Category: Book Giveaways

A Black Tie Affair by Sherill Bodine (Giveaway)

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Thank you to Hachette Book Group for allowing to give away 5 copies of this book!


Fashion curator Athena Smith will do anything to get her hands on the Clayworth family’s couture collection for her exhibit. So she’s thrilled when she’s called in to authenticate the gowns…until she falls ill while examining them and wakes up face-to-face with notorious Chicago bachelor Drew Clayworth.

Drew doesn’t trust Athena one bit. He still believes she betrayed him years ago. So when his family’s gowns go missing and Athena offers her help in exchange for the dresses, he reluctantly accepts. But they’re both taken off guard by the barely restrained passion that’s still between them…and the memories that are both bitter and sweet. As they work together to find the dresses, can they resist the sparks between them?

Here’s How To Enter!

Leave a comment here with what your favorite piece of jewelry is and why (Guys – leave a comment about an item you have that holds a special memory for you)

Bonus Entries?  Why Not!

become a subscriber of this blog and letting me know here in a separate comment (the link is upper right sidebar) and earn 2 extra entries)

Are you a follower of this blog?  Let me know here on a separate comment for an extra entry

Blog or twitter about this giveaway and let me know here in a separate comment for another entry

♥

Giveaway will end on February 14 (yes – Valentines Day!)  USA and Canada entries only

When Will There Be Good News by Kate Atkinson GIVEAWAY

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Thank you to Hachette Book Group for allowing me a chance to give this book away!


On a hot summer day, Joanna Mason’s family slowly wanders home along a country lane. A moment later, Joanna’s life is changed forever…
 On a dark night thirty years later, ex-detective Jackson Brodie finds himself on a train that is both crowded and late. Lost in his thoughts, he suddenly hears a shocking sound..

At the end of a long day, 16-year-old Reggie is looking forward to watching a little TV. Then a terrifying noise shatters her peaceful evening. Luckily, Reggie makes it a point to be prepared for an emergency…

These three lives come together in unexpected and deeply thrilling ways in the latest novel from Kate Atkinson, the critically acclaimed author who Harlan Coben calls “an absolute must-read.”

I have three books to give away!

So the question is…. how to enter this giveaway…

Leave a comment here with a cool name for a fictional detective  (You need to answer the question to be entered in the giveaway)

For those who would like extra entries…

Blog it or tweet it and leave me the link here on a separate comment and you will have one extra entry

Follow this blog?  Let me know here is a separate comment for one extra entry

Subscribe to my posts (upper right sidebar) new subscriber or old… receive two extra chances by telling me so in a separate comment

Giveaway will end February 15

open to USA and Canada

UPDATE:  Click on the tote bag for a chance to win one of twenty of these great bags!!!

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The Little Giant of Aberdeen County by Tiffany Baker *Giveaway!

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Thank you to Valerie at Hachette Book Group for allowing me a chance to review this book – and to offer a giveaway to my readers!


When Truly Plaice’s mother was pregnant, the town of Aberdeen joined together in betting how record breaking huge the baby boy would ultimately be. The girl who proved to be Truly paid the price of her enormity; her father blamed her for her mother’s death in childbirth, and was totally ill equipped to raise either this giant child or her polar opposite sister Serena Jane, the epitome of femine perfection. When he, too, relinquished his increasingly tenuous grip on life, Truly and Serena Jane are separated–Serena Jane to live a life of privilege as the future May Queen and Truly to live on the outskirts of town on the farm of the town Sadsack, the subject of constant abuse and humiliation at the hands of her peers.

Serena Jane’s beauty proves to be her greatest blessing and her biggest curse, for it makes her the obsession of classmate Bob Bob Morgan, the youngest in a line of Robert Morgans who have been doctors in Aberdeen for generations. Though they have long been the pillars of the community, the earliest Robert Morgan married the town witch, Tabitha Dyerson, and the location of her fabled shadow book–containing mysterious secrets for healing and darker powers–has been the subject of town gossip ever since. Bob Bob Morgan, one of Truly’s biggest tormentors, does the unthinkable to claim the prize of Serena Jane, and changes the destiny of all Aberdeen from there on.

