Happy 50th book giveaway! Our book giveaways are solidly middle-aged at this point, LOL. We had an amazing time hiding 30 copies of MY LIPS, HER VOICE by local Tucson author L.L. Madrid last Sunday. If you like books that include horror/mystery/thriller elements, sapphic rep, multiple POVs, dual timelines, paranormal aspects (including possession, ghosts, and…
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49th Tome Giveaway – FOUR YEAR ANNIVERSARY!
Happy 49th book giveaway! We celebrated our FOUR-YEAR TOME GNOMIVERSARY by hiding 30 copies of The Bones Beneath My Skin by TJ Klune. This gnome loved this book so much and can’t wait for you all to read it and enjoy it too (Artemis Drath Vadar and bacon forever!). If you’re new here and didn’t…
The Bones Beneath My Skin by TJ Klune
Before we share info about this month’s book, we’re excited to announce that IT’S OUR FOUR YEAR TOME GNOMIVERSARY this month! Four years flies by when you’re having fun. This also means we’re kicking off our fundraising efforts for booking hiding in 2026! If you’re interested in supporting these bookish scavenger hunts, please consider making…
Thirty-Seventh Tome Giveaway
Happy 37th book giveaway! To celebrate our THREE-YEAR TOME GNOME-IVERSARY (!!!), last weekend I hid 30 copies of Somewhere Beyond the Sea by TJ Klune. As our very own Jody described in her promotion of the book for Indie Next, “Returning to Marsyas Island is like coming home after a long trip — you are immediately…
Somewhere Beyond the Sea by TJ Klune
About the book, from Tor/Macmillan: “Arthur Parnassus lives a good life, built on the ashes of a bad one. He’s the headmaster of a strange orphanage on a distant and peculiar island, and he hopes to soon be the adoptive father to the six magical and so-called dangerous children who live there. Arthur works hard and…
Recap: Stroke & Brain Injury Support Group Book Hiding!
Friends! It you missed seeing our roundup reel on Instagram earlier this week, then you may not know that last Thursday, September 28, New York Times best-selling author (and Tucson Tome Gnome founding board member!) TJ Klune joined us in Tucson for a presentation and book-hiding event with Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital’s Stroke and Brain Injury…
Twenty-Fifth Tome Giveaway
***Before we dive into our post recapping last weekend’s exciting two-year anniversary book hiding, we wanted to share a reminder that we are fundraising for book-hiding and book-sharing in 2024! If you can help us, we would be so grateful for your support and donations! (and if you’ve already donated, thank you so much for…
The Gnome is Officially Official!
Friends! The Tome Gnome has some BIG NEWS! On March 16th, 2023, we received notification from the IRS that our application for 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status was approved! This means that the gnome is now “officially official” in the eyes of the US Government 🙂 We have been working on pulling this together for almost a…
Thank you, TJ Klune!
Oh my goodness. Friends: if you’ve been paying attention to our social media AT ALL over the past few weeks, then you already know that TJ Klune, author of The House in the Cerulean Sea and Under the Whispering Door, is our surprise GoFundMe donor. YES, *that* TJ KLUNE. Not once, but twice (!) he’s…
Thirteenth Tome Giveaway: September 25, 2022
Wowza! During this thirteenth Tome Giveaway (lucky thirteen!), I had a wonderful day hiding books all over Tucson. Over the course of the day, I hid 30 copies of Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune. You all came out – – – and it was the busiest, most fun/exciting tome-seeking day that we’ve experienced…
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