** TLGBRS CONTEST OF ALL CONTESTS! WIN A BRAND NEW BARNES AND NOBLE NOOK SPONSORED BY BECCA FITZPATRICK, AUTHOR OF NYT BESTSELLER- "HUSH, HUSH" **

HERE IT IS!!  THE CONTEST OF ALL CONTESTS- MADE POSSIBLE BY THE LATEINER GANG AND BECCA FITZPATRICK, AUTHOR OF THE NYT BESTSELLER "HUSH, HUSH"

So, here is how it is going down... TLGBRS teamed up with BECCA FITZPATRICK to be able to make our grand prize winner one happy reader.  HOW ABOUT A BRAND NEW BARNES AND NOBLE NOOK & AN ACCESSORY PACK THAT TLGBRS WILL THROW IN??  HOW ABOUT A FEW RUNNERS UP GET THEIR OWN COPY OF "HUSH HUSH"?

That's what we have going on here.  Becca and The Gang are so excited about the Holidays and the New Year that we decided to run the Ultimate Contest of all Contests.

Every single one of us all wants one!  In our opinion, it is the coolest all around e reader that is currently on the market.  It is so backordered, that if you order one today online, it will not even ship out until Jan 15th, 2010!  Forget getting one in the stores, as their shipments have been delayed due to the overwhelming pre ordering.  The Nook is EXTREMELY HARD to come by, and yes, we are giving one away right here!

Learn About The Nook By Clicking On The Pic Below:

NOW, FOR THE CONTEST!

Since the current estimated shipping date for a Nook pre ordered now is currently January 15th, 2010 we are going to make this contest run until the beginning of February. The contest will end at exactly 11:59 p.m. on Friday February 5th, 2010. Then we can begin to get to work on filtering through the entries and picking our lucky grand prize winner and our runner up winners. The contest will be open to those in the US as well as Internationally!

The Entry Rules:

FIRST RULE AND MOST IMPORTANT: YOU MUST BE A FOLLOWER OF OUR SITE. THIS MEANS THAT ON OUR RIGHT SIDEBAR, YOU CAN CLICK "FOLLOW" TO FOLLOW OUR SITE ON GOOGLE FRIEND CONNECT. ALSO, PLEASE MAKE SURE TO LEAVE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS. THERE WILL BE NO EXCEPTIONS. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR NEED HELP, PLEASE EMAIL US AT TLGBRS@GMAIL.COM


***It is VERY important that you follow the rules exactly as they are stated. Look at dates, look at types of posts... This time around with a big contest it's very simple, if we see that you do not follow directions, your entire entry will be voided, no exceptions. It is very hard to count entries with a contest that will ne this big. We are doing our best to bring you awesome contests.... the least you can do back for us is follow our directions.***

We are going to have some easy entries and some that involve some work and effort. For your efforts, if you choose to dedicate yourself to gaining entries, you will be rewarded. Remember, we pick our winner with www.random.org, so the more entries you have, the more your odds increase of winning. That said... you only need the right 1 to win!

Please Read ALL The Ways To Gain Entries To Our Contest!

THE "EASY" ENTRIES

+2 For Current Followers (Membership has it benefits!)

+1 For New Followers

+1 For Commenting On Any REVIEW, INTERVIEW, OR SUNDAY SCOOP POSTS ONLY from the post that follows this one until the one before we officially end the contest.

THE "SOME WORK INVOLVED" ENTRIES

+3 For Every New Follower You Get That Joins Up To Follow Us Through Your Efforts. They Need To Mention In Their Entry That You Sent Them. (However you get people to sign up to follow, whether it be blogging about our contest, tweeting, facebooking, handing out fliers, taking out an add in the local paper... whatever you do, extra entries will only be awarded for the followers you bring, (NOT each individual method of recruiting them i.e. blogging, tweeting, etc.)

