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.”
Not
Release Date: September 27, 2011
Series: Mara Dyer #1
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
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Mara's life changes forever the day she awakes from a coma to discover her best friends are dead and her memories of the accident that killed them are gone. Something strange happened that fateful night, but no one has any answers -- except, perhaps, a beautiful boy who is just as broken as Mara herself. As Mara struggles to piece together the events that led to her friends' deaths, she's drawn into a terrifying world of nightmares and confusion, kidnappings and hallucinations. And as the bodies start piling up, Mara begins to doubt everyone and everything -- including herself.
Dark. Sexy. Hilarious. Mysterious. Heart-pounding. Hair-raising. In short, this novel is incredible. In her unforgettable debut,
Michelle Hodkin crafts a spine-tingling tale of death and desire that will leave readers clamoring for more. Mara Dyer is the best kind of heroine -- cynical and witty, biting and deeply flawed. Her struggles with insanity are enthralling, and her search for truth gripping. In her upside down world, it's impossible to tell what's real and what's just a terrible nightmare.
Mara is sharp and sassy, refusing to let anyone walk over her -- whether it be her controlling mother, the school's requisite Queen Bee, or even snarky boys with British accents and smoldering looks. Noah Shaw had me at "British accent." He is simultaneously sexy and infuriating, a bewitching combination that will leave readers (and Mara) befuddled. Though he possesses the casual arrogance of the drop-dead gorgeous, he has more than a few secrets of his own, revealing a sweet vulnerability that makes him utterly irresistible. Noah's hauteur is a mask -- one that crumbles in the face of Mara's unflinching directness. They have both met their match, and their delicious dynamic will leave readers ravenous for more.
The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer features some of the best flirtatious banter I've ever read. Noah and Mara are intellectual equals who can keep pace with one another's rapid-fire minds (and mouths). Their smart and snappy repartee will have readers writhing with laughter even in the midst of this psychological nightmare. The back-and-forth is constant, an unexpected contrast to the hidden horrors lurking just beneath the surface. Thankfully, Hodkin steers clear of the unbelievable love-at-first sight, instead letting their love/hate chemistry burn its way into an undeniable attraction. Noah and Mara are like fire and gasoline, and Hodkin ratchets up the sexual tension until readers are ready to explode.
It's impossible to know what's coming next in this twisting, turning thriller of a romance. Hodkin keeps the answers both Mara and readers so desperat
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
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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