Winners! The Things We Cherished by Pam Jelloff

We have winners!!! This World War II story is definitely turning out to be a good read.  I haven't had time to finish it yet, so you'll have to wait for my review, but that's no reason to keep the winner's of our giveaway waiting.  Thanks to Liz at Doubleday, we have two copies to bestow and they are going to

Divya

and

Michelle 

at TheTrue Book Addict 

Congratulations! 

It's time for Winners!

To kick off the holiday weekend, congratulations are in order for two of my very loyal long time followers.  I love it when Random.org picks people who enter time after time.  Wonder Girl will be winging its way to

Holdenj

and

Anita

as soon as they send me their snail mail addresses.  They have until Wednesday July 6th to let me know.  If I don't hear from them, I'll have to pick other winners.

Winners of Prophecy by S.J. Parrish

I'm still about 1/3 of the way through the precursor to this one, Heresy  and don't want to read the 2nd until I finish the first, so I can't do a review yet, but if you are a fan of medieval history, Dan Brown, or conspiracy theories, this series is for you.

In the meantime, Random.org has once again done yeoman duty by choosing our two winners - I think they are both first time winners, so I'm particularly excited to announce our winners

ChrisInVa

and

Debbie

One from my home state of Maine, and the other from my previous home in Virginia.  How fun is that!!!

I've sent emails to both of them, and will have their books sent out as soon as they send me their mailing addresses.

If you didn't win this one, you still have a chance, since several fellow bloggers have contests that haven't closed yet.  You can enter at:

Under My Apple Tree (deadline June 30th)

A Bookworm's World (deadline  July 2nd)

Good luck, thanks for stopping by and congratulations to our winners. And a special thanks to Liz at Random House for making these books available for our readers.

And Still More Winners - Death of a Chimney Sweep

WINNERS!

Death of a Chimney Sweep

M.C.Beaton

I'm thrilled that all three winners of this giveaway are loyal followers who have previously visited the blog and entered many times.  So you can see that being persistent pays off!  I have to confess that I haven't yet had time to snuggle down with this one, but it's getting near the top of the list.  I just know I'm going to enjoy it, because Hamish Macbeth is one of my favorite characters, and this series by M.C. Beaton has never disappointed me.   Just to whet your whistle here's the publisher's blurb:

In the south of Scotland, residents get their chimneys vacuum-cleaned. But in the isolated villages in the very north of Scotland, the villagers rely on the services of the itinerant sweep, Pete Ray, and his old-fashioned brushes. Pete is always able to find work in the Scottish highlands, until one day when Police Constable Hamish Macbeth notices blood dripping onto the floor of a villager's fireplace, and a dead body stuffed inside the chimney. The entire town of Lochdubh is certain Pete is the culprit, but Hamish doesn't believe that the affable chimney sweep is capable of committing murder. Then Pete's body is found on the Scottish moors, and the mystery deepens. Once again, it's up to Hamish to discover who's responsible for the dirty deed--and this time, the murderer may be closer than he realizes.

Besides....aren't we all curious to see if Hamish will EVER get married?

Anyway, the lucky winners have been notified by email and have until Wednesday to get me their mailing addresses.  They are

Kaye

Margie

JHS

Congratulations to the Winners

Edited to add - if you didn't win, there's still a chance- see the note on the giveaway sidebar about another contest for this one.

Winners - we have Winners!!!

I've not finished this one yet, but I'm not going to hold you captive to my slow reading progress this month.  Without further ado, (to-do?) here are the three winners chosen by Random.org to receive this heartwarming and so far heartbreaking, "Memoir of Marriage, Dementia and Poetry"

JHS

Amy

SandraK

They have all been notified by email and have until February 28th to get back to me with their snail mail addresses.  For those of you who didn't win, please come back often.  There are several new contest planned next month here at Tutu's Two Cents.  Thanks for stopping by, and enjoy whatever you are currently reading.

Review and Winners : Sea Change

Author: Jeremy Page
Publisher/Format: Viking/Penguin, Hardcover, 288 pages
Characters: Guy, Judy, Freya, Marta, Ro
Subject: dealing with grief, solitude at sea
Setting: Somewhere in the North Sea
Genre: narrative fiction
Source: review copy from the publisher



Another stunning novel from the author of SALT, one that provokes a string of adjectives to describe the experience it brings to the reader: haunting, eerie, poignant, memorable, distressing.

As the story opens, Guy watches as his four year old daughter is killed and right there, I was seriously tempted to abandon further reading. I don't like to read about violence to children, but this one is written in such a dreamlike way that I was drawn in trying to figure out what was really happening.

After that 1st short chapter, we are suddenly catapulted to a scene that is five years later, and Guy is alone on a barge floating in tidal coastal waters near the North Sea.  He spends his time writing a diary of what he thought his life with his family would have been.  This surreal narration is interspersed with his introspection as his navigates the waters and spends his lonely hours filling time with music, reading, and the essentials of daily life.

