Thursday 11 June 2009

A Little Giveaway!



I have been blogging now for nearly six months and I wanted to celebrate by having a little giveaway.

I did a review a couple of months ago of The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen which you can find here.

I raved about how much I loved this book and I also mentioned my love of Garden Spells by Sarah too. Well it just so happens I have a double of this book, so I would like to offer one of my gently used copies as a prize on my blog.

Here is the blurb from the back of the book, so you can see if you would be interested in entering.

Welcome to Bascomb, North Carolina, where it seems that everyone has a story to tell about the Waverley women. The old house that's been in the family for generations, the walled garden that mysteriously blooms year round, the rumors and innuendoes of dangerous loves and tragic passions. Eccentric, reclusive, or renegade, there's not a one that wasn't somehow touched by magic.
As the town's successful caterer, Claire has always clung closely to the Waverleys' roots in their enchanted soil, tending the family garden from which she makes her much sought-after delicacies. She has everything she thinks she needs - until one day she finds a vine of ivy creeping into her garden and knows that everything is about to change.Then her prodigal sister Sydney arrives with her five-year-old daughter and a dark secret she hopes to keep well hidden. And suddenly Claire's carefully tended life is about to run gloriously out of control.
Sarah Addison Allen's beguiling and luminous new novel is sure to cast its spell over even the most sceptical heart.

If you love Practical Magic, Alice Hoffman books or even other books about witches, then you might want to enter it.

The cover I have for it, is as above and is all sparkly.

This is an international giveaway, so anyone can enter.

All you have to do is:

For 1 entry - leave a comment in my blog.

For 2 entries - become a follower, or be a follower already and leave a comment.

For 3 entries - Both of the above and publish this competition on your blog.

That is it!

The competition closes on Thursday 18th June at midnight GMT.

Good luck!

63 comments:

  1. This was such a fun book to read. I really need to get her newest one The Sugar Queen.

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  2. Sounds like a very good book!
    I'm a follower and posted about this giveaway on my sidebar :)

    http://desertrosebooklogue.blogspot.com/

    And Happy blogaversary ;)

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  3. Thanks Desert Rose - that is really kind of you.

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  4. Congratulations on reaching 6 months of blogging! I'm so glad you joined our community. Your blog is now one of my daily stops.

    This is a book I've been meaning to read, so I'd love to be entered!

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  5. I am honoured Nymeth, as your blog is absolutely fabulous and one I really admire.

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  6. I LOVED Garden Spells. I never saw the blue cover though; it's really great!

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  7. Congrats!! :D
    It seems we are about the same age then, lol.
    And I would love to read this book

    I will come back when I posted this on my sidebar. In a bit of a hurry today

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  8. Hi! Just posted about this on Win A Book!

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  9. I would love to win this one!!

    cyeates AT nycap DOT rr DOT com

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  10. This book sounds good,please enter me in the giveaway
    thank you

    elaing8(at)netscape(dot)net

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  11. I'm now a follower

    elaing8(at)netscape(dot)net

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  12. Please enter me :)

    lavery328 at yahoo dot com

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  13. Oh I've wanted to read this book for awhile - count me in!

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  14. I follow your blog. :)

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  15. Thanks for the great giveaway - I'd love to be entered. milou2ster(at)gmail.com

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  16. Oh please can I play too. I am a follower and have posted a link on my blog and left a comment here. It looks a great book and have wanted to read it since I spoke to you about it.
    Love Jo xx

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  17. Count me in please! This book sounds fantastic and I love North Carolina fiction!

    I am a follower and will post about your giveaway in my sidebar on my blog.

    Happy Reading!

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  18. This sounds like a really enjoyable read and I love the cover! I added "The Sugar Queen" to my must-read list after reading your review and this one will join it (so it would be awesome if I won it!)

    I'm a follower as well.

    melacan at hotmail dot com

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  19. I'd love to be entered in your giveaway. Thanks. jessica(at)fan(dot)com

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  20. Please enter me. I've become a follower and I blogged about it here:

    http://completepoppycock.blogspot.com/2009/06/garden-spells.html

    thanks
    rebecca.bradeen(at)verizon(dot)net

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  21. Congrats of your six month anniversary!

    Garden spells sounds lovely and I'm a Practical Magic kind of girls.

    Please enter me!

    Dottie :)

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  22. I'm also have become a follower, so I'll be peeking in.

