Prompted by my friend Jennifer Hubbard (debut author of THE SECRET YEAR - read her Story Secrets here!), I am joining the Library Blog Challenge. Basically, it's this:
For every unique user* comment on this post between now and 5pm PST on Saturday (March 27), I will donate $1, up to $300, to my local library (Seattle Public Library, a truly amazing collection!). Plus my sweetheart will match the total for double the library love (thank you, honey!)!
*It's just one comment per person, but you can spread the word by linking to this post, tweeting, inviting friends...and be sure to check out all
of the Libary Blog Challenge participants (and share the library wealth) over at Jenn's blog.And NOW, for the PRIZES!
I will select one random commenter to receive a TELL ME A SECRET prize pack, including a CD from Universal Hall Pass (music that inspired the book), a TMAS excerpt, handmade TMAS magnets (made by me!), and the limited edition bookmark...
Check in next week to find out if you're a winner!
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Yay! I love it when people support libraries too. I support my library regularly, because they have a wide range of books. Loooove it.
ReplyDeleteWhat a generous thing to do! And I LOVE the Seattle Public Library. Books, research assistance, DVDs, free use of the Oxford English Dictionary... it is an incredible, incredible resource.
ReplyDeleteI went to that geometrically eccentric library in Seattle once with a couple of students from China in tow. I longed to browse but we had to press on. Maybe I'll make it back someday...
ReplyDeleteIt's fantastic to support your local library. Let's see, my secret is that I exercise so I can eat more chocolate. ;)
ReplyDeletebtw - also retweeted
Have a fab day.
Libraries nurture
ReplyDeleteWith books and much more
Who knows the surprises
That they'll have in store?
Thanks for supporting
Our local libraries
People like you
Are as good as the fairies.
Wow that sounds like an awesome prize pack!
ReplyDeleteI really need to visit the Seattle library - it looks so cool!!
ReplyDeleteYay for libraries!!
Libraries are one of our best resources going forward. Thanks. 4IQREQD
ReplyDeleteI love libraries!
ReplyDeleteThanks for participating!!!
ReplyDeleteJenn Hubbard
This is great! Most libraries are in dire straights right now! I know the Ohio libraries can use all the help they can get!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great and generous idea, Holly. I'm excited to read TMAS and to meet you at SCBWI-WWA as well.
ReplyDeleteLovely and generous post. I just put mine up, so here's to success for each of us.
ReplyDeleteHolly - hats off to you and hugs!
ReplyDeletethanks to you and your honey for supporting libraries! you're super sweet!
ReplyDeleteHolly, you are so cool! (And so's your sweetheart!) I'm really impressed with this way to support your library, and it's got my mind racing. We're having serious challenges to our LA libraries, too, and we're trying everything we can to save them!
ReplyDeleteThanks for all you do,
Namaste,
Lee
Wow, what an awesome library!
ReplyDeleteYour library looks amazing! Good luck with your challenge!
ReplyDeleteI LOVE our library. Thanks for doing this, Holly!
ReplyDeleteThanks for participating, Holly!
ReplyDeleteMy library-supporting blog entry can be found here: http://bit.ly/ilovelibraries
As a library student I am enamoured with the idea of visiting SPL someday.
ReplyDeleteAwesome cause =D
I'm commenting!!!
ReplyDeleteLove libraries! Thanks, Holly!
ReplyDelete“When people who can read and write start fighting on behalf of people who can’t, you just end up with another kind of stupidity. If you want to help them, build a big library or something somewhere, and leave the doors open.”~Terry Pratchett, Interesting Times.
ReplyDeleteThanks for supporting libraries!
ReplyDelete“Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations.”
ReplyDeleteHenry David Thoreau
Yay, libraries! I just joined the challenge on my blog, too.
ReplyDeleteMichelle
Ooo -- prize pack! Awesomesauce. You, and libraries, rule!
ReplyDeleteHi library-loving blogger! I wish my library was bigger so it could hold more books!
