Winners - July giveaways pt1

Here is the winner for giveaway that
ended June 30, 2010

Thanks to all contestants!

I will email the winner for mailing address.
Winner, feel free to contact me with your info if you don't get my email
or if you are just too darn excited and want to let me know -- like NOW ;-D

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Alice in Wonderland and Philosophy
edited by Richard Brian Davis
giveaway courtesy of John Wiley & Sons
Winner: Sheila of The Quintessential Magpie
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Just in... a picture of SteamPink winner Aly and her prizes: steampunk hat and book from SteamPink Baggage Car giveway. The hat was a creation from Professor Maelstromme's Steam Lab.

Aly says: The hat is exquisite! You can't see in the pic, but the mass of dark feathery shadow is a whole bird. It's so lovely. :P

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* if not this time, maybe next time

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Persuasion movie

Persuasion (1971)
BBC TV mini-series - 2 episodes
my 1st viewing

Director: Howard Baker
Writer: Julian Mitchell
Based on book: by Jane Austen
Rating: 5

Ann Firbank plays Anne Elliot
Bryan Marshall plays Captain Wentworth

A blip:
Whew!
This is the last review of the DVD set and for Jane in June posts.


Once you get past the hair you'll come to this portrayal of Anne as much as I do. I rather liked this film from the DVD set just as much as Mansfield Park. I have yet to read the original Jane Austen piece and felt that I got more details than from this than from the 2007 movie version which I saw last year.

What I liked best of this film is the passion and dialogue between the couple when they finally reunite. Of course, this happens during the last 20 minutes of the show. But worth the wait.

A bloop:


I also liked the cast for this film. They were well chosen compared to the other 5 films. They fit pretty well. I found this Captain Wentworth rather gallant.

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* my review Persuasion (2007)

* see my Persuasion monster mashup

* image source Anne in green and Wentworth
* image source Wentworth in cape
* image source Anne in blue

* part of my Jane in June

* make sure to check out the main site for Book Rat's - Jane in June for all the reviews, interviews and giveaways galore!!!

Winners - June giveaways pt2

Here are the winners for giveaways that
ended June 14, 2010 - second batch
June 27, 2010

a third batch of steampink winners
will be announced July 31, 2010

Thanks to all contestants!

I will email winners for mailing addresses.
Winners, feel free to contact me with your info if you don't get my email
or if you are just too darn excited and want to let me know -- like NOW ;-D

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Mechanical Rose
by Nathalie Gray
ebook giveaway courtesy of author
Winner: Pearl of Café Pearl
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Soulless
by Gail Carriger
Winner (complimentary): Charlotte of The Book on the Hill
Winner (complimentary): Trisha of MarySew
Winner (complimentary): Shana of Kreating Insecurities
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Tangled in Time
printed ARC giveaway courtesy of author
Winner: ElizabethN
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Courtesy book giveaway from publisher - Quirk:

Android Karenina
by Leo Tolstoy
and Ben H. Winters
Winner: Titania of Fishmuffins of Doom
Winner: Nastassia

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Freebies for you:
please pickup these goodies if you haven't already...

Time Traveler by Calista Taylor (short story)

Steamside Chronicles by Ciar Cullen (ebook)

Steampunk Magazine

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SteamPink schedule

Save the date: Pemberley Ball

Save the date:
Pemberley Ball
November 18-20, 2010

hosted by
the other Mr Darcy

Another ball is being held for those of you who missed your chance to capture Mr Darcy's heart at last year's Pemberley Ball. Ah yes, our Mr Darcy is now in wedded bliss with Elizabeth. But, there is another Darcy who is quite eligible.

Invitations will go out in October.

In comments, tell the other Mr Darcy what you would like to see, hear or do at the upcoming Pemberley Ball. You can make special requests and he'll try to accommodate.

Now listen to a special message from the other Mr Darcy about the ball...



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* excuse my crude humor ;-D

~~- Pemberley Ball schedule -~~

Mummy Maddie

Mummy Maddie
created by Shana of Kreating Insecurities
for giveaway which ends July 31, 2010

Maddie isn't too happy about being a mummy. She has tried various ways to cope with her strange affliction: nice dresses, expensive jewelry and countless perfumes. However, all her efforts are in vain. No matter what she tries, Maddie still feels hollow inside.

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The Mansfield Park mummy is out of the box and I wanted to share her with you. She is so cute, I don't know how Mr Boddy could have possibly been frightened from the likes of her. Perhaps her personality or mood was something to be reckoned with. After all, she can't have been happy lying in a tomb for as long as she had.

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~ Mansfield Park schedule ~