The Suitcase Seven Giveaway: Part 5 – DAUGHTER OF SMOKE AND BONE

16 Aug

So, in May, I went to BEA and came home with a crapload of books.

Well, okay. Most of said crapload came a bit later, in a big brown box shipped to my house that made me jump around and clap my hands and make all sorts of undignified noises.

However, I could not part from some of my BEA books even long enough to ship them. Waiting several days to see them again was entirely unacceptable. I therefore shoved them in my suitcase for the flight home even though it ended up making my bag overweight and I had to pay a ridiculous overweight luggage fee.

BUT IT WAS SO WORTH IT.

Because these seven books gave me the special tinglies. I showed them to Roomie when I got home and felt so giddy while doing so that it was like all my words were scrambling up my throat and trying to choke me with the SHEER JOY of wonderful new books.

And I want to share this scrambly, squealy joy with YOU.

I therefore present to you…


*Brought to you by SPARKLY PINK UNICORN

Basically, this is how it’s going to work:

1) Every week and a half or so, I’ll be giving away A MAGICAL BEA-OBTAINED ARC right here on this very blog.

2) I’ll announce the start of each new giveaway on Twitter with the hashtag #SuitcaseSeven. If you want to use that hashtag whenever you re-tweet or talk about the giveaway on Twitter, that would be awesome!

3) All you have to do to earn an entry in each giveaway is comment on this blog (I’ll put up a new post for each new book)! You can earn extra points by talking about it on your blog or Twitter! Like so:

  • you get 1 entry just for commenting! Easy peasy!
  • you get +1 additional entry for tweeting about the giveaway (with the hashtag #SuitcaseSeven)! Only one tweet per individual giveaway, please. When you comment, include the link to your tweet!
  • you get +2 additional entries for talking about the giveaway on your blog and pasting the link in your comment! Only one blog post per individual giveaway, please.

So, you can earn a maximum of 4 entries for each book I give away. Once each giveaway ends, I’ll tally up the entries and random.org will choose the winner!

Also, once you win an ARC, you are no longer eligible to win any of the remaining giveaways. This seems only fair, n’est-ce pas?

Now, you might be wondering what ARCs I’ll be giving away. What, exactly, ARE The Suitcase Seven?

WELL. I shall reveal the titles one by one as I give them away, but I CAN tell you that The Suitcase Seven consist of

  • 3 YA books (one paranormal, one fantasy, one contemporary)
  • 2 MG books (both fantasy)
  • 1 adult book (magical realism)
  • 1 anthology (fantasy)

And trust me. You want these books.

~*~

As you can infer from the title of this post, the fifth Suitcase Seven book I’m giving away is Daughter of Smoke and Bone (pub date 9/11!) by she who shall forevermore receive all my fangirlish love Laini Taylor!


HNNNNGGGGGGGGG THIS BOOK. <3

From the ARC’s back cover:

Around the world, black handprints are appearing on doorways, scorched there by winged strangers who have crept through a slit in the sky.

In a dark and dusty shop, a devil’s supply of human teeth grown dangerously low.

And in the tangled lanes of Prague, a young art student is about to be caught up in a brutal otherworldly war.

Black handprints? A devil who collects human teeth? PRAGUE?? “I AM HOOKED GIMME GIMME GIMME,” you might be saying at this moment, if you are anything like me, because that’s totally what I said after reading that back cover for the first time.

BUT WAIT.

From the Goodreads page:

Meet Karou. She fills her sketchbooks with monsters that may or may not be real; she’s prone to disappearing on mysterious “errands”; she speaks many languages—not all of them human; and her bright blue hair actually grows out of her head that color. Who is she? That is the question that haunts her, and she’s about to find out.

When one of the strangers—beautiful, haunted Akiva—fixes his fire-colored eyes on her in an alley in Marrakesh, the result is blood and starlight, secrets unveiled, and a star-crossed love whose roots drink deep of a violent past. But will Karou live to regret learning the truth about herself?

I MEAN.

My Goodreads review (and I don’t really leave reviews, either):

I’ve been toying with the idea of reviewing this book ever since I finished it over a month ago, and the thing is, I’ve sort of felt unworthy of leaving a review. It was such an amazing book that I felt my review had to somehow live up to it, had to match the poignancy, the mystery, the magic, the heartache, the refreshing originality, the unabashedly sumptuous world-building and prose that moved me to tears on several occasions.

But I’ve realized there’s no way I can do that. All I can say is that this book is astonishing and that I wish it spectacular success.

P.S. TEAM BRIMSTONE. I want a Brimstone. And a Kishmish. <3

P.P.S. More YA like this, please.

You want this book. This is one of the best books I have read this year, and I’ve read a lot of frickin’ good books, okay? In fact, it is officially one of my favorite books ever of all time. It is on my FAVORITES SHELF. In fact, I don’t even really want to give this book to you because I love it that much. But sometimes to love something you have to let it be free…like a butterfly…or whatever. So. FLY, my pet. FLY! Into the hands of a beloved blog reader/Twitter follower/et ceteraaa.

For a chance to win an ARC of Daughter of Smoke and Bone, simply comment below!

