Rat’s Reading

Free E-Books

• Through 4 August, Thomas L. Friedman is letting listeners download an audiobook copy of his book The World Is Flat.

Stores and Events

• As part of their Stephanie Meyer Breaking Dawn launch, the Camalli Book Company in Bend Oregon is giving away a signed copy of The Host.

Book Giveaways and Contests

Some of these contests have prizes other than books to give away. For the most part, I leave off listing the other prizes. I’m a book guy.

General Books (i.e. I don’t know what book is actually the prize)

• Win a couple of books from TravelinOma, deadline this week.

General Fiction

• Phyllis Zimbler Miller’s Mrs. Lieutenant from Diary of an Eccentric, deadline 1 August.

Thrillers

• Andrew Klavan’s Empire of Lies from Dirty Harry’s Place, no deadline specified.

Historical Fiction

• Three copies of Traci Slatton’s Immortal from The Literate Housewife Review, deadline 8 August. The blog is looking for people to participate in their book club.

Mystery

• Two copies of Denise Hamilton’s The Last Embrace from Lesa’s Book Critiques, deadline 31 July.
• Carina Burman’s The Streets of Babylon from medieval bookworm, deadline 31 July.
• An ARC of Jash Bazell’s Beat the Reaper at Literarily, deadline 1 August.

Science Fiction, Fantasy, Etc.

• Sci-Fi Online has a few giveaways. Winners must be U.K. or Ireland residents.
  • Six X-Files tie-in novels.
  • David Hughes’ The Greatest Sci Fi Movies Never Made (yes, another giveaway for this)
  • Barbara Erskine’s The Warrior’s Princess

Romance and Chick-Lit

• Sherrilyn Kenyon and Dianna Love’s Phantom in the Night from Texty Ladies, no deadline specified.
• Sherrilyn Kenyon’s Devil May Cry and Fantasy Lover and Kinley MacGregor’s Master of Desire are part of a prize pack from Anna’s Book Blog, deadline 5 August. It appears to be a Sherrilyn Kenyon scavenger hunt, so you should be pretty familiar with those books if you want to play.

Young Adult

• Several young adult books are part of the Summer Ends giveaway at Faerie Drink, no deadline listed.
• Win P. C. Cast’s Immortal from Teen Libris, deadline 31 July
• Join the Tantalize Fans Unite! Myspace group by 1 August for a chance to win a copy of Cynthia Leitich Smith’s Tantalize. I would think you’d have already read the book if you were a fan, but what do I know?
• Smith’s Tantalize can also be won at Shooting Stars Magazine, deadline 1 Aug.
• J. Scott Savage’s Far World from Reader Rabbit, deadline 5 August

Non-Fiction

• Dave Ramsey’s The Total Money Makeover (audiobook format) from Christian Personal Finance, deadline 27 July.
• Four copies of A Sea of Red: 2008 Husker Yearbook from Big Red Network, deadline 30 July.
• How to Survive the Real World from FeeFiFoto Blog, deadline 31 July.
• The Best Man’s Speech and Duties at Jessica and Ashlee, deadline 31 July.
• LeeAnn MacKenzie’s Garden Decoration from Junk at Farmgirl’in Ga. Style, deadline 1 August.
• Katie Hacker’s Hip to Bead from Jewelry Making at Craftgossip, deadline 1 August.
• Pagan Kennedy’s The Dangerous Joy of Dr. Sex And Other Stories from MonkeyBrained Bookfool, deadline 1 August.
• Two copies of Mark Kurlansky’s The Last Fish Tale from frogblog, deadline 14 August. Draw the best fish to win.

Cookbooks, Etc.

• Three copies of Janet and Greta Podleski’s Eat, Shrink, and Be Merry! from Cranky Fitness, deadline 29 July. Write the best cooking haiku to win.
• Pace’s 60th Anniversary Cookbook from My Wooden Spoon, deadline 31 July.
• Kylie Kwong’s Simple Chinese Cooking from My Cooking Hut, deadline 8 August.

Christian

• Another Georgiana Daniels’ Table for One giveaway, from A Christian Romance Writer’s Journey, deadline 4 August.

If you know of other contests, giveaways or other sources of free books, leave a comment and I’ll include it in the next installment.

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