Category: goodies to go

Giveaway: The People’s Act of Love

This week I’m giving away a copy of James Meek’s The People’s Act of Love. Set in 1919 Siberia, the novel follows a gulag escapee who unwittingly wanders into a village where followers of a mystical Christian sect cohabit with Czech soldiers desparate to get home from the war.

The fifth (yes, fifth) person to correctly answer this question gets the book: What is the name of the Siberian town in which the story is set? Please use the subject line “Meek” in your email, and please also include your mailing address. Previous winners excluded.

Update: Pete A. from Joliet, Illinois has won the book.



Giveaway: Garner

This week, the LBC unveiled its winter Read This! selection, choosing Kristin Allio’s Garner. I’d like to give away a copy of this terrific book to a Moorishgirl reader. The third person (why third? why not?) to correctly answer this question wins the book: Which publisher released the novel? Please use the subject line “Garner” in your email, and please also include your mailing address. Previous winners excluded. And, while you’re at the LBC site, do check out the other nominations, which are announced all this week.

Update: The winner is Sarah R., from Gastonia, North Carolina.



Giveaway: Women on the Edge

This week, I’d like to give away a copy of Women on the Edge: Writing from Los Angeles. Edited by Samantha Dunn and Juliana Ortale, and with an introduction by Janet Fitch, the anthology features short fiction by Aimee Bender, Carol Muske Dukes, Lisa Glatt, Dylan Landis, Lisa Teasley, and Rachel Resnick, among others.

The first person to correctly answer this question wins the book: What is the title of Lisa Glatt’s acclaimed first novel? Please use the subject line “Women on the Edge” in your email, and please also include your mailing address. Previous winners excluded.

Update: Kimberly L. from San Carlos gets the book.



Giveaway: The Every Boy

This week, I’d like to give away a copy of Dana Adam Shapiro’s debut novel, The Every Boy, which is about the sudden death of a troubled teenager, and the father’s attempt to discover what happened by poring over his son’s diary. The Every Boy, which was released last summer, has been praised by Amy Sedaris, Tom Perrotta, and Matthew Sharpe.

The first person to correctly answer this question wins the book: Which movie did Dana Adam Shapiro direct? Please use the subject line “Every Boy” in your email, and please also include your mailing address. Previous winners excluded.

Update: The winner is Ilham E. from Decatur, Georgia.