Book Spotlight Giveaway! Delirium by Lauren Oliver

I have sooooo many books! The Book Spotlight Giveaway feature that I post every Saturday is a way for me to clear my shelves and to share some of the many books I have. This feature is a way for my to cull my collection and to give someone else the opportunity to enjoy these treasures.

I've read Delirium and loved it. At the time, it took me a few steps outside of my comfort zone, being one of the first dystopian novels that I had read. But I really enjoyed discovering this whole new genre. I have book #2, Pandemoniumon, my TBR shelf and I really need to pull it off soon.

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Delirium

Delirium by Lauren Oliver
Series: (Delirium #1)
Paperback, 441 pages
Published February 7th 2012 by HarperCollins

In an alternate United States, love has been declared a dangerous disease, and the government forces everyone who reaches eighteen to have a procedure called the Cure. Living with her aunt, uncle, and cousins in Portland, Maine, Lena Haloway is very much looking forward to being cured and living a safe, predictable life. She watched love destroy her mother and isn't about to make the same mistake.

But with ninety-five days left until her treatment, Lena meets enigmatic Alex, a boy from the "Wilds" who lives under the government's radar. What will happen if they do the unthinkable and fall in love?

About the author

Lauren Oliver is the cofounder of media and content development company Glasstown Entertainment, where she serves as the president of production. She is also the New York Times bestselling author of the YA novels Replica, Vanishing Girls, Panic, and the Delirium trilogy: Delirium, Pandemonium, and Requiem, which have been translated into more than thirty languages. The film rights to both Replica and Lauren's bestselling first novel, Before I Fall, were acquired by AwesomenessTV; Before I Fall is now a major motion picture and opened in theaters March of 2017. The sequel to Replica, titled Ringer, is her most recent novel and was released October 3rd, 2017.

Her novels for middle grade readers include The Spindlers, Liesl & Po, and the Curiosity House series, co-written with H. C. Chester. She has written one novel for adults, Rooms.

A graduate of the University of Chicago and NYU's MFA program, Lauren Oliver divides her time between New York, Connecticut, and a variety of airport lounges.

Connect with Lauren

Website | Facebook | Twitter | Goodreads

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Delirium (Debt Collector #1) by Susan Kaye Quinn

Delirium

Debt Collector #1

Delirium by Susan Kaye Quinn

Series: Debt Collector #1

ebook and audiobook: 48 pages
Published March 20th 2013

Delirium - Episode 1 of the nine-part, first season of the Debt Collector serial. Season One is complete. Season Two coming soon!

What's your life worth on the open market?

A debt collector can tell you precisely.

Lirium plays the part of the grim reaper well, with his dark trenchcoat, jackboots, and the black marks on his soul that every debt collector carries. He's just in it for his cut, the ten percent of the life energy he collects before he transfers it on to the high potentials, the people who will make the world a better place with their brains, their work, and their lives.

That hit of life energy, a bottle of vodka, and a visit from one of Madam Anastazja's sex workers keep him alive, stable, and mostly sane... until he collects again. But when his recovery ritual is disrupted by a sex worker who isn't what she seems, he has to choose between doing an illegal hit for a girl whose story has more holes than his soul or facing the bottle alone--a dark pit he's not sure he'll be able to climb out of again.

My thoughts about Delirium ~~

OMG! This series is amazing! This post is a review of Delirium (Debt Collector #1) but since I have read the whole first season as well as listened to it too, it may be a little difficult to just talk about book #1.

I have to say that episode one was unbelievable and I was hooked from the very first chapter. Lirium is a collector of life energy and has orders to pass that energy on to those who are going to make a difference in this world. He does get to keep a percentage of that life energy for himself but he doesn't have the freedom to pass it on to anyone other than those select few who he is directed to transfer to.

But wait, what would happen if he did decide to give some of that energy to someone other than the high potentials? How would anyone know? And what could they do to him anyway? This life he leads isn't really the most glamorous life as it is. Can it get any worse?

Lirium really is a nice guy, and he is just doing what he has to do to survive. Nobody wants to be a debt collector, but hey, someone has to do it. Might as well be him as anyone else.

