Win a Book! FOLLOW ME
April 3rd, 2009
I have not 1… but, THREE copies
of this great book
for lucky winners!
I recently read and reviewed this AMAZING novel from Joanna Scott.
Hachette Books has agreed to allow me giveaway 3 copies!
This book is an A Novel Menagerie’s Guaranteed Good Book and rated a 10 out of 10 on “Sher’s Out of Ten Scale”…
Because this book is SOOOOO awesome, this giveaway is a special one for me. So, I’m going to establish a set of entry rules that are a little bit different than my “norm.”
First, this contest will run for TWO WEEKS! It starts on April 4th and will conclude on April 22nd (its publish date). Second, there are lots of ways that you can earn “EXTRA ENTRIES” on this contest as follows:
- ONE ENTRY: Leave me a comment below
- ADDITIONAL TWO ENTRIES: In your comment, tell us something about your family history. What part of your family legacy is a key element of who you are today!
- ADDITIONAL TWO ENTRIES: In your comment, share about a tragic event in your family history that has made your family stronger.
- ADDITIONAL ENTRY: Subscribe to A Novel Menagerie – leave in your comment.
- ADDITIONAL ENTRY: “Tweet” about this contest on Tweeter – advise me of the “Tweet”
- ADDITIONAL ENTRY: Share this contest with one of your friends. When your friend enters, just have him/her mention your name as the one who referred the contest when they enter.
- ADDITIONAL ENTRY: Add A Novel Menagerie to your BlogRoll on your sidebar – let me know about it in your comment.
O.K., so that’s it. Lots and lots of ways to get your name entered for one of THREE copies of this amazing book! Good Luck!
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Wow – What a great review – Sometimes the hard decisions we make in life stary with us forever. I have commented on the post for Follow Me. It sounds like a great book. Please include me in your giveaway.
Thanks
Debbie
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This book sounds great! Please count me in!
*I left a comment in your review post as well.
*I’m a subscriber
*I tweeted about this contest
*You are in my blogroll and are also a featured button above my blogroll
Thanks for the chance to win!!
Please enter me!
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I subscribe to A Novel Menagerie (and am even learning to spell it!)
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count me in. this book sounds so good!
I commented on the review
I subscribe in google reader
I tweeted the giveaway (my Twitter ID is kissmybook)
You are in my blogroll
This sounds like a really interesting read. Count me in.
*A part of my family legacy that has strongly influenced who I am is loyalty. Even though we’re far-flung around the country, if you need the family, the family is there.
*A tragic event that has made my family stronger – my brother’s mental illness. We’ve really had to take a daily interest in making sure he’s doing well.
*commented on your review. It’s a good one!
*subscriber
gypsyrover21(at)yahoo(dot)ca
I would love to enter for this book please.
*I follow you on Google Reader.
*Family history would be I’m Native American (Cherokee to be exact). I come from a long line of which the last 3 generations seemed to be in denial of who they were. Strange enough they seemed to want to keep the bloodline pure despite their denial by marrying Indian. Today I’ve changed that course by embracing all of who I am Native and German.
*Not exactly tragic, rather heriditary…All the women in my immediate family are Deaf outside of my mother. For some reason it doesn’t effect the males and skips every 3rd generation. I found immense strength within myself after I lost the last of my hearing.
Thanks for this opportunity! (Hugs)Indigo
ravensquietscreams(at)gmail(dot)com
What an amazing review! I left a comment there, too. I suppose the thing about my history that has probably shaped me into what I am today is that I came from a long line of strong women who were great storytellers. My maternal grandmother used to tell me some fantastic stories about our history and genealogy, which would ignite my imagination and spur my own interest in writing and genealogy. I would love to write about them some day.
Margay
* I left a comment in the review post.
* I subscribe via RSS feed.
* Family legacy: My grandmother’s great aunt was Harriet Beecher Stowe. My father refers to me as my grandmother’s twin from another generation. I aspire to be a writer, and it’s nice to think, somewhere in the family tree there’s history of great writing in the family.
This sounds like an amazing book, I would love to win.
* Family legacy, we trace our heritage back to the Mayflower. When I think something is too difficult, i remind myself that if they could land on another continent and build housing to start a new life in the middle of the winter, then I can face what is handed to me.
Thanks for the giveaway… I am leaving a “comment”… I love books and I am really glad that you are having giveaways… thanks
No need to enter me, but I’ve heard this is a great book and I can’t wait to read it when my book arrives from Hatchette.