ReplyDeleteHere is my challenge:
http://taffyscandy.blogspot.com/2010/03/library-loving-blog-challenge.html
And a prize pack too!!!!!! Spreading the library love! :o)
ReplyDeleteYay, library love! Go, Holly! Can't wait for TELL ME A SECRET!
ReplyDeleteHurrah to another participant! Yay for libraries!
ReplyDeleteI love libraries. I remember, when I was about six years old, going to the Kingston Community Library for the first time. It's a little teeny hole in the wall library in the Kingston Community Center. But it's wall to wall books, and I LOVED that books were EVERYWHERE! They had the coolest kids section too. I'm so excited you're doing this Holly! You rock my socks for supporting the Seattle Public Library!
ReplyDeleteWhat a cool way to support your library. I love it! I feel so very lucky that Fargo built our new library right next door to city hall - my work. When I feel stressed I run next door and instantly feel better.
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful library!
ReplyDeleteGo Holly! Thanks for commenting on mine, too!
ReplyDeleteI'm at my local library at least twice a week. And despite that, I always have fines. Doing my part to keep the system going!
ReplyDeleteYay for libraries! Thanks for doing this challenge :).
ReplyDeleteLove libraries. Thanks for supporting them. :) Molly
ReplyDeleteThanks for doing such a great job at helping your library!
ReplyDeleteYAY libraries! Couldn't live without 'em.
ReplyDeleteHooray for libraries!
ReplyDeletecoll
Hope you get the 300 comments. This is great thing to do.
ReplyDeleteWhat an amazing challenge. We ♥ our library!
ReplyDeleteSo cool! I'm a total library aficionado!!! Plus would love to win your book!
ReplyDeleteHi Holly! I can't wait to read you book, and I hope I win the prize package. :) Music that inspired the book... how exciting! Thanks for the supporting the library. The girls and I are frequent flyers at the Ballard branch. -Kim P.
ReplyDeleteI love libraries! The saddest thing these days is walking into a school and finding out they don't have a library. Teachers just supply their own books. SO sad. Good Job Holly!
ReplyDeleteHey so rumor has it that you will donate a dollar for to the library for every comment left? Okay well here is mine
ReplyDeletehay girl hay! ;) Great to see people doing good for others!
You and your sweetheart rock! And so do libraries. xoxo
ReplyDeleteSeattle Public Library is beautiful (Love the glass!), versatile, involved in the community -- it's the place to be.
ReplyDeleteOooh, 50 comments now! Yay for libraries! Thank you, everyone!
ReplyDeleteHolly, you are just too awesome! Thanks for supporting the Seattle Public Library!
ReplyDeleteHooray for libraries, and hooray for you!
ReplyDeleteCarmela
What an awesome donation. Libraries have always been a bit of a sanctuary to me. Thanks for your generous spirit!
ReplyDeleteVery cool. Libraries rock!
ReplyDeleteYay that you're doing this! How very cool!
ReplyDeleteRegarding Jennifer Hubbard's book, my daughter and I first read about it at Nathan B's blog. We both wanted to read it, so we picked it up this week. She's reading first and says it's awesome! :)
Lots of library love! We're doing the challenge as well: http://texassweethearts.blogspot.com/2010/03/library-loving-blog-challenge.html
ReplyDeleteHow great of you to do this! And enjoy everything surrounding your new book.
ReplyDeleteVery awesome that you're willing to do this! =D
ReplyDeleteI just found out about the challenge and believe it's the best I've ever heard. Donating money for such a great cause, so creative!
ReplyDeleteThis is such a great idea! YOU rock :-D.
ReplyDeleteHooray for library looooooove!
ReplyDeleteGood luck with the challenge, Holly, and congrats on the upcoming book release! How exciting :)
ReplyDeleteThree cheers for public libraries. Hooray! Huzzah! Hahzoo! ...or something like that :)
ReplyDeleteLibrarians everywhere thank you!
