Pretty Little Liars - Secret Keeper Game [A Question for Lucy Hale]

"Excellent work, Aria. You can't tell from this text, but I'm beaming. You kept at least 80% of your secrets so now I'm keeping my end of the bargain. As a reward for your good behavior, I am going to let you ask Lucy Hale one question. Start thinking and make it a good one. My people will be contacting you soon via email. Remember, I still know everything. -A"

I am so excited! I just received this message from "A" a few minutes ago! I have a few things that I may want to ask Lucy, but I thought I would include some of my favorite people in this reward: YOU GUYS! So, if you would like to suggest a question for Lucy Hale, please post in the comments, or email me at: omgbookreviews@gmail.com

I believe I'll receive a video response from Lucy that I can share on the blog, but I guess we'll just have to wait and see :)

As for the Secret Keeper Game? I think it might be over. It was supposed to end at midnight last night (according to the terms and conditions). However, we only received 9 out of the 10 promised challenges. I am not completely sure if it's actually over, or if "A" is going to catch us off guard with another challenge. With her, anything is possible. Afterall, she still knows everything!

But if it's really over, then I have completed 9 out of the 9 challenges correctly! YAY!

Pretty Little Liars - Secret Keeper Game [Challenges 8 & 9]

 Challenge #9:

 Aria, guess what? The end is near! Not the end of the world - the end of our time together. But before you complete the game, I need you to complete this sentence. Here's the first part: "Maybe a family's demands..." The only way to figure out the second part is to watch tonight's show. -A

I received this message earlier today from "A"... and I thought you might want to participate in the challenge with me :)

Be sure to watch Pretty Little Liars tonight on ABC Family!

As for Challenge #8:  I received this challenge last Thursday. "A" sent me a driving test, and in order to keep my secrets safe, I had to pass her test! At first I was nervous, then I saw the questions and they made me giggle. Then "A" said she was glad I thought road safety was a laughing matter, and that shut me up real quick!

So then, I answered all the questions and I actually got one wrong! It was kind of a trick question, and apparently "A" has her own ideas on what a Stop Sign is really intended for. But then again, I am thinking "A" just wanted me to think that I answered wrong, so that she could make me worry about it for 4 days.

Luckily I heard back from "A" yesterday confirming that I passed her test! She promises to keep my secrets safe for a little longer. I was so relieved!

Disclosure: ABC Family asked me to participate in a game based on the upcoming tv series "Pretty Little Liars." They provided me with a game kit which included a Free Motorola Droid Smartphone. The phone is mine to keep once the game has been completed.

Pretty Little Liars - Secret Keeper Game [Challenge 7]

Well girls, looks like you’ve done a pretty poor job of keeping the series premiere of Pretty Little Liars a secret. You’re such blabbermouths that you helped make it the highest rated cable series debut of the 2009/10 season. But don’t get comfy just yet – the game isn’t over by a long shot. Thanks for all of your help! -A

As a lot of you know, I was asked by ABC Family to participate in an exclusive game inspired by their new series "Pretty Little Liars" which happens to be based on a series of books by Sara Shepard. The show's pilot episode premiered for the first time last night, and the Secret Keepers received a special challenge from "A" which I found to be a lot of fun!

"A" texted me shortly before the show began and reminded me of the small secret object that was included in the box of dirt that ABC Family had sent to me. She told me that I needed to watch the show and keep my eyes peeled, because my secret object belonged in a specific scene, and I needed to report back to her with what scene I thought it had, should, or could have been in. It turned out that all 40 of the game participants had received completely unique items. None of us had received the same thing!

My object was a small pencil sharpener. The kind you hold in your hand and It had a blue base. At first I thought I was looking for this specific item on the show, and so did a lot of other people. But "A" made sure that we all knew that our item may not be literally in a scene. The items represent a scene that is important to our characters. My Character being Aria, I knew right away that my object had to of been in the classroom with Ezra Fitz... and sure enough, I found a pencil sharpener hanging on the wall in a scene where Aria was having a personal conversation with Ezra before school started.

