Monday, Nov 17, 2008

Love in The Tropics… A Contest

Falling In Love on A Tropical Island…

Watching Sexy Surfers Ride the Surf…

Mai Tai’s At Sunset…

Those Long Romantic Walks on the Beach…

♥

What Could Be Better?

This week’s contest is in celebration of a couple of things… first, being a woman and second, is romance!

I recently read Flirting With Forty by Jane Porter. The Early Birds Blog Tour is reviewing this book on December 5th. In addition, there is a live broadcast with Jane Porter on December 5th in which you can talk directly to Jane and ask away! But, what I’m very excited about is that on December 6th, Lifetime has adapted Flirting With Forty into a Lifetime Original Movie starring Heather Locklear. SO COOL!

One of the things that I like most about seeing a movie based on the book is having read the book prior to watching the movie. So, I thought to myself… if we don’t review it until December 5th, why… you wouldn’t have enough time to read the book before the movie. So… my wheels got to turning and I got in touch with the publisher and the author about an exciting giveaway for Flirting With Forty readers!

A little “heads up.” The main storyline in Flirting With Forty is about Jackie, a 39-year old divorced mother of two finding love and discovering herself during her 40th Birthday trip to Hawaii. There, she meets this WAY SEXY surfer named Kai. Now, I’m not going to reveal too much about the book because, not only do I have a review coming on December 5th, but I think it would be super if you picked up the novel and read it between now and then.

So… for the LOVE IN THE TROPICS CONTEST, I’m giving you a few choices for your entries:

What is your favorite tropical food or drink recipe (I’m Posting MaiTai’s on the 5th)

What was your favorite tropical vacation?

What was your favorite “girls only” vacation?

Facing Forty… is Forty “The New Thirty”?

Finding Love a 2^ndTime Around

This way, you have many choices to choose from for the contest.

Oh… THE PRIZE!!!!

Of course, there’s a great prize!

You will receive a fabulous beach tote, stuffed with goodies.

In addition, you will receive a copy of Jane Porter’s Flirting With Forty.

You will receive a copy of all tropical drink and food recipes submitted by the bloggers.

It’s like Summer in November!

OK… So, there are rules….

You must write a post, comment or email on one of the above topics.

If you write a post, you must link the post back to here and leave the link to your post in the comments below. You will get a double entry for that. If you include in your post a copy of the badge below, you get a TRIPLE entry!

You may write a comment below as your entry.

You may send me an email at anovelmenagerie@aol.com with your entry. I’ll post it for you.

All entries are due by no later than November 22nd, 2008

The Winner will be announced in The Sunday Salon post on November 23rd. As I am leaving on vacation on the 25th, I must have the winner respond by no later than noon on November 24th with the shipping address. If you want to email me your address ahead of time, in case you win and you won’t be around on the 23rd/24th, please email it to me at anovelmenagerie@aol.com.

The prizes are courtesy of the author, publisher and A Novel Menagerie

For the TRIPLE Entry:

Good Luck!

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November 16th, 2008 at 9:25 am

[...] for the LOVE IN THE TROPICS CONTEST, I’m giving you a few choices for your [...]
Shelly Burns

November 16th, 2008 at 9:37 am

I LOVE this contest. My post is here.
Menagerie

November 19th, 2008 at 6:18 am

From Bermuda Onion (And, I’m making me some!):

Here’s my recipe for my favorite tropical drink!

Frozen Mango Margarita

1 (10 ounce) bag frozen diced mango
1/4 cup fresh lime juice
2/3 cup tequila
2 Tablespoons orange liquor (Triple Sec)
2 Tablespoons superfine sugar
2 cups ice water

Put all of the ingredients into a blender and blend until smooth.

Thanks,

Kathy aka BermudaOnion
Tamara Baff

November 19th, 2008 at 10:27 am

ok Sheri….A brief post….the badge and I blogged about it!
I would love to be entered for this.
I have the book as I am part of the tour but the bag of recipes sounds good!
Tamara
link back to my post…..
Books by TJBaff: Love in The Tropics… A Contest over at A Novel Menagerie
Lisa

November 19th, 2008 at 2:13 pm

I posted about your contest, but you don’t need to enter me, I am part of the tour and already have the book.

http://bookthoughtsbylisa.blogspot.com/2008/11/love-in-tropics-giveaway.html
Alyce

November 19th, 2008 at 3:20 pm

I don’t have any tropical recipes, I guess I need to expand my cooking skills. And I haven’t been anywhere tropical – my husband was going to take me to Hawaii for our tenth anniversary last year, but that fell through.

I haven’t had a girls-only vacation – how wonderful would that be! I did have a day blackberry picking with my mom and sisters while the men watched our kids (ten total between the three of us sisters). That was about two years ago. I remember that we had a fabulous time talking contantly over the top of each other’s words. The most amazing thing to me was that it was the first time that all of us had been alone together for a day in about 16 years. We haven’t had a day like that since, and we need to do it more often. Maybe someday, when the kids are older we can actually have a girls-only vacation.

And since I didn’t really talk about a girls-only vacation, let me say that I certainly hope that 40 is the new 30, because I’m over thirty now myself!
Kelly B

November 19th, 2008 at 9:56 pm

Hi Sheri,
I am going to try to blog about your contest when I get out of work tomorrow. I think it is a fabulous idea! I just love the retro pictures!
Christy H.

November 20th, 2008 at 5:28 pm

Caribbean Sunset

Ingredients:
3/4 ounce Malibu rum
3/4 ounce Melon liqueur
2 ounce Cranberry juice
Orange juice

Caribbean Sunset Instructions
Mix the rum and the melon liqueur, and slowly pour the cranberry juice on top until it fills half the glass. Carefully fill the remainder of the glass with orange juice, so it floats on top of the cranberry juice mixture.

hawkes(at)citlink.net
Sandie

November 21st, 2008 at 11:03 am

My favorite tropical getaway was a trip to St. Thomas. It was gorgeous, although much more hilly than I’d thought of. The water was crystal clear, and in the resort we stayed in, each family had their own separate house. It was truly paradise. We went on a submarine ride, which was awesome. My favorite part had to be snorkeling. We went to St. John’s island, and at the public park, went snorkelng. It was my first time, and discovering that beautiful world undersea was amazing. Of course, the tropical food and the tropical love life were great also!