Carving Angels Blog Tour & Giveaway
No post yesterday! We were the hub of a 119 mph wind storm and lost power, internet. Thanks for all of you who wished me well and checked in on twitter. We are safe and sound even though our house and yard suffered damage. See photos of the crazy on insta.gram and twitter @fireicephotos.
Special Post- Interactive Map
The main character in the YA thriller DANCERGIRL, 16 year-old modern dancer Ali Ruffino, lives in Brooklyn, NY. She and her friends at Washington Irving High School, WIHi for short, have a definite list of fave foods. Here are the places they love, along with their twitter/website addresses. They are:
Ali’s Top Ten List of Favorite NYC Foods
1. Black and white cookie—half chocolate icing, half vanilla. As big as your hand. Lassen & Hennings, 114 Montague St. Brooklyn Twitter: @lassencatering
2. Red Velvet Cupcake Crumbs 109 Montague St. Brooklyn Twitter: @CrumbsBakeShop
3. Egg cream (okay, this is a drink not a food…), Seltzer water, U-Bet chocolate syrup, little bit of milk. Sounds gross – but it’s foamy and delicious. Park Plaza Diner, 220 Cadman Plaza West, Brooklyn http://parkplazarestaurant.com/
4. Italian ices Uncle Louie G 233 Smith St. Brooklyn Twitter: @UncleLouieG
5. Pizza –thin crust, gooey cheese Frascati 80 Henry St. Brooklyn Twitter: @seriouseats
6. Falafel (fried chickpeas) in pita bread with hot sauce, tahini sauce, and pickled vegetables. Hummus on the side. Tutt Café 47 Hicks St. http://www.tuttcafe.com/
7. Cheesecake. Creamy. No fruit on top. Junior’s 389 Flatbush, Brooklyn, Twitter: @JuniorsCheeseck
8. Potato Knish from the Hot Dog stand in Brooklyn Heights (Knish = dough with filling inside). MUST be eaten with mustard. Clinton near Montague
9. Pies and Thighs- Chicken Biscuit and Choco Peanut Butter Crunch Pie! 166 S. 4th Street, Brooklyn Twitter: @piesnthighs
10. Fried rice (chicken, vegetable, pork). For takeout! Great Wall Kitchen, Best 60 Henry St. Brooklyn
Click to see an Interactive Map of Ali’s Favorite Food Places!
About the Author- Carol M. Tanzman – website, twitter, facebook, goodreads, tumblr
Carol M. Tanzman’s performing arts career is eclectic. She was a dancing poppy in a production of the Wizard of Oz that toured to the Soviet Union, an abstract chicken in a New England mime company, and the assistant director for a play in Germany where her major responsibility was making sure the sheep entered and exited on cue. She’s directed regional and Off-Broadway productions of new plays, was the artistic director of a children’s theatre company in upstate NY and has been honored (twice!) by the Bravo Awards for her work with the Los Angeles Unified School District.Her first YA novel, The Shadow Place, was on YALSA’s Quick Pick List of Recommended Books, the National Council of Teachers of English ALAN List of Best Books, and the CA Collection for Middle & Senior High Schools.
Be sure to check all the stops on the Dancer Girl Blog Tour for chances to enter the awesome giveaway!
Monday, November 14th – The Unread Reader
Wednesday, November 16st – YA Liberian Tales
Friday, November 18rd – ChicaReader
Monday, November 21st – Musings of a Reader Happy
Wednesday, November 23th – Alice Marvels
Friday, November 25th – A Cupcake and A Latte
Monday, November 28th – Fire and Ice Reviews
Wednesday, November 30th – Books with Bite
Friday, December 2nd – Well Read Wife
Contest Info: Carol and Harlequin are offering two giveaways for his tour!
1.) The first give-away is copy of Dancergirl. Enter by leaving a comment on this Tour Stop (and then confirm that you left a comment via Rafflecopter)
2.) The second give-away is an iPod nano, skinned in the Dancergirl artwork!
Simply enter via the Rafflecoper widget (click the arrow under post that says read more) and get extra entries for tweeting (once per TourStop), following Carol on twitter,”Liking” her on facebook, leaving your mailing address (for faster shipment of the prize) and for leaving a comment at each Tour Stops (one extra entry for each TourStop) See full contest rules here. Good Luck!
