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Hello, hunters of new and free books. I have a treat for you, as part of the epic Leeswammes Literary Giveaway.
I’m giving away a copy of the indie lit award winner and all round cracking read Safe From the Sea.
If you like quiet intensity, beautiful prose, thought-provoking issues and all-too-human characters, then this is the book for you. I was lucky enough to get to interview the author and you can check that out here.
I have read this copy, but very respectfully – you wouldn’t know it.
My rules are very simple.
Leave me a comment with your name and some way of getting in touch. Say hi and tell me what I should read next.
That’s it. You don’t have to be a blogger.
This closes at 12 midnight GMT on February 23rd and I’ll be choosing randomly the next day. I’ll send anywhere in the world.
I’m posting this a bit early, so unfortunately I don’t have the links to everyone else’s posts – but if you head on over to the giveaway mothership then you’ll have endless chances to win books from many more generous booky people. Happy entering!
I am away this weekend, so do not fear if there is radio silence (internet silence) – I will be back on Monday.
Full disclosure. No payment was received in the making of this post. For the love of books only.
Posted on February 18, 2011, in Uncategorized and tagged book reviews, books, contemporary fiction, giveaway, indie lit awards, literary fiction, peter geye, safe from the sea. Bookmark the permalink. 129 Comments.
Hello! Yay for giveaways! Name is bex, email is thetangledwebweweave@gmail.com
Next, you should read water for elephants by sara gruen. It’s amazing!
Hi…I think you should read Becoming George Sand. I just finished it a few days ago and loved it…
read The childrens book by As Byatt .You can reach me at lomazowr@gmail.com
“For the love of books only” —> that make me happy
Anyhow, I’d love to enter. My email is bkalmer(at)gmail(dot)com
Next you should read “Packing for Mars” by Mary Roach.
Hi-please enter me-rereadinglives(at)gmail.com
I just read The Heat of the Day about London during WWII and liked it a lot-I jsut posted on it-you might like it
LJ, you know I love free stuff, so my suggestion would be “Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters,” a short story by JD Salinger. I loved it, but I once bought it for a friend’s birthday and he called it “unreadable” asked whether I had bought it as a joke. It divides opinion, to say the least. Who knows, you might love it.
Must admit when I first saw your tweet I thought you were talking about this… we should talk!
http://goo.gl/WHyfo
Just a quick comment on the comment – I love raise the roofbeam carpenters, that’s one of my favourite stories of his. Great suggestion! Perfect Day For Bananafish is also superb, by J.D. Salinger.
Agreed!
Cool awesome giveaway! (: You should read My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult, such a great novel!
I would love to win this, especially as neither my Borders nor my library has it. My email is lorrenrichelle@gmail.com. I am currently reading The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton and loving it, so I would recommend you pick that one up soon!
Thanks for the giveaway. I think you should read any book of W. C. Andrews.
I would suggest The Road by Cormac McCarthy
karen.hofmaier@gmail.com
Hi! I would always recommend Pride and Prejudice or Sense and Sensibility! I love them both!
Hi, I am Joann. My email is jbdownie5@yahoo.com
Next book to read- indie author M.L.Malcolm’s Heart of Lies, excellent book!
Hi, I’m Jessica and I’ve never heard of this book but it looks lovely.
If you haven’t read In Watermelon Sugar I would recommend that.
frellathon(at)gmail(dot)com
Hi! My name is Rachel and I am from the blog, ‘And the plot thickens…’
I am currently reading ‘Under the Dome’ by Stephen King… by page 20, I was hooked! I am about 80 pages in now and can’t put it down. This isn’t be any means a ‘literary’ read but it sure is gripping!
Rachel
andtheplotthickens(at)y7mail.com
w00t! I’m so excited for this Giveaway Hop! My post is all ready to go – but I’m waiting until Midnight to hit the “Publish” button. I went a little bit bonkers and have offered up 5 different packages with a total of 17 books up for grabs. =X CRAZY, RIGHT?! Haha
Anyway, thanks for the side-bar linkage. “Funny. Clever. Well-Read.” Love it.
Oh, and please enter me. The book sounds great.
Your next read should be Lust for Life by Irving Stone.
Adam
roofbeamreader(at)gmail(dot)com
Hello…I am Elizabeth.
