Wow, I stink at posting more than once a week. Obviously, since I didn't post this yesterday. :)
I hope that you saw the MayBee Blanket give-away! If not, go enter! I am so excited for one of you to win!!! :) It will close on Saturday evening, and then the winner will be randomly picked. ANd now, I have a second give-away to thank you awesome readers for being part of SOM!
I love to read, so I thought I'd give away two books I read and LOVED this summer.
Carry On, Warrior and The Fault in Our Stars.These two books are amazing and both literally made me lol and wol. (weep out loud...aka "the ugly cry".) If you haven't read them, now is your chance to win them for yourself! And, if you've already read either of them, then you know both of these are good enough that you gotta have your own copies. :)
Carry On, Warrior is an amazing memoir that I reviewed a little while back--here's the post about it so you can check it out. It was mind and soul expanding in so many ways, and just so freakin funny! I felt like I was a warrior too after reading this book--it made me more ok and even excited to be me, even though I am so imperfect.
Fault in Our Stars is about two teenagers who fall in love--but both are battling cancer. It is so witty and hilarious and gut-wrenchingly sad--but in a way that doesn't make you want to jump off a cliff, more of the way that makes you want to bawl and hug close those that you love. (Yes, they will be weirded out.) Somehow, this book was able to be tragic, yet hopeful/joyful at the same time. It left me in a book hangover for like a full day. :)Guys, I loved these books and I love you, so naturally, I wish I could give all of you copies of these books! Alas, I cannot. (Thankfully Carry On, Warrior was donated to me by the author to be given away to one of my readers. Thank you, Glennon!)
To Enter this give-away, leave a comment below telling me a book YOU love! :)
The winner will be chosen randomly by the number of their comment. Only one comment per person please. :) This give-away will close on Wednesday of next week. :)
You guys are awesome! :)
One of my favorites is "Girl in the Green Sweater", about a family who survived the holocaust underground in the sewer system. I am fascinated with books about the holocaust and WW2.
ReplyDeleteI love that one too!
DeleteI'll have to look up Carry On, Warrior. Thanks for the recommendation!
ReplyDeleteI love Julianne Donaldson's books Edenbrooke and Blackmoore. They are Regency period romance books that are funny, smart and super cute. I think it is impressive when an author can really make me believe the characters are in love, and not just the superficial lust-romance find in most "romance" literature.
Oh good grief, I swooned all through both of those books! Yes I loved those stories sooo much, especially Blackmoore! I love a non-perfect heroine. :)
DeleteI love hunger games and divergent. The human condition when stressed is very interesting to me.
ReplyDeleteI loved both of those series, too! But Insurgent sucker-punched me in the gut at the end. I won't say anymore incase you haven't read it. Prepare yourself. I felt like I needed to go to grief counseling. ha!
DeleteI would love the book "Carry On, Warrior". A book that I enjoyed recently was "My Not-So-Fairy-Tale Life" by Julie Wright.
ReplyDeleteI haven't heard of that one--I'll have to go look it up. :)
DeleteSo my genre seems to be non-fiction and often WWII books cause I'm strange like that, but would love to give either a try! I've got a messy, beautiful life, so that should be a good fit :)
ReplyDeleteI like WWII books, also...have you read the Hiding Place? It's awesome.
DeleteI liked the Hunger Games series and I LOVE Harry Potter! And I am currently reading The Help.
ReplyDeleteOoh, the Help is good!!!
DeleteI loved The Help!
ReplyDeleteAgreed! :)
DeleteI'm going to have to say The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society... I'm a sucker for historical fiction.
ReplyDeleteThe Book of Mormon ;) Does that count?
ReplyDeleteI love so many books, but I will go with my current re-read. I've read Persuasion three times...this last month. (I'm an obsessive reader. And re-reader). It is my favorite Jane Austen. I even had library books waiting to be read, but I read Persuasion again!
ReplyDeleteIf you like YA novels, there is a newer series by Marissa Meyer called "The Lunar Chronicles". The first book is called Cinder. It's a mixture of futuristic sci-fi and classic fairy tale. I really enjoyed the first two books and look forward to reading the third.
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