In celebration of Book Blogger Appreciation Week, I'm hosting a special giveaway. The book blogger's life isn't always easy. You see, lots of times we write posts and reviews and then, well, people may read them but they sure don't always comment. (Unless the review involves a giveaway). Oftentimes it appears that our hard work is all for naught, when actually that's not the case at all.
This past weekend I wrote a review for a book called Legacy
by 16-year-old author Cayla Kluver. No one commented. Now it's possible you have an aversion to princesses or maybe you were all off pursuing your own knight in shining armor/lady in waiting. Or maybe not. Most likely, many of you read the review or at least glanced at it and went on to the next post, the next blog. And there's nothing wrong with that. I'm guilty of lurking as well. But, I'll share a little secret with you. I tend to pay more attention to the comments on my non-giveaway posts because the volume isn't as high. So, as a reminder to myself and others to take the time to comment more often and to encourage a little book blog comment love, here's a giveaway and a challenge.
Two Brimful Curiosities readers will each receive:(1) copy of Legacy
courtesy of AmazonEncore.(1) Book of your choice under $20 (I'm offering this in celebration my blog's one year anniversary this month. Hooray!)
To enter, read my review of Legacy and leave a comment on this post relevant to my review.
BONUS BBAW challenge entry: Visit any book blog and leave a comment on one of their non-giveaway book reviews. Then leave a comment here with the blog name and title of the book. (Example comment: I visited Book Nut and left a comment on "The Beef Princess of Practical County")
• For contact purposes, if you are a non-blogger or your email is not accessible in your blog profile, please leave a valid email address within the comment section.Three ways to gain extra entries (Maximum total entries are 5 - leave a separate comment for each entry):
• Contest is open to US and Canada
• Contest ends on Monday, September 28th, 2009 at 11:59 PM CST.
• Winner will be chosen at random
1st extra entry: Follow Me! or subscribe by email or RSS reader
2nd extra entry: Blog about this contest then post your link in the comment section.
3rd extra entry: Follow me on twitter (iambrimful) and tweet about the contest.
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My preteen daughter also loves to write. I would be thrilled to have her read Kayla's book. It sounds very creative and would be a wonderful inspiration for my daughter!
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Oh my, a cliff hanger! Now I will have to read it. What a great review, a book that was written by a 14 year old, a romantic historical fantasy with a cliff hanger ending. Do you have any idea when the next book is coming? how long do we expect to be held on that cliff?
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Cute idea for a give-away. I read your review. I agree that it would be great to read a book about teens actually written by a teen. And how humbling that she wrote it when she was 16! Amazing.
I'm so impressed with the ability to write at all, let alone complete a novel by 16. Amazing. I'd love this. Thanks for sharing it.
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I left a comment on your review.
The story sounds wonderful and coupled with the fact that the author herself is a teen makes this book one that I want to have in my home.
As I said in the review comment, if I do not win this book, I will go and purchase.
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I admit I find it hard to comment on review posts sometimes, unless I've read the book. I had to hunt through a few blogs to find a post to comment on! I commented at LiterateHousewife.com about "Time of My Life."
I rarely hear about teen writers and this is very good that amazon has somewhere to promote writers in this category.
I love that in the book women are held in high regard. You don't always see this.
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I liked your concise review and so impressed that this was written by a 16-year-old! I'm also fine with the story being more of a YA historical romance, it's something I would recommend to the teen!
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I read and commented on the review post. What an impressive accomplishment for anyone, let alone someone of her age! That sort of fantasy story really appeals to me.
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Normally I would have just commented on the next review in my reader queue, but the title "Beef Princess of Practical County" made me wonder if there really was such book or if you were joking. :)
So I went over to Book Nut and left a comment on the Beef Princess review.
http://melissasbookreviews.blogspot.com/2009/09/beef-princess-of-practical-county.html
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Heh - guilty! I read your review and I was thinking, oooh, we need that and I started poking my order lists to see if I could fit it in and forgot to tell you anything about it. Sadly, I still haven't managed to fit it in. Sigh. Maybe I'll win it for the library! Maybe I'll have to put it on the list for next March (that's how far ahead I am in my planned orders for the library)
That is amazing that it is writen by a 16 yearold. I think it sounds like a really good story and I would love to see how a 16 year old writes about teens.
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16 years old? That just blows me away! I love these types of stories!
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That is such a cool thing that she wrote it at such a young age.
I commented on your legacy post
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I am amazed when a young person is able to write well and complete a novel.
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Wow, that' s a LONG book for a teenager to write, 464 pages! It's one of those novels with "funny" names, LOL - okay, I'll admit that I can have a hard time with those.
Sounds interesting though, great contest!
I like the way you described the girl's emotional confused state so well. I would LOVE to win your giveaway. I am a follower and doing BBAW.
What a great giveaway...thanks!
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I would love to share this with my daughter who also wants to be an author when she's older :-)
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Wow, good for her! A progressive kingdom and romantic scenes as well? Sign me up.
