EBOOK INTERNATIONAL GIVEAWAY ENTRY PAGE "LEAVING THE HALL LIGHT ON" ENDED

CMash June 16, 2011 15 Comments

JUNE 16th to JUNE 30th, 2011

LEAVING THE HALL LIGHT ON

by MADELINE SHARPLES

SYNOPSIS:

Leaving the Hall Light On is about living after loss. It’s about finding peace and balance and various ways the author, Madeline Sharples, finds to bring herself together after feeling so helpless and out of control during her son Paul’s 7-year struggle with bipolar disease and after his suicide in September 1999.

Sharples explains: “I write about the steps I took in living with the loss of my son, including making use of diversions to help me forget. Leaving the Hall Light On is also about the milestones I met toward living a full life without him: packing and giving away his clothes, demolishing and redoing the scene of his death, cataloging and packing away all his records and books, copying all of his original music compositions onto CDs, digitizing all of our family photos, and gutting his room and turning it into my office and sanctuary with a bay window that looks out toward a lush garden and a bubbling water fountain.”

THANKS TO ROBYN AND THE

KIND PEOPLE FROM WOW

I HAVE ONE (1) EBOOK EDITION OF

THIS MEMOIR TO GIVE AWAY.

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KNOW ANYONE WITH BIPOLAR DISORDER?*

I ASK THAT YOU DO SOME RESEARCH TO LEARN MORE

ABOUT THIS ILLNESS FOR AWARENESS. THANK YOU!!

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*EBOOK EDITION–INTERNATIONAL*

**HONOR SYSTEM**

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AND READ THIS BOOK.

THANK YOU.

*GIVEAWAY ENDS JUNE 30th AT 6PM EST*

WINNER WILL BE CHOSEN BY RANDOM.ORG AND NOTIFIED

VIA EMAIL AND WILL HAVE 48 HOURS TO RESPOND

OR ANOTHER NAME WILL BE CHOSEN

DISCLAIMER / RULES

Giveaway copies are supplied and shipped to winners via publisher,

agent and/or author. This blog hosts the giveaway on behalf of the

above. I received a copy of this book, at no charge to me, in

exchange for my honest review. No items that I receive are

ever sold…they are kept by me, or given to family and/or friends.

I am not responsible for lost or damaged books that are shipped

from agents. I reserve the right to disqualify/delete any entries

if rules of giveaway are not followed

Thursday Memes

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This week’s question:
With the advent (and growing popularity) of eBooks, I’m seeing more and more articles about how much “better” they can be, because they have the option to be interactive … videos, music, glossaries … all sorts of little extra goodies to help “enhance” your reading experience, rather like listening to the Director’s commentary on a DVD of your favorite movie.

How do you feel about that possibility? Does it excite you in a cutting-edge kind of way? Or does it chill you to the bone because that’s not what reading is ABOUT?
My answer:
As for me, all the above new enhancements does not affect me. My EReaders are for just one purpose…reading. However, I do enjoy the “goodie” of having a dictionary at hand while reading. But for the videos, music, etc, etc, I usually don’t use them in the traditional way. so it will not be part of my “reading experience. On the other hand, if it helps those to find the pleasure of reading, then I’m all for it.

On that note, I have to share some good reading news. I was the type of mother who always read to my boys when they were young, took trips to the library and book stores. They were always allowed to pick out books to purchase. Once in high school and through college, they never read a book for pleasure. I kept asking where did I go wrong? Its not like they never saw me without a book. Last week my youngest son, Mark’s gf Jess, who is a reader, couldn’t wait to tell me the latest news. Mark graduated college in December and found a job in his field within a few months. Of course, we are so proud of him on that level. BUT, Jess told me that Mark was complaining that the train ride into the city, to and and from work was boring. So she handed him a book for the commute, that she thought he would enjoy. Lo and behold, he read the book, in a week and ENJOYED it!!! My hard work didn’t go to waste. Thank you Jess for getting him to read again!! I loved Jess the minute I met her, I love her even more now!!! Now I have to pack up a care package of books to send to him lol.

Winners

And the winners are……

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………for ACROSS ETERNITY by Aris Whittier

Random Integer Generator

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20 6

Timestamp: 2011-06-15 22:06:47 UTC

/\Heather/\ said… 20 I follow you on twitter – choochoo428

Cat said… 6 I’m a twitter follower too!

An email has been sent and the winners have 48 hours to respond or another winner will be chosen.

Winners

And the winners are……

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………for ACROSS ETERNITY by Aris Whittier

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20 6

Timestamp: 2011-06-15 22:06:47 UTC

/\Heather/\ said… 20 I follow you on twitter – choochoo428

Cat said… 6 I’m a twitter follower too!

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Giveaway

GIVEAWAY ENTRY PAGE "TO BE SUNG UNDERWATER" ENDED

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JUNE 15th to JUNE 29th, 2011

TO BE SUNG UNDERWATER

by TOM McNEAL

SYNOPSIS:

Judith Whitman always believed in the kind of love that “picks you up in Akron and sets you down in Rio.” Long ago, she once experienced that love. Willy Blunt was a carpenter with a dry wit and a steadfast sense of honor. Marrying him seemed like a natural thing to promise. But Willy Blunt was not a person you could pick up in Nebraska and transport to Stanford. When Judith left home, she didn’t look back.

Twenty years later, Judith’s marriage is hazy with secrets. In her hand is what may be the phone number for the man who believed she meant it when she said she loved him. If she called, what would he say?
TO BE SUNG UNDERWATER is the epic love story of a woman trying to remember, and the man who could not even begin to forget.

