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reviews_and_ramblings ([personal profile] reviews_and_ramblings) wrote2012-11-23 10:21 am

My blog's 6th anniversary and Rainbow Awards pre-party

So another year is gone, and my Journal is now 6 years old :-) Since end of November is also really near the time when the Rainbow Awards will wrap up nicely (on December 8th) this year I want to have a joint party! So I asked to many of the authors in this year contest to be generous and donate a book or two... and the answer was overwhelming: 243 among print and ebooks!

But this time you have to "earn" your prize and so there is a "little" treasure hunt: nothing complicated but you need to complete a chain made of Title-Word-Definition-Cover-Number. How? I will try to explain LOL

We have 243 book titles, you can find them here:

The Books: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1805679.html (mirrored here if you don't have a LJ account to comment and you are not friend on LJ: http://reviews-and-ramblings.dreamwidth.org/3359348.html)

from each title I extracted a word, but be careful, same word can match more titles, BUT there is an unique matching (example, if I have two titles, Love Story and Story of Me, "story" match both titles, but probably, from the first title I took "Love" and from the second I took "Story". Your job to discover the right matching ;-)). You can find the words here:

The Words: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1805826.html (mirrored here if you don't have a LJ account to comment and you are not friend on LJ: http://reviews-and-ramblings.dreamwidth.org/3359509.html)

to each word corresponds a definition. The definition refers to single word (even if the word is plural) or not conjugated verb (even if the word is a conjugated verb). You can find the definitions here:

The Definitions: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1806109.html (mirrored here if you don't have a LJ account to comment and you are not friend on LJ: http://reviews-and-ramblings.dreamwidth.org/3359969.html)

Once you have the matching Book-Word-Definition, you need to go and search for the Cover here:

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.446587205375367.103212.100000722741394&type=1&l=1a717d4880 (if you don't have a Facebook account, you can try and find the Cover browsing this tag: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/rainbow%20awards%202012 but you have to scroll down a lot of entries ;-))

view the right cover, on the comment section there is a comment by me (Elisa Reviews) with a link to a post on LJ (Rainbow Awards: Current Submissions). Open the link and see what number was assigned to that book in that post.

Comment on THIS post (not on THAT post with the Current Submissions), sending me: Book Title-Word-Definition-Number. You can pick one book per day, if tomorrow there will be still available book, I will assign them. So you can send me more matching but first in-first out, you will win the first right matching still available book.

Exception, for the Book marked as New () there is no Cover/Number, so once you have the matching Book Title-Word-Definition, you can leave the comment.

And now, lets the party start! Enjoy and good luck with your hunt!

[personal profile] notmanos 2012-11-24 03:37 am (UTC)(link)
I hate to be greedy, but ... Blacker Than Black, absence or deficiency of light, #212.

(Anonymous) 2012-11-24 05:30 am (UTC)(link)
I won a book yesterday, so this is my pick for today for unpicked books! I've been having fun!

Lisa Worrall - Unshakeable Faith
FAITH
- confidence or trust in a person or thing
- 200

Juliana
OceanAkers @ aol.com
whitestar: (Default)

[personal profile] whitestar 2012-11-24 05:48 am (UTC)(link)
I hope I'm allowed to choose another book now since it's the 24th and I picked on the 23rd? If so, here is my choice. Thank you, this is a cool contest :)

Allison Cassatta - Patient Privilege –
PRIVILEGE
- a right, immunity, or benefit enjoyed only by a person beyond the advantages of most
- #406

penumbrareads(at)gmail(dot)com

Book contest

(Anonymous) 2012-11-24 07:56 am (UTC)(link)
Hi, today is not to lake to participate right?

Anne Tenino - Frat Boy and Toppy
FRAT
- a local or national organization of male students, primarily for social purposes, usually with secret initiation

257

Natzu
anzumerlin[at]mail.ru

Congrats to the 6th Anniversary

(Anonymous) 2012-11-24 08:34 am (UTC)(link)
So here is my guess:
Chris Quinton - Paradox
PARADOX
a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth
316

Elli

elaynelost at yahoo dot de

book contest

(Anonymous) 2012-11-24 08:45 am (UTC)(link)
That was for a long time on my wishlist :)
Sidecar
SIDECAR
a small car attached on one side to a
motorcycle and supported on the other side by a wheel of its own
460

phdingo@web.de

second day

[personal profile] aurenenfae 2012-11-24 08:53 am (UTC)(link)
A new day, so I hope today it works out better for me :)

Z.A. Maxfield - The Pharaoh's Concubine -CONCUBINE - a woman who cohabits
with a man to whom she is not legally married 201

Hunt second day

(Anonymous) 2012-11-24 09:11 am (UTC)(link)
Second try:
Jay Bell
From darkness to darkness -DARKNESS - absence or deficiency of
light 414

moonsurfer123ATgmailDOTcom

so I've tried to win that one yesterday but alas....

(Anonymous) 2012-11-24 09:29 am (UTC)(link)
Chained Hearts
HEARTS
a hollow, pumplike organ of blood circulation, composed mainly of rhythmically contractile smooth muscle
436

Hope

Hoffnung26(at)yahoo.de

(Anonymous) 2012-11-24 09:33 am (UTC)(link)
Oops - let me try again ...