+3 If You Have Purchased And Read "Hush, Hush" Prior To Today December 7th 2009, & Post (or re-post) A NEW REVIEW (One created after today's date, Dec. 7th, 2009) & Link It Back To Our Contest.

THE "MORE WORK, MORE REWARD" ENTRIES

+ 20 For Each One of You Who Purchases A Copy Of "Hush, Hush" By Becca Fitzpatrick & Emails Us (tlgbrs@gmail.com) A Copy Of Your Receipt. The date on the receipt must be dated after today- Monday December 7th, 2009.

+5 More Extra Entries If You Purchased The Book & Submitted The Receipt To Us, Review It On Your Site, & Link Our Contest To THAT Review.


SO, Not too difficult. For those of you who are dying to get your hands on one, we have set you up with some work to do, but as you can see, the reward is definitely worth the work! We have given those of you the opportunity who wish to PURCHASE THE BOOK 2 links below that will take you directly to be able to get the book at a really low, on sale price. It can be a Holiday Present for a loved one, a Holiday Present that you treat yourself too, or just an awesome read that you have wanted to pick up for a while and haven't had the chance to do so yet. You can purchase "Hush, Hush" by Becca Fitzpatrick by clicking on the picture below, which will take you directly to the book on Barnes And Noble Online. As well, you can click the link below that to purchase the book directly from Amazon dot com.

To Learn More About "Hush, Hush" by Becca Fitzpatrick, Read about Book 2 in the series "Crescendo", view her blog, bio, or just check things out... you can click HERE and go directly to Becca's website!


We want to thank Becca Fitzpatrick for donating the Nook for our Super Contest. It was AWESOME of her! We will be featuring Becca and "Hush, Hush" throughout the duration of the contest. We wouldn't be us if we didn't throw in a few mini-contests along the way for some copies of "Hush, Hush"!! We are going to be re posting our review of "Hush, Hush" in a few days followed by an Interview with Becca in a few short weeks!


THIS IS THE ONE PEOPLE! THE MOTHER OF ALL CONTESTS! A BRAND NEW BARNES AND NOBLE NOOK CAN BE YOURS! MANY WAYS TO ENTER, SO WE HOPE TO SEE YOUR NAME ON THE ENTRY LIST!


As always... questions, comments, or for a weather update email us at tlgbrs@gmail.com

UPDATE ON NOOK CONTEST- IT'S A GO! READ THIS TO FIND OUT MORE!

So you guys wanted TLGBRS to top their Mega Contest?  Well how about that "Nook" we have been talking about....

So here's the deal.  We had a private donor for a Nook for you guys, (and they will be available for another contest later on) but then we got to thinking... Hhmmm, wouldn't it be nice to get someone connected to the industry to sponsor our SUPER CONTEST Giveaway for a Brand New Nook????  Someone who  has lived the dream of making it to the top!  

Well, who did we get?  We got an author that we have reviewed on our site before.  One who is going to be featured on our site throughout the contest.  One who wrote an awesome book that debuted on the New York Times Best Seller List!!

So, WHO IS IT????????

Well, she wrote the awesome book "Hush, Hush" and has part 2 of the series, "Crescendo" scheduled to come out in 2010.  Still don't know???  It's NYT Best Selling author Becca Fitzpatrick!

Thats right, Becca is going to sponsor our SUPER CONTEST where we will give away one brand new Barnes and Noble NOOK!

We will be re publishing our review of "Hush, Hush" sometime this week with the start of the SUPER CONTEST!  There will be an interview with Becca, as she will be featured on our site for the duration of the contest, which means some mini contests where we give away some copies of "Hush, Hush"! If you have read "Hush, Hush" then you know how awesome the book was and why it deserved to debut where it did.  If you have not yet read it, we will make it worth your while to do so! 

Now, there is some solid news for you guys!  Thanks Becca for agreeing to do this for TLGBRS and our fans!  We are SOOO appreciative.

