Scavenger hunts are another part of Book Blogger Appreciation Week.  And you know there will be prizes for all of your efforts.  For this scavenger hunt, we’re going to take a trip through some of the nominees for Best YA Blog.  Are you ready?

Question #1

On Birdbrain(ed) Book Blog in the rating system, how many birds signifies “Mostly bad, but had some merit?”

Question #2

Becky’s Book Reviews recently reviewed a book by Patrick Ness, name the title of the book.

Question #3

On Once Upon a Bookshelf, what image accompanies Midweek Morsels?

Question #4

Books and Literature for Teens has a sort of restaurant theme to its sidebar features.  What is under the heading “special customers?”

Question #5

On Chicklish, find out which Beatrice Masini book was recently reviewed.

Question #6

1330v has a quote from what famous author on the “About Me” page?

Question #7

On The Infinite Shelf, there is a feature called “The Artsy Shelf.”  What is the primary purpose of this feature?

Question #8

Novel Teen Book Review Blog recently reviewed White: The Great Pursuit; who is the book’s author?

Question #9

On Boys With Books, Robbie lists some of his own poems.  How many of those poems have the same word in the title?  And what is that word?

Question #10

YA Fabulous is run by Renay; on what does she find herself writing YA Fanfiction?

First prize:

1 set of All 4 books of Twilight Series by S. Meyer
1 copy of Dreaming Anastasia by Joy Preble

Second prize:

1 copy of Eye of the Crow by Shane Peacock  
1 copy of Out of Slavery by Linda Granfield
1 copy of Dreaming Anastasia by Joy Preble

Third prize:

1 copy of Eye of the Crow by Shane Peacock  
1 copy of Dreaming Anastasia by Joy Preble


There you have it.  Simply answer all the questions.  The giveaway is international.  Deadline is Sept. 16, 2009 at 11:59 PM.  Good Luck!

It’s time for another scavenger hunt and this time we’re looking at a few sites that were nominated for Best Kidlit Review Blog.  First off, let’s congratulate those who made the shortlist: 7 Impossible Things Before Breakfast, Fuse 8 at School Library Journal, Jen Robinson’s Book Blog, Maw Books Blog and Shelf Elf; but they are not the only sites out there.  Let the BBAW introduce you to five blogs that are just as fabulous - Kidlit.com, The Reading Tub, Mother Reader, The Happy Nappy Bookseller and Write for a Reader.

Here’s the details.  You’ll find the answers to the following questions located within these five blogs.  Go take a look and then come back here to fill out the form.  For your troubles, check out what you can win:
First Place:

• Ghost in the Machine by Patrick Carman
• Signed copy of Starfinder by John Marco
• The Hanging Hill by Chris Grabenstein

Second Place:

• Signed copy of Magickeepers by by Erica Kirov and Eric Fortune
• Signed copy of Dreaming Anastasia by Joy Preble

5 Runners Up:

• Tidings of Great Boys by Shelley Adina

Contest is open to all participants - international entries welcome!

Scavenger hunts are another part of Book Blogger Appreciation Week.  And you know there will be prizes for all of your efforts.  For this scavenger hunt, we’re going to take a trip through the nominees for Best Mystery/Thriller/Crime Fiction Blog.  Are you ready?

Question #1

Take a trip over to Crime Scraps and find the Crime Fest 2009 interview in which Uriah says she has never read any of this author’s books.

Question #2

On Criminal Brief, there are a number of contributors—in particular, Leigh Lundin.  Click on Leigh’s name at the top and find the post “Dumbed Down,” and tell me how much of today’s American vocabulary resembles that of the mid-1800s for educated citizens?

Question #3

On Detectives Beyond Borders,  who is the Tasmanian police inspector known as “Pufferfish” in a series of crime novels by David Owen?

Question #4

Who is behind the reviews of Euro Crime? And what is the name of her other blog?

Question #5

Check out Murder She Writes and how many women author the blog and its posts based on the photos on the sidebar?

