Giveaway of The Heretic’s Daughter by Kathleen Kent

As I mentioned yesterday, Hachette has generously offered to send a copy of The Heretic’s Daughter by Kathleen Kent to one of my readers. The giveaway is open to U.S. and Canadian residents only (no P.O. boxes). I will accept entries until 11:59 PM Eastern Time on Friday, November 7.

For one entry, post a comment here telling me why you’d like to read this book. Please be sure to provide me with a way of getting in touch with you. Entries without a blog link or email address will be eliminated.

For a second entry, post a comment on my review (if you haven’t already done so).

For a third entry, spread the word about this giveaway by blogging about it (link to this post and leave the URL of your blog post in the comments here) or by emailing five friends with the link to this post (copy me on the email at shereadsandreads[at]gmail[dot]com).

Best of luck!

“Win It” Wednesday (a day late)

There are so many great giveaways going on right now that I’m only going to announce those that end in October...


Trish at Hey Lady! Whatcha Readin’ is giving away a copy of The Likeness by Tana French. Click here for more details. Deadline is not specified.




Tracy at Bookroom Reviews is giving away a copy of The Gifted Gabaldón Sisters by Lorraine López. Click here for more details. Deadline is October 29.




Serena at Savvy Verse & Wit is giving away a copy of The Safety of Secrets by DeLauné Michel. Click here for more details. Deadline is October 29.




Shana at Literarily is giving away a copy of The Pools by Bethan Roberts. Click here for more details. Deadline is October 31.




Anna at Diary of an Eccentric is giving away a copy of Capote in Kansas by Kim Powers. Click here for more details. Deadline is October 31.



Several folks are participating in the Hachette Spooktacular giveaway, including Lesa’s Book Critiques, Books Books and More Books, Word to Mouth and Bookroom Reviews. Click here, here, here and here for more details. Deadlines are October 26, October 31 (twice) and November 1, respectively.

“Win It” Wednesday

Since I’ve won six books in the past three weeks plus Boston Bibliophile has said she will send me her copy of An Exact Replica of a Figment of my Imagination by Elizabeth McCracken
(thanks, Marie!), I’m feeling a bit like I should stop entering giveaways. But then there are a few that are just too good to pass up...


iubookgirl at Reader for Life is giving away a copy of The Gifted Gabaldón Sisters by Lorraine López. Click here for more details. Deadline is October 15.




Booking Mama, She Is Too Fond of Books and Bookroom Reviews are giving away up to 16 copies of Sarah’s Key by Tatiana de Rosnay. Click here, here and here for more details. Deadlines are October 11, 16 and 17, respectively.


October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, so Meg at 1st Books: Stories of How Writers Get Started is urging all women over 40 to schedule their first or annual mammogram. She is also giving away copies of Cancer Is a Bitch by Gail Konop Baker, The Last Beach Bungalow by Jennie Nash and Doctor Olaf van Schuler’s Brain by Kirsten Menger-Anderson. Click here for more details. Be sure to read Gail and Jennie’s fabulous posts! (Click on the book images below to go directly to each post. Kirsten’s post is not up yet.)

“Win It” Wednesday

A few more giveaways to announce this week...


Cheryl at Cheryl’s Book Nook is giving away five copies of Rush Home Road by Lori Lansens. Click here for more details. Deadline is October 4.



Melanie at The Indextrious Reader is giving away a copy of Blasted by Kate Story. Click here to read her interview with the author and enter her giveaway. Deadline is October 6.



Jen at Devourer of Books is celebrating her 100th review with a fantastic book giveaway. Congrats, Jen! Click here for more details. Deadline is October 15.



Heaps of folks are having giveaways for An Exact Replica of a Figment of my Imagination by Elizabeth McCracken as part of an Early Birds Blog Tour:


Click here for a chance to win at Books in Every Room. Deadline is October 5.
Click here for a chance to win at A Bookworm’s World. Deadline is October 6.
Click here for a chance to win at Bermudaonion’s Weblog. Deadline is October 7.
Click here for a chance to win at The Book Nest. Deadline is October 7.
Click here for a chance to win at Library Queue. Deadline is October 7.
Click here for a chance to win at S. Krishna’s Books. Deadline is October 8.
Click here for a chance to win at B&b ex libris. Deadline is October 8.
Click here for a chance to win at Literarily. Deadline is October 10.

In other news, I won three books this week! Yay!


Sandra at Fresh Ink Books is sending me Mister Sandman by Barbara Gowdy. Thanks, Sandra!




I won Tomato Girl by Jayne Pupek from Cindy at Cindy’s Love of Books. Thanks, Cindy and Jayne!




Finally, I just heard this morning that I also won The Book of Lies by Brad Meltzer from Nicole at Linus’ Blanket. Thanks, Nicole and Hachette!

“Win It” Wednesday

Several contests are going on this week (plus one of the contests I mentioned three weeks ago is still running, as is one mentioned two weeks ago):

Michele at A Reader’s Respite is giving away a copy of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows. Click here for more details. Deadline is September 25. (That’s tomorrow, so hurry!)


