Bid Today. Score An ARC. Make A Difference.
Sometimes, you just have to do something.
Swati Avashti did by stepping up to raise money and awareness for Domestic Violence Prevention by holding an auction featuring *incredible* donations made by the generous people in the writing community. For the nth time I cursed the fact that I didn't have an ARC (although I'll admit that I've cursed that fact for different reasons in the past), but I had just read an ARC, XVI by![[info]](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/hostedimages/1380438177i/889613.gif)
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, which touched on domestic violence issues (a book and author which I will talk about more later on this blog) and I asked if she'd be willing to donate the copy she'd sent me. Generous as always, she was happy to join the cause.
Now you can, too.
Please check out
As Swati says, "Get stuff you want, have fun, and while you're at it, make a difference."
OFFICIAL DEETS:
To honor National Domestic Violence Awareness month, author Swati Avasthi has combined a blog tour for her debut novel, Split, with a charity auction. Over 40 authors, agents and editors have donated manuscript critiques, personalized books, and more to an online auction that anyone –reader, writer, booklover -- can bid on and buy. All proceeds go to the Family Violence Prevention Fund. In addition to the auction, Avasthi is donating $1/comment on her 26-stop, month-long blog tour, coordinated by Kari Olson at Teen Book Scene. If we reach the goal and cap of $250, Swati will double the donation to the Family Violence Prevention Fund. The CDC estimates that one in four women will experience intimate partner abuse during her life and UC Davis estimates that a child who grew up witnessing abuse is four times as likely to perpetrate abuse, 25 times more likely to commit rape and 6 times more likely to commit suicide. Family Violence Prevention Fund has some great initiatives, including Coaching Boys Into Men and Start Strong, that are about breaking the intergenerational cycle and preventing abuse. So, follow the tour, get stuff you want, and make a difference.
About Split: 16-year-old Jace Witherspoon drives 19 hours straight after finally hitting his father back. He shows up on the doorstep of his brother, who he hasn't seen or heard from in 5 years, with a few bucks, his re-landscaped face, and a secret. Split is about what happens after; after you've said enough, after you've run, after you've made the split.
Swati Avashti did by stepping up to raise money and awareness for Domestic Violence Prevention by holding an auction featuring *incredible* donations made by the generous people in the writing community. For the nth time I cursed the fact that I didn't have an ARC (although I'll admit that I've cursed that fact for different reasons in the past), but I had just read an ARC, XVI by
juliakarr
, which touched on domestic violence issues (a book and author which I will talk about more later on this blog) and I asked if she'd be willing to donate the copy she'd sent me. Generous as always, she was happy to join the cause.Now you can, too.
Please check out
As Swati says, "Get stuff you want, have fun, and while you're at it, make a difference."
OFFICIAL DEETS:
To honor National Domestic Violence Awareness month, author Swati Avasthi has combined a blog tour for her debut novel, Split, with a charity auction. Over 40 authors, agents and editors have donated manuscript critiques, personalized books, and more to an online auction that anyone –reader, writer, booklover -- can bid on and buy. All proceeds go to the Family Violence Prevention Fund. In addition to the auction, Avasthi is donating $1/comment on her 26-stop, month-long blog tour, coordinated by Kari Olson at Teen Book Scene. If we reach the goal and cap of $250, Swati will double the donation to the Family Violence Prevention Fund. The CDC estimates that one in four women will experience intimate partner abuse during her life and UC Davis estimates that a child who grew up witnessing abuse is four times as likely to perpetrate abuse, 25 times more likely to commit rape and 6 times more likely to commit suicide. Family Violence Prevention Fund has some great initiatives, including Coaching Boys Into Men and Start Strong, that are about breaking the intergenerational cycle and preventing abuse. So, follow the tour, get stuff you want, and make a difference.
About Split: 16-year-old Jace Witherspoon drives 19 hours straight after finally hitting his father back. He shows up on the doorstep of his brother, who he hasn't seen or heard from in 5 years, with a few bucks, his re-landscaped face, and a secret. Split is about what happens after; after you've said enough, after you've run, after you've made the split.
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