Spooktacular Giveaway: Monstrous Beauty Audiobook (US Only)

One of my favourite books this year is the spooky and exciting mermaid story, Monstrous Beauty by Elizabeth Fama. You can read my review of the book here.

For my giveaway, I'm able to offer one copy of the Monstrous Beauty audiobook. I love audiobooks, they're a great way to bring a story to live, and fantastic for multitasking– especially things like cleaning where a distraction is definitely needed! This giveaway is open to the US only. If you're a Canadian looking for a spooky prize, click here for my Canadian spooktacular giveaway.

A small summary of the novel:

"Fierce, seductive mermaid Syrenka falls in love with Ezra, a young naturalist. When she abandons her life underwater for a chance at happiness on land, she is unaware that this decision comes with horrific and deadly consequences.

Almost one hundred forty years later, seventeen-year-old Hester meets a mysterious stranger named Ezra and feels overwhelmingly, inexplicably drawn to him. For generations, love has resulted in death for the women in her family. Is it an undiagnosed genetic defect . . . or a curse?"

Here's a clip from the audiobook to give you an idea of the fantastic narration the book has.

To enter, fill out the Rafflecopter form:

a Rafflecopter giveaway

This giveaway ends October 31st at midnight!

Thanks so much for stopping by In The Next Room! I hope you have an awesome Halloween. Click here to return to the Spooktacular Giveaway Hop homepage and enter to win hundreds of other bookish prizes.

Summer Reads Giveaway Hop: The Age of Miracles (US/Canada)

 Welcome to the Summer Reads Giveaway Hop at In The Next Room. I'm going to do a giveaway of one of my favourite books so far this year, The Age of Miracles.

Giveaway for
The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker

open to the US and Canada

July 6th-11th 2012 

And now... your chance to win:

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Good luck to everyone and thanks for entering! Check out the rest of the Summer Reads Giveaways here.

Freedom To Read Giveaway Hop: BOOK OF YOUR CHOICE (INTERNATIONAL)

Welcome to the Freedom to Read Giveaway Hop at In The Next Room. I'm going to do an international giveaway (assuming Book Depository ships to your country for free).

Giveaway for 

one book of your choice

valued up to $10 

from the Book Depository

open Internationally

June 29th - July 5th 2012 

To give you some inspiration, here are some of the books you can pick from, and that I'd be tempted to choose! 

Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys

Shine by Lauren Myracle

Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi

Dear Bully edited by Megan Kelley Hall and Carrie Jones

And now... your chance to win:

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Good luck to everyone and thanks for entering! Check out the rest of the Freedom to Read Giveaways here.

November Giveaway Hop

With the end of 2011 approaching way to fast, I decided to make this giveaway to give you the chance to win one of my favourite books from 2010- just incase you missed out the first time around. The winner will be able to pick between Looking for Alaska by John Green and The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. This is an international giveaway assuming that the Book Depository ships to you for free. This is also my first time testing out Rafflecopter so hopefully it works as awesomely as it seems to for most people.

Banned Books Week Giveaway Hop (International!)

Welcome to the In The Next Rooms stop for Banned Books Week Giveaway Hop. My giveaway is international- including all destinations that the Book Depository ships to for free.

The winner gets to pick your choice for 1 of these 2 commonly banned books:

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

OR

TTYL by Lauren Myracle

I've read The Hunger Games and loved it (find my review here) and although I haven't read anything by Myracle yet I have heard amazing things about her so I feel confident that no matter what book you pick you'll get an amazing piece of literature in your mailbox.

So how do you enter? Well, I've made it super-simple this time, just fill out the Google form below. My Google form refuses to work and I am tired of redoing it, just leave a comment on the post letting me know which book you are interested in winning, I won't hold you to your choice later, promise! Make sure you comment using the GFC name you follow with, or let me know what that is. As this giveaway is sponsored by me and my student budget, you must be a follower to enter, and the giveaway ends with the hop at 11:59 PM EST on October 1st. 

Click here to go back to the hop homepage and visit the rest of the awesome giveaways!

Summer Giveaway Hop: Breaking Up With God

Welcome to Summer Giveaway Hop at In The Next Room.

I'm offering one copy of Breaking Up With God by Sarah Sentilles.

