And the Winners Are...

The results have been tabulated and I am excited to announce the winners for my BlogFest and Mockingjay giveaways. Thanks to everyone who entered and congratulations to the winners!

BlogFest Winner: 
The Book Vixen 
(entry #57 out of 398)











Mockingjay Winners

Giveaway #1: Theresa M. 

Giveaway #2: VokalChick
 

Giveaway#3: Kristina

All winners have been contacted by email. If I have not heard from a winner within 48 hours I will draw a new winner.

Teaser Tuesdays (11): Mockingjay

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

* Grab your current read
* Open to a random page
* Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
* BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
* Share the title and author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!


This Week's Teaser:

"As soon as the Quarter Quell was over - as soon as I had been lifted from the arena - the electricity in District 12 was cut, the televisions went black, and the Seam became so silent, people could hear one another's heartbeats. No one did anything to protest or celebrate what had happened in the arena."

-page 7, Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

The Hunger Games Trilogy: Review Week and Giveaways

The historic moment has arrived!

In less then 24 hours, the conclusion to The Hunger Games, Mockingjay, will be released in stores. I am very excited that I will be attending the Mockingjay Midnight Madness at Books of Wonder in New York. I wanted to share this excitement with my blog followers by hosting a Mockingjay release week feature here at An Avid Reader's Musings. I will be posting reviews of the entire Hunger Games trilogy and I have a special guest poster, AliseOnLife from Read My Mind!

I will kick off the week tomorrow with a teaser of Mockingjay. On Thursday, August 25, 2010 I will post my review of The Hunger Games. AliseOnLife will be guest posting her review of Catching Fire on Friday and finally, on Saturday, I will be posting my (non-spoiler) review of Mockingjay.

I am also having multiple giveaways of Hunger Games merchandise, including all three books, a tee-shirt, keychains, a journal, a limited edition mug, and bookmarks.

Giveaway #1: Hunger Games tee-shirt, Mockingjay keychain and bookmark.

Giveaway #2: Special edition Mockingjay Launch mug, Mockingjay journal and bookmark.

Giveaway #3: The Hunger Games Series: The Hunger Games, Catching Fire and Mockingjay.

 

TO ENTER GIVEAWAYS:
1.  Be a follower.
2.  Comment on AliseOnLife's guest post of her reviews of The Hunger Games and Mockingjay.  Please be sure to include which giveaway you want to be entered in and your email address.
3. Contest ends on Saturday, September 12, 2010 and is open internationally.

That's it!  Good luck to all participants!

Waiting on Wednesday (1): Mockingjay

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.


This week, my WoW pick is Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins (publication date 24 August 2010).

WARNING: The description of this book contains spoilers for the previous books in the series.

Goodreads Description: Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has survived the Hunger Games twice. But now that she’s made it out of the bloody arena alive, she’s still not safe. The Capitol is angry. The Capitol wants revenge. Who do they think should pay for the unrest? Katniss. And what’s worse, President Snow has made it clear that no one else is safe either. Not Katniss’s family, not her friends, not the people of District 12. Powerful and haunting, this thrilling final installment of Suzanne Collins’s groundbreaking The Hunger Games trilogy promises to be one of the most talked about books of the year.