A Touch AWESOME Blogfest WEEK FIVE

Hello and welcome to the last week of the A Touch AWESOME blogfest. I am SO SAD to see this blogfest end because it's been so much fun to do and has really reawakened my love of Leah Clifford's awesome YA urban fantasy craziness A Touch Mortal. 

For anyone who's somehow been out of the loop, Katelyn Torrey of Tales of Books and Bands and I have been hosting this 5-week A Touch Mortal love fest in celebration of the sequel A Touch Morbid, which releases in A WEEK AND TWO DAYS!!!!!! Woo hoo!

Even though we haven't had an overwhelming participation, I'm so happy to have had the opportunity to share these last five weeks with Katelyn and Leah and the rest of the awesome Darklings. 

Here's a reminder of what we did:

Week 1 (1/21-1/27): Anytime during the week make a post about your top 5 favorite quotes from A Touch Mortal.

Week 2 (1/28-2/3): Anytime during the week make a post about your top 5 favorite swoon-worthy moments from A Touch Mortal.

Week 3 (2/4-2/10): Anytime during the week make a post about your top 5 favorite characters from A Touch Mortal.

Week 4 (2/11-2/17): Anytime during the week make a post about your top 5 favorite ANYTHING. This is a free week to post your top 5 favorite randoms from A Touch Mortal.

Week 5 (2/18-2/24): Anytime during the week make a post about your top 5 favorite moments from A Touch Mortal.

And as promised, here's my top 5 favorite moments from A Touch Mortal.

1. "Shopping with Kristen." Oh. My. God. I love Kristen. If Gabe wasn't in this book, Kristen would be my absolute favorite. This scene is so hilariously uncomfortable that it created an insta-like for Kristen.
   
   FYI: By "Shopping with Kirsten" I mean grave-robbing.
   
2. The Funeral. The first time Kristen takes Eden out after Eden's...um...unfortunate demise, they go to a funeral. It's morbid (oh hey, look at that), and Kristen's blase attitude amuses me to no end. Actually, Kristen amuses me to no end. She's on my top 10 list of favorite characters of all time. Just below Gabe.
   
3. Eden and Az's reunion. Admittedly, this did NOT go like I thought it would. I was so excited for Eden and Az to see each other and for her to see he was okay, but hoooooo boy. I would NOT want to get on Eden's bad side! I love scenes that don't go like I think they will. Honestly, this entire book doesn't go like I thought it would. That's part of its awesome.
   
4. The jumper. This scene is cool because it's actually A Touch Mortal's original beginning point (or jumping off point! *rim shot* I'm here all week, folks). The group of Siders watching this dude threaten to jump is so entertaining for me because, again, they have a fantabulous reaction--mild curiosity. It's actually quite fitting for the group. They've already been where this guy is, and they kinda know how it's gonna end up. See you on the other side, mofo.
   
5. The showdown. I. LOVE. Epic showdowns. And Leah delivers with the last several chapters of A Touch Mortal. Rooftop showdown between good and evil? Yes please! It doesn't get better than that! What I love most about the showdown is that it's another genesis for our beloved main characters. Eden and Az are going to start some sort of effed up life together and Gabe...oh Gabe. Gabe has to figure out what to do with himself. I have NEVER been more anxious to find out what happens to a character than I have with Gabe. I adore him, and my hope is that somehow, it'll all be better in the end.
   
   See that, Leah? It better be okay for Gabe. Or else I WILL HUNT YOU.
   
   OK. Maybe not that, but seriously...the guy needs a break. 

Well, that does it for the A Touch AWESOME Blogfest. Katelyn and I have had a fantastic time putting this together for you, and we hope that you've enjoyed reading these posts. If you haven't read Leah's book, hopefully these posts have enticed you to pick it up.

Keep your eyes here or at Kate's site for a major announcement regarding some awesome Twitter fun AND a giveaway or two. Also, if you've not done it, you should add A Touch Mortal and A Touch Morbid on Goodreads. Also, you can follow Kate, Leah, and me on Twitter!

Darklings, don't forget to link up with us. If you want to talk all things A Touch Mortal with us on Twitter, just use the hashtag #Darklings. 

Once again, thanks for reading! Please please please show Katelyn some love. Without her, none of this would have been possible.

