What I've been reading and ROOM giveaway

I will be posting the Artist Arthur community interview post later this week. We are waiting for the Manifest swag to arrive and as soon as it does, I'll get it up!

Until then, I wanted to chat about what I've read lately and host my first post BEA giveaway. Woo-hoo!

I finished Dracula a month or so ago and just loved it. The journal format was perfect for seamlessly offering the variety of perspectives that come about as the story unfolds across several countries. It did get a bit, 'Oh the Lady! Dote, fawn, How is the Lady? Protect the Lady from the evil of the world! Her delicate ears shall not be marred by such evil as the utterance of his name!' and on and on. Sometimes the doting on Mina chapters dragged on a bit, but it was written in 1897, so what can you do?

It does remind me of an SNL skit I remember seeing a long time ago where two actors were dressed up in Renaissance or maybe Elizabethan garb and made a great show of bowing flourishing their hands and bowing and saying, 'Yeeeeeeeees'. Wish I could find that skit. Seeing it would probably help what I'm trying to illustrate here. :-)

But anyway, it was a wonderful book. And I just love that the entire book centers around a character that makes a minimal number of appearances. So intriguing!

I also read ROOM by Emma Donoghue. I tore through it in about a day and a half and it was pretty amazing. The narrator is 5 years old, and while his speech patterns are highly elevated for someone so young, I still really had to think about what he was describing sometimes. It works so well because the author doesn't shy away from giving the reader some of the confusion of an adolescent perspective.

The book ended with me wanting more. There's a bit of an empty part in me from it that feels unsatisfied. Not to be read as a failure on the author's part though. With my life experience, perhaps this is exactly what I was supposed to walk away from this with. That closing emotion will be different for everyone, which is part of what makes this book so wonderful.

And to help give you the opportunity to share your thoughts, I am giving a copy of ROOM away! Along with a Quirk Books tote bag and a cute pink, reading light that was a gift from BBC (I already have a simliar one). Ta-daaa!


Now! To Enter:
You must leave a comment to be entered (you only need to leave your email address if I don't already have it), and if you have a Twitter account, I give you an extra entry if you RT the giveaway. Contest is open internationally.

That's all. I will announce the winner on Monday, June 21. Good Luuuuck!

The BIG Giveaway

THIS CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED. THANK YOU TO ALL WHO ENTERED!!

Up for grabs this time around, I have a whole smattering of goodies for ya! And the goodies are as follows:

*mouse pad from Book Club Girl with the Betty Smith quote: 'The world was hers for the reading' on it
*Food, Inc., edited by Karl Weber (finished paperback)
*Gone to Green by Judy Christie (ARC) (I LOVE this book!)
*The Secret Diaries of Charlotte Brontë by Syrie James (ARC)
*The Sword of Medina by Sherry Jones (ARC)
*Crush by Alan Jacobson (ARC)

And what do you need to do to be entered into this super awesome giveaway? There are several ways to gain entry into this one. Please pay attention to the details as I will not enter folks who do not participate in one of the following:

1. Visit: http://marcblatte.com/. Leave a comment here relaying some bit of information you learned from the site.

2. Leave a comment on one of Marc's blog posts: http://marcblatte.com/blog/.

3. Follow Marc on Twitter: http://twitter.com/MarcBlatte.

4. Listen to Marc's interview with Linda Wertheimer on NPR and leave a comment here noting something you found interesting from it.

If you do one of the above AND tweet the giveaway as well, you will receive 2 entries. Please remember to use @OnlinePublicist in your tweet. A tweet without doing one of the above will not be entered. Feel free to enter more than once! This giveaway is open internationally and will close Monday, July 20, 2009 at midnight, CST, with the winner being announced on Tuesday, July 21, 2009. If the winner does not contact me to claim the prize within 7 days, it will go to the next person from the Random.org list.

Good luck and thank you for participating!!

BEA Giveaway #3

The winner of the Children's books is:

List Randomizer

There were 24 items in your list. Here they are in random order:

1. Cfulcher

Congratulations!! Please forward me your mailing address to onlinepublicist@gmail.com and I will get those out to you right away. I have some other posts I would like to get out this week, so I will be taking a break from giveaways this week, but will be back with another one soon!

