Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008)
• Little Dorrit (2008)
• Mamma Mia! (2008)
• The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1996)
• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
• Ballet Shoes (2007)
• North and South (2004)

*This list may grow throughout the week, though I can’t say for certain, so check back often!

What I Finished This Week

• Once Upon a Curse by E.D. Baker

What I’m Reading Now

• River Secrets (The Books of Bayern #3) by Shannon Hale
• Boston Jane: An Adventure (Boston Jane #1) by Jennifer L. Holm
• Wildwood Dancing by Juliet Marillier

What I’m Reviewing Now

• See last week’s TFPWU…

What I’ve Watched

• Mamma Mia! (2008)
• I Dream of Jeannie: Season Three (Disc Four) (1967)
• The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1996)
• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)

What I’m Watching Now

• Not quite sure what I’ll be watching next…maybe Ballet Shoes (2007)?

Who and What I’m Listening To Now

• Not much…although my mom has been playing an awful lot of ABBA ever since we saw Mamma Mia!, and that’s all that’s been ringing in my head as of late.

edit: P.S. If you guys think I should write a review on any of the stuff that I do a weekly update on, let me know and LEAVE A COMMENT!!!!!!!! I can’t read your mind, so tell me!