It is no secret that we love Neil Gaiman (heck, we even had a full on “Neil Gaiman Appreciation Week” last year). When The Graveyard Book was first released last year (in Hardcover) , we bought it as soon as we could and totally loved it. Since then, the book, which tells the tale of a boy named Nobody Owens who is adopted and raised by the occupants of a graveyard, has won several major Awards like the 2009 Hugo, the Newbery Medal, and a Locus Award as well as making it into Ana and Thea’s Most Excellent Books of 2008 list (which we all know is the most prestigious award of them all.)
More About the Book:
Nobody Owens, known to his friends as Bod, is a normal boy.
He would be completely normal if he didn’t live in a sprawling graveyard, being raised and educated by ghosts, with a solitary guardian who belongs to neither the world of the living nor of the dead.
There are dangers and adventures in the graveyard for a boy-an ancient Indigo Man beneath the hill, a gateway to a desert leading to an abandoned city of ghouls, the strange and terrible menace of the Sleer.
But if Bod leaves the graveyard, then he will come under attack from the man Jack—who has already killed Bod’s family. . .
Book Trailler narrated by Neil Gaiman:
Giveaway Details:
In celebration of the Book Blogger Appreciation Week and the paperback release of the book in October, we are giving away two paperback copies. All you have to do to enter is to leave a comment here answering the question:
“Is there a specific book or author that you find yourself recommending over and over?”
Contest is open to all and runs untill Saturday 19th, 11:59 PM Pacific Time. We will announce the two winners in our Sunday stash. Good luck to all!
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158 Responses to BBAW Day 3: Giveaway – The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
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Thanks for the giveaway opportunity! I haven’t had a chance to read it yet, but sure want to!
I have spent the last year telling many, many people to read The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. It was one of my top ten from last year.
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I recommend Richelle Mead a lot
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I always find i am recommending the Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon. It is such a wonderful book anyone would enjoy. It had all the things that make a great book. She is my favorite author, and she hooks you in the first chapter. Every aspect of her books great plus they are really long so they always last me a few days!
I find myself recommending Nicholas Sparks over and over again. I have not been dissappointed with any of his novels (I’ve read 3 so far). I’ve loved each and every one of them, and they have really hit me at a emotional level.
Thanks for the contest.
I’ve only ever read one book by Neil Gaiman, and that was Neverwhere, and I thought it was a very interesting read. Since then I’ve been collecting all of his novels, and I have yet to get this one.
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I recommend a lot of what I read, but most recently, I’ve been recommending books by Eva Ibbotson. I love all of the books written by her that I’ve read. Sometimes what I want to read is just a cute love story and that is exactly what Ibbotson gives me. What else can you ask for?
i always recommend my favourite author, roald dahl. i find his works easily appealing to all sorts of readers. i have yet to hear anyone disliking a roald dahl book, honestly!
I recommend Leslie Parrish to my friends.
To Have and to Hold by Patricia Gaffney. I meant to read it forever, and once I finally did, I couldn’t stop talking about it. I still can’t. Also, I agree with everyone who mentioned Kelley Armstrong. I recommend her anytime someone mentions they like urban fantasy or paranormals. And Eva Ibbotson’s YA novels, those too.
The book I recommend the most is ‘Ingathering’ by
Zenna Henderson. I’ve read it about 5 times already.
I always find myself recommending Sarah Addison Allen’s books, Garden Spells and The Sugar Queen.
Thanks for the giveaway opportunity!
Not really.
Haha, just kidding–Meredith Duran’s Bound By Your Touch I’ve been recommending left and right lately.
Lately I have been recommending the Vampire Academy series, alot.
I’m recommending the Chaos Walking books to everyone these days!
Roger Zelazny’s Amber Chronicles (just the first five, usually). They’re wonderfully zany and approachable — full of great language, action, and non-standard magic.
One book I always recommend is The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky. It has an amazing insight into life for people that are teens and older. It just has some great quotes and some all-time favorites of mine. I love reading it over and over and always find something new to learn or relate too. I love it. Recommended for sure.
