Category: Book Giveaways

My Lost Daughter by Nancy Thayer Rosenberg – Hard Cover Giveaway!

Published on by Sheila (Book Journey)49 Comments

Lily Forrester is a tough Ventura County judge who has overcome adversity and heartache to get to a place where she can help those who can’t help themselves. She’s put all of her passion and energy into this cause and has no regrets. That is, until she receives word that her daughter Shana, who is attending law school hundreds of miles away, seems to be having a nervous breakdown.

Feeling guilty at what she sees as a failure in her duty as a mother, Lily rushes to Shana’s side. With a major murder trial underway in her court, Lily faces an agonizing choice: stay with Shana — and possibly see a killer go free due to a mistrial — or return to work and possibly sacrifice her daughter’s sanity. In a desperate balancing act, Lily takes Shana to a supposedly prestigious treatment facility for help.

Unfortunately for the two women, the institution is far less interested in treating patients than it is in bilking insurance companies out of extravagant fees�Ķ and the staff is less than scrupulous about patients’ rights. After being stonewalled for weeks, Lilly discovers that Shana has been threatened by sadistic so-called caregivers, given mind-deadening drugs without consent, and held for hours in a tiny, bare cell without food or water. Lily will have to use all her knowledge of the law to find a way to free Shana. Lily does not know that Shana faces another danger — one that isn’t institutional. A sociopath is in hiding at the hospital, using the organization’s criminal activities for his own purposes. And Shana is his new obsession.


The cooler weather makes me crave mysteries that require a comfy chair, a warm blanket, and a cup of something steamy and delicious! This is where a book like My Lost Daughter pulls at my attention.

Thanks to Forge Publishing, maybe this book will call to you as well.  Forge Publishing has graciously sent me two extra hard cover copies of this read to share with my readers.  TWO WINNERS!!!  I hope that is exciting news!

Here is how to enter:

Share with me in a comment  what sort of books call to you this time of year as the temperatures cools and the days grow shorter.  (*This question mush be answered to be entered)

Bonus Entries (but not necessary)

Subscribe to my posts (upper right side bar and let me know you have in a separate comment and I will add a bonus entry

Tweet or put this giveaway on Facebook and let me know here in a separate comment  and I will add an extra entry

Blog about this giveaway and leave me a link in a separate comment here and I will add an extra entry

 

That’s it.  Giveaway open to USA and Canada addresses only please.  Giveaway will end on November 3.

Lori Lansens Huge Signed Books Giveaway

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Lori Lansens is my feature Word Shakers On Line Book Club Author of the month.   The Wordshakers read her book, The Wife’s Tale, over the past 5 weeks and discussed it through an online format.  Now Lori has generously offered three copies of each of these books for a give away to Book Journey readers!

How To Enter

To enter please leave a comment here letting me know if you would prefer a chance to win #1) The Wife’s Tale, #2) The Girls, or #3) Rush Home Road.  You may choose more than one in your comment, and if have no preference say so, and you will be eligible to win any one of the books. **You must answer this question to be eligible for any other entries.

Bonus Entries

If you subscribe to Book Journey (upper right hand side bar) please let me know in a separate comment here and I will add another entry for you.

If you link to this giveaway on twitter, on your blog, or on Facebook, let me know here and I will add another entry for you.

If you left a comment on The Wife’s Tale Review and let me know in a separate comment here I will add another entry.

** For those of you who linked your review of the book The Wife’s Tale to the review post I have here, or if you were a part of the WordShaker book group and discussed the book using the discussion form, let me know here in a separate comment and you will be given another entry.

USA entrants only this time (sorry but all the books were sent to me and the shipping costs are all mine) If you live outside the USA but have a USA address you could send the book to if you win that would be fine.

This giveaway will end October 20th

Good luck everyone!!!

A special thank you to the generosity of Lori Lansens who provided three signed copies of each of her books for a giveaway.

Where Are The Winners?

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It is time to have some winners.  I am just in that kind of “winning” mood.  😛

Here are the latest winners over here at Book Journey.

A Signed copy of Summer at Tiffany coming straight from the author goes to:

Julie H

Entrants were asked to share a favorite summer memory.  Here is Julie’s:

One of my favorite summers was the year we went on a trip out East, to see Boston and nearby historical attractions. We made a side trip to Concord and took the time to visit Orchard House, made famous because of Louisa May Alcott. It’s still one of the best house tours I’ve ever been on.