I've texted back "A" with my answer, but still haven't heard back from her yet. She told another Secret Keeper that we wouldn't know if we guessed correctly until tomorrow, so I guess I will just have to wait and hope that my secrets are safe!

Did you watch the premiere? What did you think? Oh, and be sure to watch next Tuesday! Who knows what "A" may make me do next, and I might need your help! 

Disclosure: ABC Family asked me to participate in a game based on the upcoming tv series "Pretty Little Liars." They provided me with a game kit which included a Free Motorola Droid Smartphone. The phone is mine to keep once the game has been completed. 

The original picture used in this post can be found HERE.

Pretty Little Liars - Premieres Tonight!

Just a little reminder... 

Pretty Little liars premieres tonight on ABC Family! Check your local listings and don't forget to set your Tivo/DVR's to record the show! Who knows what "A" might have up her sleeve for me in the next Secret Keepers challenge... I half expect her to make me do something like, count the number of times Aria says "the" or something wicked like that. Who knows when I may need your help, so be sure to watch!

"Pretty Little Liars" - Secret Keeper Game [Challenges 5 & 6]

Previously on Facebook: Hey Aria. Looks to me like you're a bit worried about the last mission. I'd start worrying about the next - it's coming. Very soon. -A

Challenge #5 came pretty early on Thursday. "A" made me do possibly one of the meanest things I have ever done. Even if technically I was "Aria" at the time... I had to call the Rosewood Flower Shop and place and order for flowers. Apparently Aria's father is cheating on her mother. So I sent flowers to Aria's mother, from Aria's father... but instead of making the card out to Aria's mother, I had the flower shop make the card out to her dad's girlfriend instead. I can just picture poor Ella Montgomery's heart breaking right this moment... but hey, I guess in a way it's better that she knows the truth? Right? It's just a sad way for her to find out, and if I wouldn't have done that, then "A" would have told her, and I can only imagine how that would have turned out! *shakes fist at A*

Challenge #6 came Saturday night. This is what "A" had to say: "Your skirt looked a little short yesterday, Aria. Trying to catch someone's eye? I'll keep your crush private if you prove to me you know what's-what. Create a Polyvore account and make an outfit that's appropriate for school. Then post the link to our Facebook group. -A

A fun and easy challenge? One can only assume that "A" is going to be really hard on us with the next challenge. She's not known for playing nice!

Here is what I came up with:

I normally would have picked a cute dress or a skirt for Aria, but I wasn't sure what A's idea of appropriate was, so I stuck with jeans. You can never go wrong with jeans! I also stuck Aria in a pair of Tom's Shoes for one of the outfits. I figure Aria would be totally into the message behind Tom's.

I had a bit of technical difficulty with finishing this challenge due to the fact that right after "A" sent me the text, a tornado went through my area and knocked out our internet service for about 24 hours. I couldn't really get polyvore to work correctly on my phone, so I ended up calling around, found out my neighbor still had internet service, so I drove over, parked in his driveway and used his wireless internet service on my laptop to finish the mission. I am so dedicated to this game, it's not even funny!

Not really sure what I am talking about? Check out my first post explaining the game, and check out the rest of my PLL game posts!

Disclosure: ABC Family asked me to participate in a game based on the upcoming tv series "Pretty Little Liars." They provided me with a game kit which included a Free Motorola Droid Smartphone. The phone is mine to keep once the game has been completed.

Pretty Little Liars - Secret Keeper Game [Challenges 3 & 4]

Previously on Facebook...

Kelli: I think my stalker takes the weekends off... lol
Saturday at 2:11pm

A: This seems like wishful thinking to me. -A
Saturday at 2:14pm

For some reason I thought I could relax this weekend. Nope, I was wrong! I definitely was not expecting my Secret Keeper phone to go off at 9pm on Sunday night with my 3rd challenge! Never a dull moment when "A" is holding secrets over our heads.

