Winning Wednesday--Bookish Giveaways!!

GIVEAWAYS TO HELP YOU GET OVER THE HUMP!!

WARRIOR GENIUS PAX SOUTH SWEEPSTAKES
 Enter for your change to win an autographed poster from author Michael Dante DiMartino and ticket to Pax South.  For this sweepstakes, you have to pre-order a copy of Michael Dante DiMartino's book Warrior Genius.(click the cover to pre-order)  There is an No Purchase necessary entry, but you will have to check the official rules for that information. Sponsored by Fierce Reads.
Open to US Residents--Ends December 1st

THE WOMEN IN THE CASTLE

 Enter for your chance to win an advanced paperback copy of The Women in the Castle by Jessica Shattuck.  

Set at the end of World War II, in a crumbling Bavarian castle that once played host to all of German high society, The Women in the Castle is a propulsive story of three widows whose lives and fates become intertwined—an affecting, shocking, and ultimately redemptive novel.

Amid the ashes of Nazi Germany’s defeat, Marianne von Lingenfels returns to the once-grand castle of her husband’s ancestors, an imposing stone fortress now fallen into ruin following years of war. The widow of a resister murdered in the failed July 20, 1944, plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler, Marianne plans to uphold the promise she made to her husband’s brave conspirators: to find and protect their wives, her fellow resistance widows. Combining piercing social insight and vivid historical atmosphere, this novel is a dramatic yet nuanced portrait of war and its repercussions that explores what it means to survive, love, and, ultimately, to forgive in the wake of unimaginable hardship.

This giveaway is on Facebook, so you will have to sign in to enter.  50 winners will be chosen. Sponsored by BookPerk.

Open to US Residents only--Ends November 30th.

SIGNED COPY

 Enter for your chance to win a signed copy of Call Me By Your Name by Andre Aciman.  

Andre Aciman's Call Me by Your Name is the story of a sudden and powerful romance that blossoms between an adolescent boy and a summer guest at his parents’ cliffside mansion on the Italian Riviera. Each is unprepared for the consequences of their attraction, when, during the restless summer weeks, unrelenting currents of obsession, fascination, and desire intensify their passion and test the charged ground between them. Recklessly, the two verge toward the one thing both fear they may never truly find again: total intimacy. It is an instant classic and one of the great love stories of our time.

Winner of the Lambda Literary Award for Ficition

A New York Times Notable Book of the Year • A Publishers Weekly and The Washington Post Best Book of the Year • A New York Magazine "Future Canon" Selection • A Chicago Tribune and Seattle Times (Michael Upchurch's) Favorite Favorite Book of the Year

This giveaway is through Instagram so you have to have an account and sign in to enter.  Sponsored by Picador.
Open to US Residents only--Ends November 29th.

LET SOMEONE ELSE PAY FOR CHRISTMAS

 Enter for your chance to win a $500 gift card to Amazon, plus 2 runners up will receive a $50 gift card.  

This holiday season, take the guesswork out of gifting and let our Strategist editors shop for you. They'll go through your list, check it twice, and select thoughtful, expert gifts for your friends and family. 
Sponsored by The Strategist from New York Magazine

Open to US Residents Only--Ends December 7th


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Review: Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste NG

Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Mia and Pearl move around a lot, but they may have found their forever home in Shaker Heights, Ohio. They are renting the top floor of a duplex owned by the Richardson family. The Richardson's have four children who are all close in age to Pearl. When controversy hits the small tight knit community and Mrs. Richardson finds out that Mia is behind it, she will stop at nothing to find out more about this woman who has disrupted this town.

For me, this book moved very slowly. The story as a whole was good, but there was something about the writing that I just couldn't connect with. The story was told from everyone's point of view, but at times it seemed like that changed in mid-sentence.

Mia is the kind of woman, I think a lot of us wish we could be. She is artistic and carefree. She is an attentive mother and compassionate with her fellow co-workers. But she can't sit still. Every few months, she and Pearl are on the move again for one reason or another. For Pearl, she doesn't mind so much. She has never been able to make and keep friends easily, so it feels good to start over. But Shaker Heights is different. Immediately, she befriends, Moody, the Richardson's youngest son. They have an instant bond. Pearl begins to spend afternoons at their house and walks back and forth to school with Moody. Making friends feels good to Pearl and she is glad that they have decided to spend a little more time in this town than most.

Mia works all kinds of odd jobs to support her in Pearl why she works on her photography. Mia has sold many pieces through an art gallery in New York. Sometimes the pieces go quickly and other times they do not. While in Shaker Heights, Mia is working the take out counter for a Chinese Restaurant. There she befriends a girl who becomes a part of the center of the controversy. With Mia's help this girl finds the strength she needs to do what is necessary.

Mrs. Robinson works as a reporter for the local paper. Covering various events throughout the town. Mrs. Robinson likes Mia and Pearl when they move in, and she even offers Mia a job to do some light housekeeping and cooking at their house. But maybe they shouldn't have allowed Mia to get so close. Maybe then one of her best friends would not have to go through the turmoil she is currently in.

I think many people will like this book, but for me, it was just alright.


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Winning Wednesday--Bookish Giveaways!!

Bookish Giveaways to Get You Over the Hump!!!

BOOKS, BOOKS, BOOKS!!

Enter for your chance to win three books from Penguin Random House.  Mom's and the secrets they keep.  You could win a copy of these three books First Comes Love by Emily Giffin, Other People's Houses by Abbi Waxman(this is an advanced copy releasing April 2018), and Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty:

Open to US Residents Only--Ends November 21st

Enter for your chance to win 7 of the newest mysteries from Dundurn Press. Booking In by Jack Batten is a new release, coming out later this week(Nov. 18th)  All of these books are also less than $6 right now on Amazon.

There is no information on when the contest ends.  I think its open internationally

Enter to win a dozen, that's right 12 books from St. Martin's Press to show how grateful you are!!
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Ends midnight on Thursday, November 16th.  HURRY!!

Enter for your chance to win 50 Mystery/Thriller ebooks from author Becca Hamilton.  There are a ton of great books on this list. 

            

This is open to EVERYONE, except those who live in Taiwan, South Korea, Portugal, Italy, Austria, China, Russia, Hong Kong, Greece, France, Japan, Spain, Czech Republic--Ends November 26th

LITERARY ADVENTURE IN NYC

Enter to win a New York City Literary Adventure.  Sponsored by Read It Forward. This prize if for you and a guest to take a trip to NYC April 20-22, 2018.  The winner will receive:

• A custom tour of NYC that visits literary highlights curated by Intrepid Travel and Read It Forward
• 2 nights at a New York City Hotel
• 2 Round-trip airline tickets to get you there
• $500 to spend on food and transportation
• $1500 gift voucher from Intrepid Travel to spend on your next literary journey
• 14 recently published books (See below) set in NYC hand picked by Read It Forward editors.

 
Open to US Residents Only -- Ends November 15th

GIFTCARDS

Enter for your chance to win a $500 gift card from Barnes & Noble.  Sponsored by BookRiot and HarperCollins. 

Open to US Residents only -- Ends November 21st

Enter for your chance to win a $500 gift card to the Bookstore of your choice!!!  Sponsored by BookRiot.
Open Internationally -- Ends November 26th

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