Giveaways for Reading & Blogging for Darfur
The list! The list! I have never done a giveaway this big! Time to live up to my new reputation. I’m so excited!!
Following is the list of books that will be given away in conjunction with the Reading & Blogging for Darfur campaign. This is the list as it stands as of today. I still have some other finalizations to make. So there’s a good chance that this list could get even bigger. I just wanted to get you really excited with a preview.
I’m still figuring out the best way to have people sign up for the books they’d like, but I’m sure I’ll come up with something. To be eligible for any of these prizes you must participate in the Reading & Blogging for Darfur campaign. All of the details are here. Simply stated read a book about Darfur, watch a video about Darfur. If you have a blog review that book or video, post about the campaign, or put the button in your sidebar. Any of those things will make you eligible.
The Grand Prize: If you sponsor me at either a penny per page, 50 cents per post or both than you are also eligible for the BIGGEST giveaway ever! I have two copies of all of the following books. So not only will I be giving out one copy to everybody else, but one person is going to go home with them ALL! That’s around $700 worth of books!!
Thank you to the many wonderful authors and publishing companies who have generously donated their books including Susan McBride, Cynthia Lord, Christina Meldrum, Leslie Patricelli, James Dashner, J. Scott Savage, Hatchette Book Group, Literary Ventures Fund, Nation Books, and Random House.
The List
I have reviewed and loved a lot of these books. Click on the book covers or the title names to read my review or for more details:
- Signed copy of The Debs by Susan McBride sponsored by Susan McBride
- Signed copy of Rules by Cynthia Lord sponsored by Cynthia Lord
- Ex-library copy of When the Emperor Was Divine by Julie Otsuka sponsored by Maw Books
- This is What I Did by Ann Dee Ellis sponsored by Hatchette Book Group
- The First Hurt, Stories by Rachel Sherman sponsored by Literary Ventures Fund
- Signed copy of Madapple sponsored by Christina Meldrum
- The Leper Compound by Paula Nangle sponsored by Literary Ventures Fund
- Darfur Diaries, Stories of Survival sponsored by Nation Books
- Tears of the Desert, A Memoir of Survivial in Darfur by Halima Bashir & Damien Lewis sponsored by Random House
- Two copies of No, No, Yes, Yes by Leslie Patricelli sponsored by Leslie Patricelli
- Signed copy of The 13th Reality, The Journal of Curious Letters by James Dashner sponsored by James Dashner
- Signed copy of Far World, Water Keep by J. Scott Savage sponsored by J. Scott Savage
- Feather Man by Rhyll McMaster sponsored by Literary Ventures Fund
- The Spirit of the Place by Samuel Shem sponsored by Literary Ventures Fund
- Monique and the Mango Rains by Kris Holloway sponsored by Literary Ventures Fund
- Of Beetles & Angels, A Boy’s Remarkable Journey From a Refugee Camp to Harvard by Mawi Asgedom sponsored by Hatchette Book Group
- Sweethearts by Sara Zarr sponsored by Hatchette Book Group
- Story of a Girl sponsored by Sara Zarr sponsored by Hatchette Book Group
- Mr. Popper’s Penquins by Richard & Florence Atwater sponsored by Hatchette Book Group
- The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie sponsored by Hatchette Book Group
- Say You’re One of Them by Uwem Akpan sponsored Hatchette Book Group
- Audio version of Long Walk to Freedom: Autobiography of Nelson Mandela by Nelson Mandela sponsored by Hatchette Book Group
- Theft by N.S. Koenings sponsored by Hatchette Book Group
- The Blue Taxi by N.S. Koenings sponsored by Hatchette Book Group
- The Book of Calamities: Five Questions about Suffereing and Its Meaning by Peter Trachtenberg sponsored by Hatchette Book Group
- Twilight by Stephenie Meyer sponsored by Hatchette Book Group
- New Moon by Stephenie Meyer sponsored by Hatchette Book Group
- Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer sponsored by Hatchette Book Group
- Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer sponsored by Hatchette Book Group
- The Host by Stephenie Meyer sponsored by Hatchette Book Group
- The Kitchen God’s Wife by Amy Tan sponsored by Maw Books
- The Rapture of Canaan by Sheri Reynolds sponsored by Maw Books
- Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella sponsored by Maw Books
- Where the Heart Is by Billie Letts sponsored by Maw Books
- The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith sponsored by Maw Books
- The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini sponsored by Maw Books
- Vinegar Hill by A Manette Ansay sponsored by Maw Books
- The Deep End of the Ocean by Jacquelyn Mitchard sponsored by Maw Books
- Tis by Frank McCourt sponsored by Maw Books
- A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines sponsored by Maw Books
- Two copies of The Memory Keeper’s Daughter by Kim Edwards sponsored by Maw Books
- The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon sponsored by Maw Books
- Empire Falls by Richard Russo sponsored by Maw Books
- Cane River by Lalita Tademy sponsored by Maw Books
Details to follow about how to put your name in the “virtual hat.” Seriously, if you still haven’t gotten involved, have I convinced you yet? It’s not to late.
