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Last chance to enter the Spear adjective competition: Clue #16

The final clue in the guess-the-review-adjective for SPEAR competition, this time from a blurb by @MARIADAHVANA Get your best guess in before noon Pacific time tomorrow. Rules and how to enter:

Here is Clue #16, the FINAL clue in the One Adjective to Rule Them All competition. Words from Maria Dahvana Headley. Background illustration taken from one of Spear‘s interior artworks by Rovina Cai. Image description: Square graphic in blue-grey showing in the upper left two women by a lake and, larger, in the lower right a menacing figure approaching with a spear. Centred in white text, “A…

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Spear adjective competition: Clue #15

Clue #15 in the guess-the-review-adjective competition for SPEAR prizes, this time a quote from a review in @ChicagoRevBooks by @JakeCasella. No purchase necessary! Open to anyone in the world! Rules and how to enter:

Here is the penultimate clue, Clue #15, in the One Adjective to Rule Them All competition. Words from “Cold Iron and Piercing Beauty in Spear,” from the Chicago Review of Books, by Jake Casella Brookins. The background illustration is taken from one of Spear‘s interior artworks by Rovina Cai. The final clue will be tomorrow; I’ll close the competition end-of-day Friday, and announce the winner/s…

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Spear adjective competition: Clue #14

Clue #14 in the guess-the-review-adjective competition for SPEAR prizes. This quote comes from a starred review in @ShelfAwareness by @kerryamchugh. Rules and to enter:

Here is Clue #14 in the One Adjective to Rule Them All competition. Words from a starred review in Shelf Awareness by Kerry McHugh. The background illustration is taken from one of Spear‘s interior artworks by Rovina Cai Cai. Make sure you check the list of possible adjectives—because it keeps growing (I added two just yesterday). And check out previous clues. Image description: Square graphic…

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Spear adjective competition: Clue #13

Clue #13 in the guess-the-adjective SPEAR competition, this time with words from an @AndreaRittshcof review in @NamelessZine. Win 3 prizes—free to enter, enter anywhere in the world. Rules and how to enter:

Here is Clue #13 in the One Adjective to Rule Them All competition. Words from a review by Andrea Rittschof in The Nameless Zine. The background illustration is taken from one of Spear‘s interior artworks by Rovina Cai. Make sure you check the list of possible adjectives—because it keeps growing. And check out previous clues. Image description: Square graphic in blue-grey showing a great,…

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Spear adjective competition: Clue #12

Clue #12 in the guess-the-review-adjective competition for SPEAR prizes. No purchase necessary! Open to anyone in the world! Art by @RovinaCaiArt. Rules and how to enter:

Here is Clue #12 in the One Adjective to Rule Them All competition. Words from a review in Publishers Weekly. The background illustration is taken from one of Spear‘s interior artworks by Rovina Cai. Image description: Square graphic in blue-grey showing a background image of someone in 6th-century armour, sitting on a stone blowing on a dandelion puffball. The seeds rise like smoke, hiding…

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Spear adjective competition: Clue #11

Clue #11 in the guess-the-adjective SPEAR competition, this time with words from a wonderful @Buzzfeed review by @readerlymom. Win 3 prizes—free to enter, enter anywhere in the world. Rules and how to enter:

Here is Clue #11 in the One Adjective to Rule Them All competition. Words from a review by Margaret Kingsbury in Buzzfeed. The background illustration is taken from one of Spear‘s interior artworks by Rovina Cai. Image description: Square graphic in blue-grey showing a silhouette of a rider on a horse surrounded by wind or smoke. Centred in white text, “This immersive and inclusive retelling is…

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Spear adjective competition: Clue #10

Here's Clue #9 in the guess-the-top-Spear-review-adjective competition. Words from a @locusmag review by @garykwolfe and art by @RovinaCaiArt. Free to enter, and open to anyone in the world. Rules here: https://nicolagriffith.com/2022/04/07/competition-o

Here is Clue #10 in the One Adjective to Rule Them All competition. Words from a review by Gary Wolfe in Locus (it’s a great review!). The background illustration is taken from one of Spear‘s interior artworks by Rovina Cai. Image description: Square graphic in blue-grey showing a figure kneeling in the shallows of a river, leaning their weight on a sword. In the upper third of the image, the…

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Spear adjective competition: Clue #9

Clue #9 is the guess-the-adjective competition to win not one, not two, but three prizes: - SPEAR, signed and personalised - SPEAR audiobook - enamel pin Open to anyone in the world, free to enter.

Here is Clue #9 in the One Adjective to Rule Them All competition. Words from a review in Kirkus. The background illustration is taken from one of Spear‘s interior artworks by Rovina Cai. Image description: Square graphic in blue-grey showing a great, Celtic-style hanging bowl over the flames with smoke and steam fuming up, forming images of a woman in the woods, a fortified wall, a horse and…

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