A Circle of Books: Kitty and the Dead Man's Hand, Carrie Vaughn

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Kitty and the Dead Man's Hand, Carrie Vaughn - BLOG Tour and Giveaway

Welcome to the blog tour for:
***please scroll to the very end to see what other bloggers are saying***

Kitty and the Dead Man's Hand and Kitty Raises Hell, by Carrie Vaughn.

Introducing the Author:
Carrie Vaughn had the nomadic childhood of the typical Air Force brat, with stops in California, Florida, North Dakota, Maryland, and Colorado. She holds a Masters in English Literature and collects hobbies-fencing and sewing are currently high on the list. She lives in Boulder, Colorado.

Please also check out Carrie Vaughn's "happening" website here.

Kitty and the Dead Man's Hand.

Description (Warning description might contain spoilers for those that are just starting the series)

HONEYMOON IN VEGAS?

Already the alpha pair of Denver's werewolf pack, Kitty and Ben now plan to tie the knot human-style by eloping to Vegas. Kitty is looking forward to sipping fru-fru drinks by the pool and doing her popular radio show on live TV, but her hotel is stocked with werewolf-hating bounty hunters. Elsewhere on the Strip an old-school magician might be wielding the real thing; the vampire community is harboring a dark secret; and the irresistible star of a suspicious animal act is determined to seduce Kitty. Sin City has never been so wild, and this werewolf has never had to fight harder to save not only her wedding, but her very life.

My review:
I really wanted to join in on the tour and read this series, but started having regrets because I am probably the least likely person to read a book on a werewolf. I didn't even know what the word lycanthrope meant. I don't know the legends, and myths of the whole genre. Yep.. I am a newbie to the werewolf world. But guess what? I enjoyed the book! I read part of the first book in the series to kind of get in the groove of the series and of course due to reading deadlines, I had to jump into the last two books right away for this tour. Hey I liked it!

I am going to read the whole series from beginning to end and review each one. I like Kitty, Ben and the whole werewolf thing. The Vegas setting is familiar to me. Fun books!!! I will continue to read on and enjoy. I also like that they aren't too too scary but just enough suspense for me.

I like the fact that these are cuddle up and read in a night or two. I also like Kitty, she is honest, brave and very cool!

Kitty Raises Hell

Description: (Caution - Description may contain a spoiler for those just starting the series)

In the sixth novel of Vaughn's bestselling series, Kitty and Ben return to their werewolf pack in Denver, only to discover an invisible evil that smells of brimstone has followed them home, leaving a charred trail of death across the city.

And now for the GIVEAWAY!!!

This is for the entire set of books in the Kitty Norville series!

Thank you to Miriam from Hachette for the books for this awesome giveaway.

Kitty and the Midnight Hour
Kitty Goes to Washington
Kitty Takes a Holiday
Kitty and the Silver Bullet
Kitty and the Dead Man's Hand
Kitty Raises Hell

Giveaway Details:
US and Canada Only - NO P.O. Boxes
The books come from Hachette directly.

Drawing to be held on 4/12/2009.

To Enter:
Leave me a comment with your email. As usual that will give you one entry into the random drawing.

Leave me a link to your blog post announcing the contest or your side bar and I will enter your name 5 times for the random drawing or follow my blog. If you already follow then you are all set!

Good luck everyone! Here is a look at the other books. I tell you...getting the series in the mail is very exciting.

63 comments:

tetewa said...: I'd like to be included, count me in! tWarner419@aol.com; March 25, 2009 at 5:46 AM
Sage Ravenwood said...: Awesome Giveaway! Please include me in the drawing. Thanks! Indigo

ravensquietscreams@gmail.com; March 25, 2009 at 7:42 AM
Sage Ravenwood said...: I also follow you on Google Reader. Thanks! Indigo

ravensquietscreams@gmail.com; March 25, 2009 at 7:43 AM
Michelle Olsen Sasak said...: No need to enter me, I just wanted to say that I am so glad to hear that although you weren't a werewolf person, you tried the books anyway and liked them :) Very cool.

My blog tour post is here Unmainstream Mom Reads if you want to add the link to your list :)
-Mo; March 25, 2009 at 8:13 AM
Unknown said...: Count me in:)

bridget3420(at)yahoo(dot)com; March 25, 2009 at 8:27 AM
Unknown said...: I'm already a follower.

bridget3420(at)yahoo(dot)com; March 25, 2009 at 8:27 AM
Kelly said...: No need to enter me either, but I found your blog through the tour and just wanted to say hi! (I love the picture in your header!)

