And the Winners of the Literary Giveaway Bloghop are…

Congratulations to the winners. I will be contacting you on twitter for your postal addresses.

Thanks everyone for participating and making this such a fun bloghop.

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The Literary Giveaway Blog Hop Starts Today

This is a blog hop for literary books hosted by Judith with tons of book bloggers participating to give away some of their favorite literary fiction reads.

As usual, I will be giving away two recent favorites. My book options are:

  • Cutting for Stone – Abraham Verghese
  • The Enchantress of Florence – Salman Rushdie (review not yet up, but this is an absolutely enchanting book. Here’s a teaser.

Rules of the Giveaway

There are no rules. The giveaway is international. Extra points will be awarded to those who choose to follow my blog or my twitter, but following is not mandatory.

Just leave a comment on my blog letting me know which book you would like to read. I will select 2 winners using a random number generator on February 14th. After contacting the winners, I will announce the winners on my blog.

If these books don’t rock your boat, try some of the other giveaways listed here…you are sure to find something right up your alley.

  1. Leeswammes
  2. The Book Garden
  3. Sam Still Reading
  4. Candle Beam Book Blog
  5. Ciska’s Book Chest
  6. Too Fond
  7. Alex in Leeds
  8. Under a Gray Sky
  9. Bibliosue
  10. The Book Club Blog
  11. Fingers & Prose
  12. Lori Howell
  13. Rikki’s Teleidoscope
  14. Girl vs Bookshelf
  15. Lizzy’s Literary Life (Europe)
  16. Booklover Book Reviews
  17. The Blog of Litwits
  18. Reading World (USA/Can)
  19. Seaside Book Nook
  20. Curiosity Killed the Bookworm
  21. The Book Diva’s Reads
  22. Breieninpeking (Europe)
  23. 2606 Books and Counting
  24. Giraffe Days
  25. Lucybird’s Book Blog
  1. Roof Beam Reader
  2. The Relentless Reader
  3. Read in a Single Sitting
  4. My Diary (Malaysia)
  5. Heavenali
  6. Dolce Belezza (USA)
  7. The Misfortune of Knowing
  8. My Devotional Thoughts
  9. Nishita’s Rants and Raves
  10. Book Nympho
  11. Kaggsysbookishramblings
  12. Quixotic Magpie
  13. Lost Generation Reader
  14. BookBelle
  15. Under My Apple Tree (USA)
  16. Mondays with Mac
  17. Page Plucker

And…Here are the Winners

Sorry for the delay in announcing the winners. Too many things happening on the personal front.

The winners are:

  • Abby from Reviews by Abby wins a copy of On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan
  • Tony wins a copy of The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes

I will be contacting the winners for address details sometime next week. Like I said things have been tough, and I need some extra time to send the books out.

Thanks again to all the enthusiastic participants and for making the bloghop so successful.

The Literary Giveaway Blog Hop Starts Today

Literary Giveaway Blog Hop

Literary Giveaway Blog Hop

It’s that time of the year again. Yep, bloghop time.

This is a blog hop for literary books hosted by Judith, and with about 50 bloggers offering to give away their favorite literary fiction reads.

As usual, I will be giving away two recent favorites. My book options are:

  • Sense of an Ending – Julian Barnes (see my posts here and here)
  • On Chesil Beach – Ian McEwan (review here)

I read both these books in the hopes of making a dent in my Man Booker reading project and I loved both of them. I don’t have the heart to part from these books, and so the winner of the giveaway is going to get a new copy either from The Book Depository or Amazon, whichever makes more sense depending on pricing and shipping.

Rules of the Giveaway

There are no rules. The giveaway is international. Extra points will be awarded to those who choose to follow my blog or my twitter, but following is not mandatory.

Just leave a comment on my blog letting me know which book you would like to read. I will select 2 winners using a random number generator on Thursday Nov 1st. After contacting the winners, I will announce the winners on my blog by next weekend.