Blacker Than Black, - lacking hue and brightness; absorbing light without reflecting any of the rays composing it, #212.

By the way, that was me ...

[personal profile] notmanos 2012-11-24 09:34 am (UTC)(link)
I wasn't logged in. (Sorry.)

Second day guess

(Anonymous) 2012-11-24 12:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Edmond Manning - King Perry - 214

King - a person who has authority, control, or power over others; a master, chief, or ruler

andreagrendahl AT gmail DOT com

book hunt

[personal profile] aditu 2012-11-24 01:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Anne Regan - Two Tickets to Paradise

TICKETS - a slip, usually of paper or cardboard, serving as evidence that the holder has paid a fare or admission

158

Re: book hunt

[personal profile] aditu - 2012-11-24 13:41 (UTC) - Expand

second guess

[personal profile] aditu 2012-11-24 02:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, another matching then...

Riding with Heaven

RIDING- to sit on and manage a horse or other animal in motion; be carried on the back of an animal, 444

Happy blog birthday!

(Anonymous) 2012-11-24 02:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Lashings of Sauce
Sauce- any preparation, usually liquid or semiliquid, eaten as a gravy or as a relish accompanying food
#354

Second would be:
Dusk Peterson - Law of Vengeance - LAW- the principles and regulations established in a community by some authority and applicable to its people #370

Gala
galachicks1@gmail.com

Book contest

(Anonymous) 2012-11-24 04:27 pm (UTC)(link)
So I'm not sure about the first one, that's why I searched for another one just in case:

Amy Lane - Chase in Shadow;
CHASE- to follow the track, trail, or scent of; track;
No 160

Cassandra Gold - Sex and the Single Zombie ZOMBIE - the body of a dead person given the semblance of life, but mute and will-less, by a supernatural force

Emma

e_l37@gmx.de

(Anonymous) 2012-11-24 06:33 pm (UTC)(link)
I thought I'd give it a try one last time...lol

Aleksandr Voinov & Amy Lane - Country Mouse – MOUSE - - any of numerous small Old World rodents of the family Muridae, especially of the genus Mus - 297

Verena

vm.1988@gmx.at

(Anonymous) 2012-11-24 08:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Rick R. Reed – Caregiver - CAREGIVER- a person who cares for someone who is sick or disabled - (190)

Jilly

jet119(at)yahoo(dot)com

(no subject)

(Anonymous) - 2012-11-24 21:44 (UTC) - Expand

Contest

(Anonymous) 2012-11-24 08:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Ripper's Daughter-Daughter-a female child or person in relationship to her parents-467


Cinderella and the Lady-Lady-a woman who is refined, polite and well spoken-354

Tammy
tdrollette@rochester.rr.com

(Anonymous) 2012-11-24 09:13 pm (UTC)(link)
I wasn't sure if something was already taken, so here:

Fox Hunt -FOX- any of several carnivores of the dog family, especially those of the genus Vulpes, smaller than wolves (#107)

Isabelle Rowan - Ink
INK- a fluid or viscous substance used for writing or printing (#88)

Shira Anthony - The Melody Thief THIEF- a person who steals, especially secretly or without open force; one guilty of theft or larceny (#410)

Thank you for the fun search!

Ami

shadowrunner1987@gmail.com

Book giveaway!

(Anonymous) 2012-11-24 09:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you Elisa!

Rachel Haimowitz & Cat Grant - Power Play Awakening AWAKENING- rousing; quickening 440

Aleksandr Voinov - Counterpunch- COUNTERPUNCH- a blow given in return or retaliation, as in boxing 59

Phy

Alaskasnow@web.de

Re: Book giveaway!

(Anonymous) - 2012-11-24 21:45 (UTC) - Expand

second try

(Anonymous) 2012-11-24 10:16 pm (UTC)(link)
The Road to Byron
ROAD- a long, narrow stretch with a smoothed or paved surface, made for traveling by motor vehicle, carriage, etc

or

Tied Together
TIED- to bind, fasten, or attach with a cord, string, or the like, drawn together and knotted, 210

Natzu
anzumerlin[at]mail[dot]ru

(Anonymous) 2012-11-24 10:32 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm going for book number three! There are so many great ones left!
Clare London - True Colors
- COLORS
- the quality of an object or substance with respect to light reflected by the object

Thanks for all this!
Juliana
OceanAkers @ aol.com

(Anonymous) 2012-11-24 10:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Still so many nice books :) , so one last time:
Heidi Cullinan - The Pirate's Game- PIRATE - a person who robs or commits
illegal violence at sea or on the shores of the sea
300

Jibriel.O at web dot de

Trying my luck

[identity profile] tamerlorika.livejournal.com 2012-11-24 11:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you so much for all your hard work for our LGBT fiction community!

Lord and Master-LORD-a person who has authority, control, or power over others; a master, chief, or ruler-165

seconds ;)

(Anonymous) 2012-11-24 11:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Is Khyber Run as ebook if it's available for international readers?

Khyber Run

KHYBER- a mountain pass connecting Afghanistan and Pakistan, cutting through the northeastern part of the Spin Ghar mountains

#261

Just in case Khyber Run is not allowed:

Genie's Wish

WISH- to want; desire; long for (usually followed by an infinitive or a clause)

#357

elaynelost(at)yahoo(dot)de

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