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I love that the author is so young and now published through this new Amazon Encore program! What a great program to encourage writing!
Its amazing that the author is still in their teens! I love that fairy tale plot as well - thanks! alicedemskehansen at gmail.com
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I'm not such a princess fan most of the time (although I have enjoyed a few princess stories in the past few years), but I'm impressed that she's so young. It reminds me of Gordon Korman, and makes me want to read some of his books again.
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Legacy sounds like a very interesting book. I saw it in the bookstore a couple days ago, but I had no idea that it was written by a 16-year-old. That's amazing! The plot sounds pretty cool as well.
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Cong on one year anniversary this month. Great review.This book sounds wonderful.Please enter me in the giveaway.augustlily06(at)aim(dot)com.Thank you.
I am so impressed by a 14-year-old that had the wherewithal to actually finish a book! I'm 30 and can't do that. I didn't read your review when it was posted--I really was off pursuing my knight in shining armor! : )
I'd love to read this book!
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I think that's awesome that she's a teen author.
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I always feel so guilty when I enter a contest, because I rarely have time to acutally visit a person's blog. :/ But you're so awesome for writing that review for her, I bet she really appreciated it.
And she is so cool that she's a teen who already has a book published. That encouges me that I can do something like that to, if I truly wanted to. She's my new hero. :)
And I also follow you. :)
Thanks for posting this up. And thanks for the contest! I definitely want a chance to read Cayla's book.
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Writing a novel (that gets published) at 14 really is kind of amazing...shows, though, that those junior high teachers I had that had us writing stories were smart :D
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Both of my teenage daughters love to write and draw. My sixteen is very talented with writing stories. I know she would do well as an author. She has a great imagination too. (both of them) lol
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It is hard for me to believe that she was 14 when she wrote this book after teaching high school students for 23 years, but then I taught math. The brutal ending really has my curiosity up and makes me really want to read this book.
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I haven't read many historical romances but I've really enjoyed some of them and that makes me interested in this book... The author's age draws attention but I'd love to read it just to see what it's like (even though I get stressed when there are big cliffhangers!)
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Legacy sounds like a really good read. I can't believe she wrote it at age 14. O_O I think its wonderful when teenage characters have the authenticity of being written by an actual teenager. Thanks for the giveaway. :)
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Great review! I am shocked at how young the author is...kudos to her for her dedication and creativity.
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I agree that it would be great to read a book about teens actually written by a teen. I have a couple grandkids that this book would be perfect for. jelly15301@gmail.com
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Wow!!! A published author at age 16! Who better to write YA books than a young adult?
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must be a great talent to be published at 16 my teenage niece should love this
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It's nice to imagine a world where women rule and command respect (I guess I'm mainly referring to the kingdom - queendom - in her novel).
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sounds like a fantastic read with a lot of imation
I would enjoy reading a book where women rule and are highly regarded and treated with respect. I would also love to pass this book along to my teenage grandchildren. I would like them to see what a fourteen year old has written and had published!
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I love to read, eventhough I am a "grown up" there are some great YA books out there and I *do* read them. THis book sounds lovely, and I liked your review of it, made me wanna check it out!
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I am obsessed with YA literature and a hopeful high school English teacher. It is definitely nice to see something break away from the norm; while it's still a romantic book it is historical and not based in todays modern, "at-face-value" kind of romanticism. I also feel that something like this can give hope to young kids wanting to write or those who may have not thought of writing as something valuable or something interesting.
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Congrats on one year!
Great review.
It's amazing that a girl so young can accomplish so much! Your review was interesting and I would love to read this book and love to have my daughter read it too. What an inspiration this teenager is. Thank you for this giveaway and please count me in.
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I read your review and left a comment. I still cant believe such work was written by a 14 year old. I guess one should never underestimate the creativity and determination of our youth.
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That is simply amazing, to be able to complete a book by 16! Wow, that is impressive!
I liked your review!
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The story sounds wonderful.
Everyone could use a fairy tale of thier own.Also the fact that a 14 year-old wrote this book is wonderful. Keep writting Cayla.
This sounds like an interesting read. I'm not personally a fan of books that are planned as trilogies (or sequels in general) since I believe that each book should stand on its own with no further reading to get full enjoyment from the time you've already spent. I do admire that a teen wrote this book. I've dreamt of publishing my own novel since grade school and it hasn't come to fruition (yet). Congrats to her, and thanks to you for this great giveaway. I would be interested to give this novel a read.
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This book loos sounds like it would be a great read for teenagers like my daughter.
It's really remarkable that this was written by a 16 year old. It provides lots of inspiration for shiftless kids.
Nice review!
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How great that she wrote this when she was 14!!!! Amazing! I know people that go their whole lives trying to find just the right niche in life. Nice to see a teenager with her head on straight! Thanks!
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Great review, this sound really interesting. I'd like to read it.
Agree with other posters that a 14 yr old author is an amazing thing. I'd be interested in hearing how she felt being edited.
Sounds like an interesting book
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