Posts under ‘Give-aways’

Contest Open: July 3 – July 10, 2009
I just finished reading a GREAT book. Miriam Gershow’s debut novel The Local News is a nuanced coming of age story which examines the impact of the disappearance of a sibling on the life of a teenage girl. My review of the book (and a guest post by [...]

Thank you to all who entered this give-away. There were 18 official entries. I used random.org to choose a winner. Congratulations to….
TOBI at By Hook or By Book
Toby I will be emailing you to get your snail mail address…please respond within five days so I can mail your book right out to you!
For those of [...]

A Thousand Veils, by D. J. Murphy
Pub. 2007 by Lulu.com
ISBN: 978-1-4357-05319
Giveaway Open June 13 – June 20, 2009
Many thanks to author D.J. Murphy for sending me a copy of his book A Thousand Veils to read and review. Murphy has written an important book (read my review). Recently the novel won the 2009 Colorado Authors’ [...]

My apologies for not posting this yesterday – I had a crazy day with work and the temperatures in Redding were in the triple digits…so my excuse is that my brain was fried!
There were nearly 60 entries to win a signed edition of No One You Know by Michelle Richmond. I used the fabulous Random.org [...]

Thank you to all who entered this contest to win a copy of Testimony by Anita Shreve. I wish I could give you ALL a copy of this book. I chose FIVE winners using Random.org.  If you have already won this book in another contest, please let me know and I will draw another name…okay, [...]

Thank you to all who stopped by and entered to win one of Joanna Scott’s books – there were nearly 70 entries. This morning I used Random.Org to choose three winners and they are:

Comment #30 – Carrie K from Books and Movies won an Advance Readers Edition of Follow Me

Comment #22 – Jake L from [...]

Contest open May 3 – 18, 2009
Thanks to the wonderful people at Hachette Books, I have FIVE trade paperback editions of Testimony to give away here on my blog. I read this book in October last year and found it compelling and provocative (read my review).Testimony is perfect for reading groups.
About the book (from the [...]

Follow Me
Liberation
Tourmaline
Contest Open April 27 – May 5, 2009

Thanks to Miriam at Little Brown and Company, I am thrilled to be able to offer a giveaway of THREE of Joanna Scott’s novels. I recently read her latest book Follow me (read my review) and can recommend it. The other two books are on [...]

There were over 30 entries for this giveaway – Congratulations to the winner of an Advance Reader’s Edition of Buffalo Lockjaw by Greg Ames…
Comment #23 – MINDY!!
I’ve sent you an email – please respond with your snail mail address within the next five days so I can send out your book.