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Book Giveaways and Contests

It looks like a group of mostly mom and Christian related blogs have banded together in a large giveaway effort. The book ones are listed below, but quite a bit of that is not book-related. Head on over there if you are just a general contest junky and your boss isn’t looking over your shoulder. Also, I haven’t included any of the young kids books in the giveaways below.

There might be a lot more book giveaways out there. My fingers are getting a little tired of typing so this is all you get today. If I missed your book giveaway, feel free to comment below and I’ll add it to tomorrow’s roundup.

General Book Catch-All — I don’t know what the book is, or it’s a package of books that fits more than one category.

• Joan Wickersham’s The Suicide Index (non-fiction) and and Perri Klaas’ The Mercy Rule (fiction) at Snapshot, deadline 1 August.
• Your choice of books: Robert W. Walker’s Cold Edge, Jo Bannister’s The Lazarus Hotel, Kim Edwards’ The Memory Keeper’s Daughter, or Ed McBain’s Fiddlers at Boss Sanders, deadline 1 August (I assume).
• An autographed copy of Mathias B. Freese’s Down to a Sunless Sea at RandomDistractions, deadline in about two weeks

General Fiction

• Five copies of Deborah and Joel Shlian’s Rabbit in the Moon at AuthorBuzz, no deadline specified.
• Phyllis Zimbler Miller’s Mrs. Lieutenant at An Army Wife’s Life, deadline 1 August.
• Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner, Alice Sebold’s The Lovely Bones, and Barbara Kingsolver’s The Bean Trees at Storytellin’ Mama, deadline 1 August.
• DeLaune Michel’s The Safety of Secrets at Books on the Brain, deadline 8 August.

Science Fiction, Fantasy, Etc.

• Sarah Monette and Elizabeth Bear’s A Companion to Wolves at Fantasy Cafe, deadline 8 August.
• Five ARCs of Neil Gaiman’s The Graveyard Book from Neil Gaiman, deadline 15 August.
• Two copies of Celia Friedman’s Feast of Souls at The Book Swede, deadline 31 August.

Mystery and Crime Fiction

• Cleo Coyle’s Espresso Shot at Kettle and Cup, deadline 1 August.
• Christopher Valen’s White Tombs at Learning Mama, deadline 2 August.

Romance and Chick-Lit

• A signed urban fantasy book from Rachel Vincent (see post for list), deadline this week.
• Three copies of Natasha Rhodes’ The Last Angel from Marta Acosta, deadline 1 August.
• Your choice of Jenna Black’s paranormal romance books at Amberkatze’s Book Blog, deadline 3 August.
• The anthology These Boots Were Made for Struttin’ at Romance Reviews Today, deadline 4 August.
• Lynda Hilburn’s The Vampire Shrink and Dark Harvest at Literary Escapism, deadline 4 August.
• Two autographed copies of Jill Amy Rosenblatt’s Project Jennifer at Writer’s Block Reviews, deadline 10 August.
• Charlaine Harris’ From Dead to Worse at Just Another Musing, deadline 18 August

Historical Fiction

• Win five of Philippa Gregory’s novels at Reading Romance Books, deadline 30 August.

Non-Fiction

• Kim MacQuarrie’s The Last Days of the Incas at AuthorBuzz, no deadline specified.
• Two copies each month of C. W. Gortner’s The Last Queen from C. W. Gortner
• Samara O’Shea’s Note to Self - On Keeping a Journal and Other Dangerous Pursuits at Family Musings, deadline 30 July.
• Kacy Duke’s The Show It Love Workout at Diet Rundown, deadline 1 August (I assume).
• Catherine Hamlin’s The Hospital by the River, Alexandra Fuller’s Scribbling the Cat, and Faith J. H. McDonnell and Grace Akallo’s Girl Soldier at Living to the Hilt, deadline 1 August.
• Barbara Kingsolver’s Animal Vegetable Miracle at Writing: My Life, deadline 1 August.
• Better Homes and Gardens New Decorating Book at Hooked on Houses, deadline 1 August.
• A set of five books from Beverly Coggin’s 1-2-3… Get Organized Series from 1-2-3… Get Organized, deadline 1 August (I assume).
• Michael Largo’s The Portable Obituary at Un-Mainstream Mom Reads, deadline 1 August.
• Susan Hanshaw’s Inner Architect at The Modern Woman’s Divorce Guide, deadline 1 August.
• Amanda Soule’s The Creative Family at simplemom, deadline 1 August.
• Elie Wiesel’s The Night Trilogy: Night, Dawn, Day at daily randomness, deadline 1 August (I assume).
• A couple of prize packages, one of which includes Peggy Post’s Excuse Me, But I Was Next at Desperate Blog, deadline 2 August.
• Regena Thomashauer’s Mama Gena’s Owner’s and Operator’s Guide to Men at BlogFabulous, deadline 3 August.
• Five copies of Dan Schlossberg’s Baseball Bits: The Best Stories, Facts, and Trivia from the Dugout to the Outfield at This Mommy Gig, deadline 4 August.
• Caroline Hatton’s The Night Olympic Team at Light the Torch, deadline 4 August.
• Sally Shields’ The Daughter-In-Law Rules at What’s That Smell?, deadline 11 August.

