The Courier of Caswell Hall by Melanie Dobson | Book Giveaway!

Melanie Dobson's latest release, The Courier of Caswell Hall, is a riveting story you won't want to miss. The newest offering in the American Tapestries™ series, it follows an unlikely spy who discovers freedom and love in the midst of the American Revolution.

Enter to win 1 of 5 copies of the book!

  Five winners will receive:

• The Courier of Caswell Hall by Melanie Dobson

Enter today by clicking one of the icons below. But hurry, the giveaway ends on October 5th. All winners will be announced October 7th at the Litfuse blog.

Don't miss a moment of the fun; enter today and be sure to visit the Litfuse blog on the 7th to see if you won one of the books!

Fired Up! Enter to Win a Kindle Fire HD from Mary Connealy and RSVP for her Live Webcast Event!

Mary Connealy is back with the second book in her Trouble in Texas series. Fired Up and she's celebrating with a Kindle Fire giveaway and a LIVE author chat party on October 8th.

  One winner will receive:

• A Kindle Fire HD
• Swept Away and Fired Up by Mary Connealy

Enter today by clicking one of the icons below. But hurry, the giveaway ends on October 8th. Winner will be announced at the "Fired Up" Live Webcast Event on October 8th. Connect with Mary for an evening of book chat, trivia, laughter, and more! Mary will also be taking questions from the audience and giving away books and fun gift certificates throughout the evening.

So grab your copy of Fired Up and join Mary and friends on the evening of October 8th for a chance to connect and make some new friends. (If you haven't read the book, don't let that stop you from coming!)

Don't miss a moment of the fun; RSVP today by signing up for a reminder. Tell your friends via FACEBOOK or TWITTER and increase your chances of winning. Hope to see you on the 8th!

Want to win these 10 yet-to-be-released titles from Thomas Nelson and Zondervan?

Game on! Can you figure out all of the titles in this awesome giveaway?



Who's excited for fall? Changing leaves, cooler temps, warm drinks, bonfires — and new book releases! Thomas Nelson and Zondervan Fiction have a great lineup of new books slated to release this fall, and you have the chance to win them!

Above you'll find ten of the fall releases with their authors and titles missing. Your job is to figure out which book cover belongs to each author and title. Simply follow the instructions on the widget below.

You have until September 30th, at 11:59 p.m. to get your entries and guesses in. The winner will be announced on the Litfuse blog and will receive all ten releases! (Or better yet, subscribe to their blog [enter your email in the blog sidebar] and have the winner announcement delivered to your inbox!)

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Anne of Green Gables Collection Giveaway

Anne of Green Gables Collection

Cover links to Amazon

by Lucy Maud Montgomery

Armchair BEA: A Little Help From My Friends Giveaway

As I mentioned in my introduction post, my favorite part of the book blogging community is sharing book recommendations. The community encourages me to read books that I probably wouldn't read if left to my own devices.

My reading goal for 2013 is to read 100 books. Thanks to my participation in The Seasonal Reading Challenge on Goodreads, I am going to reach this goal earlier than anticipated. <the crowd goes wild with cheers>

This Is Basically How it works...

Each season (Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall) a new challenge with a series of reading related tasks such as Reading a book written by a Goodreads Author or Reading a book and watching the film will be posted. Tasks are based on suggestions from members of the group and my own personal ideas [my = the group's moderator, not me]. Each task is assigned a point level and then it's up to you to decide which tasks you'll attempt (or if you want to try to finish them all) and then find the books that fit. - The Seasonal Reading Challenge

The Summer challenge starts on June 1, 2013. I hope to reach 100 books read and complete all of this season's tasks by August 31, 2013 at midnight EST (the end of the challenge). I think that I can do it With A Little Help From My Friends. I am feverishly working on my reading plan.

Reading friends, I need your help! I need book recommendations!

Please take a look at the Summer Challenge 2013: Tasks and suggest a book for a specific task.  Between my library, PaperBackSwap (US-Only), and BookMooch (international), I hope that I will be able to cover most of your recommendations. [I am on a book buying ban until September.]

As a way of thanks, I am running this A Little Help From My Friends Giveaway. Five winners will be randomly selected using entries from the Rafflecopter widget form below.

• One winner will be gifted one A Little Help From My Friends-themed Kindle ebook of his/her choice (via Amazon.com - US) from the Prize A pool.  
• In honor of the TSRC 5-point tasks (A Century of Music), four winners will be gifted one MP3 copy of a With A Little Help From My Friends song of their choice (via Amazon.com - US) from the Prize B pool.