Please enter me…this book sounds great.
silversolara AT gmail DOT com
http://silversolara.blogspot.com
Hello,
I think you should read Amy Myers books, Tom Wasp and the Murdered Stunner and Tom Wasp and the Newgate Knocker. They’re mysteries with such great historical detail. I’ve not read anything like them before. I love them.
Mary Ellen
methom@earthlink.net
Hi! If you like contemporary indie books you might like The Naked Gardener or The Art of Devotion. I loved them both
Please enter me for this.
erika dlugo @yahoo .com (no spaces)
Hi! This is Heather. This looks like a great read! I think you should read “Insatiable” by Meg Cabot. My email. is hnwhitlock2000@gmail.com
Thanks for linking into Leeswammes’ Blog – I had a wonderful time reading your reviews. We have similar tastes. I don’t know many people who have read Thomas De Quincey: Confessions of an Opium Eater – I read it in college and found it amazing.
I have two very different books to recommend:
Purge by Sofi Oksanen – it is a little slow getting into but worth it. One of those good books that discusses the global while focusing on the individual level. Set in Eastonia and goes back and forth between the Russian occupation and just after independence.
The Report: A Novel by Jessica Francis Kane which is about an incident that happens in London during WWII. Again, the author takes a over-all theme and brings it down to the personal level. You can find my review here: http://pburt.wordpress.com/2011/01/22/the-report-a-novel/
PB
PBHinterland@comcast.net
Hi there. This is Emily from Reading While Female. I’m super excited about this giveaway. I have been trying to find a copy of this book for awhile now. Thanks for the chance. My recommendation, if you have time for a big chunk of a book, is The Children’s Book by A.S. Byatt. It’s long and arduous, but it’s an amazing piece of literature.
eeoshiel(at)uncg(dot)edu
Thank you for this offering! I just read The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks – you should read this true account of cell research.
Hi, I’m Nicole. My e-mail address is ikkinlala AT yahoo DOT ca
I’m not sure what to recommend that you read next – I’ve been reading a lot of nonfiction lately, and suspect from your reading lists that you might not be as interested in it as I am – but one book I just finished and found interesting is The Rest is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century by Alex Ross.
My name is Mystica and my email address is mystica123@hotmail.com
The cover of that book is gorgeous (I get so drawn to covers) and I would like to recommend Still Missing by Chevy Stevens.
Thank you for the link as well.
I’ve heard good things about this one!
I have three recent reads that I highly recommend: The Metropolis Case by Matthew Gallaway, 13 rue Therese by Elena Mauli Shapiro, and The Last Brother by Nathacha Appanah.
My email is: indiereaderhouston (at) gmail (dot) com
Thanks!
Cassandra
Count me in for the contest!!! I recommend the bood Deed So by Katharine A. Russell. It is available on Amazon. The story of a young girl Haddie growing up in a small fictional town in Maryland USA during the turbulent 1960′s. What Haddie witnesses soon puts the town on edge, brings in protestors, and endangers herself. Haddie is such a strong young lady whom the reader admires as she stands for what’s right.
My email is riverboat38@hotmail.com
PS I like your concept here. Amused, bemused, confused. Can’t call yourself a writer if you don’t write. I do write almost daily on my blogs and have begun a novel. Your blog looks inspirational. That’s why I am following you by email.
Oooh, that sounds like a good book. I’m reeeeeeally enjoying The Cider House Rules right now, and I’m going to recommend A Prayer for Owen Meany to you if you haven’t read it already. I pretty much love John Irving a lot.
Hello. To go with the nautical theme, I ‘d suggest Stargazing: Memoirs of a Young Lighthouse Keeper by Peter Hill.
Thanks for the giveaway.
Rad Hall
emi3mle at yahoo dot com dot au
You should read SPEAK by Laurie Halse Anderson, if you haven’t already!
Amy // artsyrockerchick at aim dot com
Please include me. Room would be good if you haven’t read it already.
lkish77123 at gmail dot com
Hi! I’m Tiffany and you can find me at jaidahsmommy(at)comcast(dot)net. I would love to read this, thank you so much for the chance!
Two of the best books I have read recently were Still Missing by Chevy Stevens and The Poison Tree by Erin Kelly. You can’t go wrong with either of them!
Hi, I found your blog through the hop. I would be happy to be entered in the drawing. Excellent choice and a book I haven’t read.
I’d like to suggest reading From the Land of the Moon by Milena Agus. Beautiful little book, I just read it last week.
undermyappletree at gmail dot com
I’d love to win this. And I love the cover!
