Here is a really awesome book tour that I will be participating in this month! The book highlighted in this tour is Random Magic by Sasha Soren. The tour begins today, so visit the links below each day for pirate features and the opportunity to win some pirate prizes!
Random Magic Tour: Pirates!
May 10-30, 2011
About: Random Magic
Tour organization: Lyrika Publicis
Triton Tavern proprietress and guest relations: vvb32
Contact the tour: @RandomMagicTour
Rum + Plunder Treasure Hunt (May 11-30)
Win some marrrrrvelous plunder!
and
Bonus: Little Pirate Prizes
Cool surprise treasures scattered throughout the tour…
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May 10
Mermaid’s Cove Musical Blog Hop
Shiver me timbers! Here be a round of jolly tunes about the sweet trade.
Twitter: @Misha_1989
Songs for: Bold pirates
Twitter: @blodeuedd83
Songs for: Gloomy pirates
Twitter: @MeriGreenleaf
Songs for: Accidental pirates
Twitter: @vvb32reads
Songs for: Saucy pirates
Twitter: @truebookaddict
Songs for: Scary pirates
Twitter: @BooksAtTinas
Songs for: Pirate queens
Twitter: N/A
Songs for: Poetic pirates
Twitter: @cerebrate
Songs for: Brave seafarers of every kind,
and a moment for all the lost ships.
Twitter: @eatingyabooks
Songs for: Jovial pirates
Twitter: @vampiresandtofu
Songs for: Ominous pirates
Twitter: @LiederMadchen
Songs for: (Delightfully) campy pirates
May 11
Twitter: @lianaleslie
Design doll: Queens of the Sea: #1 of 10
Voting: May 26-27
and
Twitter: @vvb32reads
Triton’s Tavern opens: Tour updates
Rum + Plunder tour hunt opens
Rum + Plunder: Join the hunt
May 12
Twitter: N/A
Feature: Discussion: Seafaring culture and beliefs
Feature: Pirate Queens: #1 of 10: The Lioness of Brittany
and
Twitter: @lianaleslie
Design doll: Queens of the Sea: #2 of 10
May 13
Twitter: @ladyviolet3
Video review, Random Magic
Feature: Video reading, Random Magic
Feature: Pirate Queens: #2 of 10: Lai Choi San
May 14
Twitter: @hatshepsut0011
Review (Dual language: English, Italian)
Feature: Arrrgh! How to talk like a pirate
Plus: Random Magic and unusual grub
Bonus: Free audio book, The Pirates Own Book
(Contemporary usage: The Pirates’ Own Book)
and
Twitter: @lianaleslie
Design doll: Queens of the Sea: #3 of 10
and
Twitter: @vvb32reads
Feature: A Dandy in Distress (Part 1 of 3)
May 15
Twitter: @MoonlightGleams
Review
Interview
Feature: Cinematic Swashbucklers
Bonus: Free audio book, Buccaneers and Pirates of our Coasts
and
Twitter: @vvb32reads
Triton’s Tavern meet-up
Tour tidbits and pints o’ grog
Feature: A Dandy in Distress,
the preposterous piratical melodrama
continues (Part 2 of 3)
continues (Part 2 of 3)
May 16
Twitter: @marybrebner
Review
Feature: Pirate Queens: #3 of 10: Jacquotte Delahaye
Bonus: Pirate puzzle
and
Twitter: @lianaleslie
Design doll: Queens of the Sea: #4 of 10
and
Twitter: @vvb32reads
Feature: A Dandy in Distress (Part 3 of 3)
May 17
Twitter: @theEPICrat
Review
Feature: Grub and Bumbo
Feature: Pirate Queens: #4 of 10: Anne Bonny
Bonus: Free audio book, Among Malay Pirates and Other Tales of
Peril and Adventure
Peril and Adventure
and
Twitter: @lianaleslie
Design doll: Queens of the Sea: #5 of 10
May 18
Twitter: @MPTsCityofBooks
Review
Feature: Gallery: Sailing the Seven Seas
Feature: Pirate Queens: #5 of 10: Grace O’Malley
and
Twitter: @LiederMadchen
Review
Feature: Finding Starboard
Bonus: Color-Me-Pirate
Twitter: @lianaleslie
Design doll: Queens of the Sea: #6 of 10
Twitter: @vvb32reads
Feature: Music: Takes on pirate tunes
Feature: Pirate Queens: #6 of 10: Awilda
and
Twitter: @haleymathiot
Feature: Under the Black Flag
and
Twitter: @lianaleslie
Design doll: Queens of the Sea: #7 of 10
May 20
Twitter: @TaraMQ
Video review, Random Magic
Feature: Post Like a Pirate
Feature: Pirate Queens: #7 of 10: A Salmagundi of She-Pirates
and
Twitter: @lianaleslie
Design doll: Queens of the Sea: #8 of 10
and
Twitter: @vvb32reads
Triton’s Tavern meet-up
More tour tidbits and pints o’ grog.