The whole idea of a bunch of debt collectors out there, collecting life energy and passing it on, sort of just blows my mind. This whole series takes a great imagination that I am totally in awe of. I guess that is why I am not a writer, but just a reader who gets to enjoy these words.

This first season was so captivating and I enjoyed both reading it and listening to it. I can't wait to get started on season 2, being released soon.

Delirium is always FREE!!

Get it and start reading Season 1!

Amazon | Barnes & Noble

Visit The Debt Collector Series webpage

Season 2 is coming soon!!

Debt Collector Book Trailer

About the author

Susan Kaye Quinn grew up in California, where she wrote snippets of stories and passed them to her friends during class. Her teachers pretended not to notice and only confiscated her stories a couple times.

Susan left writing behind to pursue a bunch of engineering degrees, but she was drawn back to writing by an irresistible urge to share her stories with her niece, her kids, and all the wonderful friends she’s met along the way.

She doesn’t have to sneak her notes anymore, which is too bad.

Susan writes from the Chicago suburbs with her three boys, two cats, and one husband. Which, it turns out, is exactly as a much as she can handle.

Connect with Susan

Website | Goodreads | Facebook | Twitter

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1000th post ginormous giveaway!

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Winners @ The Book Bag!

I have more winners to announce! 

The first one is for Drink, Slay, Love 

by Sarah Beth Durst

And the winner is ......

Kamla!! 

 Next up for grabs is Delirium ~ Debt Collector 1
by Susan Kaye Quinn

Seriously, 
if you have not read this series yet, 
you really need to get on it!

And the winner is ......

Allison!!

Congratulations to both of you!

Books are on their way! 

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The Debt Collector Series by Susan Kaye Quinn

What's your life worth on the open market?

A debt collector can tell you precisely. 

The Debt Collector series is a dark and gritty future-noir about a world where your life-worth is tabulated on the open market and going in debt risks a lot more than your credit rating.

EPISODES 1-3 (Delirium, Agony, Ecstasy) of the Debt Collector serial. Contains mature content and themes. For young-adult-appropriate thrills, see Susan's bestselling Mindjack series.

Lirium plays the part of the grim reaper well, with his dark trenchcoat, jackboots, and the black marks on his soul that every debt collector carries. He's just in it for his cut, the ten percent of the life energy he collects before he transfers it on to the high potentials, the people who will make the world a better place with their brains, their work, and their lives. That hit of life energy, a bottle of vodka, and a visit from one of Madam Anastazja's sex workers keep him alive, stable, and mostly sane... until he collects again. But when his recovery ritual is disrupted by a sex worker who isn't what she seems, he has to choose between doing an illegal hit for a girl whose story has more holes than his soul or facing the bottle alone--a dark pit he's not sure he'll be able to climb out of again.

The first three episodes of the Debt Collector serial are collectively the length of a short novel, or 152 pages. These are the first three of nine episodes in the first season of the Debt Collector serial. This dark and gritty future-noir is about a world where your life-worth is tabulated on the open market and going into debt risks a lot more than your credit rating. Episode 4, Broken, releases 4/17/13. For more about the Debt Collector serial, see DebtCollectorSeries.com ~~ synopsis from Goodreads

My thoughts about the Debt Collector Series, 1-3 ~~

OMG! I love this series! I read Susan's other series, the Mindjack series and loved that one so when I saw she was writing another one, I just had to read it. I have heard this series referred to as a steampunk novel. Seriously, I don't really know what that means. I just know that it is a very popular genre.

Well, I thought I would take the plunge and try this one since I like her other series. And I liked the fact that Susan is releasing this as a serial novel, meaning just a chapter at a time. I thought I would like that, now I'm not so sure, since I always have to wait for the next one to come out!

I was hooked after the very first chapter! If this is an example of steampunk, then I have just found another genre that I need to pursue. Love it!!

And today is April 17th! 

So that means Book 4 of serial is released today. 

I am on my way over to Amazon to get it right now! 

What’s your life worth on the open market? 

A debt collector can tell you precisely.

Lirium tries to free himself and Ophelia from the Kolek mob, but Valac has other plans for him.

$0.99 on Amazon, Barnes&Noble, Kobo, Smash

Broken is approximately 15,000 words or 60 pages

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Delirium: Debt Collector 1 ~ Release Day!

