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And the winner of the copy of Bitterblue and the Seven Kingdoms tote bag is . . . Elisa ! Congratulations! Elisa's answer to my question of which character in the series you'd want as a BFF was: There aren't a lot of girls I can easily be around for long periods of time, but I like to think Katsa would be the exception to that, so I'll say her. But I would never walk away from Po...  Amen to that. As a matter of fact, Katsa won as favorite BFF hands down, with Bitterblue and Po not far behind. Brigan and Giddon each got a vote apiece, which made me happy. Because I loves them both. As for me? It's such a tough call. Why did I ask such a hard question? In the end, I think I have to echo Elisa. Katsa for the best friend, and she can bring Po along any old time she wants. Thanks so much to   Penguin   for hosting the giveaway and to each one of you for taking the time to enter and share your love for this series and these characters. 

And the winner is . . . Sarah (Escaping Through Books) ! Congratulations! Sarah's favorite fairy tale has always been Sleeping Beauty. That was definitely a favorite of those who entered the giveaway, including a shout-out for Spindle's End --my favorite version of it. More favorites included Cinderella (appropriately), The Twelve Dancing Princesses, Beauty and the Beast, and The Little Mermaid. And one mention of The Seven Swans--a personal favorite of mine. So if you could send me your contact info, Sarah, we'll be happy to get your package on its way. Thanks to Macmillan Audio for hosting the giveaway and to all of you for stopping in and sharing your favorites!

And the winner is . . .  Maigan Silverstein Rarick ! Congrats! Maigan said that Sam is her favorite werewolf because of how deeply he feels for his humanity, and how much he struggles to hold onto it and remember it. I love the notion of the "monster" who clings to his humanity so strongly. Maggie gives Sam such a great layer of emotion, and that is why he's my favorite. Well said, Maigan! Please send me your contact info and we'll get your sketch and book out soon. Thanks to everyone  for entering and sharing your favorite fictional weres. I'm pretty sure Sam, Cole, and Lupin took the cake as far as everyone's favorite furry friend goes, although there was much love for Ren from Nightshade and a couple of shout-outs to personal favorites of mine--Adam from the Mercy Thompson series and Derek from the Kate Daniels books. Lastly, a big thanks to This is Teen for hosting the blog tour and giveaway!

And the winners are . . . Read the Book and Denise!   Congratulations!  Read the Book   will receive a signed copy of Children of Scarabaeus plus a bookmark, and Denise will receive a signed bookmark. Read the Book is a fan of Star Trek: the Next Generation and Battlestar Galactica (as am I!) and Denise loves Arthur C. Clarke and 2010: Odyssey 2. Please send me your contact information and we'll get your prizes to you soon. Thanks to everyone who commented and to Ms. Creasy for participating in the interview and offering the book and bookmarks for giveaway! 

And the winners are . . . mainhoonemily and Tina! Congratulations, you two! Both of them listed the Masterpiece Theater 2006 version of Jane Eyre (starring Ruth Wilson and Toby Stephens) as their favorite film adaptation thus far. And that did seem to be the overall consensus as I read through all your comments. Although there were plenty of Timothy Dalton fans and lovers of the George C. Scott/Susanna York version as well. As for me, my current favorite is the 1996 Zeffirelli film. I'm still waiting for this newest version to show somewhere remotely near me, but have any of you had a chance to get out and see it yet? I'm dying over here! Winners, please send me your mailing addresses and we'll get those prize packs out to you soon. Thanks everyone for entering and a big thanks to Focus Features for sponsoring the giveaway. 

And the winners are . . . Evert and Melanie ! Congrats, you two! Be sure to contact me with your mailing addresses and Little, Brown will get those finished copies off to you soon. I loved hearing all your favorite retellings. Evert's is The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale and Melanie's are the retellings of Pride and Prejudice that Sourcebooks has been publishing recently. Thanks again to Little, Brown for offering up the books for giveaway and to all of you for stopping in and sharing your favorite retellings and/or love for Jane Eyre !