Question #6

The Mystery Bookshelf run by Violette Severin has a listing of magazines on the sidebar, how many of those magazines listed on the sidebar have “mystery” in the title?

Question #7

Check The Rap Sheet header image, how many blocked off images are there and what color is used on two of the images, but not the third?

Question #8

True Crime Book Reviews has a yellowish and red color scheme for the main posts and sidebar, but what is in the background?

Question #9

Most blogs have archives, but Confessions of an Idiosyncratic Mind has a different type of archive.  What is the name of this archive?

Question #10

DJs Krimiblog has a great weekly feature in which a quotation is provided and readers have to guess who wrote the quote and the book it is from is reviewed the following Friday.  What’s the name of this feature?

Ok, there you have it, 10 of the blogs who were nominated this year. 

Here’s a list of the possible prizes up for grabs:

First Place:

3 Bangkok Thriller books personalized by Tim Hallinan
1 copy of DUTCH by Teri Woods
1 copy of Mind Scrambler by Chris Grabenstein
1 copy of To Hell in a Handbasket by Beth Groundwater

Second Place:

1 copy of Breathing Water personalized by Tim Hallinan
1 copy of DUTCH by Teri Woods
1 copy of The Murder of King Tut by James Patterson

Third Place:

1 copy of DUTCH by Teri Woods
1 copy of Bo’s’ Cafe by John Lynch, Bill Thrall and Bruce McNicol

You have until Sept. 16, 2009, 11:59 PM EST to answer all the questions.  The giveaway is international.

Good luck.

We have a special giveaway just for you.  This giveaway is open only to those in the UK!  Many thanks to Simon and Schuster of the UK for sponsoring this giveaway!

Six lucky winners will get a fantastic bundle of books!  This bundle includes:

Dark Visions by L.J. Smith
The 13 Treasures by Michelle Harrison
The Hollow by Jessica Verday
The Monstrumologist: The Terrors Beneath by Rick Yancey (couldn’t find a link for this one!)

To enter, leave a comment and recommend your favorite author from the UK!  Open until September 18.  No purchase necessary.  Odds of winning depend on number of entrants.  Also, be sure to leave a valid email address when you enter your information!

Okay Book Bloggers!!!

It’s time to get creative!  If there’s one thing book bloggers seem to have in common, one bittersweet fact, one troubling but joyous shared burden….it’s the TBR pile.

Show us your TBR pile!!!

But don’t be all boring about it….get creative!  Try to reveal something to us about yourself through your TBR pile…I’m not going to tell you HOW to do that, just that you SHOULD do it because BBAW is all about getting to know one another better!

Post your picture on your blog, (should be a new picture not recycled), drop your link in the Mister Linky (he’s getting a work-out during BBAW) and then go see everyone else’s TBR!  We’ll randomly draw names out of the participants to win their choice of one of the following:

Feelin the Vibe by Candace Dow
Dutch by Terri Woods
The Palace of Strange Girls by Sallie Day
Spooner by Pete Dexter

In the form below, you’ll find ten questions. The answers to these questions can be found in these five blogs, who were among those who received nominations for Best GLBT Review Blog:


Charlie Vazquez
Queer YA: Fiction for LGTBQ Teens
Uniquely Pleasurable
The Zen Leaf
Alternative-Read.com


Remember that the goal is not to find the answers as quick as possible, but to spend some time exploring these blogs. There will be two winners, who’ll receive the following prize packs:


Winner #1
Girl Meets Boy by Ali Smith
The Screwed-up Live of Charlie the Second by Drew Ferguson
Without Sin by J. Tomas


Winner #2
Dangerous Angels by Francesca Lia Block
Orlando by Virginia Woolf


Good luck!

Today’s scavenger hunt will focus on history and historical fiction blogs and highlight some of their best features, posts, and nuances.  Are you ready?

Question #1

Austen Prose is holding a soirée with one of Jane Austen’s works, which work is it?