When Serena Jane flees town and a loveless marriage to Bob Bob, it is Truly who must become the woman of a house that she did not choose and mother to her eight-year-old nephew Bobbie. Truly’s brother-in-law is relentless and brutal; he criticizes her physique and the limitations of her health as a result, and degrades her more than any one human could bear. It is only when Truly finds her calling–the ability to heal illness with herbs and naturopathic techniques–hidden within the folds of Robert Morgan’s family quilt, that she begins to regain control over her life and herself. Unearthed family secrets, however, will lead to the kind of betrayal that eventually break the Morgan family apart forever, but Truly’s reckoning with her own demons allows for both an uprooting of Aberdeen County, and the possibility of love in unexpected places.

Reading Group Guide

Giveaway is now closed

I have three books to give away!  Here’s how you can get in on this giveaway:

For your first entry – please leave a comment here with what “the plot” of a book  would be that you would write

Bonus Entries:

Tweet or blog about this giveaway and leave me a link here on a separate comment for an extra entry

Be a subscriber to this blog (either new or old) and let me know here for two extra chances

USA or Canada entrants only – Giveaway will end February 10

The One Day Way by Chantel Hobbs w/ Giveaway

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I’ve got great news for you: You are about to feel better and look better beginning today!   Today is truly a new opportunity for you to reach your weight loss goals. No, you won’t fit into your “skinny jeans” today, but I’m going to show you how each day will get you closer to that goal.

Yesterday’s mistakes are gone so let them go. You can’t control tomorrow, so stop worrying about it. Today is your opportunity to lose weight, get strong, and look great. It won’t happen overnight, but you can build a new life by changing your actions immediately and I’m here to show you how to make the changes that will create the new lifestyle you dream of: body, mind, and spirit. Best of all, you will start celebrating right away!

Come on, my friend. Let’s get started! By opening this book, I’ll show you how to unlock every tool you need to lose weight and get fit —and stay that way for the rest of your life. Success can be yours, what are you waiting for?

-Chantel

Chantel has written an incredible book.  I have read many books on healthy habits, good food choices, work outs…. you name it – I have probably read something about it. I find enjoyment in learning new and healthy habits and I take away a little bit from each book.  Chantel provided me with more thana little bit of food for thought.

Chantel takes on the role of personal coach to the reader.  An approach I found unique and inspiring.  In the begining of her books she asks that we trust her.  Put your guard down – and dig into this book and make the changes you have dreamed of for a healithier life style.  By “demolitioning” old habits.

I found this book to be wonderfully inspiring.  Chantel has been there, having lost 200 pounds herself.  her dreams of being fit and living a healthy life style have come true and I was impressed with her honest and down to earth writing.  The book is filled with lists of habits to apply and choices to make.  She has included recipes to give you the jump start you may need.  For a book I thought I would just be skimming through the details – I found myself deeply into Chantel’s story and the stories of others who struggled greatly with their weight.  If you are serious  about making a change this year – I would highly recommend you start by picking up a copy of this book.

Chantel Hobbs is a motivational speaker, life coach, personal trainer, marathon runner, wife, and mother of four whose story has been featured on Oprah, The Today Show, Good Morning America, Fox & Friends, the 700 Club, and the covers of People and First magazines. She appears weekly on two fitness-themed radio programs and promotes her One-Day Way Learning System on television. Visit Chantel at ChantelHobbs.com for fitness updates and coaching tips.

Oh and one more thing….. I have an extra copy of this book to give away!

To enter this giveaway leave a comment here and let me know what your kryptonite food is.  You know the food item that you just have trouble saying no to.  The item that like krytonite is to Super Man, makes you week in the  knees you must answer this to be entered.  (I will start, mine is pretty much anything chocolate)!

Bonus entries?  Ok…

Blog or Twitter about this giveaway and I will give you an extra chance to win (leave me your twitter or blog link here in a separate comment)

Become a subscriber or let me know you are a current subscriber of this blog on a separate comment  (upper right sidebar) and I will toss in 2 extra chances

Giveaway will end Jan. 26  Winners US or Canada only

That’s it!  Have fun!

