Are you interested in winning 1 of 5 copies of a wonderful summer read called A Summer Affair by Elin Hilderbrand courtesy of Valerie at Hachette Book Group?. This is the perfect summer read for your book club and there is even a reading guide which you can see here which is just great when it comes to discussing the book together. My book club, the Page Turners, has chosen this as one of our summer selections so you will see a review for this one before the summer is at an end. Here’s a bit about the book…
Claire Danner Crispin, mother of four young children and nationally renowned glassblower, bites off more than she can chew when she agrees to co-chair the Nantucket’s Children Summer Gala.
Claire is asked to chair the benefit, in part, because she is the former high school sweetheart of rock star Max West. Max agrees to play the gala and it looks like smooth sailing for Claire-until she promises a “museum-quality” piece of glass for the auction, offers her best friend the catering job, goes nose-to-nose with her Manhattan socialite co-chair, and begins a “good-hearted” affair with the charity’s Executive Director, Lockhart Dixon.
Hearts break and emotions are pushed to the limit in this riveting story of one woman’s attempt to deal with loves past and present, family, business, and high-powered social pressures. Elin Hilderbrand’s unique understanding of the joys and longings that animate women’s lives will make this her newest summer bestseller.
View the video here.
Listen to an excerpt here.
Download the podcast here.
And check out Elin Hilderbrand’s site here.
What can you do to win…
- For 1 entry leave me a comment here with a way to contact you please.
- For 2 entries tell me your favorite summer read up until now.
- For 3 entries blog/tweet this giveaway to spread the word.
The giveaway is open to US & Canadian residents only (no PO boxes). I will draw for the winners on Tuesday, June 30, 2009. Good luck to all!
I'd love to win this. I'm not sure what my favorite summer read has been, but I do love to read Janet Evanovich's books when I'm at the beach. milou2ster@gmail.com
Please include me in the giveaway! I would love to win a copy of this book! It sounds like a perfect summer read.
Cindy
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My favorite summer read so far this summer was Dear John by Nicholas Sparks. I just started reading Girls in Trucks.
Thank you for great giveaways!
Cindy
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Thanks for the great giveaway!
shhhimreading(at)hotmail(dot)com
My favorite summer read is anything fast. I don't want to have to think too much.
I would love to win this one! It's hard to pick just one favorite, but I'll say Hissy Fit by Mary Kay Andrews or Pawley's Island by Dorothea Benton Frank.
lisamos64@gmail.com
Favorite summer read ~ wow, pretty much anything but more likely something light and in paperback form. A nice fun cozy, an M.C.Beaton or Laura Childs.
I'm a follower!
florida982002[at]yahoo.com
I'd love to win this book – please enter me!!
Favorite summer read hmmmm – I guess it would be Only By Your Touch by Catherine Anderson. Loved that one.
ktulanko AT aol DOT com
I would love this! turtlebs@yahoo.com
Also, my favorite summer read is "Summer Sisters" Judy Blume!
This does sound good, I have this one in my TBR.
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This looks great! Please enter me!
BookCrossingKitten22[at]gmail[dot]com
I tweeted about this!
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My favorite summer reads are anything by Mary Janice Davidson!
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Please enter me.
Thanks for the giveaway!
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I'd love a shot at this. I don't know whether I read it in the summer or not, but one of my favorite books ever is Swan Song by Robert McCammon.
nfmgirl AT gmail DOT com
Ok, maybe I'm just dense, but did you change your blog recently? Because I think it's fab! =)
Next… My favorite summer read so far? Can't really say, since summer hasn't really come & stayed. It's just such a tease!! But I just finished reading April & Oliver this week, & it was warm-ish on Tuesday, so that's it.
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Please enter me:
crystalfulcher(at)ec.rr.com
My favorite summer read so far is The Actor and The Housewife by Shannon Hale.
I also tweeted
Thanks for the giveaway!