THANKS TO ANNA AND THE GENEROUS

PEOPLE FROM THE HACHETTE BOOK GROUP

I HAVE TWO (2) COPIES OF THIS

EPIC LOVE STORY TO GIVE AWAY.

HERE IS WHAT YOU NEED TO DO TO WIN.

*ALL COMMENTS TO BE SEPARATE*

AND INCLUDE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS

SO THAT I CAN CONTACT YOU IF YOU WIN

*LEAVE COMMENT: IS THERE A SPECIAL

CERTAIN ONE YOU HAVEN’T FORGOTTEN?*

*EXTRA ENTRIES*

*LEAVE SEPARATE COMMENT IF YOU PUBLICLY FOLLOW THIS
BLOG (IF NOT, GOOGLE FRIEND CONNECT ON RIGHT SIDE).

*LEAVE SEPARATE COMMENT IF YOU FOLLOW ME ON FACEBOOK.

*LEAVE SEPARATE COMMENT IF YOU FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER.

*REMEMBER TO INCLUDE EMAIL ADDRESS FOR ALL ENTRIES.

*U.S. AND CANADA RESIDENTS ONLY*

*NO P.O. BOXES*

**PER PUBLISHER**

ONE WINNING BOOK PER HOUSEHOLD

PLEASE NOTIFY ME IF YOU HAVE

WON THIS BOOK FROM ANOTHER

SITE, SO THAT SOMEONE ELSE MAY

HAVE THE CHANCE TO WIN

AND READ THIS BOOK.

THANK YOU.

*GIVEAWAY ENDS JUNE 29th AT 6PM EST*

WINNER WILL BE CHOSEN BY RANDOM.ORG AND NOTIFIED

VIA EMAIL AND WILL HAVE 48 HOURS TO RESPOND

OR ANOTHER NAME WILL BE CHOSEN

DISCLAIMER / RULES

Giveaway copies are supplied and shipped to winners via publisher,
agent and/or author. This blog hosts the giveaway on behalf of the
above. I received a copy of this book, at no charge to me, in
exchange for my honest review. No items that I receive are
ever sold…they are kept by me, or given to family and/or friends.
I am not responsible for lost or damaged books that are shipped
from agents. I reserve the right to disqualify/delete any entries
if rules of giveaway are not followed

W.W.W. Wednesdays

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Giveaway

GIVEAWAY ENTRY PAGE "TO BE SUNG UNDERWATER" ENDED

CMash June 15, 2011 48 Comments

JUNE 15th to JUNE 29th, 2011

TO BE SUNG UNDERWATER

by TOM McNEAL

SYNOPSIS:

Judith Whitman always believed in the kind of love that “picks you up in Akron and sets you down in Rio.” Long ago, she once experienced that love. Willy Blunt was a carpenter with a dry wit and a steadfast sense of honor. Marrying him seemed like a natural thing to promise. But Willy Blunt was not a person you could pick up in Nebraska and transport to Stanford. When Judith left home, she didn’t look back.

Twenty years later, Judith’s marriage is hazy with secrets. In her hand is what may be the phone number for the man who believed she meant it when she said she loved him. If she called, what would he say?
TO BE SUNG UNDERWATER is the epic love story of a woman trying to remember, and the man who could not even begin to forget.

THANKS TO ANNA AND THE GENEROUS

PEOPLE FROM THE HACHETTE BOOK GROUP

I HAVE TWO (2) COPIES OF THIS

EPIC LOVE STORY TO GIVE AWAY.

HERE IS WHAT YOU NEED TO DO TO WIN.

*ALL COMMENTS TO BE SEPARATE*

AND INCLUDE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS

SO THAT I CAN CONTACT YOU IF YOU WIN

*LEAVE COMMENT: IS THERE A SPECIAL

CERTAIN ONE YOU HAVEN’T FORGOTTEN?*

*EXTRA ENTRIES*

*LEAVE SEPARATE COMMENT IF YOU PUBLICLY FOLLOW THIS
BLOG (IF NOT, GOOGLE FRIEND CONNECT ON RIGHT SIDE).

*LEAVE SEPARATE COMMENT IF YOU FOLLOW ME ON FACEBOOK.

*LEAVE SEPARATE COMMENT IF YOU FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER.

*REMEMBER TO INCLUDE EMAIL ADDRESS FOR ALL ENTRIES.

*U.S. AND CANADA RESIDENTS ONLY*

*NO P.O. BOXES*

**PER PUBLISHER**

ONE WINNING BOOK PER HOUSEHOLD

PLEASE NOTIFY ME IF YOU HAVE

WON THIS BOOK FROM ANOTHER

SITE, SO THAT SOMEONE ELSE MAY

HAVE THE CHANCE TO WIN

AND READ THIS BOOK.

THANK YOU.

*GIVEAWAY ENDS JUNE 29th AT 6PM EST*

WINNER WILL BE CHOSEN BY RANDOM.ORG AND NOTIFIED

VIA EMAIL AND WILL HAVE 48 HOURS TO RESPOND

OR ANOTHER NAME WILL BE CHOSEN

DISCLAIMER / RULES

Giveaway copies are supplied and shipped to winners via publisher,
agent and/or author. This blog hosts the giveaway on behalf of the
above. I received a copy of this book, at no charge to me, in
exchange for my honest review. No items that I receive are
ever sold…they are kept by me, or given to family and/or friends.
I am not responsible for lost or damaged books that are shipped
from agents. I reserve the right to disqualify/delete any entries
if rules of giveaway are not followed