150 Posts: It’s Giveaway Time!

This is the exact 150th post since I started blogging 4 months ago (in April). I can hardly believe it myself! Time has flown by and I have been way more productive than I expected. In those four months, I have entered several giveaways, and realized what good fun they are (and I even won some books!).

So, it’s time to organize my own giveaway! There’s a book up for grabs for a European winner. Don’t be sad, you international people, I’ll be doing an international giveaway during Blog Fest which runs from 10-12 September.

Rules for the giveaway:

• This giveaway is open to all European bloggers.
• You can enter until August 31st. I’ll draw a winner on Wednesday September 1st.
• You do not have to be a follower or become a follower, although if you like my blog I hope you will! You can follow by email or by RSS (see buttons in the side bar on the right).
• Look at the list of books below, and leave a comment telling me which book you’d like and your email address.
• If you’d like to twitter about this giveaway, that would be so nice! You’ll get one extra entry if you do. Add the tweet link (click on X minutes ago under the tweet) to your comment.

These are the books. It’s a selection of different genres that I like myself. They have all been read, only once, and carefully:

1. Alfred and Emily by Doris Lessing. This memoir by Lessing is part fiction and part reality. Half of the book describes the life of her parents Alfred and Emily as if the First World War never took place. Her parents meet but do not marry. In the second half of the book, Lessing relates the true story of how her parents met and did marry, and her life with her parents as a child.
2. The House of Special Purpose by John Boyne. This is a historical fiction novel taking place in Russia starting in 1915 and is the story of a farmer’s boy, Georgy Jachmenev, who is recruted as the bodyguard of the Tsar. It has two interesting alternating story lines: one starts in the past and works towards the future while the other starts in the “now” and works backwards. By the time the two story lines meet, the full story is revealed. My review of it is HERE.

3. The Suspicions of Mr Whicher by Kate Summerscale. Non fiction, a real detective story about a murder that took place in rural England in 1860. It gives a lot of background information about police detective work at the time. My review of it is HERE.

4. Twenties Girl by Sophie Kinsella. A chick-lit novel by the queen of chick-lit. Lara (27) meets the ghost of her grandmother who is looking for her lost necklace. She’s forced to join in the search and finds much more besides the necklace! My review is HERE.

Good luck! I hope to see a lot of entries and maybe even some new followers. Leave your blog address if you like, so I can check out your blog too!