More to come this week.  We are currently working out the details with Becca and will have the contest started real soon!  

Thanks to Becca Fitzpatrick and to all of you out there for allowing us to do what we love!

Dave, Mara, Lauryn, and Sami

THE LATEINER GANG

"Sunday Scoop" The Gang's Weekly Column

SUNDAY SCOOP

(our earliest posted ever!)

What's Been Going On @ TLGBRS??

read on for another TLGBRS

It's good to be back to you guys....  Sorry about the "missing" Scoop from last week. The Gang had a long busy week this past 7 days!  Work, doctor's appts (5 collectively!), school activities, our first winter snow storm, and holiday shopping (Mara and the girls have been busy little bee's!) 

Here's 1 of our Menorahs and a few cool looking ones we found on google.

 <------1 of ours

Just a little shout out and a Happy Hanukkah to all of you that will be getting out your Menorahs this week.  We are going to try and find some whacky Christmas Trees when we get closer to the big day! 

 Got a cool Christmas tree or Menorah (or even "outside" decoration set) you'd like to share with us? 

Feel free to submit a pic of your own Menorah or Christmas tree to us and we will post them in an upcoming Scoop!  Mail pics directly to us at tlgbrs@gmail.com for submission.  Heck if enough of you submit your pics of your own holiday treasures to us, we may have to even turn it into a Lateiner Gang .... 

 How about if we get a min 10 pics from you guys and we turn it into a little giveaway??  Let's say the winner will get a book mailed out like all the other winners from the Mega Contest...  So let's say, an extra winner for the Mega Contest... Yeah,

IF we collect at least 10 entries of your own treasures, we will add another name to the list of winners from the Mega Contest and you will get a prize book shipped to you.  Let's say that all pics MUST be in our email no later than 11:59pm (est) on Saturday Dec 19th, 2009.  Cool, another contest.  This is fun!

*SPEAKING OF CONTESTS, ANYTHING NEW COMING TO TLGBRS?*

Check back later on today for the contest that we think will get you guys most excited... How about a giveaway for a Barnes and Noble "NOOK"?  Anyone interested in winning a  Nook??  Well, we are interested in giving one away!  We finally got a thumbs up from an anonymous sponsor who is doing such a wonderful thing (we are begging him/her to let us post their info, but they are the "quiet" type) and offered to sponsor a giveaway of a Nook!  As well, we are working on a few other sponsors, so we can decide whether to make this an exclusive contest or not.  The contest will probably run for a while, as it is shipping mid January now for Nook's pre ordered customers.  And as far as the store, it isn't happening for a long while!  SO, since one ordered over the next week or so won't probably even be shipped until late Jan-early Feb, we have some time to let you guys build up your entry numbers and will prob run this one until around the beginning of Feb.... we will see, but it will be posted later in the week (asap), so don't wander too far away!  ALSO, for those of you who receive our TLGBRS EMAILS, we will be sending out another email for the launch of our (to be called) "Super Contest".  We hope that the Mega Contest was only a small bit of excitement compared to the amount you will have with the Nook Giveaway!  We plan to make this contest fun, with some interesting ways to get some extra entries!

**EXISTING CONTESTS**

We currently have contests running for 2 different books that the Gang absolutely LOVED! First, we have a signed copy of an ARC of "Candor" by Pam Bachorz (ENDING IN LESS THAN A WEEK!)  Also, we have a signed copy of "Adventurers Wanted: Slathbog's Gold" by M.L. Forman as well as a copy of the Audio Book also donated by Forman (ENDING IN A TAD UNDER 2 WEEKS!)   To enter both of these, go to our "Contests" Page by clicking HERE.  You can also click the "Enter to Win" sign above.

Well, we don't have much more to say for now except get ready for the Holidays, read, and enjoy this awesome time of year.  We want to be able to share this time with all of you guys!

Speaking of sharing..

