Hi guys, I hope you have enjoyed the the Random Magic Tour posts. If you did like them and would like to see more, I’ll be posting a tour schedule below and you can check out the past and future posts in the tour. Also, if you will look in the side bar, you will notice a banner which invites you to collect points and win some plunder – click on the banner for rules and how to play.
Random Magic Tour: Pirates!
May 10-30, 2011
About: Random Magic (
http://tinyurl.com/65lgvz9
)
Tour organization: Lyrika Publicis
Triton Tavern proprietress and guest relations: vvb32
(
http://vvb32reads.blogspot.com/
)
Contact the tour: @RandomMagicTour (
http://twitter.com/randommagictour
)
Rum + Plunder Treasure Hunt (May 11-30)
Win some marrrrrvelous plunder!
Browse prizes (
http://tinyurl.com/3f3bqgg
)
and
Bonus: Little Pirate Prizes
Cool surprise treasures scattered throughout the tour…
May 10
Mermaid’s Cove Musical Blog Hop
Shiver me timbers! Here be a round
of jolly tunes about the sweet trade.
My Love Affair With Books
http://books-love-affair.blogspot.com/
Twitter: @Misha_1989
http://twitter.com/Misha_1989
Songs for: Bold pirates
Book Girl of Mur-y-Castell
http://books-forlife.blogspot.com/
Twitter: @blodeuedd83
http://twitter.com/blodeuedd83
Songs for: Gloomy pirates
Elbit Blog
http://merigreenleaf.blogspot.com/
Twitter: @MeriGreenleaf
http://twitter.com/merigreenleaf
Songs for: Accidental pirates
vvb32 Reads
http://vvb32reads.blogspot.com/
Twitter: @vvb32reads
http://twitter.com/vvb32reads
Songs for: Saucy pirates
True Book Addict
http://thetruebookaddict.blogspot.com/
Twitter: @truebookaddict
http://twitter.com/truebookaddict
Songs for: Scary pirates
Willowdust Reviews – Tina’s Book Reviews
http://www.tinasbookreviews.com/
Twitter: @BooksAtTinas
http://twitter.com/BooksatTinas
Songs for: Pirate queens
Diary of a Bookworm
http://www.thediaryofabookworm.com/
Twitter: N/A
Songs for: Poetic pirates
Cerebralicious
http://www.siliconcerebrate.com/
Twitter: @cerebrate
http://twitter.com/cerebrate
Songs for: Brave seafarers of every kind,
and a moment for all the lost ships.
Eating YA Books
http://eatingyabooks.blogspot.com/
Twitter: @eatingyabooks
http://twitter.com/eatingyabooks
Songs for: Jovial pirates
Vampires and Tofu
http://vampiresandtofu.blogspot.com/
Twitter: @vampiresandtofu
http://twitter.com/#!/vampiresandtofu
Songs for: Ominous pirates
Songs and Stories
http://liedermadchen.blogspot.com/
Twitter: @LiederMadchen
http://twitter.com/#!/LiederMadchen
Songs for: (Delightfully) campy pirates
May 11
Liana’s Paper Doll Blog
http://www.joechip.net/liana/
Twitter: @lianaleslie
http://twitter.com/lianaleslie
Design doll: Queens of the Sea: #1 of 10
Voting: May 26-27
and
vvb32 Reads
http://vvb32reads.blogspot.com/
Twitter: @vvb32reads
http://twitter.com/vvb32reads
Triton’s Tavern opens: Tour updates (
http://tinyurl.com/3dyadku
)
Rum + Plunder tour hunt opens
Rum + Plunder: Join the hunt (
http://tinyurl.com/3f3bqgg
)
May 12
The Fluidity of Time
http://fluidityoftime.blogspot.com/
Twitter: N/A
Feature: Discussion: Seafaring culture and beliefs
Feature: Pirate Queens: #1 of 10: The Lioness of Brittany
and
Liana’s Paper Doll Blog
http://www.joechip.net/liana/
Twitter: @lianaleslie
http://twitter.com/lianaleslie
Design doll: Queens of the Sea: #2 of 10
May 13
Lady Violet
http://ladyviolet3.blogspot.com/
Twitter: @ladyviolet3
http://twitter.com/ladyviolet3
Video review, <i>Random Magic</i>
Feature: Video reading, <i>Random Magic</i>
Feature: Pirate Queens: #2 of 10: Lai Choi San
May 14
Giada
