Winners of the Sibling Stories Giveaway + Wrap Up

And now, the post you've all been waiting for, right?  

Prize One:  A set of three Little Women bookmarks -- Summer

Prize Two: One vinyl sticker featuring the Pevensie siblings -- Eva C.

Prize Three:  A paperback copy of Sense and Sensibility -- Lydia H.

Prize Four:  A paperback copy of The Outsiders -- Chloe the MovieCritic

Prize Five:  A "novel journal" with a Peter Pan theme -- Breann M.

Prize Six:  A DVD copy of Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954) -- Naomi M.

Prize Seven:  A DVD copy of Little Women (1994) -- Roxann R.

Congratulations to the winners!  I will be contacting you at the email addresses you provided to the giveaway widget to find out where to mail your prizes, so please be on the lookout for that message!

Thank you to everyone who joined the party this week!  I'm still working on reading everyone's posts, but I love what a variety you have all provided :-)  If you have any posts you still want to contribute, I'm not shutting down the widget!  In fact, here it is again, to make it easier for people to access without having to scroll and scroll down my blog page.

Answers to the Sibling Movie Poster Game

Here are the answers to the second game :-)  Scores are below!  

Interestingly, absolutely no one guessed the Defiance (2008) poster (#10), which makes me a little sad because that is an amazing movie based on such an inspiring true story.  If you're curious about it and want to learn more, I reviewed it here a couple years ago.

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Scores

Jenni Sauer -- 11

Chloe the MovieCritic -- 10

Beth -- 9

Carissa (Regency Woman) -- 9

Debra She Who Seeks -- 9

Heather Barnes -- 9

Lizzie Hexam -- 9

Sarah Seele -- 7

Roxann -- 4

Answers to the Missing Sibling Names Quiz

Here are the answers to the first game!  Scores are below.

1. Eomer and Eowyn (The Lord of the Rings)

2.  Adam, Hoss/Eric, and Little Joe (Bonanza)

3.  John, Wendy, and Michael Darling (Peter Pan)

4.  Isa, Jessie, Oliver, Hyacinth, and Lacey Vanderbeeker (The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street)

5.  Bofur and Bombur (The Hobbit) [Bifur is their cousin, actually.]

6.  John-Boy, Jason, Mary Ellen, Erin, Ben, Jim-Bob, and Elizabeth Walton (The Waltons)

7.  Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy March (Little Women)

8.  Judah and Tirzah (Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ)

9.  Jane, Elizabeth, Mary, Kitty, and Lydia Bennet (Pride and Prejudice)

10.  Bret, Bart, and Brent Maverick (Maverick)

11.  Darry/Darrel, Sodapop, and Ponyboy Curtis (The Outsiders)

12.  Laertes and Ophelia (Hamlet)

13.  DJ, Stephanie, and Michelle Tanner (Full House)

14.  Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny Alden (The Boxcar Children)

15. Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy Pevensie (The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe)

Scores

Ivy Miranda -- 12

Carissa (Regency Woman) -- 9

Sarah Seele -- 9

Chloe the Movie Critic -- 8

Debra She Who Seeks -- 7

Charlotte (Mother Owl) -- 6

Roxann -- 6

The Sibling Stories Tag -- My Answers

Time to answer my own tag :-)  If you haven't done it yourself yet, you can get a clean copy of the questions on the party kickoff post.

1. Do you have any siblings?  Yes, I have one brother who is five years younger and four inches taller than I am.  We were very close when we were growing up, once he got to be about 7 years old and interesting enough for me to want to play with him.  I'm afraid I was a fairly negligent older sister until then.  But from then on, we were extremely close friends, and we're still close now.

2. Who are some of your favorite fictional siblings?  The Curtis brothers in The Outsiders, Boromir and Faramir in The Lord of the Rings, all the Barkleys in The Big Valley, Sigrid and Tilda and Bain from The Hobbit movies, and all the Weasleys from Harry Potter.

3. Are there any fictional families you wish you could belong to yourself?  I would love to join the Barkley clan!  Victoria is such an amazing mother.

4. Have you ever watched or read a book that reminded you of your own family?  Hmm.  Speaking ONLY about the siblings, I think maybe Boromir and Faramir might be the closest match to my brother and I.  We're actually both quite bookish, but my brother is rather less smash-and-bash by nature than I am.  Plus, I'm older than he is, and my hair is more reddish, while his is blond.  He actually dressed as Faramir for Halloween last year!  (But I didn't go as Boromir, alas.  I totally would sometime, though!)

