Monday, October 17, 2011

CLOSED Giveaway: Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
Paranormal, 352 pages
June 7th 2011 from Quirk Publishing

A mysterious island.

An abandoned orphanage.

A strange collection of very curious photographs.

It all waits to be discovered in Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, an unforgettable novel that mixes fiction and photography in a thrilling reading experience. As our story opens, a horrific family tragedy sets sixteen-year-old Jacob journeying to a remote island off the coast of Wales, where he discovers the crumbling ruins of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children. As Jacob explores its abandoned bedrooms and hallways, it becomes clear that the children were more than just peculiar. They may have been dangerous. They may have been quarantined on a deserted island for good reason. And somehow—impossible though it seems—they may still be alive.

A spine-tingling fantasy illustrated with haunting vintage photography, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children will delight adults, teens, and anyone who relishes an adventure in the shadows.


I mentioned yesterday in my interview with Ransom Riggs that there was going to be a chance to win a copy (or 3) of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children; I also mentioned that Ransom created the trailer for the book himself, and that it is awesome.  Check it out:



And now...
*** GIVEAWAY ***
3 lucky winners will receive a copy of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
To enter, leave a comment below answering the following question:
If you were a child at Miss Peregrine's, what would your "peculiarity" be?
US and CAN only
Ends Nov 5th

As with all of the giveaways this year, your entry is only valid if you have filled out the master giveaway form. If you haven’t entered your information in the giveaway master form, please make sure you do. Please do not leave personal info in the comments - that goes in the master form.
 You only have to fill out the form once, and are then free to enter any of the giveaways!


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72 comments:

  1. ReadingOctober 17, 2011 at 12:12 AM

    If I were living there, my peculiarity would be ESP. I would be able to read minds. Thanks for the giveaway.

    Lzzi0915 at aol dot com

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  2. VivienOctober 17, 2011 at 12:44 AM

    Mine would be compulsion. So useful ;)

    Vivien
    deadtossedwaves at gmail dot com

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  3. TheGirlOnFireOctober 17, 2011 at 12:52 AM

    I think I would go with telekinesis, how fun would that be?

    thegirlonfire27 at gmail dot com

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  4. D QOctober 17, 2011 at 12:54 AM

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  5. D QOctober 17, 2011 at 12:55 AM

    Yep, I would like to move objects with my mind.
    djeanq(at)gmail(dot)com

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  6. MistyOctober 17, 2011 at 12:57 AM

    ATTN EVERYONE ELSE WHO ENTERS:

    PLEASE DO NOT LEAVE YOUR EMAIL OR ANY PERSONAL INFO IN THE COMMENTS.

    I DON'T KNOW HOW TO MAKE THIS CLEARER.

    IN FUTURE, I WILL DELETE THEM.

    THANK YOU.

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  7. BooksAreDiamondsOctober 17, 2011 at 2:09 AM

    I think I would like to be able to make objects appear. Thanks for this giveaway good luck to all!

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  8. UnknownOctober 17, 2011 at 2:20 AM

    I would be invisible. Yes, for all you know I could be standing right behind you reading over your shoulder. Mwahaha!

    :)

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  9. Reading WolfOctober 17, 2011 at 2:25 AM

    I would say my chosen peculiarity would be vision so bad, being so nearsighted, that I could see microscopically when holding something up to my face. I know it sounds weird but that is close to what my eyesight is like right now. I never even noticed it until I was looking at my contact lens and realized I could seen the texture of it really clearly...totally odd. I would say this would be useful only if you were reading one of those "world's smallest bible" souvenirs. Or trying to tie the shoelaces of an elf...which would be odd to say the least.

    Thanks Misty and keep up the awesome Youtube Reviews!

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  10. KellieOctober 17, 2011 at 2:33 AM

    This book just looks creepy and amazing! Awesome giveaway.

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  11. Jessica ( frellathon )October 17, 2011 at 2:39 AM

    Oh teleportation yep for sure.

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  12. MaidenveilOctober 17, 2011 at 6:23 AM

    Persuasion. I would love to be that peculiar.

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  13. Ammy BelleOctober 17, 2011 at 6:52 AM

    Hm... I am not sure ... I think I would like to levitate like the girl in the cover - then I wouldn't get salt stains on my boots!

    Thanks for the contest! :)

    Ammy Belle
    apereiraorama @ gmail . com
    http://lateintothenight.blogspot.com/

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  14. JasonOctober 17, 2011 at 9:45 AM

    I'd be mistaken for someone else, for someone that the onlooker would expect. Not invisible, but unnoticed.

    Thanks!

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  15. Jessica BOctober 17, 2011 at 10:16 AM

    Mine would be to read minds. I don't know why. It just sounds cool.

    shutupjessicasreading @ gmaildotcom

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  16. debbieOctober 17, 2011 at 10:23 AM

    I would be able to know what is going to happen in the future.

