Wednesday, Oct 29, 2008

Book Give-A-Ways….

I Got Books…..

Want some?

Hey, friends & readers… want to win a free book?????

Even better, want to win a free and GOOD book??????

Then, you’ve come to the right place.

Hopefully y’all have read my review on Life After Genius. If not, go now! Read it! Anyway, I have a copy to give away to a lucky A Novel Menagerie (ANM) reader. Please leave a comment on my post that you’d like a chance to win. The drawing will be held on November 6th. All you have to do is leave your name!

The other great book that I have to give-a-way is In The Land of Invisible Women. I just received my copy and, truthfully, haven’t read it yet. However, it appears to be promising. In my Sunday Salon entry on the 26th, I wrote the following:

Today’s Sunday Salon is about a free electronic book offer that you can get in on, if you are interested, at The LibraryThing.

I’ve been in touch with SourceBooks about the book In the Land of Invisible Women. This book is of interest to me because of my strong beliefs in women’s rights and equality. From what I understand, Dr. Qanta Ahmed’s In the Land of Invisible Women is nearing bestseller status. SourceBooks has partnered up with LibraryThing.com to put together an electronic giveaway of 2,500 ebook downloads of her memoir about being a female physician in the Saudi Kingdom. Here is the information on the book:

In the Land of Invisible Women (ISBN: 978-14022-1087-7; September 2; $14.99 US / $15.99 CAN; Trade Paperback) is the story of a western-trained Muslim female doctor (Ahmed) who spent two years working in the top hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. What began as a job initiated by a visa problem, quickly became a struggle and search for self empowerment, freedom and the right to follow her own truth.

Dr. Ahmed’s memoir is a fascinating and revelatory window into an enigmatic world. Like Azar Nafisi’s Reading Lolita in Tehran, Dr. Ahmed provides a telling picture of what daily life is truly like in the Saudi Kingdom. She describes:

How physicians trained by Jewish doctors in the United States applauded and cheered when hijacked planes destroyed the Twin Towers on 9/11

How men and women find marriage partners in a society that allows no dating and physical contact, and where they flee to have affairs

How Saudi women who are supported by advanced thinking parents and who must wear abbayas with their bodies fully encased are able to defy the Saudi’s oppressive rules and mores to become physicians

How she worked side-by-side with Wahabi scholars and physicians who seemed to shun her even in clinical contact

Why the religious police are so threatening and dangerous

How a father grieves

Her encounters with sexism, racism, anti-Semitism, sycophancy

Dr. Ahmed also evokes moments where she finds tenderness and true beauty in areas where she least expects it; at the tattered, curled edges of extremism. The last leg of her journey takes readers inside the Hajj, as she journeys to Mecca with 2.5 million other Muslims to perform the sacred duty incumbent upon every able-bodied Muslim in his or her lifetime.

In the Land of Invisible Women is a fascinating look inside a culture that has become so relevant to our own.

From October 27^th – 31^st, her book will be available for download to any LibraryThing member (membership is free). Dr. Qanta Ahmed is going to make herself available to her readers by providing two weeks of author chat. From what I understand, that means every week-night for two weeks, readers can post questions for Qanta on the LibraryThing website which she will then attempt to answer.

So, rather than waiting for my review… which will come soon… I thought somebody would like to win this book now and read along with me!

If you’d like to win In the Land of Invisible Women, please leave your name in a comment below. The drawing will be held on November 6th!

Have a wonderful day!

36 Comments

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36 Responses

Jennifer

October 30th, 2008 at 7:09 am

Oh I would love to win In the Land of Invisible Women. The story sounds quite interesting.
yasmin

November 2nd, 2008 at 3:19 pm

I would love to win Life After Genius!
ejly

November 3rd, 2008 at 6:42 am

I’d love to win a new book, thanks the contest opportunity! The Land of Invisible Women sounds like a promising read. I’ve read Woman at Point Zero by Nawal El Saadawi previously and I wonder how Ahmed’s writing would compare to hers.
MRS.MOMMYY

November 3rd, 2008 at 11:16 am

would love to read this…please enter me- thanks so much!mrs.mommyyatgmaildotcom
Tammy

November 3rd, 2008 at 11:41 am

I’ve been wanting to read In the Land of Invisible Women for a little while now, please enter me!
debbie

November 3rd, 2008 at 12:11 pm

I would love to read The Land of Invisible Women. That certainly sounds like one I’d like.
sito

November 3rd, 2008 at 2:44 pm

This sounds like a really good read. Thanks for the giveaway.
Nicole C.

