Monday Mayhem -7- The Mayhem Gets Classy

Happy Monday, Elsewhere!

Today is a special, special day. We are entering Week 7 with the celebration of a classic. That's right! We are talking about the one, the original, the PRIDE AND PREJUDICE written by one of my favorite authors, Jane Austen.

I don't know, I guess I'm excited because this week, I'm challenging you guys to do the funniest Mayhem Challenge I could think of. If you read the April Calendar, you already know, but the challenge I present to you for a chance at this week's Mayhem Prize Pack is...

RECOMMEND PRIDE AND PREJUDICE TO A BOY.

Yeah. The male species for some reason seems to get shy around this subject, so I just thought it would be cool if we forced the Mr. Bingleys and Darcys and Collins' and Wickhams in our lives to read the piece of literature that they fear. Isn't that great? I think it's flipping fantastic. Remember, you can read it for free right here. Maybe that'll be incentive enough for your bros.

So if you do attempt the Mayhem Challenge, you'll be entered to win an envelope filled with:
-A copy of PRADA AND PREJUDICE by Mandy Hubbard
-Ribbons
-And a copy of the 2005 PRIDE AND PREJUDICE Soundtrack

If you're a dude, no, you cannot recommend it to yourself, Silly Billy. But you can recommend it to any other dude--- your dad, a friend, a blah, a blah. You get the idea, ya'll! You can give the ribbons to your sister, if you want, but be sure to snap a picture,  or make a video of your efforts and send it to myticketsomewhere@gmail.com. You can also make a Vlog Review or Response of the book in order to be entered, but be sure to leave the link in the comments below by THURSDAY, April 19th! Because that's when entries are due. Yeppers...

You could also submit something for the Wednesday Wanderings Challenge (details in the calendar so see the link above). Entries are due tomorrow if you want a second chance at that prize pack.

ANYWHO... As I said on Friday, the universe has sent a bunch of AWESOME PRIDE AND PREJUDICE hoopla my way this past week! Imagine my surprise when I saw this video by Hank Green talking about the very thing I needed to cause an uproar!

That's right people. At present, there is a webseries in the making that's reimagining PRIDE AND PREJUDICE in a 21st century context. Ain't that grand? Although they're taking LOTS of liberties with the content, I was still pretty pleased with the first episode.

What I love is that the cast is cute, the script is realistic, the content is pretty spot on, and it's a FLIPPING PRIDE AND PREJUDICE WEBSERIES! If you want to make sure they keep making episodes, subscribe to their YouTube channel and watch! It's that easy.

And agh! I'm taking up too much of your Monday. But rest assured, more goodies will be sent your way throughout the week and during our wrap up on Friday. So what do you think? Are you excited to start spreading the word about P&P? I hope so. But if you're not, why don't you check out this review (or mine!) before you go?

Have a great week!
Deserae

Monday Mayhem -5- The Mayhem Resumes

Out of Sight, Out of Time (Gallagher Girls #5)

by Ally Carter

From Goodreads: The last thing Cammie Morgan remembers is leaving the Gallagher Academy to protect her friends and family from the Circle of Cavan--an ancient terrorist organization that has been hunting her for over a year. But when Cammie wakes up in an alpine convent and discovers months have passed, she must face the fact that her memory is now a black hole. The only traces left of Cammie’s summer vacation are the bruises on her body and the dirt under her nails, and all she wants is to go home. 

Once she returns to school, however, Cammie realizes that even the Gallagher Academy now holds more questions than answers. Cammie, her friends, and mysterious spy-guy Zach must face their most difficult challenge yet as they travel to the other side of the world, hoping to piece together the clues that Cammie left behind. It’s a race against time. The Circle is hot on their trail and willing stop at nothing to prevent Cammie from remembering what she did last summer.

Good day, Elsewhere! I hope we're finding you well on this glorious Monday.