Just posted on Win A Book.
sounds great!
throuthehaze at gmail dot com
my fave read so far has been The Sorceress
throuthehaze at gmail dot com
This does sound like a great summer read. My favourite summer read so far has been the Harry Potter books which are often released in the summer. I recall getting a horrible sunburn when I read the entire Goblet of Fire book on my tummy at the beach…so entralled I forgot to move or reapply sunscreen…
melacan at hotmail dot com
I forgot to just tell you I'd like to win this book.
melacan at hotmail dto com
Please enter me for this – looks like a great book – love the cover
msboatgal at aol.com
My fave read so far this summer has been 8th Confession by James Patterson – although summer isn't here yet
My favorite summer read was this summer, Pretty in Plaid! So cute.
allygotts567[at]hotmail[dot]com
I would love to win!
Favorite summer read? That's so hard. I would have to say… Blood and Gold by Anne Rice.
Blogged: http://www.morbid-romantic.net/2009/06/08/book-giveaways-0608-0614/
Valorie
morbidromantic@gmail.com
This sounds like a fun book. I'd love the chance to win. :0)
My favorite book so far this summer is The Awakening by Kelley Armstrong.
Thanks!
librarygrinch at gmail dot com
so far my favorite for the summer is christine feehan's carpathian series
Please enter me. Thanks!
tiffanyak1986(at)hotmail(dot)com
My favorite summer read up until now is 'The Kindness of Strangers' by Katrina Kittle.
tiffanyak1986(at)hotmail(dot)com
Thank you! I would love this.
sarabollingcox at gmail dot com
A favorite summer read is "Jemima J" by Jane Green.
sarabollingcox at gmail dot com
Thank you for the giveaway 🙂
hurdler4eva(at)gmail(dot)com
Katie Crouch's Girls in Trucks is my favorite summer read so far!
Thank you for the giveaway 🙂
hurdler4eva(at)gmail(dot)com
Looks like a good read, please enter me into this drawing.
Thanks for hosting this giveaway.
jake.lsewhere[at]gmail.com
Looks like a great read, enter me pretty please!
heatheranne99 at hotmail dot com
Favorite summer read…Odds On Love by Maysie Greig!
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Tweet!
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I would love to win this one Dar!
joannelong74 AT gmail DOT com
I would love to be entered. Thanks. I don't know what my favorite summer read has been, but I tend to like light mysteries during summer.
carolsnotebook at yahoo dot com
This book looks wonderful!
My email address is jessicaleigh4 (@) gmail (dot) com
I follow your blog on Google Reader! 🙂
Please enter me!
JHolden955 (at) gmail (dot) com
Thanks.
One of my favorite summer reads (up until now) has been anything new by Janet Evanovich or Jennifer Crusie–you just sail right through them.
Thanks.
JHolden955 (at) gmail (dot) com
I would love to read this. Please include me in your giveaway
bluebelle0367(at)hotmail(dot)com
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I would love to win this book.
budletsmom(at)yahoo(dot)com
I have started reading To Bequile a Beast….I would say that novel would be my favorite summer read. I love historical romances in the summer
bluebelle0367(at)hotmail(dot)com
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So far my favorite summer reads have been by Lynsay Sands – love her vampire series – very funny.
budletsmom(at)yahoo.com
I would love to read this, it looks great!
marielay@gmail.com
My favorite summer read so far has been Turning Japanese by Cathy Yardley.
marielay@gmail.com
Hi!
Sounds like a great book to read! My favorite summer read has to be "Everlasting" by Kathleen Woodiwiss. I have also tweeted about this book. My email:
splummer51@yahoo.com Have a great day!!
Sherrie
I blogged it:
http://cerebralgirl.blogspot.com/2009/06/book-giveaways-in-blogworld-06-13-09.html
I am looking for a good light read so this would be great, Thank you.
I really enjoyed Summer Sisters by Judy Bloom and I actually read it during the summer so it is my favorite I think.
Deatren @ gmail . com
tweeted it
http://twitter.com/MomsNotAll/status/2155961896
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Great contest. I'd love to be included in the drawing.
thanks.
sara
ihpie at yahoo.com
My favorite summer read was the Harry Potter series. I read them all back to back last year and had a blast!
sara
ihpie at yahoo.com
I'd love to be entered into this one.
yvone473[at]optonline[dot]net
My favorite summer read, so far, is Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella.