Entrants were asked to share a book or audio that is a must read for me yet this year

3 Copies Of The Island (audio) by Elin Hilderbrand go to:

Karen K

who suggested I read anything by Dorthea Benton Frank

Cindi

Suggested the audiobook called Dimanche and Other Storiesby Irene Nemirovsky!

Kelly B

Castaways by Elin Hilderbrand


Entrants were asked to come up with a character and story line for a James Patterson novel

3 Copies Of The Island (audio) by Elin Hilderbrand go to:

Cindi

Cindi’s answer was:  Callie went missing over 15 years ago and now she has been spotted in Paris France ~

Sarah G

Sarah’s answer was:  Sunny Disposition – lifeguard and FBI informant, married to a mob hitman who is named Stormy Disposition

Nancye Davis

My new character would be Cindy Malone, retired school-teacher turned librarian/ undercover private investigator/ bank robber extraordinaire! Cool!

Monthly Winners for September

Each month I draw two random comment winners to win a book out of my prize box and I announce my top commenter who wins a $20 gift card from Amazon.  Here are the August winners:

Helen (Helen’s Book Blog)


Vasilly (1330V)


and top commenter for the month of September is (and this is a $20 gift card to Amazon!):

Wordlily!!!

Thanks everyone – I love chatting books with all of you!  😀

Don’t Forget!!!! Wordshakers On Line Book Club Read

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Dont forget!  For those of you who are joining in on the current Wordshaker reading of The Wife’s Tale, we are going live with our posts and conversation on October 6th!  It’s not too late to join in.  There will be an authors chat and a BIG GIVEAWAY with signed additions to Lori Lanssen’s books.  Those who are doing the read-a-long with me and linking their reviews on the 6th will receive an extra entry in the giveaway.

Stay tuned!

Immanuel’s Veins by Ted Dekker w/ a fun giveaway

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THIS STORY IS FOR EVERYONE

BUT NOT EVERYONE IS FOR THIS STORY

It is a dangerous tale of times past. A torrid love story full of deep seduction. A story of terrible longing and bold sacrifice.

Then as now, evil begins its courtship cloaked in light. And the heart embraces what it should flee. Forgetting it once had a truer lover.

With a kiss, evil will ravage body, soul, and mind. Yet there remains hope, because the heart knows no bounds.

Love will prove greater than lust. Sacrifice will overcome seduction. And blood will flow.

Because the battle for the heart is always violently opposed. For those desperate to drink deep from this fountain of life, enter.

But remember, not everyone is for this story.




I have enjoyed Ted Dekker off and on through the years.  Some I have really enjoyed and others I have been left scratching my head (don’t even get me started on House).  If you watched the book trailer and got a little sense of “Twilight”, that would be accurate.  And before those of you who did not enjoy the Twilight series turn away from this review I am going to ask you to give me a minute…

or two.

Yes, while there is a “Twilightish” vibe in the background theme of this book, this book goes beyond to a darker book then Meyer’s wrote which is truly Ted Dekker’s signature style.  The character’s are on fire with life breathed into them by non other than the master of Christian Suspense writing, Ted Dekker.  The book will cause you to really think about sacrificial love and that is really what this book is about.

I am still processing all I read and I can safely say that this is one of the best books I have read by Ted Dekker in quite a while.  Ted tapped into a vein (yes, pun intended) that I think will entice readers of many genres to this book.

GIVEAWAY!


Check out this awesome t-shirt that came with the book!  Here is how you can win one for yourself!  Let me know here in a comment if you have ever read Ted Dekker and if so what book(s).  If you have not, please look at the books he has written and share with me in a comment which book you would consider reading.

Bonus Entry

For two bonus chances to win a shirt, subscribe to my posts through email (link is upper right sidebar) and let me know here that you did (or do) in a separate comment.

Blog, Facebook, or Tweet about this giveaway and let me know in a comment here and receive another chance

That’s it!  😀

Giveaway will end on September 25, 2010


Summer At Tiffany by Marjorie Hart- Hard Cover Signed Copy Giveaway

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The lovely and delightful Marjorie Hart has offered one lucky Book Journey reader a signed copy of her wonderful book Summer At Tiffany.  You can read my review as well as see others who linked their reviews and see what an amazing read this is.

