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Book Giveaways and Contests

Uncategorized — multiple books in multiple categories, or a synopsis that leaves me confused

• Thirteen books from Foreword (affiliated with Toronto’s Word on the Street festival), deadline 21 August.
  • Terry Fallis The Best Laid Plans
  • Jonathan Bennet Entitlement
  • Adam Sol Jeremiah, Ohio
  • Claudia Dey Stunt
  • Naomi Duguid Beyond the Great Wall: Recipes and Travel in the Other China
  • Rachel Manley Horses in Her Hair
  • Musharraf Ali Farooqi The Story of a Widow
  • Mary Swan The Boys in the Trees
  • Andrew Hood Pardon Our Monsters
  • Daria Salamon The Prairie Bridesmaid
  • Irene Gammel Looking for Anne
  • Jessica Warner The Day George Bush Stopped Drinking
  • Kevin Connolly Revolver
  • Maggie Helwig Girls Fall Down
• Shelf Love has her What Should I Read in September? giveaway where if you get her to read a book, you get the book after she’s done with it. Deadline 31 August.

General Fiction

• Ann Cushman’s Enlightenment for Idiots at Crunchy Chicken, deadline 17 August.
• Andrew Davidson’s The Gargoyle from Bookroomreviews, deadline 26 August.
• Joshua Henkin’s Matrimony at Bookfoolery and Babble, deadline 26 August
• Five copies of Meg Waite Clayton’s The Wednesday Sisters at Fresh Fiction, deadline the end of August (I assume)
• Ben Tanzer’s Lucky Man and Most Likely You Go Your Way And I’ll Go Mine from J. Kaye’s Book Blog, deadline 20 September.

Science Fiction, Fantasy, Etc.

• An autographed copy of Ken Macleod’s The Night Sessions at Fantasy Book Spot, deadline 20 August.
• Gene Kannenberg Jr.’s 500 Essential Graphic Novels from Books on the Nightstand, deadline 1 September.

Historical Fiction

• Jennifer Cody Epstein’s The Painter from Shanghai at carp(e) libris reviews, deadline 22 August.

Mystery and Crime Fiction

• Cody McFadyen’s The Face of Death from Cheryl’s Book Nook, deadline 22 August.

Romance and Chick-Lit

• Sherrilyn Kenyon, Rebecca York, and Robin Owens’ What Dreams May Come from Simply Ali, deadline 18 August.
• Linda Lael Miller’s Deadly Gamble from Book Talk with J & J., deadline 22 August.
• Charlaine Harris’ Dead Until Dark at True-Blood.net, deadline 28 August.
• Kathryne Kennedy’s Double Enchantment and any book from Emily Bryan’s backlist from Emily Bryan, deadline 31 August.
• Win a tote bag of romance books (including Donna Alward’s Falling for Mr. Dark and Dangerous) from Kate Walker, deadline 23 September.

Young Adult

• A. M. Jenkins’ Night Road at Cynsations, deadline 18 August.
• Tera Lynn Childs’ Oh. My. Gods. and Amanda Ashby’s You Had Me At Halo from Tera Lynn Childs, deadline 25 August.
• Three winners get ARCs of D. M. Cornish’ Foundling and Lamplighter at Freebies 4 Mom, deadline 21 August.
• Drew Ferguson’s The Screwed Up Life of Charlie the Second at Shooting Stars Mag, deadline 31 August.

Non-Fiction

• Two copies of Michael Ham’s LeisureGuy Guide to Gourmet Shaving at dBlogIt, deadline 17 August.

Biography and Memoir

• Six autographed copies of Tommy Chong’s Cheech & Chong: The Unauthorized Autobiography, deadline 14 September.

Crafts, How-To, Projects, Etc.

• Carol Field Dahlstrom’s Christmas: Make It Sparkle at Farmgirl’in Ga. Style, deadline unspecified.

Self-help, Inspirational, Etc.

• Kelly Corrigan’s The Middle Ground at 5 Minutes for Special Needs Books, deadline unspecified.
• Dawn Marie Daniels and Candace Sandy’s Souls Revealed at Black Gives Back, deadline 22 August.

Travel

• Harry S. Pariser’s Explore Costa Rica from Traveling The Green Way, deadline 22 August.

Cookbooks, Etc.

• Five copies of Ester Davies’ Student Cookbook Healthy Eating: The Essential Guide at Totz2teens, deadline 15 September. United Kingdom residents only.

Christian

• John Piper’s The Dangerous Duty of Delight at Beauty from the Heart, deadline unspecified.
• James E. Robinson’s The Flower of Grass from Musings on This, That & The Other Thing, deadline 22 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. Also, be sure to check out my book reviews and other content.

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