Lee Carroll’s Top 10 Places They Would Like To Visit + Giveaway of Black Swan Rising & The Watchtower (ends 13/09/11)
I’m very pleased to welcome authors Carol Goodman and her husband, Lee Slonimsky to the blog today. Together they write under the pseudonym of Lee Carroll. The first book in their new urban fantasy series, Black Swan Rising was published in 2010, and the second book, The Watchtower, was released in August, both by Bantam Books. So, please give them both a warm welcome.
1. LONDON: we are desperate to get back to a city which for one of us hosted a most formative youthful summer in 1974. Regents Park, the theatres, and riding the Central Line, not necessarily in that order.
2. EDINBURGH: Scotland looms large as a possible future locale for both Lee Carroll and Carol’s Fairwick Chronicles series, so we’d better see it first!
3. DUBLIN: the poet in both of us has a particular desire to participate in the open mike at Last Wednesday’s at Twisted Pepper. And no better place to explore part of our heritage.
4. ROME: we are hoping for writing residencies at the American Academy, close to where one of us did her junior undergraduate year abroad. “The Sycamores of Rome” is the projected title for a possible poetry collection by both of us.
5. PARIS: the poet in us hopes to attend the English language readings at Shakespeare & Co. on the Seine after spending perhaps a bit too much psychic time in the catacombs for Lee Carroll no. 3, The Shape Stealer.
6. MADAGASCAR: it has such beautiful vistas and so many species found nowhere else on earth.
7. PRAGUE: we have heard such evocative things about this city of great astronomer and Shape Stealer character Johannes Kepler, and Franz Kafka.
8. WARSAW: the poet in both of us longs for time in a country that cherishes poetry so well. And no better place to explore part of our heritage.
9. HONG KONG: we have heard so many great things about this bustling city.
10. SYDNEY: Australia has been a friend to our writing, and snorkeling near the Great Barrier Reef is a dream of many years.
Thank you Book Chick City!
Lee Carroll is a pseudonym for the collaboration between Hammet Award-winning mystery novelist Carol Goodman and her poet and hedge fund manager husband, Lee Slonimsky. Goodman and Slonimsky live in Great Neck, New York.
To find out more about Lee Carroll and their books, visit their website, www.carolgoodman.com.
GIVEAWAY
Thanks to Transworld/Tor US, I have two sets of Black Swan Rising and The Watchtower to give away! This is open to UK & US only. This giveaway ends Tuesday 13th Sept 2011
THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED
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Hi!
Thanks for the giveaway!
I have to admit the city I want visit is London, England and a few cities in Scotland.
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I really want to go to Sidney.
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The city I would like to visit most is New York, purely because I'd love to go and see a show on Broadway,go to central park and have a horse and carriage ride
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I really really want to go to Rome. In fact I am currently saving up to do just that.
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Such a wonderful giveaway These books look really good!!
The place I would love love to vist is Rome it has such a old feel to it and it is such a beatiful country I would love to take my daughter one day
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I would most love to visit Istanbul, Turkey. It has such a fascinating history and, surprisingly, still has many historic structures still intact such as the Hagia Sophia.
Thanks for the giveaway!
Donna @ The Happy Booker
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Ooh you always come up with such good features. I never realised they were a married couple and not just one person.
I would love to visit the Maldives. Without the children! So anyone wants to babysit for two weeks, just let me know.
vivienne_dacosta@hotmail.com
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I would love to visit New York – it looks so exciting and vibrant. I'm sure it would be very different from my little village – such an adventure….one day I WILL get there!
nikki [dot] clark [at] hotmail [dot] com
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I'm just stopping by to let everyone know that Black Swan Rising is absolutely fantastic.
I'm not entering the contest because I already bought both books. I haven't had a chance to read The Watchtower yet but I can't wait!!
Saph
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I would love to go to PARIS:)
Thank you for the giveaway!!
I live in the US.
elliott2668(at)yahoo(dot)com
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I have always wanted to go to London, England. I would love to see the shops and restaurants.
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Thank you for the giveaway
I'd like to visit Egypt, I havve been obsessed with this place since I was a teenager, hopefully I'll be able to visit one day.