And the winner is . . . Jessica! Congratulations! Just slip me a quick email with your mailing address and we'll get your books off! Thanks so much to Linda for participating in the interview and providing a copy of Emotional Geology  for the giveaway. And thanks to all of you for your wonderful comments and interest in the books. I hope you all get a chance to read them at some point. You won't be disappointed! For those interested, some of your favorite spiky heroines included Elizabeth Bennett, Kate Daniels, Eve Dallas, Anita Blake, Mercy Thompson, Scarlett O'Hara, and the Queen of Attolia. 

And the winner is . . . ibeeeg ! Congratulations! ibeeeg's favorite literary couple is Claire and Jamie from Outlander by Diana Gabaldon --a book I have yet to read despite countless glowing reviews. Just shoot me an email with your mailing info and I'll try to get your book off quickly. Thanks again to April for so kindly participating in the interview. And thank you to all of you who entered the giveaway. I really loved this one so much and can't wait for it to be published and see what you all think. I had to laugh at the sheer number of you who declared Elizabeth and Darcy your favorite literary couple. I adore them as well and they are unquestionably much beloved by such a wide swath of the population. Amazing. Other top couples include Anne Shirley and Gilbert Blythe, Anne Elliot and Captain Wentworth, and Margaret Hale and Mr. Thornton.

And the winner is . . . elizabeth ! You know the drill. Please contact me with your mailing info and we'll get your copy of This Gorgeous Game sent out soon. I very much enjoyed all of your thoughtful comments as well as the wonderful characters who trigger your protective instincts. I feel the same way about so many of them, especially Alan from The Demon's Lexicon trilogy, Regina from Some Girls Are , and Archer--well, any character from Fire , really. I want to thank the awesome people at FSG for providing the book for giveaway and Donna for her wonderful answers to my questions and for writing such a beautiful book. 

And the winner is . . . Charlotte ! Congrats, you lucky duck! Please shoot me an email with your mailing info and your books will be winging their way to you shortly. A big thanks go out to Sarah for being such a good sport, participating in the interview, and offering up such highly coveted copies of her books. I also loved Sarah's question about your favorite literary family dynamics. Reading through your comments was extremely interesting and fun. Many of you named as your favorite families Scarlett Martin's family from Suite Scarlett and Scarlett Fever , Clary and Jace from The Mortal Instruments trilogy, Simon and Derek in the Darkest Power trilogy, Felix and Mildmay from the Doctrine of Labyrinth series, the Powers family from The President's Daughter series, and the Weasleys from the Harry Potter books. Thanks for all your comments and kind words. 

And the winner is . . . lasrisas ! Congratulations! You know the drill. Send me an email with your mailing address info and I'll get the ARC sent out shortly. There were a ton of entries and I had a lovely time browsing through your list of books that lingered with you long after you closed them. The ones that were mentioned most frequently included Shiver (shocker!), The Book Thief ,  Catching Fire , Before I Fall , and Wintergirls . And believe you me, I was taking notes and soaking up all the reasons you couldn't get these books out of your heads. Thank you all so much for your comments!  And lastly, though I'm sure you've seen it already, here is the Linger trailer. Because it is just that beautiful and I am in awe of Maggie's endless skills. Also, Maggie is currently running a super contest with several prizes over at her blog right now. Go here to find out the details and enter. 

And the winners are . . . Samantha R for  Perfect Chemistry   and  Nancy   for  Rules of Attraction ! Congratulations, you two! If you'll slip me a quick email with your mailing addresses I'll see that your books gets on their way soon. Thanks to Simone for participating in the interview and to Bloomsbury for providing the books and swag for giveaway. And thank you to everyone who entered and shared your favorite literary bad boy crushes. Samantha chose Bran from Juliet Marillier 's Son of the Shadows --a personal favorite of mine, while Nancy chose Jack from Ellen Emerson White 's Long May She Reign (followed closely by Zachary Grey from Madeleine L'Engle's Austin and Murray series)--also two of my all-time favorites! Other bad boys who made repeat appearances on the list included Roarke from J.D. Robb 's In Death series, Patch from Hush, Hush , and Eric from Charlaine Harris ' Sookie Stackhouse series. 