Please leave your recommendation and its associated task (and why you suggested the book, if you are so inclined) in the comment box.*

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*Rules:

1. Must be at least 16 years old to enter.
2. Must be able to accept gifts via email from Amazon.com - US.
3. Must respond to winner notification within 48 hours or another winner will be selected.
4. To qualify, all giveaway entries must be made using this Rafflecopter widget. To qualify for a giveaway entry via a blog comment, you must confirm your comment entry using this Rafflecopter widget.

 

Prize A

One winning entrant will be gifted one of the following Kindle ebooks of his/her choice (via Amazon US).

Links to books on Goodreads:

1. A Little Help from My Friends by Anne Dayton
2. With a Little Help from My Friends by Elizabeth Fleming
3. Southern Reflections with a Little Help from My Friends by Madalyn McKnight Stanford
4. A Little Help From My Friends: ...and Other Hilarious Tales of Graying Graciously by Jean Carnahan
5. A Little Help from My Friends by Robert Larrison
6. With a Little Help From My Friends by J.P. Bowie

Prize B

Four winning entrants will be gifted one of the following MP3 songs of their choice (via Amazon US).

With A Little Help From My Friends - The Beatles version


With A Little Help From My Friends - Joe Crocker version (don't let this image scare you)


With A Little Help From My Friends  - Carlos Santana version

Goodreads Gets You Ready for Alex Cross

The folks at Goodreads are gettin' all fancy! They are doing a book-movie cross-promotion (no pun intended) for the upcoming ALEX CROSS movie. Ooh la la!

You'll be movie ready in 1, 2, 3, 4.

(Then head out the door to the movie theater on October 19, 2012).


1. Take the Poll

Poll
 

What is the best setting for a thriller?

Sponsored by ALEX CROSS In Theaters October 19
http://www.alexcrossmovie.com/

Haunted House
Major Metropolitan Area
Abandoned Factory
Small Town

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2. Enter the Goodreads Book Giveaway

Enter for a chance to win a SIGNED copy of ALEX CROSS by James Patterson.


3. Watch the Exclusive James Patterson Interview

• Watch the ALEX CROSS Movie Trailer.

4. RSVP to See ALEX CROSS - Opening Night

RSVP on Goodreads to see ALEX CROSS opening night, October 19. 

 

THE CHAPERONE Giveaway

"The New York Times bestseller and the USA Today #1 Hot Fiction Pick for the summer, The Chaperone is a captivating novel about the woman who chaperoned an irreverent Louise Brooks to New York City in 1922 and the summer that would change them both." - Penguin.com

 

 

I won a free hardcover copy of The Chaperone by Laura Moriarty in a Twitter giveaway from Penguin Books. However, I decided to get the audiobook when I found that Elizabeth McGovern (Ragtime, Masterpiece Classic: Downton Abbey) was the narrator. So rather than let the hardcover sit on my shelf, I am giving it away using Rafflecopter.

Giveaway Deets

There is one (1) hardcover copy of The Chaperone by Laura Moriarty available.

• Use the Rafflecopter form below to enter
• Open to United States addresses only
• Giveaway ends October 19, 2012

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Here's the description from the hardcover:

"In 1922, only a few years before she will become a famous silent-film star and an icon of her generation, a fifteen-year-old Louise Brooks leaves Wichita, Kansas, to study with the prestigious Denishawn School of Dancing in New York. Much to her annoyance, she is accompanied by a thirty-six-year-old chaperone. Cora Carlisle is neither mother nor friend, just a respectable neighbor whom Louise's parents have hired for propiety's sake. But upstandinding, tradional Cora has her own private reasons for making the trip."

"Of course Cora has no idea what she’s in for: young Louise, already stunningly beautiful and sporting her famous black bob, is known for her arrogance and her lack of respect for convention, and her keen inteligence. By the time their train pulls into Grand Central, Cora fears that supervising Louise will be at best exhausting and, at worst, impossible. Ultimately, the five weeks they spend together will be the most important of her life forever.

For Cora, New York holds the promise of discovery that might answer the question at the center of her being, and even as she does her best to watch over Louise in this strange and bustling place she embarks on  her own  mission. And while what she finds isn’t what she anticipated, she is liberated in a way she could not have imagined. Over the course of  the summer, Cora’s eyes are opened to the promise of the twentieth century and a new understanding of the possibilities for being fully alive."


Dig into the novel's details on Penguin.com:

Read an Excerpt

Author Interview

Notes on the Text

Reading Group Guide

Check out my pin collage inspired by the book.