The idea is pretty fun.  In honor of Jandy Nelson writing a kick butt book and deserving undying support, the winner of one contest has to host their own contest for the book via their blog.  The idea is to keep this going and continue to promote a great book and a wonderful author.

All that to say: GIVEAWAY!

Since The Sky is Everywhere just came out in paperback and it is gorgeous,  that is what is up for grabs.

I can’t imagine not wanting to own that, but if you win and you are a hardcover-only kind of girl, just let me known and I’ll get you the hardcover.

Anyway!  Because this is a Give it Forward giveaway, there are quite a few more rules.  Make sure you read all of this before entering:

* You must have a blog where you can promote this giveaway.
*You must be willing to host this giveaway on your blog if you win my copy, which means you purchase a copy of this book for your winner and require your winner to do the same (unless you didn’t love it, you can give away the copy you won), preferably within two weeks of receipt of the book.
*Link your giveaway on the widget on Casey’s page so she can track this CHAIN OF AWESOME.
*Because this giveaway is about spreading the word about this fantastic book, spreading the word will get you extra entires. General internet love of Jandy Nelson will also get you extra entries.
SO! Give yourself a point for each of the following:  Linking to this contest on your blog.  Retweet about this contest.  Link on Facebook.  Follow Jandy Nelson on Twitter (@jandynelson).  Follow Jandy Nelson’s blog (http://www.jandynelson.com/blog/).  Let me know in your comment how many points you racked up and provide links to the applicable ones.
* This contest will go on for one week.  Enter between now and midnight on April 12th.  I’ll let you know on the 13th who won!

I know that this is kind of a lot going on, but I really do think that this is a great way to get the word out about an author and a book that I totally, totally support.

Good luck!

On Thursday night, I made the trek to the Dayton area.  My parents live there, so I sort of pretended that I just wanted to see them for a long weekend. Really, I wanted to see Patrick Rothfuss.  He was at the Books & Co. in the area and, yes, I’ll admit- I traveled over 3 hours to be there.  Stalker?  Maybe.  Fan girl?  Fo’ sho.

I cannot even tell you how fun it was.  We got there and it was PACKED.  I knew that he had loyal fans, but oh my word!  I got there about a half an hour early and I was given number 159.  Crazy.  I was lucky enough to end up with a place where I could stand and see him, but people were seriously everywhere.

Before he signed books, we got to listen to him talk about his son, gerbils, Tunnel Bob, how surreal it is to be #1 on the NYT Bestseller list*, poetry, his fear of video cameras, how he pictures Kvothe, trying to nurse his son, and got to hear him call a guy a jackass for asking a spoilery question.  Ha.

Super down to earth guy, really relaxed and so funny.  This guy deserves every bit of success that he gets. I frigging love him.  So fun.

Here’s the part that sealed the deal for me:  When he was done taking questions, he started going over how the signing was going to work.  He launched into a little story about an earlier signing and a guy coming through with this sleeping baby and how sad it was and how he misses his son… so could everyone agree that if people are here with young kids that they can go ahead and come through first?  Tears literally sprang to my eyes.  Sweetest thing ever.  I had been holding my little guy the whole time and it was past bedtime.  I was already considering just heading home because I didn’t think he’d last a 2 hour line.  So instead of being number 159, I was number 2. I’ll say it again:  Sweetest thing ever.  Seriously. Ever.

Anyway!  I couldn’t go to a book signing and not pick something up for you guys so… waa laa:

First Edition**, signed copy of The Wise Man’s Fear.  All for you.

So!  Here’s how this is going to go down:

Just leave a comment here and you are entered to win!  Be sure to put your email address in the little box or I will have no way to get ahold of you if you win.

If you blog/tweet/facebook pimp this contest, leave an additional comment with the link to your pimping and it will count as another entry.

You have from now until Monday, March 21st to enter.

That’s it!  Good luck!

*He had just found out.  It won’t be on the list until March 20th, but he made it!  Woo!

**They are already on the fourth printing, so this is a pretty big deal, folks!

So of course I made it to a year so you get a chance to win a new book… that’s how these things work, right?

Here’s how this one is going to work:

You have the chance to win any book that I’ve read and reviewed in the lifetime of my blog.

Head over to my archives and pick out which book you’d like to win.

Come back here and comment on this post with the name of the book you picked.

Come back on the 18th to see if you won!

If I get 50 entries, I’ll give away two books, so enter then tell your friends to enter too

]]> http://www.lovelylittleshelf.com/2010/11/06/one-year-blogiversary/feed/ 24 http://www.lovelylittleshelf.com/2010/08/19/mockingjay-pin-giveaway-winner/ http://www.lovelylittleshelf.com/2010/08/19/mockingjay-pin-giveaway-winner/#comments Thu, 19 Aug 2010 13:05:17 +0000 Jacki http://www.lovelylittleshelf.com/?p=872 The random number generator has spoken.  The winner of the second-chance Mockingjay Pin is Irene from my welsh rabbit!

Yay! Congrats! I’ll get your pin in the mail asap so you can start wearing it.

Thanks again to everyone who entered!

Less than a week until Mockingjay!

This beaut could be all yours:

Head over here to enter: Mockingjay Pin Giveaway!

When my Border’s went out of business last year, I grabbed all of these that they have left.  This is my last one.  I want one of my lucky little readers to have it.

All you have to do to enter is leave your name/email address in a comment on this entry.

I generally don’t do this, but I’ll give you another entry if you blog/tweet/facebook/pimp my blog out in some way.  Just leave a comment here with the link to your pimping.

I’ll pick the winner August 19th and let you know right away who it is so I can get it in the mail so you can wear this while you’re reading Mockingjay!

Good luck!

P.S. While we’re book nerding out about Mockingjay, may as well watch the trailer again, right? Right.

(Love that it has a blurb from Stephen King. I should have known that he’d be all about this series…)

Also, here is an article from the New York Times that tells me just how OK it is that I’m an adult woman and I’m totally fangirling out over Mockingjay. So there.

I’ll get this in the mail for you asap, because I know you’re going to be wanting to sport it everywhere you go.

Thanks to everyone who entered.  I wish I had one to send everyone…. come to think of it, I may just have another one laying around here somewhere….

I guess you better just keep an eye on the blog to find out

Want it?! I know that you do!

Sign up in the comment section of this post and be sure to include your email so I can get in touch with you if you win!

My plan is to pick and announce the winner (which I’ll just pick from a random number generator) a week from today- on July 24th- and get it in the mail asap.  Mockingjay is releasing on August 24th, so you can spend the last month before the book comes out sporting this incredible little guy.

So fun. I love giveaways.  Tell your friends!

Today, I used a random number generator that picked the number 10.

That means Sadie, of Our Little Pebbles is getting a shiny  new book in the mail!!

Congrats Sadie!

Thanks again to everyone who reads my blog and who entered the giveaway!