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Violet in Private Release Week! Prize #1.
Okay, so every day this week I will be giving away a book that I've read and enjoyed. That's part 1 of the "release month" party that will happen on the blog. Each contest will run for one week, so comment all week to be entered and then I'll announce winners exactly a week later.
First up is a signed copy of Linda Gerber's Death by Bikini, which has great action and more than a little romance (and holes in the cover! Woohoo!). When mysterious guests start arriving at the island resort where Aphra lives with her dad, she gets suspicious and wonders if the sketchy visitors have anything to do with her mom, who left their family a few years ago. And when a long-time guest ends up dead on the beach (strangled by bikini strings!), Aphra has some detective work to do--and fast. Doesn't it just scream summer fun? YES.
So to win Death by Bikini, just comment below and tell me what your plans are for the (sniff) last month of summer!
Oh, and visit Linda's blog, where she's giving away some awesome prizes this week.
PS-Next week, I'll start giving away goodies from the Book Party Gift bag, which includes fun fashion and beauty treats--one each day, all month long!
PPS-The grand prize will be a full trio of signed Violet books and a full book party gift bag from the Violet in Private party in NYC! How to win that? Official details up next week, but here's a hint: you have to make a tribute to Violet somehow. Ideas: make a flipbook on flip.com, create a poem, write a missing scene from Violet's life, post a virtual Violet collage, film a vlog or video trailer for the books. Just to give you a head start. End date will be 9/1.
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I am enjoying my last 2 weeks of summer in CA with family and friends before heading back to TX and work. I am a teacher so I have been really enjoying my summer off. :)
Posted by mari | August 4, 2008 4:59 PM
Yay for prizes!
I'm soaking up an invisible tan, then off to Massachusetts to do three colleges in three days (and a look around Harvard, but I refuse to apply.) I'll also be finishing summer AP work (joy), finishing "Breaking Dawn," and writing my butt off before school takes all my spare time.
It's senior year, though, so I'm psyched.
Posted by Gabrielle | August 4, 2008 5:35 PM
wow, my next month is really busy. this week i'm babysitting my 8 month old cousin, which is REALLY FUN but totally exhausting. next week i'm up to vermont to counsel at a drama camp. then 5 days at a cottage of lake winnipesauke in new hampshire. then i come back and have community building days at my new school and sports tryouts...
and then school starts! yay!
Posted by emily | August 4, 2008 5:59 PM
Wow, that headline is dazzling! :) I'm ready for serious celebration!
Posted by Claire | August 4, 2008 7:28 PM
i already have DBB, but i just wanted to stop by to celebrate VIP release week :D
Posted by The Book Muncher | August 4, 2008 8:33 PM
I'm spending my last month of summer just hanging out with the fam and gearing up for the start of school.
Posted by Jessica | August 4, 2008 9:16 PM
Well I really only have a week and a half left of summer...*tear*! But I'm going to make the best of it..I have 2 going away parties to host, and many sleepovers to attend and then there's the minor detail of packing all of my stuff up!!
Posted by Tasha | August 4, 2008 9:31 PM
Nothing much... just going to chill and enjoy sleeping late until school starts back.
Posted by Ink | August 4, 2008 11:59 PM
My plans for the last month of summer involve working, and reading as much as I can in my spare time. I have Breaking Dawn to finish!
Posted by Alessandra | August 5, 2008 12:23 AM
Don't enter me; I already have it. Just wanted to say happy almost release! I'm sad that I won't be able to get on this week and celebrate. D:
Posted by khy | August 5, 2008 1:11 AM
I been trying to win a copy of Death by Bikini for sooo long! My plan for the last month of summer vacation is...starting/finishing a looonnng summer assignment. (I'm a bit of a procrastinator when it comes to school work-unfortunately)
HAPPY VIP RELEASE WEEK!!
I hope you guys have a GREAT time.
May
Thanks for the comment on my review for Dream Girls :D
Posted by May | August 5, 2008 1:31 AM
Yay for Violet In Private! Congrats Melissa. =D
I saw Death by Bikini at the bookstores the other day. Seemed so interesting. Hope I have a chance to win it. =]
Oh this month? Study!!!!!! Read books, watch movies and lose weight! ;D I have so many movies on my 'Must Watch' list.
Oh my god, so excited for the grand prize! I can't wait to do it.
Posted by Regina | August 5, 2008 9:39 AM
Live it up, VIP girl!
(Have you seen the film Lover Come Back with Rock Hudson and Doris Day? It will provide you with an alternate definition of VIP.)
Posted by Little Willow | August 5, 2008 10:17 AM
I have 2 weeks left before I officially have to report back to work! This week I am spending time with my girls and getting my classroom ready. Next week I will be off to Iowa for my sister's wedding.
Posted by Mrs.V | August 5, 2008 10:18 AM
I would love to win a copy of Death by Bikini! For the last few weeks of summer, I'll be in Germany, studying like mad and integrating into the German lifestyle. I'm a foreign exchange student at the moment and will be in Deutschland for a year!
