It's time for another giveaway! This time around, I have Advance Reading Copies (ARCs) of highly anticipated new releases, a few older ARCs, and several new, finished copies of best-selling fiction titles.
As always, the rules of entry are at the end of the post. Please note that all prizes must be picked up at a BCPL location
within two months of notification.
Contest ends at 12:00 a.m. on Wednesday, October 22, 2014. Update 10/15/14: Due to the addition of a new giveaway title, the contest has been extended until Wednesday, October 29, 2014!
So without further a do, here are our giveaways for Fall 2014:
Final Copies/Finished Publications:
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The Aviator's Wife by Melanie Benjamin
* Trade Paperback (2 copies available) *
A story inspired by the marriage between Charles and Anne Morrow
Lindbergh traces the romance between a handsome young aviator and a shy
ambassador's daughter whose relationship is marked by wild international
acclaim. –NoveList |
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Blowing on Dandelions by Miralee Ferrell
Love Blossoms in Oregon #2
* Trade Paperback (2 copies available) *
Widow and single mother Katherine struggles to run her Oregon
boarding house by herself, but she learns to find the faith, wisdom, and
courage to transform her life and relationships when she meets widower
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The Cove by Ron Rash
* Trade Paperback *
Living deep within a cove in the Appalachians of North Carolina during
World War I, Laurel Shelton finally finds the happiness she deserves in
Walter, a mysterious stranger who's mute, but their love can't protect
them from a devastating secret. –NoveList |
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The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith
Cormoran Strike #1
* Trade Paperback (2 copies available) *
Private investigator Cormoran Strike has a day he'll not soon forget.
The 35-year-old, who lost a leg in Afghanistan, spends the night in his
bare-bones London office after a relationship-ending fight with his
girlfriend. That morning, he sports a cut on his face (she threw an
ashtray) as he rushes out the door, barreling into a new temp secretary
he can't afford, almost sending her down a staircase. The forgiving
temp, Robin, quickly proves useful when they get a case: a famous young
model supposedly jumped from the top of her penthouse apartment, but her
brother believes she was murdered. Entering the realm of the mega-rich,
Strike and Robin question celebrities and fashionistas, trying to
uncover the truth in a beautifully written book that was pseudonymously
written by none other than J.K. Rowling. –NoveList |
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The Girl in the Garden by Kamala Nair
* Hardcover *
A conflicted young woman seeks clarity about her impending marriage by
remembering a childhood summer when she discovered a long-hidden secret
while visiting her mother's ancestral home in an Indian village outside a
mysterious jungle. –NoveList |
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The Goat Woman of Largo Bay by Gillian Royes
Shad Mysteries #1
* Trade Paperback *
Working at the side of an American employer who would rebuild a
Caribbean hotel, Shadrack, a bartender and amateur detective, encounters
a woman on
the run who is being targeted by a group of election riggers. By the
author of Business Is Good. –NoveList |
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How to Be a Good Wife by Emma Chapman
* Hardcover *
In the tradition of Emma Donoghue's Room and S.J. Watson's Before I Go
to Sleep, a haunting literary debut about a woman who begins having
visions that make her question everything she knows. Marta and Hector
have been married for a long time. Through the good and bad; through
raising a son and sending him off to life after university. So long, in
fact, that Marta finds it difficult to remember her life before Hector.
He has always taken care of her, and she has always done everything she
can to be a good wife--as advised by a dog-eared manual given to her by
Hector's aloof mother on their wedding day. But now, something is
changing. Small things seem off. A flash of movement in the corner of
her eye, elapsed moments that she can't recall. Visions of ablonde girl
in the darkness that only Marta can see. Perhaps she is starting to
remember--or perhaps her mind is playing tricks on her. As Marta's
visions persist and her reality grows more disjointed, it's unclear if
the danger lies in the world around her, or in Marta herself. The girl
is growing more real every day, and she wants something. –Publisher's Description |
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Advance Reading Copies (ARCs), in order of publication:
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Saving Grace by Jane Green
ARC - Book Release Date: December 2014
A literary power couple hides behind a carefree public face the
painful realities of the husband's raging mood swings and the wife's
past secrets until a too-good-to-be-true new assistant enters their
lives, with dangerous consequences.
