Top Ten Best Books From the Children's Book Connection

Hello Everyone,

Book 3 of my Crypto-Capers Series, The Legend of the Golden Monkey, was chosen as being in the top ten at the children's and teen book connections best books of 2009. Feel free to check it out on the following link, as well as other books on the site. I am so excited!

http://childrensandteensbookconnection.wordpress.com/2010/01/10/tctbcs-top-10-favorite-books-of-2009-for-kids-tweens-and-teens/#comment-224

Cryptograms from blog tour

I almost forgot. Here are all of the cryptograms from my book tour stops. If anyone has been keeping track and would like to solve them they will get a special prize. Good luck and here they are:

OLRZPAR TPXB, LR LW BCWD RP HBTLBXB RZCR JBCRZ LW GLICT, HAR OLRZ LR—LKNPWWLHTB!

OPR JDLR DM NRTSOU XTBOQ OD NR NDWV BV OPR PRTWO DM RLRWU APBJH.

VXY ZYSTHHTHSF NK PEE VXTHSF PJY FGPEE

HNRGUGDMJ UX BFG FBCK GEJ HNJRGJXG FA SUNGDJX, QDG GEJ ZRNJBG FA RCC FGEJNX.

DNHSJRZ ISJFWV RQ GJUL HWHJF RNQVL KNQ HSL VCJSJRYHGGZ TLHT.

NMJL GAE NTL XNHLGJ DGXX ZA.

EVZ GEV GEZ GEXH E GMTIEXH, YOI VLVH YOI E ULLD QMDD FLVIMVOH MV MI.

OWS YCMOCRATCMWCRA FQGFSQOZ GK BUR CM OG MSUQJW KGQ URY OG KGXXGN UKOSQ OQTOW.

BJSDBEBVF VY VWEE AYYK QZYT WLBE BI VPW AZWSVWIV XYZZF YQ TSJ’L EBQW.

CQCWG OZEI KWNYXY RADYC RAZEKY RANR NWC ODYR MDOODE, YFMA NY UCZEK, DEC, NEI KDDI.

SK BKGKC FBTKCHZWBT W ZXUBA HM SKOO, WBT EWQK UZ MFC MSB, WH SXKB SK XWGK TUHJMGKCKT UZ DMW MFCHKOGKH.

LF TJKY CJY UJX CXBAWBCDFK BAYU OXFIY YSBAOK; TFXWM BK FAUJOS NUX YSF KTIDD UAFK.

FBY LNT JR EQZFNKY NZ FJ HNIY YIYVUJXY BNZ PQY

LWFQCD ND PFD NQ LFEIWL VNJW BCG ND EIW HCLVG.

ZAHY JRXH’V LENA MOYV VDRRNAJC QN DEGHV JQKH EV TOJJ EV FEY SH.

KTRUWLHG TR WL TLIWPXWCPG WTK RDJGUTJGR UD HPGWO ITRTDL , WLK RVWHG TR W NOGWU PGLR.

JAQ KXBIW FBSRP ARU R AQRXJ NYJ NBX R MIQQP; JAQ GIPPYPZ FBSRP YU GQOQTXRJQW NBX AQX FYJ, RPW JAQ NBBO NBX AQX EYPW PRJIXQ.

UW DWK EVKZ KXW XMFEK ZQ BECEVD FWQZNW MPJGENEVD KXW XMFEK ZQ KXEVLEVD.

RFPJ YQJMA SIQPC, EJJO TJJRFBYC MRSMHC XJMB XIQJ ADMB ADJH MQJ NIBCNFIVC IT CMHFBY.

June 19th Book Tour & Updates

Hello Everyone,
For today on my virtual book tour, I am being interviewed by the following blog: http://www.savvyverseandwit.com/
Please check it out. I will be talking to everybody about my writing process. Feel free to comment or to ask me questions. I am more than happy to reply to them. After my book tour I will be putting interviews up of children's books so if anyone is an author of a children's book and would like me to review their book. Please contact me at thecryptocapersseries@gmail.com I post the interview on several sites, including all of mine. I am also going to be reviewing products for homeschool parents/teachers. If anyone homeschools their children and is looking for new products that might help them or if you have a product that you feel really helped make a difference in your child's education, let me know and I will post it on my website or put an article up.

