Teen Choice Giveaway

It's time again for a new STACKS Blast Sweepstakes, and this month's prize is a good one! For December, we are offering you a chance to win 2 items from the swag that celebrities got at the 2012 Teen Choice Awards! But, here's the thing. You can ONLY enter if you subscribe to the STACKS Blast Newsletter.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! What are you thankful for in 2012?

Leave a Comment, and have a wonderful day!

— Sonja, STACKS Staffer

Warriors Readalikes

Warriors Readalikes

You know when you find an amazing book, and you never want it to end? How do you find another book to read after that? Our answer: Readalikes to the rescue! We hope our Readalikes will rescue you from the what-to-read-next question, and help you find lots of new amazing books.

Today's Readalikes are for the Warriors series by Erin Hunter. For generations, four Clans of wild cats have shared the forest according to the laws laid down by the powerful ancestors. But the warrior code is threatened, and the ThunderClan cats are in grave danger. The sinister ShadowClan grows stronger every day. Noble warriors are dying -- and some deaths are more mysterious than others.

Get Goosebumps at the Zoo

Zoos Giving You Goosebumps?

The days following Halloween are always sort of a let-down. After spending all of that time picking out your costume, sniffing out the largest possible pillow case to haul your load of candy, and giving yourself a good fright with an overdose of scary movies, in just a few fun-filled hours it's all over, and there are a full 364 days left until you get to do it over again next year. But just because October 31 is now behind us doesn't mean that the scares need to stop. Fun-size candies may come and go, but you can get Goosebumps from fright-master R.L. Stine all year.

Thanksgiving Would You Rather?

Thanksgiving Would You Rather?

Gobble Gobble, Splotters! With Turkey Day right around the corner, we cooked up some delicious Thanksgiving Would You Rather with a question based on STACKS Staffer, Sonja's own personal experience. (Her sister makes a sweet potato dish with pineapple and marshmallows!!) 

Would you rather . . .

1. Eat sweet potato casserole with pineapple and marshmallows OR eat roasted crickets? (Sonja would actually rather eat crickets!)
2. Eat Thanksgiving dinner in your underwear OR wearing a giant rubber turkey on your head?
3. Jump into a pool of cold cranberry sauce OR warm gravy?
4. Watch football OR go shopping?
5. Eat burnt pumpkin pie OR delicious stuffing that might have a few dead bugs in it? 
6. Be a turkey on Thanksgiving Day OR a pumpkin about to get carved for Halloween?
7. From eating too much, spit up turkey OR spit up creamed spinach?
8. Be on your best behavior at the grown-ups' table OR eat at the kids' table and get peas thrown at you by your 3-year-old cousin?
9. For vegetarians: eat Tofurkey OR skip the turkey altogether and just eat all the yummy veggie side dishes?
10. If you could only choose one dessert, would it be apple pie OR pecan pie?

I’ll leave you with the famous song (sung to the tune of "Oh My Darling, Clementine") . . .

Mr. Turkey, Mr. Turkey
Did you ever wonder why
People eat you on Thanksgiving
Instead of chicken pot pie?

Leave your answers in the Comments below! Happy Turkey Day, everyone!

—Ratha, Stacks Writer

Name Your PC Day

Name Your PC Day

What falls on November 20th this year? You'll never guess. Nestled right in between November 19th (President James Garfield's birthday) and November 21st (the date North Carolina made statehood) is . . . Name Your PC Day!

Do you already have a name for your computer? If not, November 20th is the day to create one! To get in the spirit, here are some possible ideas to name your computer.  

• Big Mac (if you have a mac!)
• A pet love-y name like Pumpkin, Cream Puff, Mr. Cutie-Patootie
• Harry, Liam, Niall . . . you get the idea!
• Something really smart like Einstein, Madame Curie, Da Vinci
• Old Faithful
• Typee (due to its obvious skill)

So run the data, and leave YOUR name for your computer in the Comments below. I can't wait to hear these ones!!

—Ratha, Stacks Writer