I had a lot of fun with the tour, made up a playlist that I thought Kitty should be listening to and then put it in a music player on my blog. (Presumptuous of me, huh??)

I'm a follower now...love your blog!!
Kelly (The Novel Bookworm, used to be bananas4books.blogspot); March 25, 2009 at 8:29 AM
drey said...: great post! & good for you, trying the series! :); March 25, 2009 at 8:40 AM
Shooting Stars Mag said...: Oh, please enter me for sure. I think these sound like a really fun series and I'd love to check them out. These type of books are often great.

-Lauren
lauren51990 AT aol DOT com; March 25, 2009 at 10:18 AM
Shooting Stars Mag said...: I'm now following,

Lauren

lauren51990 AT aol DOT com; March 25, 2009 at 10:18 AM
Cackleberry Homestead said...: I'm a new follower!; March 25, 2009 at 10:20 AM
bermudaonion said...: I'm not into werewolves either, but your review has convinced me that I should give these books a try. Please enter me. You're in my Google Reader. milou2ster(at)gmail.com; March 25, 2009 at 12:32 PM
Anonymous said...: Please enter me and I'll be sure to blog about it this upcoming Monday!

spiffyish @ hotmail.com; March 25, 2009 at 1:38 PM
Pissenlit said...: Whoa! Awesome giveaway! I love the series but don't actually own any of the books and I've still yet to read Kitty Raises Hell.

un_pissenlit (at) hotmail (dot) com; March 25, 2009 at 3:50 PM
Debs Desk said...: Please include me in your giveaway.
Thanks
debbie
debdesk9@verizon.net; March 25, 2009 at 5:01 PM
Becca said...: Please enter me. I would love to read this series!

I blogged about this here:

http://completepoppycock.blogspot.com/2009/03/here-kitty-kitty.html

thanks
rebecca.bradeen(at)verizon(dot)net; March 25, 2009 at 6:19 PM
Anonymous said...: Please enter me. dasuzuki at yahoo dot com.

I also blogged about it here: http://debbiesworld.wordpress.com/other-book-giveawaysother-book-giveaways/; March 25, 2009 at 9:51 PM
Anonymous said...: Please enter me. Thanks!

tiffanyak1986(at)hotmail(dot)com; March 26, 2009 at 1:10 PM
KR said...: I'd love to win this set!

I follow.

mj.coward[at]gmail.com; March 26, 2009 at 1:30 PM
Unknown said...: Please enter me in the contest. I'm a follower.

nhertel85ATyahooDOTcom; March 26, 2009 at 5:18 PM
Annie1 said...: Fabulous Giveaway!

I'd love to escape into this series of books!

Thanks

nancyrobster@gmail.com; March 26, 2009 at 6:46 PM
Annie1 said...: I follow and subscribe on google reader!

Thanks

nancyrobster@gmail.com; March 26, 2009 at 6:46 PM
Unknown said...: This series sounds like a lot of fun. Please enter me!

jgbeads AT gmail DOT com; March 26, 2009 at 7:15 PM
Unknown said...: I am already a subscriber : )

jgbeads AT gmail DOT com; March 26, 2009 at 7:16 PM
MonieG said...: I've been dying to read this series but only have one book. This would be an awesome win.; March 26, 2009 at 7:34 PM
CherylS22 said...: Looks like an interesting series. I, too, am relatively new to the world of werewolves & would like to read this series from book 1 forward.

Please count me in - Thanks!
megalon22[at]yahoo[dot]com; March 27, 2009 at 8:30 AM
Nicole said...: I'm following this book tour and really want to read this series.; March 27, 2009 at 3:12 PM
kalea_kane said...: Oh Toni! Please enter me! I would love to win this series! I am also a follower, and I am totally posting this giveaway. I'll be back with that link!
Thanks for being a part of this tour and thanks for the chance.

kalea_kane(at)yahoo(dot)com; March 30, 2009 at 12:13 PM
kalea_kane said...: I blogged about your giveaway here, Toni! :) Thanks

http://enroutetolife.blogspot.com/2009/03/buncha-giveaways.html

kalea_kane(at)yahoo(dot)com; March 30, 2009 at 5:32 PM
Dawn M. said...: I love the Kitty books! I have yet to read the last two but I hope to soon. Would love to win this so I could have the whole set. :0)

