LINGER WINNER! Maggie Tidbit! Birthday Bash! OMG!

WOW! WOW! WOW! You guys really came through on this contest and it was SO much fun reading all of the entries and gushing over favorite scenes in Maggie's books--it's so hard to pick just one.

And as promised...it's my birthday today! Yay! And I'm announcing the winner!

But first...

Maggie was sweet enough to reveal one small tidbit about Linger to just you guys.

SQUEEEE! How cool is that?

Just for everyone who entered the contest, she has revealed one of the songs on the Linger Playlist.

OMG!

In case you don't know...Maggie has phenomenal taste in music. I get almost as excited about her playlists as I do for her books.

And so...the first song revealed from the Linger Playlist is...

"Almost Lover" by A Fine Frenzy

Check it out!



And now for the Linger Arc winner!

...

Edward: *clears throat* Excuse me!

Frankie: What is it, Edward? I'm trying to announce the winner of my contest.

Edward: I was merely interested in having my vexation over the winner of this contest stated. For the record. Since it was in fact...not me.

Frankie: *squinting* Yeah, Edward ok, whatever...

Edward: I'm serious. Please register the fact that despite my absolute abhorrence for werewolves, especially werewolves associated with wolves named Sam, coughJacobcough, I still entered this contest and still appreciated Maggie Stiefvater's writing and had my Bella--my love--my life enter too and...

Frankie: Edward! Get a grip! This isn't a court of law. This is my blog. I'm not registering anything you say. Sheesh. And I'm really sorry you didn't win...but...honestly if you had...where would I send the book? My post office doesn't deliver to young adult fantasy addresses even IF Forks is a real place.

Edward: *pinching the bridge of his nose* That's totally beside the point.

Frankie: Dude, you're really getting on my nerves. And I think my blog readers agree. Can I just announce the winner already?

Edward: *glares at me* Fine! I'll just be...sulking...in the corner...pretending to sleep...fake-wake me up when Bella gets here. Good bye! Oh...and Happy Birthday!

Frankie: Um...thanks?

...

Yeesh, so sorry about that. Looks like our contest winner now has a pissed off emo vampire for an enemy, but Linger is so good, it's worth it. Seriously.

Ok finally, I can announce the winner!

When all was said and done, points added, referrals awarded, names cross-checked etc....there were a total of 218 entries listed! Yowza.

And then I headed over to http://www.randomizer.org/ and they picked the winner for me...

lucky number... 73 which was

SOUTHERN PRINCESS!!!!!!!!!!!!

OMG! I'm sooooo excited you won! Congrats. Throws confetti! WOOOOOOOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Now I'm off to hopefully celebrate my birthday...

...and Dr. Seuss' and Bon Jovi's! Oh yeah!

Stick around...my 400 followers contest is coming...soon! And you won't want to miss it :-) Trust me ;)

Thanks again to everyone who participated!