{"id":16834,"date":"2012-10-29T06:30:47","date_gmt":"2012-10-28T17:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/?p=16834"},"modified":"2012-11-01T21:20:31","modified_gmt":"2012-11-01T08:20:31","slug":"reprised-for-monday-a-friday-giveaway-a-trio-of-ya-fantasy-reads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2012\/10\/29\/reprised-for-monday-a-friday-giveaway-a-trio-of-ya-fantasy-reads\/","title":{"rendered":"Reprised for Monday: A Friday Giveaway—A Trio of YA Fantasy Reads"},"content":{"rendered":"

As explained on Friday<\/a>, thanks to my nefarious bookish connections I have three YA novels to give away. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

The three novels are (in alphabetical order by author):<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Rae Carson\u2019s Fire and Thorns<\/em> (Gollancz)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Just in case you haven\u2019t heard of it, here\u2019s a the intro snippet from the back cover:<\/p>\n

\u201cPrincess Elisa is a disappointment to her people. Although she bears the Godstone in her navel, a sign that she has been chosen for an act of heroism, they view her as lazy, useless and fat\u2026\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

It was also longlisted for the Gemmell Morningstar Award<\/a> this year.<\/p>\n

\u2014<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Kristin Cashore\u2019s Bitterblue<\/em> (Gollancz)<\/strong><\/p>\n

*Note: this is a proof copy<\/pre>\n
And the intro snippet is: \u201cEight years have passed since the young princess Bitterblue and her country were saved from the vicious King Leck. Now Bitterblue is the Queen of Monsea and her land is at peace\u2026\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n
Do you reckon it will stay peaceful though? (I reckon you could be right\u2026)<\/p>\n
You\u2019ll also recall that I did a very enjoyable interview with Kristin Cashore earlier this year, which you can read here<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\u2014<\/p>\n
\"\"<\/a>Tamora Pierce\u2019s Beka Cooper: Mastiff<\/em> (Scholastic)<\/strong><\/p>\n
Yes, another of Tamora Pierce\u2019s novels in the wonderful Tortall world!<\/p>\n
And the snippet is: \u201cBeka Cooper\u2019s life takes an unexpected turn when her fiance is killed on a raid \u2026 and in the span of hours she is plunged ito a case that threatens the future of the Tortallan royal family and the Tortallan government itself\u2026\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n
High stakes stuff indeed, but I am sure that Beka, like all of Tamora Pierce\u2019s heroines, will be more than up for it. \";-)\"<\/p>\n
\u2014<\/p>\n
To enter the giveaway:<\/strong><\/p>\n
Just comment on this post and\/or any other post on the blog before this coming Friday, 2 November, when I will post the outcome. Basically, your name will be entered in the draw every time you comment on each \u201cdistinct\u201d post\u2014plus I\u2019ll add in a bonus entry if I see retweets. \";-)\"<\/p>\n
(If you really want to comment on a particular post but don\u2019t want to be in the draw, just put \u201cn.i.d.\u201d\u2014\u201dnot in draw\u201d\u2014at the end of your comment.)<\/p>\n
That\u2019s it, easy peasy—& I hope will help keep the reading wheel turning!<\/p>\n
—<\/p>\n
1 November Note: <\/strong>I will post the result of the draw at the top of the blog masthead on Friday evening, NZ time, so look for it there, not here. Looking forward to the draw on Friday and thanks for all your comments.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
As explained on Friday, thanks to my nefarious bookish connections I have three YA novels to give away. \ud83d\ude42 The three novels are (in alphabetical order by author): Rae Carson\u2019s Fire and Thorns (Gollancz) Just in case you haven\u2019t heard of it, here\u2019s a the intro snippet from the back cover: \u201cPrincess Elisa is a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-funstuff","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16834","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16834"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16834\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16942,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16834\/revisions\/16942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}