{"id":40431,"date":"2022-08-11T06:30:25","date_gmt":"2022-08-10T18:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/?p=40431"},"modified":"2022-08-08T12:53:59","modified_gmt":"2022-08-08T00:53:59","slug":"a-giveaway-reminder-plus-the-rings-of-power-second-age-is-nigh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2022\/08\/11\/a-giveaway-reminder-plus-the-rings-of-power-second-age-is-nigh\/","title":{"rendered":"A Giveaway Reminder \u2013 Plus \u201cThe Rings of Power: Second Age\u201d Is Nigh!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just a reminder that I\u2019m currently running a belated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tolkiensociety.org\/events\/tolkien-reading-day-2022\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tolkien Reading Day<\/a> giveaway of <strong><em>The Hobbit<\/em><\/strong>, together with <strong><em>The Heir of Night<\/em><\/strong> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.helenlowe.info\/wallofnight.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Wall Of Night<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.helenlowe.info\/heirofnight.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Book One<\/a>), which <strong>closes<\/strong> on at midnight, next <strong>Monday 15 August<\/strong> (NZ time.)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-40417 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/The-Hobbit_Gift-edition-100x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/The-Hobbit_Gift-edition-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/The-Hobbit_Gift-edition-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/The-Hobbit_Gift-edition.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-30117 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/HeirofNight_New_USA-93x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"93\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/HeirofNight_New_USA-93x150.jpg 93w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/HeirofNight_New_USA-186x300.jpg 186w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/HeirofNight_New_USA.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 93px) 100vw, 93px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>To enter, email me at <a href=\"contact@helenlowe.info\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">contact[at]helenlowe[dot]info<\/a> with \u201cGiveaway\u201d in the subject line and your name and contact details in the body of the email.<\/p>\n<p>For full details, click <strong>here<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ll announce the recipient here on <strong>Thursday 25 August<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">~*~<\/p>\n<p>At which time, dear readers, it will be Just One Week until <strong>The Rings of Power: Second Age<\/strong> drops on Amazon.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-40433\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Rings-of-Power_poster-1-300x171.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Rings-of-Power_poster-1-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Rings-of-Power_poster-1-150x86.jpg 150w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Rings-of-Power_poster-1.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re anything like me, this will be a cause of excitement, because the teasers and trailers do look visually spectacular. But also trepidation, because what if the casting of a much-loved character, such as Galadriel or Elrond, or the retelling of one of the famous prequel stories, such as the forging of the rings, or the fall of Numenor, falls short?<\/p>\n<p>Will I be watching to find out, though? You betcha!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just a reminder that I\u2019m currently running a belated Tolkien Reading Day giveaway of The Hobbit, together with The Heir of Night (The Wall Of Night, Book One), which closes on at midnight, next Monday 15 August (NZ time.) &nbsp; To enter, email me at contact[at]helenlowe[dot]info with \u201cGiveaway\u201d in the subject line and your name [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,19,38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-epicfantasy","category-funstuff","category-giveaways"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40431","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=40431"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40431\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40439,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40431\/revisions\/40439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}