And the winner is . . . Caitlin ! Congratulations! You know the drill. Shoot me a quick email with your mailing address and we'll get your copy of Radiant Shadows on its way. Thanks so much to Karen of Media Masters Publicity for providing the book for the giveaway and to all of you who entered and shared your favorite characters from the series and why you love them. In case you're interested, Niall was overwhelmingly the most beloved character and I fully support that call. As Michelle said, "I am in love with Niall. He is the Dark Lord and he owns it." Amen. Of course, Seth was no slouch in the fan department either. He's got his own set of loyal admirers. As Jen  (who also really loves Niall) says, "I have liked Seth from the start. You gotta love a regular mortal man who stands up to the immortal Fae for his woman." There are many things to love about Seth. But this is probably the best one. Niall and Seth were followed by Donia of whom Yan ha...

And the winner is . . . Tiah! Congratulations! If you'll slip me a quick email with your mailing address I'll see that your book gets on its way soon. Thanks to Carolyn for participating in the interview and providing the book for giveaway. And thank you to everyone who entered and was brave enough to proclaim your superhero/evil mastermind names. You made me laugh out loud at your level of awesome so many times I just have to share a few of my favorites here: Midnight of Magnesia Doctor Swineberg Viridian Mongoose The evil sorcerer Crabgullion Bianca Riot I love them all. 

And the winner is . . . Kath! Please contact me with your mailing address and we'll get your signed copy of Brightly Woven sent out to you right away. I have to say you all made me laugh with your favorite wizards (and witches!) and why you love them, and how long you have loved them, and how much you're looking forward to meeting North and Sydelle. The top favorites were overwhelmingly Harry Potter, Howl, Gandalf, and the Weasley twins. Other honorable mentions included Ged, Merlin, Dumbledore, and Harry Dresden. Fine choices all of them.  And to Lizzy, who questioned my lack of love for the revered Howl, what can I say? I still feel bad about it to this day. I just never connected with him. I definitely see the literary lineage between he and Eugenides. And, magical/wizardy elements aside, they are both adept at role-playing when it serves their purposes. But the difference (for me) is in the glimpses we see of the real Gen--so packed with visceral emotion. The kind that s...

You guys are awesome, plain and simple. I loved reading all of your entries and grinning at the reasons you wanted, nay,  needed these books. I know exactly how you feel. And I'm so happy to be sending a few more of them out into the world to good homes. So without further ado, the three winners are: thebibliogeek (the Urban Fantasy pack) Amy (the YA pack) buddyt (the Fantasy pack) Please contact me with your mailing addresses and I'll get those packs sent out as soon as I can. Thanks again, everyone!

Fire won the Cybils !! And, uh, several other extremely wonderful books and you should go check out the list of winners posted yesterday if you haven't yet. I served on the YA Fantasy & Science Fiction panel and pulled really hard for Fire . I'm so happy to see such a gorgeous book win such an awesome award. Congrats, Ms. Cashore and a big round of applause for the other nominated titles and authors, the hard-working panelists, judges, and organizers!

And the winner is . . . Jessie Sams ! Please contact me with your mailing address and I'll get your prize pack mailed out shortly. Thanks to all of you who shared such fun (and often quite hilarious) anniversary memories in the comments. Some of them were hysterical, some sad, some embarrassing, some touching, and not a few of them involved kidnappings and police! Why don't I have an anniversary that exciting? You guys rock. Thanks for making my blogiversar y a hoot. Don't be strangers.

And the winner is... bookwormam ! Please contact me with your mailing address and I'll get your copy of Ballad on its way. I have to say I was delighted to read all of your favorite ballads and love songs. I was surprised, though I probably shouldn't have been, by how many chose "Unchained Melody." It was the most popular choice by far and it is a lovely song. There were several others suggested that are favorites of mine and I decided to put together a "best of" list, if you will, of your favorite ballads and/or love songs. Enjoy!

And the winner is . . . cqueen2! Please contact me with your mailing adress and I'll get your copy of Silent on the Moor sent out. I was so happy to see all the entries as this series is really something special and I hope you all get a chance to read it if you haven't yet. After all, everyone deserves a little Brisbane in their lives. I think this is such a wonderful rendering of Brisbane. Check out more of Doris' wonderful artwork here !