Ahoy, mates! It’s that time of year again. The weather is starting to heat up and what better to occupy our imaginations than some good ol’ pirate fun? Imagine yourself, if you dare, sailing the high seas, your boots firmly planted on the rolling deck of a wooden vessel, the wind captured in its sails pushing you ever onward to a place shrouded in mystery known only by the tales whispered around the fire’s glow...
I could be talking about Pirates of the Caribbean, On Stranger Tides because this movie franchise is one of my absolute favorites of all time, but I have another series that fits the bill just as easily, and has proven time and time again to be a fun, entertaining read filled with wild adventure and high seas hijinks.
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The Bloody Jack Adventures, written by L.A. Meyer, are about the life and times of one Mary Faber, a happy young girl from a middle class London family until her family dies of the black plague. Orphaned and with nowhere else to turn, she joins Rooster Charlie's Gang, living on the tough streets of 18th Century London. But her friend and protector, Rooster Charlie, is killed by a corpse seller named Muck, and Mary runs away, dresses in boys clothing, changes her name to Jack, and secures her place on the ship, the HMS Dolphin, as a ships boy. And so begins the adventures of Jacky Faber, Ships Boy, Midshipman, Fine Lady, Lily of the West, Soldier, Sailor, Mermaid, Spy.
There are eight Bloody Jack Adventures published, and if you haven't started the series, I highly recommended it. Historical fiction has never been so entertaining, witty and fun. And as Jacky grows, romance blossoms, adding a nice saucy element into the mix. But Jacky--charming and impetuous--gets herself into some tight spots, and soon has young men fighting for her affections!
I love this series so much that I can easily imagine it on the big screen. It's that fun! That's why I chose to give one book from the Bloody Jack Adventure series away for the Spring Blog Carnival and because it almost coincides with the release of On Stranger Tides. If you're new to the series, pick Bloody Jack: Being An Account of the Curious Adventures of Mary "Jacky" Faber, Ships Boy, or if you need to catch up with a different book, choose the next one you need! Open Internationally.
Leave your comment below (tell me what you think of the books or the On Stranger Tides movie trailer) with the book you'd like to win and your email. The winner will be chosen using a random number generator on May 8th. I'll announce the winner on this website and contact them via email to get snail mail information.
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Now on to the next blog, ye blackguards, but stay tuned, because this lucky scoundrel scored the ARC for The Mark of the Golden Dragon: Being an Account of the Further Adventures of Jacky Faber, Jewel of the East, Vexation of the West, and Pearl of the South China Sea (Bloody Jack Adventures)
. Review forthcoming.
. Review forthcoming.Good luck to 'ee and fair wind!
How EXCITING!!!! I cannot wait for POTC:OST!!!!!! Omgosh Johnny Depp Swooon. The trailer is so good and there is less than a month to go yay!!
ReplyDeleteSo.. thats what I thought of the trailer :)
Now I've been hearing about the Bloody Jack novels for a while (all positive) but for some unGodly readson (hehe get it?) I just havn't gotten to buying one :( So if this is international I'd like to enter for the first one (title is way to long) so I can finally start to read them! Thanks for such a great giveaway.
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ReplyDeleteI don't think I've seen this series around, but you're so enthusiastic about it that I'd love the chance to give it a try. Please enter me in the giveaway for Bloody Jack. =)
While I think that girl-disguises-as-boy has been done to death (and rarely as well as Shakespeare did it), I always hope that the next book with this trope will put a fresh spin on it. And who can resist an adventure with pirates, aye? =)
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If the giveaway is open Internationally I would like to be entered.
ReplyDeleteThe series sounds quite good and this is the first I have heard of it.
Thank you.
Carol T
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A girl on a ship, definitely sounds good. As someone who grew up by the sea, I always wonder what would it be like to live the life of a shipman/woman. But of course, I was never allowed to go too near to the sea. I guess, the Bloody Jack novels might be the answer for my wild imagination. Hehehe.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the giveaway. Please enter me for the first novel in Bloody Jack series.
nadz_nnr AT hotmail DOT com
Thanks for the chance to win!I love the Jacky Farber books, though I've yet to read the most recently published one. So I'd love to win that one :)
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Ohhh Johnny...I think I just melted ;)
ReplyDeleteI havent read the series, but thanks so much for sharing about it ...I would LOVE to win the first book. If not I will just have to get this series !!
kym
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Great giveaway. Sounds like an exciting read. I'd have to start with the first one.
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Ohmygoodness!! after that blog entry i now want to start the series.. i honestly never heard of it until now. but how you explained it, i am very curious. and the Trailer, Johnny Depp is so swoon worthy... i cant even sum it up in a little comment about the movies. i just love love love them. =D
ReplyDeleteAnd as for the book that i want, did you mean ANY book? if yes, I'd love to get The Gathering By Kelley Armstrong.
Thanks for a great incite and giveaway!!
Tezza
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to sum it all = exciting!
