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Friday, June 3, 2011

Use your words.... a Giveaway!

I've said it before and I will say it again-- we live in an awesome time! Authors have the option of interacting directly with our readers. And readers have so much power...


Thats right... power. Reviewing books, blogging, posting, etc. allow you all to share with the world your likes, your dislikes, your passionate loves in the book world. And people listen. Libraries consult blog reviews before deciding which books to offer. Fellow readers use your reviews to pick their next book. Authors thrive on your feedback, the good, the bad, and the ugly, to keep us going.

And so I want to keep continuing to encourage you to use your words! And I am rewarding one lucky winner for it. Here's how it works:
  1. Go to Amazon, GoodReads, your blog, or Barnes and Noble and post a review about a book that has thrilled you, filled you with passion, or inspired you. It can be any book at all!
  2. Come back here and post a comment to tell me what book and where you reviewed it.
  3. I will enter all of the reviewers into a hat, and select the winner, to be announced during the second week of June.
The winner recieves a $25 Amazon Gift Card.

So use your words, people! Share your passion with a community of readers.
And Char-- I still have Max and Menna for you if you email me an address...

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16 comments:

  1. Jessica BellJune 4, 2011 at 11:00 AM

    Second week of June, you mean right? Not May? ;o)
    Here's a review on Goodreads:http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/125002997
    It's scheduled for my blog on Monday, too :o)

    Will plug this on FB! :o) xx

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  2. Shauna KelleyJune 4, 2011 at 3:34 PM

    Thanks, Jessica. Yes, second week of June. Not making you wait 11 months :)

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  3. UnknownJune 5, 2011 at 1:24 AM

    Here's a review I did on Notes From Ohio in honor of Bryce's 30th birthday:
    http://melissakline.blogspot.com/2011/06/book-spotlight-notes-from-ohio.html

    Great giveaway! :) I'll spread the word!

    ~Melissa

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  4. Glynis Peters June 5, 2011 at 1:24 AM

    Jessica plugged this on FB as she said. I couldn't resist sharing my review. Thanks for the opportunity.

    http://www.glynissmy.com/2011/01/hating-game-by-talli-roland.html

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  5. ChristopherJune 5, 2011 at 1:47 AM

    Good idea for a contest, I reveiewed A Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde.

    http://christophersworldletters.blogspot.com/2011/06/picture-of-dorian-gray-review.html

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  6. Jim MurdochJune 5, 2011 at 2:11 AM

    My review of The Hundred Foot Journey can be found here.

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  7. VivienJune 5, 2011 at 2:54 AM

    My review for Forbidden by Tabitha Suzuma can be found here
    http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/164489367

    Vivien
    deadtossedwaves at gmail dot com

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  8. J.R.Poulter/J.R.McRaeJune 5, 2011 at 5:14 AM

    I've just posted my review of the flood fundraising anthology, "100 Stories for Queensland", on Good Reads - http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/173829596
    Thanks for the opportunity to plug this! :)

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  9. Theresa MilsteinJune 5, 2011 at 5:24 AM

    I just came back from Jessica's blog, which had a link to this one. Now I'm following!

    What a great idea. Here's a link to my review on Goodreads:

    http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/155198565

    The book is The Healing Spell. Not only did it hit me personally, but it was beautifully written.

    tmilstein at gmail dot com

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  10. UnknownJune 5, 2011 at 7:59 AM

    I posted my review of Plain Kate on Goodreads.
    http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/173874479

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  11. BidishaJune 5, 2011 at 9:41 AM

    This is such a lovely idea!

    I posted a review about Shirley Marr's Fury, which I cross-posted on my blog. Here's a link:

    http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/157180250

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  12. UnknownJune 5, 2011 at 5:17 PM

    Hi Shauna,

    Fun contest. I'm your newest follower. I posted my book review and a heads up about your contest on my blog. Link is here: http://idevourkidbooks.blogspot.com/2011/06/win-25-amazon-card-by-posting-book.html

    Best,
    Life of Lois

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  13. Deniz BevanJune 5, 2011 at 5:53 PM

    I wrote a review a while ago of Joanna Bourne's The Spymaster's Lady. Her latest, Black Hawk, is coming out in a few months!
    http://www.amazon.com/review/R18ODCRTW8R17N/ref=cm_cr_rdp_perm

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  14. wegritJune 9, 2011 at 12:36 AM

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  15. wegritJune 9, 2011 at 12:38 AM

    I'm game. My review of Sarajevo: A War Journal is here: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/173936897

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  16. AnashJune 9, 2011 at 3:39 AM

    Mandatory Entry: i left a review http://www.amazon.com/How-Doctors-Think-Jerome-Groopman/dp/0547053649/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1307615726&sr=8-3
    Thanks for the opportunity!
    Anashct [at] yahoo [dot] com

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