Remember, you can earn additional entries by tweeting about The Suitcase Seven (with hashtag #SuitcaseSeven for 1 additional entry) and/or blogging about it (for 2 additional entries). Simply copy and paste the link from your tweet and/or blog post in your comment below!

The Daughter of Smoke and Bone giveaway begins NOW, is open INTERNATIONALLY, and will end Tuesday, August 23, at 12:00 p.m. CST. The winner will be announced later that day!

Have fun, and good luck!

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44 Responses to “The Suitcase Seven Giveaway: Part 5 – DAUGHTER OF SMOKE AND BONE”

  1. linda August 16, 2011 at 2:32 am #

    Sounds amazing! I tweeted here: https://twitter.com/#!/wistfullylinda/status/103368392081281024

  2. lovingrob August 16, 2011 at 3:36 am #

    This book sounds so amazing! I would really love to win an ARC of it :D Thank you so much for the chance. <3
    Love, Carina ~ carina-olsen@hotmail.com

  3. Jessica Corra (@jessicacorra) August 16, 2011 at 6:53 am #

    I have been trying to get my hands on this book since I heard about it. :covets:

  4. vickikeire August 16, 2011 at 7:16 am #

    Ever since you listed that you were reading it on Goodreads, this book has crept in at odd moments to remind me that 1. I can’t read it yet and 2. it’s totally freaking awesome. I want it as I have wanted no other in a very long time. I’m off to tweet and blog about it. A shrine to the random.org goddess couldn’t hurt, either.
    Thank you, Claire and Sparkly Pink Unicorn!

  5. abby mumford August 16, 2011 at 10:30 am #

    this book fascinates me. as does its mystical ability to continually escape my grasp…

    i tweeted. (http://twitter.com/#!/abbymumford/status/103488502070644737)

  6. Lindsay August 16, 2011 at 11:12 am #

    Aggh! I am in agonizing pain from my desperation to read this book and SOON. Thanks for the contest! ;D

  7. Jennifer Foushee (@JSFoushee) August 16, 2011 at 11:24 am #

    Ooooh oooh! I’m dying to read this one.

    Totally tweeted it: http://twitter.com/#!/JSFoushee/status/103501327379857408

    Thanks for an amazing contest, Claire!

    PS – Your unicorn makes me happy. I want one. ;)

  8. mermaidvision August 16, 2011 at 11:35 am #

    Tweeted! http://twitter.com/#!/mermaidvisions/status/103504954429411328

    Thank you so much for this contest. :)

    Angel
    angelidgcruz[at]gmail[dot]com

  9. Krispy August 16, 2011 at 11:37 am #

    I’m very intrigued by this book! Thanks for the giveaway!

    Tweet: http://twitter.com/#!/kangaru/status/103505161418317826

  10. Steph Burgis August 16, 2011 at 12:05 pm #

    I RT’d your tweet! Please enter me in the giveaway.

  11. Erin Bow August 16, 2011 at 4:32 pm #

    I rarely enter contests (because I think authors should support each other and buy the books) but OMG, GIMME GIMME GIMME. I loved Lips Touch and can’t wait to get my fangirl hands on this one.

  12. Heidi August 16, 2011 at 5:09 pm #

    Drooling over this! Plus, love the cover!

  13. Elizabeth Poole August 16, 2011 at 7:22 pm #

    Oh WOW! I’ve wanted this book since Lani first started blogging about it EONS ago! I’m in love with the book just from the back cover copy. I can’t wait!

    I blogged about my book lust here: http://claire-legrand.com/2011/08/16/the-suitcase-seven-giveaway-part-5-daughter-of-smoke-and-bone-2/

    And Tweeted about it here: http://twitter.com/#!/ElizabethJPoole/status/103619700285636609

    Now I shall dance in a ring covered in honey in hopes of appeasing the Goddess of Randomess.

    Thanks for doing this giveaway!

  14. M.J. Horton August 17, 2011 at 10:45 am #

    Don’t know if I should enter because I won’t know my address in a week, but…this is on your FAVORITES list so gimme pweasey. Hee.

    I tweeted: http://goo.gl/LlcgV :D

  15. vickikeire August 17, 2011 at 11:57 am #

    I just blogged you, Miss LeGrand:
    http://vickikeire.blogspot.com/2011/08/update-horror-has-its-rewards.html
    Now for that shrine…

  16. Deserae McGlothen August 17, 2011 at 1:13 pm #

    I’ve only heard good things about this book. From Natalie Whipple… from Stephanie Perkins… and, now, from you! Thanks for this wonderful opportunity. Appreciation rains down from the heavens and showers you with its kisses.

    -Deserae McGlothen
    @sommertales on Twitter

  17. Rachel Danae Brown (@MayDay_Aura) August 18, 2011 at 12:59 am #

    I would love to win a copy of this book! It sounds great and I have heard good things about it from others. Thanks for holding such an awesome giveaway!

