Books That Deserve 10 Stars

My good friend Elana Johnson came up with the idea for a bunch of us bloggers to shout from the rooftops about books and authors that we think are AWESOMESAUCE. 60 + bloggers will be posting their reviews today. After reading my review, head on over to Jenn Johansson's blog to read about another well-deserving author. Keep clicking through the links to read about all the books on today's tour. Lots of giveaways and other cool stuff will be happening all over the blog tour, plus you'll get a ton of new books to add to your to-read list.

The book I've chosen to spotlight is . . . wait for it . . .

The Adoration of

Jenna Fox

by

Mary E. Pearson




Who is Jenna Fox?

Seventeen-year-old Jenna has been told that is her name. She has just awoken from a year-long coma, and she’s still recovering from the terrible accident that caused it. Her parents show her home movies of her life, her memories, but she has no recollection. Is she really the same girl she sees on the screen?

Little by little, Jenna begins to remember. But along with the memories come questions—questions no one wants to answer for her. What really happened after the accident?

In this fascinating novel, acclaimed author Mary E. Pearson presents an unforgettable look at one human life and a glimpse into a possible future that may be closer than we think.


To see a book trailer, read reviews, get discussion questions and a lot more, go to the official Jenna Fox website.

The reason I loved this book so much is because it was beautifully and simply written, there were a lot of awesome surprises, it really made me think, I fell in love with the main character, and there was just a lot of wicked cool stuff scattered all throughout. Really, I can't say enough good stuff about this book. If Goodreads would have let me, I would have given it 10 stars.

Because it was so awesome and I want all of you to read it, I'll be giving away a signed copy. All you have to do is leave a comment and tell me what YOUR favorite book is, or tell me about another author you think is just awesomesauce. And if you become (or already are) a follower, I'll add a second entry for you.

Oh, and I guess I should say when the contest ends. I'll draw the name of the lucky winner next Monday, May 10, at noon.

Happy Reading!

*Important Update* I'll be getting a signed copy for my giveaway! Sweet!

58 comments:

  1. Can't wait to read this book! Thanks Jenn. =)

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  2. I have heard of this book forever and never read it. I would love to own a copy!

    My favorite book is...Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. Never thought I would love it as much as I do.

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  3. I'd love to read this one!

    My favorite books are THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO by Alexandre Dumas and POSSESSION AS Byatt.

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  4. Oooh, too many books to mention. Love "The Outlaws of Sherwood" by Robin McKinley.

    Your book sounds great, too! Add it to the list.

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  5. This book sounds great too!!

    I am a follower (as of right now :) ) and I am a lover of anything Liz Curtis Higgs...great stuff there!!

    Thanks so much for this chance :)

    Bina

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  6. Sounds so good! I am now a follower and my favorite book so far this year has been Drizzle by Kathleen Van Cleve.

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  7. I loved this book because it totally surprised me. But don't enter me. I already own the book :) Great review!

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  8. I am getting reading to start reading this book...Now really can't wait!

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  9. Thanks to your recommendation, I added it to my goodreads list already! I can't wait to read it...

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  10. We'll go with "current" favorite book. : )
    Soulless by Gail Carriger... I need Changeless, lol.

    I'm a new Google Friend Follower.

    Thanks!
    Christa
    ambience.of.rain [at} gmail.com

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  11. I went to the library to check out this book and it was gone so my name's on the waiting list unless i win this one :)
    I am a follower.
    I really enjoyed "Speaker For the Dead" recently.

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  12. New follower!

    My favorite book is Les Miserables, by Victor Hugo.

    - Rebecca
    rebeccaswells(At)gmail(dot)com

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  13. Ooo, I had not heard of this book. It sounds like something I would LOVE! Definitely count me in for the contest, but I'll be adding it to my TBR list either way.

    Um...as far as a book I love, it's hard to pick--there's so many--but...I guess I'll say Persuasion by Jane Austen. I could read it over and over and never get tired of it). :)

    Also *waves* New follower here! Nice to meet you.

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  14. I loved this book. Got me thinking about what it means to be human, part of a family & what "love" means when the rubber hits the road. Great pic!

    One of my all-time favorite books is FEED by M.T. Anderson.

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  15. I started this one and had to give it back to the library before I could finish it. But now I'll have to grab it up again! Thanks for the reccomendation.

    And I'm so glad I've found your awesome blog. Now a follower!

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  16. That sounds really interesting. My current fave is Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson. Oh, and I'm a follower too. :)

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  17. My favorite books are Patricia Brigg's Mercy series. I can't say enough good things about them.