This sounds like a great beach book. My favorite summer reads so far have been The Beach Trip and Bulls Island. Can you tell I just got home from the beach today???
mj.coward[at]gmail.com
please enter me!! =)
nicolemarielum @gmail.com
ohh and i'm almost done reading the time travellers wife!! soo good!!!
nicolemarielum @gmail.com
Anything by Janet Evanovich!
libneas[at]aol[dot]com
I don't have a favorite summer read. I just plow on through my stack! LOL!! Great giveaway Dar.
This sounds like a great book, so thanks for the giveaway!
Thanks!
pamelashockley(AT)netscape(DOT)net
My favorite summer read I've ever had was reading the "Color Purple" several years ago. Of course I might have enjoyed it so much because I rad it on the beach in Cancun and was drinking girly drinks with umbrellas!! LOL
Thanks.
pamelashockley(AT)netscape(DOT)net
Has summer even arrived yet? Been so wet here it's hard to tell. LOL
I don't have a favorite summer read. I just enjoy whatever book I'm reading at the time and then try to put it out of my mind before I start another in my TBR pile.
I'd love to read this book – please count me in!
Thanks,
megalon22[at]yahoo[dot]com
I don't have a favorite summer read – I like to read Nora Roberts books when I'm on vacation, but I don't have a favorite.
megalon22[at]yahoo[dot]com
My favorite summer read so far has been Dog On It by Spencer Quinn. Please inlcude me in your giveaway.
Thanks
Carlene
iluvreading(at)verizon.net
I would like to be entered.
ykatrina at hotmail dot com
This sounds like the perfect summer read..please enter me.
LooseEnds AT snet DOT net
My favorite recommendation for a summer read so far is The Little Giant of Aberdeen County by Tiffany Baker.
Hi. Thanks for the opportunity! I am Laura Orsini – you can reach me at laura@writemarketdesign.com.
Favorite summer read so far is Rob Sheffield's "Love Is a Mix Tape." Heart-breaking, soul-searing, life-changing.
Will tweet your offer from @phxlaura!
Wow I was just looking at this book at chapters..its way better to win though. My fav reads of the summer is the black dagger brotherhood by jd ward.
you can reach me at saultontgirl@hotmail.com
Tammy
I would love to be entered Khal5671 AT mwcc DOT edu
I follow your blog and I have you on my blog roll.
I posted about your giveaways at Bloody Bad Book Blog, and will each week.
I have Hilderbrand's Castaways from BEA. I'd love to get my hands on this book too.
savvyverseandwit AT gmail DOT com
my favorite summer reads would Jill Mansell. she has a great sense of humor and very vivid characters and twisted plots.
Hi,
I would love to win! I blogged about the competition here: http://thereadingjourney.blogspot.com/2009/06/giveaways.html
My fav summer read so far is: Of Bees & Mist by Erick Setiwan – fantastic book.
Contact: jerandjem@gmail.com
I would really enjoy winning this book.
My favorite summer read of some years ago was honestly Beaches.
I have posted this giveaway on my blog at:
http://gourdcrafter.blogspot.com/
roylsue(at)telpage(dot)net
Sounds like a wonderful book a perfect read while getting a bit of sun by the pool..
My favorite Summer read of all time would be "Summer Sisters" by Judy Blume.
I'll posting your contest on my blog
Lisa
1. Yes, I would love to win this book!
2. Favorite read this summer…waiting on the June 23 release date of Janet Evanovich's "Finger Lickin' Fifteen."
Check http://www.friendsofthedaingerfieldpubliclibrary.blogspot.com for some book reviews by Friends members.
I would like to enter.
Thanks!
janetfaye (at) gmail (dot) com
I'd love to win this book.
My favorite summer read so far this year is either Nan's Journey or Friday Night Knitting Club
reneesuz82(at)msn(dot)com
I would absolutely love to win this. My favorite read this summer has been Cemetary Dance.
rsgrandinetti@yahoo.com
I think i forgot to enter this drawing; i enjoyed most of her books:
dd DOT bookgoddess AT gmail DOT com
I keep reading about this author and sure would like to win her book. Then I could post several reviews for her on several sites. I just found out about her recently through several sites I receive emails.
The summer read I just finished was When the Nile Runs Red by DiAnn Mills. Everyone needs to read this book. It will prepare them for what lies ahead for America. It was a book I hated to see end.
jrs362(at)hotmail(dot)com
No need to enter my name in the giveaway, my TBR stack is a little too tall right now.