Cryptograms for yesterday were posted. If you didn't get them, at the end of next week I will post all of them for everyone, don't worry. Everyone will have a chance at earning a free book or poster, by posting comments at my tour stops or solving the cryptograms.

June 18th Book Tour Stop

The Crypto-Capers Series book tour will be stopping at two places today. The first stop will be at blogcritics. They did a great interview on me and my books.
http://blogcritics.org/books/article/interview-with-renee-hand-author-of/

The second stop will be at pop syndicate. They also have a very nice interview about me and my books. http://www.popsyndicate.com/books This one should be up soon!

Please check them out and comment. If you have any questions at all let me know. I look forward to hearing from you.
Cryptograms are posted on each site. If they do not show then I will post them here.
Thanks!

New Tour Spot

Hello Everyone
Today I am going to be visiting on my tour: http://abookbloggersdiary.blogspot.com/2009/06/author-guest-post-renee-hand.html?showComment=1244719459451#c6148469435709902350
This blog gives everyone a good summary about what my Crypto-Capers Series is about and what I had in mind for it. I will also be visiting this site as well: http://scribevibe.blogspot.com/
This site has a great interview with very good questions about me and my writing and some of the challenges I have faced and so on. Please check them out. I posted cryptograms on both sites and I look forward to reading everyone's responses and comments. If you have any questions at all let me know.
Thanks!

Next Tour Stop

Hello Everyone,
Today I am going to be at the followng blogspot.
http://valleygirlmusings.blogspot.com/2009/06/real-hollywood-trivia-interview-with_10.html
This is a really neat blog because I get asked questions about my characters and about some fun trivia questions. Check it out and comment. Yesterday for some reason my blogs did not post so I am going to put the other cryptograms I have put out on this blog. I don't want anyone to miss one. Here you go and thanks for checking out my Crypto-Capers Series Tour. I am having a great time and I hope that you are too.

5)
HNRGUGDMJ UX BFG FBCK GEJ HNJRGJXG FA SUNGDJX, QDG GEJ ZRNJBG FA RCC FGEJNX.

6)
DNHSJRZ ISJFWV RQ GJUL HWHJF RNQVL KNQ HSL VCJSJRYHGGZ TLHT.

7)
NMJL GAE NTL XNHLGJ DGXX ZA.

8)
EVZ GEV GEZ GEXH E GMTIEXH, YOI VLVH YOI E ULLD QMDD FLVIMVOH MV MI.

9)
OWS YCMOCRATCMWCRA FQGFSQOZ GK BUR CM OG MSUQJW KGQ URY OG KGXXGN UKOSQ OQTOW.

Tour blog stop for June 8th & June 9th

Today and tomorrow I am going to be on the following blogspot:
http://theplotline.wordpress.com/2009/06/08/the-crypto-capers-in-the-case-of-the-missing-sock-by-renee-hand/
This is an interesting blog because for the 8th there is a summary about me then the 9th there is an interview, which I think that all of my readers are going to love and enjoy. I interviewed Granny Holmes and we all know how wonderful and eccentric she is. Please check it out and see how the interview went. Please comment. I look forward to reading what everyone has to say. Cryptogram #8 is posted on the website. If for some reason it doesn't post I will post it here.
Thank you to everyone for all of your wonderful comments thus far at all of my stops. I greatly appreciate it. Also keep in mind that book 2 is out as well, The Case of Red Rock Canyon. The adventure continues.

New tour stop!

I am going to be at http://www.cafeofdreams.blogspot.com/ for my next tour stop today. Check it out. Cryptogram #7 is posted on the site. I look forward to hearing from you. Ask me anything you want about writing and I am more than happy to answer it. Have a great day!

June's 4th Tour Stop

I am going to be at the following blog spots today: http://bookexcerpts.wordpress.com/ and http://www.zensanity.blogspot.com/
Please check them out. I already posted the cryptogram on book excerpts, but for some reason it was not posted, at least when I checked it, so here it is. Cryptogram #5!

