Wednesday, July 2, 2008

Book Giveaway



It's time for a new book giveaway. This time I'll be giving away an autographed copy of a fantastic book ~~






The Wednesday Sisters: A Novel by Meg Waite Clayton






In her light second novel, Clayton chronicles a group of mothers who convene in a Palo Alto park and share their changing lives as the late 1960s counterculture blossoms around them. Linda is a runner who tracks women's progress at the Olympics. Brett has one eye on the moon, where men are living out her astronaut dreams. Southern belle Kath isn't convinced she has dreams outside the confines of her marriage (but she's open to persuasion), while quiet Ally only hopes for what the other women already have: a child. Frankie, a Chicago transplant who has followed her computer genius husband to a nascent Silicon Valley, is the story's narrator and the ladies' ringleader, inspiring them all to follow her dream of becoming a writer. They write in moments snatched from their household chores and share their stories in the park. Though the narration and story lines are so syrupy they verge on hokey, Clayton ably conjures the era's details and captures the women's changing roles in a world that expects little of them.


To enter, simply leave a comment below with your email addy and post about it on your blog.
The lucky winner will be drawn on July 17th. Good luck everyone.

194 comments:

mar said...

Sounds like a fine book - thank you for the contest

Anonymous said...

This sounds like a GREAT book! I'd LOVE to win it!!

indygo88 said...

This book has been on my wishlist since it was offered on LT! Would love to enter, esp. for autographed copy. Thanks for the opportunity! :')

Anonymous said...

This would be interesting to read and bring a bit of nostalgia.
platt
neneelynn@yahoo.com

Anonymous said...

I saw this book at Borders and thought that it was something I would love to read. I grew up in the sixties,and would love to read about those times. Thanks for the contest!

Anonymous said...

Love to try new authors

Anonymous said...

Thank you, enter me

Melsy626 said...

What a fabulous give away Lori!!!! :) Please enter me, and I'll blog you as well!!! :)

Hey, you pick the winner on my birthday....hehehe :)

Anonymous said...

Please enter me! I've heard so much about this book and I'd love to win it!

S. Krishna said...

I really want to read this book! Thanks for the giveaway!

Kelly said...

Wonderful, I've been wanting to read this one since it first showed up on LibraryThing! Count me in and I'll cross my fingers!

Mya Brooks said...

Awesome! I'd love to read this!!!

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Anonymous said...

Sounds fantastic! I would love to add this to my summer reading, thanks!

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Anonymous said...

I want to read this something awful

kygirl said...

Love to read great books.

abfantom said...

I would love to win this. Please enter me.

countrybear07 said...

I would love a chance to read this book. Please enter me.

Anonymous said...

sounds interesting!

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Anonymous said...

I would love to follow Allys' journey!

Anonymous said...

angelina115@hotmail.com

so cool

Anonymous said...

joliexox@hotmail.com


I love it. I hope I win.

Anonymous said...

meza-angel@sbcglobal.net
seems interesting

Anonymous said...

Sounds like a great summmer read!

Anonymous said...

love books, this looks like a good one!

Anonymous said...

Nice prize.

Rachael Stein said...

ooh, enter me please!

Miss Spoken said...

Great summer read. Count me in.
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Alessandra said...

'd love to win this book! Thank you for hosting this giveawy!

Melissa said...

I have heard such wonderful things about this book that I would love to have a chance to read it!

Cadmar said...

This book looks really good, I would love to read it.

Unknown said...

This book sounds very interesting and right up my alley. I would love to win. Thanks for the chance.

Cyndi said...

Enter me please!

tetewa said...

This would be a new author for me, count me in!

Annie1 said...

I'd love to win and read this book! Thanks for the opportunity

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Anonymous said...

sounds good count me in

linett said...

would love to read this

janeh said...

sounds as if it's a perfect candidate for a movie.....friendship, nostaligia, women's issues....

Anonymous said...

Everyone's loved this! I'd love for a chance to win it.

Anonymous said...

I would love a chance to read this. Usually get my books to read from the library. Would be nice to win this on for my own. Thank you for the chance to win.

Cheryl Vanatti said...

Please enter me in this fun giveaway. I have posted about your contest on my site: RANDOM WONDER link.

Denise S. said...

I love reading books!

Fangirl Jen said...

this sounds like a good book and a look at how we change throughout our lives.

Bandbabe said...

I would love to win this.

magsy said...

I love books, and this one sounds like an interesting read

Shonda said...

I would like to enter, please. Thanks for hosting this contest.

Anonymous said...

Sounds like an interesting book. Would love to read it!
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js22 said...

sounds like a great booK!

kamewh said...

Sounds like a great book!

LINDALSHOT said...

Looks like a great summer read.

Unknown said...

I'd love to win!

mverno said...

love to read

Anonymous said...

this sounds like a book i can read at the beach

danosor said...

