Top Ten Tuesday: 2013 Debuts I'm Looking Forward To

Geez, it seems like this week it's all about Debut Authors for 2013! And what a perfect way of announcing my participation in the 2013 Debut Author Challenge than this weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish.

The challenge consists of reading 12 books in 2013 that are author debuts, and I'm so excited for quite a few. So the topic for this week's Top Ten Tuesday is perfect! I will also be participating in another 2013 challenge, so look out for that soon! Now on to the TOP 3 list! I really wish I had the top 10 books, but I just started looking into this challenge, and haven't really heard much about other debuts! Let me know if you've heard of anything else that might sound interesting!

3. The Archived (The Archived #1), by Victoria Schwab

I've been so excited about this book since I saw it on NetGalley! Looks like such an amazing novel! I love the idea about the dead being stored like books on shelves; I just love books about books!

2. Nobody But Us, by Kristin Halbrook

This looks like such an amazing story! Also, if you get a chance to visit the YA Highway post on other authors and people in the industry recreating this cover, you'll laugh so hard it's awesome! I've heard great things about this one!

1. Altered (Altered #1), by Jennifer Rush

Ahhhhh sounds amazing! I've seriously never heard of something like this before, it sounds like a really interesting idea that I was kind of hesitant about, but I've heard so many good things about this book it's hard not to want to read it.

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Once Upon a Readathon! Day 2

PHEW! This readathon has been brutal!... for me, anyway.
So day 2 meant Book 2, which was Crossed, by Ally Condie...

Aaaaaand....*drumroll*

I FINISHED as of Tuesday, 5:00PM CST

10:45 PM Started Daughter of Smoke and Bone, by Laini Taylor
10:50 Participated in Bailey's (IB Book Blogging) Mini Challenge.

Two questions:

What is your favorite cover that has been revealed this summer and why? Post a link or picture of the cover if you want.
Aaaaaah! So excited for this one, it's actually Clockwork Princess, by Cassandra Clare which was just revealed today!
Here's the cover:

I guess it's my favorite cover because it's a book I've been waiting for for so long, and I can't believe it will be here in almost a year! But, I'll have to wait and see!

Do you rely on the cover to help you choose whether you want to read a book or not?

If I'm completely honest, then yes. I do. Beautiful covers attract my eye at the store a lot more than simple ones. They make me read the back of the book, and sometimes they're so pretty I just want to have them on my bookshelf... BUT I have been disappointed quite a few times after I did this, so I've stopped buying books because of their cover alone.

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Once Upon a Read-a-Thon!

I decided to join my first ever read a thon! I'm so excited for this one! It will run from July 9-11 and I'll just have four books on my to-read list 'cause I'm not sure how that will go. The books will be:

-A Clash of Kings, by George R. R. Martin (currently reading, so I hope to finish it then!)
-The Iron King, by Julie Kagawa
-Crossed, by Ally Condie
-Daughter of Smoke and Bone, by Laini Taylor

Click on the picture below for more info!

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Review Copy Clean Up!

Sign up now! I'll be participating in this challenge to read out review books, and you can do so, too! (Follow the link with the image)

Welcome to the 2012 Review Copy Cleanup!

My bookish friend, Celine from Nyx Book Reviews and I were getting swamped in review books. We decided to make it all a bit more fun and are challenging you all to read your review copies with us! Clean up that big pile of books this March and join the Review Copy Cleanup. We have lots of fun challenges and tons of prizes in store for you guys, so make sure to join us on a quest to clean up our review copy pile and to have some fun in the process. 

Challenge guidelines:

✦ This challenge runs from 1 to 31 March, 2012
✦ Sign-ups are open until 15 March 2012. After that the linky list will be closed and participation in the challenges and giveaways won't be possible for anyone who hasn't previously signed up.
✦ To sign up, just fill in the Mister Linky form below. Link to your sign up post directly, please! The Linky is the same for both our blogs, so you only have to sign up once.
✦ When you post your sign up post on your blog, either include the challenge button with your post or link it back to this article so that people know where to sign up. Thank you! 
✦ Every book you received for review counts towards the challenge, both ebooks and hard copies, including all genres and lengths.
✦ You don't need to follow the two hosts in order to be able to sign up for the event (although it's appreciated), but you do have to follow us in order to be able to enter our giveaways. In order to be entered in the giveaway, simply complete the given challenge and add the link to your post in the linky list.
✦ Challenges will be posted every week on Fridays and will last throughout the week until Thursday the next week. Every challenge ends with a giveaway. To enter in the challenges and giveaways, simply add the link to your challenge post in the Linky list in the main challenge post. It will be posted on both blogs.
✦ At the end of the event we will host our Massive Giveaway. This contains tons of prizes donated by awesome authors. All you'll need to do in order to enter this giveaway is to fill in a Rafflecopter form - as simple as that. :)
✦ Most of our giveaways will be open INTERNATIONALLY but you'll find all the relevant info about each giveaway when we post the challenges.
✦ Feel free to use the #RCCleanup hashtag on Twitter for your RCC related tweets or join in the Twitter party athttp://tweetchat.com/room/RCCleanup and meet lots of lovely bloggers :)

Challenge schedule:

✦ March 2 - Show Off Your Pile
✦ March 9 - Cuddle Up With a Book
✦ March 16 - Don't Be Such a Tease!
✦ March 23 - Mysterious Meet-up
✦ March 30 - Love Will Find a Way

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