 We had our first winter snow storm this weekend.  It wasn't big by any means, but it was still the first of the season.  We took a picture of a house we absolutely LOVE!  It is in a section of our town called "Short Hills" and is a house we would love to own one day!  As soon as we can come up with probably $10 million dollars, we can see if they are willing to sell!  The house is much bigger than it appears. (twice as wide, hidden on the right by trees from this angle) It was hard to get a shot in the snow while passing by so there is probably half the house missing!  If you look on the right side of the pic closely, you an catch the side attachment hidden behind the trees.  Such an awesome pic of the house in the first snow fall, we thought we'd share it with you guys..

Until Next TIme....

David, Mara, Lauryn, and Sami

Your Lateiner Gang

The Gang Has Been Working Hard For You.... READ ON, A SUPER CONTEST IS ON THE WAY!

Yes, we have been hard at work for you guys, and yes it has paid off!  We will get to that in a minute.... First a few words...

As far as the winners for the Mega Contest are concerned, those who have submitted your information as we requested will hopefully have your books real soon!  As for those of you who have not responded, we sent out a reminder email to whomever we could find an email address for (we didn't spend hours looking, sorry).  We will hold your prizes for another week (next weekend) and then decide whether to pick different winners or what to do.

We also have some reviews coming up.  We have had a long, busy week as we are sure you all have due to the holidays.  Regardless, we have been reading and will have some posts up shortly.

NOW... what have we been working on for you guys?

We have dropped little hints here and there, but for fun, ask yourself this, "If I LOVED to read, what would make my life so much easier and be such a cooler way to read??"

(Jeopardy music playing in background)

Ok, give up??

We have mentioned before that we were working on a special surprise for you guys.  Yes, we had a "Mega" contest, but what defines "Mega?"

Is it giving away a bunch of books?  Is it giving away an awesome gift card? Perhaps.... but would, let's say... an E-Reader giveaway be considered a "Mega" contest?

If so, then we guess you are in the right place.  Yup, we did it.  We secured a donation of a brand new "NOOK", the brand new E-Reader from Barnes and Noble.  

Yes, a brand new "Nook" will be given away at The Lateiner Gang Book Review Spot.  THIS IS NOT THE CONTEST ENTRY POST, SO DO NOT PUT YOUR ENTRIES HERE!!!

We will probably post the contest later on this weekend, but here is what has occurred...  We have found a VERY generous sponsor, who wishes to remain anonymous (for now we hope) who is willing to give a Nook to one of our lucky readers!  This is not any kind of "corporate sponsored" giveaway.  Nope, it is an individual who believes very much in the power of books, the power of reading, and the power of knowledge.  For this reason, they have agreed to do this.  

There are some kinks we are trying to work out.  First of all, the Nook is so back ordered that even if you were to pre order one today for yourself, it would not ship until mid January (currently Jan 15th!).  Therefore, we are going to estimate that whomever does win, will probably not see the Nook until early February.  Also, we are trying to figure out exactly what the "entry" requirements will be.  This is a Super Contest, so we want to make sure we set the rules right the first time (and also somehow a bit easier on us this time around!)

Keep your eyes glued to our site, because we will be posting the SUPER CONTEST for the new Barnes and noble Nook e-reader before the weekend is up!

What Would YOU do for a Klondike Bar?

So, as many of you know, we always end our author interviews with our signature "Lateiner Gang" question.... "What would you do (authors name) for a Klondike Bar?? 

Well, there was some breaking news in the klondike bar to-do's...Apparently, they ran out of foil, (yes this was a very important event!) which was used to wrap each individual bar.  It is temporarily being replaced with plastic wrappers.  Below, klondike is apologizing for the inconvenience it is causing us all!  We thought it was important news for of 2 reasons.. 1. because its newz you just NEED to know, right? and 2. because it tells you that the Gang actually keeps klondike bars in their freezer.  Here is a pic of the "temp" wrapper that we pulled out of the box: (click on image to blow it up to be able to read it more clearer)
  

As always- questions, comments, concerns, invitations for the Gang to your birthday party.... email us tlgbrs@gmail.com

The Lateiner Gang

WINNERS OF THE MEGA CONTEST AND MORE!