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rome
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I really want to go to Italy – my Dad went to some mountains there and the pictures he bought back were lovely, such a pretty place
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I would love to visit Japan.
Thank you for this giveaway.
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Great post. There are so many places that I would love to go, but the one place I would love to go would be London. There are so many great things and places to see that I have dreamed of going there. I have always wanted to see like Windsor Castle, Thames River, Westminster Abbey, Abbey Road Studios(love the Beatles), House of Parliament, Buckingham Palace, and Hyde Park. There are a lot of places that I have seen in movies, books, and have heard of that I would love to see. A lot of great bands are from London like the Beatles and Led Zepplin. There were also a lot of good movies that were filmed and made in London like the Harry Potter movies(some scenes took place there)and too many others to mention. Also some books that I have read have talked about London and just want to see what they are talking about.
Thanks for the giveaway and the chance to win.
christinebails@yahoo.com
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Definately Venice, & definately in the winter …simply the most hauntingly atmospheric city ever
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I would love to visit Monaco someday. It looks breath taking. Thanks for the giveaway!
I live in the USA
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I would love to visit Dublin…or actually anywhere in Ireland!! Great giveaway! Love those UK covers!!
♥ Melissa @ Melissa's Eclectic Bookshelf
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This was a really cool post. I had no idea that either spouse wrote poetry.
I'm not entering the contest, just wanted to let you know I enjoyed the post.
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I would love to visit Ireland. Thanks for the giveaway!
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I'd like to visit almost everywhere…for my friends, I'd like to go to Indonesia, Texas, California, Belfast, Canada and many other places. For my heritage I'd like to go to China, cos I'm chinese and was adopted. And for fun, LA, Chicago, Japan, Athens and Rome.
Thanks for the giveaway
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I would love to visit the galapagos islands!!!!!
Thank for the grat giveaway!!!
Glassheart18ca@hotmail.com
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I'd love to see all the world but mostly places like Galapagos Islands Australia's Barrier Reef and the Grand Canyon.
As I am unable to travel for real to any of them I guess I'll stick to travelling the world via TV
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The blurbs on the book sound really good. Ty for a chance to win copies.
Enjoyed the post and country/place wishlist for visits
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I'd love to visit Japan… I love the culture and architecture. I'd also love to visit Scotland and Ireland. The countries are so beautiful.
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Paris is my number one – I went to France once but not to Paris. It's just a question of saving enough money to get to see all I want
Prague is my number two purely for the medieval atmosphere, and we're planning to visit Edinburgh pretty soon anyway 
great choices!
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I would like to visit London the mose but I'd also love to visit Ireland. Thanks for the giveaway!
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Enjoyed reading your travel wish list!
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I've seen the first book in the shops but have never bought it. might do thay now.
Anyway, out of the places mentioned I'd love to.visit rome. i love the food and would like to visit there for real. plus i want to see more of the history.
Really italy sounds a great place to go in general.
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I would love to visit London, as well as Edinburgh and Dublin – I'd love to do a whole tour of Great Britain. But if I had to pick just one city, it would be London.
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I would love to visit Italy!
-Michelle A
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I would love to visit Greece, the water looks beautiful!
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I would love to visit LA as i was made in America and more specifically in LA but I've never been and i would love to go to Hollywood as my favorite past times are Books and Movies. (becsmatthews@hotmail.co.uk)
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I would most like to visit Prague and Dublin. Both have always interested me and I cannot wait for my chance to go.
MIchelle (@OBoyledBooks)
OBoyledBooks at gmail dot com
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Ive wanted to visit Rome and Singapore for years! They're the top of my list of places I need to visit
GFC – Beckyinwonderland
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There isn't a spot here I wouldn't like to visit, although my friend and I have already started planning our London-Paris trip for next year, so here's hoping everyone else gets to see there spot soon too!
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Hi!
I'm a US reader. Thanks for the giveaway. Wow, what a hard decision choosing which place to visit. Since "all of the above" is not a valid answer, I will go with Rome.
Thanks!
Jen
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There are so many places I would love to visit! If I had to pick one right this moment I think I would pick Scotland
Thank you for the giveaway!
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