Dr. Stravagante’s Traveling Circus
http://dr-stravagante.blogspot.com/
Twitter: @hatshepsut0011
http://twitter.com/hatshepsut0011
Review (Dual language: English, Italian)
Feature: Arrrgh! How to talk like a pirate
Plus: Random Magic and unusual grub
Bonus: Free audio book, The Pirates Own Book
(Contemporary usage: The Pirates’ Own Book
and
Liana’s Paper Doll Blog
http://www.joechip.net/liana/
Twitter: @lianaleslie
http://twitter.com/lianaleslie
Design doll: Queens of the Sea: #3 of 10
and
vvb32 Reads
http://vvb32reads.blogspot.com/
Twitter: @vvb32reads
http://www.twitter.com/@vvb32reads
Feature: A Dandy in Distress (Part 1 of 3)
May 15
Moonlight Gleam
http://moonlightgleam.blogspot.com/
Twitter: @MoonlightGleams
http://twitter.com/MoonlightGleams
Review
Interview
Feature: Cinematic Swashbucklers
Bonus: Free audio book, Buccaneers and Pirates of our Coasts
and
vvb32 Reads
http://vvb32reads.blogspot.com/
Twitter: @vvb32reads
http://twitter.com/vvb32reads
Triton’s Tavern meet-up
Tour tidbits and pints o’ grog
Feature: A Dandy in Distress,
the preposterous piratical melodrama continues (Part 2 of 3)
May 16
The Book Swarm
http://bookswarm.blogspot.com/
Twitter: @marybrebner
http://twitter.com/marybrebner
Review
Feature: Pirate Queens: #3 of 10: Jacquotte Delahaye
Bonus: Pirate puzzle
and
Liana’s Paper Doll Blog
http://www.joechip.net/liana/
Twitter: @lianaleslie
http://twitter.com/lianaleslie
Design doll: Queens of the Sea: #4 of 10
and
vvb32 Reads
http://vvb32reads.blogspot.com/
Twitter: @vvb32reads
http://twitter.com/vvb32reads
Feature: A Dandy in Distress (Part 3 of 3)
May 17
Cecilia
The Epic Rat
http://www.theepicrat.com/
Twitter: @theEPICrat
http://twitter.com/theEPICrat
Review
Feature: Grub and Bumbo
Feature: Pirate Queens: #4 of 10: Anne Bonny
Bonus: Free audio book, Among Malay Pirates and Other Tales of
Peril and Adventure
and
Liana’s Paper Doll Blog
http://www.joechip.net/liana/
Twitter: @lianaleslie
http://twitter.com/lianaleslie
Design doll: Queens of the Sea: #5 of 10
May 18
Miss Page-Turner’s City of Books
http://misspageturnerscityofbooks.blogspot.com/
Twitter: @MPTsCityofBooks
http://twitter.com/MPTsCityofBooks
Review
Feature: Gallery: Sailing the Seven Seas
Feature: Pirate Queens: #5 of 10: Grace O’Malley
and
Songs and Stories
http://liedermadchen.blogspot.com/
Twitter: @LiederMadchen
Review
Feature: Finding Starboard
Bonus: Color-Me-Pirate
Liana’s Paper Doll Blog
http://www.joechip.net/liana/
Twitter: @lianaleslie
http://twitter.com/lianaleslie
Design doll: Queens of the Sea: #6 of 10
May 19
vvb32
http://vvb32reads.blogspot.com/
Twitter: @vvb32reads
http://twitter.com/vvb32reads
Feature: Music: Takes on pirate tunes
Feature: Pirate Queens: #6 of 10: Awilda
and
The Life (and Lies) of an Inanimate Flying Object
http://tinyurl.com/3ndsqp4
Twitter: @haleymathiot
http://tinyurl.com/3gx23ek
Feature: Under the Black Flag
and
Liana’s Paper Doll Blog
http://www.joechip.net/liana/
Twitter: @lianaleslie
http://twitter.com/lianaleslie
Design doll: Queens of the Sea: #7 of 10
May 20
Fiction Folio
http://www.fictionfolio.com/
Twitter: @TaraMQ
http://twitter.com/taramq
Video review, Random Magic
Feature: Post Like a Pirate
Feature: Pirate Queens: #7 of 10: A Salmagundi of She-Pirates
and
Liana’s Paper Doll Blog
http://www.joechip.net/liana/
Twitter: @lianaleslie
http://twitter.com/lianaleslie
Design doll: Queens of the Sea: #8 of 10
and
vvb32 Reads
http://vvb32reads.blogspot.com/
Twitter: @vvb32reads
http://twitter.com/vvb32reads
Triton’s Tavern meet-up
More tour tidbits and pints o’ grog.
