"I had no illusions about love... It came, it went, it left casualties or it didn't. People weren't meant to be together forever, regardless of what the songs say." Remy doesn't believe in love. And why should she? Her romance novelist mother is working on her fifth marriage, and her father, a '70s hippie singer, left her with only a one-hit wonder song to remember him by. Every time Remy hears "This Lullaby," it feels like "a bruise that never quite healed right."
Never without a boyfriend, Remy is a compulsive dater, but before a guy can go all "Ken" on her (as in "ultra boyfriend behavior") she cuts him off, without ever getting close or getting hurt.
That's why she's stunned when klutzy, quirky, alterna-band boy Dexter inserts himself into her life and refuses to leave. Remy's been accepted to Stanford, and she plans on having her usual summer fling before tying up the loose ends of her pre-college life and heading for the coast.
Except Dexter's not following Remy's tried-and-true rules of break-up protocol. And for the first time, Remy's questioning whether or not she wants him to.
Author Sarah Dessen's ability to write novels that are both crowd pleasers and literary masterpieces of YA fiction is showcased beautifully in This Lullaby. Subtle yet completely absorbing, Lullaby is peopled with breathtakingly believable, three-dimensional characters, the very best of which is the bitter, broken Remy herself. An original love story about learning to love yourself first.
Hi! So, as some of you may know, a couple weeks ago, I asked my readers' opinion about what book they would most want to win. And last week, I met the lovely author of all those lovely books... and I got you a signed copy of THIS LULLABY by Sarah Dessen!!
I know, I know, I rock.
All you have to do to enter is answer the question "How would you react if someone wrote a song about you?" in the comments!
Please leave your email addresses! This contest is open to U.S. residents only (sorry international and Canadian readers!)
The contest will end on July 24, 2009
For extra entries:
+4 Spread the word about this contest (but tell me where)!
+3 Answer the question: What song is stuck in your head right now?
+2 If you're already a follower
+1 If you become a follower
Thanks for participating and best of luck to all!
55 comments:
OMG, a signed copy of This Lullaby. It really doesn't get much better. Thanks for having such an awesome contest. As for the question, it depends what the song said about me. If it was a love or nice song by someone I loved or liked then I'd be totally gaga or flattered over it. If it was a love song by someone I didn't know, I'd feel a little creeped out. :P If it was a bad song saying bad things about me, I'd be totally pissed and who knows what I might do. lol.
+4 linked to this contest on my sidebar here: http://thebookpixie.blogspot.com/
+3 What song is stuck in my head right now? The song Michael Jackson sings in Free Willy. :)
+2 Already follower cause your awesome. :)
~Briana :D
thebookpixie(at)yahoo(dot)com
This is one of my favorites.
I'm already a follower.
shkruger@hotmail.com
Wow! This is such an awesome contest!
If someone wrote a song about me, I'd probably be really embarrased!
Summertime is running through my head at the moment. Quite appropriate, don't you think? :D
melanies--musings@live.com
i would be embarrassed!
+3 Ben by the jackson 5 is in my head
throuthehaze at gmail dot com
I suppose I'd be flattered if someone wrote a song about me, but I probably wouldn't have much of a reaction.
This looks like a good read, please enter me into this drawing.
I'm also a follower of your blog.
Thanks for hosting this giveaway.
jake.lsewhere[at]gmail.com
I've also blogged about this giveaway here.
Thanks,
jake.lsewhere[at]gmail.com
Actually someone HAS written a song about me. Unfortunately, he's an ex-boyfriend and i'm sure the song is none-too-nice. I haven't heard it. He's posted pictures of himself singing it on Myspace. Good thing he is part of some band in Austen that is going nowhere, probably because he heads it and he's tonedeaf. Not saying that to be mean, it's just the truth.
It's sad. I don't have a real song in my head right now. For some reason the music in the Harry Potter #5 movie is going through my head and has been for two days. I wish it would get out!!
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I would be surprised. I guess it depends on who but it'll be really sweet.
A song stuck in my head now is Hot Issue by 4Minute.
faked_sugartone at hotmail
Oh and I linked this to the sidebar of my blog: www.orientaldesires.blogspot.com
I'd probably be embarrassed but secretly love it!