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  17. Texas Book LoverOctober 17, 2011 at 10:55 AM

    How about knowing the history or future of objects. Although that could get really old when you could touch anything! Oh well!

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  18. Marjorie/cenya2October 17, 2011 at 11:21 AM

    I would like to be the old fly on the wall and spy on everyone.
    I follow by google reader.

    cenya2 at hotmail dot com

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  19. JoyceOctober 17, 2011 at 11:22 AM

    If I was a student at that school my ability would definitely be telekinesis.

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  20. JessyOctober 17, 2011 at 11:42 AM

    My "peculiarity" would be teleportation. I think to be able to do that whenever and whever would be the coolest thing ever!

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  21. StephanieOctober 17, 2011 at 12:56 PM

    Teleportation would be my peculiarity.

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  22. LeslieOctober 17, 2011 at 1:45 PM

    I really want to read this book!

    At first, I thought I would choose invisibility as my peculiarity. But teleportation would be the most useful, so that's what I pick.

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  23. Wolfluvr420October 17, 2011 at 2:59 PM

    It's a tie between teleportation and telekinesis, both have really good advantages.

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  24. Bookish BrunetteOctober 17, 2011 at 3:08 PM

    Oooh my 'peculiarity' would be to control the thoughts of those around me. (Yeah... I'm in one of THOSE moods today!!!)

    I can't remember if I signed up on the master form!! I'm sure I did!!! Probably... ;)

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  25. LesserMessiahOctober 17, 2011 at 3:14 PM

    I would want to be like Shadown Cat in the Xmen and be able to phase thru walls. It would be a whole lot of fun.
    Thank you Misty for all the great reviews!

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  26. AshOctober 17, 2011 at 3:18 PM

    Teleportation would be my peculiarity for sure. So awesome!

    Thank you for the giveaway!

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  27. Evika PinaOctober 17, 2011 at 4:23 PM

    Invisibility would be my peculiarity. :)

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  28. PaigeOctober 17, 2011 at 4:34 PM

    Mine would be that my family is so out of the ordinary and i'm so normal that i just had to go somewhere else

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  29. sablelexiOctober 17, 2011 at 8:00 PM

    If I lived there I think I would have heightened senses, ie. sight, smell, hearing, taste.

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  30. wanda fOctober 17, 2011 at 8:01 PM

    My peculiarity would be the ability to walk through walls

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  31. AnonymousOctober 17, 2011 at 8:24 PM

    Thanks for the giveaway. Please enter me in contest. Tore923@aol.com

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  32. PabkinsOctober 17, 2011 at 9:22 PM

    I'd be able to make anything I read a reality!
    tlabunski **((gmail))**
    Pabkins @ Mission to Read

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  33. AngieOctober 17, 2011 at 9:27 PM

    I want to be able to read mines :) That would be awesome! I would know what people are really thinking. Well, thanks for the giveaway! :)

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  34. AmburHostynOctober 17, 2011 at 9:28 PM

    Hmmm, my peculiarity would be transmutation. So I could turn things from one thing into another. That'd be peculiar, and cool, yet seriously dangerous. I could turn everything into gold...or candy!

    Thanks for the giveaway! :D

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  35. Sierra AbramsOctober 17, 2011 at 9:34 PM

    Mind-reading or persuasion...definitely. :)
    Thanks so much Misty!

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  36. MamaMunkyOctober 17, 2011 at 10:18 PM

    I'd be able to create alternate realities. Ooooh.

    LindseyAylward@yahoo.com

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  37. KatieOctober 18, 2011 at 12:06 AM

    i would go with mind reading or mind control that would be cool

    katie_tp(at)yahoo(dot)com

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  38. Cialina at Muggle-Born.netOctober 18, 2011 at 12:54 AM

    Can my peculiarity be apparating? That's totally stealing canon from Harry Potter... so it should really be teleportation. I am feeling in a much lazy mood today and I don't feel like walking anywhere! Hah!

    Also, I'd just like to add that my brother has been begging me to get this book. Him and reading? Not exactly a match but I'm really happy to hear that he's excited about a book for once.

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  39. ShanaOctober 18, 2011 at 1:12 AM

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  40. ShanaOctober 18, 2011 at 1:15 AM

    I filled out the master form and my email is hammerwammer@gmail.com.
    My peculiarity would be that I have super speed.

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  41. MonicaOctober 18, 2011 at 2:39 AM

    Shape shifting! How awesome would it be to shift into any animal! I could fly as a bird, gallop as a horse, and dive into the ocean as a whale :)

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  42. IandSsmomOctober 18, 2011 at 8:26 AM

    I would have invisiblity! Can sneak up on people and ease-drop then don't have to read minds!
    Shannon Johnson

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  43. Melissas Eclectic BookshelfOctober 18, 2011 at 3:19 PM

    Teleportation would be my peculiarity!!

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  44. MeganOctober 18, 2011 at 4:35 PM

    Hm... I think I would want telekinesis to be my peculiarity- it would make everything so much easier! Thanks for the chance to win, I really want to read this one!

