Publication Day survival and contest news!!!!
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Hello everyone!!! Well, I did it, I survived the publication day craziness for Night Road and my first book signing and pre-event. And, of course, it was all absolutely wonderful. I have said
before that I love meeting my readers and it's just so true. For so many years of this career I was a recluse. To meet so many of you at Third Place Books in Seattle was a blast. And standing room only! I'm so sorry they ran out of books.
But before I talk more about me, I know you want to hear about YOU. You want to know who won the contest. I should have announced it yesterday, and I'm sorry I didn't. I fell into the getting-ready-to-tour pit and couldn't get up.
Without further ado, the winners of the NIGHT ROAD advance reading copies are: ANITA, KARI SIMONSON, and TRACY LYNN HALL. I know I said there would only be one winner, but I am simply so touched by all of you who stick it out with me on this blog, that I am giving away almost everything I have. :) ENJOY. Please contact Kim Fisk on my website and put contest winner in the subject line. She'll make sure you get your copy. She's MUCH more organized than I am.
Now, I guess I need to get moving. :) I have to put the finishing touches on my packing--btw what is this with the changeable weather? I'm packing for spring, I'm packing for winter...snow...sun...snow...sun. This is not an easy thing when you are determined to travel with a single carry on bag. And I am. If I could do Italy for a month and Africa for five weeks with one carry on bag, certainly I can tour for a few weeks with one. The biggest problem is the shoes, but I'm sure I'll figure it out. :) Again, I hope to meet as many of you as possible. You know you can check the tour schedule on my website. KristinHannah.com. Hope to see you!
Last but not least, I'd love to know where you're finding Night Road, where it's available in your town, so let me know.
Talk to you all again soon. Aloha,
Kristin
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Girls night tonight with Mom starts with a trip to Barnes and Noble to pick up Night Road! Then starting my trek to Dallas Friday evening!!
I am so excited!! Thank you so much Kristin for your generosity. I can't wait to read and review Night Road.
I'm still looking for contact information on Kim Fisk on the website.....but I'll find it!!
Safe travels, wish I was closer than 8 hours from Atlanta, and just so you are aware, Florida is beautiful right now!!
Thank you again!
Congratulations, Anita, Kari and Tracy Anne. I know you are going to loooooooove Night Road. Such am amazing book (but then, all of Kristin's are!!). When you have a moment please send me your snail mail addy to fiskfamily@embarqmail.com.
Congrats, again!!!
Tonight's the night !!! YAY! Can't wait to see you at the pre-event, and B&N!
Kim, still wish you were coming too =(
Good luck on the tour! I know where I'm not finding Night Road - my house. I preordered and then noticed the price went way down so I cancelled my order and ordered again, but I guess I forgot that second step. I went back through my orders and never actually ordered so I bought online today. I probably could have gone out at lunch today though. Either way, I'll get it before this weekend when I plan to read.
Bridal shower and bachelorette party are over as of Sunday so I'm reading to read again. :) I'll have time to finish Bridge to Happiness by Jill Barnett and, by the time I finished, Night Road should be delivered.
I just finished reading Firefly Lane... you have a new fan! I didn't want that book to end. I grew up in that era, but in Allentown, PA, a much different area, but it brought back so many memories. I am in Bellevue now.
Going to buy True Colors and Night Road next.
Wee-hooooo!!!!Thank you, thank you, thank you! We (hubby and I) were at Barnes and Noble last weekend and I spotted this near the entrance so I had to run and touch it. The dedication alone made me cry and I hated returning it to the display stand but was committed to saving for our little mini-vacation that starts tomorrow. So I'm totally stoked (old high school favorite; means "excited"--kind of like stoking a fire, I've always imagined,--all that energy to burn) Thank you for the book Kristin and for shipping it Kim!
Know what you mean about the shoes--they just don't pack well at all--"Wear the snow boots, pack the sandals", that's my motto. High heels? Sorry. I gave up the unsensible (sp?) big girl shoes when I actually became one (and when they started charging for luggage).
Have a fabulous trip with showers of all the adulation you deserve!
Been a looooong while since I commented on this blog, but I just finished Night Road and I figured I couldn't go to sleep without telling you how I liked it.
First of all, since I'm in Belgium I couldn't get it on the day it was released to the stores, but I ordered it online (www.bookdepository.com) and I got it on the 25th. I actually thought that was pretty fast, even though I really did hope until the last minute that it would arrive here on the 22nd, because I ordered a second copy for someone who's birthday is on the 22nd. I actually saw her on the 23rd, so even if it had been a day late, it would have been perfect, but no such luck! I'm seeing her again tomorrow, though, and that's when she's gonna get it.
In the mean time, I enjoyed reading my own copy. So much so that for the last 2 days I decided NOT to read anymore. The reason behind this might sound a bit crazy, but... I just didn't want the story to end yet. I guess that makes me kinda like Jude, the character in the book that I did identify with anyway. I too find it really hard to say goodbye. I do hope there's a bit of a Lexi in me too, though, and I also recognize some of Mia's characteristics. I just shake my head to all the troubles alcohol can cause, cuz I've never seen the attraction of it.
Anyways... when's the next book coming out? lol. I'm kinda at a loss now. I have a book case with about 80 or so unread books and I still have some on my "want to read"-list, so I don't really know what I'm talking about, but I just don't know what kinda book I'll find to read after this that'll measure up somewhat. I predict sky high scores on the New York Times Bestseller lists. Already rocketing up to #5 position, I noticed!
Congrats!
Leen
First of all..I found my book at (dare I say) Borders love my Borders.
