This Giveaway Has Concluded
Book Blogger Appreciation Week (BBAW) (September 15-19) is here and to celebrate I’m giving away one of my favorite books of all time. Garth Stein, the author of The Art of Racing In The Rain, was kind enough to send me a signed copy of his bestseller for a giveaway here at Planet Books. I am so excited about this!! I absolutely LOVE this book. You can read my review HERE as well as Garth’s guest post HERE.
~ To be eligible to win a signed copy of The Art of Racing In The Rain, please leave your name and e-mail address in the comment section of this post below.
~ To earn a second chance to win, blog about this giveaway and mention BBAW. If you do not have a blog please e-mail five people about this giveaway and include a link to this post. Cc me on it so I know you sent it. My e-mail address is PlanetBooksWorldWide@gmail.com.
~ I am borrowing Booking Mama’s idea for a third chance to win. Leave a comment with the title of a book you learned about and decided to read here at Planet Books. This contest will conclude this Saturday, September 20th at Midnight EDT.
There are a ton of book bloggers hosting great giveaways this week in honor of BBAW. My friend Lisa over at Books on the Brain has a great post with details about all the festivities this week which you can check out HERE. You can also check out more about BBAW HERE. Good luck and Happy Reading!!
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Thanks for the shout out! I want to win this book!!!
bookingmama(at)comcast(dot)net
One book that I learned about here is THE SUMMER OF NAKED SWIMMING PARTIES!!!
Julie P.~ FYI, I’ll be giving away a signed copy of TSONSP next week!!
Oh my goodness, I would LOVE to win this one. It looks amazing. I can’t wait to read it! Thank you so much for offering this one as a giveaway. 🙂
Oh yes, and I learned about “The Great Man” here and thought it was great!
Hi Karen, sounds like a great book. I would love to win it. Not to mention that it has the cutest dog (aside from Sandy that is) on the front!!!! Can’t wait to see you soon. Love ya, Amy.
Hi Karen! Count me in!
ME ME! Pick ME!!!
I learned about Garlic and Sapphires here! I went on to read another Reichl book (Comfort Me With Apples) after that!
Sounds great! Count me in. Garlic and Sapphires was one I read because of PB… (Thanks, Beastmomma, for sending me your audio book of it!) Thoroughly enjoyable!
Please enter me.
I would love to read this book. It’s been on my TBR list for a couple of months now. Please enter me!
thereedfamily[at]sbcglobal[dot]net
I first heard of “St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves” by Karen Russell and it is on my TBR list. Thanks for a chance to win “Racing in the Rain” — another title I’d really like to be able to check off my list! You’ve got a great blog, and I appreciate all the work you do and your generous, sharing spirit!
geebee.reads AT gmail DOT com
Tons of books! Hmm. The Great Man by Kate Christenson is one. Thanks for another great giveaway!
bookroomreviews@hotmail.com
P.S. I’ve been wanting to read this one:)
I saw this book and read your review and would sooo love to have a chance to win this.
I would love to be entered in your contest.
photoquest(at)bellsouth(dot)net
For a 2nd entry I ended up buying The summer of Naked Swim Parties which is on my TBR pile. Thanks for offering this book in your contest!
photoquest(at)bellsouth(dot)net
Thanks for another great giveaway. I would like to be entered! For a second chance to win, almost all of the book club selections in which I participated in were books that were new to me!
Please enter me in the giveaway!
A book I learned about here is Loose Girl- A Memory of Promiscuity.
Alessandra
outofblue1[at]gmail.com
I spotted this in the bookstore the other day and remembered all the good things you said about it – please enter me in the giveaway. Thanks!
3.rsblog AT gmail DOT com
I like the title of the book!
I am in.
anniegirl1138atgmaildotcom
Definitely enter me!!!
I blogged about this here:
http://shootingstarsmag.blogspot.com/2008/09/win-it-wednesday-update.html
I decided that I really wanted to read The summer of naked swim parties from this blog…though i’d heard of it before.
I also think I heard about Schooled for the first time on here…if not, it was one of the places and I definitely want to go and get that book ASAP now!
-Lauren
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randomize me!
I would like to be entered to win this book!
akreese (at) hotmail (dot) com
I read your review of “Keeping the House” by Ellen Baker, and added it to my list of books that I want to read. As a stay-at-home mom I think I could relate to what the main character experiences.
akreese (at) hotmail (dot) com
I would like to entered!
emaildayla(at)yahoo(dot)com
🙂 Love to read 🙂
love to read this!
I just discovered you thorough my giveaway (I asked people to link me to a favorite blog – and yours was one that was mentioned!)…I’d love to win this book!
caribousmom (at) aol (dot) com
http://www.caribousmom.com
I think my husband would really enjoy this book!
I shared about your giveaway here:
http://acupofjoy.wordpress.com/joyful-finds/
Have A Happy Day!
Deborah
dbstout{at}juno{dot}com
I would like very much to read this story. I’ve heard good things about it from several people. Please enter me, thank you.
Please sign me up. Also, I learned about THE SUMMER OF NAKED SWIM PARTIES from your site!
brightmyer249(at)hotmail(dot)com
I really would love to win a copy of this book. For my second chance, I read Keeping the House by Ellen Baker based on your review! Thanks!
Ooooo, sounds like a great book, please pick me, need a book now that the weather is cooling and fall is looming!!
Sounds good! Count me in.
sj3girls(at)hotmail(dot)com
I’ve been wanting this book for a while 🙂 and after reading your review of The Summer of Naked Swim Parties by Jessica Anya Blau I think I’ll have to read that, too–I saw the cover talked about somewhere else but now I’m really interested 🙂
-Lucile
Wow! Lots of people want to read this book – me included! 🙂
Please enter me!
I’ve also posted about your giveaway here:
http://bookannelid.wordpress.com/2008/09/17/the-art-of-racing-in-the-rain-win-a-copy/
Thank you and good luck everyone.
thelogiczone(at)hotmail(dot)com
I blogged about it here:
http://athomewithbooks.blogspot.com/2008/09/weekly-giveaway-roundup.html
I learned about The Last Beach Bungalow.
The Art of Racing In The Rain sounds very good. Thank you for the chance to win this book.
mittens0831 AT aol DOT com
Garlic and Saphires which I was so glad to learn my library had, and I enjoyed the book a lot!
Which is no surprise, thanks by the way.
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-theDizzy
etwilight @ yahoo .com
I so want to read The Art of Racing in the Rain; it sounds like a good up-lifting read.
I learnt about Keeping the House by Ellen B aker here and would love to read it.
My friend mentioned this one to me. Please do enter me. Thanks!
Oh please enter me in this giveaway, I have been wanting to read this book so much.
I read about the book The 19th Wife here and it sounded so good that I now have it sitting on my shelf in my tbr stack.
I blogged about your giveaway at: http://readinginappalachia.blogspot.com/2008/09/blog-post.html
Thank you so much for hosting this great giveaway.
Shawnee
waitmantwillie(at)hotmail(dot)com
I’d love to win this book! Please include me in the drawing/random selection!
Oh, I want to read this book SO much. I had forgotten all about it, but it’s back on my TBR list.
I blogged you here:
http://carolsbloggys.blogspot.com/
I am commenter #29 and I forgot to mention a book I learned about here at Planet Books. I had not heard of Time of My Life by Allison Winn Scotch until I read your post about it. I would love to read a story with a dog in it. Please enter me. Thank you.