One. Brandon Sanderson and Tor are hosting a giveaway contest for his next book, the highly anticipated The Way of Kings, on GoodReads. There are 40 ARCs up for grabs. You can read all about it from Sanderson here, or go straight to the entry form here. Tor also announced the book tour for this one, which you can find here. If any of these cities were close, I'd definitely go. I'm very excited about this book. Oh, and in case you didn't know, Tor has up the prelude, prologue, and first three chapters of The Way of Kings on their website (here). It's worth the read. (You'll need to join Tor.com, but that's free, and it entitles you to the awesome stuff generally found there.)
Two. It's no secret that I'm a Harry Potter fan. Watching the previews to the final movie gave me chill bumps the first time. It's so much darker than the previous ones. I can't wait until November. The 3-D thing kind of saddens me, but I suppose I'll watch this one in 3-D. You can watch the video below, if you've not seen the preview yet. I kind of want to re-read The Deathly Hallows before then. Hopefully I'll find the time.
Three. My all-time favorite singer-songwriter, acoustic mellow, bluegrassy folk artist has released his eleventh studio album, 4th of July. I'm talking about Joe Purdy. I've mentioned him plenty here on the blog. Anyway, like all his other albums, the new one is up on his website, available now for purchase or free streaming. Definitely check it out. The guy never disappoints. I've got all of his albums, and I'll be getting this one as soon as I get home from work today.