I just heard a lot about this book at lunch today with Miriam from Hatchette and I must enter this contest. First things first:
My Great-Grandpa Vollmer was a big man – not fat, but big. He was tall and strong and had the biggest hands I’ve ever seen to this day. When he was young, he was recruited hot and heavy by the Chicago Cubs to play baseball. Back then (around 1920), baseball players didn’t make the kind of money they do now. When asked to decide between his dream or taking care of his family, he chose to take care of his family. He later went on to become a Christmas tree farmer in his retirement. To this day, the Vollmer clan loves baseball. I will only have a real Christmas tree, too. No fake trees for me and my babies. There is always a picture of him in the tree, too.
A tragic thing that happened in my family is that my dad’s older brother Randy committed suicide one week to the day after my 21st birthday. That day also happened to be his father’s birthday. Although he didn’t choose that day purposefully, Grandpa still really won’t celebrate his birthday anymore. That was a really hard thing for our family to endure. There was a lot of anger for a good while, but Uncle Randy was so depressed and crippled with anxiety and the doctors told him that there was nothing they could do to help him. Although I can’t say that it made the whole family closer, it has made me closer with my dad – not that we were ever not close. The way that he had to be involved with identifying the body, driving 2.5 hours to tell my grandparents in person, and pretty much being the responsible one of his brothers made me respect so much on an adult level.
I will take care of the rest of the entries tomorrow. The hubby and I are going to watch Slumdog Millionaire.
This books really great. I LOVE to read it.
You are in my blogroll in my sidebar and have been for some time.
The most tragic thing that has happened in my family is that my mom was murdered when I was 8. After all these years, I think the tragedy has made me a stronger person, but I still yearn for my mom. I think it brought my sister and I closer.
I have every hard working, industrious ancestors (Scottish and Danish). I never sit still (unless I’m at the computer in which case my fingers are always moving) and I attribute that to them. My Danish ancestors helped settle a county in Utah.
Please count me in.
My son had a horrible accident last year with a shotgun. I missed month of work. He’s better now. My niece was in a terrible car wreck last week. Now my sister realizes how she wasn’t there for me. It’s sad but it’s brought us closer.
Sounds like a good book.
I would love a chance to win. And, you know, I think the red hair of the girl on the cover is soooo pretty.
I left a comment at the review!
And I blogged about this contest: http://www.morbid-romantic.net/2009/03/30/book-giveaways-0330-0405/
My family on my mother’s side is very Mormon and we all have a connection, Mormon or not, to Salt Lake City and the Mormon church. Even though I don’t practice any religion, I still deeply respect the Mormon’s and everything they do. My family was among the founders of the first Mormon’s here, so we’re very proud of that legacy and love it when we see our name in museums.
The death of my aunt was a very tragic event, yet it made my family stronger. My mother had been somewhat estranged from her mother for a while. The death of my aunt brought them together and they have been impossible to separate since.
I subscribe, of course.
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Valorie
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This looks like a wonderful book! Thankyou for another great giveaway!
I’m subscribed via Google Reader
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Please sign me up to win, Sheri!
~Family History: I don’t know a lot about my family history but I do know that I am Swiss on my father’s side somewhere and I have seen the house where some of our extended family lives today. It is set on the side of a cliff in the Alps! You have to climb somehow up onto the cliff to get out of it! And I thought I lived in a tough neighborhood!
~Family Struggle: Well, as you already know I think, my dad passed away in January. Unfortunately a lot of our family stories died with him. You always think you have more time to record stuff but you don’t. I would love to know where that picture is of that house on the cliff. Do we have it hidden somewhere? Does someone else have it? I have no idea. And that’s just the beginning of things we may never know.
~I subscribe to you and follow you.
~You are in my blogroll already, too. You know I love your blog!
Awesome giveaway Sher! I also commented on your review of this book. It’s on my must read list!
My blog can be found here:
http://sherrylinnslist.blogspot.com/2009/04/win-copy-of-follow-me.html
My tweet can be found here:
http://twitter.com/Sherrylinn/status/1460421092
Family History – lucky me, I’m part German, Irish, and Italian. (Think I might have a slight temper problem? LOL I do!)
Tragic Event – I was a single mom ten years ago, my boys were 14 and 16 at the time. My youngest was home alone on spring break, and our kitchen caught fire, while he was sleeping. (short in the wiring). Had our cat and dog not woke him, I would have lost him along with the house and our belongings. Praise God my son lived. We did loose our kitty too. We are much closer and stronger after that.
I’m a subscriber – slcremer at gmail dot com
Please enter me. This book looks really good. Thanks!
Family history: I was raised by a single mother who was raised by a single mother. It has taught me to be very independent from a young age, since I had a higher level of responsibility than most kids my age did.
Tragic event: My uncle Wesley was killed when his car was hit by a train. The train crossing had no bar or toll bell at the time. They were only installed after his death. For years afterwards we’d have to drive across the spot where he was killed. It did bring the family closer together though.
I’m also subscribed to your blog.
tiffanyak1986(at)hotmail(dot)com
I would love to be entered.