    And I'm a new follower.

    Your review is good, and this was a marvelous idea. That Elena is pretty cool. :)

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  18. Sounds like a fabulous book! I'd love to win a copy. ; ) I'm excited to be a new follower here (love discovering new blogs) and though I have many favorite books I have to say THE HUNGER GAMES is at the top of my list.

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  19. As a kid Robyn McKennley was my fav author. As an adult, there are too many to choose from! And I'm a long time follower.

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  20. My favorite book is "The Shadow of the Wind." I wrote a review on my blog for the spreading the awesome too. Check it out!

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  21. I agree. This book is made of awesome. Good choice! (don't enter me, since I've read it and want someone else to have the pleasure)

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  22. This book has been on my radar for so long. So looking forward to reading it.

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  23. Oh, and my recommendation for a book of pure awesomeness is THE HUNGER GAMES.

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  24. Yay! I'm a new follower. Great recommendation - thanks! :-)

    I recommend The 13th Reality by James Dashner.

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  25. My favorite book ever is To Kill a Mockingbird. Wonderful story.

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  26. Oooh! Sounds interesting! I am a new follower. :)
    Oh, an author I love...Kathleen Duey. :)

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  27. Oh, this is something I've always been curious about. Sounds fabulous! And you're giving away a signed copy, too! Excellent!

    My favorite book ever is probably Jane Eyre. But I'm also a HUGE Harry Potter fan :)

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  28. Probably the best book I've ever read is Hatchet, by Gary Paulson.
    That, and more recently Graceling by Kristin Cashore.
    I'm a follower.

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  29. I'll have to add this one to my to-read list.

    My all-time-favorite book? It's a tie between To Kill a Mockingbird and Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole.

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  30. It sounds like a great book.
    An all-time favorite book of mine is...The Monkeywrench Gang by Edward Abbey

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  31. Please enter me, I'd love to win the signed copy. :) You must really love this one!

    I have also followed your blog.

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  32. Oops! Forgot to share my fave book. I love Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett. I read it when it first came out in my teens and have reread it many times since. I just love it (and its new sequel, World Without End.)

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  33. I thikn Unwind may be my favorite book ever
    please enter me
    follower
    bratdownstairs @yahoo.com

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  34. Oh MY Gosh! I read this book last Wednesday and I tore through it! It was amazing!

    Favorite book of all time: The Giver

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  35. I love this book.

    I'm a new follower. I have lot of favorite authors. Lisa Schroeder is pretty amazing.

    ellestraussbooks at gmail dot com

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  36. Hi,
    I'm a new follower of your blog :) Thanks for an awesome post, I definitely want to check this book out!

    My favorite book of all time is the complete works of Edgar Allan Poe

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  37. I've heard great things about this book. My fav book (okay, I have about a billion of them) is Twenty Boy Summer by Sarah Ockler.

    Definitely count me in for the giveaway. I'm now a follower. :D

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  38. One of my favorite books is the one I'm featuring in this blog fest. "I Am Not A Serial Killer." I'm already a follower and I've been dying to read this one. Great review, Jenn!

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  39. Cute background, Jenn. And Ali told me I NEED to read this book like, over a month ago. But I still haven't picked up a copy. So...totally sign me up to win.

    Thanks for helping spread the awesome--and I don't just mean with this program, but also with the Authors Incognito News blog. You rock!

    Nichole

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  40. This might be my favorite book of all time. I *almost* chose it for myself. A signed copy??? I'm so jealous!!

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  41. Yay! I'm a follower already. And I'd love a copy of this book, seeing as it's currently on my virtual TBR pile :) And as for fave book - seriously? I have to pick just one?

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  42. Omg, I have been so anxious to read this book. It sounds amazing and I've heard great things about it.

    New follower.

    One of my top favorite books just so happens to be the one I've most recently finished. The book is, "Me, the Missing, and the Dead' by Jenny Valentine. If you haven't read it yet, I strongly suggest you do.

    ~Briana
    thebookpixie[at]yahoo[dot]com

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  43. Great blogfest!
    There are so many awesome books and so little time, and my favorites (so far) are:
    The Bible,
    Ender's Game by Orson Scott Car,
    Dragon Slippers by Jessica Day George . . . to name just a few.

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  44. GREAT review! This sounds like my kind of book. Thanks for the rec!!

