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We’re feeling the holiday spirit here at Vampire Book Club. Family’s in town. There are delicious foods in the kitchen.
To add to our Christmas celebration, we asked some of our favorite authors to share what goodies would top their characters’ wishlists. Some are practical, others hilarious. All will make you smile this Christmas Eve.
Nicole Peeler on JANE TRUE
1) New Converse
2) Gift certificate to Read it and Weep
3) A panini press to make tuna melts
4) The affections of a certain, hardheaded barghest.
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Carolyn Crane on JUSTINE JONES
For Christmas, Justine wants SO BADLY for her father to promise to come to her upcoming wedding. He is a total germ freak and almost never leaves his house. It would mean so much to her if he said he would go, but she has told him he can’t wear his biohazard suit or level four respirator to the wedding. He has to dress like a normal person. So it’s a little iffy…
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Sophie Jordan on JACINDA
What would top Jacinda’s (FIRELIGHT) wishlist?
That’s simple. WILL!!
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Jeannie Holmes on ALEX and VARIK
Only two things top the wish lists for my characters. Alex would want the corruption charges against her to be dropped and the upcoming FBPI inquiry to go away. Varik would wish for the same but add having Alex accept her engagement ring again and agree to marry him.
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Jason Henderson on ALEX VAN HELSING
I think Alex Van Helsing would probably get a lot of use out of two things: 1) a pair of light-weight night-vision goggles, light enough to pass for sunglasses, that included infrared so that they could pick up a cold vampire against the evening air, and also 2) a gift certificate good for a couple of hours with a therapist or some other similarly well-trained person, not for therapy or anything but just to give him advice on which of the various women in his life he should be paying the most attention to. Because that stuff is deadly.
Get the book: Alex Van Helsing: Vampire Rising
And, now, because we can’t give our favorite characters a little something, we have a contest — AN INTERNATIONAL CONTEST — for you. We know the Winter Book Preview giveaways are mostly limited to those living in the U.S. and Canada. To make it up to our fabulous international readers, we’re going to give one person any book featured in the 2011 Winter Book Preview (see the full list of authors/books here). You get to pick one book, we’ll pre-order it. The only caveat is that the Book Depository must ship to your location.
John Cusack or Georgina Kincaid's boss and archdemon Jerome?
So, what do you have to do to earn a chance at your pick of awesome titles like Shadowfever, The Iron Witch and This Side of the Grave?
It doesn’t have to be the main character. (I’d probably pick some kitschy John Cusack thing for Jerome from the Georgina Kincaid series.)
CONTEST DETAILS AND RULES
1. You must leave a comment answering the question above.
2. This contest is only open to anyone in the world. (International readers, rejoice!)
3. Contest is closes at 11:59 p.m. CST on Saturday, Jan 1, 2011.
4. The winner will be selected using Random.org and announced on Jan 2. Then they will be contacted via email and given 48 hours to claim their prizes. If we do not hear from the winner(s) within that time, new winner(s) will be selected.
6. Entrants must be at least 13 years old, or have their parent’s permission to enter this contest. Please review our privacy policy, if you have any questions as to how Vampire Book Club uses your information. (Short version: we’ll only use it to contact you for this contest.)
7. Though unlikely, Vampire Book Club has the right to change or cancel any giveaway at any time without prior notice.
id have to say id buy Finn from TygerTyger a new pack with a large suply ducttape and all the things hed need for him to travle ect cause duct tape comes in handy
if i had to go with a vamp character really would be too hard to chose just one lol
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Hm, that’s though but I probably will buy a nice dress cloak for Ron Weasley after that sad-uglier-than-my-granny’s-old-sweater cloak 🙂
Thanks for the opportunity
Lynossa
I will give Dash from Dash & Lily’s Book of Dares an OED! (Oxford English Dictionary) because… it’s on his wishlist. 😀
umm… even if this probably is totaly unpossible, I’d try to get Damon from Vampire Diaries his immortality back since he turned into a human again in The Return: Shadow Souls, and he didn’t even got that he had to breathe al the time, so he’d probably firts be very pissed of and then die if he didn’t become a vampire again 😛
I’d give Bridin of Hold Me Closer, Necromancer six months stock of waffles so she can repay the Harbinger who helped her and Samhain!
Thank you for this! I’d like to win The Iron Witch by Karen Mahoney!
I would give William Shakespeare from The Sorceress (the 3rd book of The Secret of Immortal Nicholas Flamel-Michael Scott) a free voucher of spa, haircut coupons and new clothes as one package .
He needs to clean himself. So he can stop hurting everyone nose with his body odor.
Sonny from Lesley Livingston’s Wondrous Strange series has been on my mind this Christmas. I love the story of Sonny and his firecracker!
For Christmas I would get him a dog. After all he has been through, he deserves a companion to stick by his side. Plus, I got a puppy for Christmas and he is the best present I could have ever wished for.
I would give Merit from the Chicagoland Vampires series food! She REALLY loves food so I think this is the best gift for her!
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Excellent question
I would give Bella from the Twilight series The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan – just sayin : )
or I would give ME to Fin from Jennifer Estep’s Elemental Assassins series
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For Dimitri Belikov (Vampire Academy series) I’d get him a weekend vacation in a CABIN! 😀 Awesome gift EVER!!! =)
For Ethan from Chicagoland vampires, i would get him a blow up doll with merit’s face on it.