I'm reading Elin Hilderbrand's CASTAWAYS which is the first book of hers I've read (to be published 7/7/09). I'm whipping thru the pages and will be sure to pick up her other books (including A SUMMER AFFAIR) for our beach vacation in August!
I think that this book would be a great summer read…Please include me in this giveaway. Thanks.
Karen
kmkuka(at)yahoo(dot)com
My favorite summer read so far is Vanishing Act by Jodi Picoult, its been on my list forever and I finally have time to read it.
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Mentioned this on my Twitter.
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Mentioned this on my blog.
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I'd love to win this book. I'm waiting for my favorite summer read. Janet Evanovich rocks.
Dutchlvr1(at)aol(dot)com
I'd loveto win this one. My favorite summer read so far this year is LOOKING FOR SALVATION AT THE DAIRY QUEEN, but I'm still waiting for FINGER LICKIN' FIFTEEN.
I think my favorite summer read so far would be the Lost and Found audiobook that I am currently listening to by Carolyn Parkhurst. I'm really enjoying this one.
joannelong74 AT gmail DOT com
I blogged about your contest here.
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Would love to read this. 🙂 Favorite summer read os far is "Naamah's Kiss".
misusedinnocence@aol.com
Great summer read! I love her books because they are set in one of my favorite places in the world! My favorite summer read so far has been "Crossing to Safety" by Wallace Stegner.
Thank you!
Amy
Aimala02@yahoo.com
This sounds like a fun beach read! I love the classics over the summer and I'd have to have that my favorite would be East of Eden. I know, not a typical hammock choice but it's my favorite!
I would love to read this!
doot65[at]comcast{dot}net
My fave book this summer so far has been: Testimony by Anita Shreve.
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I blogged it here on my rt sidebar.
doot65[at]comcast{dot}net
I'd love to win this book.
lelou2@ymail.com
My favorite summer book so far is Beach Prayers
I blogged about this HERE
OOOH! I would love to win this!
Thank you!
victoriah40@yahoo.com
My favorite book by her is Barefoot!
Thank you!
victoriah40@yahoo.com
Thank you for the giveaway.
denise_22315(at)yahoo(dot)com
Barefoot was my favorite up until now.
denise_22315(at)yahoo(dot)com
Sounds like a great read for summer!
Another great summer read is "The Last Summer (of You and Me)" by Ann Brashares
I blogged about this giveaway here:
http://canadiangiveaways.blogspot.com/2009/06/peeking-between-pages-summer-affair.html
I read Barefoot by Hilerbrand and loved it so I'd love to read A Summer Affair as well.
I just found all of Janet Evananovich's Stephanie Plum books at a library sale for 50 cents each so I'm definitely going to get cracking on those.
sardonic28@aol.com
My favorite summer read up til now is The Accidental Wife by Rowan Coleman.
cagrowngirl@yahoo.com
Thanks!!!
My favorite summer read has been The Memory of Water by Karen White.
Theresa N
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Please enter me.
Laura
laura.leahj@gmail.com
I'd love to win this book…thanks.
m_mccutchenca@yahoo.ca
My favourite summer read so far is "A Necessary End" by Peter Robinson.
Have just tweeted your book giveaway:
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I'd love to win this book. It looks like a great beach read!
bthgordon at yahoo dot com
My favorite summer read this year has been Of Bees And Mist by Erick Setiawan.
bthgordon at yahoo dot com
I would love to win–it looks like a great book! Thanks!
lesleymfan(at)gmail(dot)com
My favorite summer read up until now has been The Sun Also Rises–thanks!
lesleymfan(at)gmail(dot)com
I Twittered about your giveaway:
http://twitter.com/TheFansNYC/status/2395681718
Thanks!
lesleymfan(at)gmail(dot)com
I would love to read this!
I Tweeted!
http://twitter.com/_HeatherAnne_/status/2414184561
This looks great. Please enter me in your giveaway. It sounds like a great summer read!
kalea_kane(at)yahoo(dot)com
To date one of my favorite summer reads is definitely Summer Sisters by Judy Blume. It captures everything that is magical about summer and more.
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