August 15, 2007
No, you’re not a maroon or in a time warp. This is a sticky post. Scroll on down for the fun new stuff.
Hello friends old, new, and potential, and welcome to the Summer’s Hidden Treasures Reading contest. If you are here to enter the contest, please leave your name and the permalink of your book review in the Mr. Linky provided below.
If you’d like to review the rules, click here.
If you’d like more information, click here.
We’ll be manually checking all of these reviews. If they:
1. Were posted before 15 July or after 15 August
2. Are a review of a best-seller
3. Are a review of a book that the author paid to have published
your review will remain posted, but you will be ineligible to win prizes from our great sponsors. (see here for list of sponsors. Please thank them. And the authors who are pitching in and helping out.)
Yes, it is this easy!
Yes, you may enter more than once!
Gradiva
July 14, 2007 10:04 pm
hi! I just posted my review of “The Blue Taxi” by N.S. Koenings at gather.com. Follow the link to read all about it!BR/BR/gradiva
Lauren
July 15, 2007 2:46 pm
I’ve posted my review! :)BR/I’m hoping to have another one done by August 15th.
Aryn Kennedy
July 15, 2007 9:53 pm
I just posted by review for “Fashionably Late!”
nimrodiel
July 16, 2007 10:51 am
I’ve posted my Review for Sigourney’s Quest.BR/BR/Keep your eyes open, I have a few other books rustling for review right now as well.
Red Garnier
July 16, 2007 12:50 pm
I promise to check this out tonight, hon! I MISSED YA! Yes come to Frisco, puleeeeze!
Rhetorically Sterculian
July 16, 2007 2:11 pm
It’s 2 pm East Coast time!BR/I have been patient, very patient.BR/Now where is your Monday offering?BR/Well?
Camille Alexa
July 16, 2007 3:45 pm
Go y’all, GO!
Dana
July 16, 2007 10:17 pm
I have just reviewed Whiskey Sour and The Kommandant’s Girl. Both great books!!!
Dana
July 16, 2007 10:53 pm
The Link to #6 is a general link and all wrong. So sorry to screw things up
Susan Helene Gottfried
July 17, 2007 7:52 am
If you want, you can fix it and I’ll delete the general link.
Missy
July 17, 2007 12:21 pm
My review for Rachel Vincent’s Stray is posted and I’ll have one for Julia Quinn’s latest in a few days.
pussreboots
July 17, 2007 12:23 pm
Just posted my link to my review of The Chatham School Affair because WoM says it qualifies.
scooper
July 17, 2007 12:25 pm
I linked to Robin Popp’s The Darkening.
Annie
July 17, 2007 12:28 pm
Just posted my review of Dave Duncan’s Magic Casement–
WSS4
July 17, 2007 1:31 pm
Posted a couple of links. Thanks for the heads up Susan. I will be sure to pop in and link my reviews. Hope I am doing it right.
Jill
July 17, 2007 4:26 pm
I post my review of “Eva” by Lucie Pagé(And I’m sorry for this one, I don’t know the name of the english version!!)
Breeni
July 18, 2007 6:53 pm
Posted my review for a great book, “Protector.” Forfeiting any prize, this one’s just for fun and info!
karen!
July 18, 2007 10:25 pm
Sorry I’ve been MIA (at least you know why).BR/I’ll have some reviews for you before the month is through… but probably not any time soon. I am soooooo behind and being sick has not helped one bit!
Joy Renee
July 19, 2007 2:12 am
oops, i thot i was on your TT post. must have scrolled too far.
Midas
July 19, 2007 4:06 am
Susan, I went to sign for T13, and I put it in a wrong spot. I love the contest idea and I am going to write my review and I hope to win a prize. For now, please delete my name because the link is wrong. So sorry about it.
Susan Helene Gottfried
July 19, 2007 8:00 am
No worries, guys. We’re conditioned to sign the first Linky we see; I understand. BR/BR/I’m on it — and I hope you guys will all come back and enter the contest and help spread the word about it!
Camille Alexa
July 19, 2007 10:15 pm
You’re such a literary networking diva and a dedicated woman (and writer)! Kudos to you, Susan.