If these books don’t rock your boat, try some of the other giveaways listed here…you are sure to find something right up your alley.

  1. Leeswammes
  2. Read in a Single Sitting
  3. Ephemeral Digest
  4. My Devotional Thoughts
  5. Devouring Texts
  6. Tony’s Reading List
  7. Too Fond
  8. The Parrish Lantern
  9. Kristi Loves Books
  10. The Book Club Blog
  11. Sam Still Reading
  12. Silver’s Reviews (USA)
  13. Bibliosue
  14. Heavenali
  15. Under My Apple Tree
  16. Misfortune of Knowing (North America)
  17. Lena Sledge’s Blog
  18. Lost Generation Reader
  19. Seaside Book Nook
  20. The Relentless Reader
  21. Rikki’s Teleidoscope
  22. Monique Morgan
  23. That READioactive Book Blog
  24. kaggsysbookisahramblings
  25. Ragdoll Books Blog
  26. Kate’s Library
  27. The Book Garden
  28. Uniflame Creates
  29. Curiosity Killed The Bookworm
  1. Ciska’s Book Chest
  2. The Book Divas Reads
  3. Alex in Leeds
  4. Simple Clockwork
  5. Bluestalking (USA)
  6. Fresh Ink Books
  7. Sweeping Me
  8. Giraffe Days
  9. Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book (USA)
  10. Books Thoughts Adventures (USA)
  11. emmalikestoread
  12. Colorimetry
  13. Page Plucker
  14. Love, Laughter, and a Touch of Insanity
  15. 2606 Books and Counting
  16. Book Nympho
  17. She-Wolf Reads
  18. The Little Reader Library (Europe)
  19. Booklover Book Reviews
  20. Dolce Bellezza

And the winner is…

Sorry for the late update on the winners of the literary giveaway bloghop. Life intervened and I got distracted….OK, OK, I lie, it was actually the Euro 2012 Soccer World Cup. The whole of last week was completely nocturnal with the matches being telecast here at the midnight witching hour.

The results were so totally worth it though. My team Spain won hands down. YAY!!

Anyway, enough babbling, here are the winners…

Hmmm…odd coincidence that both blogs seem to have something related to food in the blog title. What are the odds of that?

Thanks everyone for participating in the giveaway. To the winners, the book is already on its way to you.

The Literary Giveaway Blog Hop Starts This Saturday

The Literary Blog hop

The Literary Blog hop

I am really excited for this literary blog hop hosted by Judith. The giveaway is meant only for literary reads and since the only literary book I have read this year is The Canterbury Tales, which I don’t think is going to be a popular choice, I have decided to give away two of my favorite Asian literary reads.

True, these books are both oldies, but I assure you they are definitely goodies. And I hope you are interested.

Rules of the Giveaway

There are no rules. The giveaway is international. Extra points will be awarded to those who choose to follow my blog or my twitter, but following is not mandatory.

I will select 2 winners using a random number generator on Thursday June 28th. After contacting the winners, I will announce the winners on my blog by next weekend.

If these books don’t rock your boat, try some of the other giveaways listed here…you are sure to find something exciting.

