Literary Giveaway Blog Hop (June 25-29)

Posted on | June 25, 2011 | Comments Off

The giveaway is now closed. The winners are:

Blackplume – The Castle in The Pyrenees
Lena – Purge
Robin – Troll: A Love Story

Congratulations and thank you for playing!

Earlier in February of this year, Judith from Leeswammes hosted the very successful Literary Giveaway Blog Hop. When she asked whether there would be sufficient interest in hosting a second round this very same year, I (along with many more participants) agreed to join.

Which books can I win?

You can choose from the three books below. They are all gently read, and as good as new. I hope that the winners will enjoy them as much as I did!

1) The Castle in The Pyrenees – Jostein Gaarder (my review here)

Solrun and Steinn, two fifty-something former lovers, run into each other some thirty years after a fateful event has driven them apart. It is by coincidence that their encounter takes place at the hotel where they took their refuge so many years ago, the safe haven where they eventually parted ways. Or is it? The reader is drawn into a secret e-mail correspondence, in which they confide in each other, but only on the condition that every e-mail sent and received will be deleted. No proof should remain. But proof of what? Their e-mails hint at something terrible that has happened, a thing they swore never to talk about ever again, an experience that shook the foundations of their beliefs so badly which made it impossible to remain together thereafter.
Both Steinn and Solrun did manage to pick up their individual lives again. Yet, despite their new partners, careers and children, they have never completely forgotten the other. Subsequently, the moment the two meet again, a strong mutual urge to reconnect arises.
The e-mails are quite philosophical, and through them the atheistic climatologist and the Christian teacher passionately argue their respective views on life, but instead of stubbornly holding on to their own point of view, they tentatively reach out to each other. How long can they keep this up without meeting again? And what is this event that wrecked their romance?

2) Troll: A Love Story – Johanna Sinisalo (my review here)

One evening Mikael, a photographer with angelic features, finds a troll changeling by accident. In a reflex, he brings the weak feline-featured cub into his home. What ensues from this impulsive act is a growing whirlwind of events that drag the helpless Mikael, his (ex-)lovers and neighbor towards a sinister crescendo… Can Goldwing and Troll stay together after all?

3) Purge – Sofi Oksanen (my review here)

Old Aliide Truu lives out her twilight years in the isolated countryside of Estonia. Then, one day young Zara suddenly shows up and everything she worked so hard for is in danger of falling apart. Who is this strange girl? Who or what is she fleeing from? What is the connection between the two women? And what secrets are they desperately trying to hide?

How to enter this giveaway?

The giveaway is closed.

Rules

  • You may enter to win 1, 2 or 3 books, but you can only win one. Please rank them in order of preference on the form
  • Leave me one book title (or more) as a recommendation
  • You get an extra entry for following me on Twitter and one for taking part in my Chinese Literature Challenge
  • The giveaway will close on Wednesday, June 29th 2011
  • Winners will be chosen using random.org and notified by email the following day. Winners will have 3 days to respond or another name will be selected.
  • The giveaway is open internationally.

The “theme” of this blog hop, which binds all the participants together, is the literary fiction genre. There are already many giveaways out there for YA, romance, supernatural or urban fiction, it’s about time more literary works were shared among you readers! Now, I encourage you to hop down the list of participants below for many more wonderful giveaways!

  1. Leeswammes (Int)
  2. The Book Whisperer (Int)
  3. Kristi Loves Books (Int)
  4. Teadevotee (Int)
  5. Bookworm with a View (Int)
  6. Bibliosue (Int)
  7. Sarah Reads Too Much (Int)
  8. write meg! (USA)
  9. My Love Affair With Books (Int)
  10. Seaside Book Nook (Int)
  11. Uniflame Creates (Int)
  12. Always Cooking Up Something (Int)
  13. Book Journey (Int)
  14. ThirtyCreativeStudio (Int)
  15. Col Reads (Int)
  16. The Book Diva’s Reads (Int)
  17. The Scarlet Letter (USA)
  18. The Parrish Lantern (Int)
  19. Lizzy’s Literary Life (Int)
  20. Read, Write & Live (Int)
  21. Book’d Out (Int)
  22. The Readers’ Suite (Int)
  23. I Am A Reader, Not A Writer (USA)
  24. Ephemeral Digest (Int)
  25. Miel et lait (Int)
  26. Bibliophile By the Sea (Int)
  27. Polychrome Interest (Int)
  28. Book World In My Head (Int)
  29. In Spring it is the Dawn (Int)
  30. everybookhasasoul (Int)
  31. Nishita’s Rants and Raves (Int)
  32. Fresh Ink Books (Int)
  33. Teach with Picture Books (USA)
  34. How to Teach a Novel (USA)
  35. The Blue Bookcase (Int)
  36. Gaskella (Int)
  37. Reflections from the Hinterland (USA)
  38. chasing bawa (Int)
  39. 51stories (Int)
  40. No Page Left Behind (USA)
  1. Silver’s Reviews (USA)
  2. Nose in a book (Int)
  3. Lit in the Last Frontier (Int)
  4. The Book Club Blog (Int)
  5. Under My Apple Tree (Int)
  6. Caribousmom (USA)
  7. breienineking (Netherlands)
  8. Let’s Go on a Picnic! (Int)
  9. Rikki’s Teleidoscope (Int)
  10. De Boekblogger (Netherlands)
  11. Knitting and Sundries (Int)
  12. Elle Lit (USA)
  13. Indie Reader Houston (Int)
  14. The Book Stop (Int)
  15. Eliza Does Very Little (Int)
  16. Joy’s Book Blog (Int)
  17. Lit Endeavors (USA)
  18. Roof Beam Reader (Int)
  19. The House of the Seven Tails (Int)
  20. Tony’s Reading List (Int)
  21. Sabrina @ Thinking About Loud! (Int)
  22. Rebecca Reads (Int)
  23. Kinna Reads (Int)
  24. In One Eye, Out the Other (USA)
  25. Books in the City (Int)
  26. Lucybird’s Book Blog (Europe)
  27. Book Clutter (USA)
  28. Exurbanis (Int)
  29. Lu’s Raves and Rants (USA & Canada)
  30. Sam Still Reading (Int)
  31. Dolce Bellezza (Int)
  32. Lena Sledge’s Blog…Books, Reviews and Interviews (Int)
  33. a Thousand Books with Quotes (Int)



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