Thanks!
librarygrinch at gmail dot com; March 30, 2009 at 10:15 PM
Andria said...: Sound like a good series. Thanks for the chance.; March 31, 2009 at 5:43 AM
nfmgirl said...: Oooh, I've been wanting this series! Please count me in.; March 31, 2009 at 8:22 PM
nfmgirl said...: I'm a follower; March 31, 2009 at 8:22 PM
nfmgirl said...: Oops! Don't know if you need my email address in my comment. If so, here it is! Thank you again!

nfmgirl AT gmail DOT com; March 31, 2009 at 8:24 PM
Josef13 said...: Please count me in! :); April 1, 2009 at 4:01 PM
Vanessa said...: Thanks for hosting this great giveaway.

gypsyrover21@yahoo.ca; April 2, 2009 at 5:09 PM
Anita Yancey said...: Love to read the books. Please enter me in your great giveaway. Thanks!

ayancey(at)dishmail(dot)net; April 3, 2009 at 10:09 AM
PhantomMinuet said...: I want to participate!
phantom_minuet@yahoo.com

I've posted promos at my blogs:

http://phantomminuet.livejournal.com/

http://phantomminuet.blogspot.com/; April 3, 2009 at 10:53 AM
webbie said...: I love Kitty! I mean really, a werewolf named Kitty is uber lovable, doncha think?

webshoes1@yahoo.com; April 3, 2009 at 11:54 AM
Ellen C. said...: These look like great reads. Thanks for the chance.

sweetascandy579 at yahoo dot com; April 4, 2009 at 9:15 AM
Melissa Zimmerman said...: This looks like a great series!; April 4, 2009 at 1:09 PM
valerie2350 said...: would love to read this series :); April 4, 2009 at 2:57 PM
valerie2350 said...: new follower; April 4, 2009 at 3:00 PM
valerie2350 said...: blogged here:
http://sweeps4bloggers.blogspot.com/2009/04/circleofbooks-kitty-vaughn-giveaway.html; April 4, 2009 at 3:00 PM
Unknown said...: Posted contest on my sidebar:

http://bridget3420.blogspot.com; April 4, 2009 at 7:04 PM
kathemc(at)gmail(dot)com said...: Would love to win!; April 4, 2009 at 8:30 PM
Unknown said...: I would love to read this series, thanks for the chance to win!

loriandtonytt at comcast dot net; April 5, 2009 at 10:12 AM
ginnn7 said...: i would love to read these books, they sound great. thanks; April 5, 2009 at 2:05 PM
Penelope said...: Thanks for the great reviews, I've been interested in this series for a while. Thanks for hosting the giveaway!

lifessweetpassions {at} gmail {dot} com; April 5, 2009 at 10:02 PM
Selinda said...: Thank you!

selinda_mccumbers at yahoo.com; April 6, 2009 at 7:09 AM
AngelFabs said...: These books sound great!
Adreisinger@aol.com; April 6, 2009 at 6:27 PM
Unknown said...: Count me in - what a fun set!; April 7, 2009 at 8:28 AM
Mari said...: I would love to be entered for these books. Thanks, Toni. :); April 7, 2009 at 4:41 PM
rubynreba said...: Great set of books. Would love to have them. Thanks for the chance.
pbclark(at)netins(dot)net; April 9, 2009 at 8:12 AM
Book Sp(l)ot said...: Oooh, this is a great giveaway! I'd *love* to win :)

book.splot AT gmail DOT com; April 10, 2009 at 3:20 PM
Book Sp(l)ot said...: and I subscribe through Google Reader.; April 10, 2009 at 3:20 PM
Anonymous said...: I love Kitty and would love to own the whole set of books so far. Count me in.

Sue
okibi_insanity[at]yahoo[dot]com; April 10, 2009 at 6:17 PM
Anonymous said...: I blogged about this contest on my LJ:
http://okibi-insanity.livejournal.com/8038.html#cutid1

Sue
okibi_insanity[at]yahoo[dot]com; April 10, 2009 at 6:18 PM
Anonymous said...: I follow via Yahoo reader.

Sue
okibi_insanity[at]yahoo[dot]com; April 10, 2009 at 6:20 PM
Book Sp(l)ot said...: oh, and it's part of my contest sidebar, too :) http://book-splot.blogspot.com/; April 11, 2009 at 9:13 PM
Lerrgoo said...: I'm in : lg4154@yahoo.com; April 12, 2009 at 3:13 PM
Unknown said...: Awesome giveaway! I've been wanting to get into this series, and what better way than with a boatload of freebies :) Thanks for the entry!; April 12, 2009 at 6:36 PM
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