Question #2

How many contributors are listed on the Favorite PASTimes blog?

Question #3

Reading the Past offers news, views, and reviews of historical fiction.  When did Sarah move to Illinois and from what city area?

Question #4

Historically Obsessed reviews tend to focus on books from which court?

Question #5

Passages to the Past has a special event listed for the same week as Book Blogger Appreciation Week.  What is this event called?

Question #6

Eve’s Alexandria has two Orange Prize 2009 books listed.  Which of those books listed depicts the tumultuous marriage between Charles Dickins and Catherine Hogarth?

Question #7

Civil War History has a list of links for kids to use in order to learn about the Civil War.  Name one of those links.

Question #8

Queen of Happy Endings recently reviewed Through a Glass Darkly by Karleen Koen; what rating did it receive?

Question #9

On History Undressed, guest bloggers often discuss interesting aspects of history.  Who will be the guest blogger on November 13 and what will be the topic of discussion?

Question #10

Reading Adventures recently posted about Library Loot, which book in that list is about WWII?

Ok, there you have it, 10 of the blogs who were nominated this year. 

Here are some of the prizes:

First Place:

1 copy of The Foundling by Georgette Heyer
1 copy of THE PALACE OF STRANGE GIRLS by Sallie Day
1 copy of THE MURDER OF KING TUT by James Patterson
1 copy of A SEPARATE COUNTRY by Robert Hicks

Second prize:

1 copy of THE PALACE OF STRANGE GIRLS by Sallie Day
1 copy of THE MURDER OF KING TUT by James Patterson
1 copy of A SEPARATE COUNTRY by Robert Hicks

Third prize:

1 copy of No Wind of Blame by Georgette Heyer
1 copy of THE MURDER OF KING TUT by James Patterson

You have until Sept. 15, 2009, 11:59 PM EST to answer all the questions.  The giveaway is international.

Good Luck!

Marta Acosta said,

As both an author and a blogger, I’ve really come to appreciate all the hard work that book bloggers do.  Writing a book is just part of an author’s responsibility.  We’ve also got to let readers know about our books so they don’t languish on shelves.  Book bloggers provide an amazing service—they review our books, post book descriptions and covers, interview us, and introduce us to fellow book lovers.  Most book bloggers do all this work, which can take hours every day, without any kind of compensation—because they want to share their love of books.  Thanks so much for all you do!

Marta has generously offered to give away three SIGNED copies of her book Happy Hour at Casa Dracula

Want to win?  Great!!!  Just leave a comment, make sure when you fill out the email address field that it’s a valid address.  This contest is open until September 20th….good luck!

It’s time for another scavenger hunt and this time we’re looking at a few sites that were nominated for Best General Review Blog.  First off, let’s congratulate those who made the shortlist: 100 Scope Notes, Books on the Nightstand, She is Too Fond of Books, Rebecca Reads and The Zen Leaf; but they are not the only sites out there.  Let the BBAW introduce you to five blogs that are just as fabulous - Trisha’s Book Blog, The Written Word, All About {n}, Peeking Between the Pages and Stuck in a Book.

Here’s the details.  You’ll find the answers to the following questions located within these five blogs.  Go take a look and then come back here to fill out the form.  For your troubles, check out what you can win:
First Place:

• Little Bird of Heaven by Joyce Carol Oates
• Subscription to Poetry
• The Hanging Hill by Chris Grabenstein

Second Place:

• Mind Scrambler by Chris Grabenstein
• The Well of Lost Plots by Jasper Fforde

5 Runners Up:

• 32 Poems magazine

Contest is open to all participants - international entries welcome!

Literary fiction is one of those genres that some people either love or hate, but there are so many of us book bloggers who read it and review it.  Today’s scavenger hunt will focus on literary fiction blogs and highlight some of their best features, posts, and nuances.  Are you ready?

Question #1

Name the Nobel Prize winning author whose books Farm Lane Books Blog has reviewed.