DRUM ROLL PLEASE....

PLEASE SEE INSTRUCTIONS BELOW IF YOU ARE A WINNER!  ALSO, THE LIST WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A LIST OF THOSE OF YOU WHO WON THAT CONTEST A FEW WEEKS AGO FROM THE SCOOP. INSTRUCTIONS APPLY TO YOU AS WELL, SINCE THE BOOKS WERE NOT RE-SENT OUT YET.  WINNERS WERE PICKED BY THEIR USERNAME, AND WERE RANDOMLY SELECTED BY WWW.RANDOM.ORG.  A FEW OF YOU WON THE MINI CONTEST AS WELL AS THE MEGA.  IT WAS RANDOM, AND ONE HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE OTHER.

AND THE WINNERS OF THE MEGA CONTEST ARE:

Pixie

Melanie Goldmund

throughthehaze

lindsays photographys

Jenny

Elnice

nikki a haunt of ancient peace

Ashley

Laura Hartness

Jess (find the time to read)

joe faraggo

peter lewis

kristinjames

bookweirdo

sandrastiles

mitz

buukluvr

jenn m

donnas

chelsea S

Andrea (buried in books)

Emily C.

rexrobotreviews

dannie

thetruebookaddict

Lauren (crammedbookshelf)

inabox

thebookvixen

ladystorm

mariah

THE WINNERS OF THE MINI CONTEST THAT WE HELD ARE:

LADYSTORM

LAURA

BRIZMUS

LOGANKSTEWART

MAGENTA

THEBOOKVIXEN

ANN DIANA DINH

FREDAMANS

DEB

OK, to make our lives simple, please do the following...

If you see your name on the list, please send us an email to the following email address (only for this contest, otherwise use the regular tlgbrs@gmail.com) 

mrdlatts@gmail.com (use this for this email!)

Please include- 1. your ID (the above names) to let us know who you are, 2. include your real name and address, and 3. your email address as well (we know it will be sent from you, but please include it in the email as well) **ALSO REMEMBER- the contest was open to U.S. residents only, with the exception of 2 people, who made other arrangements with me prior (you all were able to do that if you read the contest rules) and I think 1 of them actually won!  You know who you are, just remind me that we approved you!

There are some of you who we know your info, but for our tracking, and to make life easy on us, please just humor us and send us the email as well, with all of your info.  It will help us to keep track better.  As we get your info, we will mail out your envelopes.  Some contain one book, some contain 2, and some contain 3.  Also, do not forget, 1 lucky envelope will have the Apple Gift Card in it!  Currently it is in a book in an envelope, which is sealed so we have no idea who is going to get it.  THe only clue we really have is that it was sent in an envelop which contained only 1 book.  It is tucked inside the front cover and we used fun tack (did I say that right?) to make it stick to the book.

Thank you for all of your patience.  Believe it or not, we ended up at the Verizon Wireless Store AGAIN tonight!  3 of the 4 new phones were broken AGAIN!  This was crazy, as they did not want to fix them, and still have not.  Never fear, replacements are on the way.  For that reason, no Sunday Scoop this past Sunday.  It will return next week.  Please keep your eyes open for some info coming up later this week.  

LASTLY, PLEASE GO AND ENTER OUR 2 NEW CONTEST CURRENTLY RUNNING, "CANDOR" AND "ADVENTURERS WANTED: SLATHBOG'S GOLD"!!!!!

As always, questions.... tlgbrs@gmail.com and CONGRATS TO OUR WINNERS!  WE HAVE SOME COOL CONTESTS COMING UP AS WELL AS WHAT WE HAVE GOING ON CURRENTLY!

THE LATEINER GANG