Read Trollope’s ‘The Way We Live Now’. Now!
tonymalone at y7mail dot com
Thanks for the opportunityy – the book sounds amazing! I will suggest reading ‘Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand’ by Helen Simonson. I read it recently and loved it.
When I read your interview with the author I knew this was the sort of book for me. So please enter me!
I agree with Melissa, the cover is lovely and I’d love to win it.
My email is already attached in the comment form
Have ever tried Japanese author?
my recommendation is to read one of Japanese author’s books
Hi
I’d love to enter. I’m recommending you the book I’ve just read and reviewed: Crystal Boys, which is LGBT, but really, so much more than that.
Hi and thanks for the give away.
I just finished Moloka’i by Alan Brennert and it is worth a look.
jgoffice(at)cox(dot)net
I think this is a book I would like to read
Please enter me 
As for book recommendations: Eat, Pray, Love from Elizabeth Gilbert and Garden Spells by Sarah Allen
…..what a lovely book to give! please enter me
ive just finished, The Hand That First Held Mine and before that…The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake..
I am Sarah from Sarah Reads Too Much. I think you should read Cost next – I just read it and it is amazing. (Also, I’m giving it away as part of this giveaway… )
sarahesullivan at gmail dot com
Hi! Thanks for the giveaway, and for making it international!
I think you should read The Girl Who Stole Books, by Markus Zusak. It’s an amazing book.
thais_rpc(at)hotmail(dot)com
I would love to be entered. I wish I had a recommendation for you. I just finished Remains of the Day and loved it, but I think you’ve already have read it. I haven’t read anything else lately to really rave about.
klmickelsen at gmail dot com
You should read The Shadows of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon if you haven’t yet. I’m sorry but I love it that much that I recommend it to everybody who asks for recommendations. Please enter me in the give away. Thanks.
http://thinkingaboutloud.blogspot.com/
Hi! I’m Paula and I recommend these 2 books: The Shadow of the Wind, by Carlos Ruiz Zafon and The Girl Who Stole Books by Markus Zusak. They are both very good; hope you enjoy them!
ap_lemos at yahoo dot com
OOH I would love to be entered! As far as what you should read next…. have you read any of Sarah Pekkanen? I am reading her second book now and LOVING it!
journeythroughbooks@gmail.com
Please enter me in the contest.
Next you should read Housekeeping, by Marilynne Robinson. Not a new book by any means, but a real gem. If you haven’t read it, you should.
Hi, great question for the giveaway! I hope we have another one soon so I can ask the same thing (I will steal the suggestions from here as well). Please enter me for this book and my email address is joanna@ephemeraldigest.com . My suggestion would be to read Ken Kesey’s ‘Sometimes a great notion’ which is one of my favourite books of all time.
thanks!
Great giveaway! Hmmm, my recommendation for your next read would be… ‘The Secret History’ by Donna Tartt, if you haven’t read it already. I loved it – I’ve already read it twice and I’m about due a third, I think!
Ellie (Musings of a Bookshop Girl)
emp501@hotmail.co.uk
If you haven’t read it, ‘Oh Beautiful: An American Family in the 20th Century’ by John Paul Godges. I gave it 5 stars on GoodReads. One of the best that I have ever read.
CarolNWong(at)aol(dot)com
I am currently finishing up “Sense and Sensibility” for the third time. You should read it once or again…my name is Courtney and the e-mail is below. Thanks for the giveaway!
stilettostorytime at gmail dot com
Hi there,
Have you read 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea? I’m reading it now, and am surprised at how much I’m enjoying it!
Loved this book!!! Have a great weekend away. Peter Geye was just at my school on Thursday, I have pictures and will do a post soon. I had foot surgery yesterday so reading and sleeping a lot.
thanks for the giveaway!
americangirlie1991@yahoo.com
Hi. I love Managing Death by Trent Jameson.
Cathie
lovemybabysquid@yahoo.com
I’m going to put my vote in for Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen. Amazing read!
baffledbooks@gmail.com
-Lisa
Hi! This sounds like a great book that I’d love to read.
Right now I’m reading Room by Emma Donoghue which is really intense but beautifully rendered. I think you’d like it, if you haven’t already read it.
Email: eliweibley@gmail.com
Thanks for the chance to win!!
