Bettie’s Hard Boiled Contest, Take 2
I haven’t received a single entry to the Hard Boiled Contest. Is it too hard? Is it too odd? It’s a $25 Amazon gift certificate, folks! You can use it to buy books! I’m extending the deadline to February 28th, 2008. Here’s the deal: Like a Thief in the Night contains one (1) reference to a title by Raymond Chandler and one (1) reference to a title by Dashiell Hammet. Find the references. Type them into an email. Send me the email, and I’ll enter you in the drawing!
Hard Boiled. It’s not just the name of one of my favorite movies, it’s one of my favorite subgenres of mystery, too. While Like a Thief in the Night isn’t a mystery or a detective story, I did sprinkle in references titles by two of the subgenre’s most famous authors. Why? Because I could.
Weird, right? But my thematic non sequitur can add up to cold, hard, Amazon gift certificates for one lucky reader.
Email me (bettiesharpe at gmail dot com) identifying Like a Thief in the Night’s references to Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammet titles by February 28, 2008 and you’ll be entered to win a $25 Amazon gift certificate.
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February 8th, 2008 at 5:23 am
It’s too hard for me. Plus, even if I had known those titles, I’m not sure I’d've noticed them as I was so caught up in the story. Review to follow once I get over my current obsession with the 1980s.
February 8th, 2008 at 12:17 pm
I can’t complain about that
I wanted to have a contest for people who’d read the book. Maybe I should just ask some trivia questions instead.
February 8th, 2008 at 1:04 pm
I respect that you are making your winners work for your prize! Don’t change the contest!
February 11th, 2008 at 9:31 am
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I’m still working on the second one, GREAT contest!
February 11th, 2008 at 9:37 am
Well, I’ve no specific page reference and already got busted once today rereading, but I’m going to go with [this portion of comment removed]. That one seems a teeny bit obvious, but it’s the best I can do under the wrathful eye of The Day Job Manager!
February 12th, 2008 at 12:18 am
Katie, it’s a drawing. Email me the answers.
February 12th, 2008 at 8:18 am
Ohhh.. well now I feel terribly silly.