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Giveaway: The Book of Life By Stuart Nadler

Posted by Teddyrose@1 on September 28, 2011
Posted in My Past Giveaways  | 45 Comments

Thanks to Anna Balasi of Hachette Book Group, I am giving away 3 copies of The Book of Life.

Description of The Book of Life:
Forced together on a trip from Manhattan to Rhode Island, a father and son attempt to renew their bond over lobster, cigarettes, and a buried secret. A pure-hearted artist finds his devotion cruelly tested, while his true love tries to repent for the biggest mistake of her life. Unwittingly thrust into an open marriage, a man struggles to reconnect with his newly devout son. And in the book’s daring first story, an arrogant businessman begins a forbidden affair during the High Holidays.

Written in clear, crystalline prose, The Book of Life comprises seven stunning tales about faith, family, grief, love, temptation, and redemption that signal the arrival of a bold and exciting new writer.

About Stuart Nadler:
Stuart Nadler is a graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, where he was awarded a Truman Capote Fellowship and a Teaching-Writing Fellowship. Recently, he was the Carol Houck Smith Fiction Fellow at the University of Wisconsin. His fiction has appeared in The Atlantic.
 
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This giveaway will end on Wednesday, October 12th, 11:59 P.M. E.S.T. The winners will be notified by email. Winners must respond within TWO days or will be disqualified.


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Love At Absolute Zero by Christopher Meeks

Posted by Teddyrose@1 on September 27, 2011
Posted in Books Read in 2011Christopher Meeks  | 8 Comments

At 32 years old, Gunnar just earned tenure as a physicist at the University of Wisconsin.  He takes this as a sign that it is time for him to find a wife.  He has a three day break from work and decides that he must find a wife in that time however, he understands very little about love and relationships.  He enlists the help of his two friends/ colleagues to find a scientific method of finding his soul mate.


This new method meets with hilarious results, while all the time the reader can’t help but root for Gunnar.  In three days time he gets Lasik eye surgery on his eyes, braces, and a new hair style, all to appear more attractive to women.  He goes to two speed dating events.  The first one with disastrous consequences. 
Gunnar finds love on the third night but Kara is from Denmark.  Should he risk his tenure to follow ?  He has never been outside of Wisconsin, let alone outside of North America.  He could go there and work as a visiting professor at the Niels Bohr Institute.

I must admit I was a little nervous accepting a review copy of this book.  I loved Christopher Meeks first novel, The Brightest Moon of the Century however, science scares me.  I also don`t always enjoy romance.  I usually like historical fiction or literary fiction that has an element of romance but not as the main plot. 

I need not have worried! Christopher Meeks pulled it off  beautifully.  He was able to explain the science, so that even I could understand it and actually enjoy it.  This is true literary fiction.  It has romance but so much more!  Meeks has a biting sense of humor and has created quirky yet totally believable characters.  This book is a must read for literary fiction lovers. 

4.5/5

Love at Absolute Zero and Christopher Meeks are currently on tour through Premier Virtual Author Book ToursThere are more reviews, guest posts, and giveaways of the book happening right now.  To follow the tour go here, to view the schedule.  Also, for the duration of the tour you can buy the ebook for only .99 cents at Amazon and Barnes and Noble.

Please note that I am the coordinator of the Love of Absolute Zero Tour but it in no way influenced my opinion of the book.  My review is my honest and true feelings of the book.

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Mailbox Monday

Posted by Teddyrose@1 on September 26, 2011
Posted in Mail Box Mondays  | 10 Comments

Mailbox Monday now has it’s very own blog, Mailbox Monday.  It is also on tour and is being hosted by  Amused by Books in September.

Here are the books I received last week:

 Another unsolicited book from St. Martin’s Press.  It actually sounds quite good to me however, it is like 13th in a series that I haven’t read.  Does anyone know if it can be read as a stand alone book?

 This is another unsolicited book that sound good to me.  I will be hosting a giveaway of it soon, so stay tuned.

 I wanted to get this book at the BEA back in May but had trouble getting there early enough to get it.  My feet were killing me and I was so tired, I had to sleep in a bit.  The old saying is true, “you snooze, you loose.”  Thanks to Liz Leong of Doubleday.  Stay tuned, I will be hosting a giveaway of this book.

This is another book I missed getting at the BEA in May.  Thanks to Net Galley, I now have the ebook.

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