ReplyDeleteHi, Holly! Great challenge - thanks!
ReplyDelete-Kristin Tubb
This is a great idea. I try to support my local libraries too because they're so important. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteI'm a KCLS fan myself, but money for books is good no matter where it goes! :) Nice idea, Holly.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on your book. I'm a school librarian (k-8) so if you're going to be in Los Angeles, look me up. It's great that you are supporting your library!!!
ReplyDeleteThis is great!
ReplyDeleteTell Me a Secret looks excellent. I look forward to picking it up this summer. Thanks for doing this. Libraries really need our support now during this tough economic climate. I'm thrilled to see how many people are participating!
ReplyDeleteYay for libraries (and yay for your first review I just saw!)
ReplyDeleteYAY libraries! I'm inspired!
ReplyDeleteYou totally rock, Holly. How generous! Thank goodness for libraries!
ReplyDeleteThis is such a generous idea!! Yay!! Thank you so much for doing this! The TMAS prize also look quite..exciting!!!! ;) Linked you at my blog :D
ReplyDeleteWow that is truly generous. The SPL is such a wonderful, active system. Makes me wish I lived there!
ReplyDeleteI've gotta comment on this post, too, because I REALLY want to see one of those magnets in person.
ReplyDeleteThis just shows how entrenched I am with publishing right now...when you said your sweetheart was matching funds, my first thought was that it was your agent!!! :)
ReplyDeleteYay! Libraries! Thank you for your support!
ReplyDeleteSuch a generous gift! The Seattle Public Library is lucky to have you! (But perhaps not as lucky as you are to have it!)
ReplyDeleteLibraries are amazing places!
ReplyDeletePst! I love libraries.
ReplyDeleteI am branch manager of a small library & I know how important it is to get a donation to the already very limited funds. Libraries are SO necessary in today's world, even though many really don't think so. This is an awesome thing that you are doing! If I win, I actually think I will "pay it forward" & add the book to my collection & probably give the other stuff as prizes @ a future event. Awesome thing you are doing here.... YAY!
ReplyDeleteIf I try to imagine a world without libraries I lie awake at night in a cold sweat. Let's do all we can to make sure such a future never materializes!
ReplyDeleteI think this is a brilliant idea! Wishing you the best of luck hitting your goal!!!!
ReplyDeleteCindy
Oh how I adore the library love that is being spread around!! Lots of love to you for participating! It's such a great idea :)
ReplyDeleteLibraries are the happiest places on earth.
ReplyDeleteThis is a great cause! The library is one of my most favorite places to go :)
ReplyDeleteOooh I love this! I live right up the street from a fabulous library!!
ReplyDeleteEvery town, no matter how big or small, should have a library.
ReplyDeleteIt's great that you're doing this. My library-loving post is at www.ishtamercurio.blogspot.com
I love libraries!
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ReplyDeleteAs a middle school librarian, I frequently utilize SPL's resources (including their amazing staff). Thanks for supporting them! BTW, I'm looking forward to reading your upcoming novel!
ReplyDeleteRaising awareness and money side by side. Rocking, Holly! Here in LA we're possibly facing horrible cuts in service, too. We need libraries more than ever, not less. Here's to making a difference!
ReplyDeleteI can't imagine life without public libraries like SPL (and King County Library System, if I may add). In addition to good old-fashioned books, I'm a heavy user of the reference databases and love tapping the inter-library loan process when needed. Thanks for drawing attention to this resource.
ReplyDeleteWhat an awesome thing to do for libraries!
ReplyDeleteAs a librarian, I really appreciate you doing this challenge! I know your own library will love it too.
ReplyDeleteAs a child I often went to the public library. In fact my brothers and sisters and I went every Saturday. We loved their story hour. Thanks for what you’re doing to support the library. What a fantastic idea—thanks to you for what you’re doing.
ReplyDeleteI will throw in my two cents - the Seattle Library is gorgeous and sometimes when people have a gorgeous library they forget that it takes moolah to keep it that way! Librarians in Wisconsin say hi and good work!