    I don't know what happened. I remember reading this post yesterday, and I'm baffled that I'm neither following nor left a comment. I must have been here when hubby came home unexpectedly and took over the computer. So sorry!

    I'm in for the drawing (pick me!) and I'm clicking the follow button now!

    Thanks for following me too!

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  45. ooh I've heard good things about this one-count me in! And I'm a follower!

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  46. Sounds interesting!

    My current faves for books: Suzanne Collins' Hunger Games and Kristin Cashore's Graceling and Fire.

    And I'm a follower!

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  47. Thanks for the heads-up. That's what I get for being a harried blood courier plus an aspiring writer. I miss out on fascinaing challenges like this awesome one.

    You have a lovely blog. Good fortune in your own writing aspirations, Roland

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  48. My favourite book is Cleopatra's Daughter: A Novel by Michelle Moran

    aikychien at yahoo dot com

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  49. I'm a follower.

    aikychien at yahoo dot com

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  50. I love The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins!!! LOVE IT!
    sena.sagani [at]gmail[dot]com

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  51. Sounds like a great book, Jenn. I might have to check it out. My favorite (boy, that's tough, there's a bunch), but one would be Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella. I think that was the first time I'd read first person present tense and the story/characters made me laugh.

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  52. Hi, Jenn!

    The book that you selected sounds GREAT!

    My favorite book is:
    "IN COLD BLOOD" by Truman Capote. It's been my husband's favorite book since he was a teenager, and we actually have quite an "IN COLD BLOOD" collection at our home, which includes all different kinds of memorabilia from the actual murder trial (it's based on a true story).

    "IN COLD BLOOD" is the book that FOUR motion picture movies have been made about, so far. The original "In Cold Blood" (1967), shortly after the conclusion of the trials, etc. (I don't want to spoil anything for you), then a remake of "In Cold Blood" (1996). Next you probably remember there was the movie "Infamous"(2005) starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, and then close on its heels was the movie "Infamous" (2006), with Toby Jones and Sandra Bullock. And all four movies were based on that SAME book. I'm telling you...it's GREAT!

    Everything that Truman Capote ever wrote was amazing. He had a way with words, that's for sure. But after he wrote "IN COLD BLOOD", he fell apart emotionally. He got so wrapped up in the lives of the protagonists, that it tore him apart in the end. It was so tragic--what a waste.

    Anyway...you should really read that book. It's sad, but it's a classic. It was written in 1965 and has never been out of print--what does THAT tell you?

    Cynde
    Cynde's Got The Write Stuff

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  53. Hi again, Jenn!

    I forgot to tell you that I signed up to "follow" you (I'd appreciate a follow-back) :o)

    Until next time,

    Cynde
    Cynde's Got The Write Stuff

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  54. Wow, that book sounds interesting. Another book I never would have found without Elana Johnson! I signed up to follow you, too. :)

    I don't really have a favorite book of all time, but I DO love Suzanne Collins' Hunger Games and Terry Pratchett's Discworld series and Bill Bryson's In a Sunburned Country!

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  55. Sounds like a really cool, book, one both my daughter and I would both love. What a cute blog you have, I just love red and green together. :) Okay, hmmm, my favorite book, hmmm, there's too many, ummm I guess "These is My Words" by Nancy Turner. I'm a follower of your blog.

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  56. Jenn,

    I'm sorry to bug you again, but the MOST IMPORTANT THING that I forgot to tell you is:

    that I'm praying so hard to win this book, because my niece, Audra, whom I practically delivered at birth,
    almost went through much the same thing as Jenna Fox after being involved in a horrible automobile accident. She still has traumatic brain injury (TBI) and is disabled because of it, but she's a miracle, nonetheless. She was not expected to live, and she is doing miraculously well. She had to learn how to swallow, eat, talk, everything--she had less skills than an infant does at birth. Anyway...I'll stop boring you. I just pray that I win, but that would be a miracle, because I never win these things.

    Bye again,
    Cynde

    Cynde's Got The Write Stuff.


    "Something just for YOU; for putting up with my pestering!"

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  57. Hi Jenn!! I've been terrible at keeping up with the AI emails, but saw you love a lot of the same types of books I love (I'm currently writing a dystopian). But I completely agree with The Adoration of Jenna Fox. Such a great book.

    I love your blog! I want to keep coming back. :)

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  58. Joined your blog.

    That book is amazing and is now on my to read list!

    I have so many fave books, but my fave on at the moment is Saving Francesca by Melina Marchetta.

    Laura Ann Dunks

    http://www.lauraanndunks.com/

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