Challenge #3 was difficult! I had a BFF who was mad at me, and "A" informed me that I needed to text her right away. This challenge baffled me at first, I didn't know who this BFF was supposed to be! Apparently her contact information was missing from my phone... but luckily for me, my BFF sent me an angry text message the next afternoon telling me that she was still pissed at me. So I was able to complete my next challenge from "A" by texting the BFF back! My mystery BFF thankfully forgave me... and I soon heard from "A" letting me know that my secret was safe... at least for then.


Challenge #4 came earlier today. This one was probably one of the simplest challenges that I, as Aria, had received so far! I had to go to the Pretty Little Liar forums on the official ABC Family website and find the number of posts made by "A" in order to find out the number that reflects the appropriate age of the guys that Aria should date, and then text the number back to her. I completed it within a few short minutes. Haven't heard back from "A" yet... and even though I am sure I did the challenge correctly, I will still worry until "A" confirms that I indeed did it correctly... (oh, and by the way, go take a look at her posts, they are LOL worthy)

So I think I am safe for now... or am I? Let's hope for the best!

Did you know that Pretty Little Liars premiers next Tuesday?! I am so excited! I hope you are all watching, I definitely will be! :)

Disclosure: ABC Family asked me to participate in a game based on the upcoming tv series "Pretty Little Liars." They provided me with a game kit which included a Free Motorola Droid Smartphone. The phone is mine to keep once the game has been completed. 

Pretty Little Liars - Secret Keeper Game [Challenge 2]

Being Aria Montgomery isn't easy...

I ended up not needing help with Challenge #2... but I know I will need your help for future challenges! So stay tuned!

Yesterday at approximately 3:00pm I received my second challenge from "A". My challenge was to find Aria's flickr account, and upload photos from "Monday's hiking trip." Sounds easy enough, except no matter what I searched for nothing would come up! I literally tried everything! I actually ended up finding Emily and Spencer's challenge pictures in the process, but could not find my own! (oh, and as for Hanna, she had it really easy, just had to upload a photo directly from her phone... lucky!)

"A" must have sensed my trouble, because she soon sent me another message saying that I had until Saturday to find my photos, and that I should try again tomorrow. (How unusually nice of her!) So I figured that either the photos weren't up yet, or that I would receive a tip the next day. Either way I was sure that "A" was having fun watching me sweat! I had a photo on my phone of a hiking trail (a clue) that I planned on using as a last resort, but I wanted to be sure and take my time in finding the actual flickr album so that I wasn't taking any chances! I wanted to do exactly as "A" requested so that I wouldn't upset her!

I talked to a few other Aria's in the game, and they were all having trouble too. Which made me feel much better that I wasn't alone! Thankfully we all received a hint earlier today! I was at work when the hint hit Facebook, but luckily for me, my friend Kristin was keeping a close eye on "A" and I was quickly able to access my challenge photos! After uploading the photos to my group "A" almost immediately sent me a text message saying that she was surprised I actually found them, and that she was a little impressed... lol

She says that my secret is safe for now... but I've learned that "A" doesn't always keep her word. So I've just gotta do what she says and hope for the best!

Check out my Label "PLL" for more of my posts on the Secret Keeper game!

Disclosure: ABC Family asked me to participate in a game based on the upcoming tv series "Pretty Little Liars." They provided me with a game kit which included a Free Motorola Droid Smartphone. The phone is mine to keep once the game has been completed. 

Secret Keepers Game... I need YOUR help!

Today my group received this message from A:

 Good job, ladies. You passed my first little test. But watch out: I'll have a new challenge for you today that won't be so easy. Might want to start getting your friends, readers and fans lined up, because you'll need help with this one. -A

Later today I will be receiving a new challenge, and it looks like I am going to need your help! Please stay tuned :) I will make a post once I find out more!

"Pretty Little Liars" - Secret Keeper Game [Challenge 1]

Please referr to my first post for more information on the game, and what has happened so far! 

