Contest winner!

Since today is my sister, Allison's, birthday, and she was nice enough to write that guest post about how she was terrified of the automatons in Clockwork Angel (seriously, she won't touch A Clockwork Prince and is iffy on anything steampunk now), I have a copy of  Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare to give away.

 

In my head (and now in cyberspace), I'd called this the "Share Your Weird Fear" Contest, since that's all you had to do to enter.  Allison and I would choose the "best" weird fear.  

So I totally had this post written up except for the winner, forgot that I had it scheduled and it posted without me posting the winner!  SOOOOOO....here ya go!

The winner is..............Leah Krueger!

who writes:

Ok I am up on this challenge! While my husband is most afraid of spiders (he has woken me up sleep-talkin/walking and pushed me out of our bed to save me from the spiders) my silliest fear is a little more...botanical. I am scared to death of poison ivy. In fact, just recently (when I thought I had come in contact with the stuff) I bathed in rubbing alcohol repeatedly over a 6-hour period to try and avoid actually breaking out...to date, I am having phatom itching episodes, but no rashes...yet! :)

Thanks for sharing and congratulations!  

Guest Post & Giveaway: Allison's thoughts on Clockwork Angel

Amanda's note:  I got the most hilarious text from Allison while she was reading Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare, which inspired me to ask her to write this post.I hope you enjoy :)

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Ever have one of those moments that freaked you out but people must still remind you of?  Sort of like those embarrassing moments in middle school that forever traumatized you (please refrain from asking me about mine but it involves a lion).  (*Amanda note:  its a doozy!  thanks for reminding me, Allison!)

Well, I was traumatized when reading the Clockwork Angel. Don’t get me wrong, I loved the whole theme of putting punk rock (Steampunk) with back in the 1800s or whenever the timeframe was.  Heck, I wish I had some of the clothes they were (although I hear some clothing companies are looking into that idea).

But, what freaked me out the most were the automatons. Sure having little robots help you with things are great, I can’t live without modern technology being like robots sometimes (seriously Siri is so much fun to ask questions and things like that, it’s like a personalized robot).  Automatons are not cute, especially as the author describes it as having a bloody/glistening hand reaching out to come hurt/maim/kill you. I freaked out at that point and was even texting Amanda about how freaked out I was (in which she responded by hilariously laughing at me). I had nightmares that night I believe. Several months later, I was watching a movie, I think it was Hugo. When they got the robot to work I started freaking out that it was going to start killing people or whatnot.

Yes, I admit, I have a fear of automatons now. Most people of normal fears of like flying, death or in Ron’s case in the Harry Potter series, spiders (“why spiders, why can’t it be follow the butterflies?”). But don’t let the fears of automatons (hey it’s a phobia: Automatonophobia, thanks Wikipedia) keep you from reading an otherwise awesome kick-ass book.

*And now for the giveaway!*

We're giving away a copy of Clockwork Angel, because, lets face it, Allison isn't going to borrow it!  All you have to do is leave your name, email address and your silliest fear in the comments section.  Allison and I will judge (when I get back from vacation).

The ever adorable hilarious younger sister of Amanda. Horse-crazy since birth, avid reader, photographer, flowboarder and outdoor enthusiast, I currently work at the local police department (in which I do not carry a gun, handcuff or badge).

WWW Wednesday

WWW Wednesdays is a weekly posting hosted by  Should be Reading, where you answer the following W questions:

What are you currently reading?

What did you recently finish reading?

What do you think you'll read next?

So, here we go!

I'm currently reading:  City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare 

I just finished reading: City of Bones by Cassandra Clare, Cryer's Cross by Lisa McMann, and Withering Tights by Louise Rennison

Next, I think I'll read: either City of Glass, a book my sister recommended (she said it was like Harry Potter for adults---I'm in!), or a book for the VRC committee.