A Touch AWESOME Blogfest - WEEK FOUR!

Welcome to Week Four of the A Touch AWESOME blogfest I'm hosting with the uber adorable Katelyn Torrey in celebration of the uber fantabulous Leah Clifford's second novel in the Touch series, A Touch Morbid. Doing this blogfest has reawakened my obsessive love of A Touch Mortal, and I hope that if you haven't read it, you'll be enticed to check it out. And if you HAVE read a Touch Mortal, I hope you'll be reminded of its awesome and will pre-order Morbid. Rumor has it (okay okay, Leah said it) that with every pre-order will come awesome swag.

Here's the reminder of what we're doing:


Week 1 (1/21-1/27): Anytime during the week make a post about your top 5 favorite quotes from A Touch Mortal.

Week 2 (1/28-2/3): Anytime during the week make a post about your top 5 favorite swoon-worthy moments from A Touch Mortal.


Week 3 (2/4-2/10): Anytime during the week make a post about your top 5 favorite characters from A Touch Mortal

Week 4 (2/11-2/17): Anytime during the week make a post about your top 5 favorite ANYTHING. This is a free week to post your top 5 favorite randoms from A Touch Mortal. (That's this week! Shhhhhh!)

Week 5 (2/18-2/24): Anytime during the week make a post about your top 5 favorite moments from A Touch Mortal.

It's not too late to join the fun! If you want to share some Touch *hehehehehehehe* put your link at the bottom of this post in the linky thing-a-madoober.
 
And now for the fun.
 
To be honest, I've been looking so so forward to this week. When I figured out what I wanted my free topic to be, I squeed with joy and delight.
 
And this time it's not Gabe-induced.
 
It's Luke-induced.
 
This week, my Darklings, my pretties, I'm bringing you all the Luke you can handle.
 
That's right. This week, I'm celebrating my favorite bad boy, badass lead singer--the leather pants wearing, shiver-inducing, love-and-hate ball of awesome, LUKE with my Top Five Favorite Lukeisms. Yes. He gets his own made-up word.
 
(Also, it doesn't hurt that some of his best quips are from when he's with Gabe.)
 

1. "Just because I don't know how to work a toy doesn't mean I don't want it in my box. She's shiny." Discussing Eden with Gabe. It's the "She's shiny" part that sells it.
   
2. "Whisper me your wickedness, Gabriel, and pretend all it'll cost is a few Our Fathers like the mortals." I get shivers. The "Whisper me your wickedness" is so poetic and cruel. Especially considering what Gabe stands to lose if he does.
   
3. "Oh come now. Don't get judgmental. Tales of war are always told by the victors. Add a few translation errors and suddenly I have this horrible reputation. I mean, I'm Dawn's Supernova. Where's the darkness in that?" Touche, prince of darkness. Touche.
   
4. "Spill it, or I carve out her eyes." Gabe hesitated, his eyes shiftin gfrom maroon to gold and back. "If you'd like," Luke added, "I'll save them for you in a jar." I've said it before, and I'll say it a bazillion more times. I like 'em crazy.
   
5. "Two out of three isn't bad." He started to stumble away, holding himself up on the wall.
   "Eden isn't yours," Az called after him.
   Luke looked back. "Gabe made her. Her Siders go Downstairs now." The implications of this (and the fact that it's the last thing Luke says) give me shivers in a not-so-good way.

Don't forget to check out Katelyn's post! <3

A Touch AWESOME Blogfest WEEK ONE

OMG YOU GUYS! It's FINALLY HERE!

The A Touch AWESOME blogfest has officially begun!!!!

Katelyn and I are so excited to be hosting this. Don't forget to check out her blog for her answers and Leah's blog for important info regarding A Touch Mortal's sequel, A Touch Morbid.

Just a reminder of what we're doing:

Week 1 (1/21-1/27): Anytime during the week make a post about your top 5 favorite quotes from A Touch Mortal.

Week 2 (1/28-2/3): Anytime during the week make a post about your top 5 favorite swoon-worthy moments from A Touch Mortal.

Week 3 (2/4-2/10): Anytime during the week make a post about your top 5 favorite characters from A Touch Mortal

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Week 4 (2/11-2/17): Anytime during the week make a post about your top 5 favorite ANYTHING. This is a free week to post your top 5 favorite randoms from A Touch Mortal.