Red Garnier
July 19, 2007 10:23 pm
I haven’t posted reviews and yet I wanted to say HI, SUSAN!!! =)
cathepsut
July 21, 2007 8:43 am
Hi there, I just posted my review on Bookcrossing – just follow the link or check my LJ. The book will be in the snail mail tomorrow, I hope you’ll like it!
shoeaddict
July 21, 2007 8:50 pm
I read some stuff. I’m so confused. Lyric, Melody, Allegra, etc, they are characters? Michele sent me here to look like an ass 😉
OldOldLady Of The Hills
July 21, 2007 10:58 pm
Thanks for your visit Susan, and what a lovely compliment! You know, I just write about things that move me—people, my plants, nature, etc….Morris Broferson has been such an important part of my life since 1861, and I am surrounded by his work—it is everywhere in my home….And I love and admire him as a person and an Artist! I hope that comes through…!
Henry Martin
July 22, 2007 10:42 pm
Susan, BR/BR/I have been busy editing, but I will start on my review of The smile at the foot…. by Miller. I just posted a review of a hidden treasure, however, the book does not qualify (self-published) so I won’t include that one here.BR/BR/Nice to see the contest going.
Milan - zzz
July 23, 2007 7:37 am
OK I think I’ll finally join one of your contest. Tough thing is that I’m not fast reader and especially when I’m reading in foreign language (i.e. English) but it seems books published in language other than English are not qualified, right?BR/Now I’m not sure about Iroyalty-paying publisher/I thing but I’ll PM you.BR/Hugs!BR/BR/I just finished with my exams and I’m thirsty for reading hours!!!
Anna J. Evans
July 23, 2007 1:24 pm
Hugs! Just saying hi :)BR/BR/anna j evans (dashing off…)
Henry Martin
July 24, 2007 9:39 am
Posted a review of The Smile at the Foot of the Ladder on Amazon.
Missy
July 24, 2007 11:27 am
Hi! I just posted a review of The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever by Julia Quinn.
Christine
July 24, 2007 9:44 pm
Hello: Thank you for visiting my site and being one of my regular readers – your kind words these past weeks have made a world of difference. I am taking baby steps back into the blogging realm and am glad to know that you’re here too. The contest sounds neat; am not committing – yet – although I have been doing some really cool reading of late.
Pesh
July 25, 2007 6:23 pm
Howdy! I just posted the link to my review of “Survive My Fire” by Joely Sue Burkhart.BR/BR/Joely may just be starting in the publishing world, but she is certainly destined to be one of the next big authors on the fantasy shelf. Don’t miss out!
Dewey
July 25, 2007 7:12 pm
Susan, my Hidden Treasure is going to be Wifework. I’m going to link to my “Maushart” category, because of the ongoing notes-on-each-chapter thing. Here it is:BR/BR/http://deweymonster.com/?p=291
MamaLee
July 25, 2007 11:10 pm
linked to the wrong post! But goodness, this contest sounds awesome!
Crafty Green Poet
July 27, 2007 9:48 am
Hi I’ve just posted my review of Lanmprieres Dictionary by Lawrence Norfolk. I think its a hidden treasure! The review is on my Alter Ego blog at: http://foundcraftygreenart.blogspot.com/2007/07/lemprieres-dictionary-by-lawrence.html
Shelley (chronicbooker3)
July 27, 2007 4:51 pm
I just posted two reviews the other day. Janelle ok’d them and I am going to try for at least two more. My email in case you need to get in touch with me is BR/BR/tiny_timms5@hotmail.comBR/BR/This is a great contest!
John Mutford
July 27, 2007 5:05 pm
My first review is of Earle Birney’s IFall By Fury/I and my second is Irving Layton’s IThe Tightrope Dancer/I.
scooper
July 28, 2007 12:05 pm
I reviewed Phaedra Weldon’s Wraith.
mcewen
July 29, 2007 8:28 pm
well thank goodness for that! I thought I was a time traveler for a moment.BR/Best wishes
Henry Martin
July 31, 2007 12:00 am
Susan,BR/BR/Just posted a new review: If a Man be Mad by Walker Winslow (Howard Maine)
Trang
July 31, 2007 8:02 am
Posted a review for Survive My Fire…great story…got more coming. Check out the Cataromance sites…lots of great reviews!
Breeni
July 31, 2007 6:19 pm
Just posted the review for The War Against Miss Winter. Great debut novel!!!
Milan - zzz
July 31, 2007 9:26 pm
I posted my review of IHope and Other Dangerous Pursuits/I by Laila LalamiBR/It’s a good book :)BR/BR/(I hope I didn’t mess up something with Linky or …)
Karen
August 1, 2007 2:42 pm
My friend Jessica (jtanny) is “playing” (I wowed her with tales of the prizes)… the August 1st reviews were posted for this contest.BR/- A HREF=”http://morsiereads.blogspot.com” REL=”nofollow”karen/A
karen!