Shana at Literarily is giving away a copy of The Smart One and the Pretty One by Claire LaZebnik. Click here to read her interview with the author and enter her giveaway. Deadline is September 26.


Katrina at Stone SouP is having another Monday giveaway. The prize is a book of your choice from her bookshelf. Click here for more details. Deadline is September 28.




Sandra at Fresh Ink Books is giving away a copy of Mister Sandman by Barbara Gowdy. Click here for more details. Deadline is September 28.


Kathy at Bermuda Onion is giving away a copy of The Book of Lies by Brad Meltzer. Click here for more details. Deadline is September 25. Nicole at Linus’ Blanket is also giving away this book. Click here for details. Deadline is October 1. Finally, Carrie at Word to Mouth is giving away this book. Click here for details. Deadline is October 15.



Lauren at Shooting Stars Mag is giving away a copy of The Gifted Gabaldón Sisters by Lorraine López. Click here for more details. Deadline is September 30.




Books and Cooks is giving away a copy of When Will There Be Good News? by Kate Atkinson. Click here for more details. Deadline is October 1.



Sandra at Fresh Ink Books is also giving away a copy of At a Loss for Words by Diane Schoemperlen. Click here for more details. Deadline is October 1.


On another note, I won two books this week! A copy of Shoot the Moon by Billie Letts from Michele – Only One L and a copy of The Professors’ Wives’ Club by Joanne Rendell from Word to Mouth. Yay for me! Thank you, Michele and Carrie!

“Win It” Wednesday*

This week there are so many BBAW giveaways going on that I’m only going to mention two of particular interest to me:


Booking Mama is giving away a copy of The Safety of Secrets by DeLauné Michel. Click here for more details. Deadline is September 19.



B&b ex libris, a new blog I just discovered thanks to Ramya, is giving away a copy of The 19th Wife by David Ebershoff. Click here for more details. Deadline is September 22.

For a full list of BBAW giveaways, head over here and scroll down to the links at the bottom of Amy’s post.

Don’t forget to enter my BBAW giveaway! Deadline is September 20.

*With thanks to Shooting Star Mags for the new title for these posts!

Midweek contest roundup

This week there are even more interesting contests out there (and a couple of the ones I mentioned last week are still running):

Literarily is giving away a copy of The Heretic’s Daughter by Kathleen Kent. Click here for more details. Deadline is September 12.

Planet Books is giving away a copy of Loose Girl: A Memoir of Promiscuity by Kerry Cohen. Click here for more details. Deadline is September 12.

Stone SouP is giving away a book of your choice. Click here for more details. Deadline is September 14.

The Bookworm is giving away two copies of Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict by Laurie Viera Rigler. Click here for more details. Deadline is September 15.

Reader for Life is also giving away a copy of The Heretic’s Daughter by Kathleen Kent. Click here for more details. Deadline is September 15.

Michele – Only One L is giving away up to five copies of Shoot the Moon by Billie Letts. Click here for more details. Deadline is September 16.

Meg Waite Clayton at 1st Books is giving away three books: Joshua Henkin’s Matrimony, Jayne Pupek’s Tomato Girl and a copy of her book, The Wednesday Sisters. Click here for more details. Deadline is September 17.

Devourer of Books is also giving away a copy of The Heretic’s Daughter by Kathleen Kent. Click here for more details. Deadline is September 17.

Shhh I’m Reading is also giving away up to five copies of Shoot the Moon by Billie Letts. Click here for more details. Deadline is September 19.

The Things We Read is also giving away five copies of Shoot the Moon by Billie Letts. Click here for more details. Deadline is September 20.

A Bookworm’s World is also giving away a copy of Shoot the Moon by Billie Letts. Click here for more details. Deadline is September 21.

Redlady’s Reading Room is giving away a copy of The Professors’ Wives’ Club by Joanne Rendell. Click here for more details. Deadline is September 21.

Finally, Reading in Appalachia is also giving away five copies of Shoot the Moon by Billie Letts. Click here for more details. Deadline is September 30.

Midweek contest roundup

I keep meaning to publicize other bloggers’ giveaways* and have never gotten around to it before today. I’m going to try to make this my regular Wednesday thing. (I know, I know, it’s Thursday, but barely!)


She Is Too Fond of Books is giving away a copy of Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict by Laurie Viera Rigler. Click here for more details. Deadline is September 5.



Literarily is giving away a copy of Somebody’s Else’s Daughter by Elizabeth Brundage. Click here for more details. Deadline is September 6.



Books and Cooks is giving away three copies of The Heretic’s Daughter by Kathleen Kent. Click here for more details. Deadline is September 10.



Breeni Books is giving away a copy of Forgive Me by Amanda Eyre Ward. Click here for more details. Deadline is September 21 (open to U.S. residents only).



Book Trout is giving away a copy of The Space Between Us by Thrity Umrigar. Click here for more details. Deadline is September 30.


*My aim is only to mention contests I’m personally interested in. For more comprehensive contest listings, visit West of Mars.