Family legacy: Faith.
Family tragedy: My father died when my brother and I were in college, wchih brought us closer together.
Thanks.
Looks like an interesting read – please count me in!
Thanks,
Cheryl
megalon22[at]yahoo[dot]com
Read your review & posted a comment there as well – great review!
Cheryl
megalon22[at]yahoo[dot]com
I’m an email subscriber
Cheryl
megalon22[at]yahoo[dot]com
Please enter me in the giveaway for this book. I also commented on your review.
I follow your blog and you are in my blogroll!
Kristi
kherbrand at comcast dot net
I’d love a chance to win!!
luckistarr4@gmail.com
I left a comment on your review post and here =)
I posted here
http://kristinasfavorites.blogspot.com/2009/04/win-book-follow-me.html
I subscribe
AND
You’re in my blogroll!!
This was fun!
A key element of our family history is that my parents are immigrants. There is no doubt that being a first generation American has shaped and even helped define who my siblings and I are today.
I’m a subscriber too.
I subscribe (that’s how I got here.
)
I read the reviewand commented.
I added this site to my book review blog sidebar.
I will be commenting about the contest in several blogs (since I cross post to different communities (airynothing, Livejournal, Xanga and Facebook) – will advise when I’ve done it
Can’t do the “ADDITIONAL TWO ENTRIES” without much more thought.
I don’t tweet.
Will be telling friends.
Thank you for the opportunity to win this book. One can never have too many books.
And this one sounds like a really good one, too.
Just posted about this on Win A Book. No need to enter me.
I’d love to win this book.
I commented on the fantastic review!
I think that my family legacy is simply endurance and tenacity, and being content with life. We don’t let life get us down or keep us down, and find love and enjoyment in the little things in life.
A “tragic” thing that we endured would probably be just the whole period (years) of my parents separation and my father’s infidelity. I’ve been blessed to not have had a life of tragedy.
Thanks so much!
we love to read it
This looks great! Please enter me!
BookCrossingKitten22[at]gmail[dot]com
Please enter me!
I am captivated with this wonderful novel. It would be a pleasure to read it.
I have very close family relationships which are so important to me. The are what is meaningful in life and mean the most to me.
I would love to read this, it sounds fascinating!
I commented on your review as well.
My family legacy is one of endurance and determination — I come from an Irish immigrant background where life was often hard but could always be improved if you worked hard enough and kept trying! This really sticks with me today.
As far as tragedy there were many throughout the years but I think one that had a major impact was when my grandfather’s brother was killed saving another man from a car accident — it’s a story that is often told in the family and it is a tragedy that is remembered for both its sadness and its heroism.
sounds like a good read, please enter me into this giveaway.
thanks,
jakewoodworth(AT)gmail.com
I left a comment on your review post.
I also follow.
As for a tragic event, my first husband was killed in a car accident just after his 28th birthday. This is one of those things that never think will happen to you, but it definitely has brought my family closer.
I’m a follower & you are on my blogroll
I’d love to win this – please enter me
Family history – my great grandfather fought in the Spanish American war and was supposed to go on a battleship – he woke up sick so his best friend went in his place and the ship sank – he placed a wreath on his friends grave every year on the anniversary of the sinking of the ship until he died at 98 years of age. My family wouldn’t be if it weren’t for this event because he would have died instead of his friend.
Tragic event would be my mom passing away of pancreatic cancer at age 49.
msboatgal at aol.com
I really want to read this book!
- I posted a comment on your review. If you enjoyed it that much I expect it to be really good.
- As far as family heritage, I always refer to us as American mutts. We have a bit of everything. One side of my family has many secrets in the past so I’m not sure of our history. We do have a large percentage of American Indian. I think the secrets of the past have made us all more open now.
- Our most recent tragedies would be our family’s run with illnesses. The women have been hit particularly hard – my mom’s years of leukemia, my grandmother’s breast cancer and a year later her colon cancer at the age of 87 and my 34 year-old cousin’s extremely rare brain cancer that has returned twice in 2 years are the giants. Fortunately they are all still here and doing pretty well and teaching everyone to appreciate every good thing we have.
- I already follow.
- I already have you on my blogroll.
What a great book I’d love a chance to read it, and I left a message on the review post. Thanks
unforgetable_dreamer_always (AT) hotmail (DOT) com
I subscribed (moonpiece) in Google
I Added your site to My Blog Roll
I Follow your Blog.
PLEASE enter ME
Marieburton2004 at yahoo dot com
Thanks very much!
I have left a comment on your REVIEW post as well.
Thanks again,
MarieBurton2004 at yahoo dot com
Is this contest open to international entries? If so, please throw my name into the hat! Thanks!
Lesley
lesly7ch(@)yahoo(dot)com