Contest Winner Announced!
Thank you all for entering my 50/50 Competition and answering my curiosity about what books remind you of summer. I large number of you chose Harry Potter, (though this could have been due to my mentioning it, but I'm still going to declare Harry a winner anyway) followed closely by Sarah Dessen, Kristen Cashore, Stephenie Meyer and Suzanne Collins. The books ranged from historical to sci-fi to classics, but our winner had a soft spot for....one of the authors already mentioned...cryptic much?
I just love that due to when books are read, or where they are read, they become associated with a certain time or place, one book might remind you of a cold winters day, another might remind you of hiding in your room late at night reading past when you should have gone to bed, while another might remind you of a perfect day. Summertime reminds me of many books, heavily of Harry Potter because of reading it out on the porch in the overwhelming heat because it was the quietest place I could find and I had to read it immediately. But I am also reminded of the first time I read George R.R. Martin's A Song of Fire and Ice, I try not to read overly cold books when it is cold, that would be sadistic. But there is also A.S. Byatt's Possession, which I remember being a summer read I was not overly fond of, but still distinctly summer. Finally there is the Lloyd Alexander Westmark series, just as good, if not better then Prydain, everyone should read it!
But enough about me reminiscing, the winner of my lovely prize pack is.....2point0blog! Who loved the Olympic feel of The Hunger Games! And I'm sure everyone remembers Catching Fire is released today!
I would also like to give a runner up prize to Brimful Curiosities, if only because her book was The Land Remembers by Ben Logan and my parents published that book!
Thank you all for the wonderful turnout for this competition, the first, but by no means the last! I already have some interesting prizes for the coming months, one is a biography about I man I truly admire for his dark sense of humor and his artistic abilities. Another, which I will be announcing soon, perhaps even before the week is out, has to due with an author I recently mentioned in my "Tuesday Tomorrow" post and who I'm lucky enough to hear speak in the coming weeks! Road trip for book talks, is there anything better? Well...maybe contests....
Of all the strange things...can't believe your parent's published The Land Remembers! I suggested it because it reminds me of my grandparent's and my childhood summers spent on their farm. They both love to reminiscence about their own growing up years and I always thought their stories were fascinating! Summer is a good time for nostalgia! Thanks for the honorable mention.
Brimful Curiosities said... September 1, 2009 at 9:29 AM
I was just brooding that I was too broke to go out and buy
"Catching Fire" today, lol! Now I know exactly how I'll get that predicament remedied :D
Thanks for the contest, Elizabeth!!!
Thank U! & "Happy Hunger Games! And may the odds be ever in your favor!"
Anonymous said... September 1, 2009 at 4:19 PM
Yeah for it being a small world and all the ways people are connected. And yeah for things that go right. And yeah for Catching Fire, off to read a little more before dinner!
Miss Eliza said... September 1, 2009 at 5:07 PM
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