BEA Giveaway #3

**THIS CONTEST HAS NOW ENDED. THANK YOU TO ALL WHO ENTERED!**

I'm a little late on getting this one posted, (Sorry for that!) but here is the Children's book giveaway I'm featuring this week:

Snappy Sounds: Surprise Party!
Reading level: 4-8
Published by: Silver Dolphin Books

Baseball Hour (this copy is autographed!) Reading level: 9-12
Published by: Marshall Cavendish Corp/Ccb Here's how to enter:

You will be given one entry for every mention, with link, you make of the contest on Twitter. Please use @OnlinePublicist in your tweet!

If you do not have Twitter or would like additional entries, every mention, with link, made on your blog or other online outlet will give you an extra shot at these amazing titles! Please comment with links below.

The contest is open internationally! The winner will be chosen Friday, June 26, at 12am CST, and announced in a post on Friday.

Many thanks and GOOD LUCK!! ;-)

BEA #2 Giveaway Results!

Is this just as exciting as American Idol, or what? Ok, I may be reaching with that one. But just a bit.

There were a lot of multiple entries with this one, which was exciting to see. I went through all of the emails, Twitters, posts and mentions, made a big old list, plugged it into List Randomizer and here is the winner of the YA Giveaway:

List Randomizer

There were 42 items in your list. Here they are in random order:

1. DebWorldOfBooks

Congratulations, Deb!! I already have your mailing address and will get these out right away! :-D Have a wonderful weekend, all, and tune in next week for the Children's book giveaway.

BEA giveaway #2

**THIS CONTEST HAS NOW ENDED. THANK YOU TO ALL WHO ENTERED!**

Time for another great BEA Giveaway!! This week, the spotlight is on YA titles and they are: (click on link to read book description)

Tombstone Tea (ARC) by Joanne Dahme
published by Running Press Teens

The Hunting, Book 1: Z.Rex (ARC) by Steve Cole
published by Philomel Books

Uncle John's Under the Slimy Sea Bathroom Reader for Kids Only by Bathroom Readers' Institute.

Entry for this contest will be slightly different than the previous. You will be given one entry for every mention, with link, you make of the contest on Twitter. Please use @OnlinePublicist in your tweet!

If you do not have Twitter or would like additional entries, every mention, with link, made on your blog or other online outlet will give you an extra shot at these amazing titles!

Instead of commenting with links, I ask that you email them to me: onlinepublicist@gmail.com. The winner will be chosen Thursday, June 18, at 12am CST, and announced in a post on Friday.

Many thanks and GOOD LUCK!! ;-)

BEA giveaway results!

My BEA giveaway closed last night, so I plugged the entrants into the List Randomizer over at Random.org and went with the person who fell into the #1 slot. And the winner is:

List Randomizer

There were 57 items in your list. Here they are in random order:

1. palmersf

CONGRATULATIONS, Shannon!! You are the lucky winner of the Peanuts bag and stamper and the Impossible word puzzles book. Please email me (onlinepublicist@gmail.com) with your mailing address and I will get that out to you right away! ;-)

Be sure to stop by on Monday for my next giveaway. For this one, should we go YA, children's, or fantasy?

My First BEA giveaway!!!

THIS CONTEST HAS NOW ENDED. THANKS TO ALL WHO ENTERED! :-)











Welcome ladies & gents to my first (of many) BEA giveaways! Up for grabs is a red, fabric shoulder tote that features the Peanuts characters. The quote on the bag reads, 'Happiness if a Good Book'. There is also a large stamper of Snoopy with a guitar that reads, 'I Love Rock & Roll'. And last, but not least, is a small book of 'Almost Impossible Word Puzzles'. Perfect size for carrying around in a bag, purse...or red Peanuts tote, perhaps?

And what would I like in return for all of this great schwag? Easy! Tweet about the giveaway (include @OnlinePublicist so I'm sure to know about it) and leave a comment expressing your intense desire to own these items! And feel free to enter as many times as you like. Open to international shipping. ;-)

Giveaway will close Thursday, 12am, CST. I will announce the winner on Friday, June 12. Good luck!!