You Wish Cover

You Wish
by Mandy Hubbard
Release date: August 5, 2010
Description from the amazon:
Kayla McHenry’s sweet sixteen sucks! Her dad left, her grades dropped, and her BFF is dating the boy Kayla’s secretly loved for years.

Blowing out her candles, Kayla thinks: I wish my birthday wishes actually came true. Because they never freakin’ do.

Kayla wakes the next day to a life-sized, bright pink My Little Pony outside her window. Then a year’s supply of gumballs arrives. A boy named Ken with a disturbing resemblance to the doll of the same name stalks her.

As the ghosts of Kayla’s wishes-past appear, they take her on a wild ride . . . but they MUST STOP.

Because when she was fifteen? She wished Ben Mackenzie would kiss her. And Ben is her best friend’s boyfriend.



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* my contest entry for Princess Bookie's Recreate a Cover Contest

* first heard of the contest at Star Shadow

* image source for My Little Pony, Ken, gumballs, Kissing

Author: Mandy Hubbard

Mandy Hubbard
author of Prada and Prejudice

(my review here)

I'm excited to present my first author interview blog. It's short, but sweet!

Short bio from author's site:

Mandy Hubbard grew up on a dairy farm outside Seattle, where she refused to wear high heels until homecoming—and hated them so much she didn’t wear another pair for five years. A cowgirl at heart, she enjoys riding horses and quads and singing horribly to the latest country tune. She’s currently living happily ever after with her husband (who, sadly, is not a duke) and her daughter (who is most definitely a princess). Prada and Prejudice is her first novel.

Mandy's thoughts on...

- Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

I don't think any author in history will ever be able to create another Mr. Darcy-- a character women everywhere obsess over, compare their boyfriends to, and dream about. I think I'd eat an entire gallon of curdled milk with a spoon for one date with Mr. Darcy. I mean, the whole novel is pretty dang amazing, but Mr. Darcy steals every scene he's in. (Don't tell my husband I'm obsessed.)

- Fashion

I wish I could pretend to be a fashion guru! I think becuase I wrote a book like Prada & Prejudice, people get the impression I'm a fashionable person. I only JUST discovered jeans that fit me properly, so I consider that my shining achievement. If you're 5'10, its nearly impossible to find pants that are long enough. (BUCKLE is the place to shop, seriously.) I'm always behind on trends. Would you believe me if I told you I just bought Uggs knock-offs like two months ago? Yeah, I am THAT far behind.

- Current favorite fashion wear or accessory

I love layering tank tops! That's my current favorite fashion, paired with jeans and some cute flip-flops.

Thanks a bunch Mandy!

For my Prada and Prejudice contest, I asked for everyone's favorite fashion wear/accessories.

Here are the results:

Alexa - gold earrings

austenfan - beaded (blue and purple) necklace

Bee - red ray ban wayfarers

Blodeuedd - my ballet flats

Briana - my mother's diamond ring that she gave me for my 16th birthday

Celia - Sam Edelman 'Giada' sandals

Christy - skinny headbands

Debbie - my watch

Diana - plain leather band ring with a crystal in the middle which I won from a contest

Emily - my wedding ring

fayeflame - hoop earrings

Jenn - necklace my mom gave me a couple years ago

Jennifer - Tiffany necklace my husband surprised me with this past Christmas

Kim - necklace my mom gave me

Lin17 - bracelet embedded with different gemstones

Lizzy - headband

Lucile - checkered scarf--it's about eight colors and woven and silk maybe?

Marie - bracelet I won that has the word mother in several different languages

Megan - necklace I got for my birthday

Melanie - black bracelet that says "wish" in white letters

Paradox - beaded bracelets that I make myself

Rebecca - Turkish Puzzle Ring

Sara - ring my boyfriend got me for Christmas a couple years ago
throuthehaze - ring I recently won in a contest

Sylvia - earrings and headbands, especially ones with ribbon, it makes me feel more feminine:)

Trisha - my engagement ring

and for me - my orange Vans

Thanks again to all the contestants!

Prada and Prejudice Contest - Winner

Hey, my second giveaway! This was part of the YA Book Carnival hosted by Shooting Stars Mag.

For more giveaways check out the other carnival booths at Shooting Stars Mag.

Thanks to all contestants. I enjoyed receiving your Austen heroine personas and reading about your favorite fashion wear/accessories - total results below.

Please note: The winner was generated using List Randomizer.

and the winner of the Prada and Prejudice contest is...

( drrrrrrrrrrummmmrolllllllllllllll )

Sylvia

whose Austen Heroine persona is Anne Elliott
and her favorite accessories are "earrings and headbands, especially ones with ribbon, it makes me feel more feminine:) and of course, my favorite book by Jane Austen is Pride and Prejudice, just because:)"

I shall be emailing you for your snail mail. If you don't receive it, please feel free to send your info to me vvb32@yahoo.com -- enjoy the read!