I'd love to win.Do they sell this book in Canada?

taterbug said...

Sounds like a great book - count me in the running!

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Anonymous said...

What about the other days of the week? Thanks.

Tonya said...

I would love to read this book. Thanks!

demmi said...

i would love to win

Rae said...

Choose me...please?

Karen B said...

I remember the 60s well - college, marriage, kids, questions.....

jdown55 said...

jdown55 would love to read this

Anna said...

I'd love to win, thank you!

Anonymous said...

Please enter me :)
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Valerie Taylor Mabrey said...

thanks for the contest

Amy said...

I really want to read this one, though I don't know what my chances are with so many comments!

MCS Girl said...

I graduated from an all women's college in upstate NY and so I am all for reading about the empowerment of women and their dreams.

Anonymous said...

This looks like an interesting read.
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marleenandlouie said...

I enjoy many different books. Thanks for the chance.

Belinda said...

This would be a great summer read.

Anonymous said...

Please throw my name in the hat for this book! Thank You.

David Johnson said...

I like a good read.

toughturtles said...

looks like a good read

sweetsue said...

This sounds like a fun, light book to take to the beach.

daw212 said...

So many great summer reads,
so few days.

dewdah5 said...

I love to read sounds like a good book.I want to win it.

clynsg said...

From your review, sounds as if it might be a little too syrupy for my taste, but since I was a young wife and mother during that time, might be interesting to see how it is portrayed!

littlelatina said...

I'd love to win this

Smooshy said...

enter me!

wdworkman said...

Pick me!

jennem said...

Sounds like just my type of book. Please enter me!

Susan said...

I hope I win!

ya ya's mom said...

oh pick me!!!

Anonymous said...

This sounds like a great book!

Tarah
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idahomom said...

My reading addiction needs feeding and this looks like a great book. Thanks for the chance.

Anonymous said...

Thank you for having this contest. I really appreciate it.

Sunnyvale said...

Sounds like a nice read.

Anonymous said...

Saw a review for this and have already added it to my to be read list!

Anonymous said...

I have only read good reviews of this book. Thanks for the giveaway. Please count me in.

Archana.

maweisberg said...

i want to win

Ruth King said...

Great contest, this sounds like an interesting read!

Anonymous said...

I have read only good things about this book! The NY Times Book Review had a full-page ad on Sunday; I'll read it one way or another. Thanks for the contest.

Julie said...

Would love to read it!

susan1215 said...

Please enter me

Anonymous said...

Sounds interesting enough. I love reading about women's role in society and the like.

Please enter me. Thank you.

Carmen T
carmenalexistsang@gmail.com

cpullum said...

Sounds like an awsome summer read! I would love to win! Want to know the ending!

Jeanette J said...

Sounds like a great book to read this summer. I'd like to enter please

kristilb19 said...

This book looks interesting! I'd love to win!

janetfaye said...

I would be happy to win this book!

Bunny B said...

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Stephen Saunders said...

nice contest, good prize.

Anonymous said...

So many entries, but this is one I've been reeeeally wanting to read! Thanks for the contest!

Grumpy Olde Krowe said...

sounds like a good book about women.

Sharon said...

Really would love to win this...thanks so much for great contest :)

Unknown said...

Looks like great book!

GoneGirl said...

Sounds like a great read! Thanks for the chance!

zekebamm said...

I would love to win the chance to read this book!

Anonymous said...

Sounds like a great book to read on the beach! I will add it to my reading list.

dwhogan said...

Great book

Anonymous said...

Thanks for the opportunity. I am always open to new books...it might be called an addiction!!

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Anonymous said...

I've linked here: http://kbookreviews.wordpress.com/2008/07/04/june-and-july-contests-updated/

I really want to read this book!

Anonymous said...

Please put my name in the hat for this book!
Thank You!!
-K

tanabata said...

Please add my name in to the draw. Thanks.

Josette said...

Hi, can international readers join? If yes, please count me in. :)

Unknown said...

Please add me! I will add your site to my blog.

photoquest said...

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Anonymous said...

I would like the autographed copy of this book

Ivÿ said...

hi! i have never read a book of hers and i've been hearing nice things about this book. it has been on my wish list since the book has been elusive in the bookshops here.

if you're sending international, do toss my name in the hat, please. :)

ivan[dot]girl25[at]gmail[dot]com

Alea said...

I'd love to enter!!

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Anonymous said...

I'd love to read this :) *Thanks* for the giveaway!

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Anonymous said...

PLease enter me in this great contest thanks

Deena said...

Thank you for the contest; this would be a fun read.

Lori's Reading Corner said...

Thanks to everyone who has signed up already and for linking it on your blog.

pauline15 said...

I'm a total reader deamon and would love a chance to read this!

vboackle said...

i would love to read this.

greenly said...

I'm always looking for new books. Thanks.
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A said...

Thanks for the contest!