And for Trella from Inside out, I would give her a free pass to the nasa space station haha
Ohh and i really almost desperately want This side of the grave hehe
I would get Kate of the Kate Daniels series by Ilona Andrews the ability to parcel power out to others and improve the warrior forms of the alphas in Curran’s clan so that they would become better looking! 🙂 More fluffy fur instead of tattered. Proportionate body parts. Beautiful!
I’d give Mac from the Fever series a massive supply of batteries and flashlights. I think she’d appriciate them!! 😉
I’d give Dimitri Belikov from the Vampire Academy a new duster,since he likes them so much.^^ I’m pretty sure the last time his duster was mentioned,it was lost.
And Dimitri wouldn’t be himself without one.:)
I would get Jane a sandwich shop coupon 😉
Those were some cute lists, Thanx 😉
Hmmmm…. I think I’d get Peeta a French cooking book 🙂 With beautiful illustrations, and I’d put notes on my favorites recipes ^^
I would buy Erin Northman a loofa because we all know how much he enjoys a good shower 🙂
I would give Harry Dresden a hat just like the one on the Chris McGrath covers because he doesn’t have a hat.
For Jace (From the “Mortal Instruments” series) I would give him a dad who was a) actually his dad (and not someone just pretending to be his dad) and b) a not evil guy trying to take over the entire world… 😉
Merry Christmas!
I’d give John & Xhex (from Lover Mine by J.R. Ward)an undisturbed month vacation ALONE. I wish everyone else the joy of family, don’t take it for granted that they will always be there. Happy Christmas!
I’d get Mat from The Wheel of Time a glass eye. He needs one now.
I would say I would get Edward Cullen me for Christmas lol.Please enter me in contest. Tore923@aol.com
I would give Paige from Kelley Armstrong’s Women of the Otherworld series a new spellbook!
I would give edward cullen a gift certificate to a tanning salon. Thanks.
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I’ll get Damon a tuxedo for dancing with me. I still remember the dancing with Elena in the first season. wow! Though, he’s great whatever he wears.
I would give Severus Snape some shampoo. Poor guy, I think he would be more popular if his hair wasn’t so greasy.
I thin I would get Cassie from Matched a big book of poetry as she seems to like verse and has so little of it. It should really make her day.
Thanks for the International giveaway.
Carol T
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I would give Finn the key to Incarceron 🙂
I’d get Dimitri (from Vampire Academy) a new duster since he lost his in Last Sacrifice and because he loves those western novels so much – a cowboy hat and the DeLorean from Back to the Future so he can whiz back to the wild, wild west and live out his secret fantasies 😉
I would like to put together a gift package for Kitty Katt from Gini Koch’s Alien series (Touched by an Alien, Alien Tango): I would put in her gift basket some extra strong hair spray (they always come handy to fight fugly aliens), some Converse with a cool funky design (a girl’s got to be able to run..), an Aerosmith Unplugged Best of CD and a concert T-shirt. And maybe just to spice up things a bit: a saucy dice or card game with sexy tasks: give me a hot massage, spell something on my body with your tongue, etc. 😀
Thank you so much for the fantastic giveaway and for making it international!! :-))
Happy holidays, merry Christmas!
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I would undo the damage done to Neville Longbottom’s parents and make sure they all lived happily ever after:D
Thank you for the fantabulous contest!
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I would give Larissa Ione’s Wraith a mother that loved him even after the hell his father put her through.
I would give Edward Cullen some make-up to hide his sparkling skin…
I would give Dimitri from the Vampire Academy a western novel since he loves to read them.
I would give Oliver from The Morganville Vampire books a book called How to win friends and influence people by Dale Carnegie, for obvious reasions!!
I’d give Mercy from Patty Briggs’s Mercy Thompson series a lifetime supply of cell phones as she’s always breaking or lsoing hers. 😛
I’d give Kaylee from Rachel Vincent’s Soul Screamers a new boyfriend.
I would give Merit from the Chicagoland Vampire Series a dozen boxes full of chocolate. Since is is immortal now, like she said she can’t get fat so she can eat all she wants. I think chocolate would light up her eyes and she would go into a chocolate craze, lock herself in her room and be on lockdown until all the chocolates were finished off….hahaha. Chocolate can make a girl go crazy…haha.
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I think I would give Acheron- of the Dark Hunter series one day of peace no fighting – would say a whole year but thats impossible with the Damions.
I think I’d give Claire from Diana Gabaldon’s “Outlander” series an entire set of history and medical books from the years 1700-2000. Could help with some of the issues she comes across.
Thanks for the giveaway,
Jules
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I think I’d give Jane True from Nicole Peeler’s “Tempest” series a box of my homemade pecan pie bourbon balls and a bottle of champagne from one of our local vineyards. Thanks for the giveaway!
Id giv Dimitri from vampire academy a trip to anywer in the world for 2 weeks ;D
id lov to win my soul to steal by rachel vincent
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P.S. gues what? Imdoing all this on my e-reader i got from santa lol bye
I would buy Sterling Chase from Lara Adrian’s Midnight Breed Warrior series another chance at love…with me. Taha!
BTW Vamp Book Club. Just wanted to wish you a very Merry Xmas and a Fantastic New Year!
I’ve recently started having a one-sided e-love affair with Kinsey Milhone from Sue Grafton’s alphabet series. And the first thing I’d do is buy the woman a damn cell phone, right after I dragged her into the 21st century!!! I love that this series still takes place in the eighties because it makes for GREAT plots and character development but damn there are times I wish she just had a phone!!!
I would give Grace from The Dark Divine a set of assorted nail polish!
Wow, I think I’d buy Rose from Vampire Academy a stress ball. She needs it. Desperately. XD