November 3rd, 2008 at 3:30 pm

I would love to read either one of these!
Jennifer

November 3rd, 2008 at 3:31 pm

I would love to read this with you!
Sherry

November 3rd, 2008 at 4:37 pm

In the Land of Invisible Women sound like a great book, thanks for the chance to win.
Lis

November 3rd, 2008 at 6:15 pm

I would like to enter for Life After Genius. Thank you for the opportunity!
Jacqueline in Atlanta

November 3rd, 2008 at 7:13 pm

Books are good; free books are even better. Thanks for having the giveaway!
Carol M

November 3rd, 2008 at 8:15 pm

I would love to win Life After Genius. Thank you!
mittens0831 AT aol.com
Karina

November 3rd, 2008 at 8:59 pm

I really want to read both these books. They sound wonderful!! I already have them both on my wish list.
Sunny

November 3rd, 2008 at 9:16 pm

I’d love to be entered for Life After Genius!
Amy

November 3rd, 2008 at 9:18 pm

I would love to read Life After Genius. I hadn’t heard of The Land of Invisible Women until now, but it might be interesting.
Menagerie

November 3rd, 2008 at 11:42 pm

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Wendy aka misswendiki
November 3rd, 2008 at 9:57 am Moderate
I’d love to win! Thanks for the chance to win!
Menagerie

November 3rd, 2008 at 11:43 pm

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Tracy D
November 3rd, 2008 at 2:32 pm Moderate
I have been wanting to read BOTH of these books! What a great giveaway, thanks for the chance to win!
Callista

November 4th, 2008 at 7:54 am

I would really like to read In the Land of Invisible Women!
callista83 AT cogeco DOT ca
Amber G

November 4th, 2008 at 10:02 am

Please enter me to win both of these books. They both sound really intriguing Thank you for the giveaway and please enter me!
Alicia

November 4th, 2008 at 12:08 pm

I would love to read either one of these. Please enter me!

bluebyrd24@gmail.com
Alicia

November 4th, 2008 at 12:10 pm

I would love to read either one of these. Please enter me!

bluebyrd24 at gmail dot com
Menagerie

November 4th, 2008 at 1:41 pm

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tiff
November 3rd, 2008 at 11:32 pm Moderate
i very badly want to win “in the land of invisible women”!
mindy

November 4th, 2008 at 7:45 pm

looks sensational thanks
Janet F

November 4th, 2008 at 11:51 pm

This is on my to read list.

Thank you!

janetfaye (at) gmail (dot) com
Menagerie

November 5th, 2008 at 1:41 am

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beth shepherd
November 4th, 2008 at 9:18 am Moderate
thank you for having this! THis looks and sounds like an excellent read. Thank you!
tatertot374@sbcglobal.net
Natasha

November 5th, 2008 at 12:16 pm

I’m always on the lookout for new books to add to my ‘must read’ pile! Please count me in if i’m eligible (I’m from Canada), thank you!
carolyn s

November 5th, 2008 at 10:01 pm

I would love to read this book, just the name alone is enough to make me want to read it.

thanks for sharing

ceashark at aol dot com
Melissa

November 6th, 2008 at 8:48 am

I would love to read Life After Genius!
F Bartlett

November 6th, 2008 at 12:50 pm

I would love to win-sounds like a good book to check out.
Thanks!
Menagerie

November 6th, 2008 at 1:52 pm

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Jesica
November 4th, 2008 at 10:14 am Moderate
I’d love to read “In the Land of Invisible Women” – thanks for the chance
Menagerie

November 6th, 2008 at 1:57 pm

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Dawn
October 29th, 2008 at 6:23 am Moderate
I love the new look of your site!

This looks like a fun book, please enter my name in the giveaway. Thanks!
Menagerie

November 6th, 2008 at 1:58 pm

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Lisamm
October 29th, 2008 at 8:26 pm Moderate
Hi Sheri! Your new website looks fantastic! I’d love a chance to win this book. Thanks!
Menagerie

November 6th, 2008 at 1:58 pm

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Cindi
November 3rd, 2008 at 8:08 am Moderate
Sounds like fascinating character! Since I am not a “genius”, it would be great to be about Mead who is. I really like the line you quote from the book. It seems he didn’t want to be in any certain category. I like that in a person. Please enter my name in your delightful book drawing. Many thanks…..Cindi
Benita G.

October 11th, 2009 at 5:07 pm

Thanks so much for this possibility. I’d love to win a new and good book. I haven’t read any of these so I’d be happy with all of them. I’ve heard about The Land of Invisible Women. I’d love to read it. Thanks.

bgcchs(at)yahoo(dot)com
Lauren S

October 23rd, 2009 at 7:06 pm

Definitely, “The Land of Invisible Women.” Thanks for this opportunity!

mabelilly28 at yahoo dot com