  1. Leeswammes
  2. Candle Beam Book Blog
  3. Musings of a Bookshop Girl
  4. The Book Whisperer
  5. Book Journey (US/CA)
  6. breieninpeking (Dutch readers)
  7. bibliosue
  8. heavenali
  9. I Read That Once…
  10. The Parrish Lantern
  11. The Bibliomouse (Europe)
  12. Tell Me A Story
  13. Seaside Book Nook
  14. Rikki’s Teleidoscope
  15. Sam Still Reading
  16. Nishita’s Rants and Raves
  17. Readerbuzz
  18. Books Thoughts Adventures (North America)
  19. 2,606 Books and Counting
  20. Laurie Here (US/CA)
  21. Literary Winner (US)
  22. Dolce Bellezza
  23. The House of the Seven Tails
  24. The Book Diva’s Reads (US)
  25. Colorimetry
  26. Roof Beam Reader
  27. Kate’s Library
  28. Minding Spot (US)
  29. Silver’s Reviews (US)
  30. Book’d Out
  31. Fingers & Prose (US)
  32. Chocolate and Croissants
  33. Scattered Figments
  34. Lucybird’s Book Blog
  35. The Book Club Blog
  1. Lizzy’s Literary Life
  2. The Book Stop
  3. Reflections from the Hinterland (US)
  4. Lena Sledge’s Blog
  5. Read in a Single Sitting
  6. The Little Reader Library (UK)
  7. The Blue Bookcase (US)
  8. 1morechapter (US)
  9. The Reading and Life of a Bookworm
  10. Curled Up with a Good Book and a Cup of Tea
  11. My Sweepstakes City (US)
  12. De Boekblogger (Europe, Dutch readers)
  13. Exurbanis
  14. Sweeping Me (US/CA)
  15. Living, Learning, and Loving Life (US)
  16. Beauty Balm
  17. Uniflame Creates
  18. Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book (US/CA)
  19. Curiosity Killed The Bookworm
  20. Nose in a book (Europe)
  21. Sharon’s Garden of Book Reviews (US)
  22. Giraffe Days
  23. Page Plucker
  24. Based on a True Story
  25. Read, Write & Live
  26. Devin Berglund (N. America)
  27. Ephemeral Digest
  28. Under My Apple Tree (US)
  29. Annette Berglund (US)
  30. Book Nympho
  31. A Book Crazy, Jane Austen Lovin’ Gal (US)
  32. Love, Laughter, and a Touch of Insanity

Announcing the Winners of the 4th Literary Giveaway Blogop

Here are the winners of the 4th literary giveaway bloghop:

  • Ruth Hill wins a copy of the Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Burrows
  • Inspired Kathy wins a copy of The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold.

I will be contacting the winners shortly for postal details.

Congratulations! And a huge thanks to everyone who participated.

The 4th Literary Giveaway Blog Hop Starts This Weekend

The literary blog hop giveaway

The literary blog hop giveaway

The 4th literary blog hop hosted by LeeSwammes blog starts off now!

It’s a fairly simple and straight-forward giveaway. As this is a literary give-away (I have to give away a book/books that I think has literary merit), I have decided to give away the following books to two different winners:

Participation Rules

I am keeping it simple. Just leave a comment stating which book you would like to win and why. If you want extra points, you can choose to (meaning NOT MANDATORY :) ) follow my blog, or my Twitter feed (nishmvk). I will use a random number generator to pick the winners.

This giveaway ends on February 22nd. I will post the winners on my blog and contact them by February 24th.

This giveaway is INTERNATIONAL wherever the book depository delivers. So, there’s nothing stopping you from participating. Just remember, it may take some time for the book to actually reach you.

Also, there are tons of great bloggers participating in the literary blog hop, so make sure you visit LeeSwammes blog to meet some really great bloggers giving away cool stuff

Happy blog hopping everyone! and Best of Luck to you all!

Here’s a complete list of participants:

  1. Leeswammes
  2. Curiosity Killed The Bookworm
  3. Lit Endeavors (US)
  4. The Book Whisperer
  5. Rikki’s Teleidoscope
  6. 2606 Books and Counting
  7. The Parrish Lantern
  8. Sam Still Reading
  9. Bookworm with a view
  10. Breieninpeking (Dutch readers)
  11. Seaside Book Nook
  12. Elle Lit (US)
  13. Nishita’s Rants and Raves
  14. Tell Me A Story
  15. Living, Learning, and Loving Life (US)
  16. Book’d Out
  17. Uniflame Creates
  18. Tiny Library (UK)
  19. An Armchair by the Sea (UK)
  20. bibliosue
  21. Lena Sledge’s Blog (US)
  22. Roof Beam Reader
  23. Misprinted Pages
  24. Mevrouw Kinderboek (Dutch readers)
  25. Under My Apple Tree (US)
  26. Indie Reader Houston
  27. Book Clutter
  28. I Am A Reader, Not A Writer (US)
  29. Lizzy’s Literary Life
  30. Sweeping Me
  1. Caribousmom (US)
  2. Minding Spot (US)
  3. Curled Up With a Good Book and a Cup of Tea
  4. The Book Diva’s Reads
  5. The Blue Bookcase
  6. Thinking About Loud!
  7. write meg! (US)
  8. Devouring Texts
  9. Thirty Creative Studio (US)
  10. The Book Stop
  11. Dolce Bellezza (US)
  12. Simple Clockwork
  13. Chocolate and Croissants
  14. The Scarlet Letter (US)
  15. Reflections from the Hinterland (N. America)
  16. De Boekblogger (Europe, Dutch readers)
  17. Readerbuzz (US)
  18. Must Read Faster (N. America)
  19. Burgandy Ice @ Colorimetry
  20. carolinareti
  21. MaeGal
  22. Ephemeral Digest
  23. Scattered Figments (UK)
  24. Bibliophile By the Sea
  25. The Blog of Litwits (US)
  26. Kate Austin
  27. Alice Anderson (US)
  28. Always Cooking up Something

Welcome to the 3rd Literary Giveaway Bloghop

The literary blog hop giveaway

The literary blog hop giveaway

Welcome to the 3rd Literary Giveaway Bloghop.

This bloghop is hosted by Leeswammes Blog and runs from Oct 15-Oct 19. All you need to do is leave a comment at the end of this post stating which one of the following books you would like to own:

  • Atonement – Ian McEwan. Read my review of the book here
  • A Moveable Feast – Ernest Hemingway. My review is not up yet, but it’s a good book and a must read for anyone who dreams Paris and books.

Extra bonus points if you choose to subscribe to my blog through email or my twitter feed.

The giveaway is international and I ship these books through regular post.

If the above books don’t catch your fancy, no worries…there are tons of other participating blogs.

  1. Leeswammes
  2. Devouring Texts
  3. The Book Whisperer
  4. Seaside Book Nook
  5. The Scarlet Letter (US only)
  6. Rikki’s Teleidoscope
  7. Bibliosue
  8. Curled Up With a Good Book and a Cup of Tea
  9. The Book Diva’s Reads
  10. Gaskella
  11. Lucybird’s Book Blog
  12. Kim’s Bookish Place
  13. The Book Garden
  14. Under My Apple Tree
  15. Helen Smith
  16. Sam Still Reading
  17. Nishita’s Rants and Raves
  18. Ephemeral Digest
  19. Bookworm with a View
  20. The Parrish Lantern
  21. Dolce Bellezza
  22. Lena Sledge Blog
  23. Book Clutter
  24. I Am A Reader, Not A Writer (US only)
  25. The Blue Bookcase
  26. Book Journey (US only)
  27. The House of the Seven Tails (US only)
  28. In One Eye, Out the Other (US only)
  29. Read, Write & Live
  30. Fresh Ink Books
  1. Living, Learning, and Loving Life (US only)
  2. Bibliophile By the Sea
  3. Laurie Here Reading & Writing Reviews
  4. Amy’s Book World (US only)
  5. Teadevotee
  6. Joy’s Book Blog
  7. Word Crushes (US only)
  8. Thinking About Loud!
  9. Kinna Reads
  10. Sweeping Me
  11. Minding Spot (US only)
  12. Babies, Books, and Signs (US only)
  13. Lisa Beth Darling
  14. Tony’s Reading List
  15. SusieBookworm (US only)
  16. Tell Me A Story
  17. Close Encounters with the Night Kind
  18. Nerfreader
  19. Mevrouw Kinderboek (Netherlands, Belgium)
  20. Boekblogger (Netherlands)
  21. In Spring it is the Dawn
  22. No Page Left Behind
  23. Elle Lit