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Melissa said...

I always love a good book

Anonymous said...

wki would sure like to read this book It sounds like a great read

Anonymous said...

Ever since you reviewed this, I've been wanting to read it.

Pick me! Pick me! ;-)

Miranda Ward said...

Please enter me thanks

Karen said...

Looks like a great read !

cdrury said...

Would love to win this - thanks!!!

Anonymous said...

Sounds like a fantastic book to read up at the cottage at the end of the summer! Thank you!
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theamira said...

I would love to win this book. Thanks for the chance.

Donna said...

this sounds like a good book and a look at how we change throughout our lives.

Rachel said...

This sounds like an amazing book. Its been on my book-wishlist for awhile now :D hehe.

Please enter me.

Btw, I live in Japan...would that be a problem?

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Anonymous said...

wow

Tammy said...

I have been waiting to read this book - hope I can win, so it can make it to my bookshelf!

Amber said...

Sounds like a good book! I'd love to read it. :)

Anonymous said...

Please enter me! Thanks for the giveaway!

cpullum said...

Love to win a good summer read!
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Anonymous said...

I've been wanting to read this book. Please enter me! I blogged about your contest here:

http://blog.literarily.com/2008/07/12/giveaway-at-loris-reading-corner.aspx

louiseb130 said...

Always looking for good reads!

purplepassion126 said...

Sounds good--would like to read it. Thanks!

chromiumman said...

love to read this

Anonymous said...

this sounds great!!My kind of book!

Betty C said...

It sounds like those characters are the same age that I was in the 60's. I can relate to the lack of expectations.

Jodi said...

this sounds like a wonderful book. Thanks!

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SeahorseLady said...

The review looks great and sounds like my kind of book! Thanks for the great giveaway.

bison61 said...

sounds good - please enter my name

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Anonymous said...

This sounds like a great book! Thanks for this contest and please sign me up.

Anonymous said...

hi! I just made it before the drawing :) Please enter me. My post regarding the giveaway is here.

Molly C. said...

I love new books! This one sounds really neat!

Bonnie said...

This book sounds good, and I love to read sooooooooooooooooooooooo!

Karrie said...

This book sounds just like something I would read, thankyou for the giveaway

Anonymous said...

This book sounds awesome! Thank you very much for the givewaway!!

Heather B said...

Always looking for a new book to read, thank you for the opportunity

Anonymous said...

Love to read and this books looks like one I would love to win.

Anonymous said...

I would love to win, looks like a great book! k_cook30@yahoo.com

Anonymous said...

I think I would enjoy this book. I'd love to win it. Thanks for the chance.
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Anonymous said...

I love finding new books to read so I hope I win!

Anonymous said...

hope I win

Anonymous said...

Sweet niblets!

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Tracey said...

Enter me. Heard so many good things about it.

kananee said...

Sounds like a good summer reading!

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ChrysKJ said...

Looks like a great read!!

Susan W said...

would love to read this book.
Thanks so much!

Anonymous said...

sure would like to win this great book!

Jinxy and Me said...

Looks like a good book!

eell said...

I would love to read this book.

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Renee G said...

Looks like a good book.

Anonymous said...

If I win this book I wouldn't be sitting on the computer looking for things to do like enter contest !! I love to read and this is one I haven't come across yet. Sure would like to win and read it then donate to the nursing home up the street..

Janice
jamiwibr4@aol.com

Christy said...

Looks like a nice summer read to me!

Shelly Leatham said...

I want to read this! Sounds great to me!

Anonymous said...

This books sounds great and autographed too. Thamks for the contest.
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Anonymous said...

This book sounds like a must read
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masonsgranny59 said...

This sounds like a GREAT book! I'd LOVE to win it!!

ssmina said...

please enter me thank you

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3 Crazy Boys said...

I'd love to win...I read a book a week and I'm always looking for new things to read! With 3 boys, I need my "own" time! Thanks!!

Anonymous said...

Sounds like a nice summer read. Thanks for the contest!

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Anonymous said...

Please enter me, i want to win.

Anonymous said...

Sounds like a great read! Thank you so much for the giveaway!

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NesieBird said...

This would be really nice to have! :)

Helen said...

Sounds like a wonderful book!

KLM39 said...

It sounds like a great book.

Anonymous said...

I would love to own this. Thanks for the giveaway!

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Anonymous said...

What a great contest. I love to read and this looks like a great book

lilyk said...

Please enter me into the contest. Thanks!

Anonymous said...

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mrstrooper said...

I'm always looking for a good book to read!

bev said...

This sounds like a good book. Thanks for having the cont

Charlene Kuser said...

This book sounds inspiring and
very interesting.Would love to read
it.Thanks for the giveaway

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Meg Waite Clayton said...

Wow! Thank you all for your enthusiasm! And Lori, thank you so much for doing the give-away!

-Meg Clayton (the author)