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Book Series: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel, by Michael Scott {Giveaway}

Posted on May 18, 2009 by Stacey Nerdin

Once upon a time I had a book blog.  Well, truth is, I still have a book blog (called book:thirty), but I haven’t posted there in ages.  Dusting the cobwebs off the site would take some time, but I’ve got a great book giveaway RIGHT NOW that I want to share with you, so I’ll be posting it here!

200px-Alchemyst_Nicholas_FlamelI haven’t had the chance to read the Young Adult fantasy book series The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel  (Random House) by Michael Scott yet, but my teens and I have heard the buzz.  With elements of history, magic, myth, and legend brought to the present-day, the action-packed fantasy series about twins destined to save the world has already had the movie rights bought by New Line Cinema.

School Library Journal says of the series:  “While there is plenty here to send readers rushing to their encyclopedias of mythology and alchemy, those who read the book at face value will simply be caught up in the enthralling story. A fabulous read.”200px-Magician_Nicholas_Flamel

Common Sense Media writes:  “Parents need to know that, despite the almost nonstop action and fantasy violence, there is very little real violence, gore, or anything realistic.  Families can talk about the world-wide mythology behind the story and how allusions to Flamel compare to mentions of him in the Harry Potter books. Kids might also be interested in reading more about the myths the author uses, and the ways in which he has tried to make sense of the legendary past.”

200px-Le_sorceressTo celebrate the May 26 release of The Sorceress, the third book in the projected six-part series, Random House is sponsoring a fun giveaway.  One reader will win a paperback copy of the first two books – The Alchemyst and The Magician – as well as a special edition Challenges of the Elder mug.  Challenges of the Elder is a recently-released online game based on the Nicholas Flamel series.  You can read my review of the site HERE.

To enter this giveaway, you must leave a comment to this post telling me:  what kinds of books did you read as a teen?  For extra entries you may tweet -or- blog about this giveaway (leave an extra comment for each extra entry type).  All entries must be received by midnight (CST) Monday, June 1.

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68 Responses

  1. Heather O, on May 18, 2009 at 9:03 pm said:

    As a teen I read everything I could get my hands on. I read my mother’s romance novels. I tried to read my father’s books but, other than his poetry books, I could not get through them. I read cereal boxes, magazines, textbooks but my favorite books were the ones that teachers wrote about their special students and nonfiction about children who overcame amazing odds, such as “A Child Called It”. Now young adult is my favorite and I am more likely to read fantasy books over any other kind. What a great giveaway!

  2. Jen, on May 19, 2009 at 6:30 am said:

    I don’t remember what I read as a teenager, but I loved reading. I hated reading what was assigned for school and loved reading novels. I do have a romance novel author who I was recently introduced to that your daughters might like. Her name is Georgette Heyer and she wrote these books in the 50s, but they are all Regency Romances like Pride and Prejudice. I like that they are clean and usually the couple decide to get married and kiss on the last page or so! Check them out!

  3. Melissa, on May 19, 2009 at 8:38 am said:

    I’m embarassing myself here, but as ateen I read all of my mother’s Victoria Holt novels. SHHHHH! Don’t tell anyone!

  4. Lissa, on May 19, 2009 at 9:22 am said:

    I LOVE this series, by the way, and am early anticipating ‘The Sorceress’–you need to read it, Stacey! In fact, Jason and I like to read together, and so we’re reading ‘The Alchemyst’ right now.

    As for what I read as a teen–in my early teens it was lots of Nancy Drew, Agatha Christie, then it was Star Wars expanded universe novels (back when they were good–the new ones stink), lots of fantasy and SF books…anything clean, really.

  5. Katrina, on May 19, 2009 at 9:24 am said:

    I read sci-fi and fantasy as a teen…heck that is just about all I read now a days too. I just love this giveaway.

  6. LCM, on May 19, 2009 at 10:12 am said:

    I have always loved books! I read everything, seriously in 5th grade I was reading my mom’s historical novels.

  7. Rachel W., on May 19, 2009 at 10:21 am said:

    I read a lot of gory murder mysteries which is funny because I’ve never liked horror movies. Now I mainly read historical fiction.

    Thanks for the giveaway!