Thanks for the giveaway. I would recommend reading Indefensible by Pamela Callow.
rjofus(at)gmail(dot)com
Thanks for the giveaway! Sounds like a great book you’re giving away ^^ I just finished reading The Traveler’s Gift by Andy Andrews, and I’m not sure if you’ve read it yet, but if you haven’t, it’s an amazing book. Must read!
sophiayunjin at gmail dot com
Hello! This sounds like a really good book. Next you should read anything by Diane Chamberlain. I’ve loved all her books!
lgm52@hotmail.com
Hi! I have to say that you are all so generous! I’m loving this bloghop giveaway thing and if it happens again I’ll definitely be joining in!!
I’ve taken a look at what you’ve read recently and can see that, like me, you like to read pretty much anything! So, I’ll recommend a book that I recommend to everyone because it’s my favourite of recent years – The Butterfly House by Marcia Preston. I hope you get around to reading it!!
Kirsty blatantbiblioholic@gmail.com
Please enter me in this great giveaway. You should read The Red Queen by Philipa Gregory
I would like to be entered to win this book. I just read Room which was very good and also The Lost Girls a memoir in which three friends take a year and travel around the world together.
Hi, you should read Helen of Troy by Margaret George
Thank you for this giveaway! I would love to participate. I think you should read AFTER by Amy Efaw and Still Alice by Lisa Genova, They’re both really good books, I enjoyed reading them a lot and there are a lot of things to learn from both books.
buoyread AT gmail DOT com
Hi:) Love the giveaway. I think you should read Footpaths in the Painted City by Sadia Shepard. It’s non-fiction and based on her experiences when she travelled to India on a Fulbright scholarship to research her Muslim grandmother’s Jewish ancestry.
I can be reached at: sarah.setar@gmail.com
Hi! I’m Miss Lauren and you can email me at lwilkerson21@gmail.com.
You should read The Book Thief by Markus Zusak!
Sounds like a great book! Please enter me. You can reach me at
carbartz at gmail dot com
And what to read next? “Water for Elephants” by Sara Gruen, I enjoyed that very much, but poerhaps you already read it.
Thanks for the giveaway!
You should read The Birth of Venus or North and South.
Misha
mishamary@gmail.com
I don’t read a lot of non-fiction, but lately I have been expanding my horizons, so this sounds like a good book!! A short, easy read is Full Circle by David L Cisco. Thanks for the give-a-way. Karen
kacbooks at hotmail dot com
Thank you for the giveaway.
I don’t know what genre you like but a book that I think anyone can read and like is The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon. It is really an amazing book.
All the best.
Carol T
Thanks for the giveaway!
I think you should read Delirium next! (:
-Liz
ejhtan at gmail dot com
Hi, you should read Rain Of Gold by Victor Villaseñor next. It’s one of my favorites.
Dominique @ couponcookie at gmail dot com
TNX for this international giveaway, T!
I didn’t know the Indie Lit Awards come from independent literary bloggers. That triggered me to enter, even though I haven’t heard of the book yet!
My literary giveaway is up too (open worldwide).
I thought I would give this a go as living abroad not always easy to get books in English!
The Return by Victoria Hislop would be my recommendation.
Great Giveaway! Thanks for the chance to win
velvethubler at yahoo dot com
Hi!
Girl in translation by Jean Kwok would be my recommendation, it is one of my favorites.
kiplinglover [at] gmail [dot] com
Thanks for the giveaway! The book certainly sounds interesting.
Hi and thanks for the giveaway chance! The next book you should read is Fallen (and then Torment) by Lauren Kate.
I would suggest Waterland by Graham Swift
It is a bit dry sometimes…but you are left with this intense feeling and new understanding of the world
hense1kk AT cmich DOT edu
Read Don DeLillo’s White Noise.
darrowenator (at) gmail (dot) com
Loved ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’! You should give ‘The School for Scandal’ by Richard B Sheridan a go!
Thanks for the giveaway
babemuffin [at] hotmail [dot] com
Wahoo! Thanks for doing this.
libbywawzenek@gmail.com
I loved the book “Mudbound” by Hillary Jordan.
Thank you for the giveaway…haven’t read it yet (just received the copy I won) but Delirium looks amazing!
methirteenATyahooDOTcom
I would recommend East of Eden by John Steinbeck. I’m in the middle of it right now, and I am most definitely loving it!