"I broke up with God. The breakup was devastating. It was like a divorce when all the friends you had as a couple are forced to choose sides and end up not choosing yours.

Sarah Sentilles's relationship with God was not casual. When it began to unravel she was in the ordination process to become an Episcopal priest, a youth minister at a church, and a doctoral student in theology at Harvard. You might say they were engaged and that the wedding was all planned. Calling it off would be more than a little awkward. But in the studying of the religion she'd been raised on and believed wholeheartedly, one day she woke up and realized . . . it was over.

In this powerful memoir of faith, Sentilles reveals how deep our ties to God can be, and how devastating they can be to break. Without God to mold herself to and without religion as her script, who was she and what was her purpose? Her relationship with God had been connected to everything—her family, her friends, her vocation, the places she frequented, the language she used, and her way of being in the world.

Not unlike after a divorce, she had to reorient her life and face a future that felt darkly unfamiliar. But this beautiful, brave book is surprisingly filled with hope, a coming-out story that lets others know it's safe to come out too, and that there's light on the other side."

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 your favourite summer read so far.  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 August 7th EST.

Click here to visit the rest of the stops on this giveaway hop

Freedom Giveaway Hop: Down From Cascom Mountain

 Welcome to Freedom Giveaway Hop at In The Next Room.

I'm offering one copy of Down From Cascom Mountain by Ann Joslin Williams

"In Down From Cascom Mountain, newlywed Mary Hall brings her husband to settle in the rural New Hampshire of her youth to fix up the house she grew up in and to reconnect to the land that defined her, with all its beauty and danger. But on a mountain day hike, she watches helplessly as her husband falls to his death. As she struggles with her sudden grief, in the days and months that follow, Mary finds new friendships--with Callie and Tobin, teenagers who live and work on the mountain, and with Ben, the gentle fire watchman. All are haunted by their own losses, but they find ways to restore hope in one another, holding firmly as they navigate the rugged terrain of the unknown and the unknowable, and loves lost and found."

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 where you consider home to be. 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 July 7th EST.

Click here to visit the rest of the stops on this giveaway hop

Canada Day Blog Hop Giveaway: Ashes, Ashes

To celebrate Canada Day Aislynn from Knit, Purl, Stitch...Read and Cook, and Chrystal from Snowdrop Dreams of Books have organized a Canada Day Blog Hop. There are so many amazing Canadian authors that I knew I had to giveaway a copy of one of their books. Here you have the chance to win Ashes, Ashes by Jo Treggiari, a young adult post-apocalyptic fiction novel with a tough as nails heroine and a thrilling plot that will keep you turning the pages. To read my review of the novel, click here.

There is one copy of Ashes, Ashes available and in order to win you must have a Canadian address. Simply leave a comment letting me know what one thing you'd save in the event of an apocalypse. If you're a follower, you gain a second entry but you have to leave a second comment letting me know for it to count. This giveaway will end when the blog hop is over, at 11:59 PM on July 2nd 2011.

Click here to visit the rest of the blog spots, and Happy Canada Day to everyone!

Midsummer's Eve Giveaway Hop: Thoughts Without Cigarettes

 Welcome to Midsummer's Eve Giveaway Hop at In The Next Room.

I'm offering one copy of Thoughts Without Cigarettes by Oscar Hijuelos.

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 your favourite memoir. 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 June 24th EST.

Click here to return to the Midsummer's Eve Giveaway Hop homepage and visit the rest of the awesome stops. 

Splash Into Summer Giveaway Hop: The Paper Garden and When God Was A Rabbit

Welcome to Splash Into Summer Giveaway Hop at In The Next Room. I've had such a great response in the past I've decided to host TWO giveaways this time around! There will be a separate winner for each.

I'm offering one copy of The Paper Garden by Molly Peacock.

AND

I'm also offering one copy of When God Was A Rabbit by Sarah Winman.

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 what you are looking forward to most this summer. Make sure you include your e-mail address so I have a way to contact you. There will be two winners, and the first one selected will win The Paper Garden, the second one will win When God Was a Rabbit. The winners 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 May 31st EST.

Click here to return to the Splash Into Summer Giveaway Hop homepage and visit the rest of the awesome stops. 

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 unexpe
...moreAfter 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.