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  45. KarenOctober 18, 2011 at 8:19 PM

    The ability to communicate with animals would be pretty cool ^_^

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  46. LylahOctober 18, 2011 at 10:48 PM

    hmm I think being able to fly would my peculiarity. :)

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  47. UnknownOctober 18, 2011 at 10:52 PM

    If I was a child in the school for peculiar children I would be telekinetic. :o) That would be sooo freakin' awesome!!!!

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  48. OngeOctober 19, 2011 at 12:47 PM

    It's hard to choose just one. I would like to have compulsion. I think it would come in handy. Thanks for the awesome giveaway!!

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  49. OrchidOctober 19, 2011 at 2:29 PM

    While having telekinesis would be awesome, I think I'd prefer to be able to go invisible. It would make scaring people so much more fun...for Halloween that is. =)

    Thanks for the great giveaway.

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  50. Lenasledgeblog.comOctober 19, 2011 at 3:34 PM

    Awesome giveaway. I literally gasped. I want this book so bad. I would love the peculiarity of persuasion...sneaky, yet can be used for good.

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  51. alovelywriterxoOctober 19, 2011 at 8:18 PM

    Mine would probably be compulsion(:

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  52. LisaILJOctober 19, 2011 at 8:35 PM

    I would want the power of invisibility, that way you can hear what others are saying about you. If you could read minds that would be horrible because then you just get way too much info.

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  53. KrysykatOctober 20, 2011 at 3:25 AM

    I think 'hyperkinesis' would be great to have, who wouldn't love to have flawless aim, perfect balance, and greatly enhanced motor skills.

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  54. AnonymousOctober 20, 2011 at 10:51 AM

    Mine would definitely be invisibility so that I could sneak into the library/bookstore after hours to read the books :)

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  55. BookStacksOnDeckOctober 23, 2011 at 5:06 PM

    I would be a teleporter! <3

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  56. KristenOctober 23, 2011 at 10:45 PM

    Definitely invisibility! :)

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  57. NancyeOctober 24, 2011 at 5:02 PM

    I think I'd like to become invisible! This book looks SOOOO cool!

    I filled out the form for Helluva Halloween.

    nancyecdavis AT bellsouth DOT net

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  58. April XOctober 24, 2011 at 8:28 PM

    I'd be able to play dead :) whatever that means lol. Thanks for the giveaway!

    aprilxu2222@gmail.com

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  59. Lisa Richards/alterlisaOctober 26, 2011 at 12:40 AM

    I'd be able to touch things and tell you what had happened that the object had seen.

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  60. Christina FiorelliOctober 26, 2011 at 10:07 AM

    LOVE the book trailer!

    And the book looks incredible:)

    Hope I win:)

    My peculiarity would be enthrallment/persuasion - where I get people to do whatever I want.

    Or ESP.

    Both come in handy:)

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  61. nfmgirlOctober 27, 2011 at 9:04 PM

    The ability to see every stinkin' insect, no matter how obscure they may be. Oh wait! I already have that peculiarity! How about an unnatural sense of smell? Wait! Already got that, too! Forget it. I'm already peculiar enough!

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  62. UnknownOctober 28, 2011 at 4:09 PM

    awesome trailer! hmm...how about to be good/excel in anything :D

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  63. HeatherOctober 29, 2011 at 9:20 PM

    Thanks!
    Ayushi

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  64. HeatherOctober 29, 2011 at 9:20 PM

    telekinesis

    Ayushi

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  65. TaylorOctober 30, 2011 at 2:18 PM

    My peculiarity would be teleportion.I hope I spelled that right.
    bookswithtay(at)aol.com

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  66. AnonymousOctober 30, 2011 at 3:58 PM

    Mine would be ESP.

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  67. elenaOctober 31, 2011 at 6:06 PM

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  68. AvitalOctober 31, 2011 at 6:41 PM

    I would be able to manipulate time - pause it, fast forward as well as rewind time.

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  69. UnknownNovember 1, 2011 at 6:02 PM

    Thanks for the giveaway!

    I would love to be able to read minds. :) I hate not knowing what people truly think (or maybe I'm just paranoid).

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  70. elenaNovember 2, 2011 at 12:23 PM

    oh gosh, I don't know what my peculiarity would be! I think it would probably be telekinesis, only because I am so lazy that I would love to move things without getting up! Or teleportation because that way, I can go wherever I want. It's like being your own personal plane!

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  71. bookmovieguyNovember 2, 2011 at 3:58 PM

    Hmmm... if I were a child at Miss Peregrine's home, my peculiarity would puking free books and then reading them... okay... I'm a book lover, but this would still be too weird! xD

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  72. AnonymousSeptember 30, 2012 at 7:49 PM

    My peculiarity would be one of two things: 1)The power to go invisible at will. I like to be alone at times. 2) Control time with my mind. Although this power is very dangerous, I am responsible and know when it's wrong to use it. ^^

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