I would recommend The Road by Cormac Mccarthy.
twoofakind12@yahoo.com
I would recommend The Red Tent – beautiful writing.
rickimc[at]aol[dot]com
hi there,
My names Michelle and you can email me at literaryescape@hotmail.com – thanks for the awesome giveaway! I recommend you read The Bell Jar next. It’s nice to meet you! I started blogging when I began the 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die challenge and it has been really fun to meet other readers.
Thanks,
Michelle
Hello ! thanks for this lovely give away, I ‘d love to enter !
I recommend that you read “The Likeness” by Tana French, I loved it !
Greetings from a french bookworm,
Virginie
International Giveaway! My week has been made. I would recommend you read Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood (I just had some success with this recommendation at my last book club) and my email address is kathmeista(at)gmail(dot)com. Thanks!
Read The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai – absolutely loved it.
You can reach me on
davendos@iafrica.com
Hi, my email is jjl@mtintouch.net and I think you should read the 13th Reality.
Thanks for the great giveaway.
lillieblue613(at)gmail(dot)com
Hello, fellow blog hopper! I’m glad you’re participating!
I think you should read Ian McEwan. Not what if you’ve read or what you’ve read, but read something. My favorite is Saturday, but he has many great books.
Reach me at readwriteandlive@hotmail.com
Cheers!
precious and fragile things by megan hart…..i really identified with the main character!
I would love to win this book. Thanks for the giveaway.
You should read Skippy Dies, by Paul Murray.
NadineNys(at)gmail(dot)com
Hi my email is kmgarza76@yahoo.com. I suggest reading Weight of Silence by Heather Gudenkauf
Hi! Thanks for the giveaway. Might I suggest at you read Under This Unbroken Sky by Shandi Mitchell? I loved it!
nfmgirl AT gmail DOT com
I’m reading Endless Love by Scott Spencer and enjoying the classic. I’ve read a lot of fluff lately so it feels good to read a complex and deep novel again.
Charlie
bitsyblingbooks (at) gmail (dot) com
Hello!
I would suggest Everything is illuminated by foer…love his books!
lucia from italy
alaisgirl at libero dot it
This book is high on my tbr list. I would love to win it!
I highly recommend Birds of America or A Charmed Life by Mary McCarthy. Both are very good.
Thank you for offering this book giveaway to us!
~ Amy
Aimala127(at)gmail(dot)com
How about a thriller to get your blood pumping?? Daniel Palmer’s (son of Michael Palmer) just had his first book published. The title is Delirious and it is great!! Thanks for giving me a chance in your book giveaway!!!
Hello! I have just finished Saints and Sinners by Edna O’Brien and heartily recommend it. My email is cerievans1 at gmail dot com. Thanks
Well-developed characters always make for great books!
helpersarah2009@gmail.com
I’d love to win this book!
I would recommend “Sanctuary” by N.E. Julian. You can read about it here: http://www.powells.com/biblio/61-9781440133091-0
ellie.bfaos(@)gmail(.)com
I would reccomend reading Pictures of You by Caroline Leavitt. Very good read!
Thanks for the oppurtunity to win this giveaway!!
Happy Reading!!
heatherhegge@hotmail.com
Thanks for the chance
Have you read Dellirium?
I have seen the review and most of book blogger love it
aleetha dot ally at gmail dot com
Hello! The give-a-ways are wonderful ideas. And who doesn’t crave a new (free) book? It also gives your blog some major exposure.
You can reach me at my blog (where further contact info is listed.) Next, read The Lace Reader: http://lexisjen.wordpress.com/2011/02/13/lacereader/
Hello, this book sounds really interesting although I’m still not 100% sure what it’s about except a sea wreck, a father/son conversation and infertility. I hope I get a chance to read it. As for a suggested title – I do mostly reviews for jr high kids and my favorite of the last year was – Shadow of the Dragon by Kate O’Hearn. A favorite adult book I read was The Christmas Chronicles which is wonderful too (it’s a great book to read as a family).
Hi! My name: Petra B.
I think you should read Look Again by Lisa Scottoline. It’s a great novel.
e-mail: petra_socaciu@yahoo.com
I would love to win this one. I must see how it beat C and Room!
I know the comps closed, but I just wanted to add a book I think you might like…
It’s the best thing I’ve read in a very very long time, and there’s some stiff competition. You may have alread read it but if not, you should:
‘Everything is Illuminated’ by Jonathan Safran Foer
Ellie x
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