You may not have noticed how quiet it’s been on the blog this month for me, but it has been. Many of the posts were written weeks ago and run on autopost. I’ve been knee deep in Cybils reading and taking part in Nanowrimo.

I’ve had this book idea in my head for a while, and I wanted to take advantage of the forced word count to get it out. I’m a deadline driven person. In taking part, I forced myself to meet (and exceed) the daily word count to finish my 50,000 words in — get this — 21 days. Now that the month’s over, I’ve hit over 55,000 words. I’m knee deep in editing and already have another idea or two brewing in my head.

I wanted to take the first of the month to give a shout out the awesome cheerleaders I had along the way. You know who you are and I apologize for the bad art and zombie jokes. Thank you guys! I am completely and utterly flattered.

As a big thank you, I’m giving away 2 — yes 2 — finished copies of what I think is my favorite 2010 read, Courtney Summers’s forthcoming Fall For Anything.

When I say I don’t get emotional about many books, I mean it. It’s rare I cry or shout or want to tear the limbs off a character to make them understand what s/he is doing. I wanted to do all three while reading Fall For Anything. I don’t know if it’s okay to call it a favorite because it is a book that hurts, but it’s a good hurt and if hurting is wrong, I don’t want to be right.

This is a US-only giveaway. I will post my review on December 21 — release date — and I’ll pick the winners on December 22. You can read a fuller description here of the book. To date, it’s already garnered 2 starred reviews, including one from my review source of choice, Kirkus.

I might throw in a copy or two of a James Frey title, too. I know how much Courtney adores him.*

*I think A Million Little Pieces would be a fabulous companion to Fall For Anything, don’t you?