ReplyDeletewould like the first one pls,
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Oh ye oh ye - a kindred spirit. I love the Pirates of the Caribbean series and cannot wait for the new movie. I have not read the Bloody Jack Adventures and would love to win a copy of Bloody Jack: Being An Account of the Curious Adventures of Mary "Jacky" Faber, Ships Boy. The series sounds fun and sometimes we need some go a pirating fun!!!. Thank you for participating in the giveaway! I found your site through another blog and have signed up as GFC and hope to subscribe to your email, if I can figure this out, and look forward to reading what you have to say.
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I love the Bloody Jack series. I read through them all in about a week! As for On Stranger Tides, it comes out 5 days before my birthday, so I know exactly what I will be doing... :)
ReplyDeleteThank you for the giveaway! I would love to be entered for the first Bloody Jack book.
liedermadchen(at)hotmail(dot)com
I'm looking forward to watching Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides! Like I said in my post (http://www.cherrymischievous.com/2011/03/pirates-of-caribbean-on-stranger-tides.html), this installment is looking like the best ever yet in the series :)
ReplyDeleteI would love to win Shadowfever by Karen Marie Moning :D
Cherry Mischievous
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Thanks for participating everyone. The giveaway is for 1 book in the Bloody Jack Adventures series. There is a hyperlink in the above post that lists the books if you are reading the series and don't know which is next. Bloody Jack is the first book.
ReplyDeleteI just think that the Pirates movies are becoming so commercial and overblown that I couldn't take the trailer seriously. I loved the first one and became obsessed with Johnny Depp, but the other releases have disappointed me!!!
ReplyDeleteRight now I'm listening to Bloody Jack on audiobook, and I'm currently reading In the Belly of the Bloodhound! AMAZING BOOKS! If I win, I'd like to have the first Bloody Jack book with the new cover so I can share with my students!!!
jlelliott08 AT gmail DOT com
Thanks for this awesome giveaway!
I'm looking forward to watching Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. I am a huge fan of Jack Sparrow. I haven't read the Bloody Jack Adventures so I would love to win the first book.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the great giveaway!!!
artgiote at gmail dot com
Sounds like a great series!! I love POTC.. so I'm sure this one will be a new fave :) I would pick the first book in the series!
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chitchatqueen2005@hotmail.com
OMG, can't wait to watch the 4th PoTC! yay!
ReplyDeleteI really love Johnny Depp! I think he's really a great actor! She came from a pretty boy type to be a real actor.
He prove 'the ugly' still can make woman's heart melt! :)
From your review, I'd like to get the Bloody Jack Adventures the 1st book. Sounds really good. And I love HR much!
ladymilano
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I was actually shocked a 4th one was coming out.
ReplyDeleteI would definitely be interested in the 1st book as I have never heard of this series!
rickimc[at]aol[dot]com
I would love to read the first book! I am a huge fan of the PotC franchise, and I am a little sad that Keira Knightley nor Orlando Bloom are going to be in this movie. IDK how I feel about that yet.
ReplyDeleteBut I have heard of the Bloody Jack series but I never read it yet. Sounds like a fun read!
books[a]muggle-born.net
Ooooh, Johnny Depp pic and a giveaway! Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI'll be at the midnight premiere of OST if our city has one; I was for 2 and 3. I've read the first Bloody Jack book, but I don't own it, so I'd choose it.
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Johnny Depp is just amazing!!! I just love him!
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I would love to read "Bloody Jack: Being An Account of the Curious Adventures of Mary "Jacky" Faber, Ships Boy". BRILLIANT series!! Love me some Jack.
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I'm looking forward to seeing Pirates of the Caribbean, On Stranger Tides. I've enjoyed all the movies. I've never heard of the book series, but it sounds great! Thanks for the chance to win!
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Ok, now you have me interested! :-) I would love to win the first in the series!
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Oops! Better start with book 1 then :)
ReplyDeleteCherry Mischievous
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I got really excited when I heard that another Pirates was coming out. My school recently entered a competition where we had to play the theme song to it (we won!) :)
ReplyDeleteI'm new to the book series though. It'd definitely be an interesting read, no doubt!
Thank you for this chance :D
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OMG! I LOVE the Jacky Faber books! I harassed my school librarians until they ordered them. Unfortunately, I'm horribly behind in my Jacky reading so I'd have to pick up again at the 7th one Rapture of the Deep. Thanks so much! amazing_alex.0818[at]yahoo[dot]com
ReplyDeleteI haven't heard of the Bloody Jack series, but it sounds great. We love pirates around here, even dressed up for the premiere of the 2nd POTC movie! Lots of fun.
ReplyDeleteThanks for entering me in the drawing.
Jules
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I'm dying for more Johnny Depp!!! I love his accent and I love how he kept asking where the rum is...:) I need to look up the Bloody Jack series and put it on my Good Reads list. edysicecreamlover18@gmail.com Krystal L.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for this chance to win!!! I would love to get the first book in the series. They all sound so exciting.!!!
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Mia
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I haven't yet read the Bloody Jack series.