ADDED TO GIVEAWAY on 10/15/14 |
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Wild Rover No More by L.A. Meyer
Bloody Jack Adventures #12
* ARC - Book Release Date: November 2014 *
In 1809, just when it looks like Jacky Faber and her beloved Jaimy will
finally find their romance, Jacky is accused of treason and must flee
Boston while her friends attempt to clear her name. Of course that means
wild adventures for our fun-loving heroine, who manages to secure a job
as a governess--and run away with the circus. –Publisher's Description |
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The Book of Strange New Things by Michel Faber
*ARC - Book Release Date: October 2014 *
Called to perform missionary work on a world light years away where the
natives are fascinated by the concepts he introduces, man of faith Peter
Leigh finds his beliefs tested when he learns of natural disasters that
are tearing Earth apart. –NoveList |
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The Eye of Zoltar by Jasper Fforde
Chronicles of Kazan #3
* ARC - Book Release Date: October 2014 *
The Mighty Shandar returns to the Ununited Kingdoms and vows to eliminate the dragons once and for all -- unless sixteen-year-old Jennifer Strange and her sidekicks from the Kazam house of enchantment can bring him a legendary jewel: The Eye of Zoltar. –NoveList |
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I Stand Corrected by Eden Collingsworth
* ARC - Book Release Date: October 2014 *
A fascinating fusion of memoir, manners, and cultural history from a successful businesswoman well-versed in the unique challenges of working in contemporary China. During the course of her long and successful business career, no country has fascinated Eden Collinsworth more than China. After numerous business experiences that might best be called "unusual" by Western standards, she had a crucial insight: despite the growing status of China as a world economy and the unprecedented range of Chinese investments overseas, businessmen in mainland China--well-educated and speaking English--were fundamentally uncomfortable in the company of their Western counterparts. This realization spawned a Western etiquette guide for Chinese businessmen, which went on to be a huge best seller in China and formed the basis for new curriculum supported by the Chinese Ministry of Education. In I Stand Corrected, Collinsworth tells the story of the year she spent writing that book, creating a counterpart that both explains Chinese practices and reveals much about our own Western culture. She explores topics including the non-negotiable issue of personal hygiene; the rules of the handshake; making sense of foreigners; and that which is considered universally rude. She also scrutinizes some of the Western etiquette that has guided her own business career, one which has unfolded in predominately male company. At the same time, I Stand Corrected is a retrospective journey, a wry but self-effacing reflection on the peripatetic career she led while single-handedly raising her son. Like all parents, she didn't always have answers, and here she details the many, often ludicrous, attempts to strike a balance that was right for both of them. –NoveList |
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The Madman of Piney Woods by Christopher Paul Curtis
Companion to Elijah of Buxton
* ARC - Book Release Date: September 2014 *
Even though it is now 1901, the people of Buxton, Canada
(originally a settlement of runaway slaves) and Chatham, Canada are
still haunted by two events of half a century before--the American Civil
War, and the Irish potato famine, and the lasting damage those events
caused to the survivors.
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The (Totally Not) Guaranteed Guide to Friends, Foes & Faux Friends by Megan McCafferty
Jessica Darling's It List #2
* ARC - Book Release Date: September 2014 *
Twelve-year-old Jessica Darling receives another cryptic list from her older sister, Bethany. While hosting a slumber party and planning a Halloween costume, Jessica tries to navigate the seventh grade social scene, with mixed results. –Publisher's Description |
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Greenglass House by Kate Milford
* ARC - Book Release Date: August 2014 *
At Greenglass House,
a smuggler's inn, twelve-year-old Milo, the innkeepers' adopted son,
plans to spend his winter holidays relaxing but soon guests are arriving
with strange stories about the house sending Milo and Meddy, the cook's daughter, on an adventure. –NoveList |
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Frida & Diego by Catherine Reef
* ARC - Book Release Date: August 2014 *
A biography exploring the tumultuous lives, marriage, and work of the artists Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera is illustrated with archival photos and full-color reproductions. –NoveList |
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The Saint by Tiffany Reisz
The Original Sinners #5
* ARC - Book Release Date: July 2014 *
Eleanor is determined to break from her Catholic upbringing, but
when her life is saved by a priest she offers him complete obedience and
enters into a world of desire as he reveals his deepest secrets to her. –NoveList |
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The Beekeeper's Ball by Susan Wiggs
Bella Vista #2
* ARC - Book Release Date: June 2014 *
While transforming Bella Vista, her childhood home, into a
destination cooking school, chef Isabel Johansen finds her plans
interrupted by war-torn journalist Cormac O'Neill who has arrived to dig
up old history. –NoveList |
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Love by the Morning Star by Laura L. Sullivan
* ARC - Book Release Date: June 2014 *
Mistaken for one another when they are sent to the grand English country
estate of Starkers on the brink of World War II, Hannah, a distant
relative hoping to be welcomed by the family, and Anna, sent to spy for
the Nazis, both unexpectedly fall in love. –NoveList |
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Glorious: A Novel of the American West by Jeff Gunn
* ARC - Book Release Date: May 2014 *
Rising to a life of influence and wealth after a hard-luck youth in late
19th-century Arizona Territory, Cash McLendon flees in the wake of a
tragedy and tries to win back the heart from a woman from his past only
to be targeted by his former father-in-law. –NoveList |
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One Man Guy by Michael Barakiva
* ARC - Book Release Date: May 2014 *
When Alek's high-achieving, Armenian-American parents send him to
summer school, he thinks his summer is ruined. But then he meets Ethan,
who opens his world in a series of truly unexpected ways. –NoveList |
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Buzz Kill by Beth Fantaskey
* ARC - Book Release Date: May 2014 *Seventeen-year-old Millie joins forces with her classmate,
gorgeous but mysterious Chase Colton, to try to uncover who murdered
head football coach "Hollerin' Hank" Killdare--and why. –NoveList |
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Dirt Bikes, Drones, and Other Ways to Fly by Conrad Wesselhoeft
* ARC - Book Release Date: April 2014 *
Seventeen year-old dirt-bike-riding daredevil Arlo Santiago catches the eye of the U.S. military with his first-place ranking on a video game featuring drone warfare, and must reconcile the work they want him to do with the emotional scars he has suffered following a violent death in his family. –Publisher's Description |
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Silver People by Margarita Engle
* ARC - Book Release Date: March 2014 *
Fourteen-year-old Mateo and other Caribbean islanders face
discrimination, segregation, and harsh working conditions when American
recruiters lure them to the Panamanian rain forest in 1906 to build the
great canal. –NoveList |
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Crossover by Kwame Alexander
* ARC - Book Release Date: March 2014 *
Fourteen-year-old twin basketball stars Josh and Jordan wrestle with
highs and lows on and off the court as their father ignores his
declining health. –NoveList |
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Ophelia and the Marvelous Boy by Karen Foxlee
* ARC - Book Release Date: January 2014 *
Ophelia, a timid eleven-year-old girl grieving her mother, suspends her disbelief in things non-scientific when a boy locked in the museum where her father is working asks her to help him complete an age-old mission. –NoveList |
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