Week 5 (2/18-2/24): Anytime during the week make a post about your top 5 favorite moments from A Touch Mortal.

So let's get on to this week's fun!

For people who haven't read A Touch Mortal: 1) Shame on you! Getting ready for this blogfest has reawakened my absolute love for this book. And I'm excited to be able to gush about it for FIVE WEEKS. 2) I've tried to keep my choices spoiler-free. But I'm not making promises.

Onward to this week's topic. My five favorite quotes from A Touch Morbid. 

1. "The water's not even blue, jackass." ~Eden. Admittedly, when I first read this line, I snorted. But the best thing is that it's available on a T-SHIRT (and other assorted apparel).
2. "You're going to regret me." ~Az. Sure but without him, we wouldn't have much of a book.
3. "You're nothing but a rumor now." ~Kristen. I know it's on the book jacket, but when I read it in the text I got chills.
4. "Az trying to cook breakfast." Gabe smiled. "The bane of chickens everywhere." ~Gabe *sigh, Gabe*. I lol'd at that too.
5. "Your boyfriend's heartstrings make such a lovely melody when they snap."~Luke. Oh, Luke is so deliciously eeeeeeeeevil. 

Peeps, keep in mind that with every pre-order of A Touch Morbid, Leah is giving away a super-awesome gift: a signed and numbered 8x10 of Morbid's cover, which is awesome. It looks like this:

*Gorgeous, right????*

A Touch AWESOME Blogfest!!!!!

Hello fellow book bloggers! As many of you may know, Leah Clifford’s A Touch Trilogy is continuing on with the release of the second book, A Touch Morbid on February 28^th. I along with the AMAZING Katelyn Torrey, are planning to host a five-week blog tour that will lead right up to the date of the book’s release. In order to make this event extra fun we are keeping the entry/participation expectations pretty low and we are also inviting anyone and everyone to join in! Here is what we plan to do:

Every week there will be a new topic to post on. You have six days to publish your post; it can be any day during that 6 day period. Please keep in mind it is not required to participate in every week but it would be greatly appreciated! Cate and I will be posting ours on the first day of every week that way links are ready and available for all others to join in. Since it is a blog tour of sorts, linking up your posts is required and we would love it if you stopped by at least a few participating blogs each week.

Since the blog tour is pretty flexible, please feel free to come up with other fun posts to link up throughout the month. Some ideas of what to do could be cover talk, links to some of your favorite reviews, vlogs about the book, etc. If you do any fun posts throughout the month, these can be linked each week along with the themed posts.

A special note: If you plan to host A Touch Mortal themed giveaway at all during the month, please try and hold the final entry date off until the very last week of the tour. We will be hosting a giveaway the last week with an option for other bloggers to link up their giveaways too. Not only does this get more people to enter your giveaway, but it also makes it easier for people stopping by to enter multiple giveaways at once.

The schedule for the blog tour is as followed:

Week 1 (1/21-1/27): Any time during the week make a post about your top 5 favorite quotes from A Touch Mortal.

Week 2 (1/28-2/3): Any time during the week make a post about your top 5 favorite swoon-worthy moments from A Touch Mortal.

Week 3 (2/4-2/10): Any time during the week make a post about your top 5 favorite characters from A Touch Mortal.

Week 4 (2/11-2/17): Any time during the week make a post about your top 5 favorite ANYTHING. This is a free week to post your top 5 favorite randoms from A Touch Mortal.

Week 5 (2/18-2/24): Any time during the week make a post about your top 5 favorite moments from A Touch Mortal.

We hope to gain a lot of interest with this fun, easy blog tour so sharing links through twitter or your blogs would be greatly appreciated! Katelyn and I will love you all for forever if you did a special blog post telling people what is going on and where they can sign up to be a part of it too!

If you are interested, please enter the required information in the form below and of course, if you have any questions, feel free to contact me (c.peace@live.com) or Katelyn (katelynsblog@aol.com)! We will be available for any questions or concerns you may have.

Also, feel free to steal the above blogfest button (via Katelyn, doesn't she rock?!) and add to your blogs. We want to get A TON of support for Leah and her awesome series!

Thanks in advance for your participation!!!

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