He meets fellow marine nomads, an older woman and her barely adult daughter.  As he shares a few days with them, he begins to recover from his previous loss, and we get fleshed out details of what else happened to him at the beginning of the story.

This story is not a swash-buckling adventure story, nor is the narrative fast paced. It floats along at about the same pace as his daily life on the barge. Simply put, in spite of his dreams to the contrary, life goes on, inexorably drawing him to the sea. The story culminates in a splendid maritime storm scene that even non-sailors can appreciate, with a trance like and somewhat bizarre ending that will satisfy some readers and leave others scratching their heads.

It is a splendid piece of writing.  Page's prose is exquisitely evocative and lyrical, producing images that allow readers who have never been to sea, or to the North Sea area of the world, to experience the sights, sounds, smells, swells and sensations of a "sea change."

Many thanks to Langan Kingsley of Viking/Penguin press for providing the review copy and extras for the giveaway.

Now here are the two lucky winners who will have a chance to read this delightful book being published this week!! I have sent them emails and when they get their mailing addresses back to me, their books will be on the way.  Congratulations to

KAYE 

& 

Debbie

Blind Man's Alley - We have Winners!

It pays to visit and make those daily entries. Our winners for Justin Peacock's just released novel of life in the fast-lane of the New York real estate empire are

Carol M.

Jholden

The emails are going out today and the winners will have until Thursday evening October 14th  to get me their mailing addresses.  If I don't hear from them by then, I'll have Random.org pick another winner.

Congratulations to the winners and thanks to everyone who stopped by to enter.  

Many thanks to Judy at Doubleday for offering these for the contest.

The Latest Batch of Winners

Winners!!!!

We have winners!!

I'm almost finished Red Hook Road and will post a review sometime next week.  I'm having a hard time tearing myself from reading it to do these contest posts - it's that good.  

I haven't gotten my review copy of Impostor's Daughter yet, but I can't wait!

In the meantime, the entries are in and Random.org has chosen some new followers, a devoted long-time follower (but first time winner) and a repeat winner.  So it appears the boast is true - no favoritism from Random.

Red Hook Road will go to

Sue

 &

TerryMac

Emails have gone out  and winners have already replied, so those copies should be in the mail this week.

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Copies of Impostor's Daughter go to

Etirv (she's a repeat winner - pays to keep coming back!)

Caite

Page

Emails have gone to these three and they have until Monday July 26th to get to me with an address, or we'll have Random draw another winner.

Thanks so much to all of  you who visited and entered.  Be sure to come back often, there are more contests running.

2010-Books Won Reading Challenge

TeddyRose at So Many Precious Books, So Little Time has come up with this challenge and I would be ashamed of myself if I didn't participate.  I have 11 sitting here right now and I'm dying to get to them, so having this challenge will spur me on.  This is where we read the books we were lucky enough to win by entering blog giveaways.  I've been especially lucky this year.  In addition to 8 Early Review books from LT (all read and reviewed thank you) there are still this pile so...Here's my List:

Beat the Reaper
Fitzgerald Ruse
School of Essential Ingredients
The Calligrapher's Daughter
Supreme Courtship
Gift of an Ordinary Day
The Woman who named God
Amigoland
A Separate Country
Heretic's Daughter
Sand Sharks


This would put me at the gold level.....and they count toward my TBR and Reading from the Shelves Challenges too.  A couple might even count toward Thrillers and Suspense.

I'm a firm believer in multi-tasking.....

Winners- Exit Music

Thanks to all of you who dropped by to enter for this drawing.  Random.org has
selected  the winners and they have all been notified by email this morning.  They have until Tuesday Dec 22 to get me their mailing addresses.

SO TA DA!! Without further ado, here are the lucky winners....

Sue

Caite  

Marjorie

Just Peachy

Enyl

Congratulations to all.

Lovely Bones and the Bible Salesman : The Winners are............

Many thanks to all who came by to enter the latest giveaways.  I love having new people stop by and hope you will continue to drop a few words in the comments box.   We have lots of lucky winners today, since Hachette Book distributors was kind enough to give us 5 copies each to giveaway.  And if you didn't manage to snag one of these, there are still plenty of giveaway opportunities out there...see the sidebar and click away.

Here are the winners:

Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
Winners are:

nfmgirl
jessica
kim (bookbutterfly)
CherylS22
an anonymous reader

The Bible Salesman by Clyde Edgerton
Winners are:

Edmontonjb
Crystal
Pam
Jane at Winningreadings
Tea


So it's the standard drill...I'll notify all the winners by email by noon today and they have until noon Saturday to get back to me with their mailing information.  If I don't hear by then, I'll go to the next name on the Random.org list.

Happy reading to all.