Click here to return to the Hoppy Easter Eggstravaganza Blog Hop homepage and visit the rest of the awesome stops. 

Fool For Books Giveaway Hop: The Uncoupling

Welcome to Fool for Books Giveaway Hop at In The Next Room. I'm offering one copy of The Uncoupling by Meg Wolitzer.

Summary from Goodreads:

When the elliptical new drama teacher at Stellar Plains High School chooses for the school play Lysistrata-the comedy by Aristophanes in which women stop having sex with men in order to end a war-a strange spell seems to be cast over the school. Or, at least, over the women. One by one throughout the high school community, perfectly healthy, normal women and teenage girls turn away from their husbands and boyfriends in the bedroom, for reasons they don't really understand. As the women worry over their loss of passion, and the men become by turns unhappy, offended, and above all, confused, both sides are forced to look at their shared history, and at their sexual selves in a new light.

As she did to such acclaim with the New York Times bestseller The Ten-Year Nap, Wolitzer tackles an issue that has deep ramifications for women's lives, in a way that makes it funny, riveting, and totally fresh-allowing us to see our own lives through her insightful lens.

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 play 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 2nd EST.

Click here to return to the Fool For Books Giveaway Hop homepage and visit the rest of the awesome stops. 

Lucky Leprechaun Giveaway Hop: The Postmistress

Welcome to Lucky Leprechaun Giveaway Hop at In The Next Room. I'm offering one copy of The Postmistress by Sarah Blake.

Summary from Goodreads:

Filled with stunning parallels to today's world, The Postmistress is a sweeping novel about the loss of innocence of two extraordinary women-and of two countries torn apart by war.

On the eve of the United States's entrance into World War II in 1940, Iris James, the postmistress of Franklin, a small town on Cape Cod, does the unthinkable: She doesn't deliver a letter. In London, American radio gal Frankie Bard is working with Edward R. Murrow, reporting on the Blitz. One night in a bomb shelter, she meets a doctor from Cape Cod with a letter in his pocket, a letter Frankie vows to deliver when she returns from Germany and France, where she is to record the stories of war refugees desperately trying to escape.

The residents of Franklin think the war can't touch them- but as Frankie's radio broadcasts air, some know that the war is indeed coming. And when Frankie arrives at their doorstep, the two stories collide in a way no one could have foreseen. The Postmistress is an unforgettable tale of the secrets we must bear, or bury. It is about what happens to love during wartime, when those we cherish leave. And how every story-of love or war-is about looking left when we should have been looking right.

You must be a follower to enter this giveaway. To enter leave a comment letting me know about a meaningful piece of mail you have received. 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 March 20th EST.

Click here to return to the Lucky Leprechaun Giveaway Hop homepage and visit the rest of the awesome stops. 

I also have two other giveaways going on right now, The Dream of Perpetual Motion and Anyone Can Die. Feel free to enter those as well.

Follower Love Giveaway Hop: Beatrice and Virgil

Welcome to Follower Love Giveaway Hop at In The Next Room. I'm offering one new paperback copy of Beatrice and Virgil by Yann Martel provided by the publisher.

*cover of the book you receive will be different as it will be the new trade paper back release 
 
Summary from Goodreads:

Fate can take many forms. For Henry, a writer living in a foreign city, it arrives in the form of an envelope from a reader. Instead of the usual fan mail, the envelope contains a story by Flaubert, a scene from a play featuring two characters named Beatrice and Virgil, and a note asking for Henry’s help. The note is signed “Henry,” and the return address is not far from where Henry lives. When Henry walks his dog to hand-deliver his response, he is surprised to discover a taxidermist’s shop. Here, stunning specimens are poised on the brink of action, silent and preternaturally still, yet bursting with the palpable life of a lost, vibrant world. And when the mysterious, elderly taxidermist introduces his visitor to Beatrice and Virgil—a donkey and a howler monkey—Henry’s life is changed forever.

Yann Martel’s previous novel, Life of Pi, has become a modern classic. A fantastical tale about a boy and a tiger shipwrecked in the Pacific, it asked probing questions about belief and reality. Now Martel has written another story that uses animals to examine our humanity. In Beatrice and Virgil, he poses enduring questions about life and art, truth and deception, responsibility and complicity. Haunting and unforgettable, this is an extraordinary feat of storytelling.