ReplyDeleteWhat an awesome thing to do for your library. Kudos to you and your hubby! I wish my library had a great teen section. They renovated the library not too many years ago, and it's gorgeous now. The kids' section is enormous, bright, colorful and stocked. The teen section is four rows downstairs in the dark area near the computers and non-fiction. :)
ReplyDeleteOooh, Seattle has a great library. I will be in Seattle this summer for the Association of Jewish Libraries conference in July!
ReplyDeleteGreat idea. I practically live at my public library on my days off. 8) So far they don't seem to have gotten tired of the barrage of purchase recommendations I keep giving them....
ReplyDeleteLibraries are like a second home for me, so it gives me pleasure to leave a comment. Great idea, Holly. I am also thrilled to hear that Jennifer Hubbard has a book!
ReplyDeleteHugs,
Cat Bauer
I'm at the library almost every other day. They are so valuable to our communities. LA is trying to cut back on its libraries services. I don't think they realize how important they are. Your generosity is wonderful. Good luck!
ReplyDeleteWonderful Cause
ReplyDeleteWell done all.
With a smile
Ita Roche Author & Lover of Simple Words
http://www.ita-simplewords.blogspot.com
Great job Holly! Hope you and your hubby can pay the full amount! Remember, today's rain is bringing us our spring flowers :) Love - Arlene
ReplyDeleteHi Holly! This is a grand thing and I'm oh-so-happy to help you work toward your goal! Seattle PL rocks! All best, Sarah (Blue Slip Media)
ReplyDeleteI couldn’t live without libraries.
ReplyDeleteI'm participating in the library blog challenge, though I've gotten a bit of a late start:
Michael Crichton’s Recommended Reading – Library Promo
Hope you make your goal :)
ReplyDeleteAwesome work - libraries are essential! Reading your book right now and really enjoying it. :)
ReplyDeleteLibraries rule.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for doing this! Reading always needs a boost.
ReplyDeleteThat downtown Seattle library is outstanding. I had such a good time visiting the NYPL when I was there for the conference - it's so beautiful.
ReplyDeleteIn Bellevue, they have taken out all high school librarians to save money. A step over the cliff in my view... i hope we can recover.
You are doing a great thing here. Go, Holly!
Huzzah! for libraries and forthcoming titles!
ReplyDeleteI hope TMAS will live long and prosper.
Darcy
What a great thing to do. Libraries have been an important part of my life, and some of my best memories are from visiting the library. Luckily my library system doesn't seem to have been hit hard yet, but reading about the budget cuts at libraries nationwide is frightening.
ReplyDeleteLibraries are merely important if you value your past enough to not allow the knowledgeable teachers hiding inside pages to fall into decay. Libraries are only just important if you value your present enough to research the possibilities for your future or enjoy an entertaining read to get you through the day. Libraries are important only if you value these types of freedom for everybody.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Holly and friends, for helping to preserve the best of our human-made resources: libraries!
Laura Evans
all things poetry
Thank you so much for supporting libraries! I still remember our very enjoyable conversation on the Boston train during ALA.
ReplyDeleteI should have my mail sent to the library because i'm sure i am there more than i am at home. My kids BEG me to take them to the library. I can't think of a better place to donate funds
ReplyDeleteAll this library love makes me so happy! Good luck with your challenge!
ReplyDeleteI love libraries!
ReplyDeleteHi Holly! We went to the Seattle library during my birthday trip last year, and LOVED it! What a neat place! Best of luck with your promotion! :)
ReplyDelete-Carolee
I think heaven is a library. I hope it is, anyway. With a Starbucks. And maybe a Cinnabon.
ReplyDeleteThanks for being such a great proponent of the written word, Holly!
awesome awesome awesome
ReplyDeleteSteun geven aan bibliotheken is altijd een zeer goed doel en ik vind het dan ook fantastisch dat je je hiervoor inzet, Holly! Daar komt nog bij dat de downtown bibliotheek door een Nederlandse architect is ontworpen, dus ik ben groot fan. Ik kijk erg uit naar je boek.