  8. gaby317, on May 19, 2009 at 10:32 am said:

    This is a fun question – but hard to answer.
    I enjoyed books about spunky young girls or people with special magical powers of some sort like: the Pippi Longstocking Series, P.L. Travers’s Mary Poppins series, Little House on the Prarie series, Anne of Green Gables series, Pearl S. Buck’s The Good Earth, A Little Princess and The Secret Garden.

    I also liked stories about horses, dogs, and their friendships with people: White Fang, Black Beauty, Old Yeller, Son of Black Beauty, The Long Voyage, Call of the Wild, and similar books.

    I enjoyed mysteries like Encyclopedia Brown, Miss Marple and the other Agatha Christies, E. Nesbitt books, Enid Blyton books.

    I liked Scaramouche by Rafael Sabatini, The Three Musketeers, and similar books.

    I would read anything that my uncle or mother recommended – they had fabulous taste!

  9. kim pickett, on May 19, 2009 at 10:33 am said:

    As a teenager, I was really into those Sweet Valley High books and VC Andrews titles like “Flower in the Attic” and such. I remember one other series in particular–It was called the “Girls of Canby Hall”. It seems kind of funny to me now, but at the time I couldn’t wait to go buy new ones!

    Thanks for the contest! This giveaway is so exciting.

    zoeyredbird9@gmail.com

  10. AllisonMarieCat, on May 19, 2009 at 10:49 am said:

    As a teen, I read a lot of Agatha Christie, having graduated from Nancy Drew!

  11. AllisonMarieCat, on May 19, 2009 at 10:49 am said:

    Tweeted the giveaway!

  12. Teresa W, on May 19, 2009 at 11:37 am said:

    When I was a teen I loved The Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys series!

  13. Ladytink_534, on May 19, 2009 at 12:27 pm said:

    As a teen I really, really loved R.L. Stine’s Fear Street series. I read other things too but never loved any quite as much. Then I found Laurell K. Hamilton and other books like hers. However, I still love YA!

    Ladytink_534(at)yahoo(dot)com

  14. Holly, on May 19, 2009 at 12:28 pm said:

    I would love to win this giveaway!! Thanks for hosting!

    My favorite books as a teen were Stephen King and Michael Crichton books! LOVED Jurassic Park and Misery.

  15. chey, on May 19, 2009 at 12:52 pm said:

    As a teen I read adventure, suspense and romance.

  16. Caffey, on May 19, 2009 at 2:17 pm said:

    These sound great!! I loved finding out about these books! Great post!

    I read alot as a teen! Victoria Holt’s Gothics were ones. I think after all these years they are finally re-releasing them so one is out and second coming soon. I too read V. C. Andrews books, Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew, Little House series. I wished some I kept as well now. Too Jane Austen! Alot of these make great re-reads to go back on!

  17. Kristin, on May 19, 2009 at 2:43 pm said:

    I always enjoyed reading fun scary books as a teenager!

  18. Mrs. Ordinary, on May 19, 2009 at 3:26 pm said:

    Books? More like Seventeen magazine. Does that count?

  19. MJ, on May 19, 2009 at 3:37 pm said:

    As a teen, I read mysteries Perry Mason etc. No, I’m not telling my age! LOL

    mj.coward[at]gmail.com

  20. brenda helgeson, on May 19, 2009 at 5:02 pm said:

    lots of stephen king, jane austin and fantasy books like lord of the rings

  21. Mary Ward, on May 19, 2009 at 5:35 pm said:

    As a teen, I loved a good romance. I remember reading Forever by Judy Blume and just falling in love with romance. I also went to the other end of the spectrum and would read super scary books. It would depend on my mood and it still does when I’m picking what to read next.

  22. Heather E, on May 19, 2009 at 7:08 pm said:

    As a teenager I read the Sweet Valley High books.

  23. Carol S, on May 19, 2009 at 7:09 pm said:

    I read all of the Nancy Drew books as a teen. I also got into the classics- Jane Eyre and the like.

  24. Hillary Fairchild, on May 19, 2009 at 7:45 pm said:

    As a teen I loved to read Judy Blume! Thanks for the contest!

  25. Abby, on May 19, 2009 at 8:18 pm said:

    I remember reading the Ramona series and laughing so loud I woke my mom!