The Mayhem Video is up and waiting for your chipper video responses. If you don't know what the Mayhem Challenge is this week, then great! You can watch it to find out! Or you can check out the April Calendar. It contains a cornucopia of wealth and knowledge and I hope you guys use the calendars often to keep yourselves in the know.

Speaking of being in the know... Did you know that Ally Carter has an official Tumblr, now? Every Friday, her assistant Molly puts up fan art that can be emailed to allycartercontest@gmail.com and there's a chance you can see yours featured there if you just submit! And guess what? The Wednesday Wanderers Challenge offers up a prize for just the thing. So if you create some fan art for this book, WHITE CAT, or SISTERHOOD I by midnight PST tomorrow, then you can send it to myticketsomewhere@gmail.com as well. Isn't that great?! It is. I know! For ideas and stuff, check out the April Calendar. What did I tell you? WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE.

You know what else is good to know? What Liz, Bex, Zach, and Macey were really doing all that time that Cammie was away. And now you can actually find out! Enroll at Gallagher Academy and enjoy exclusive content for OUT OF SIGHT, OUT OF TIME! And guess what? Ally loved the idea so much that it's likely she'll be releasing short stories before the release of the next installment. And even though that's a while away, a true Gallagher Girl knows how to wait. :)

In other news, OUT OF SIGHT, OUT OF TIME was a bestseller on the NY Times Bestselling Series List. Congrats, Ally! But GG5 isn't the only book we're celebrating by a NY Times Bestselling Author. Holly Black, the author of WHITE CAT has had her fair share of awards and achievements. It might seem strange at first, but she was one of the authors hard at work on The Spiderwick Chronicles Series and it's spin-off, Beyond the Spiderwick Chronicles. And Ann Brashares can also boast of being a NY Times Bestselling Author. THE SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING PANTS sat at #1 on the list!

So as you can see, I don't recommend bad books, ya'll. Although I don't always love them wholeheartedly, every single book we read here is good! And has good merits! They're not always GREAT for everyone, but I do believe that all of them are meant to be great for SOMEONE. So start spreading the word, yo! Invite people to Elsewhere and more importantly, START HANDING THEM BOOKS!

Take with ye a lovely review of OUT OF SIGHT, OUT OF TIME.

Have an awesome week, ya'll!
Deserae

Monday Mayhem -3- The Mayhem Continues

Hey there!

It's Monday here on Elsewhere and you know what that means...

I have finals! Yippee!

So instead of a mega long Mayhem Post, I'll just provide you the link to this week's Mayhem Challenge and today's Daily Dose and to the review I posted yesterday.

And also, THIS:

Happy Reading!
Deserae

Monday Mayhem -2- The Mayhem Returns

Ditched: A Love Story

by Robin Mellom

High school senior Justina Griffith was never the girl who dreamed of going to prom. Designer dresses and strappy heels? Not her thing. So she never expected her best friend, Ian Clark, to ask her. 

Ian, who always passed her the baseball bat handle first. 
Ian, who knew exactly when she needed red licorice. 
Ian, who promised her the most amazing night at prom. 
And then ditched her. 

Now, as the sun rises over her small town, and with only the help of some opinionated ladies at the 7-Eleven, Justina must piece together – stain by stain on her thrift-store dress – exactly how she ended up dateless. A three-legged Chihuahua was involved. Along with a demolition derby-ready Cadillac. And there was that incident at the tattoo parlor. Plus the flying leap from Brian Sontag’s moving car… But to get the whole story, Justina will have to face the boy who ditched her. And discover if losing out at prom can ultimately lead to true love.

Happy Monday, Everyone!

This week, we're celebrating Robin Mellom's debut novel, DITCHED, and we're hopefully going to get it into the hands of some very important people. People like me and you. So to start this week's Mayhem, you can check out my YouTube channel and watch this week's Mayhem video to hear about this week's prize pack and challenge. If you're thinking about submitting a video response this time around I urge you to check it out because I present you with TWO ALTERNATIVES! Which, you know, is pretty cool in my opinion. 