May 21
Twitter: @Nafizaa
Review
Feature: Literary Brigands
Feature: Pirate Queens: #8 of 10: Anne Dieu-Le-Veut
Bonus: Free audio book, The Frozen Pirate
and
Twitter: @snowdropdreams
Review
Feature: The Lost Ship
Bonus: Free audio book, Treasure Island
May 22
Twitter: @LexieVamp666
Feature: Discussion: (Video) Real-life pirates
Bonus: Free audio book, Great Pirate Stories
and
Twitter: @vampiresandtofu
Review
Feature: Casting Random Magic
Feature: Pirate Lairs: Ocracoke Inlet and the legend of Blackbeard’s ghost
Bonus: Pirate karaoke
May 23
Twitter: @lianaleslie
Design doll: Queens of the Sea: #9 of 10
Review
Bonus: Quiz: Find your Random Magic twin
and
Twitter: @vvb32reads
Feature: Radio show: Captain Blood
and
I <3 Reading (I Love Reading)
Twitter: @iheartreads
Review (Dual language, Flemish/English)
Bonus: Video lecture about pirate queen Grace O’Malley
Bonus: Game: Blackbeard’s Gold
Twitter: @iheartreads
Review (Dual language, Flemish/English)
Bonus: Video lecture about pirate queen Grace O’Malley
Bonus: Game: Blackbeard’s Gold
May 24
Twitter: @lafemmereaders
Feature: Kick-Ass Women
and
Twitter: @Bonnie_Sparks
Review
Feature: By Land or Sea (Vintage maps)
Feature: Pirate Lairs: Tortuga, Port Royal,
New Providence and the Brethren of the Coast
Bonus: Game: Pirate Chains
and
Twitter: @lianaleslie
Design doll: Queens of the Sea: #10 of 10
May 25
Twitter: @Gofita
Review
Feature: How-to: Pirate makeover
Bonus: Free audio book, The Sea Hawk
Bonus: (Video) Pirate movie night
and
Twitter: N/A
Review
Feature: Songs from the Sea (Sea shanties)
Feature: Pirate Queens: #9 of 10: Winnie Flapjack
Bonus: The Pirate Modiste (Dress-up doll)
May 26
Twitter: @lindsiking
Video review
Feature: Grog and Sangaree
Feature: Pirate Queens: #10 of 10: Mary Read
Bonus: Color-Me-Pirate
and
Twitter: @christina_622
Video review
Feature: (Video) Top five Random Magic quotes
Feature: (Video) Reading from Random Magic
Bonus: The Mermaid Maker (Dress-up doll)
and
Twitter: @lianaleslie
Design dolls: Queens of the Sea
Voting for favorite design doll
(May 26-27)
May 27
Twitter: @MissIrenne
Feature: Discussion: Top 10 fictional corsairs and buccaneers
Bonus: Free audio book, Captain Blood
Bonus: Pirate karaoke
and
Twitter: @lianaleslie
Design dolls: Queens of the Sea
Voting for favorite design doll
(May 26-27)
May 28
Twitter: @SplashOOWorlds
Feature: Video discussion, Random Magic and pirates
(Int’l: Greek language, English transcript)
Bonus: Free audio book, Howard Pyle’s Book of Pirates
Bonus: Game: Pirate’s Quest
and
Twitter: @lianaleslie
Design doll: Queens of the Sea:
Fave design revealed, winner selected
(May 28)
May 29
Sea Wolves Reading Circle
Ahoy, matey! Here be a treasure chest of great piratey reads,
plucked from shelves by a scandalous crew from near and far.
plucked from shelves by a scandalous crew from near and far.
Twitter: N/A
Twitter: @MissIrenne
Twitter: @heynocupcake
Twitter: @cerebrate
Twitter: @Misha_1989
Twitter: @vvb32reads
Twitter: @BooksAtTinas
Twitter: @LiederMadchen
Twitter: N/A
May 30
The Parting Glass
Tour summaries and a pub sing
Wrap day! Feel free to visit all the cool
blogs on tour to browse wrap day posts.
Rum + Plunder: Final tallies
Little Pirate Prizes: Final tallies begin
Winners announced: June 6
See you on the tour! Happy reading until next time!
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