  26. Jake L, on May 19, 2009 at 9:01 pm said:

    I’m not sure I remember specifically what I read when I was a teen, but I remember being a voracious reader of almost anything I could get my hands on.

    thanks,
    jake.lsewhere[at]gmail.com

  27. Liyana, on May 19, 2009 at 10:26 pm said:

    As a teen, well I am a teen now! I like reading fantasy and thriller books. They say that we read what we don’t have, so maybe it’s true. ;)

    loony_balooga_91@hotmail.com

  28. Sandy M, on May 19, 2009 at 10:54 pm said:

    I remember reading my first romances as a teen – Phyllis Whitney and Bertrice Small, but my favorite was Victoria Holt. I think that’s why I love reading first person and Gothic today. It’s wonderful a few romance authors are currently revisiting Gothics. I still reread a few of these ladies’ books now and again and I love them just as much now as I did then.

  29. Jake L, on May 20, 2009 at 12:46 am said:

    Letting you know I also blogged about this giveaway here.

    thanks,
    jake.lsewhere[at]gmail.com

  30. Dawn M., on May 20, 2009 at 1:31 am said:

    I read a little bit of everything…teen romance, mystery/suspense and a lot of science fiction/fantasy . My favorite author was Anne McCaffrey. :0)

    Thanks!

  31. Valorie, on May 20, 2009 at 2:44 am said:

    As a kid, I read a lot of adult books. I was big into Stephen King, Anne Rice, and Piers Anthony. I am just now reading the YA I should have read then.

  33. Mechele Armstrong, on May 20, 2009 at 4:57 am said:

    I read anything I could get my hands on. Read Judy Blume, Stephen King, Sidney Sheldon, Robert Ludlum, Alistair MacClain, Victoria Holt, Katheleen Woodiwiss, along with a host of paranormal books that I don’t remember. On and Stephen R. Boyett.

  35. susan, on May 20, 2009 at 5:30 am said:

    I love to read all kinds of books, I am now reading Jeffrey Deaver, the broken window.. good book

  36. Marie, on May 20, 2009 at 9:42 am said:

    As a teen I read almost everything although I did tend toward fantasy and science fiction a lot and as I got a bit older towards mysteries. But honestly I read whatever I could get hold of where ever I was :-)

  37. Deedles, on May 20, 2009 at 10:01 am said:

    I read a lot of fantasy and sci-fi.

  38. kim v, on May 20, 2009 at 2:25 pm said:

    I read classics like Little Women. Thanks for the giveaway!
    Kimspam66(at)yahoo(dot)com

  39. Sandra K321, on May 20, 2009 at 2:34 pm said:

    I loved the classics and 20th century plays. I loved books like the Scarlet Letter, anything by F. Scott Fitzgerald, and then I found Eugene O’Neil (The Hairy Ape was my favorite, but I think I read them all.)

  40. Heather S, on May 20, 2009 at 3:31 pm said:

    I read Nancy Drew and other mystery books, some classics like Little Women and as I got older Stephen King.

  41. chris swan, on May 20, 2009 at 5:18 pm said:

    The only books I can remember reading as a teen are Charlottes Web and Black Stallion.

  42. Sarah Z, on May 20, 2009 at 8:46 pm said:

    I read a lot of older romance books and everything else I could find as a teen!
    Thanks

  43. Llehn, on May 20, 2009 at 10:18 pm said:

    I read a lot of fantasy books when I was growing up particularly Diana Wynne Jones.

  44. ShootingStarsMag, on May 20, 2009 at 10:56 pm said:

    I’ve wanted to read these since I saw them because it reminded me right away of Harry Potter. Speaking of HP, those were some books that I read growing up as I am still a teen. However, other teen books? I love The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky. I read it every year for a few years straight. I really need to read it again. It’s just so amazing and real.

    -Lauren
    lauren51990 AT aol DOT com

  45. Belinda, on May 21, 2009 at 12:38 am said:

    I read every kind of book as a teen but romance and science fiction. Thanks!

  46. Nicole D., on May 21, 2009 at 8:49 am said:

    As a teen, I read quite a few Stephen King books, and Cliver Barker books. Plus, the usual “school-required” books: To Save a Mockingbird, A Separate Peace, etc.

