Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Hoppy Easter Eggstravaganza Blog Hop: Wrecker

Welcome to Hoppy Easter Eggstravangaza Blog Hop at In The Next Room. I'm offering one copy of Wrecker by Summer Wood.
Summary from Goodreads:
After foster-parenting four young siblings a decade ago, Summer Wood tried to imagine a place where kids who are left alone or taken from their families would find the love and the family they deserve. For her, fiction was the tool to realize that world, and Wrecker, the central character in her second novel, is the abandoned child for whom life turns around in most unexpected ways. It's June of 1965 when Wrecker enters the world. The war is raging in Vietnam, San Francisco is tripping toward flower power, and Lisa Fay, Wrecker's birth mother, is knocked nearly sideways by life as a single parent in a city she can barely manage to navigate on her own. Three years later, she's in prison, and Wrecker is left to bounce around in the system before he's shipped off to live with distant relatives in the wilds of Humboldt County, California. When he arrives he's scared and angry, exploding at the least thing, and quick to flee. Wrecker is the story of this boy and the motley group of isolated eccentrics who come together to raise him and become a family along the way. 
You must be a follower to enter this giveaway. If your GFC name is different than the one that shows up when you comment, let me know. To enter leave a comment letting me know what your favourite book about family, of any kind, is. Make sure you include your e-mail address so I have a way to contact you. The winner will be randomly selected using random number.org and will have 48 hours to reply to my e-mail. It is open the US and Canada only, no PO Boxes. This giveaway will close when the giveaway hop ends at 11:59 PM on April 25th EST.

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62 comments:

  1. One of my fav books ever, which is kind of about aging family members, is The Leisure Seeker by Michael Zadoorian. I really loved the book and I give it for gifts all of the time!!

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  2. I'm an old follower. My favorite book about family is Little Women.

    reflectionsofabookaholic[at]gmail[dot]com

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  3. One of my favorite books about family is Talk before Sleep by Elizabeth Berg. While the two main characters are not blood related, they are just as close as they can be. It is a wonderful book.

    I follow on GFC as Tiffany Drew

    jaidahsmommy(at)comcast(dot)net

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  4. I'm going with Me and Emma by Elizabeth Flock. An excellent book about a little girl and how she deals with her family life.

    anjibeane @ comcast . net

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  5. Thanks for the giveaway! I'm a GFC follower.

    It's not ABOUT family, but one of my favorite aspects about Harry Potter is Harry finding his own, chosen, family.

    captainsarahsparrow at hotmail dot com

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  6. I always liked the Little House on the Prairies books!
    wandanamgreb(at)gmail(dot)com

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  7. My fav family book is The Song Reader by Lisa Tucker

    leebee190 (follower)

    leebee19@gmail.com

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  8. My favorite book about family is the world according to garp. I am a gfc follower.
    twoofakind12@yahoo.com

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  9. I like The Grapes of Wrath.
    I follow you via gfc
    mamabunny13 at gmail dot com

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  10. Fav books of all time, The Twilight Saga..Doesn't matter where you come from, you can still be a family!!

    GFC Michele Luker

    jmluker(at)winco(dot)net

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  11. gfc follower
    Ruth
    ruthaw_1974@yahoo.com
    My favorite family series is Little House on the Prairie.

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  12. I would love to win this giveaway. I am a new GFC follower of your site. Thank you so much for hosting this giveaway. Ok now for my favorite book of all time: The Edgar Sawtelle Story. I have read this book twice and I will most likely read it again.

    steven(dot)capell(at)gmail(dot)com

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  13. Fave book about family "Keeping Faith" by Jodi Picoult, really any of Jodi's books
    I'm a GFC follower
    Thanks for the chance to win.

    cindymacbeth at gmail dot com

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  14. I think my favorite book that (indirectly) deals with family is A Wrinkle in Time.

    lhoffpauir at gmail

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  15. My fav family book was the Harbor Series by Nora Roberts. Three boys all in trouble taken in by the same couple, now faced with taking in one for their own to raise together. Each book focuses on one person from the family. Was great.