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new follower
mj.coward[at]gmail.com
I'll Be There by MJ. It was always 1 of my favorites...I'm old. LOL
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if someone wrote a song for me i think i'd be embarrassed but flattered.
+3 song stuck in my head?Good-Bye you suck-shiloh
+1 i became a follower
elaing8(at)netscape(dot)net
How I would react would depend on who wrote it. I'd be embarrassed either way, but I could be mortified or all *squeeeeee* too. It also depends on what the song says too; I wouldn't be best pleased if it said "Jo's a loser".
I have linked to this contest in my contest section, right sidebar:
http://jo-scrawls.blogspot.com/
I tweeted about this contest:
http://twitter.com/jo_scrawls/status/2360677249
The song stuck inmy head at the moment is Yellow Taxi by Counting Crows
I've started following you :)
While I want to preface my answer with something along the lines of 'as long as it weren't some "I hate you" song or someone stalking me'...part of me thinks it would be cool no matter what the situation was ;) But maybe I'm a crazy person or something
and I was going to say Black or White was stuck in my head (it has been) for the +3 but on my little internet readio Don't Speak just started and I love that song so chances are now that song will be stuck in my head :D
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While I want to preface my answer with something along the lines of 'as long as it weren't some "I hate you" song or someone stalking me'...part of me thinks it would be cool no matter what the situation was ;) But maybe I'm a crazy person or something
and I was going to say Black or White was stuck in my head (it has been) for the +3 but on my little internet readio Don't Speak just started and I love that song so chances are now that song will be stuck in my head :D
book.splotATgmailDOTcom
I would be really flattered if someone wrote a song about me -- that would be a really nice thing in my opinion :-)
The song stuck in my head right now -- they're all Michael Jackson songs since that is all I've been hearing on the radio and TV for the last two days -- especially Thriller!
I am already a follower.
marielay@gmail.com
I would be so shocked if someone wrote a song about me.
And the song that is stuck in my head is Beat It by MJ.
If someone wrote a song about me I would be so shocked as you can imagine. Though, after the shock wore of, I would text everyone I knew and be like " Omg, ( enter name) wrote a song about me!"
+4 I have a link to this contest on my blog’s sidebar under cool contests: http://laurenscrammedbookshelf.blogspot.com/
+3 Her Diamonds by Rob Thomas is stuck in my head right now.
+1 I became a follower.
I would be shocked if someone wrote a song about me.
+3 song stuck in head - Its a Small World - just went to Disneyland
+1 just became a follower.
budletsmom(at)yahoo(dot)com
I love that book!
I'd be extremely flattered if someone wrote a song for me. But creeped out if I don't know that person to well.
+3 The theme song to the show Sonny With A Chance on Disney Channel. It's kinda catchy.
+1 I just became a follower!
Thanks for the contest,
two_of_hearts_101@yahoo.com
It depends on the song and who the person is -- I might be flattered, embarrassed, or pissed off.
+3 Going Under by Evanescence is stuck in my head right now.
-Rylie
bcanyon at hotmail dot com
Hard question, I would probably be very proud but a bit embarrased...Hopefully it would be a nice song :)
And I would definitely demand 50 % of the income and a spot at the red carpet. Mohaha!
The song(s) stuck in my head right now are "Wavin Flag" by K'naan and "Turn my swagg on" by SouljaBoy - love them both!
+3 Answer the question: What song is stuck in your head right now?
+1 If you become a follower
sara
sosarora_11@hotmail.com
Someone has, and it was lovely. As long as it's a nice song, of course.
I have Indiana Star by the Don't Tell Darlings stuck in my head.
twonickelsoradime (at) gmail
+4 I blogged about it here:
http://trishasbookshelf.blogspot.com/2009/06/giveaways-of-day.html
+3 The song stuck in my head right now is Halo by Haley James Scott
lovestoread0708(at)yahoo(dot)com
I would be ecstatic! That would just be sooo sweet I'd be super happy. Like Limerick said up there, I'd be creeped out too if I didn't know the person haha I'd still say thanks though hehe
lc_intocable[a]yahoo[d]com
Oh please sign me up - I have heard so much about this author!
I think I am a follower but I will check that out... if not, I will be in ten seconds.
Song in my head? well nothing until you mentioned it and now it is La Bamba..... great. hee hee
I would be so excited if someone wrote a song about me! Major brownie points for the guy that does that..