My first text message from "A" arrived on my phone at approximately 4:00pm yesterday afternoon. As I read the message I noticed that my hands were actually shaking, my palms were sweaty and my nerves were running wild!

Even though I hear that it's okay to share with you what the text message said, I still feel paranoid that I might be saying too much. So let me just give you the basic idea of what the text said...

"A" had informed me that I needed to find something on Craigslist, and I had to contact the person with the ad. Basically a 'do what I say, or I will tell your friends all of your dirty little secrets' kind of text message.

Scary, right? I quickly pulled up the internet browser on my Droid smartphone. At first I was having a little trouble with finding anything that seemed like it was meant for the game! I kept finding a few similar ads that appeared to be real ads by real people. I wasn't really sure if I was supposed to contact one of them! So I kept looking for clues that one of these ads was indeed part of the game, and that I wouldn't be scaring some poor innocent bystander with my insane request!

Finally I started wording my search in different ways, and then eventually the correct ad popped up! Once I found it, it was so obvious that I had found the correct listing! So I quickly contacted the ad owner, did as I was told, and then waited for a reply from "A".

Today I received a text from "A" which said: "Aria, you just whipped up the sweetest deception. Nice work. I savored every bit - and as a reward I'll keep your hot secret. --A"

*Sigh* My secrets are safe... for now.

First challenge has officially been completed!
But I can only assume that the first challenge was the easiest...

Over on Facebook, "A" has been having some fun with the Pretty Little Secret Keepers. Even my friends are joining in on some of the fun:




 Disclosure: ABC Family asked me to participate in a game based on the upcoming tv series "Pretty Little Liars." They provided me with a game kit which included a Free Motorola Droid Smartphone. The phone is mine to keep once the game has been completed.

Pretty Little Liars - Secret Keeper Game!

 "Never trust a pretty girl with an ugly secret"

I was really excited to be 1 out of 40 people asked to participate in a special game for ABC Family's upcoming show "Pretty Little Liars"... from what I've gathered so far, a majority of the lucky participants are fellow book bloggers, so please let me know if you were also picked for the game!

Today I received a box from ABC Family. I opened it up and sitting on the top was a note that said: "Some secrets you have to dig for. -A"

Underneath the note the box was full of dirt. Yes... literally filled with dirt! I took the box outside and did as I was told by digging through the dirt! I uncovered a Motorola Droid smartphone! The phone was provided free in order to take part in the game!

I also received a small object. But for now I am going to keep the small object a secret because I am not exactly sure what it's meaning is, and I think it could possibly be a secret clue.

With the phone was a note that read:

"It's hard to dig without getting dirty, isn't it, Aria? I know what you're thinking: 'I'm not Aria.' But believe me... after today, you will be. Now that you have her phone, you might as well log into her account. I'm waiting. --A"

So out of excitement I hurry and sign up using Aria's account information. I then received the following message, which I think describes the game very well:

"Welcome.

I see you've found your phone. Allow me to introduce myself. You can call me 'A'. Since Pretty Little Liars is premiering June 8 on ABC Family, I thought it would be fun to play this little game in order to kick off the show.

Here's how it works:

You've got 10 secrets. The goal of the game is to keep those 10 secrets from your three friends. You'll all meet as soon as you join the Facebook group. Watch your Facebook notifications. I'll be inviting you soon.

Now, about your phone. It's full of stuff you'll need later, so go ahead and start digging through it. It's yours.

You'll receive your first secret on Tuesday, and if you want to keep that secret, I suggest you do what I say. Remember, I know everything.

-A"

So that's it so far!
I don't really know much more than what you've read here. Just that it sounds like a really creative and fun game! I can't wait to get started! I will update you on the game as much as I can without giving away any of my "secrets." I am told that my blog followers are encouraged to help me with the game, but I am not exactly sure how that is going to work yet... so stay tuned!

I am going to label all of my "Pretty Little Liar" game udates with "PLL" so that you can find these updates easier.