My World...in words and pages: $25 Giveaway!

Sunday, January 3, 2010

$25 Giveaway!

My Own Little Corner of the World is having a contest for $25 Amazon Gift Card!

Now there is a small catch, its nothing big so don't worry. She needs to get to 200 followers by Jan 31, 2010. I think we can help her with that!

Here is the great thing to hear along with the contest information... If she gets to 300 followers she will throw in ANOTHER winner of a $25 Amazon Gift Card!!! How about that! Can we do it?? I think we can. Jump over and follow her blog here.

6 comments:

ck.twilighter (Chasity)January 4, 2010 at 1:25 AM
Thanks for the heads up!!=)

Also, thanks for following me!!=)
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Melissa (My World...in words and pages)January 4, 2010 at 2:58 PM
Ck.twilighter - You are welcome! And thank you for following me! :) Always fun finding new friends out here.
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SimchaJanuary 4, 2010 at 6:33 PM
Thanks for letting me know about the contest. I hoping that one of these days I'll actually win one of these books store gift cards that I keept trying for.
Btw, I joined the Barnes and Nobles forum that you told me about, though I haven't had the time yet to really navigate it. I also find forums rather intimidating, with all the different groups and options, so it takes me a while to figure out whats going on. Which books are they discussing this month?
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Melissa (My World...in words and pages)January 4, 2010 at 9:31 PM
Glad to help lead you to a contest with a gift card. I enjoy them along with the book contests.

I am soo glad to hear you joined Barnes & Nobles forum. I hope you find your way around well. If you need any help let me know and I'll try to help as I can. Ryan at Wordsmithonia also visits there regularly. Currently on Fantasy & Science Fiction the discussion books featured (but we can discuss anything we would like) are:
1) Hawkmoon: The Jewel in the Skull a reissue by Michael Moorcock
2) Brain Thief by Alexander Jablokov (I think due out Jan. 5th)
3) The Dwarves by Markus Heitz

~I have not picked a book yet. I am teetering between Brain Thief and The Dwarves.

In the Paranormal & Urban Fantasy thread we have:
1) Beneath the Skin by Adrian Phoniex
2) Three Days to Dead by Kelly Meding
3) Doppelgangster by Laura Resnick

~I am currently reading Three Days to Dead. I didn't pick up Beneath the Skin because I think it is part of a series and I have not read the first book yet.

I hope you enjoy the forum as well! I look forward to seeing you in discussions.
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SimchaJanuary 6, 2010 at 1:46 PM
Doppelgangster is also the second in a series, no? I had loved Laura Resnick's previous fantasy series about the White Dragon but I heard that this one isn't as good. I think I'd like to try Three Days to Dead, since it sounds like you are enjoying it so much. I'm not familiar with any of the scifi and fantasy titles that you listed so I'll have to look them up. I'm enjoying taking part in the Goodread's discussions so I'm eager to try the Barnes and Nobels forum as well.
Thanks for taking the time to provide me with this info!
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Melissa (My World...in words and pages)January 6, 2010 at 10:01 PM
Simcha - I didn't know Doppelgangster was a 2nd book. Thanks for letting me know. If you get Three Days to Dead I hope you enjoy it. I am really loving it so far. I am not familiar with any of the SciFi&Fantasy books either. I am not sure which one I am going to get yet. I think it may depend on what is at the store.

It was no problem to get you the info. I am always willing to help out. I hope you enjoy the site. Hope to see you there some time.
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"There are no honorable causes. There is no good or evil. Evil is only what we call those who oppose us." By Michael J. Sullivan from Nyphron Rising.

"That we are both right. One truth doesn't refute another. Truth doesn't lie in the object, but in how we see it." By Michael J. Sullivan from Nyphron Rising..

"Death is real, irreversible, and awful. Do you want some advice? Don't wait until you're dead to try to communicate. Do it now. You still have a chance. Not a great one, but a better one than you will have. If you think it's hard to get your point across now, and that no one really understands what you're about, just try it when you're dead." By Alexander Jablokov from Brain Thief.

"I wasn't running now so much as stumbling quickly, panting like a geriatric lion." By Nicole Peeler from Tempest Rising.

"Watch for the ones who leave your mouth hanging open. Study them, find out what they love and what they fear. Dig the treasure out of their soul and hold it to the light." He leaned in even closer now, so that Neb could smell the wine on his breath. "Then Be like them." By Ken Scholes from Lemantation.

The truth, the Seventeenth Gospel said, is a seed planted in a field of stones beneath a stone and guarded by snakes. To have at it, be strong enough to move the stone, patient enough to dig the hole and fast enough to dodge the viper's fang. By Ken Scholes from Lamentation.

I took a deep breath, "I took the nahlrout because I didn't want to faint. I needed to let them know they couldn't hurt me. I've learned that the best way to stay safe is to make your enemies think you can't be hurt." It sounded ugly to say it so starkly, but it was the truth. I looked at him defiantly. By Patrick Rothfuss from The Name of the Wind.

"We can be strong in the face of kings and priest, my lady," Ashe replied, "but to live is to have worries and uncertainties. Keep them inside, and they will destroy you for certain-leaving behind a person so callused that emotion can find no root in his heart." By Brandon Sanderson from Elantris.

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$25 Giveaway!

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