For those just joining us, we have a little contest going in the hopes of drumming up newfound support for the writings and blog of Jeffrey Overstreet. It’s not too late to join in the fun, but to be the least bit competitive you’ll need to check out yesterday’s post and follow the instructions; you’ll at least get the 10 points for participating.
The Day’s Hunt is:
Jeff Likes To Write
Jeff not only has written for some notable publications around the country (including Paste, Risen, Image, Relevant, Books & Culture, and SPU’s Response), but he’s also a novelist. Through a Screen Darkly, a memoir and travelogue of “dangerous moviegoing, and Auralia’s Colors, the first volume in a four-book fantasy series called The Auralia Thread, were both published in 2007.
Your mission is to:
1.) Find an online store that sells his books and post a comment.
2.) Come back here and paste the same comment with the link to the page of the original comment on this post.
Now, if you are unfamiliar with his works, then you obviously can’t review them. But you can at least say, in a positive light, that you’ve heard about him and (if true) you are interested in reading his books or following his blog, etc.
To the first three people that complete this task, I’ll ward 40, 30 and 20 points respectively, with 10 points to anyone else that completes the task.
***I’ll also award 75 points to anyone that purchases his book today!*** (I’ll contact you from your comment information and request an emailed copy of your receipt).
Happy hunting!
CH
PS – Check out what all these other great bloggers are saying about Jeffrey!:
Brandon Barr Jim Black Justin Boyer Grace Bridges Jackie Castle Carol Bruce Collett Valerie Comer CSFF Blog Tour D. G. D. Davidson Chris Deanne Jeff Draper April Erwin Marcus Goodyear Andrea Graham Jill Hart Katie Hart Timothy Hicks Heather R. Hunt Becca Johnson Jason Joyner Kait Karen Carol Keen Mike Lynch Margaret Rachel Marks Shannon McNear Melissa Meeks Rebecca LuElla Miller Mirtika or Mir’s Here Pamela Morrisson Eve Nielsen John W. Otte John Ottinger Deena Peterson Rachelle Steve Rice Cheryl Russel Ashley Rutherford Hanna Sandvig Chawna Schroeder James Somers Rachelle Sperling Donna Swanson Steve Trower Speculative Faith Jason Waguespac Laura Williams Timothy Wise
I posted one on Amazon, they say it’ll take a day or two to come up but here’s what I said
I’ve not read this book yet, but I’ve heard good things about the author, and hope to pick up the book soon!
I can always use new books to read!
and here’s the page
http://www.amazon.com/review/product/1400072522/ref=cm_cr_dp_all_helpful?%5Fencoding=UTF8&coliid=&showViewpoints=1&colid=&sortBy=bySubmissionDateDescending
hopefully, I’ll treat myself to a bookstore visit after my first two exams tomorrow…
Christopher,
What a creative way to blog about Auralia’s Colors! Great job!
Blessings,
Merrie Destefano
Good morning!
Roh: That’s 40 points for you today! Combined with yesterday’s activity, you have 70 points. We’ll see what happens over the rest of the day. If no one buys a book today, and you do tomorrow, I’ll still award you the 75 bonus points for the effort, even if it’s a day late.
Merrie: Thanks for stopping by! And for the encouragement.
CH
http://www.amazon.com/review/RQELRE32SNUFL/ref=cm_cr_rev_detmd_pl?%5Fencoding=UTF8&cdMsgNo=1&cdPage=1&cdSort=oldest&cdMsgID=Mx1HJBD9BU4ZNNI#Mx1HJBD9BU4ZNNI
OK You didn’t say it had to be a comment on a specific book so I responded with a comment on one of the reviews of Through A Screen Darkly at Amazon – see link above. I’ll likely transfer my review or excerpts over to Amazon and Barnes for Auralia eventually but that would be too long to copy here.
Here’s what my Amazon Post says:
“Marsha your comments on this book make me want to read it even more. I’ve read the excerpts on his website and it sounds interesting. I am normally a fiction reader for the most part but I loved his writing in Auralia’s Colors and it sounds like that same lyrical style is in this book as well. I want to read it as much for the language as for the content. It is not always easy to find writing of this quality.”
As for buying his books while I’d love to read about his experiences as a film reviewer my book budget is nonexistent so I’ll just have to hope that if someone nets those 75 points I can pull ahead again later, LOL!
Melissa
Great idea for a contest to help the author!
pixy
Pixy: Thanks for the encouragement! Appreciate you stopping by.
Melissa: Great post! That’s another 30 points for you today, plus yesterday’s 70 points, putting you in first place with 100 points! Let me know about the book…
One more day to go.
Blessings!
CH
Roh has bought the book! Just got home from Borders with it safe in its bag!
Roh: That’s awesome! Another 75 points to your already 70 has you at 145 points! Well done! You so rock. And I know Jeffrey will be so honored you went to such great lengths. Please let us both know how you like it. Well done!!!
CH
of course!
and I like having an excuse to buy a new book… I don’t NEED one… but having one ish good!
It’ll gett read… hopefully soon, gotta read Patrimony first, and finish the Taken Trilogy, ’cause I’m ’bout 2/3 done… but after that!
hm… last time I checked I didn’t play much rock music… but I could be wrong
I’ll take your word!