Although the country is still at war, Manhattan during the summer of 1945 is an intoxicating place, especially for two fresh-faced young coeds who step off a train from Iowa armed with little more than their youthful exuberance and the name of a very influential contact. The combination is enough to land Marjorie and her best friend, Marty, jobs as pages at the prestigious Tiffany & Co., making them the first female employees ever to work the sales floor. From this groundbreaking vantage point, the girls see and do it all, from assisting notorious gangsters and international playboys at the jewelry counters, to rubbing elbows with celebrities at the city’s legendary nightclubs, to glimpsing General Eisenhower during his triumphant victory parade, to kissing soldiers in Times Square on V-J Day


Here’s how to enter this giveaway!

Share here a favorite memory you have from a summer of your past….   you must answer this question to be entered in the giveaway.


Optional Bonus Entries?  Sure!!!

Leave a comment on my review of Summer at Tiffany and/or a comment on the author chat with Marjorie for a bonus entry (one entry for each comment)


Subscribe to this blog (right sidebar, 3rd link down) and let me know in a separate comment here and I will add 2 entries

Tweet or blog about this giveaway and let me know with a link left is=n a separate comment here and add another entry to your chances.


This giveaway will close on September 14. I will select a  winner using random.org and the winning information will be sent to Marjorie who will sign the book and mail it directly to the winner. USA and Canada entrants only please.


LONG Overdue Winners Posted

Published on by Sheila (Book Journey)16 Comments

*sigh*  Time and again I swear I am not going to get behind on posting winners.  But….. I have done it again.  That thing called life took over and next thing I know I have missed getting this done and I truly do apologize and will try to be better at this.

I have three winners for The Castaways by Elin Hilderbrand!!!!

Using Random.org here are the lucky entrants:

Bookjunkiemom09 Blog

Krista

Cindy Woolard

I have two signed copies of this wonderful book in my possession that I am passing on to two lucky winners.  Using random.org – my winners are:

Laurel

Word Lily

I have three winners to announce for this book, The Secrets Of Newberry using random.org the winners are:

Colleen Turner

Page Inman

Margie

The winner of “Choose The Next Book I Read is:

Julie

Julie picked The Mermaids Chair by Sue Monk Kidd so that is on my TBR and as soon as I have it read it will be passed on to her.

And finally…

My July winners for my monthly comment drawing are:

Tea

Barbara

These two winners get to choose one of my gently used books from my gift box!

and finally –

My number one commenter for July 2010 and the winner of the $20 Gift Card from Amazon goes to:

Laurel

**Note that the August comment giveaway is going on right now (see post on top of this blog for details)


Thank you to everyone!  You all have been emailed about your win!  😀

Choose (and WIN!) The Next Book I Read

Published on by Sheila (Book Journey)59 Comments

It is time for round four of “Choose The Next Book I Read!”   For those who are new to this occasional post, I will explain what this is.

I LOVE book sales and our local library has a spring and a fall one that are wonderfully priced books that I can not resist.  The books are beautiful and gently used.  The opportunity lies in the fact that once I bring these treasures home they tend to stay in the box I placed them in when I purchased them for months to come.  This is where you come in.

What I am posting here is the pictures of all the books I have picked up from the spring library sale as well as the new additions of the books I purchased last weekend at the Silver Bay Minnesota Library sale.

All you do is look over these titles and leave a comment here with the name of the book you would like to win.  On Sunday morning, August 15, I will use random.org to choose a winner.  Then that book will go with me this weekend to be read and once read I mail it on to the winner.  It is a win – win!  I actually read one of the treasures that I bought, and you get a book that you would like!  :D

So here my little beauties are – have fun picking!

** Note:  In the following pictures Between Friends is no longer available as that was last months win that is on its way to Elisha this week!

Note #2:  I will read the winning book at my earliest possibility and then send it on.

There’s the choices.  In your comment below please put which of these books you would like me to read and then pass on to you.

**USA and Canada only please unless the winner can give me an address to send it to in one of these areas.  Sorry but the cost to ship beyond that is frightening.