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Alpha Showdown 2013: Nominations!

The Alpha Showdown is my favorite event here at VBC, because readers get so involved. And they’re good-natured smack talk. Well, you will be happy to know it’s time to start the preliminary work for the third annual Alpha Showdown. A quick explanation for those unfamiliar with our annual May shenanigans (Alpha Showdown 2011, Alpha Showdown 2012). We pit sixteen characters from novels published...

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Two Giveaway Thursday – International Edition: Rachel Vincent & Tom Pollock

Two Giveaway Thursday is back, again, and I know the international readers have been waiting for a contest open to them. (Sara H., I’m looking at you!) Well, here we go. Both giveaways today are open internationally, provided that The Book Depository ships to your country. Today I’m giving away two of my favorite books from 2012. The first is Rachel Vincent’s Shadow Bound. It’s...