For What It's Worth


Thursday, September 30, 2010

Something Wicked Is Coming and I need my Minions!



From October 11th - October 31st
 I will be hosting a
Halloween
CHARITY BOOK AUCTION
to benefit


and

Starting Monday October 11th you will be able to bid on signed books from the following authors:

*Kelley Armstrong - Bitten, Stolen, Broken, Frostbitten*
*Meg Cabot - Insatiable*
*Gail Carriger - The Parasol Protectorate Series: Soulless, Changeless & Blameless Plus Soulless Audio CD*
*Shannon Delany - 13 To Life, Plus swag*
*Melisa Marr - The Wicked Lovely Series*
*Richelle Mead - The Vampire Academy Series*
*Jeri Smith-Ready - Eternal: More Love Stories with Bite Anthology*

****Dates and details for each auction will be announced next week****

What I need from you is to help spread the word!

When you do you will be entered in the My Wicked Minion's prize pack contest!

MINION PRIZE PACK

Books:

The Vampire's Assistant by Darren Shan
Patient Zero by Jonathan Mayberry
The Dragon Factory by Jonathan Mayberry - signed
ARC of Pariah by Bob Fingerman
Battle of the Network Zombies by Mark Henry - signed
Brains: A Zombie Memoir by Robin Becker
Pallid Light: The Walking Dead by William Jones
Star Wars: Death Troopers by Joe Schreiber
Just After Sunset by Stephen King
Emma and the Vampires by Jane Austen & Wayne Josephson
NEW! The Walking Dead Volume 1 Days Gone Bye

DVD's

28 Days Later/28 Weeks Later Double Feature
Underworld Trilogy
The Corpse Bride
Shaun of the Dead

GIFT CARD

NEW! $25.00 Gift Card to Amazon.com
(donated by Swati Avashti! Thank you!!)

I'll be adding new things to the pack throughout the month of October!
ONE winner gets the WHOLE thing!

***A second winner will receive a $20 Amazon.com Gift certificate or a book of their choice from The Book Depository (Up to $20.00 value)***

To enter:

Leave a comment!
Blog about the auction = +5 entries
Put my auction button on your sidebar = +3 entries
Tweet, Facebook (or other networking site) about the auction = +2

MUST INCLUDE LINKS IN COMMENT SECTION TO BE ENTERED!!

Ends October 26th

Grab my button and get going - help spread the word and raise some money for a good cause!


















****Thank you to Bella from Obsessed! for designing the button!!****






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  1. EmmaOctober 1, 2010 at 5:46 PM

    Sounds great Karen, i've Facebooked and Tweeted. I'm saving my pennies now! :-)

    http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/profile.php?id=616960298&v=wall&story_fbid=161353143891783&ref=mf

    http://twitter.com/emkatt77/status/26117627746

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  2. AnonymousOctober 1, 2010 at 7:22 PM

    I hope you manage to raise a LOT of money! xx

    I've added the button to my sidebar.

    Also, here's a Tweet Tweet: http://twitter.com/izibellz/status/26124332934

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  3. JeremyOctober 2, 2010 at 1:52 PM

    I would gladly help you get the word out for a charity event. Just let me know.
    +5 I posted on my blog about the event: http://romancebookjunkies.blogspot.com/2010/10/halloween-charity-book-auction.html - (I will also post again when it gets closer to the time.)
    +3 I put your button in my sidebar: http://romancebookjunkies.blogspot.com
    +2 I tweeted: http://twitter.com/RBJunkies/status/26194334396
    +2 Posted on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/#!/profile.php?id=100001517990296&v=wall&story_fbid=155188291181074

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  4. Carrie ClevengerOctober 3, 2010 at 4:24 AM

    Posted on my sidebar at http://www.carrieclevenger.com/

    http://twitter.com/#!/shadowsinstone/status/26249869794

    Excellent causes!

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  5. RaganOctober 3, 2010 at 3:09 PM

    I'm happy to help spread the word. Thanks for the opportunity to support a great cause!

    - Posted on my blog (+5)
    - Advertised on my sidebar (+3)
    - Tweeted (+2)
    - Facebook (+2)

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  6. Melissa (Books and Things)October 3, 2010 at 6:49 PM

    This is great!

    Posted it on my giveaways page
    http://melissawatercolor.blogspot.com/p/contestsgiveaways.html
    Tweeted:
    http://twitter.com/BooksThings/status/26308123694

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  7. AikOctober 4, 2010 at 5:38 AM

    I'd love to enter your contest!

    +5 Blog about the auction
    http://the-bookaholics.blogspot.com/2010/10/fwiw-charity-book-auction.html

    +3 Auction button on sidebar
    http://the-bookaholics.blogspot.com

    +2 Tweeted
    http://twitter.com/aikchien/status/26347489215

    aikychien at yahoo dot com

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  8. Sharon KOctober 5, 2010 at 4:09 PM

    I don't have a blog so I can't blog about the auction or put a button in my non sidebar and don't do Facebook. :'o(
    So I can only get
    +2 for tweeting here
    http://twitter.com/samk52/status/26486425772

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  9. UnknownOctober 6, 2010 at 4:11 PM

    Great causes! I would be happy to help spread the word.
    +5 blog http://bookloverandprocrastinator.blogspot.com/2010/10/book-auction-for-great-causes.html
    +3 button to sidebar http://bookloverandprocrastinator.blogspot.com/
    Tweeted. http://twitter.com/mbreakfield/statuses/26581135747
    marlenebreakfield(at)yahoo(dot)com

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  10. aurora M.October 7, 2010 at 6:53 PM

    I am spreading the word on facebook
    http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000261917248
    I tweeted to spread the word
    http://twitter.com/scarletredwill/status/26692496002
    Thanks for hosting such a great event and giveaway!
    Aurora
    veltara@yahoo.com

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  11. Fi-chanOctober 8, 2010 at 6:16 AM

    Good luck with the auction! :D

    I posted the button on my sidebar: http://bookish-escape.blogspot.com/

    feeyonachan at gmail dot com

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  12. JaevenStarOctober 10, 2010 at 4:23 PM

    i tweeted http://twitter.com/#!/jaevenstar

    facebooked - http://www.facebook.com/#!/donna.hale

    and blogged on Eve's Fan Garden
    http://evesfangarden.com/blog/2010/10/10/auction-alert/
    (and your button is IN the blog post... Dunno if that counts.