My sister's ringtone is The Climb by Miley Cyrus and I've been hearing it so much I've actually caught myself humming it.
I became a follower.
bball11kt@sbcglobal.net
I would be so happy! Like jump up and down happy! I've never had someone right a song for me, but there would be major gratitiude and brownie points for the guy that did!
+4 I posted a link in my sidebar at http://www.harlequintwilightsbookblog.blogspot.com
+3 The song in my head is Home by Framing Hanley
+2 I'm already a follower.
HarlequinTwilight@gmail.com
I would be so excited to win this book. I have been wanting to read Sarah Dessen for some time!
+1 I became a follower
+3 The song stuck in my head right now is Supermassive by Muse (Just watched Twilight tonight and it is in there)
Thank you!
Kim
bookbutterfly9@gmail.com
OMG! I would kill for this book! I love Sarah Dessen!
I've had many people write a song about me actually. Depending on the contex and the person, it can make me react many different ways. When my did wrote me a song when I was baby, it was so cute. Not that I remember it from them but he's played it for me and I cry(: When my creepy ex-boyfriend keeps writing my songs after I broke up with him for cheating on me, I wanna slap him really hard. When my on-again-off again boyfriend did it the first time, I truly fell in love.
+4 I added a link on my blog and Twittered abotu it.
www.anotherpageisused.blogspot.com
www.twitter.com/alexislovesyouu
+3 I have Near to You by A Fine Frenzy stuck in my head. It's my favorite song right now(:
+1 I became a follower.
Thanks for this AMAZING contest! (:
-Lexi
am.ernsberger@hotmail.com
Well actually someone has written a song for me.
The first line of the song is-
Take my hand I wanna get to know you..
and it was absolutley beautiful.
It was my ex-boyfriend and weirdly enough he had a quirky name too- Earl:) I miss him just thinking about it:(
When he sang it for me the first time my heart nearly leaped out of my chest and fell onto the floor.
+4 twitter.com/yotina_38
+3 Song thats stuck in my head? Capital M-E by Takibg Back Sunday
+1 I just became a follower!
Christina
flipthepageplease@gmail.com
I'd blush, and be incredibly awkward.
oheeyore at hotmail dot com
+3 "Lullaby" by Shawn Mullins is stuck in my head, thanks to the title of this book.
oheeyore at hotmail dot com
+2 already a follower
oheeyore at hotmail dot com
All right this question makes me think of Audrey Wait! I'd probably go into hiding if someone wrote a song about me, or just pretend it wasn't about me.
+4 posted on my sidebar
thelifeofateenlibrarian.blogspot.com
+3What song is stuck in my head right now? All Good Things(come to an end) it was on someone's blog
+1 became a follower
teensatthelibrary[@]yahoo[.]com
I would definitely be shocked because it is the last thing I would ever expect. The song I have stuck in my head right now is Small Print by Muse. +3
+4 linked in a blog post
http://tashiluvsu.blogspot.com/2009/07/signed-copy-of-this-lullaby.html
+3 your anything by taylor swift
+1 i'm a new follower!
tashiluvsu@live.com
+1 im a follower
+4 i posted this on my blog
eloisa-ink.blogspot.com
+3 i have love drunk by boys like girls ,stuck in my head
if someone wrote a song about me that was a love song id probably be really emotional and if it was a hate song id probably be really mad.
+1 I became a follower
+4 Spread the word about the contest... I sent out emails AND I posted the following:
http://bulletins.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=bulletin.read&authorID=17456469&messageID=6496782945
and I posted to my facebook wall... but I don't know how to show that...
+3 I have Don't Trust me by !30H3! It is seriously sad... I listen to it in my room, in my car, it sneaks into my Youtube videos, I sing it in the shower... and I am desperately looking for it as a ring tone for my cell.... IT HAS CONSUMED MY LIFE!
If someone wrote a song about me... well I don't know how I would react...
If it was a bad song about me... I think I would have to hunt down the jerk and kick his butt, bless his heart....
If it was a cool song about me... I would have to share it with all my friends and secretly dance to it in my room...
If it was a romantic song about me...
well I think I would just about cry my eyes out, kiss the guy (if it was a guy), marry the guy, and die happy... all the while listening to it on my iPod until it made me sick.
Because I LOVE music so much, it would be epic to have a song about me... however, a little embarrassing also...