ReplyDeleteThanks for supporting a library.
ReplyDeletejlansky(at)comcast(dot)com
We love the library! Thank you Holly for helping support this beautiful gift to society!
ReplyDeleteWe love the books and libraries. We're also participating in the challenge.
ReplyDeletehttp://marinecorpsnomads.com/2010/03/2010-library-loving-blog-challenge.html
This comment is nothing if not unique. Thanks for doing this!
ReplyDeleteGo Seattle Library! Great idea!
ReplyDeleteAwesoming cool of you to do!!!!! They are a lucky library.
ReplyDeleteWonderful idea, Holly! Happy to help contribute to libraries, and the Seattle one is a very cool one!
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ReplyDeleteThank you for the comments, everyone! It's very exciting to see so much support for libraries!
ReplyDeleteYeah auntie!
ReplyDeleteYay for libraries! I still have my first library card, which I got as soon as I could sign my name!
ReplyDeleteI heart libraries!
ReplyDeleteWay to go! Love you bunches, Mom
ReplyDeleteWe're proud of you! Love, Dad!
ReplyDeleteWhat you guys are doing is so wonderful. Happy to be a part of it!
ReplyDeleteI like libraries.
ReplyDeleteAck! I'm completely late to the party, but anything for the libraries!!
ReplyDeleteLibraries are such an important part of a community! I love that there are still people out there supporting libraries!
ReplyDeleteyou have my full support - libraries rock
ReplyDeleteI heart libraries! Save the libraries!
ReplyDeleteIt's late, it's late, but there's nothing like a library, as of yet.
ReplyDeleteHooray for libraries!
ReplyDeleteI am so thrilled and grateful that you're doing this! It sounds like all of us here are "power users" of the library, as well as book buyers. It's especially helpful, though, when people generously share some money with their libraries. I work at the downtown library in Seattle, and I seriously believe I have the best job in the world because very day I get to help people find books to enjoy. Thank you, Holly!!!!
ReplyDeleteLibraries RULE! And this one is one of the best!
ReplyDeleteAll my favorite things -- libraries and the Cupalas! Go Holly!!!
ReplyDeleteI love libraries and everything in them - this is wonderful!
ReplyDeleteThe book sounds very appealing! I am adding it to my Goodreads list.
ReplyDeleteHappy to support libraries, always.
ReplyDeleteGreat idea. Libraries need love.
ReplyDeleteI love libraries, it gave me my first job because I spent too much time there and they keep my mom working. Much love to Middlesex Public Library!
ReplyDeleteHooray for Libraries and the people who love them!
ReplyDeleteI love libraries and it's so generous of you to do this!
ReplyDeleteWhoot for libraries and for your generosity!
ReplyDeleteLibrarians at the Seattle library were so helpful when I was doing some long-distance research for a book. Happy to join the shout-out.
ReplyDeleteHi from a library lover in Louisville ... looks like an awesome library you have there, I'll have to visit and check it out!
ReplyDeleteLovin' the library! I'm a long way from Seattle these days (sniff, sniff) but when a friend tells me to check out an awesome blog and a library gets money, I'm all for it.
ReplyDeleteLibraries good! Seattle good! Me like!
ReplyDeleteI cannot live without books.
ReplyDeleteThomas Jefferson
Thank you so much! Local libraries need all the help that they can get, and when it comes from a local author, it gets good attention.
ReplyDeleteMost of my early reading experiences were connected with the Northeast Branch Library in North Seattle (go Gayle Richardson!).
ReplyDeleteI loved reading in the library as a child. I remember trying to win a summer reading contest when I was in 4th grade.
ReplyDeleteThanks to everyone for supporting Holly and supporting public libraries. Ready access to books, especially for those who can't afford them, is critical for giving people opportunities to learn and grow.
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