As you may have noticed, I am Mara's advocate for the tournament! We'll be posting non-spoilery excerpts of Mara being awesome, Top Ten Reasons to be Team Mara, giveaways and perhaps even a special feature or two? Keep at eye out!
Today I'm giving away some shiny signed Mara Dyer bookmarks from the NYC event on Wednesday!
To Enter:- Spread the word about Team Mara and her first match in the Heroine Tournament this Thursday (12/15)! Tweet (please use the hashtags #TeamMara and #HeroineTourney), Facebook, Tumblr, do a blog post, or grab a button or background and add it to your blog, as long as you're telling people about the best team around ;)
- Leave a comment with a link to where you shared
- Open Internationally
- Three (3) winners will receive a signed bookmark (I have to save a few for round 2!)
- Ends 12/16/11 at 12:01 am EST (when Mara's first match in the tournament ends)
- Please read my giveaway policy
- Though voting for Mara is not required (because that would be bribery), if you love Mara and Michelle p
As you may have noticed, I am Mara's advocate for the tournament! We'll be posting non-spoilery excerpts of Mara being awesome, and Top Ten Reasons to be Team Mara, and perhaps even a special feature or two? Keep at eye out!
Today, I'm posting a character profile of Mara, so even if you haven't read The Unbecoming (what are you waiting for?!) you'll learn a little bit about our favorite heroine!
Name: "My name is not Mara Dyer, but my lawyer told me I had to choose something."
Age: 17
Birthday: March 15
Appearance: Brown hair, "patrician nose and jaw", eye color never mentioned (She's supposed to be anonymous, after all)
Personality: Mara is smart and funny. She can hold her own in a verbal sparring match with even the snarkiest of British heartthrobs. She's independent and strong, and would never let someone walk all over her. She's a survivor. She's an artist. She's a nerd. She's curious and determined to find answers. She has a deep sense of justice toward all living things, including abused and neglected animals. She's always willing to take a stand, and has more than a few vigilante tendencies. She's loyal to her friends, no matter what the rest of the world thinks. She would do anything to protect those she loves -- even from herself. She's damaged, but she's fighting. She's not perfect, but no one is.
Some (Non-Spoilery) Quotes (which are rather hard to find, actually):
“Asscrown,” I muttered under my breath as I headed to my next class. I wasn’t proud of swearing at a complete stranger, no. But he started it.
Noah matched my pace. “Don’t you mean ‘assclown’?” He looked amused.
“No,” I said, louder this time. “I mean asscrown. The crown on top of the asshat that covers the asshole of the assclown. The very zenith in the hierarchy of asses,” I said, as though reading from a dictionary of modern profanity.
“I guess you nailed me, then.”
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You've probably heard the buzz about the
YA Sisterhood's Tournament of Heroines -- a month-long competition starting December 1st in which all of our favorite, fiercest heroines will be battling it out for the crown. Here's how the YA Sisterhood defines a heroine:
A heroine is a female character who is admired for her noble qualities. We think it's someone who meets the world head on. This doesn't mean she has to be a hardcore girl who can beat up anyone who crosses her path (though those girls certainly qualify). Your favorite can be anyone you admire, for any reason. The important thing is that she is extraordinary in some way or another-- be that the way she handles other people, her inexhaustible humor, or her skill with a crossbow. We encourage you to think outside the box! Search your bookshelves for the female characters who inspire you, who make you want to be better, who prove that our world doesn't have to be a man's world.
I don't know about you, but when I hear "extraordinary" and "outside the box," I think of Mara Dyer. She's fiercely loyal and always willing to take a stand. She has a strong sense of justice and more than a few vigilante tendencies. She's a survivor, not to mention smart, sassy and a little bit scary. So that's why I've taken on the role of being Mara's advocate in the tournament!
Our first challenger is Karou from
The Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor, advocated by
Enna of SqueakyBooks. Karou is great and all, but she's got nothing on our girl Mara! So be sure to come out and support Team Mara on
December 15th! Word on the street (AKA on
Michelle Hodkin's twitter feed) is that if Mara makes it into round 2, there will be more of
THIS Noah-licious outtake PLUS an extra treat (an extra scene? the uncut too-hot-to-handle trailer? Bradley the trailer actor reading Noah passages from the book?)
Here are the tournament brackets:
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You can follow all the action on Twitter:
I wrote up a post on why I love Mara Dyer! Lori called out for people to do this today so I just had to show my support!
http://amberinblunderland.blogspot.com/2011/12/mara-mondays-reasons-i-love-mara-dyer.html
Thank you so much, Amber! I've linked you up in the post =)
Oops my link didn't work.
I posted my Team Mara post here -
http://glass-of-wine.blogspot.com/2011/12/team-maraand-why-you-should-be-too.html
I've also added a Team Mara button to my blog.
I tweeted my love for Mara! https://twitter.com/#!/MostImportantL/status/146421672512196609
Linda @ Most Important Letter
[email protected]
http://mostimportantletter.wordpress.com/
tweet: https://twitter.com/#!/JanaRathouska/status/146714481769189377
Tahnk you so much for the chance to win!
Rathouska(dot)jana(at)gmail(dot)com
I tweeted out the word on Team Mara!
Team Mara for the win!!!
tweet:https://twitter.com/#!/nikkipickles45/status/146806361550897152
jacksandnumbers(at)hotmail(dot)com
Now on #TeamMara! Campaigned here:
blogged: http://mrhcontestpage.tumblr.com/post/14202669514/on-team-mara
tweeted: https://twitter.com/#!/readerhappy/status/146812286592495616
Len
maidenveil(at)gmail(dot)com
Tweetaloo: https://twitter.com/#!/cc9309/status/146838240207446017
Thanks for the giveaway ~ awesome shiny bookmarks. ;) I've planned to read MARA DYER on the 27th, but I'll vote anyway hehe.
Cass
cc932005 at hotmail dot com
Oh, thank you for this giveaway :D I am most definitely voting for Mara. <3 Loves her :)
I tweeted here: http://twitter.com/#!/CarinaOlsen/status/146960301722570752
Oh, please please please please let me win this. I want these bookmarks more than anything. <3 thank you for the chance :)
Love, Carina ~ [email protected]
tahnks for this chance
http://infinityspace.tumblr.com/post/14260694739/team-mara-and-her-first-match-in-the
sidebar blog http://parlarescrivendo.blogspot.com/
https://twitter.com/#!/micia18/status/147308720337072128
blogmicia(at)yahoo(dot)it
I put a #TeamMara badge on my left sidebar. Mara FTW!!
http://booklovingme.blogspot.com/
I shared it on Twitter. My link: https://twitter.com/#!/artdem83/status/147414797519044608
Thank you for the giveaway!
artgiote at gmail dot com
I tweeted about it:
https://twitter.com/#!/Gabelle_M/status/147503096468213760
Gabbie-ethela AT hotmail DOT com