August 1, 2007 9:23 pm
1st one from me is posted! :DBR/Better late than never…
Crafty Green Poet
August 2, 2007 6:55 am
I’ve just reviewed a poetry book – The Good Neighbour by John Burnside. BR/http://craftygreenpoet.blogspot.com/2007/07/good-neighbour-by-john-burnside.html
Bookfool
August 2, 2007 4:25 pm
Hi! I just posted links to my reviews of Ticket to Tomorrow and The Ocean in the Closet. I have a bunch of blogs, so if you need to find me it’s best to do so via the comments at Bookfoolery and Babble. Super idea. Some books just don’t get the attention they deserve.
Queen of Light and Joy
August 5, 2007 10:37 am
Yah for contests and prizes!! Michelle sent me.
Jill
August 8, 2007 7:23 am
So my second book for this is “Tsippora” by Marek Halter(I forgot to put the author in the review!!)
Susan Helene Gottfried
August 8, 2007 7:48 am
Cool, Jill! I read the first in that series; I’m curious to read your review now.
Karen
August 8, 2007 9:07 am
I’m hoping to post another review today.BR/- A HREF=”http://morsiereads.blogspot.com” REL=”nofollow”karen/A
Camille Alexa
August 8, 2007 1:56 pm
Okay Susan. I linked up with A HREF=”http://littlebird-blue.blogspot.com/2007/08/summers-hidden-treasure-lily-brand-by.html” REL=”nofollow”The Lily Brand/A by Sandra Schwab. Thanks, as always, for your dedication and tireless efforts spreading the fiction love.
Linda
August 9, 2007 3:37 pm
Have fun with this.BR/BR/Why must it be from a royalty-paying publisher, though? There are many wonderful, well-written independents, and while self-publishing is seen as something you do when you can’t get a “standard” publisher, it’s also often a first choice. BR/BR/You are, after all, asking readers to recommend something *they* like. BR/BR/Mostly curious. BR/BR/Btw, here’s an interesting self-published book that you could possibly use: BR/BR/Fern Reiss: Finding an Agent in 30 Days (may not be the exact title, but it will help you find the book).
Susan Helene Gottfried
August 9, 2007 4:36 pm
Why did I limit the contest, Linda? That’s a hard answer.BR/BR/I believe that the publishing industry is broken, pure and simple. That there’s not enough publicity for new writers, that writers are dropped too fast when sales aren’t up to par. Advances for celebrities of all sorts are too high and never recouped. Midlist writers wind up in purgatory.BR/BR/I decided I could be part of the problem, or part of the solution. BR/BR/This isn’t a reflection on self-publishing; I’m tempted to self-publish Trevor’s Song, myself. It’s a reflection on the state of royalty-paying publishing (most of the e-pubs aside).
yellojkt
August 12, 2007 11:20 am
I review the books I have read the previous month on the first of every month. I call these posts A HREF=”http://livebythefoma.blogspot.com/search/label/BooksFirst” REL=”nofollow”BooksFirst/A. The one for July that’s not a best seller would be IForty Signs of Rain/I by Kim Stanley Robinson.
Breeni
August 12, 2007 10:45 pm
Just posted another one for If a Man Be Mad!
Milan - zzz
August 13, 2007 10:57 am
I just posted my review of an outstanding debut by young Uzodinma Iweala, BBeasts of no Nation/B.BR/I hope you’ll like it. It’s my second entry (and both are I”first novels”/I) :).BR/Cheers!
pussreboots
August 14, 2007 2:04 am
I’m adding my review of Buzz.
J at www.jellyjules.com
August 15, 2007 10:57 am
I squeaked in, it’s August 15 now! My review of Sepharad is up. Thanks for encouraging me to search out and read a great book!
Breeni
August 15, 2007 10:01 pm
One more in at the last minute!
Michelle
August 16, 2007 8:26 pm
I read Starting Out Sideways by Mary E. Mitchell. I don’t think it’s a best seller. At least I’m pretty sure it wasn’t when I read it.
Henry Martin
August 16, 2007 10:29 pm
It’s somewhat sad to see that your lates TT post generated about as many comments as this month-long contest. Still, it was interesting learning about unknown titles and reading the reviews. BR/If you have one next year, I will participate again.BR/BR/Thank you Susan.