May 21
Bibliophilic Monologues
http://thebookwurrm.wordpress.com/
Twitter: @Nafizaa
http://twitter.com/Nafizaa
Review
Feature: Literary Brigands
Feature: Pirate Queens: #8 of 10: Anne Dieu-Le-Veut
Bonus: Free audio book, The Frozen Pirate
and
Snowdrop Dreams of Books
http://snowdropdreams.blogspot.com/
Twitter: @snowdropdreams
http://twitter.com/snowdropdreams
Review
Feature: The Lost Ship
Bonus: Free audio book, Treasure Island
May 22
Book Lover – Book Chicks
http://booklover-bookchicks.blogspot.com/
Twitter: @LexieVamp666
http://twitter.com/LexieVamp666#
Feature: Discussion: (Video) Real-life pirates
Bonus: Free audio book, Great Pirate Stories
and
Vampires and Tofu
http://vampiresandtofu.blogspot.com/
Twitter: @vampiresandtofu
http://twitter.com/#!/vampiresandtofu
Review
Feature: Casting Random Magic
Feature: Pirate Lairs: Ocracoke Inlet and the legend of Blackbeard’s ghost
Bonus: Pirate karaoke
May 23
Liana’s Paper Doll Blog
http://www.joechip.net/liana/
Twitter: @lianaleslie
http://twitter.com/lianaleslie
Design doll: Queens of the Sea: #9 of 10
Review
Bonus: Quiz: Find your Random Magic twin
and
vvb32 Reads
http://vvb32reads.blogspot.com/
Twitter: @vvb32reads
http://twitter.com/vvb32reads
Feature: Radio show: Captain Blood
and
I <3 Reading (I Love Reading)
http://booklog.eternalised.net/
Twitter: @iheartreads
http://twitter.com/iheartreads
Review (Dual language, Flemish/English)
Bonus: Video lecture about pirate queen Grace O’Malley
Bonus: Game: Blackbeard’s Gold
May 24
La Femme Readers
http://lafemmereaders.blogspot.com/
Twitter: @lafemmereaders
http://twitter.com/lafemmereaders
Feature: Kick-Ass Women
and
Bookish Ardour
http://bookishardour.com/
Twitter: @Bonnie_Sparks
https://twitter.com/Bonnie_Sparks
Review
Feature: By Land or Sea (Vintage maps)
Feature: Pirate Lairs: Tortuga, Port Royal,
New Providence and the Brethren of the Coast
Bonus: Game: Pirate Chains
and
Liana’s Paper Doll Blog
http://www.joechip.net/liana/
Twitter: @lianaleslie
http://twitter.com/lianaleslie
Design doll: Queens of the Sea: #10 of 10
May 25
Gofita’s Pages (Heather)
http://gofita.blogspot.com/
Twitter: @Gofita
http://twitter.com/Gofita
Review
Feature: How-to: Pirate makeover
Bonus: Free audio book, The Sea Hawk
Bonus: (Video) Pirate movie night
and
Beyond Strange New Words
http://beyondstrangenewwords.blogspot.com/
Twitter: N/A
Review
Feature: Songs from the Sea (Sea shanties)
Feature: Pirate Queens: #9 of 10: Winnie Flapjack
Bonus: The Pirate Modiste (Dress-up doll)
May 26
Books, Sweets and other Treats
http://bsaot.blogspot.com/
Twitter: @lindsiking
http://twitter.com/lindsiking
Video review
Feature: Grog and Sangaree
Feature: Pirate Queens: #10 of 10: Mary Read
Bonus: Color-Me-Pirate
and
The Book Addict
