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GIVEAWAY: Time of My Life by Allison Winn Scotch

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Hi to all! Since there was so much interest in Time of My Life by Allison Winn Scotch the other day I thought I’d put up my very gently read paperback copy for giveaway. I read and reviewed it the other day here and I thought it was another great read from Allison Winn Scotch. Here’s a bit about the book from Fantastic Fiction…

Jillian Westfield has the perfect suburban life straight out of the upscale women’s magazines that she obsessively reads. She’s got the modern-print rugs of Metropolitan Home, the elegant meals from Gourmet, the clutter-free closets out of Real Simple, and the elaborate Easter egg hunts seen in Parents. With her successful investment banker husband behind the wheel and her cherubic eighteen-month-old in the backseat, hers could be the family in the magazines’ glossy Range Rover ads.

Yet somehow all of the how-to magazine stories in the world can’t seem to fix her faltering marriage, banish the tedium of days spent changing diapers, or stop her from asking, ‘What if?’

Then one morning Jillian wakes up seven years in the past. Before her daughter was born. Before she married Henry. Suddenly she’s back in her post-grad school Ikea-furnished Manhattan apartment. She’s back in her fast-paced job with the advertising agency. And she’s still with Jackson, the ex-boyfriend and star of her what-if fantasies.

Armed with twenty-twenty hindsight, she’s free to choose all over again. She can use the zippy ad campaigns from her future to wow the clients and bosses in her present. She can reconnect with the mother who abandoned her so many years before. She can fix the fights at every juncture that doomed her relationship with Jackson. Or can she?

With each new choice setting off a trajectory of unforeseen consequences, Jillian soon realizes that getting to happily ever after is more complicated than changing the lines in her part of the script. Happiness, it turns out, isn’t an either-or proposition. As she closes in on all the things she thought she wanted, Jillian must confront the greatest what-if of all: What if the problem was never Henry or Jackson, but her?

Sharp, funny, and heartwarming, Time of My Life will appeal to anyone who has ever wanted to redo the past and will leave readers pondering, ‘Do we get the reality we deserve?’

GIVEAWAY DETAILS

What can you do to enter…

  • For 1 entry leave me a comment with a way to contact you.
  • For 2 entries follow my blog. If you do, thank you, and let me know so I can give you the extra entry as well.
  • For 3 entries blog or tweet this giveaway to spread the word.

This giveaway is open to all of my readers internationally! I will draw for the winner on Saturday, September 12, 2009. Good luck to you all!

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  1. I almost bought this at Target last night, so I'd love to be entered! milou2ster(at)gmail.com

  4. Sign me up, Dar 😀

    * I'm a follower

    * Blogged in my sidebar

    * meah56 at gmail dot com

    Hope its ok that I did this in one comment!

  8. Haven't we all wanted to go back and re-do at least one period of our lives? I know I have. Can't wait to read this one.

    rebecca[dot]cox[at]charter[dot]net

  9. I am a follower.=]

    Blogged in my sidebar.=]

    kayla.yoesting AT yahoo Dot com

    Thankkss

  12. AAAHHHHH I want this book!
    I am a follower.
    I will blog about it on Tues.

    forevereading at gmail dot com

  13. I have been eyeing this book at Target…each time I go to that place that just sucks my wallet dry. hehe

    This book sounds like a intriguing read.

    I follow your blog via GoogleReader

    I "tweated" about this giveaway @ http://twitter.com/ibeeeg

    I posted a link about this giveaway on my blog's sidebar

    ibeeeg(at)gmail(dot)com

  14. Please add my name to the drawing..would love to read this book!

    I am a follower of course!!

    I'm blogging about this in my sidebar under Other Blog Giveaways!

    Thanks,
    redladysreadingroomATgmailDOTcom

  15. I am dying to read this book!

    I subscribe! 🙂

    I tweeted!

    bookingmama(at)gmail(dot)com

  16. I'm interested in reading this also! Please enter me!

    I follow on Google Reader.

    nbmars AT yahoo DOT com

  17. I've had this on my wish list for a long time. Please enter me!

    I am a follower 🙂

    jgbeads(at)gmail(dot)com

  18. This sounds like the kind of book I can share with my 25-year-old granddaughter. Would love to win it.

    I follow through Google Reader.

    lcbrower40(at)gmail(dot)com

  19. I'd love a chance to read this book, and I'm loving that cover!

    and I'm a follower thanks!

    unforgetable_dreamer_always(at)hotmail.com

  23. Yet another on my wishlist that's gonna have to stay there for the time being. Ugh. I've GOT to get caught up!

    No need to enter me, obviously. I'm dropping in to say thanks for the e-mail. I've got this posted at Win a Book.

  24. I'm a follower. 😀
    This book sounds awesome!

    ~robby
    runningforamsterdam @ hotmail . com

  25. Hey, Dar! Would you count me in? I'm following you, posted on the sidebar, here's my email:
    ivanaquick at gmail.com

  33. I have heard of this story and wanted to read it, but forgot about it until now! 🙂 I would love to win this. Thank you!

    bunnybx at gmail . com

  37. Okay I think I entered yesterday? But

    1) am already a follower
    2) Tweeting away
    3) in case I didn't leave my email (when I may or may not have entered, I know…it's because I need more caffeine) brooksbunch5 AT comcast dot net

    I'm at twitter – coffeelvnmom

  38. Please add my name to the drawing. I loved your review and recommended to several friends.

    cjay2(at)iavalley(dot)edu

    Thank you!

