Monday, January 28, 2013

YOUNG ADULT GIVEAWAY HOP: SIGNED COPY OF THE GIVER


For this giveaway I happy to tell you that I am giving away a SIGNED copy of The Giver. Do you want it? I waited in line a long time for it...;)

Lois Lowry was in Provo, Utah this past fall promoting the next book in The Giver series. She shared that the books became a series because people kept asking questions about certain characters in the books and the stories just came to her.

One thing that she mentioned that I was glad to have cleared up is that The Giver is not meant to be sharing a particular message or agenda. Lowry said that your own personal belief system will mold this book to what YOU as a reader sees in it, not what she as an author was trying to say. I really loved that since I feel like too many books are about an author's agenda and aren't about just telling a story and letting you decide what it means. That is so very opposite to how we were taught to read literature in school isn't it? We were always so busy having to dissect what an author was trying to say that we couldn't just enjoy the darn books. Because of this, I didn't read until I was 15 years out of school, it is a shame really.

Anyway Lois Lowry is an icon, and I am happy to give away a book she touched with her very own hands.

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35 comments:

  1. Thanks for the awesome giveaway! I *love* Lois Lowry and The Giver is my favorite of her books. I'd love to own a signed copy!

    Something interesting..."cleave him to the brisket!" is a fighting-on-the-high-seas term that means 'run your sword through him and pin him to the mast'. Oh, pirates.

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  2. Thanks for the awesome giveaway!

    Something interesting...did you know? A hummingbird weighs less than a penny!!

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  3. thanks for the giveaway. I don't have a lot of time to read for leisure since I'm a full-time student right now, but this book seems very intriguing. I'd encourage my daughter to read it too!

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  4. Oh, man. The Giver. I LOVED this story in middle school. Couldn't tell anyone, though, because it wasn't cool to like assigned reading! Lol. This is a great prize. Thank you!

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  5. That is awesome that you got to talk to the author and even better that she explained that their was no agenda with The Giver. I love that too! I am really happy she decided to write more books in this series, I was one of those people with questions after reading The Giver. I wanted to know more.
    Thank you for your wonderful giveaway!

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  6. Thanks for the giveaway!
    My favorite book of all-time is "Outlander." That interesting, right?

    mestith@gmail.com

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  7. That's so awesome!!! Thanks for the amazing giveaway!!

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  8. ok something interesting; well, I'm 62 yrs old and still like YA novels, you are as young as you feel.
    vera28546 at yahoo dot com

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  9. Interesting? In Minnesota, it is not legal to walk across state lines with a duck atop your head.

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  10. Hmmm I've read 27 books this month lol
    Thanks for the awesome giveaway!

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  11. Did you know the force u use to bite a carrot in half is the same amount of force needed to bite off a human finger :D

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  12. I've heard so much about this book! Hope to get a chance to read it!

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  13. I am about to be a Grandfather for the eight time..Yeah!!!

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  14. Reading can help you learn to write.

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  15. Yesterday it was 72 degrees outside...today it dropped to 34.

    Thanks for the awesome giveaway!

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  16. This was one of my favorite books growing up, and I was just thinking how I wanted/needed to reread it soon- crossing my fingers for this one :)

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  17. This book has been on my to read list for a LONG time. I would love to win it.

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  18. I have never read this book! Somehow it just slipped under my radar, thanks for the great giveaway!

    misusedinnocence@aol.com

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  19. Anything? I read this book with my class in the 6th grade. :P I really liked it! I read the second one too.

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  20. I have read this book and LOVED it!!! Thanks so much for such a great giveaway!! You ROCK!!
    Ashley A
    ash_app at hotmail dot com

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  21. I was at NCTE two years ago when Lois Lowry was there. My friend bumped into her, and started talking all about books, even mentioning The Giver. Needless to say she had no clue who she was talking to (that happens sometimes with authors). But I had just come up to find her when Lois said her goodbyes. I ran up to my friend, yelling if she knew who she was just talking to. She replied no, and when I told her Lois Lowry, she did a little scream of embarrassment and excitement. It was the funniest thing ever. The rest of the conference, she couldn't shut up about it.

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  22. Thanks for the great giveaway! I remember reading Lois Lowry's books when I was younger but I haven't read any in a while. Thanks for the recommendation.

    thompsonem3 at aol dot com

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  23. I still have a Christmas tree in my living room, my husband hasn't taken it out yet. It has no ornaments except a solitary angel on top that I can't reach, and it loses needles every time you walk by it. :)

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  24. Can you believe I've never read The Giver? Great giveaway!

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  25. I loved this book! I mean LOVED.

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  26. I volunteer at a local animal shelter. It's not interesting, but I'm proud to help out in my community. Thanks!

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  27. I'm watching Doctor Who at this very moment and Crowley from Supernatural is in this episode (Season 6 Episode 2)! And he has the most adorable American accent =D

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  28. I've always wanted to read this book! Thanks for the chance to win!

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  29. The giver is one of the first books I remember reding and it's my dads all time favorite yay for books

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  30. I got my RSVP confirmation for the Veronica Rossi event at my local bookstore. I am excited.

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  31. This is an awesome giveaway. This is one of my all time favorite books. It started me on my path of loving dystopian and lead me to being an editor of an anthology of Dystopian stories.

    Thanks

    Robin Blankenship

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  32. High altitudes can exacerbate fibrosis symptoms. (lol. I am studying for my grad school exams right now)

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  33. I have always wanted to read this!!

    Something interesting? I don't know if it's interesting, but by the time I was 25 years old I had to have 2 spinal fusions (TERRIBLE surgeries) because of problems with my spinal cord usually after car accident or sports injury, and I never even injured myself. Plus 4 herniated discs in my L and T spine and a spondylolisthesis at L3-l4. As my neurosurgeon says, I just have awful luck.

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