My review copy came from Waterbrook Press

My Amazon Review


December Recap and Monthly Winners!

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December was the first month that I used a Google Spreadsheet to track comments and offer a f ull month giveaway.  I really enjoyed using the spreadsheet and I am excited to announce not only the winners of the December Comment Contest – but also some fun statistics of this blog.


When I started blogging I didn’t know about other book bloggers.  I blogged what I considered to be a personal record of what I had read and if someone found my blog and commented – that was just a bonus.  All book reviews I completed at that time were from my own bookshelves.  I had no idea you could connect with publishers and authors that actually wanted peopel to read and review their books.  Before discovering Book Blogs and learning how to promote my blog, I averaged about 400 hits a month.


In June of 2009, a person commented on my blog and I went to see where they came from and I seen they were a member of something called Book Blogs.  That’s the story… from that point on I signed up… found the world – this world, of bloggers, people like me who loved books!  In a nut shell… I haven’t looked back!

In December, I had 12,385 visits to my blog.  I had over 1,300 comments (this of course does not count my own).  I am still so amazed that people are reading what I write… and so thankful again to have met so many wonderful book friends!

Two of my top posts for December were:

Morning Meanderings (The one where I showed pictures of the new shelves)

and

Pondering Moments (the discussion on how I read so many books)


Ok… enough on the statistics… here are the winners of the December Giveaway (using Random.Org):

First… I have two random winners who will receive choice out of the Prize Box… they are:

#442:  Laurel!

#1046:  Shari D!

And now for my top three commentors for December:

3rd Place:  Ryan Wordsmithonia

2nd: Place:  Julie J My Own Little Corner Of The World

**Each of you will have choice to receive a copy of Reader’s Choice, 200 Book Club Favorites sent to you or you may choose something out of the prize box.


1st place – top commentor for December 2009 goes to:

Esme – Chocolates and Croissants!!!!

She wins the $25 Amazon Gift Card which has already been emailed her way!

Congratulations!

January 2010 – Comment Giveaway!

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I had so much fun with Decembers Giveaway challenge that I decided to do it again for January!  All comments on regular posts in January will be entered into a giveaway for a free book out of my prize box USA and Canada only. I will have three random comment winners so three book giveaways.  In addition, the person who comments the most in January will receive a $20 Amazon gift card emailed to them (open to all commentors).

This Giveaway will run from January 1 – Jan 31…. winners announced on February 1

This post will stay on top for the month of January.  All new posts will be directly below.

Winners of Recent Giveaways

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The last few weeks were a bit crazier than I had anticipated and I now am behind on my giveaways!  So please bear with me while I catch up here in this post.  On the bright side…. I have winners and lots of them!!!!

I have three winners (yes three!!!) for this wonderful audio of 9 Dragons by Michael Connelly:

Ryan

Karen K

Shawna Lewis



The Guernsey Literary Potato Peel And Pie Society was won by:

Julie H

(this was a special Christmas giveaway and Julie was notified last week and the book was sent to the person of her choice)


I have three winners for The Lovely Bones audio!

Jody

amt946

Jamie P


I have three copies of Say You Are One Of Them to give away to these winners:

Esme

Lynne

Rebecca Graham


Three copies of this audio of Permission Slips goes to these winners:

Wanda

Patricia Barraclough

Peaches



The Donate A YA Review giveaway of a $20 Amazon Gift Card for sending Reagan at Miss Remmer’s Reviews your good YA reviews for her students (which by the way – you can do anytime!)… The winner is:

Shanyn!!!


I have 5 copies of The Magician’s Book to give to these wonderful winners:

Margie

Zia

J.T. Oldfield

Winning Readings

Michelle Miller/ TheTrueBookAddict

Congratulations to all the winners!!!  Please watch my Giveaway Page for great giveaways still going on and more to come as we enter into the new year!