Thanks again to all the entrants!

The book giveaway prize:

You can read my review here.

In tribute of all things Jane Austen, why not join in the Everything Austen Challenge at Stephanie's Written Word.

Contest results:

The Austen Heroines:

10 = Elizabeth Bennet

8 = Elinor Dashwood













6 = Marianne Dashwood













2 = Catherine Morland

2 = Anne Elliot

1 = Fanny Price














0 = Emma Woodhouse











Top Favorite Austen books:

14 = Pride & Prejudice
5 = Sense & Sensibility
4 = Persuasion
2 = Emma

0 = Mansfield Park

0 = Northanger Abbey

and mine is: Pride & Prejudice

Top Favorite Fashion Wear/Accessories are here.

Prada & Prejudice by Mandy Hubbard

Prada & Prejudice
by Mandy Hubbard (interview)

Published: 2009
Paperback: 238 pages
Genre: Coming of Age, Romance
Rating: 4

Inspiration: could not resist fashion and Pride and Prejudice combo, also part of my 2009 Debut Author Challenge


Description from author's site:
Fifteen-year-old Callie buys a pair of real Prada pumps to impress the cool crowd on a school trip to London. Goodbye, Callie the clumsy geek-girl, hello popularity! But before she knows what’s hit her, Callie wobbles, trips, conks her head… and wakes up in the year 1815!

She stumbles about until she meets the kind-hearted Emily, who takes Callie in, mistaking her for a long-lost friend. Sparks soon fly between Callie and Emily’s cousin, Alex, the maddeningly handsome—though totally arrogant—Duke of Harksbury. Too bad he seems to have something sinister up his ruffled sleeve…

From face-planting off velvet piano benches and hiding behind claw-foot couches to streaking through the estate halls wearing nothing but an itchy blanket, Callie’s curiosity about Alex creates all kinds of trouble.

But the grandfather clock is ticking on her 19th Century shenanigans. Can Callie save Emily from a dire engagement, win a kiss from Alex, and prove to herself that she’s more than just a loud-mouth klutz before her time there is up?


My thoughts:
In-a-word(s): red shoes (there's no place like home... wait that's another story... )

What a fun summer read! I enjoyed this mash-up of prada, austen and time travel. You'll get a bit of romance and character growth as well.

Prada and Prejudice contest

Come one...

Come all...

Step right up and...

Enter to win my copy of Prada and Prejudice by Mandy Hubbard

which was just released - June 11, 2009!

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Contest has ended - winner is here
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To enter you must:

1. Take the Austen Heroine quiz here.

2. Email me ( vvb32@yahoo.com ) your image result or comment below with a link to where you've posted it. See my sample -- I'm an Elinor.

+1 entry if you tell me what your current favorite fashion wear or accessory

+1 entry if you tell me what your favorite Jane Austen book

Entries: open to all countries

Deadline: Saturday, June 27, Midnight PST

Winner announced: Sunday, June 28

The prize is mailed within the week of winner announcement.

For more giveaways check out the other carnival booths at Shooting Stars Mag.

My Prada & Prejudice book review.

******* updated 6.25.09 ********

Waiting on Wednesday - 1

I'm waiting for...

Prada & Prejudice by Mandy Hubbard

Release date: June 11, 2009

-because how can your resist if you love fashion and anything Pride and Prejudice ?!?

Description from author's site:
Fifteen-year-old Callie buys a pair of real Prada pumps to impress the cool crowd on a school trip to London. Goodbye, Callie the clumsy geek-girl, hello popularity! But before she knows what’s hit her, Callie wobbles, trips, conks her head… and wakes up in the year 1815!

She stumbles about until she meets the kind-hearted Emily, who takes Callie in, mistaking her for a long-lost friend. Sparks soon fly between Callie and Emily’s cousin, Alex, the maddeningly handsome—though totally arrogant—Duke of Harksbury. Too bad he seems to have something sinister up his ruffled sleeve…

From face-planting off velvet piano benches and hiding behind claw-foot couches to streaking through the estate halls wearing nothing but an itchy blanket, Callie’s curiosity about Alex creates all kinds of trouble.

But the grandfather clock is ticking on her 19th Century shenanigans. Can Callie save Emily from a dire engagement, win a kiss from Alex, and prove to herself that she’s more than just a loud-mouth klutz before her time there is up?

Find out how Mandy will be celebrating her book release.

Side note: also can't wait for the new episodes of the Project Runway tv series to start up again

Got it: read my review here
Interview with Mandy here

* Waiting for Wednesday
was created by Jill at Breaking the Spine