About a week ago, I realized that we had two (yes, 2) ARCs of Jennifer L Armentrout’s soon to be released book, Cursed. ”What a shame,” I thought. “This book needs to be shared with our readers.” And so the whole WIN A COPY OF CURSED Contest was born. Now I was getting bored of the traditional means of entering contests on blogs. I mean, there’s only so many times you can ask someone to follow you on Twitter or Facebook! So I fished around for possible means of entry. JL Armentrout herself suggested we poll our entrants to see how they kiss a significant other if touching would kill him/her. Then one of our fab readers, Andrea, suggested Haiku.
I gotta be honest: at first I was all, What? That can’t be a way to enter. That’s just weird. What would the haiku even be about? But the more I thought about it, the more I absolutely adored her idea because it’s creative and a chance to showcase all the talent you readers have. So Andrea, thank you; brilliant idea.
Now your entries were nothing short of awesome. They truly were. Your capacity for creativity is limitless and I just had to share these haiku (or simply, poems) with everyone else because, well, because I can and besides, any poetry that utilizes the words dude or amazesauce must be immortalized. First let me set the mood:
Wow, I feel so ready for some haiku!
Cursed to live without Love,
But at least she’s not alone,
But who could have thought,
A girl could live without a,
Kiss goodnight
-Ginamarie
You guys rock my socks
With your clever book reviews
I love reading them
-Carole
dude, i can’t touch you
i know that this isn’t fair
put them lips away
-Ashley
This haiku probably won’t be well versed
But I’d really like a copy of Cursed
Jennifer’s books make my heart happy
And take my mind away
-Jennifer H.
Cursed will be great
like Half Blood and Obsidian
JLA is amazesauce
-Teresa
Green eyes burn me
Light caressing skin
I need a cold shower
-Mollie H.
Hard not to love
something so amazing
as Jen’s creations
-Alaiel K.
jennifer armen-
trout; i love her books and how
she writes such hot boys
-Eva
Haiku, my idea.
I Love YA Fiction rocks.
Made me feel special.
-Andrea
Jennifer works hard.
Jennifer likes zombie flicks.
Jennifer’s awesome.
-Andrea
I died and that sucks.
If I kiss boys, they die, too.
That sucks even more.
-Andrea
Let’s get real now: which is your fave?
Andrea
/ July 14, 2012Glad people liked my idea! Sometimes it’s nice to have to think to enter these contests … as long as I don’t have to think too hard!
I’m going to do the totally selfish thing and say that I like one of my haikus the best
I died and that sucks.
If I kiss boys, they die, too.
That sucks even more.
-Andrea
For overall poetry, I like Ginamarie’s
Cursed to live without Love,
But at least she’s not alone,
But who could have thought,
A girl could live without a,
Kiss goodnight
-Ginamarie
Thanks for using my idea! It was fun!
I Love YA Fiction
/ July 14, 2012Totally agree: traditional entries were getting a bit tired and it’s fun to do something different…as long as you don’t have to think or mull over it too much! Ha. I really liked all the entries but if pressed to pick one in the funniest category, it’s Ashley’s:
dude, i can’t touch you
i know that this isn’t fair
put them lips away
-Ashley
Obviously there’s other categories I liked too: one that best toots the horn of I Love YA Fiction; one that best used the word “amazesauce”; one that is most Haiku-like. Haha! Great idea!