Posted by Amber G | August 5, 2008 10:37 AM
For the last month of summer, I'm gonna be trying to finish up the last bits of paperwork for college (silly financial aid difficulties!).
And reading. I just saw The Dark Knight (late, I know!) and there was a preview for The Watchmen in front of it. I love that graphic novel, so I'm taking the time to re-read it now ^_^
Posted by George | August 5, 2008 11:27 AM
A whole month! That's awesome! Don't enter me since I've just very recently won, I do have a question though. On amazon this book is listed as a mass market paperback, those tiny ones that have easily cracking spines, but when you showed it in your video it looked more the size of a regular paperback. Just wondering which it was :)
That flip.com looks awesome!
Posted by Alea | August 5, 2008 12:03 PM
The last month of summer will be a busy one. First off this week I had two birthdays, and a party to go to. AND a wedding on Saturday. Its a great way to start off the last month. After that I just plan to hang out will all my friends, and enjoy the sun while it lasts. I also plan to read alot more books. Keep me busy before school (which I am dreading) comes. I also really hope to finish all the things on my summer to do list. It includes many things I would never think of doing in the past. This summer was a summer for change. I got into better shape and I've lost 15 pounds. So this last month I plan to work harder and lose some more weight and go to my last year of highschool more confident and happy. :)
Posted by Kristy | August 5, 2008 1:36 PM
We're spending the last few weeks of the summer getting ready for 3rd Grade. My daughter is switching schools ... so 2 weeks less summer we just figured out on Friday. At least she's excited about it. So we are cramming in reading (Tomi de Paolo is killing my summer, but Bill Peet is way too awesome, how did I miss him when I was a kid) and pretending to do some math... and I'm moaning how everything has to be High School Musical themed... ha!
Posted by JoeKinski | August 5, 2008 5:16 PM
i only have about 2 weeks left then im off to High School as a freshmen so im just going to relax and try to get so sleep! LOL
Luv ya
Katie
Posted by Katie | August 5, 2008 8:41 PM
i only have about 2 weeks left then im off to High School as a freshmen so im just going to relax and try to get some sleep! LOL
Luv ya
Katie
Posted by Katie | August 5, 2008 8:41 PM
My plan for the rest of this summer is to read it up until Fall semester starts in 3 weeks. My friends all come back in 2 weeks. So that last week... we'll be partying it up because our schedules this year are anything but easy.
Plus I missed them, it was boring here without em.
Posted by Stephanie | August 5, 2008 10:04 PM
Here is my planning for the last month of summer
1 till 8 august:
Last week of summer vacation
I work in an afterschool care of a primary school, and this is the last week that we are open all day long. AFter that, my regular work schedule begins.(in school weeks we are open 3-6 pm)
8-till 29 august.
No big plans. Just working at my job. Working on my blog, reading and reviewing books.
29 august:
Work in the afternoon and after that I will go the wedding party of my niece!!!
30 august:
I will visit the Uitmarkt in Amsterdam. This is the annual opening festival of the theatre season (uit = out, like in going out, markt means market, there are many many performances and there is a big information market)
31 august:
I will go see Les Miserables!
A good friend of mine is alternate for the part of Jean Valjean in this official dutch performance of Les Mis. Les miserables played here already in '92, and I was too young to visit it then, but now I dont want to miss it!!
Posted by Marjolein | August 6, 2008 6:13 AM
i'll be busy gardening, reading, and enjoying the last bit of summer before it tapers off into fall!
-chrissie
misschivous@hotmail.com
Posted by chrissie | August 6, 2008 10:08 AM
i'll be busy gardening, reading, and enjoying the last bit of summer before it tapers off into fall!
-chrissie
misschivous@hotmail.com
Posted by chrissie | August 6, 2008 10:08 AM
Hey Melissa! My plans for the last month of summer... I'm going to try and get down to the cape as much as I can. I want to hang out with my friends from camp who I miss to death. I'm going to finish up my required summer reading books. I'm going to go back to school shopping, work out a bit and try to lose some of the weight I've gained from all the ice cream and BBQ's this summer. I'm also going to hit the beach as much as I can to work on darkening up my tan as much as I can. I hope it doesn't go by too fast though, I'm not ready for it to be over!!
Posted by Ali | August 6, 2008 4:58 PM
Hey Melissa! My plans for the last month of summer... I'm going to try and get down to the cape as much as I can. I want to hang out with my friends from camp who I miss to death. I'm going to finish up my required summer reading books. I'm going to go back to school shopping, work out a bit and try to lose some of the weight I've gained from all the ice cream and BBQ's this summer. I'm also going to hit the beach as much as I can to work on darkening up my tan as much as I can. I hope it doesn't go by too fast though, I'm not ready for it to be over!!
Posted by Ali | August 6, 2008 4:58 PM
I've got book signings (Ann Brashares, D.C. Cast and Kristen Cast) and a concert coming up (Backstreet Boys!)