Question #2

On Bookworm With a View, what upcoming event is listed on the sidebar for Dec. 16?

Question #3

Blographia Literaria‘s streamlined sidebars help readers locate information quickly, so which poet’s poems feature beer?

Question #4

The Mookse and the Gripes reviewed a book published in 1857 in January 2009, name the title and author of this book.

Question #5

Pursewarden talks about books and writers, like we all do, and in June 2009, six authors’ work were featured, which of those authors also wrote Haunted and Lullaby?

Question #6

On Diary of an Eccentric, who also reviews books besides Anna or how does she sign her reviews?

Question #7

Incurable Logophilia isn’t just another WordPress blog.  Which Muriel Barbery book did this blogger review in June 2009?

Question #8

Vulpes Libris name three of the book foxes.

Question #9

On Random Jottings of a Book and Opera Lover, under the music category, which British actor starred in Oliver?

Question #10

Asylum is an odd name for a blog, but this blog has had over 300,000 visitors.  Name one of the books in The Art of the Novella giveaway photo post.


Ok, there you have it, 10 of the blogs who were nominated this year. 

Here are some of the prizes:

First place:

1 copy of In Hovering Flight by Joyce Hinnefield
1 copy of Little Bird of Heaven by Joyce Carol Oates
1 copy of A CHANGE IN ALTITUDE by Anita Shreve
1 copy of Bundles of Letters Including A, V and Epsilon by Arlene Ang and Valerie Fox

Second place:

1 copy of Bundles of Letters Including A, V and Epsilon by Arlene Ang and Valerie Fox
1 copy of Little Bird of Heaven by Joyce Carol Oates
1 copy of In Hovering Flight by Joyce Hinnefield

Third place:

1 copy of Bundles of Letters Including A, V and Epsilon by Arlene Ang and Valerie Fox
1 copy of A CHANGE IN ALTITUDE by Anita Shreve

You have until Sept. 14, 2009, 11:59 PM EST to answer all the questions.  The giveaway is international.

Good Luck!

For this scavenger hunt, we’re going to take a trip through some of the nominees for Best Cultural Review Blog.  Are you ready?

Question #1

On the Lost in Translation site, South African Equiano lives in England and is married to a spouse of what nations.

Question #2

In the only gold mining post from Petticoats & Pistols, what famous author is quoted?

Question #3

Spanglish Baby recently reviewed a book by Mayra Calvani, which book was it?

Question #4

On Ulat Buku in the City, find Ulat Buku’s latest toy that she bought herself.  What is it called?

Question #5

White Readers Meet Black Authors has a series of posts highlighted in the sidebar.  Which guest blogger speaks about “Are Black Books Necessary?”

Question #6

On Mitali’s Fire Escape, What poem tied for third place in 2009 for Mitali’s annual poetry contest for teens between cultures?

Question #7

What is the Hawaiian word for the verb to read on the Hawaii Book Blog?

Question #8

Who is the manager of Fleur Fisher Reads?

Question #9

On The Duchess of Devonshire’s Gossip Guide, who was the tart of the week for the week of April 20?

Question #10

BronzeWord Latino Authors interviewed which film producer on Sept. 2, 2009?

You have until Sept. 14, 2009 at 11:59 PM EST to enter; Giveaway is international Good Luck!

Here are some of the prizes:

First prize:

1 copy of Feelin’ the Vibe by Candace Dow
1 copy of Breaking the Barriers By Jason Frenn
1 copy of THE BOY NEXT DOOR by Irene Sabatini
1 copy of Zumba by Beto Perez and Maggie Greenwood-Robinson

Second prize:

1 copy of Feelin’ the Vibe by Candace Dow
1 copy of THE BOY NEXT DOOR by Irene Sabatini
1 copy of Zumba by Beto Perez and Maggie Greenwood-Robinson

Third prize:

1 copy of Feelin’ the Vibe by Candace Dow
1 copy of Damas, Dramas, and Dramas Ana Ruiz By Belinda Acosta

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