Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Time For The Canada Day Blog Hop!



I can't believe that summer is finally here! It's time for BBQing, sitting outside in the backyard reading ... oh and I'm sure letting the kids run wild at the park will be a daily routine too! We have no big plans this summer but I do have many fun day trip ideas: the Toronto Zoo is a must every year, it's been a while since I've visited the CN Tower (even though I work down the street from it!), a Toronto Argos football game, plus maybe a trip to Niagara Falls and a stop at the family cottage! Happy Canada Day everyone!

To celebrate, you can win a $10 Gift Card from bookdepository.com!  Since this is in honor of Canada Day, there will be TWO steps in this giveaway (and you must do both!) To enter, leave a comment with the name of a Canadian author (click here if you need some hints) you love, then fill in the form below.

Next Stop: Pass The Chiclets

82 comments:

  1. I love Lila DiPasqua! Thank you for making this awesome giveaway international! :D

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  2. I'm a big fan of William Gibson, although I haven't yet read his latest. So many others I need to read, or read more of: Charles de Lint, R, Scott Baker, Guy Gavriel Kay, Robert Charles Wilson, Robert J Sawyer, Steven Erikson.

    As you can tell, I'm mostly a sci-fi/fantasy fan, though I've been branching out a little into some horror/thrillers lately and will ALWAYS accept recommendations for other writers I should read.

    Thanks for the giveaway!

    Spaz
    zsaz1029(at)yahoo(dot)com

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  3. I love Cheryl Rainfield.

    Thanks for the giveaway!

    thenovelnymph@gmail.com

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  4. I love Cheryl Rainfield as well but I am a huge fan of Kelley Armstrong and Lesley Livingston!

    mybookishfairytale@hotmail.com

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  5. I know a few Canadian authors! :) I was stumped for a moment as I didn't think I did, but then the brain started pumping and working again. ;D

    Skyla Dawn Cameron is one! :) Yeah.

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  6. Sara Gruen. Water for Elephants is one of my favorite books.
    Thanks for the giveaway and Happy Canada day!!!

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  7. Marthe Jocelyn!

    Thanks for such an awesome giveaway.

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  8. Kelley Armstrong is a Canadian author :)

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  9. I have always loved LM Montgomery since I was a kid. Currently I like reading Kelley Armstrong

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  10. I love Kelley Armstrong and Courtney Summers :)

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  11. +JMJ+

    L.M. Montgomery is an author I've loved since childhood! =)

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  12. Lesley Livingston is from Canada!

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  13. Eileen Cook! She's a BC author too :)

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  14. My favorite Canadian author is Margaret Atwood.

    Margaret
    singitm@hotmail.com

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  15. Kelley Armstrong, of course! :)

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  16. Tim Wynne-Jones! His MG and YA rocks socks.

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  17. My favorite Canadian author is Margaret Atwood.
    amandarwest at gmaildotcom

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  18. My favorite Canadian author is LYNSAY SANDS! I absolutely LOVE, LOVE, LOVE her work! :-D

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  19. hmm..tough one. I'd say Arthur Slade. I love The Hunchback Assignments series :)

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  20. The most recent Canadian author I have found is Lesley Livingston.

    Thanks.

    Carol T

    buddytho {at} gmail DOT com

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  21. Lila DiPasqua, very good!!

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  22. Well since I've seen Kelley Armstrong in half these giveaways I'm fairly certain that she is in fact Canadian :) Love the CN Tower btw. Went there for my Senior Trip (way too long ago) since I'm not too far from Canada.

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  23. Hi Mel! Thanks again for signing up for the Blog Hop... love your post about all the fun summer things you plan to do! I was just at the CN Tower and the Zoo and had a great time. :)

    HAPPY CANADA DAY!

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  24. Margaret Atwood is another good Canadian author. I'm reading a book by her right now!

    hopester777 at gmail dot com

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  25. Saul Bellow is actually named in the song I am currently listening to.
    rickimc[at]aol[dot]com

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  26. I love R J Anderson and Bryan Lee O'Malley.

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  27. My favorite Canadian author is Lesley Livingston. I have her Wondrous Strange trilogy!

    jadedlittlegirlx[at]gmail[dot]com

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  28. I grew up reading Anne of Green Gables. Loved the movies as well. The Canadian author of the books was L.M. Montgomery.
    ~ Buttercream ~

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  29. My favorite author, Kelley armstrong is a Canadian author.

    jlkalman26 at gmail dot com

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  30. Kelley Armstrong is a Canadian author.Love her books :)

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  31. Thanks again for joining our Blog Hop! It's been awesome meeting so many great new Canadian Bloggers!
    Happy Canada Day!

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  32. Thanks for the giveaway. I like Tanya Huff, she is awesome. Happy Canada Day!

