Submitted by Bethanne on Mon, 07/12/2010 - 5:19pm Friday Reads Giveaway: Winners for July 9th
Last Friday we had over 500 participants in the Twitter-based #fridayreads meme, so as promised: Two randomly selected participants shall receive grab bags of 10 (ten!) brand-new hardcover books.
Are you ready? The two winners should immediately email their snailmail addresses to me: TheBookMaven at gmail dot com. I promise to send your packages quickly! (I don't always manage this, and I apologize to anyone out there who is in limbo. Email me again and I will remedy the situation.)
This week's winners -- and really, you're ALL winners, just for reading, yadayadayada -- without further ado:
The winners were #fridayreads tweets from
1. @scarletncream
AND
2. @robsad79
I still owe Book Blogger Con swag bag giveaways...will do that tomorrow!
Congrats, @scarletncream and @robsad79!
Submitted by Bethanne on Mon, 06/21/2010 - 2:29pm Giveaway: Fiction Grab Bag
It's time for us to air out the cupboards here at The WETA Book Studio -- we must give away some books in order to make room for new ones to arrive!
If you like light romantic comedy, "Lovesick" by Alex Wellen -- the tale of a man who's got the girl but can't pop the question -- is for you. Prefer something deep with a narrative conceit? Try "The Book of the Unknown: Tales of the Thirty-Six" by Jonathon Keats. However, if what you really want is a chilling spy story, "The Arms Maker of Berlin" by Dan Fesperman fits the bill.
Wait! You don't have to choose...if you are one of the ten lucky winners of this week's giveaway, you'll get copies of all three books. Just respond in the Comments section to the following question:
Which book or books are you planning to get to this summer?
Submitted by Bethanne on Tue, 06/15/2010 - 3:52pm Giveaway: Fathers Know Best
In "Rules for My Unborn Son," Walker Lamond shares as much wisdom as one man can -- while in "The Council of Dads," Bruce Feiler attempts to gather several men who will share their wisdom with his twin daughters in the event of his demise (good news: Feiler is now cancer free and about to celebrate Father's Day with his wife and girls). Both books are fantastic gift choices for the dad in your life!
We'll give away 10 two-book bundles to 10 readers who respond to the following question in our Comments:
What's the wisest thing your father shared with you?
Submitted by Bethanne on Wed, 06/09/2010 - 3:23pm Giveaway: Conflict and Consciousness
These two books are perfect for a lot of the dads on various Father's Day lists out there, so sign up for this giveaway (more on how to sign up in a minute!): "The War Lovers" by Evan Thomas and "44 Days" by David Burnett.
This giveaway is a great juxtaposition of an accomplished print journalist writing about a long-ago war (Newsweek editor Thomas, on Theodore Roosevelt and The Spanish-American War) and an accomplished photojournalist covering a more recent crisis (National Geographic photographer Burnett, documenting the Iran hostage crisis).
To be eligible for one of our ten two-book bundles, simply answer the following question in our Comments:
Would you rather write about something, or photograph it?
Submitted by Bethanne on Mon, 05/24/2010 - 8:20am Giveaway: The Call of Stories
The three books in this giveaway are completely, totally, and utterly different. Their subjects are different, their structure is different, their prose is different. Yet they are tied together by storytelling. From the saga of a neighborhood becoming more of a community to the history of a good pastrami sandwich to profiles in medical courage, these books demonstrate why humans love stories: They help us to make sense of our world.
Therefore, in order to win one of ten three-book bundles, please leave your answer to the following question below, in Comments:
What's your favorite story? A fairy tale? A TV show? A movie? A novel? Whatever form it takes, please share...
Submitted by Bethanne on Tue, 05/18/2010 - 10:45am Friday Reads Giveaway: Winners for Last Week AND the Week Before Last
I owe you all FOUR giveaway winners (and the first three giveaway winners haven't even received their books, yet -- but those are going out tomorrow, never fear!). Thanks to Random.org, I am able to truly be objective in selecting.
The winners from the week of May 3, 2010 are (drum roll, please!):
@Devourerofbooks
and
@Shopemills
The winners from the week of May 10, 2010 (yes, yes, another drum roll!) are:
@Macmark9
and
@letterbetty
I have a LOT of shipping to do -- but I'll be doing it happily. Thank you all so much for making Friday Reads a huge success these past few weeks. Onward to 750 participants and FOUR giveaways...
Submitted by Bethanne on Sun, 05/16/2010 - 8:18pm Giveaway: Literature with a World Beat
Chris Cleave's "Little Bee" moves from English detention center to African coast and back, while "Long for This World" by Sonya Chung takes place in the U.S. and Korea. We've got ten copies of both books, and ten lucky readers will win a two-book bundle if they leave an answer to the following question in our Comments section:
Which country would you visit if you could leave tomorrow?
This giveaway has ended. Congratulations to the winners:
Michael R.Christine S.Michelle S.Dawn R.Archana S.Nan S.Ashley C.Cynthia T.Keshia S.
Submitted by Bethanne on Mon, 05/10/2010 - 8:16am Giveaway: Scenes of the Crime
In this case, the "scenes" are Washington, DC (for Thomas Kaufman's "Drink the Tea") and rural Sweden/urban China/developing Africa (for "The Man from Beijing" by Henning Mankell).
Ten lucky readers will win these two books if they leave a response to the following question in our Comments section:
Where would you set a crime or mystery novel?
This giveaway has ended. Congratulations to the winners:
Janel W.Julie P.Elise B.Peter G.Kimberly K.Al G.Richard G.Cindy H.Natalia M.Len S.
Submitted by Bethanne on Sun, 05/02/2010 - 12:09pm Giveaway: How Far Is Heaven?
This week, we've got three fascinating books about religion, spirituality, and the human sides of both, and we'll be giving away 10 three-book bundles to random respondents who answer our question below in the Comments section. The books are "Fingerprints of God" by Barbara Bradley Hagerty, "Heaven" by Lisa Miller, and "In the Land of Believers" by Gina Welch.
So, tell us:
What's your idea of heaven? (It doesn't have to have anything to do with religion OR spirituality; feel free to tell us about your most heavenly vacation!)
This giveaway has ended. Congratulations to the winners:
Natasha F.Luther A.Dina G.Shelbie J.Caroline S.Jen K.Jim S.Barbara Z.Stu H.
Submitted by Bethanne on Mon, 04/26/2010 - 4:21pm And The Friday Reads Giveaway Winners Are...
A few weeks ago I started a campaign to raise the usual #fridayreads number of participants from around 150-200 to 500. Yes, 500! I would stop at nothing less...
Well, unless people didn't respond. Unfortunately, Week One only garnered about 250 total individual responses. Week Two was truly promising, but in the end we were a couple of dozen answers shy of 500. I took an informal Twitter poll about whether or not to give out the grab bags anyway, and everyone who responded said "Wait until you get to 500!"
My virtue in waiting was rewarded, because this week? We didn't just get 500 individual responses -- we got 650! This helps to make our Friday Reads Top Ten List stronger, it shows that readers are out there, and it means that I'm ready to give away THREE SETS OF TEN BRAND-NEW HARDCOVER BOOKS!
Are you ready to read the names of the winners? (Don't weep; there WILL be other giveaways!)
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