  47. Chris, on May 21, 2009 at 10:22 am said:

    I read anything and everything – from Isaac Asimov to the plays of Henrik Ibsen. I also distinctly remember the Everworld series – although that may have been middle school. I recently re-read one of those, I always get a kick out of picking up old books.

    I also distinctly remember a period where I could not put down Steven King and Dean Koontz – I can’t say I’m a fan anymore, but in high school I loved them.

    I also got my first introduction to fantasy with Melanie Rawn – a secondhand gift that became one of my all time favorites!

  48. Charity S., on May 21, 2009 at 10:28 am said:

    I read Beverly Cleary books.

    Thanks

  51. TheBookworm, on May 21, 2009 at 1:06 pm said:

    I prefer Fantasy YA books. Sci-fi and Action Adventure are also great. The one YA genre I’m wary of is Chick Lit.

    Please enter me!

    emailthebookworm(at)yahoo(dot)com

  52. Kitten22, on May 21, 2009 at 8:55 pm said:

    This looks great! Please enter me!

    I love this series!

    When I was a teen I read all the Agatha Christie novels. I was big into mysteries at the time.

    BookCrossingKitten22[at]gmail[dot]com

  53. Kitten22, on May 21, 2009 at 8:55 pm said:

    I tweeted about this!

    http://twitter.com/BookingKitten22

    BookCrossingKitten22[at]gmail[dot]com

  54. babygirlG, on May 21, 2009 at 10:20 pm said:

    I read a lot of Enid Blyton when I was growing up. She’s this British writer who writes a lot of children’s stories from mysteries, to adventure stories to fantasy to familiy stories.

  55. SMD, on May 21, 2009 at 11:51 pm said:

    Honestly, I hated reading when I was a teenager. The reason? Constantly being forced to read stuff that was boring beyond measure. I had one teacher who sort of saved reading for me in Sophomore year by getting us to read 1984, which I absolutely love, and Watership Down, which is a classic. I’ve been an SF/F fan since, though I had liked fantasy before that, to be honest. But, it takes a really remarkable teacher to not ruin reading for a teenager. Seriously.

    Thanks for the great giveaway, by the way.

  57. Katie, on May 23, 2009 at 8:37 am said:

    I really like fantasy and romance.

  58. Ashley, on May 23, 2009 at 6:12 pm said:

    I am still a teenager (15) and have a wide range of YA books that I like to read. I usually like realistic fiction the most, but I also like suspense, mystery, fantasy, and some historic fiction.

    booksobsession(at)gmail(dot)com

  59. Ashley, on May 23, 2009 at 6:13 pm said:

    + I posted this on my sidebar at http://booksobsession.blogspot.com

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  61. Belinda McNabb, on May 24, 2009 at 11:11 am said:

    As as kid I would read anything I could get my hands on. I used to walk to school with my face buried in a book. Anything from Anne of Green Gables, Secret Garden to Roots and Pride and Prejudice. I find that even today the kind of books that I enjoy reading still range as much as they did when I was a child.

  62. Christina Brunetti, on May 24, 2009 at 2:33 pm said:

    I would love to read this. I was really into the Hardy Boys!

    thanks so much!

    darkfyre1(at)gmail(dot)com

  63. Suzana, on May 24, 2009 at 11:51 pm said:

    I descovered Tolkien when I was twelve, so everything after was fantasy.

  64. Teresa, on May 26, 2009 at 6:11 am said:

    I probably had some serious problems, because I was reading a lot of “easy” russians (Tolstoj and Dostojevski). My favorite books were “Anna Karenina”, “Karamazov brothers” and “War and Peace”. I loved Pushkin and Gogol , too.

  65. Alexa, on May 26, 2009 at 9:02 pm said:

    As of now, I am a teenager and I like reading YA books. I like books dealing with paranormal creatures. I also like horror books occasionally.

    lovinfitch(at)aol(dot)com

  66. Diane S, on May 31, 2009 at 2:05 pm said:

    As a teen I was reading Little women and the Narnia series. Stephen King and V.C. Andrews. Thank you for the giveaway the books sound great.

  67. Raelena, on June 1, 2009 at 8:39 am said:

    i read a lot of fantasy books like Harry Potter

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