    Dottie :)

    gymmom_027@yahoo.com

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  23. Sounds wonderful. Thanks for the giveaway. And congrats on your six month anniversary. :)

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  24. What a great review. Sounds like an enchanting book and this author is new to me. Thanks for the chance!

    rubymoonstone at gmail dot com

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  25. I'm now following you. (rubymoon/Ally/Blogger)

    rubymoonstone at gmail dot com

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  26. Sounds like a great book. I would love the chance to read it.

    I am a follower.

    bacchus76 at myself dot com

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  27. I think I remember hearing about this one. I really wanted to read it. I would love the chance to win a copy.

    Thanks! :0)
    librarygrinch at gmail dot com

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  28. This looks like a good book. Please enter me in the giveaway. Thanks!

    tiffanyak1986(at)hotmail(dot)com

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  29. I'd like to be entered as well, this looks like a fun read.

    ~ Popin
    proudbookworm[@]gmail[dot]com

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  30. Don't enter me Viv. I just wanted to say this cover is gorgeous and I'm going to put your giveaway on my sidebar.

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  31. Looks like a great summer read, + I love that cover picture!

    heatheranne99 at hotmail dot com

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  32. Blog follower!

    heatheranne99 at hotmail dot com

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  33. I blogged!
    http://vintagefabulous.blogspot.com/2009/06/serenditpity.html

    heatheranne99 at hotmail dot com

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  34. Please enter me in the giveaway.
    Thank you.

    Carol

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  35. I have wanted to read this book so much! I would love to win.

    akreese (at) hotmail (dot) com

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  36. This book sounds like a fantastic read! Please,count me in! Thanks! jacquecurl1@gmail.com

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  37. I am a new follower. jacquecurl1@gmail.com

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  38. Hi Viv! I've always wanted this book and it's been on my wishlist for a long time.

    I'm also following you now. :)

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  39. I actually had to take back my copy unread and now there are a ton of holds on it so I'd love a chance to win it!

    Well, somehow I wasn't a follower but I am now!

    Ladytink_534(at)yahoo(dot)com

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  40. Ooh I can't believe I have never heard of this book or author. Love this sort of thing usually. I'm just off to link to you from my blog - thank you for the lovely chance to win ;)

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  41. congrats on 6 months of blogging!
    this does sound like a great book :O)
    http://thebookworm07.blogspot.com/

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  42. Congratulations on 6 months - doesn't it go fast!! Your blog is absolutely beautiful.

    Please include me in your giveaway - I loved Practical Magic and this book sounds even better! Plus, I love the cover! (I will often pick up a book just because of the cover, and this one is beautiful, making me think of princesses and dreams.)

    ~ Wendi
    wbarker at hotmail.com

    I'm a follower!

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  43. This sounds so fun. pls count me in.

    this is my first visit to your blog - it's so beautiful!

    gaby317nyc AT gmail DOT com

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  44. Mary D
    zenrei57 (at) hotmail (dot) com

    I'd really like to get to read this - it sounds like my kind of book :)

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  45. wowww.. thank you for this great chance to read some great books.... please add me into this... im also going to follow you :)

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  46. Happy blogaversary, Scrap Girl! What a great way to celebrate :)

    I'm a follower and I have commented(as you can see lol).

    I've put a link to this giveaway on my sidebar.

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  47. HI!
    Would love to read this book! Sounds intriguing! I am following you and have posted on my side bar and linked back to you. Have a great day!

    Sherrie
    splummer54@gmail.com

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  48. Enter me please!

    I'm a follower.

    lovinfitch(at)aol(dot)com

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  49. I would love to win this one. What a gorgeous cover!
    *smiles*
    Kim

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  50. I blogged about it here:
    http://pageafterpage-kim.blogspot.com/2009/06/giveaway.html

    *smiles*
    Kim

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  51. Wow, 6 months of blogging, congrats! Don't enter me, I had to stop by and tell you that I just picked this one up the other day, though the cover is of course entirely different. :-) I'm looking forward to reading it!!

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  52. Ooh, thanks for the giveaway chance!

    meah56 AT gmail DOT com

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  53. I'm a follower : )

    meah56 AT gmail DOT com

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  54. I posted the giveaway in my sidebar:
    http://bookfan-mary.blogspot.com


    meah56 AT gmail DOT com

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  55. I keep hearing about this author and her titles. They sound like unusual stories! This is my first visit to your blog - pretty background.

    I will become a follower.

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  56. Congratulations Scrapgirl on your 6th months.
    I follow your blog in my google reader.
    Wisteria

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  57. Many bloggers have mentioned this book. I'm interested in it. Please do enter me. :D
    linna.hsu(at)gmail(dot)com

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  58. Would love to read this! :)

    misusedinnocence@aol.com

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  59. I follow (Entry 2)

    misusedinnocence@aol.com

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