*All winners were picked using Random.org

40 Loaves by c.d. baker with Giveaway!

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A refreshingly different devotional that left me hungry for more and hopeful that there are 40 more loaves in the oven…  ~ Sheila


“Why don’t I have more faith?”
“Why am I so bored with Jesus?”
“Why are Christians so hard for me to like?”

There are many questions we’re not supposed to ask when playing by the religious rules. It makes people uncomfortable. So why is it that Jesus invited questions and even asked some of them himself? What is it that you’re afraid to ask God? It’s a risky prospect to begin asking–but far riskier to continue simply trying to get by without knowing. Author C. D. Baker asked himself 40 soul-searching questions which started a conversation in his heart and ultimately showed him more about God than He ever expected.

Can we become more honest with who we really are and find who God says He really is at the same time? Come indulge yourself in daily readings with an honest exploration of your secret fears and thoughts, and know that you will always be welcomed in God’s unconditional love.

Search me, O God … and know my anxious thoughts.

–Psalm 139:23 NIV

This is the kind of book that you want break into the bread of each day to find insights to great questions such as they are listed above as well as others.  Chapter after chapter c. d. baker offers up a fresh topic – 40 actually.  These topics are thought provoking and each chapter ends with a little food for thought as well a prayer that either came out of the Bible, or many times a prayer from another author which I really enjoyed.

The book is not overly preachy, instead peppered with modern stories, each chapter leads you through a question and some thoughts to take away.   Written in short 4 page chapters, this is something that you could read through while you have your morning coffee.  Each chapter asking the questions that we feel we shouldn’t be asking… but are so glad that someone did.  I think this book could be given to anyone at any level of Faith and they would find understanding within the pages.

This book should be read in 40 days.  I would recommend taking a chapter a day to breathe in the aroma of God’s words and really take those words to heart as you go through the 40 days, hopefully coming out the other side with a fresh perspective.  Even if you think daily devotional type books are not your thing, I think you would find this book to be different and interesting.  I plan on going through this book again starting the first of the year and doing just that.

Want to win this book?

Leave a comment here with your favorite kind of bread (I know… random right?) *you must answer the question to get in the giveaway!

Bonus entries

Tweet or blog about this giveaway and leave the link here in a separate comment for 2 extra entries!

Giveaway will end January 7

This book was provided for review by the WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group

Christmas Giveaway: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows

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Julie H was the winner of this giveaway!

I am in the mood for a giveaway and thanks to Random House Publishing, I get to do just that with this beautiful new copy of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society.

This giveaway is going to have a twist though…. in celebration of Christmas – the winner will give me a name of who they want this book sent to (USA and Canada Addresses only please) and I will wrap it and mail it off to them from you. So with this being a Christmas present giveaway – we will only run this until December 17th so I can mail it out and hopefully they get it in time for Christmas!  🙂

Here is how to enter:

for one entry – let me know a Christmas tradition or Christmas memory of yours.  (* Question must be answered to qualify for giveaway)

Extra Entries:

For two extra entries become an email subscriber of this blog (upper right sidebar)  *If the winner of this giveaway is a confirmed email subscriber I will add chocolate to be sent with the book. Put this information in a separate comment please

If you blog about, tweet about, and/or follow this blog – receive one entry for each of these you do – let me know in separate comments please (*You may tweet about this giveaway up to 2 times a day and receive an entry for each Tweet is you let me know here with the link)

That’s it – have fun as always!

Giveaway will end December 17

Winners!!!

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I have a few winners to announce!

For the Seven Giveaway by Jacqueline Leo I have three winners!

Using Random.org the winners are:

Winning Readings

Winning Reading’s comment was “7 is my favorite”!

Birdie S.

Birdie’s comment was “7 is my fav # I’ve won a lotta $ on it”!!!

Kara

Kara’s comment was “My gramma would love this book for Christmas from ME 7 is her lucky #”.


And the winner of the giveaway for White Picket Fences by Susan Meissner:

Natalie

Congratulations all!  I have emailed you each for your mailing info!  Be sure to check out the other current giveaways here!