HNRGUGDMJ UX BFG FBCK GEJ HNJRGJXG FA SUNGDJX, QDG GEJ ZRNJBG FA RCC FGEJNX.

I also posted cryptogram #6 on zensanity's blog. If it doesn't show up before the day is over then I will post it here as well.
Good Luck!

Cryptogram updates

Hello everyone
You will not need to have my books to solve the cryptograms that I am leaving at each blog stop on my tour. I created these to challenge you. I am not going to provide a cipher key to help you, the challenge of this is for you to figure the cryptograms out for yourselves. I actually solve cryptograms every night before I go to bed without any help of a cipher key. But here is some information to help you if you are not familiar with cryptograms. What I am using is called a substitution cipher, what this means is that I am substituting one letter of the alphabet for another. This is the same kind of cipher I am using in my books.
No letter ever stands for itself, for example, a C will not stand for a C. The most common three-letter words include; the, and, but, for & are. Common two letter words are; it, is, of & in. The order of frequency of the most used letters in the English language is; E, T, A, O, I, N, S, H, R, D, L, U. Think of your blends and digraphs and that will help you. I am offering a free book to anyone who can solve all of my cryptograms and e-mails the answers to me at the end of my tour. I hope this helps everyone.

Just in case you cannot find the cryptograms that I have left behind so far, here they are.

1)

VXY ZYSTHHTHSF NK PEE VXTHSF PJY FGPEE.

2)

OPR JDLR DM NRTSOU XTBOQ OD NR NDWV BV OPR PRTWO DM RLRWU APBJH.

3)

OLRZPAR TPXB, LR LW BCWD RP HBTLBXB RZCR JBCRZ LW GLICT, HAR OLRZ LR—LKNPWWLHTB!

4)

FLGWG NX J FNIG CRW ANENZM JZO J FNIG CRW MNENZM GVSWGXXNRZ FR ANCG

New Tour Stop for June 3rd

Today I am going to be visiting http://donna-mcdine.blogspot.com/
The interview talks about book 1 of my series, The Crypto-Capers in the Case of the Missing Sock. Hope everyone enjoys it. The interview was fun to do and I hope it is insightful. If anyone has any questions about writing please let me know. I look forward to hearing from you. Cryptogram 4 is on Donna's comment page.

New review and new tour stop

My stop today will be at the following link. The Book Rack wrote a review about book 1 and book 2 of my series. I am so excited about it. Please check it out. Cryptogram 3 was left at this site if you are keeping track. Thanks!

June 2: http://thebookrack.wordpress.com/2009/06/01/the-crypto-capers-in-the-case-of-the-missing-sock/#comment-212

The Crypto-Capers Series

Welcome to my new book blog. I am an author of romance novels and a new children's series.

The Crypto-Capers Series is designed to involve the reader into the story. The reader must help the detectives solve the case by solving various puzzles and cryptograms. Book one gives the reader a basic understanding of how to solve the puzzles and cryptograms. Once you know how, you will be well on your way. Clues will be given to the reader, but with each case less clues are given to make it more challenging, and more interesting. Which means that you will have to use your noodle, and pay very close attention to what is going on in the story.
So come and join the Crypto-Capers on their first official case. The Crypto-Capers in: The Case of the Missing Sock.

The Team:
In this story siblings Max and Mia Holmes, along with their good friend Morris, and their flamboyant Granny Holmes, are known asThe Crypto-Capers. They are a group of detectives who unravel crimes by solving cryptograms that criminals leave behind. Mia is an expert puzzle solver. Max is great at deduction and reasoning. Morris is a computer genius, while Granny...well Granny is the muscle of the group. Don't let her size or age fool you....she is quite handy.

The Stolen Items: An antique sock and Prada sunglasses.

The Assignment:
The Case of The Missing Sock leads the Crypto-Capers to Florida where they are hired by a man named Mr. Delacomb. The mystery leads the team to different locations. Clues flourish throughout the mystery. Suspects by the handful seem to be popping up at every turn, but who commited the crime? Help the detectives solve the case by solving the cryptograms and puzzles. Good Luck!

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