Dystopian Giveaway Hop - November 2014

Thanks to both Kathy @ I Am A Reader and April and Kat @ My Shelf Confessions for hosting this Giveaway Hop.  I am a huge fan of Dystopian stories.  Now, there are a lot of books that get heaped into one big grouping under this heading, even though they could technically be more post-apocalyptic, or science fiction, or even fantasy in some cases.  So here is the definition of Dystopia from the Oxford Dictionary online:

An imagined place or state in which everything is unpleasant or bad, typically a totalitarian or environmentally degraded one. Compare with utopia.

I always kind of think of it like the opposite of a utopia, which is kind of what that definition refers to at the end.  So, based on that, I have chosen my favorite dystopian series.  The winner will be able to pick any book within that series (that is already published, no pre-orders, sorry), even though I've only pictured the first books below (also the book may have a different cover when it comes from the book depository).  This will be international as long as The Book Depository delivers to where you live.  Here are the choices:




 Hint:  The very last picture is a series I LOVED and think doesn't get enough attention.  Just fill out the Rafflecopter below.  After that be sure to visit the other blogs for some other fabulous giveaways in the Linky at the bottom of this post.

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Banned Book Weeks Hop 2014

 

Thanks to Kathy at I Am a Reader, and Mary at Bookhounds for hosting this blog hop.  This  year I don't know that I'm going to get a display up in my library.  You see I had ordered the stuff from ALA for the week, but because of all the red tape and how long the ordering process takes in the district, I still haven't received it.  I'm wondering if I'll even get it at all at this point.  I'm a little ticked, but nothing I can do about it now.  So as a librarian, my job isn't to censor what my students read.  Yes I purchase things that I think are appropriate for my students, but other than that, they are allowed to check anything we have out.  I believe it is a parent's job to talk to their kids about things, and hope that their children make good decisions.  I have 8 books that you can choose from.  All come from the lists on this ALA page.  And my giveaway is international as long as The Book Depository delivers to your country.  Here are the books I'm letting you choose from.

Any of the 4 books in this series

Any of the 13 books in the series

Any of the 4 books in the series

Any of the 3 book in this series

Any of the 3 books in this series

So just fill in the Rafflecopter below, and then hop along to the other links in the list below.


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Reading Road Trip: Washington

I joined into the Reading Road Trip on Day 1, and here I am again, almost at the very end.  This time I get another state that is a favorite, and it is because one of my favorite series takes place here, Twilight.  But that's of course not all that is cool about Washington.  While the state flag is kind of boring (in my opinion), I still want to include it!

• Like the flag shows, the state was actually named for George Washington, and is of course the only state named after a president.
• Its nickname is the Evergreen State.
• The capital city is Olympia, while Seattle is the largest city.
• Mt. Ranier is there, and is the highest point.  But it also includes Mt. Saint Helens, a volcano that erupted back in 1980.  And when I visited it a few years ago, it was active again, although nothing has really happened.
• The state fossil is the Columbian Mammoth.
• As it is summer, I thought it would be appropriate to share with you that it is where the world's first soft-serve ice cream machine was located.
• You probably know that Starbucks was founded in Seattle.
• Washington contains the only rainforests in the continental United States.
• It became the 42nd state on November 11th, 1889.
• The state of Washington is one of only 7 states that doesn't levy a personal income tax.  (Hmm, maybe I need to move there)

Some famous people from Washington state are:

• Bob Barker, the original host of The Price is Right
• Octavia E. Butler, a science fiction writer, Orson Scott Card - author of Ender's Game and other science fiction books, Ann Rule- best selling author of true crime books, Gary Larson - cartoonist and creator of The Far Side, and Chuck Palahniuk - author of Fight Club.
• Famous singers such as Jimi Hendrix, Bing Crosby, and Kurt Cobain.  And a favorite rapper of mine, Sir Mix-A-Lot.
• Bill Gates, one of the world's richest men
• Several actors and actresses such as Anna Faris (Loved her in What's Your Number, based on the book 20 Times a Lady), Rainn Wilson from The Office, and Joshua Jackson from Dawson's Creek and more recently Fringe.
• Apollo Anton Ohno, US Olympic Speed Skater, also starred on one season of Dancing With The Stars.

Unlike my giveaway at the beginning of the month, I will only be keeping this one going for a week.  You will have a choice of one of the books below, they include books by authors from Washington, or that take place in Washington.  And it is International as long as The Book Depository ships to you.

• Beyond the Far Side, It Came from the Far Side, or The Hound of the Far Side by Gary Larson
• Any book from the Ender that is available in paperback
• Any paperback copy of any book from the Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer
• Any paperback true crime story by Ann Rule
• The Boyfriend List, The Boy Book, or The Treasure Map of Boys by E. Lockhart
• Stuck in Neutral or Cruise Control by Terry Trueman
• Misfit by Jon Skovron

Fill out the Rafflecopter below to enter.  There are no mandatory entries, in fact the first one is free!  You may choose to follow my blog or any of the other choices for more entries though.  And when you're done filling it out, you can click on the button on the sidebar to go to the other stops on the tour.  

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Spring Fling Giveaway Hop (INT)

So, as I mentioned before, I'm going to participate in one of these giveaways sponsored by I Am a Reader, Not a Writer each month.  Since May is so busy, I decided to get this done at the beginning.  For the Spring Fling giveaway hop, I'm giving away your choice of a $12 gift card to either Barnes and Noble, Amazon, or if you are International, a book valued up to $12 from The Book Depository.  No restrictions on what book, it just has to be under $12.  I figure spring is  the time of the year when we begin to feel more free from the confines we've endured with winter clothes and weather, so why should I not let you choose freely what book you'd like?  Just fill out the Rafflecopter below, and then hop along to the other blogs participating in the Linky under that.


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Fool For Books Giveaway Hop

This Hop is sponsored by Kathy at I Am a Reader, Not a Writer.  And I decided it would be fun to do in honor of April Fool's Day.  This time the giveaway will only be available to the United States, sorry about that.  I'll try to do the next one International again.  This time I'm giving away a $10 gift card to Barnes and Noble.  So just fill out the Rafflecopter below, then hop along to the other blogs participating in the Linky underneath the Rafflecopter.

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Lunar Love Giveaway Hop

Oops, remember how I said I was only going to do one giveaway hop a month?  Guess I signed up for this and forgot about it!  Oh well, it's kind of a fun one, but since I did $20 on the last one, and then one of my giveaways before I'm still waiting for the book they want to be in paperback, I'm going to have to give some choices for you that are in the price range I can afford and I know I can get them for that price!!  It is international as long as the Book Depository ships to your country.

Now the theme of this Hop is the moon, hence the title, Lunar Love.  The book needs to have something to do with the moon, or have a picture of the moon on the cover.  So I've picked some books about the moon, books about space travel, and some werewolf books.  So, check them out below, you can click on the pictures to go to a synopsis on Goodreads.com.



So, just fill in the Rafflecopter below to enter, then hop along to the other giveaways in the Linky below that!


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Leap Into Books Giveaway Hop 2013 (INT)

So I think I'm going to try to participate in one hop a month that is sponsored by Kathy at I Am a Reader, Not a Writer.  And the co-sponsor of this hop is Jinky is Reading.  And this month I've chosen the Leap Into Books giveaway, because as a teacher, I like the idea of using this as a theme for some kind of contest or unit in my classroom.  And, what I'm choosing to give this time is your choice of a book, any book you want, from The Book Depository, as long as they ship to you (Check here), up to $20.  So fill in the rafflecopter below, then make sure you leap along the Linky list of other blogs participating in this hop below the rafflecopter.


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