ReplyDeleteI'm not really a fan of Johnny Depp, but I love Jack Sparrow! He's hilarious.
I just can't wait for the new movie, because I'm definitely going. I've seen the trailer, and while I'm somewhat disappointed that this movie will be without Will and Elizabeth, but there will be lots of other familiar ones. Although I don't like that Penelope Cruz is in the movie as well.
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I love the trailer! It's amazing that every POTC movie that comes out is just as good or better than the one before. This looks like it will be great!
ReplyDeleteI'd love to win the first book "Bloody Jack: Being An Account of the Curious Adventures of Mary "Jacky" Faber, Ships Boy"
Thank you for the chance to win!
methom@earthlink.net
I love the trailer. I'm a big fan of the POTC movies :D And the book series? It sounds amazing. I haven't read any of the books yet, so I'd love to win the first book!
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I think I might have tried reading the first book once but I can't remember anymore! Anyway, I am so excited for Pirates of the Caribbean 4. Hopefully it'll be awesome.
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I love the Pirates shows so much! I can't wait for this next one! Hooray! I've never read this series, so I'd need the first one. Sounds fun! wilsondev(At)gmail.com
ReplyDeleteYo ho, and a bottle of rum! The trailer is awesome, I can't for the movie. I'd like loody Jack: Being an Account of the Curious Adventures of Mary "Jacky" Faber, Ship's Boy so I can start the series :) thanks for the giveaway.
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Lovely site! The artwork is great, too--I'm glad you posted his site...
ReplyDeleteI LOVE THIS SERIES!!! OH MY GOSH IT'S ONE OF MY FREAKIN FAVORITES!!!!!! I haven't even read The Wake of the Lorelei Lee, and you got The Mark of The Golden Dragon ARC!?! What do I have to do to have your life??! Lol just kidding but wow, you are soooo lucky!! If I win (please please please) I'd like "The Wake of the Lorelei Lee: Being an Account of the Adventures of Jacky Faber, on her Way to Botany Bay" so I can get caught up. Thank you so much for the chance to win!
ReplyDeleteGFC following you because I'm gonna track down that review!
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I LOVE Bloody Jack! I found it in 7th grade and started with In the Belly of the Bloodhound (only one my middle school had), then read the others (at that point) in 8th grade when I found them at the county library. I can't believe there's another one coming out! My Bonny Light Horseman is the oldest release that I haven't read.
ReplyDeleteI'm a new GFC follower now. :) I'm glad to find another fan of Bloody Jack!
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I would love to start the series...so sign me up for the first book!!
ReplyDeleteI love these movies!! BEST EVER!! Got to see the FLying Dutchman on our Disney Cruise!! LOVE JACK!!!
GFC Michele Luker
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Great giveaway idea! I haven’t read this series yet, but it looks great! I would like the first Bloody Jack book, that way I start the series right!
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Great giveaway! I wasn't even aware this was a series of books, and I do like the movies. Count me in! I'd like to win Bloody Jack, as it's always best to start at the beginning.
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Rachel
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New Pirates doesn't look bad. I am really looking foward to see them.
ReplyDeleteI would like to win Halfway to the Grave By Frost, Jeaniene.
Misha
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Thanks for the giveaway!
ReplyDeleteI'd like the first book.
k_anon[at]hotmail[dot]co[dot]uk
Hi:) Thanks for the great giveaway. This is the first I've heard of this series and I find it interesting that Mary dresses as a boy and becomes a pirate. I read a romance novel that followed a similar theme once and absolutely loved it. If I win, I might like the first book in this series or something off my wishlist (Where She Went by Gayle Forman, Wither by Lauren de Stefano, Bumped by Megan McAfferty or Dash and Lily's Book of Dares).
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sarah.setar@gmail.com
I'd love to win Bloody Jack: Being an Account of the Curious Adventures of Mary 'Jacky' Faber, Ship's Boy.
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I loved the trailer. I like the Pirates movies and can't wait to see this one too!
ReplyDeletemeredithfl at gmail dot com
I haven't read On Stranger Tides, but I really want to. I watched the trailer and can't wait to watch the movie! I LOVE pirates!
ReplyDeleteI would like to win Bloody Jack: Being An Account of the Curious Adventures of Mary "Jacky" Faber, Ships Boy.
Thank you for making this awesome contest international! :D
I'm a blog follower.
Giada M.
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I'm interested in the series now myself so if I won I'd pick the first in the series^^
ReplyDeleteAlso I'm looking forward to the movie <3
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Thanks for the international chance!
ReplyDeleteI'm new in this series, so I'd pick Bloody Jack :D
kasumigogo[at]gmail[dot]com
Thanks for the giveaway! GFC follower and since i'm new to the series I would like the one you recommended. I can't wait for the movie to come out though. Its one of my favorite movie series.
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I can't wait! I've watched the commercials and I love it already. And it has Penelope Cruz!
ReplyDeleteI'll have to take your recommendation since I haven't read any books in the series yet.
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Keep on writing, great job!
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