Smart Chicks Kick It Tour Info and Giveaway of THREE books from the authors on the Tour!
The Smart Chicks Kick It Tour starts off Monday September 13th! The tour features EIGHTEEN YA paranormal romance writers, including:
Kelley Armstrong
Melissa Marr
Alyson Noel
(These 3 authors will be at ALL tour stops!)
With Special Appearances by:
Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Holly Black
Holly Rees Brennan
Rachel Caine
Cassandra Clare
Melissa de la Cruz
Kimberly Derting
Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl
Jackson Pearce
Mary Pearson
Carrie Ryan
Jeri Smith-Ready
Jessica Verday
Rachel Vincent
From the Press Release:
On September 13th, 2010, eighteen of today’s most buzzed about writers of young adult paranormal romance – from international bestsellers and award winners to the genre’s hottest newcomers -- hit the road for a whirlwind twelve-city, two week tour. Unprecedented in terms of size, scope and its organization, the highly anticipated Smart Chicks Kick It Tour (www.smartchickskickit.com) is author-organized AND author-funded, with the 18 participating authors -- or “Chicks” -- coming from a wide variety of different publishers.
This ground-breaking approach will, for the first time ever, provide fans the opportunity to meet and talk to some of their favorite authors at one time, even though the authors publish with different houses. Featuring five to nine Chicks at every venue, the author line up in every city will be different so no two events will be exactly the same. Kelley Armstrong (New York Times bestselling urban fantasy author of the Women of the Otherworld series), Melissa Marr (creator of The New York Times bestselling Wicked Lovely series) and Alyson Noel (New York Times bestselling author of The Immortals series) will appear at every venue.The Smart Chicks have a blog with their stories from the road here: http://smartchickskickit.blogspot.com/
Need something to wear to the tour?? Check out the Smart Chicks' Cafe Press shop: http://www.cafepress.ca/SmartChicksTour
So, the question is...will the tour be stopping in YOUR town?? Please see the schedule for the next two weeks, including which authors will be appearing where!
Smart Chicks Kick It Tour
September 13th, 2010 - September 25th, 2010
September 13th, 2010, 7 PM @ BOOKPEOPLE, Austin, TX
Appearing: Kelley Armstrong, Melissa Marr, Alyson Noel, Holly Black, Rachel Caine, & Cassandra Clare
September 14th, 2010, 7 PM @ B&N THE WOODLANDS, Houston, TX
Appearing: Kelley Armstrong, Melissa Marr, Alyson Noel, Holly Black, Cassandra Clare, Kami Garcia & Rachel Vincent.
September 15th, 2010, 7 PM @ The Refuge, hosted by BLUE WILLOW, Houston, TX
Appearing: Kelley Armstrong, Melissa Marr, Alyson Noel, Holly Black, Sarah Rees Brennan, Margaret Stohl & Cassandra Clare
September 16th, 2010, 6 PM @ Plantation Commons, hosted by LEMURIA BOOKS, Jackson, MS
Appearing: Kelley Armstrong, Melissa Marr, Alyson Noel, Holly Black, Cassandra Clare, Jessica Verday & Sarah Rees Brennan
September 17th, 2010, 7 PM @ Scottsdale Civic Library Auditorium, hosted by POISONED PEN Phoenix, AZ Appearing: Melissa Marr, Alyson Noel, Kelley Armstrong, Holly Black, Sarah Rees Brennan & Kimberly Derting.