LIVE.LAUGH.LOVE!
xoxo
-B-
P.S. EPIC! YOU ARE JUST EPIC!
www.youtube.com/BrandiMarie88
I someone wrote a song about I would be really embaressed.
+3 A song stuck in my head is Goodbye by Kristina DeBarge
+2 Already follow you
Megan
bookworm8675309@yahoo.com
Answer: Open a bottle of wine!
+ 3 - OneRepublic's Stop and Stare is stuck in my head right now!
+1 - New follower!
delilah0180(at)yahoo(dot)com
I would hop up and down for five minutes straight most like.
y_nia28(at)yahoo(dot)com
Wow amazing contest, thanks so much!! I love Sarah Dessen's books. Umm if someone wrote a song for me that would be awesome and sweet (if it was nice).
+2 follower
+3 Don't Trust Me by 3OH!3 is stuck in my head
adrienne2093(at)comcast(dot)net
I'd be flattered!
+3 Build Me Up Buttercup
+1 new follower
dlodden(at)frontiernet(dot)net
+4 I posted this link on my sidebar at wickedgoodbooks.blogspot.com
+3 The song that is stuck in my head is I wanna be your lover
+1 If you become a follower
*Faint, look at that beautiful cover.
How would you react if someone wrote a song about you? I would love them forever. Writing is hard work.
+4 Posted on sidebar and tweeted.
@iheartbkgossip
+3 What song is stuck in your head right now? Dreaming with a Broken Heart bu John Mayer
+1 If you become a follower
cindyc725 at gmail dot com
If someone wrote me a song, I would be swept off my feet! It would mean so much to me.
+3: Right now I have Jingle Bell Rock stuck in my head...I don't know why lol.
+1: Became a follower
+4: Posted on my sidebar:http://romanticharbor.blogspot.com/
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I would feel really excited and happy to know that someone cared enough to take the time to write a song about me to sing to the world! +4 I tweeted http://twitter.com/Sparkleglow/status/2763026334 +3 Easy Goin' Day is the song stuck in my head because my son plays that part of the "Follow That Bird" movie over and over every day. It's a Sesame Street movie lol. +1 for becoming a follower! Thanks for the great giveaway!
It would have to be depending on the song if it saying somthing nice about me i would feel honor Im mean what a great thing to do for a person that you care about !!!
+3 Answer the question: What song is stuck in your head right now?
Demi Lovato new song Her We Go Again
+1 If you become a follower
This book sounds great
How would I react if someone wrote a song about I?
I would be amazed that someone took the time to write something so personal about me, even if it wasnt nice the person still thought about me enough to write it.
+3 Answer the question: What song is stuck in your head right now?
Stella by All Time Low
+1 If you become a follower
Mandy K,
bratdownstairs@yahoo.com
A signed copy? So awesome! If someone wrote a song about me, I’d totally be one of those people who gushes and then sets the song as their ringtone and alarm clock. And right now, Ray LaMontagne’s Hold You In My Arms. Plus I’m already a follower :)
Kristin (email = dazdnconfusd@comcast.net)
How would you react if someone wrote a song about you? - If it was a good song, I'd be happy, as long as it wasn't saying anything insulting.
For extra entries:
+4 I linked to the contest on Twitter: http://twitter.com/ParadoxRevealed/status/2810561104
+3 What song is stuck in your head right now? - The Great Escape by Boys Like Girls
+2 I'm already a follower
paradoxrevealed (at) aim (dot) com
Please enter me!
+3 Halo by Beyonce Knowles
+1 New follower
I am ashamed to say that I have never read anything by Sarah Dessen. From reading the back cover of This Lullaby on Amazon.com she seems like an amazing author. Well enough of my rambling, now to answer your question. If someone wrote a song about me, I think I'd always be like why? Well of course after I thank them so much. However, my full reaction depends on who wrote it. If it were a family member I'd be all touched and ask them to write down the lyrics so I could keep it forever. If it were from some guy from school or something I'd probably be totally embarrassed and red faced, but extremely welcome. I mean if he has the time to write a song about me then I'd be completely lucky right? I'd probably write a letter or poem as a thank you saying how much the song meant to me and then ask why he wrote a song about me. So yeah I hope that this answers your question. Lol yes I think I would be totally red faced because it would be really nice.
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