Congratulations to Margaret Rainwater who won a copy of Horses Never Lie
who Anne Friday who won an ARC of Slayers
who TV and Book Addict won an ARC of Scorpio Races and Lyan Mora who won a hardback and custom made bracelet
and to Brenda Jean who won Not My Type.
Please email us to confirm your mailing address!
Evie Starling has lived a relatively uneventful life hanging out with friends, gossiping about boys, and driving her 1966 Mustang. All of that changes when she moves to Gunnison, Colorado, to start college and meets two mysterious men.
For centuries, Alex Night and Emil Stone have yearned for Evie—but they each have their own reasons for wanting to be with her. When both men claim to be her soul mate and tell her about an unbelievable past, Evie learns that she’s not the person she thought she was. Soon, Evie finds herself in the middle of an age-old battle between the Amaranthine Society—the soul protectors, and the Daevos Resistance—the soul destroyers. With a past she doesn’t understand, and a future rife with danger, Evie has to decide who she can trust. But Alex and Emil aren’t the only ones who want Evie, and her soul is about to become the rope in an eternal tug-of-war.
Jolene A- Original Sin
Mary Gravett- Masquerade
Tiffany Drew- Magnolia League
Tracey McCorkle-Darkest Mercy
Evika Pina-Night World #1
Lisa Potts- Graveminder
Tracy Maddox- City of Bones
Valerie Fink- The Jumbee
Brandy Huffman- Thirst #1
Lady Vampire- Night World #2
Tanya Maxemow-Siren Song
I have your mailing addresses so let me know when you receive your book. And thanks to all our new followers. We love to give things away here at Fire and Ice so stay tuned for lots more chances!
Congratulations to Michelle Glenn and Maleficent Mcneff who both won ARCs of Eve on our facebook page and Gisele Alv who won the Intrinsical/Indelible bookmarks.
Please email us your US mailing address!
Saturday was the huge Authoropalooza event at Barnes and Noble which every year is one of my favorites. There are so many great writers all in one place! This year’s authors in attendance included:
G.G. Vandagriff-Foggy With a Chance of Murder
Jessica Day George– Tuesdays At The Castle
Frank L. Cole– Hashbrown Winters
Joy Spraycar– Quicksilver
April Touchette- Parole at Camp Somerset
Caleb Warnock-Forgotten Skills of Self-Sufficiency Used by the Mormon Pioneers
Connie Sokol– Faithful, Fiot and Fabulous
Mandi Slack-The Alias
Ronda Gibb Hinrichsen– The Hidden Kingdom
B.K. Bostick– Huber Hill and The Dead Man’s Treasure
Carla Kelly-Marian’s Christmas Wish
Tristi Pinkston– Hang ‘Em High
Jason Anderson
Kim Justesen- My Brother The Dog
Berin Stephens-Dragon War Relic
Wendy Paul-101 Gourmet Cake Bites
Nancy Miles– In Good Taste
Debbie Hulet-Independence Rock
Mary Muller- The Guardians of Innocence
Nichole Giles-Sharp Edge of A Knife
Russell Estlack- Shattered Lives Shattered Dreams
Taylor Hartley-Sinner’s Advocate
Marilyn Brown-Images of America: Provo
Paul Talbot-Wizard Magic
Cindy M Hogan-Watched
Jewel Adams-Words of Love
J. Kevin Morris-Strangely Normal
Valerie Mechling & Samuel Stubbs-The Tale of Telsharu
Jenni James– Pride and Popularity
Heather Justesen– Blank Slate
and Jennifer Laurens-Heavenly
Jennifer donated an awesome tote bag from her Heavenly Series as well as a huge of pile of swag including a music CD, postcards and bookmarks. Jessica Day George signed some bookplates for our readers and the other authors chipped in signed bookmarks.
To enter to win some Authorpalooza swag comment below. I’ll pick three winners. Giveaway is open internationally! Ends November 17, 2011. View all the photos from the event on Heather Gardner Photography’s Facebook page.