You must be a follower to enter this giveaway. To enter leave a comment with something non-material you love. 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 only, no PO Boxes. This giveaway will close when the giveaway hop ends at 11:59 PM on February 13th EST.

Click here to return to the Follower Love Giveaway Hop homepage and visit the rest of the awesome stops. 

Dreaming of Books Giveaway Hop: The Lotus Eaters

Welcome to Dreaming of Books Giveaway Hop at In The Next Room. I'm offering one new paperback copy of The Lotus Eaters by Tatjana Soli provided by the publisher.

Summary from Goodreads:

A unique and sweeping debut novel of an American female combat photographer in the Vietnam War, as she captures the wrenching chaos and finds herself torn between the love of two men.

On a stifling day in 1975, the North Vietnamese army is poised to roll into Saigon. As the fall of the city begins, two lovers make their way through the streets to escape to a new life. Helen Adams, an American photojournalist, must take leave of a war she is addicted to and a devastated country she has come to love. Linh, the Vietnamese man who loves her, must grapple with his own conflicted loyalties of heart and homeland. As they race to leave, they play out a drama of devotion and betrayal that spins them back through twelve war-torn years, beginning in the splendor of Angkor Wat, with their mentor, larger-than-life war correspondent Sam Darrow, once Helen's infuriating love and fiercest competitor, and Linh's secret keeper, boss and truest friend.

Tatjana Soli paints a searing portrait of an American woman’s struggle and triumph in Vietnam, a stirring canvas contrasting the wrenching horror of war and the treacherous narcotic of obsession with the redemptive power of love. Readers will be transfixed by this stunning novel of passion, duty and ambition among the ruins of war.

You must be a follower to enter this giveaway. To enter leave a comment with a recommendation for a book that takes place in an unusual country- specifically, outside of North America or Europe. 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 to Canada and the US, no PO Boxes. This giveaway will close when the giveaway hop ends at 11:59 PM on January 17th EST.

Click here to return to the Dreaming of Books Giveaway Hop homepage and visit the rest of the awesome stops. 
-This giveaway is closed- 
CONGRATS ELLY!

Giveaway Winner: The Next Queen of Heaven

Thanks to everyone who stopped by to enter and follow during Midwinter's Giveaway Hop. It was a fantastic experience and I am already looking forward to joining future giveaway hops- so many chances to win! The lucky winner of The Next Queen of Heaven has been selected using random number.org and it is...

Congratulations Heather and happy holidays to everyone!

Midwinter's Eve Giveaway Hop: The Next Queen of Heaven

I am offering one gently used ARC of The Next Queen of Heaven by Gregory Maguire, you can see my review here. The copy is very gently used, as in I read it once and I am obsessive about my keeping my books perfect. The Next Queen of Heaven takes place during the Holiday season and was one of my recommended Christmas reads, so I thought it would be the perfect book to share so close to the actual day. However, I will only be able to ship this book early in the new year as I am visiting family as soon as this giveaway ends (sorry!). As I am paying shipping costs myself, this is a Canada/US only giveaway.

*Note the copy is an ARC and as such the cover is different

Summary of the book from Goodreads:

With the new millennium approaching, the eccentric town of Thebes grows even stranger. Mrs. Leontina Scales begins speaking in tongues after being clocked by a Catholic statuette. Her daughter, Tabitha, and her sons scheme to save their mother or surrender her to Jesus—whatever comes first. Meanwhile, choir director Jeremy Carr, caught between lust and ambition, fumbles his way toward Y2K. The ancient Sisters of the Sorrowful Mysteries join with a gay singing group. The Radical Radiants battle the Catholics. A Christmas pageant goes horribly awry. And a child is born.

Because I am paying shipping costs myself, I have decided that this time you must be a follower to enter this giveaway. To enter leave a comment letting me know something you are looking forward to in 2011- besides possibly getting this book in your mailbox! 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 due to the busy time of year this giveaway is taking place you will have a week to reply to my winner announcement. This giveaway will close when the giveaway hop ends at 11:59 PM on December 22nd EST. 

Click here to visit the rest of the giveaways on this hop! I know I will.


THIS GIVEAWAY IS CLOSED. Congrats Heather!