  40. I'd love to win this one Dar! Sounds like a good book.

    alaineb at bigpond dot net dot au

  41. I would love to win this, please enter me in the giveaway, thanks!
    roxxyroller(at)hotmail(dot)com

  48. I'd love to read this book! Thank you for the giveaway and please count me in.

    chinook92(at)gmail(dot)com

  53. I'd like to throw my hat in the ring too. 🙂 I am already a follower, and I am "tweeting" this as we speak. 🙂

    laughingstars66(at)yahoo.com

  54. You most definitely have to win the most generous blogger award 🙂
    enter me. .. i m putting this on my side bar as we speak and i m alread a follower 🙂

  64. Ah if we only had 20/20 futuresight we'd be all set. Sounds like a great read. Throw my name in the hat, puhleeeeze. Thank you Dar and Buddy.

    I'm a follower

    florida982002[at]yahoo.com

  66. Sounds like an interesting read, please add me. Thank you for the chance.
    knittingmomof3(AT)gmail(DOT)com

  68. This book sounds great, I like the waht if scenario, and would liek to read to, so I am in 😀

    blodeuedd1 at gmail dot com

  69. +1 I would love to win this book

    +2 I am a current follower

    kkhaas AT bellsouth DOT net

  70. I could really relate to this book.
    I would really like to read it.

    I'm a follower
    Jolynn_Reads at yahoo.com

  71. I would so love to win this! And I am a follower (+2)
    Thank you for the giveaway 🙂
    hurdler4eva(at)gmail(dot)com

  72. This sounds like a great read! I'd love to be entered for the draw. msbookishreviews **at** gmail (dot) com

  73. This sounds like a wonderful story. I love the cover, too! Thanks for the chance to win.

    castings[at]mindspring[dot]com

  76. Reflecting on our lives, doesn't everyone want to do something over? Please enter me in the giveaway. Thanks for giving away your personal copy.

    bgcchs(at)yahoo(dot)com

  78. Sounds great! 🙂

    Please enter me in the contest. Thanks.

    avalonne83 [at] yahoo [dot] it

  81. I'd love to be entered for this giveaway. Thanks, Dar!

    connect (at) aliceteh (dot) com

    I'm a follower too!

  85. This sounds SO interesting! I would love to read it. Thanks for the giveaway!

    ladyufshalott at yahoo.com

  96. Looks like a good book, please enter me into this drawing.

    Thanks for hosting this giveaway.
    jake.lsewhere[at]gmail.com

  97. I'm also a follower via Blogger.

    Thanks for hosting this giveaway.
    jake.lsewhere[at]gmail.com

  100. you have so many giveaways! 😀
    it's so awesome.
    i follow youuu.
    thanks!

    ~robby
    runningforamsterdam @ hotmail . com

  109. I would love to win this! Looks like a great read. Thank you!

    tiffanys819 at gmail dot com

  113. Dear Dar,

    Hope you are well.

    I am author of the Book 'Lucky Everyday' – In brief Lucky Everyday blends the principles of yoga with a thoroughly modern take on the quest for a fulfilled life… You may check my site for more information about the book. luckyeveryday.net

    I have 5 books for Giveaways (Lucky Everyday – Novel).
    I am a follower. I have tweeted this & I have also posted the link from my Blog.

    Please contact me here: jain.bapsy@gmail.com

    blog add: http://luckyeveryday-thenovel.blogspot.com/

    Looking forward to hearing from you.

    Many Thanks
    Kind Regards,
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  114. Oh, an Int'l comp! I'd love to be up for this please.

    Sassy.Brit[@]gmail[dot]com

    Thanks for the opportunity!

    Sassy
    🙂

  115. Forgot to say I am a follower already!

    Sassy.Brit[@]gmaildotcom

    Thankies —

    Sassy
    🙂

  122. Please include me too! This sounds like a good one. Thanks for the offer!

    I'm a follower.

    5wrights1[at]verizon[dot]net

  125. I'd love to read this one. Please count me in. I'm a follower.

    carianmoonlight at gmail dot com

  130. This sounds really good! Definitely something I would read. Count me in.

    +2 follower

    Marie
    utah91960(at)yahoo(dot)com

  145. I would be interested in winning and reading this book. Thanks for the opoportunity. sharonaquilino(at)hotmail(dot)com

  156. Sounds like a great read! I don't often think about what if, but it's fun to read about it 🙂

  162. this sounds like a good read one that might make you ponder your own life and choices.

    budletsmom at yahoo dot com

  170. Thanks so much for the giveaway — I have read some really good reviews for this book!
    Aimee
    sierranelsby (at) gmail (dot) com

  184. This looks like a really interesting read. I like things that depart from the norm. 🙂

    krtrumpet [at] aol [dot] com

  197. Sounds great! Please include me in the drawing. Thanks for the chance to win a copy.

    cherierj(at)yahoo(dot)com

  200. Hi, could I please enter your competition? Hope I'm not too late!

    My email address is: kiwibooklover at gmail dot com

    I also follow your blog. 🙂