    Thanks! Donna (evesfangarden.com)

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  13. UnknownOctober 10, 2010 at 4:41 PM

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  14. UnknownOctober 10, 2010 at 4:44 PM

    I posted on my facebook: http://www.facebook.com/#!/profile.php?id=58000654

    and on twitter: www.twitter.com/michelledani

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  15. IzzyOctober 11, 2010 at 12:01 PM

    I'm so pleased to help spread the word about this awesome event!

    Blogged: http://theanaizview.blogspot.com/2010/10/giveaway-winner-awesome-event.html

    Have the button up on my sidebar: http://theanaizview.blogspot.com

    Tweeted it: http://twitter.com/nizmart/status/27046385283

    "Facebooked" it: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=785655768&v=wall&story_fbid=167398649942871

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  16. Carrie at In the Hammock BlogOctober 11, 2010 at 6:26 PM

    Good luck with the auctions, Karen!!! I tweeted the kelley armstrong auction here:

    http://www.fwiwreviews.net/2010/10/auction-1-kelley-armstrong.html

    inthehammockblog at gmail dot com

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  17. Carrie at In the Hammock BlogOctober 11, 2010 at 6:28 PM

    I just posted the button on my sidebar :) Good luck with the auctions!!

    http://inthehammockblog.blogspot.com/

    inthehammockblog at gmail dot com

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  18. UnknownOctober 15, 2010 at 8:50 AM

    Wow Karen, what an amazing initiative! Congrats!!

    I tweeted (http://twitter.com/Stella_ExLibris/status/27437217085), posted on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=146109542100823&id=100000899165880) and have your badge on my blog (www.stella-exlibris.com), so the more people will get aware of this auction!

    In total 8 entries. Thank you!

    stella.exlibris (at) gmail (dot) com

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  19. UnknownOctober 15, 2010 at 10:22 AM

    I just thought this was really worth being told to people, so I also made a blog post (http://www.stella-exlibris.com/2010/10/halloween-charity-book-auction-at-for.html)

    Kudos Karen!

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  20. HawkeyegirlOctober 15, 2010 at 1:27 PM

    Tweet: http://twitter.com/#!/Hawkeyegirl/status/27462472082

    Very cool idea, thanks!

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  21. heatwave16October 15, 2010 at 10:25 PM

    Great idea. Thanks for doing this.

    Tweeted - http://twitter.com/Heatwave316/status/27501821253


    heatwave96(at)hotmail.com

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  22. BonnieOctober 16, 2010 at 11:10 AM

    Wow excellent cause and auction. Thanks!

    Tweeted http://twitter.com/#!/bonn1511/status/27548171183
    I can't figure out how to do the button though.
    I put it on facebook too. http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/profile.php?id=1532510666

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  23. Becky B. @ BibliognomeOctober 16, 2010 at 12:07 PM

    Good luck with the auctions, hope you raise a lot of money:)

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  24. BookMarc BlogpantsOctober 16, 2010 at 8:32 PM

    I missed the beginning so my apologies for that but I have been spreading the word:

    +2 @MarcinMD on Twitter http://twitter.com/#!/MarcinMD/status/27588388189

    +5 Over on my blog
    http://bookmarcblogpants.blogspot.com/2010/10/finally-post-of-mine-actually-worth.html

    +3 And the button is on the blog also.

    Hope this event goes great for you.

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  25. ZeinabOctober 17, 2010 at 9:35 AM

    Wow, sounds awesome! I love that it's for charity :D

    Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/profile.php?id=705560961&v=wall

    Twitter: http://twitter.com/Zeinabz

    Blogg: http://zozzocullen.blogg.se/ - i wrote the post and the button is set :D

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  26. ZeinabOctober 17, 2010 at 9:40 AM

    Ouuupsie....Wrong button x) Wait, i'll unset the fwiw button and set the auction button :)

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  27. ZeinabOctober 17, 2010 at 9:42 AM

    Done! :P

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  28. Lena1xoxoOctober 19, 2010 at 12:10 AM

    Woot!

    +3 button on sidebar

    Love you, homie!

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  29. Julie@My5monkeysOctober 20, 2010 at 9:18 AM

    what a great cause and will spread the word, but only doing this for fun--no entry

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  30. SpavOctober 25, 2010 at 4:49 PM

    I hope you raise a lot of money.

    +3 Button on sidebar: http://fictionkingdom.blogspot.com/
    +2 Tweet: http://twitter.com/Sparima/status/28723700230

    spav05(at)gmail(dot)com

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  31. KarenOctober 26, 2010 at 11:11 AM

    Winner of the prizepack is BookMarc Blogpants!

    & the winner of the $20.00 Amazon gift card is Danielle from Romance Book Junkies! (confirmed)

    Congrats and thanks to all who helped spread the word!!!!

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