Secondly...I love all your books..and Night Road was no different, however, I will admit I had so many emotions with this book. I really wanted to hate it because of Jude..I was so angry with her! I realize she had a tough thing to move through and who knows? maybe I would react the same way. I felt angry, happy, sad, (oh,I cried several times) I laughed and I just loved the book! Thanks for sharing this story!
Kristin. Hi from Michelle. It was such a thrill meeting you and Kim yesterday and I'm still smiling. So my mom told you about my sis, hmm? I'm just so glad she gave Life and we're blessed with Little Dayana.
I hope Jude can forgive Lexi and even Mia. Just so you know, I cannot put the book down. Some books almost put you in a trance where you don't care or notice what is going on around you, it's just the book you grip with an almost magnetic force. And so I need to tell you. Just as you inspired Allison to read, you 've inspired me to believe in myself enough to write. To share this with the world as you have. I've mentioned my dream of writing a Children's book before, but now my passion is renewed. And... I'm almost ready to reveal to you guys the results of my weight-loss efforts. Almost :0)
Shalom- (Aloha's Christian version)
Michelle
Just finished NIGHT ROAD and loved it as much as I've loved every one of your novels. You are such an extraordinarily talented writer, Kristin, and all of your stories have so much heart and soul. Now that I've read all of your books, I will be at a loss for a while.
I'm a horrible fan. I totally haven't read the book yet. I had a minor nightmare ordering the book, all my fault. I thought I forgot to order but I ended up ordering like 3 copies so I cancelled the orders and luckily only one arrived but it arrived all chewed up so I had to go to the store anyway to exchange it. Anyway, I was crazy busy in March so I finally got around to reading it today. I ended up finding the harcover pretty inexpensively so I bought the ebook as well to read on my new nook (boy broke my old one accidentally). I've heard only amazing things about the book and can't wait to read it. I have a light weekend coming up so I'm hoping to breeze right through it - gonna get my tissues ready.
Last night in a bout of insomnia, I got up and downloaded some novel samples on my Kindle. One was boring, one confusing, and another had no discernible plot. I was about to give up until I struck a vein of gold--Night Road. Great writing. Definitely going to download the novel.
I finished Night Road yesterday. Great writing, per usual, but difficult subject matter to read. It's a 3 hanky book, to be sure. Very thought provoking.
Just finished Firefly Lane and still can't get it out of my head. One of the best books I ever read. Found myself sneaking it on my desk at work. I grew up during that time, the songs, the outfits, the way of life, it was me all over again. All of my favorite authors I am waiting for their next book to come out because i read them all, and then I found you! I am so excited there is a list of books I will now be reading! You are my new favorite author! I am trying to decide what to read next!
Loved the book. Will be a fan for
many years to come. Keep up the
great work.
Dear Kristin,
I have never posted anything on the net before but i found this site and just had to say how much i loved Night Road..awesome writing. read it in two days.. .one of those books you can't put down or want it to end..your best book so far.
Glamour Girls Lit Society book club was a winner of Night Road! This book was your best book I've read thus far. Thank you for continuing to bring so many emotions and intimate connections to your readers!
GGLS
I read you book Night Road with my book club (La Crescenta book club and Chocolate) that we received through a drawing that readinggroupguides.com had. I couldn't put it down. I took it on a trip with me thinking it would be a good fluff book, but found myself crying the entire time I read it. I really related to the characters and felt you did a wonderful job portraying them. Great moral in the book for kids and moms alike.
The Detecting Women Book Group at the Chester Senior Center in Chester, PA really enjoyed Night Road. We explored a lot of moral questions raised by the book, from how to parent twins to be independent, to how to overcome grief and be there for the rest of your surviving family. Everyone truly admired Lexi for her maturity and honesty, yet were still angry with her of giving up so much of her life. Jude infuriated us the most as overly involved in her children and unable to love after a loss. One book club member began an interesting discussion of the book cover – most of the members thought that the cover made the book seem like it would be dark and mysterious. We didn’t feel that it fit the story very closely. We were lucky enough to win copies of the books through RadingGroupGuide.com. Night Road provided us with quite the lively discussion – thank you!
Hi Kristin! My bookgroup had our meeting on Thursday and what a lively meeting it was. Night Road was such an awesome book. The story was difficult to read, but one that makes any parent give pause to their parenting skills.
I have teenage children and now think differently about how I would have handled the WHOLE situation. I probably would have been just like Jude the first time the kids came home drunk and reprimanded them. Night Road has made me see things in another way.
I told my children the story at diner and my son, who is a senior in high school, said he thinks Night Road should be required reading. I could not agree with him more.
Thank-you for such an insightful book.
Dani
Our book club, Bookbabes from Fargo, ND was chosen to read Night Road as winners of a contest we entered. It provided a very lively discussion. We discovered that many emotions from how we were raised as teenagers verus how we raised our teenagers resulted in some very judgemental statements to very defensive ones to the conclusion that none of us know exactly how we would have reacted if Mia had been our teenager. Much discussion on Jude's past to her reactions with her children and empathy for Lexi for how she faced her consequences of that night. It should be noted that our club are memeber who have worked in psychiatry for years. We all agreed this is an exellent book for clubs to read, plus for parents of teenagers to provide framework for discussing dirinking and driving with their teenagers. Continued success to Kirstin Hannah, looking forward to reading her newest novel.
What a fantastic read! As a parent, this is one of my greatest fears for my children. I gave it to my daughter to read and she finished in overnight. We have had many wonderful heartfelt conversations since then. No "lecture" I could have ever given her would have made such an impact. Thank You!
"Night Road" is my very first Kristin Hannah book. I have to say that I could not put this book down. I actually stayed up all night and read it. Your writing style is amazing! I know that this won't be my last Kristin Hannah book. It made me laugh and certainly made me cry. Thanks for the "good read"!
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