5. What fictional sibling would you NOT want for your own sibling?  John Thorpe from Northanger Abbey.  I don't want any John Thorpes anywhere near me, ever, thank you very much.

6. Are you more drawn to stories about brothers or sisters?  I'm much more drawn to stories about brothers, but I enjoy many about sisters too.

7. What makes a story involving siblings interesting to you?  The sibling dynamic is so varied!  It's a bond that can be close or loose.  You can have siblings who are super protective of each other, siblings who cause problems for each other, or siblings who are indifferent to each other.  You can explore so many human emotions and difficulties and strengths and weaknesses with sibling relationships.

Sibling Movie Poster Game

Let's get the second party game started :-)  This time, I've given you 12 posters from movies about siblings.  But I have removed their titles!  Your job?  Supply the titles, of course.  Put your guesses in a comment, and I'll post the answers and your scores at the end of the week.

And, of course, googling for things is kinda cheating, so... try to restrain yourself ;-)

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Missing Sibling Names Quiz

Time for our first game!  Here are 15 sets of siblings from movies, books, and literature.  Your job?  Supply the missing sibling name for each family!  Put your guesses in a comment.

1. Eomer and _______ (The Lord of the Rings)

2.  Adam, ______, and Little Joe (Bonanza)

3.  John, Wendy, and ________ Darling (Peter Pan)

4.  Isa, Jessie, Oliver, __________, and Lacey Vanderbeeker (The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street)

5.  Bofur and _______ (The Hobbit)

6.  _________, Jason, Mary Ellen, Erin, Ben, Jim-Bob, and Elizabeth Walton (The Waltons)

7.  Meg, Jo, _____, and Amy March (Little Women)

8.  Judah and _______ (Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ)

9.  Jane, Elizabeth, Mary, ______, and Lydia Bennet (Pride and Prejudice)

10.  Bret, _____, and Brent Maverick (Maverick)

11. ______, Sodapop, and Ponyboy Curtis (The Outsiders)

12.  Laertes and _______ (Hamlet)

13.  DJ, Stephanie, and ___________ Tanner (Full House)

14.  ______, Jessie, Violet, and Benny Alden (The Boxcar Children)

15. Peter, Susan, _______, and Lucy Pevensie (The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe)

I'm putting comments on full moderation so no one can cheat off each others' answers.  I'll post the answers and everyone's scores at the end of the party.

We Love Sibling Stories Week -- Kickoff Post + Tag

Hello! Welcome to We Love Sibling Stories Week, a five-day-long party where we can gather to celebrate, recommend, and discuss our favorite stories about siblings in books, movies, and shows.

Whenever you create a post for this event on your own site, please drop a link in this widget:

And don't forget to read posts by other people!  That's an essential part of a party, after all -- chatting with your fellow partygoers :-)  Also, please remember to use one of the official party buttons in your posts, and link back here so other people can join the fun too.  If you want more party buttons, you can find them in this post.

Of course, besides (or instead of) contributing a post of your own choosing to the party, you can also fill out the official party tag!  Just remember to come back here and link to your tag post in the widget above too.

The Tag:

1. Do you have any siblings?

2. Who are some of your favorite fictional sibling groups?

3. Are there any fictional families you wish you could belong to yourself?

4. Have you ever watched or read a book that reminded you of your own family?

5. What fictional sibling would you NOT want for your own sibling?

6. Are you more drawn to stories about brothers or sisters?

7. What makes a story involving siblings interesting to you?

I'll be posting a game or two and other fun things over the next few days, so check back now and then to see what's new.  And my party giveaway has already started!  You can find that right here.

Happy partying!

We Love Sibling Stories Week -- The Giveaway

Who doesn't like to go home from a party with a little gift?  I'm afraid I can't send every one of you a tangible party favor, but I CAN send prizes to seven of you.  And here those prizes are:

I had such fun collecting these for this event!  Here are some closer looks at the prizes, plus information about them:

Prize One:  A set of three Little Women bookmarks that I purchased from A Fine Quotation.

Prize Two: One vinyl sticker featuring the Pevensie siblings from The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe that I purchased from A Fine Quotation.

Prize Three:  A paperback copy of Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen, a classic story about two sisters.  You can read my review of it here.  This book is new.