September 18th, 2010, 6 PM, Menlo Park Library, hosted by KEPLERS, San Francisco, CA
Appearing: Melissa Marr, Alyson Noel, Kelley Armstrong, Melissa de la Cruz, & Kimberly Derting
September 20th, 2010, 6 PM @ VROMAN'S, Pasadena, CA Appearing: Melissa Marr, Alyson Noel, Kelley Armstrong, Rachel Caine, Melissa de la Cruz, Rachel Vincent, Margie Stohl, Kami Garcia & Mary Pearson
September 21st, 2010, 7 PM @ Encinitas County Library, hosted by MYSTERIOUS GALAXY, San Diego, CA
Appearing: Melissa Marr, Alyson Noel, Kelley Armstrong, Mary Pearson, Rachel Caine, Rachel Vincent, Margie Stohl, Kami Garcia & Carrie Ryan
September 22nd, 2010, 7 PM @ Ventz Concert Hall at North Central College, hosted by ANDERSON'S Chicago, IL
Appearing: Alyson Noel, Kelley Armstrong, Melissa Marr, Jackson Pearce, Jennifer Lynn Barnes, & Carrie Ryan
September 23rd, 2010, 7 PM @ BOOKS & CO AT THE GREENE, Dayton, OH
Appearing: Alyson Noel, Kelley Armstrong, Melissa Marr, Jackson Pearce, Jennifer Lynn Barnes, & Kami Garcia
September 24th, 2010, 7 PM @ JOSEPH BETH Cincinnati, OH
Appearing: Alyson Noel, Kelley Armstrong, Melissa Marr, Jeri Smith-Ready, Jennifer Lynn Barnes & Margie Stohl
September 25th, 2010, 2 PM @ CHAPTERS BRAMPTON (Toronto) ON
Appearing: Alyson Noel, Kelley Armstrong, Melissa Marr, Melissa de la Cruz, Jeri Smith-Ready, Kami Garcia, Margie Stohl & Jennifer Barnes
To celebrate the tour kick off, The Smart Chicks are offering a very special giveaway for readers of my blog!
The contest is for a “Smart Chicks Surprise Pack” – 3 books from authors appearing on the tour!!
GIVEAWAY RULES:
One lucky reader will win a “Smart Chicks Surprise Pack” – 3 books from authors appearing on the tour!!
All you have to do is follow my blog publicly and leave a comment on this review with your email address!
Please follow publicly or I can't tell that you are following :) Also, if you aren't comfortable leaving your email here, go ahead and leave a comment and then send me an email with your email addy.
Extra Entries:
- +1 Tweet this contest (leave link in comment)
- +1 Post link in sidebar of your blog (leave link in comment)
Rules:Thanks to everyone for entering! Good luck!
- US and Canada only
- Must be a follower to enter
- Extra entries are optional and can all be left in the same comment
- Leave a comment with your email address
- Books will be mailed out by the publicist for the Smart Chicks Kick It Tour
- Ends Saturday Sept. 25
What an awesome contest! I'd love to enter. My email address is: potterhead22@yahoo.com.
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Unfortunately I'm not on any of the stops - but winning books would be just as good :-)
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Hey Carrie - I reviewed some HR's today and gave you a shout out - since you're the one who made me start reading them! It's still a mixed bag for me but I've found some good ones thanks to you.
Oh, yay! I get two stops near me! :) One is an hour away (Pasadena), the other is two (SD). I wish I could go to both! :( I'll probably only be able to visit the Pasadena one.
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I so wish I would be able to make one of the tour stops! But I'm on the east coast and Texas is much too far :(
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I wish I could stop at one of those stops, so badly! But none are close. :(
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Cool contest! I posted it in my contest sidebar!!!!
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I wish I could meet Melissa Marr in person! I love her books!!!
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I wish I could go to this but the closest is 5 hrs away.
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Ooooo cool...too bad the tour isn't stopping in my neck of the woods. You should feel sorry for me and give me extra entries...just kidding!:P
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Oh this is such a great contest! You always have the best contests Carrie!
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I'm so excited about this tour! I'll be @ Lemuria on the 16th, behaving like a silly fan girl!
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Hi, Steph here from Fangs, Wands, and Fairy Dust. Love Kelley Armstrong. I looked at the tour a while ago, but I am sad to say it is coming no where near me!!
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What an amazing tour. Wish I lived close enough to attend - Utah isn't a hot spot for book tours. :(
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