And then of course there's all those great reads I want to get to before school starts and I'm too busy. =(
Please enter me in the giveaway. Thank you. =)
Posted by Carmen T | August 6, 2008 10:12 PM
Nothing. We went on a 7 day Alaskan cruise in June.
Posted by Michelle Rosborough | August 6, 2008 11:52 PM
Hey Melissa! My plans for the last month of summer... I'm going to try and get down to the cape as much as I can. I want to hang out with my friends from camp who I miss to death. I'm going to finish up my required summer reading books. I'm going to go back to school shopping, work out a bit and try to lose some of the weight I've gained from all the ice cream and BBQ's this summer. I'm also going to hit the beach as much as I can to work on darkening up my tan as much as I can. I hope it doesn't go by too fast though, I'm not ready for it to be over!!
I hope it counts. "Death By Bikini" is actually a book that I've been interested in reading for a while.
Posted by Ali | August 7, 2008 11:11 AM
The last month of summer?
EEEK!
1. Try to finish all these books.
2. Make some money.
3. Go on a trip. (the Badlands? St. Louis? Chicago to see Wicked!? Who knows! It's not up to me...)
4. My birthday. =D
5. Maybe I should go to the beach... hmm.
Posted by Chelsie | August 7, 2008 12:32 PM
This book sounds really good.
Plans? Hmmm.
Finishing all my school projects. Reading all I can. Seeing my friends.
That's about it.
Posted by bella aire | August 7, 2008 3:24 PM
This last month of summer I'll be going to Six Flags a few times with my friends, I'm so excited becasuse I'll be going with a group of people and that's always fun. And of course on my down time I'll be home reading. :D
Off topic, but I'm a Readergirlz member, so I hope to see you around there this month, Melissa!!
Posted by poodle649 | August 7, 2008 7:07 PM
Working... definitely.
I don't have p-law practice anymore so I can kind of relax when I'm not getting ready for my last year of high school!
Posted by Megan | August 7, 2008 7:26 PM
thank god school is a 2 hour day tommoorow, but FULL TIME nexxt week WHOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOO!!!!
but IF my fella gets out of hosp, be taking care of him, but the kids will be gone almost 10 hours a day ehehhehehhehhe
i think yall can tell, i spend wayyyyyy to much time with my kids
Posted by blackroze37 | August 8, 2008 12:56 AM
Nothing extraordinary, read a few books maybe a lot of books before school takes over my life and I can only squeeze in a page or two at night. See my friends and work my butt off at the job.
I need to do something adventurous, I think I'll start planning for next year...
Posted by Amy F. | August 8, 2008 9:16 AM
What I'm planning to do for this last month is to work my butt off at Dairy Queen and earn some cash. Hopefully also have a babysitting job so I can earn some more.
Also I'm planning on finishing a short story that I'm collabing with a friend and hopefully be able to make a blog for myself!
Posted by Diana Dang | August 8, 2008 1:31 PM
Hmm...read and review more...haha.
Actually, I'm planning to meet up with my friends and do something before we have to get back to school. Maybe the movies or something.
Yeah, I'm not good with plans. x)
Posted by Rowan | August 9, 2008 5:59 PM
I plan on watching the Olympics! Read a few books, work and sleep. Hopefully if our schedules are both clear, spend some time with some friends before school takes over my life.
Crossing fingers for both the giveaway and friends part. :)
Posted by Yan L. | August 9, 2008 8:08 PM
Hello, This summer/year is flying by so quickly. I am getting both of our sons ready for school to begin. I am planning on what to do with more free time. I would love to read this book! Please enter me in your drawing. Many thanks, Cindi
Posted by Cindi | August 10, 2008 12:10 AM
Unfortunately, my summer is quickly coming to an end. This next week, I have to help my sisters get ready for school (they start on Thursday and Friday), and the following week, I start classes. But we're having a nice get together today with my mom and some of our friends to just relax and have a little fun, so that'll be fun.
I will be reading up a storm, though, when I get the time. I still have about 5 books on my shelf that I have to get around to reading.
Posted by Chelle | August 10, 2008 11:59 AM
enter me. I would love to read.
Posted by trina | August 10, 2008 1:31 PM
well this summer i was in belguim from may and i came back in july. but for the last month of summer, Aug, i'll be stuck in school. we started the 6th.
Posted by nadine-stella | August 10, 2008 8:51 PM
I basically have no last month of summer (I aven't really had summer at all). I just finished up my summer classes at my university six days ago and I am going back for band camp (I'm in the color guard) in four more days! So I'm taking advantage of the time I have at home. I spent some time with my grand mother, went out with my closest friends and now I'm at one of my best friends house and we're going to Hershey park tomorrow wih her family! I'm so excited!
I need some books to read during band camp because when the 12hour day is over all I will be able to do it lay in my bedand read...I'll be exhausted!
Posted by Jess | August 10, 2008 9:35 PM
I think August is going to be my boring month where I might actually stay home....I'll probably just go swimming a lot to survive this hot, hot, hot weather.
Posted by Lucile | August 10, 2008 9:41 PM