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  33. Tanya Huff and Kelley Armstrong are my picks!!

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  34. Margaret Atwood is my favourite one.

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  35. I'm a fan of Y.S. Lee - really enjoying her Agency series so far!

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  36. Kelley Armstrong. First one I knew was Canadian. And one of my absolute favorites.

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  37. Canadian Authors I <3? KELLEY ARMSTRONG!!! all the way. Love RJ Anderson as well :) Thanks for the amazing giveaway! :D

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  38. Margaret Atwood! thanks for the great giveaway!

    uberthrawne91 at gmail dot com

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  39. Always and forever - L.M. Montgomery!!

    Great giveaway for a great day :)

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  40. 2 favourite Canadian authors of mine are Lila Di Pasqua and Kelley Armstrong! :-D

    Thank you for the great giveaway and Happy Canada Day! :-D

    stella.exlibris (at) gmail (dot) com

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  41. A Canadian author I love is Kelley Armstrong. I know that's a pretty typical answer, but she's so great!

    Thanks for the giveaway & Happy Canada Day!!

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  42. Guy Gavriel Kay is definitely my favorite. I adore his work!

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  43. Michael Ondaatje the one I have read!

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  44. Chevy Stevens! Her debut novel, Still Missing, is my current favourite! If I won, I'd buy her new novel to be released in July!!

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  45. Jo Tregiarri ( I think I totally misspelled her last name )...She wrote Ashes, Ashes!

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  46. i love lesley livingston and kelley armstrong

    kristina shields

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  47. Thanks for the giveaway and happy Canada Day!

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  48. Oops, forgot to include the name of a Canadian author! Kelley Armstrong for sure!

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  49. Thanks so much for the great giveaway:) Kelley Armstrong is a great author and she's Canadian and I love her!

    sarah.setar@gmail.com

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  50. Im also a Kelley Armstrong fan. x) Thank you for the giveaway.

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  51. Kelley Armstrong & Lesley Livingston <3 I own many of their books!

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  52. I love the Darkest Powers Series by Kelley Armstrong. :)

    Memrie

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  53. I love Kelley Armstrong! Thanks for the giveaway!

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  54. I love Lynsay Sands, Kelley Armstrong, Aimee Carter =D

    thanks for the giveaway!!!

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  55. I LOVE Lesley Livingston! Her Wondrous Strange series is fantastic!

    Thanks for the giveaway!

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  56. I've been waiting for an opportunity to read one of William Shatner's Star Trek books.

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  57. Kelley Armstrong is one of Canadian author.

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  58. my favourite canadian author is kelley armstrong!!
    i'm looking forward to reading the vampire stalker by allison van diepen who is a canadian author as well:)

    thanks for the giveaway and for making it international!!
    happy canada day!!

    GFC-Janhvi Jagtap
    justjanhvi at gmail dot com

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  59. I love love love Allison Van Diepen! :) I've read her Oracle of Dating series and it's really good. Really looking forward to reading The Vampire Stalker.

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  60. I've read a few canadia author works but I'll have to choose Yann Martel writer of Life of Pi since thats one of my favorite book.

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  61. Thanks for the giveaway!
    Kelley Armstrong is a awesome canadian author!

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  62. I really like kelly armstrong! love her YA series:)

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  63. I love YA so I like Kelley Armstrong :)

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  64. Well, I was going to put Kelley Armstrong as a freakin' awesome Canadian writer but I'll be a little different from the other 934239 people and say O.R. Melling (YA about faeries).

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  65. Hi! I don't now many canadian authors, but the other people in the blog hop have been mentioning Kelley Armstrong as a canadian author and I do have one of her books and I've also heard her name before (:

    vampyreprincess109(at)gmail(dot)com

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  66. I love Michelle Rowen's books and I'm pretty sure she's Canadian :)

    kate1485 at hotmail.com

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  67. my favourites are always changing but I really like Kelley Armstrong and Erin Bow

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  68. Lesley Livingston - I absolutely ADORE her books!

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  69. I haven't read any books of any of these authors but i would like to read one of Giles Blunt's books.

    Thanks for the giveaway!

    kaylie-kay@live.com

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  70. It has to be Kelley Armstrong!!
    :D
    Thanks for teh giveaway!!
    Xx
    pranali_nk04@yahoo.com

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  71. I love kelley armstrong!

    strandedhero(at)gmail(dot)com

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  72. Stacey Kennedy, lover her

    june111(at)att(dot)net

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  73. I love Lesley Livingston! (:
    Wondrous Strange is amazing.

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  74. I'm a big fan of Kelley Armstrong, I love her works :D and also of Lesley Linvingston although I haven't got the chance to read Wondrous Strange yet :/

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