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Friday, July 23, 2010

The 1st Annual Got Books? Event has ARRIVED!

Welcome everyone!
Today is the day that you've all been waiting for as Satisfaction for Insatiable Readers is proud to present the FIRST annual ....

Glitter Text - http://www.sparklee.com


As a co-conspirator behind this (what has become a massive) event, I'd like to take a quick second to thank you...my readers, fellow bloggers, and all the bookish (and non-bookish) folks that take a moment of their time to visit my site, read the posts, enter the contests, leave comments and the like.  It is much appreciated so thank you from my bookish heart to yours.

Second a quick shout out to my partner in crime for this event...Danielle from There's A Book.  Working together, we were able to see this event come full circle, from idea to project to oh-my-word-look-how-big-it-is and finally to what you see before you (well, not just here, of course, but the site itself).  Thank you Danielle for all your assistance and great feedback sessions even in the wee hours of the morning (yes, we were working the day shift, night shift, graveyard shift...may have invented a new shift even....to get this one done).  I hope everyone has a blast!

Enough of this mushy show of emotion....on with the show!
May I present my contribution to the contest portion of this event, which I am calling the....


"Series"-ously Awesome Contest!

That's right!
Why is it "series"-ously awesome?
I'm glad you asked.
We all love a good series, as in multiple books that form an overall story...and that's what I aim to bring you the chance to win in this contest.  Below you will find a picture of the books up for grabs....


Pretty huh?
Each of the titles featured can be read as a stand alone if you'd like, or simply used to whet your appetite to indulge in the series.
Let's take a closer look...

Presumed Innocent by Scott Turow
It's sequel, Innocent, was just released this year.
For a sneak peek...my review.

The Year of Disappearances by Susan Hubbard
Book two in a series that just had it's third installment released this month...haven't had the pleasure of reading this one quite yet, but here's a peek at book one...my review...

Powers by John B. Olson
Book two in this series....

The Brain Full of Holes by Martin Chatterton
Book two in a very fun children's series....definitely works on it's own, but why would you want to miss the other installment?  My review of book one, and two....

Spaceheadz by Jon Scieszka (ARC)
Book one is this series...just released this year too...sneak peek anyone?  My review...

Alice in Wonderland and Philosophy by William Irwin and Richard Brian Davis
So it's not your typical series, but it IS part of a series of books that explores popular culture in philosophy...so see, it works...and a sneak peek with my review...

The Ranger's Apprentice, Book 2:  The Burning Bridge by John Flanagan
Book two in this popular children's series....it's a hardback, minus the protective cover, plus a small black marker mark on the bottom, otherwise GREAT condition, but it does have one advantage.....IT'S SIGNED!  Yup!


The ones listed above are open to US entries only...but don't worry, I didn't forget all those worldwide readers out there....
This next one is open to one and all...

(1) brand new copy of Generation Dead, Book 3:  Passing Strange by Daniel Waters
(courtesy of Leanee at Non-Fiction Books)



Sound good?
I thought it might.

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How to enter:
Fill out the FORM.
(Hmm...I hope I made that big enough...hehe)


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The rules:
*The books pictured in the stack photo are open to US mailing addresses only, but the copy of Generation Dead, Book 3 is open to one and all! No P. O. Boxes please.
* Entries will be accepted from Friday, July 23rd, 2010 through Saturday, July 24th, 2010 at midnight CST. The entries will be tallied and entered into the random.org randomizer, after which a random number will be picked by their number generator. (This way all the entries are mixed up nicely.)
* All entries must be submitted using the form accessible through this post. You MUST include your email address in order to be counted as well as contacted should you be chosen as the winner!
*The winner will be announced and contacted via email by Monday, July 25th, 2010 and will have 48 hours to respond with their mailing address, unless of course it was provided in the entry form initially. Should they fail to respond in the given time frame, a new winner will be chosen.
*Winners name and address will be used by yours truly or forwarded to the appropriate sponsor for prize send out only and then discarded.


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Once you've put your hat in the ring for this contest, take a chance on the other two contests currently running on my site to win ....

1 of 3 copies of The Castaways by Elin Hilderbrand

(1) SIGNED copy of The Space Between Trees by Katie Williams


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All through?
All right....best of luck on your bookish prize trail!
Don't forget to check out all the fun going on today at the Got Books? Event site!




http://gotbooksevent.blogspot.com


Until next time....happy reading!










20 comments:

Unknown said...

Yay! What a great contest! Thanks so much for putting this all together... it rocks :)

Julie P said...

Very nice! Hope you have a wonderful weekend.....

Elise said...

Thanks!

Tales of Whimsy said...

Bravo for putting something so amazing together.

I'm so I couldn't participate.

The whole moving things has my home and books all over the place.

I'll definitely participate next year :)

Unknown said...

Thanks for the awesome giveaway and for hosting this event!!

vvb32 reads said...

this is awesome! thanks.

Gina said...

Glad to see everyone enjoying it so much! Thanks for visiting and good luck to you all! ^_^

Ladytink_534 said...

Thanks for the great giveaway!

DelGal Reviews said...

Stopping by to say HI and hope you're having a great blog hopping weekend! :)

Pop Culture Nerd said...

No need to enter me in your giveaway because I own or have read most of those books. I just wanted to stop by and cheer you on and say congrats on your inaugural event! Kudos to you and Danielle for organizing this whole thing.

Gina said...

Thanks for all the comments and entries guys...keep 'em coming. ^_^

PopCultureNerd: Aw, thanks! You're going to need a set of gold pom-poms with all of the cheering you do. ^_^ (Thanks for it though!) Have a great weekend!

Chel said...

Thanks a bunch for the giveaway! :3

Fi-chan said...

Thank you!!! :D

Vanessa said...

You and Danielle did a great job putting this event together, it's great!

The1stdaughter said...

Ahhh...you are so sweet! I'm definitely so glad I was able to work with you on this, it's been wonderful and turned out better than either of us could have imagined! You're amazing and you rock, but you already know that! :o)

Happy Birthday Author said...

Thank you for putting together this event. It was well organized and nice to have just book people joining together!

doreen lamoureux said...

I entered. Thanks.

Cherry said...

Re-posted your contest at: http://contests-freebies.blogspot.com/2010/07/win-books-galore-at-satisfaction-for.html

Cherry Mischievous

katsrus said...

Wonderful congtest. Thank you.
Sue B

Misusedinnocence said...

What an amazing giveaway! Thanks for the opportunity! =)

misusedinnocence@aol.com

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