Monday, June 17, 2013

Ensconced in YA turns ONE! Day 1: Highlighting Hippie Boy: A Girl's Story by Ingrid Ricks and INT giveaway

This week, I'm celebrating Ensconced in YA turning ONE! Thank you SO much for all of your support! I have a big giveaway planned, so hold onto your hats! We'll get there in a second. But FIRST...

Hippie Boy: A Girl's StoryI am SO THRILLED to re-introduce Ingrid Ricks! She has JUST made the New York Times Best seller list and was the first interview I ever conducted. I'm so incredibly proud of her. She deserves it for being just an amazing person and a really great author too.

Goodreads Book Description: What would you do if your Mormon stepfather pinned you down and tried to cast Satan out of you? For thirteen-year-old Ingrid, the answer is simple: RUN.

Ingrid Ricks grew up in a dysfunctional, untypical Mormon family with an absent, freewheeling dad and an intensely religious mother who was desperate to ensure her family's eternal salvation. For years she yearned to escape the suffocating religious atmosphere cultivated by her mother at home by joining her dad on the road as tool-selling vagabond. When her parents divorce and her mother marries Earl--a cruel authoritarian who exploits his Church-ordained priesthood powers to oppress her family-- she learns the lesson that will change her life: she can't look to others to save her; she has to save herself.

Rating: 5/5 stars 
See my Amazon review at this link : Hippie Boy Amazon Review

Hippie Boy Book Trailer (created by Ingrid's daughter!)
Hippie Boy Book Trailer

Ingrid Ricks 
Ingrid Ricks is a Seattle-based writer and speaker who focuses on overcoming adversity and embracing life. Ingrid lives in Seattle with her husband and two daughters. She is also the author of A Little Book of Mormon (and Not So Mormon) Stories.

Enter my humongous BLOG GIVEAWAY with giveaways of books that I loved since Ensconced opened! I'll be doing this a little bit differently. I'll be selecting prize winners EVERY WEEK to keep people's interest (and mine) and to keep things under control a little better since this giveaway is the biggest I've ever tried to do! :-) Enter now!

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32 comments:

  1. Wow, such a massive giveaway! Happy blogoversary!

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  2. Many many Congratulations for the turning one of this blog.
    Happy Blogoversary :)
    This is so huge giveaway. Love it.

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  3. Congrats on the one year blogoversary! =D May there be many more to come!

    Xoxo

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  4. Happy Blogoversary!

    I have enjoyed reading your posts!

    May the odds be EVER in your favor!

    My email:mrsjtucker2012[at]gmail[dot]com

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  5. Congratz on your one year! Looking forward to future reviews and definitely rants. Good luck and kudos to you.

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  6. Congrats on your first blogoversary :)

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  7. Congratz on your One year. Hope you have a lot of blogoversaries. Great reviews . Best, Viviana Ortiz vivi17guanajuato@live.com

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  8. Congratulations on your 1st Blogoversary! I enjoyed reading your review, rants, and writings!

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  9. Congrats, Christina! Happy Blogoversary!!
    What about new stories on Figment to celebrate? ;-)
    Keep writing, please!

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  10. Congratulations on your one year blogiversary! Thanks for the great giveaway!

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  11. Congrats sweetie!! I don't see a question, maybe I'm looking in the wrong spot? Hope not! Anyways congrats! That's SO cool your first author interview made it to the NYT best sellers list! Amazing!!

    Dee @ Dee's Reads

    Happy a blogoversary!

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  12. Happy Blogoversary! Thanks for the giveaway!

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  13. Congratulations!! A very happy blogoversary and 1 year...amazing. x

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  14. Happy happy blogoversary Christina!

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  15. happy blogoversary...
    thx u for the giveaway... :)

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  16. Good God! What a collection. I have a link to this post on my Free Swag Friday post that will publish on Friday morning.

    Read it in Houston

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  17. Wow! just finished reading Hippie Boy. I Love It! I was living the same life - on the fringes of yours. I relived my own story through yours. Please Please Please tell me the evil girl friend who made you and your dad sleep in the truck wasn't me. It could have been, I'm afraid it was and hoping it wasn't. If it is me - I am so ashamed and sorry! I hope you will forgive me. You are a wonderful writer! I am so glad you are doing well!

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  18. You run a great blog, my dear! Happy blogoversary. :-)

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  19. Happy Blogoversary!!! :D Thanks for such and awesome giveaway!

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  20. Happy Blogversary!!! Congrats! :D

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  21. I live in the U.S. and LOVE to read my Kindle books on my phone.

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  22. This is an awesome giveaway Christina!!

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