If you haven't read DITCHED, yet, and are wondering if it's for you, you can read the review I posted on Sunday, OR you can watch the SECOND VIDEO I made for you this week in which I talk about the same exact things, only to a camera! I can't embed the video in this post for some reason, but only people with a link can see it and ya'll... YOU HAVE THE LINK. So if you don't want to read my review, you can watch it. Pick one. Go on! I dare ya! 

Also, I know you don't believe me when I say we can talk about the book together, but we totally can! On Friday, we have a Livestream chat scheduled for 6 PM PST, and on Thursday, I'd like to tell people about the thoughts you've had about the book. So if you read the book, please leave your thoughts in the comments! Leave links to your reviews. Send reasons why you decided to read it or decided NOT to read it to me on Twitter! And if you haven't read the book but know people who have, point me in their direction or them in mine... We must discuss! It is your duty to ensure that the conversation keeps going and going and going and going...

So let us know about your Mayhem pursuits here. Also, feel free to talk to me about other books you're reading because I, too, read more than just the one book a week. Invite a friend to Elsewhere if you can and what else... Oh yes! Have a wonderful, wonderful week. 

Want more DITCHED?

My Ticket Home is doing DITCHED inspired post every day this week and the author, Robin Mellom, and her agent, Jill Corcoran, are both on Twitter! They're both very sweet and easy to talk to so if you have questions, why not ask them?

Ciao Bellas,

Deserae

Monday Mayhem -1- The Mayhem Ensues

The Fault in Our Stars

by John Green

Diagnosed with Stage IV thyroid cancer at 12, Hazel was prepared to die until, at 14, a medical miracle shrunk the tumours in her lungs... for now. 

Two years post-miracle, sixteen-year-old Hazel is post-everything else, too; post-high school, post-friends and post-normalcy. And even though she could live for a long time (whatever that means), Hazel lives tethered to an oxygen tank, the tumours tenuously kept at bay with a constant chemical assault. 

Enter Augustus Waters. A match made at cancer kid support group, Augustus is gorgeous, in remission, and shockingly to her, interested in Hazel. Being with Augustus is both an unexpected destination and a long-needed journey, pushing Hazel to re-examine how sickness and health, life and death, will define her and the legacy that everyone leaves behind.

Hey, hey, Party People! 

It's Monday... finally! And this week, we're talking THE FAULT IN OUR STARS. If you visit my channel sometime today, you will see three very important things: 

1. Me being awkward! (which is always important)

2. My sister being awkward! (which is usually important)

3. And me dishing out this week's Mayhem Challenge (which you might've have known had you read this month's calendar) IN ADDITION TO disclosing what's going to be included in this week's prize pack (which I know you know you want to know!)! 

So if you're even slightly interested in any of the aforementioned pieces of insanity, click on the link above to be instantly transported Elsewhere!

In the spirit of spreading insane amounts of love for THE FAULT IN OUR STARS, I want to encourage you to do your best to get people reading it this week. You can join us on Twitter, you can write a review, you can do a vlog, or you can tell a friend... It is officially your duty to do ANYTHING that gets people all over this thing, okay?

Tell you what? While you consider going down to your local library to make sure they've got a copy or two in their possession, why don't you watch one of these insanely awesome reviews of TFiOS? Or better yet, why don't you embed one on your blog beneath the review I KNOW you're going to write! Or BETTER YET!!! Why don't you watch one, while you make one of your own, of you telling the ENTIRE WORLD about TFiOS. No? Too crazy?

Let us know about your Mayhem pursuits here or over on today's Mayhem video. And be sure to invite a friend to Elsewhere. The more Wanderers we have, the less lost we'll feel. :)

Want more TFiOS?

Read my review here and, in the comments, leave links to your own. Also, you can check out awesome TFiOS quotes by visiting My Ticket Home every day this week, and following this Tumblr that provided a lot of the ones I used! 


Ciao, Bellas,
Deserae