That author would have to be Neil Gaiman!! Although I’ve read this book, I would love to have my own copy.
For me the author I recommend over and over again would be Tamora Pierce. A wonderful YA author with great role models for girls.
I recommend The Hunger Games and Vampire Academy over and over.
Hunger Games!!
Patricia Briggs. Love, love, love her.
(and Jane Austen too)
Jacqueline Carey’s Kushiel series.
I also recommend Jim Butcher’s Harry Dresden series.
I am always recommending people try Jodi Picoult’s books. They are excellent.
“Is there a specific book or author that you find yourself recommending over and over?”
Definitely! I keep recommending Michael Cunningham, my favorite writer. I am especially fond of his novels Specimen Days and The Hours!
I have read two of Gaiman’s books and enjoyed them both.
I recommend Tasha Alexander quite often. Her Victorian mystery series with Lady Emily Ashton is excellent.
Thanks for the contest gals!
I have been reading a lot of Nora Roberts and recommend her books to friends often.
James Patterson…loyally from book 1 to now…thanks for the chance!
Great contest! I find myself pushing FLORA SEGUNDA by Ysabeau S. Wilce on just about everyone. I recommend it left, right and centre, and I’ve actually bought it for a couple of people.
Without fail, I recommend Phillip Pullman’s “His Dark Materials” trilogy to anyone looking for YA or fantasy literature.
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I would LOVE to win this!!
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I always recommend Julie E. Czerneda, Lois McMaster Bujold’s Vorkosigan series, and His Majesty’s Dragon by Naomi Novik.
Anyone who loves historical fiction would love Sandra Dallas.
I find myself recommending Victoria Thompson’s Gaslight mystery series over and over. I love them.
James Patterson’s Cross books.
Series I recommend are Anita Blake, Merry Gentry, Black Dagger Brotherhood, Night Huntress and several more. But I usally have to recommend what my friends taste our.
For adults I find myself recommending different books to each friend, but for kids I quite often find myself recommending The Phantom Tollbooth.
“Is there a specific book or author that you find yourself recommending over and over?”
Francesca Lia Block – I just love ALL of her books.
I often recommend Lisa McMann and Diana Peterfreund to anyone new to the YA arena. Fantastic writers and their characters and stories grip you to the very end!
I really liked all of Harlan Coben’s book and can’t wait to read the newest one – just have a few books ahead of that one to get finished.
Yes. Gena Showalter.
Love, love, love her adult books. She recently released another YA book and blew me away. I am forever a Gena fan. Have been for a few years now.
I work part-time at a library. So I am often asked for suggestions…Harlan Coben is one I often suggest.
Yes, several. The most commonly recommended are Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card, the Kitty Norville series by Carrie Vaughn, and the Dresden Files series by Jim Butcher.
Definitely! And that would be The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale!
I’m always recommending The True Story of Hansel and Gretel by Louise Murphy.
Thanks!
Suzanne Collins for sure. Justina Chen Headley’s North of Beautiful and Julia Hoban’s Willow, as well. All super amazing reads.
Yes It’s the author Robert Munsch. He’s fantastic and I love his kids books. Cheers. polo-puppy-fluffy AT hotmail *dot* com
Harry Potter. Under the Tuscan Sun. The Sandman. The Hunger Games (parts 1 & 2). Deerskin. The Things They Carried.
I keep recommending to my sister Suzanne Collins for the Hunger Games series. I recommended THG again this morning and she was like ‘who’s it written by? Was it starting with a C? I was furious as I’d been telling her for the past week !
Have to admit I’ve only ever read one NG book but loved it – Good Omens which was done with Terry Pratchett who is probably the one author I recommend the most. I drive my partner mad when I’m reading his books as I laugh out loud, have to read the bit out but it’s always lost somewhere along the line. Now I just read when he’s not in the same room
I won’t bore you with the long list of other authors as there are too many!
Thanks for the chance to get stuck into NG again
I loved and always recommend GREEN DARKNESS by Anya Seton.