Cookbooks, Etc.

• Patty Pinner’s Sweetie Pies: An Uncommon Collection of Womanish Observations, With Pie at Serious Eats, no deadline specified. You know I like the pie!
• Lisa Lillien’s Hungry Girl: Recipes and Survival Strategies for Guilt-Free Eating in the Real World at Sportsmomma, deadline 1 August.
• Judith Finlayson’s The Complete Whole Grain Cookbook at Robust Cooking, deadline 4 August.
• Janet and Greta Podleski’s Eat, Shrink, and Be Merry at All Holiday Cafe, deadline 4 August.
• A barbecue prize pack including Mario Batali’s The Italian Grill at Yumsugar, deadline 4 August.

Christian — Both fiction and non-fiction aimed at the Christian market

• Two copies of Brenda Stoeker and Susan Allen’s The Healing Choice at Laura Williams’ Musings, deadline 31 July.
• Michelle Sutton’s It’s Not About Me (Christian young adult) from Michelle Sutton, deadline this week.
• Leanna Ellis’ Lookin’ Back, Texas at 5 Minutes for Books, deadline 1 August.
• A signed set of Kathy Herman’s Seaport Suspense Series at Melissa’s Idea Garden, deadline 1 August.
• Two copies of Pamela Ewen’s The Moon in the Mango Tree at 5 Minutes for Moms, deadline 1 August.
• John and Stasi Eldredge’s Captivating at Real Life, deadline 1 August (I assume).
• Your choice of books from the Real Life Reviews Bookstore, deadline 1 August.
• Two copies of Stephanie Reed’s Across the Wide River at Pam’s Private Reflections, deadline 1 August.
• At Reflections, three book giveaways with a deadline of 1 August:
  • A Christian women’s book package: Lawana Blackwell’s The Jewel of Gresham Green, Patricia Hickman’s Painted Dress, Melody Carlson’s A Mile in My Flip-Flops, and Tracey Bateman’s That’s (Not Exactly) Amore.
  • Tom Morrisey’s Wind River and Robin Parrish’s Merciless.
  • William P. Young’s The Shack
• A package of six Christian books at Another Road to Ramble, deadline 1 August (I assume).
• Rich Brott and Frank Damazio Family Finance Handbook at Values Driven Family, deadline 1 August (I assume).
• Another copy of William P. Young’s The Shack at Olive Leaf Ministries, deadline 1 August.
• Max Lucado’s Cure For The Common Life at Guerilla Parenting, deadline 1 August (I assume).
• Two copies of Beverly Lewis’ The Forbidden at Books for Moms, deadline 2 August.
• Brenda Stoeker and Susan Allen’s The Healing Choice at Camy’s Loft, deadline 4 August.
• Trish Perry’s Beach Dreams at Musings on This, That & The Other Thing, deadline 4 August.
• Bert Ghezzi’s Guiltless Catholic Parenting from a to Y* at Waiting for Charlie…, deadline 5 August.
• Two more copies of Brenda Stoeker and Susan Allen’s The Healing Choice at …And Everything Else, deadline 11 August. The blog requests only people who have been hurt by infidelity (or want to give the book to someone who has) enter the contest.

Graphic Novels

• Jesse Breytenbach’s I Don’t Like Chocolate from Jesse Breytenbach, deadline 2 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. Be sure to check out my book reviews and other content.

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