The Debt Collector 

by Susan Kaye Quinn

From the author of the bestselling Mindjack series comes a new future-noir serial, The Debt Collector. The first episode, Delirium, launches today (3/20).

What’s your life worth on the open market?

A debt collector can tell you precisely.

Lirium plays the part of the grim reaper well, with his dark trenchcoat, jackboots, and the black marks on his soul that every debt collector carries. He’s just in it for his cut, the ten percent of the life energy he collects before he transfers it on to the high potentials, the people who will make the world a better place with their brains, their work, and their lives. That hit of life energy, a bottle of vodka, and a visit from one of Madam Anastazja’s sex workers keep him alive, stable, and mostly sane… until he collects again. But when his recovery ritual is disrupted by a sex worker who isn’t what she seems, he has to choose between doing an illegal hit for a girl whose story has more holes than his soul or facing the bottle alone—a dark pit he’s not sure he’ll be able to climb out of again.

Contains mature content and themes. For YA-appropriate thrills, see Susan’s Mindjack series.

Delirium is approximately 12,000 words or 48 pages and is one of nine episodes in the first season of The Debt Collector serial. This dark and gritty future-noir is about a world where your life-worth is tabulated on the open market and going into debt risks a lot more than your credit rating. You can find out more about the series at the Debt Collector website and facebook page. The Debt Collector newsletter is a special list just for episode releases.

Early Praise

“The street-smart science of LOOPER meets the cold, just-the-facts voice of DOUBLE INDEMNITY in this edgy, future-noir thriller that will have you holding your breath, looking over your shoulder, and begging for more.”
—Leigh Talbert Moore, author of The Truth About Faking, The Truth About Letting Go, and Rouge


“Do you owe more than your life is worth? No worries. A more deserving person than you can benefit from that excess life—and someone else will get paid with it. Enter the Debt Collector.”
—Dianne Salerni, author of We Hear the Dead, The Caged Graves, and The Eighth Day (HarperCollins 2014)

The first three episodes of Debt Collector will be released a week apart, starting Wednesday 3/20. The remaining episodes will release every two weeks. Delirium can be found on Amazon, Barnes&Noble, iTunes, Kobo. Or add it to your TBR on Goodreads.

Susan Kaye Quinn is the author of the bestselling YA SF Mindjack series. Debt Collector is her more grown-up SF. Her steampunk fantasy romance is temporarily on hold while she madly writes episodes to keep Lirium happy. Plus she needs to leave time to play on Facebook. Susan has a lot of degrees in engineering, which come in handy when dreaming up dangerous mind powers, future dystopias, and slightly plausible steampunk inventions. Mostly she sits around in her pajamas in awe that she gets make stuff up full-time.

I LOVED Susan's Mindjack Series! 

I can't wait to get started on this one!! 

In My Mailbox (20)

In My Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by 
The Story Siren. 

Each week we spotlight the books we've received 

for review, swapped, won or purchased. 

I had an amazing week this week! 

For Review 

Fatty Patty (A James Bay Novel, #1)

by Kathleen Paterka 

 

Won

Spin by Catherine McKenzie

I read this as an ARC (my thoughts) and just won a final copy ~ sweet!! Hmmm - maybe a giveaway for the ARC copy? What do you think?

Dangerous Favor by Joyce DiPastena

from JDP News 

Thanks Joyce!!

Purchased

 Delirium (Delirium #1) by Lauren Oliver

I read this as an ARC and loved it. It was the first dystopian novel that I read. And I love these covers. I just had to get a copy for my shelves.
 

 The Story of Beautiful Girl by Rachel Simon

This was on my Amazon wish list so when I was placing an order for other books, I figured ~ why not! I have been wanting to read it for quite awhile.

Traveling With Pomegranates: A Mother-Daughter Story
by Sue Monk Kidd, Ann Kidd Taylor

This was also on my wish list and the price was ridiculously low. So why wouldn't I get it?
 

The Wind Through the Keyhole (The Dark Tower #4½)
by Stephen King

I am a huge SK fan and I have most of his books, although I do have to admit that I have not been able to get into The Dark Tower series. My hubby is a big fan though and he suggested that I order it for my birthday ~ and then let him read it. Wasn't that generous of him?

So many books! So little time!!