Hachette Book Group USA has offered two books up as a giveaway at this blog. Here are the books with the publisher descriptions:
THE BLOOD OF FLOWERS by Anita Amirrezvani and The Crimson Portrait by Jody Shields are now available in paperback.
Let THE BLOOD OF FLOWERS, nominated for the 2008 Orange Prize for fiction, a San Francisco Chronicle bestseller and a #1 Book Sense historical fiction pick take you away to 17th-century Isfahan, Persia, the fabled land where Anita Amirrezvani spins this lush, mesmerizing tale about a carpet-weaving girl, her fate and her misfortunes.
While THE CRIMSON PORTRAIT, written by Jody Shields, was inspired by the little-known but extraordinary real-life collaboration between artists and surgeons in the treatment of injured men in World War I. THE CRIMSON PORTRAIT is a suspenseful tale of desire, deceit, and the metamorphosis of identity, as spellbinding and provocative as the author’s bestselling first novel, The Fig Eaters.
The rules:
I have not had a book giveaway here before. Here is how I will do it. If you want these books, post a comment with your e-mail address. Use an "at" rather than a "@" in your e-mail address to cut down the chances a spam harvesting robot will get your address.
Pick a number from 1 to 100 and include it in your comment. The person closest to a number I have already picked will get the books. If no one hits the number dead on and two people are equally close, the first person to have commented will get the books. I will contact the winner after the contest ends asking you for your postal address so the publisher can send you the books. The name of the winner will be published here.
I will end this contest one week from today which will be May 17th, 2008 or once all 100 numbers have been selected by commenters.
All comments must be approved by me before appearing so please do not submit your comment more than once. I will publish it when I see it.
Good luck.
UPDATE
This contest has closed. The winner has been announced at http://www.worldhistoryblog.com/2008/05/winner-of-book-giveway.html.
14 comments:
i am a total bookworm. i give around four books a year away on my little d-list blog. i love historical fiction too.
steviebcl1 at aol.com
number 35.
i've just read the entry, what a good news to start the day!
matthieu.atkinson at gmail.com
number 5
Great contest. mike [at] mikefrizzell.net 67
Fun, fun, fun!
alice at thorg dot com
number: 57
Hi,
number 50.
jess_history at yahoo.com
Whooo, books!
16
thepsichik at aol.com
Too bad I can't choose two number because I have two in mind. Hmm... I choose 23.
ihchicky AT gmail.com
Thanks.
-Ilissa
Great contest - love it!
scrapbooking45 at msn.com
The magic number: 94
I've heard of these books but haven't had a chance to read them yet. So count me in.
callmeabookworm at gmail dot com
number 56
Btw, I'm also having Book giveaways. Hope you'll stop by and/or spread the word!
http://abookbloggersdiary.blogspot.com/
I love historical fiction. I hope I win!
troyspeyton at att.net
number 58
smellincoffee [at] gmail.com
Number 73.
These sound great! My number is 32. journeythroughreading at gmail dot com
Number 84
i1mjm03 at hotmail.com
Just found this blog...I would love to read these books.
kyegraham at yahoo.com
43
Post a Comment