http://love2write622.blogspot.com/
Twitter: @christina_622
https://twitter.com/christina_622
The Book Addict video channel
http://tinyurl.com/3bqpoej
Video review
Feature: (Video) Top five Random Magic quotes
Feature: (Video) Reading from Random Magic
Bonus: The Mermaid Maker (Dress-up doll)
and
Liana’s Paper Doll Blog
http://www.joechip.net/liana/
Twitter: @lianaleslie
http://twitter.com/lianaleslie
Design dolls: Queens of the Sea
Voting for favorite design doll
(May 26-27)
May 27
This Miss Loves to Read
http://thismisslovestoread.blogspot.com/
Twitter: @MissIrenne
http://twitter.com/MissIrenne
Feature: Discussion: Top 10 fictional corsairs and buccaneers
Bonus: Free audio book, Captain Blood
Bonus: Pirate karaoke
and
Liana’s Paper Doll Blog
http://www.joechip.net/liana/
Twitter: @lianaleslie
http://twitter.com/lianaleslie
Design dolls: Queens of the Sea
Voting for favorite design doll
(May 26-27)
May 28
Splash of our Worlds
http://splashofourworlds.blogspot.com/
Twitter: @SplashOOWorlds
http://twitter.com/SplashOOWorlds
Feature: Video discussion, Random Magic and pirates
(Int’l: Greek language, English transcript)
Bonus: Free audio book, Howard Pyle’s Book of Pirates
Bonus: Game: Pirate’s Quest
and
Liana’s Paper Doll Blog
http://www.joechip.net/liana/
Twitter: @lianaleslie
http://twitter.com/lianaleslie
Design doll: Queens of the Sea:
Fave design revealed, winner selected
(May 28)
May 29
Sea Wolves Reading Circle
Ahoy, matey! Here be a treasure chest of
great piratey reads, plucked from shelves
by a scandalous crew from near and far.
The Fluidity of Time
http://fluidityoftime.blogspot.com/
Twitter: N/A
This Miss Loves To Read
http://thismisslovestoread.blogspot.com/
Twitter: @MissIrenne
http://twitter.com/MissIrenne
What Book Is That?
http://www.whatbookisthat.com/
Twitter: @heynocupcake
http://twitter.com/heynocupcake
Cerebralicious
http://www.siliconcerebrate.com/
Twitter: @cerebrate
http://twitter.com/cerebrate
My Love Affair With Books
http://books-love-affair.blogspot.com/
Twitter: @Misha_1989
http://twitter.com/Misha_1989
vvb32 Reads
http://vvb32reads.blogspot.com/
Twitter: @vvb32reads
http://twitter.com/vvb32reads
Willowdust Reviews – Tina’s Book Reviews
http://www.tinasbookreviews.com/
Twitter: @BooksAtTinas
http://twitter.com/BooksatTinas
Songs and Stories
http://liedermadchen.blogspot.com/
Twitter: @LiederMadchen
http://twitter.com/LiederMadchen
The Diary of a Bookworm
http://www.thediaryofabookworm.com/
Twitter: N/A
May 30
The Parting Glass
Tour summaries and a pub sing
Wrap day! Feel free to visit all the cool
blogs on tour to browse wrap day posts.
Rum + Plunder (
http://tinyurl.com/3f3bqgg
): Final tallies
Little Pirate Prizes: Final tallies begin
Winners announced: June 6