    Thanks,

    BK

    bkwalkerbooks at comcast dot net

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  16. Follow on GFC as Jenn
    I like the Little House series
    jenhedger at hotmail dot com

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  17. I really want to read Wrecker. My favorite book about family, hmmm. I love books about the family of Henry the eighth. So I choose The Other Boleyn Girl.

    booksnobsblog at gmail dot com

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  18. Thank You for the giveaway.
    Light a Penny Candle By Maeve Binchy sort of about familys and really good book!!
    GFC Shannon Johnson
    shannonjean14(at)gmail(dot)com

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  19. My favorite book dealing with family is SUZANNE'S DIARY FOR NICHOLAS.

    GFC(MonaG)

    monagargATyahooDOTcom

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  20. I really like the Anne of Green Gables Book. She gains a family of the heart.

    ke7yca at gmail dot com

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  21. I love Little Women...one of my favorite all time books. I also really liked the book Glass castles.

    Follow via GFC.

    mia at jacobsracing dot com

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  22. This book looks great. I think it's just the type of thing to make me cry for hours, which is something that always makes me fall in love with a book.

    My favorite family centric book is Night Road by Kristin Hannah. Amazing. If you havan't read it, I highly recommend it. :)

    ellen_r_hudson(at)yahoo(dot)ca

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  23. a fav is of mice and men

    GFC follower (Katie)
    katie_tp(at)yahoo(dot)com

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  24. One favorite is Helen Hooven Santmyer's "And Ladies of the Club" (which took the author 50 years to write & finish when she was 80years old living in a nursing home; later became a NYT Bestseller)detailing over 40 characters and life in a small Ohio town.
    Best wishes and thanks for a chance to win this wonderful giveaway!
    Chanticlear1(at)gmail(dot)com

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  25. I'd love to win! One of my favorite books about a family is Ann Tyler's Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant.
    I am a follower.
    shetreadssoftly(at)gmail(dot)com

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  26. GFC follower as Louisa :)
    My favourite book woul dhave to be the series of unfortunate events series. Sad, but good books!
    email is lpcoolgirl@xplornet.com :)

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  27. It's gotta be Little Women.

    Email me at kallosmango123@hotmail.com

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  28. I love Harry Potter
    I follow you as Ourfamilyworld
    info@ourfamilyworld.com
    Would love if you can stop by my Giveaway : 2 family books to win

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  29. I like The Mortal Instruments series, it's about family.

    GFC follow as seriousreader

    seriousreader at live dot com

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  30. I follow via google friend connect. I love reading books by Beverly Lewis and learning about
    Amish family life.
    Thanks!
    jackievillano at gmail dot com

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  31. I am a GFC follower.
    My favorite "family" book is Once Was Lost by Sara Zarr.
    rickimc[at]aol[dot]com

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  32. My favorite family kind of book is "Three little words".
    Thanks for the giveaway! Happy Easter!
    sarahthehobbit at gmail dot com

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  33. Honestly, I would have to say MARLEY & ME. It's about the family as much as it is about the dog!

    Thanks for the giveaway! Happy Easter!
    Amy // amyismyfriend at aol dot com
    GFC: ArtsyBookishGal // Twitter: @ArtsyBookishGal

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  34. Twilight got me reading again so i have to say The cullens
    chaarmedone1512@aol.com

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  35. gfc follower:nicolesender
    I have always enjoyed the family stories in The Little House on the Prairie series.
    nicolesender(at)yahoo(dot)com

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  36. Favorite book about family...
    I can't remember one other than my first books, Little House on the Prairie Series....

    dancealert at aol dot com

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  37. love the little house books...and Jodi Piccoult. Her books about family are awesome!
    Thanks for the contest!
    nelsnr2010(at)gmail(dot)com

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  38. I love the Harry Potter series. Ice had some really fun times reading with my parents.
    Thanks for the giveaway. GFC follower: lindadao2060.
    Lindadao2060 at yahoo dot com