Prize Four:  A paperback copy of The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton, a young adult book about three brothers.  You can read my review of it here.  This book is new.

Prize Five:  A "novel journal" with a Peter Pan theme -- the lines of the journal that you write on are actually tiny little words making up the entire novel Peter Pan.  This journal is new.

Prize Six:  A DVD copy of Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954), which is a frontier musical and a sort of Snow White retelling about a woman who marries a man and finds herself caring for his six brothers as well as himself.  This DVD is used, but plays in my DVD player.  Note that there is some slight damage to the cover of the movie, as shown in these photos.

Prize Seven:  A DVD copy of Little Women (1994), which is the story of four sisters growing up in New England during the American Civil War.  This DVD is used, but plays in my DVD player.

I will award one each of these prizes to seven different people.  This giveaway is open WORLDWIDE.  You can enter via this widget:

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Rules and Regulations:

This giveaway will end at 11:59pm EST on Friday, February 23, 2024. I'll draw seven winners on Saturday, February 24, and announce them here on my blog that day, as well as alert them by the email the winners provided to the widget. Use an email address you check often! If I don't receive a response from a winner by Saturday, March 2, that winner will be disqualified and I'll draw another. 

This giveaway is open worldwide to anyone living in any country where the USPS delivers. I am not responsible for the activities of any postal service -- I will send off your prize in the condition shown above, but its arrival condition is not something I can control. 

To enter, must be 18+ or have parent's permission to provide a mailing address. Void where prohibited. Not affiliated with Blogger, Google, or A Fine Quotation. I purchased all these prizes, they were not donated or solicited in any way. I will use your email and mailing addresses solely for the purpose of this giveaway. They will not be saved by me to use another way or provided to anyone else.

You will note that some of the ways to enter involving participating in the blog party.  More information on how to participate is in the kick-off post!

Announcing We Love Sibling Stories Week

This announcement is about a week later than I had planned to make it, so I hope you haven't been worried that I wasn't going to host some kind of blog party in February!  Fear not -- I have such a fun event planned: We Love Sibling Stories Week!

So many of my favorite movies, books, and shows involve siblings.  The endless variety of sibling dynamics fascinates me, and it always provides such rich fodder for storytelling!  February 19 through 23, please join me in celebrating some of those wonderful stories that revolve around siblings.

Like my previous parties, this is a BYOBP (Bring Your Own Blog Post) event -- you get to contribute your own blog posts that relate to the theme!  Those can be just about anything -- movie or book or TV show reviews, lists of favorites, an in-depth character analysis, or even some kind of fun game or contest.  I will provide a blog tag, a giveaway, and at least one game.  So, those will be ways that you can participate as well, if you can't think of something else to post.

Below is the list of participants!  Duplicates are totally acceptable -- this is a party, not a blogathon.  Leave a comment on this post letting me know what you want to contribute, and I will add you to the roster.  If you don't know what you want to post about, that's fine; I can put you down with TBD for To Be Determined.  The only real rule is that all posts should be family friendly.

Don't forget to share a button or two on your blog with links back here so others can find the fun!

The Roster

+ Hamlette's Soliloquy -- tag, giveaway, and game

+ The Edge of the Precipice -- review of Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

+ Small Home Comforts -- the Melendy books by Elizabeth Enright

+ Realweegiemidget Reviews -- review of Addams Family Values (1993)

+ I'm Charles Baker Harris (And I Can Read) -- TBD

+ Meanwhile, in Rivendell... -- the Pevensie siblings of Narnia

+ The Bend in the Road -- sibling relationships in Patricia St. John's stories

+ Postcards from the Bookstore -- TBD

+ Fanda Classiclit -- reviews of The Penderwicks on Gardam Street and Cigarette Girl

+ Revealed in Time -- Bernardo and Maria Vasquez from West Side Story 

+ The Midnite Drive-In -- review of Shane (1953)

+ Sixty-Something Trees -- list of favorite literary siblings

+ Starlight & Saucepans -- Henry and Mary Crawford in Mansfield Park by  Jane Austen

+ Movies Meet Their Match -- siblings in the Lemony Snicket stories

+ 18 Cinema Lane -- review of Deep End of the Ocean (1999)

+ The Maidens of Green Gables -- list of favorite onscreen siblings

+ Musings of an Introvert -- the Hardy Boys

+ YOU!