    Here’s my tweet: http://twitter.com/#!/MayDay_Aura/status/104068436019261441

    -May-Day_Aura
    (rachel.danae226@gmail.com)

  18. jasmine1485 August 18, 2011 at 6:00 am #

    Ooh, I only know one book so far and I already know I want them! :) Thank you so much for this great giveaway.

    kate1485 at hotmail.com

  19. Andrea Thompson August 18, 2011 at 10:47 am #

    Thanks for the giveaway! Loved your review.
    I tweeted: https://twitter.com/BookishAndrea/status/10421654185954918
    andreat78@yahoo.com

  20. Michelle August 18, 2011 at 10:50 am #

    I’ve been SALIVATING over this book ever since it was announced. WANT WANT WANT!!!!

  21. Brenna (@EverAfterEsther) August 18, 2011 at 10:52 am #

    Haha thank you! This post made me chuckle, just reading it. I really can’t wait for this one to come out so I can read it. I’ve heard nothing but good things about it!

    Tweeted: http://twitter.com/#!/EverAfterEsther/status/104218678962294784

    everafteresther(AT)gmail(DOT)com

  22. Michelle August 18, 2011 at 10:54 am #

    AND here is my tweet! http://twitter.com/#!/MichelleSimkins/status/104218720066473984

  23. Foxmuses (@Foxmuses) August 18, 2011 at 10:56 am #

    Yes please!

  24. Cherie August 18, 2011 at 11:21 am #

    Woohoo! I love LAINI TAYLOR!

    Comment: 1 pt
    Tweeted here: http://twitter.com/#!/writercherie/statuses/104225839524233216
    Blogged here: http://readywritego.blogspot.com/2011/08/book-giveaway-at-claire-legrands-blog.html

    *crossing fingers now*

  25. Black Kitten August 18, 2011 at 11:21 am #

    Yes please sign me up!

    I blogged: http://blackkittenreviews.blogspot.com/2011/08/suitcase-seven-giveaway-daughter-of.html

    And tweeted: http://twitter.com/#!/BK_Reviews

    Thank you for the contest!

    thekurokitten(at)gmail(dot)com

  26. Christina Wofford August 18, 2011 at 11:22 am #

    Thanks for the chance to win!! I can’t wait to read this book, and winning it would be even better!!

    –Christina

    TinaLynn510@gmail.com

  27. Black Kitten August 18, 2011 at 11:27 am #

    Yes please sign me up!

    Tweeted here: http://twitter.com/#!/BK_Reviews

    Blogged here: http://blackkittenreviews.blogspot.com/2011/08/suitcase-seven-giveaway-daughter-of.html

    Thank you for the contest!

  28. Sarah Diemer August 18, 2011 at 11:28 am #

    I’d love to enter! :)

  29. Jess August 18, 2011 at 11:36 am #

    I’m dying to read this book! :)

  30. maleficent mcneff (@pinkflamingo420) August 18, 2011 at 12:11 pm #

    i have wanted this book forever plus the author lives in my hometown i HAVE to read it..
    tweeted @pinkflamingo420

  31. Nancy Poehlmann August 18, 2011 at 12:47 pm #

    Your excitement when you were reading this was so infectious–and also, isn’t a librarian the best source for reading suggestions?

    Tweeted @lapidaryprose

  32. kelly Mansike August 18, 2011 at 1:39 pm #

    Words can’t even begin to describe how incredibly excited I am for this book. I am a huge, huge, HUGE Laini Taylor fan – Lips Touch pretty much made my life when I read it a couple of years ago <3

    I tweeted: http://twitter.com/#!/KellyKmanske

  33. Q August 19, 2011 at 12:40 am #

    I so desperately want to read this book! Thanks for the contest!

  34. Jessie Humphries August 19, 2011 at 5:30 pm #

    The blurb sounds fantastic! pick me!

  35. Lesley August 20, 2011 at 3:58 pm #

    Omg iWant!

  36. camille August 21, 2011 at 3:01 pm #

    I’ve been looking forward for this book for over a year now. Thank you for the contest.

  37. Serena August 22, 2011 at 11:52 am #

    Eep! Almost forgot to throw my name in the hat! I retweeted you twice – I don’t know if it only counts for 1 point or if it’s 1 point per tweet, but either way, here are the links:

    1 2

    Hope I did that right! <3

  38. Adriana Kirilova (@adikirilova) August 22, 2011 at 9:10 pm #

    Yoo hoo! This book sounds great, can’t wait to read it! Thanks for the contest!

    Oh, and I RT-ed it on Twitter (@adikirilova): http://twitter.com/#!/clairelegrand/status/105816779099619328

    Adriana

  39. veschwab August 23, 2011 at 11:01 am #

    I want this book with the fire of a thousand unicorn horn torches, which burn like sparklers. And never go out. Because they’re magical. Obviously.

  40. Genn (@GenniferAlbin) August 23, 2011 at 11:02 am #

    I can’t wait to read this one (and go to BEA next spring)!

  41. Jill K August 23, 2011 at 11:20 am #

    http://writingal.wordpress.com/2011/08/23/another-awesome-contest/
    That’s my blog post!^^
    I am SO going to the BEA next year! I can’t wait to read Daughter of Smoke and Bone!!!

    i tweeted here:
    https://twitter.com/#!/jill_kaplan

    its the second tweet down!

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