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  39. The Other Side of Love by Jacqueline Briskin

    sassysasha817 at gmail dot com

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  40. I think my favorite family book is Caddie Woodlawn. I loved that book as a kid and just always wanted my family to be like that.

    theirishbanana.review AT gmail DOT com

    ~Hannah (same name on GFC)

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  41. The most recent books about family are The Drake Sisters by Christine Feehan.

    romancebookjunkiesdanielle at yahoo dot con

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  42. Ramona and Beezus :) was my fav as a kid.

    raynekitten@gmail.com

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  43. I follow you publicly via Google
    Friend Connect. (windycindy)
    One of my favorite books about
    family is To Kill a Mockingbird!
    "Happy Easter!"
    Many thanks, Cindi
    jchoppes[at]hotmail[dot]com

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  44. My favorite book about family would have to be the Little House series by Laura Ingalls Wilder.

    scouts579(at)aol(dot)com

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  45. This one is on my Wish List. Please count me in. Thank you!

    I follow under nfmgirl

    nfmgirl AT gmail DOT com

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  46. Looks awesome! Thanks for the giveaway!

    meandmyshelf@gmail.com

    Amber @ Me, My Shelf and I

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  47. I'm a GFC follower ("Adam")

    Email: roofbeamreader(at)gmail(dot)com

    My favorite book about family is probably The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck. The Joad family is unforgettable.

    Thanks!

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  48. Most of Jane Austen's books are about family. I love her books.

    I am a GFC-follower-judy

    Judy
    magnolias_1[at]msn[dot]com

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  49. I am a GFC Follower, librarypat.

    It isn't exactly a happy family book, but IMPATIENT WITH DESIRE by Gabrielle Burton show the importance of helping you family to survive in a very difficult situation. It explores the lengths a mother will go to to ensure her children survive and her husband will not die alone.

    librarypat AT comcast DOT net

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  50. I am following your blog publically with Google Friend Connect.

    GFC ID: dod

    My favourite family book of all time is 'The Dog Who Wouldn't Be' by Farley Mowat. It is about a family in the prairies with an unorthodox dog. It is hilarious.

    Thanks for offering this giveaway. ~Pauline

    dod@rogers.com

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  51. I am a GFC follower as Velvet
    I love the Little House Books

    velvethubler(at)yahoo(dot)com

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  52. Follower on GFC

    I think my favourite family books are Homecoming, and the rest of the books in that series by Cynthia Voigt. I just think back on those with fondness.

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  53. I am reading Secret Daughter right now and am loving it!!

    I am a GFC follower.

    riverboat38(at)hotmail(dot)com

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  54. I have several favorite books about family: Little Women, the Little House on the Prairie Books and the Anne of Green Gables Books and To Kill A Mockingbird.

    I read them all years ago but I love to reread Little Women and especially, To Kill A Mockingbird periodically.

    Thank you for a great giveaway. I am a GFC follower, Amy.

    Aimala127(at)gmail(dot)com

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  55. my favorite book about family is my sister's keeper.
    caliblue7 at gmail dot com

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  56. My favourite book about family is Little Women (:Thanks so much for the giveaway! I'm a gfc follower
    ejhtan at gmail dot com

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  57. My favorite family story is Charlotte's Web. It is also my favorite book!

    thebookheroineATgmailDOTcom

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  58. One of my favorite books about family is Little Women. I'm sure most people are familiar with the story.

    GFC: Dominique S
    couponcookie at gmail dot com

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  59. My favorite family story is THE LAST SONG.
    thank you for the giveaway
    GFC FOLLOWER

    khyla_808ATyahooDOTcom

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  60. I work with kids so I am currently loving the book too many tamales which is about family!
    jesage@asu.edu

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  61. I would choose one of the Laura Ingalls Wilder books-my mom always read them to me :) edysicecreamlover18@gmail.com GFC follwer-Krystal Larson

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  62. I'm a GCF follower. And I really don't know what my favorite family book is. Hmm.... I'll have to start reading more of them. amazing_alex.0818[at]yahoo[dot]com

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