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Tags: BBAW, Darfur, Darfur Awareness Campaign, giveaway, Stephenie Meyer
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WOW!!! That is one incredible list of books! You have done a fabulous job with this campaign, Natasha. The Translator has arrived and I’m going to begin reading today!
on September 21st, 2008 at 7:11 amUm. Wow. Wow. That is a craaazy list Natasha!
on September 21st, 2008 at 7:37 amwow I am SO excited… especially since I am one of the people sponsoring you
on September 21st, 2008 at 7:49 amI haven’t read a book about Darfur though, but I keep meaning to. Maybe I’ll pop on over to the library today and squeeze one in this last week.
Wow. And wow. So exciting.
on September 21st, 2008 at 7:50 amHoly yikes! That’s a ton of books!
on September 21st, 2008 at 7:54 amWow!!!
on September 21st, 2008 at 8:05 amWhat a great list
on September 21st, 2008 at 8:13 amWell, I was already convinced, but wow!
on September 21st, 2008 at 9:19 amWow! That is one HUGE giveaway!
on September 21st, 2008 at 9:27 amI just wanted to let you know that I added the button to my sidebar, so you can add that to your count. I thought I had already done it when I posted a blog about it. Oops!
on September 21st, 2008 at 10:33 amWow….what a list. Do you know what your tallies are yet? How many posts s far? How many pages?
By the way, have I mentioned how awesome you are for doing this?!
on September 21st, 2008 at 11:15 amThat’s a heck of a lot of books!
on September 21st, 2008 at 11:51 amWow – that’s an impressive lot of books! Glad I’m participating! But I’d be just as glad even without all the extra incentive. Hope the abundance of great prizes helps you get even more people involved! =)
on September 21st, 2008 at 12:00 pmWow, Natasha, what amazing giveaways! A bunch of these books are on my wish list so I’m thrilled to have a chance at them (and support such a good, under-recognized cause in the process)!
on September 21st, 2008 at 1:08 pmWow, good job. I am getting excited.
on September 21st, 2008 at 4:54 pmI will repeat all the Wows too!! Yeah!
on September 21st, 2008 at 6:56 pmI know I haven’t commented yet, but I have been reading your blog for a while now, and just wanted to say thank you so much for doing this giveaway!
on September 21st, 2008 at 7:58 pmWow, look at that list. It looks like you’re purging yourself of your Oprah book club books
on September 22nd, 2008 at 12:22 amWow! Even I had to say it again. He, he.
Michelle – Well, I wouldn’t call it purging exactly as I still have a copy for myself of these books. I lovedA Lesson Before Dying, enjoyed Where the Heart Is, The Rapture of Canaan was weird in a creepy good way, and I’ve read Vinegar Hill but now have zero recollection of it. I don’t remember hating it.
on September 22nd, 2008 at 12:33 amForgot to mention the answer to Jen’s question. I’m up to $38 for a penny a page and $16 for 50 cents a post according to this last update:
http://blog.mawbooks.com/2008/09/18/day-18-reading-blogging-for-darfur/
The only book I’ve finished since then is A Tree Grows in Brooklyn which I think adds about $4 to the penny a page.
on September 22nd, 2008 at 12:52 amthat list is HUGE!!! i must say… every time i see a book by stephenie meyer i have to sigh deeply! =]
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on September 23rd, 2008 at 1:03 amThat’s quite the haul! I’m very impressed.
on September 23rd, 2008 at 6:51 pmWow, that is an impressive list! You really are the queen of giveaways!
on September 29th, 2008 at 1:14 pm