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Monday, June 1, 2009

Hachette Book - Giveaway - Elin Hilderbrand's



A Circle of Books Summer Reading Giveaway!
Thank you Valerie From Hachette Book Group.

The book: The Summer Affair by Elin Hilderbrand

You just have to check out the video HERE
***See the end of this post for Readding Group Guide information.

Book Information

Claire Danner Crispin, mother of four young children and nationally renowned glassblower, bites off more than she can chew when she agrees to co-chair the Nantucket's Children Summer Gala.

Claire is asked to chair the benefit, in part, because she is the former high school sweetheart of rock star Max West. Max agrees to play the gala and it looks like smooth sailing for Claire-until she promises a "museum-quality" piece of glass for the auction, offers her best friend the catering job, goes nose-to-nose with her Manhattan socialite co-chair, and begins a "good-hearted" affair with the charity's Executive Director, Lockhart Dixon.

Hearts break and emotions are pushed to the limit in this riveting story of one woman's attempt to deal with loves past and present, family, business, and high-powered social pressures. Elin Hilderbrand's unique understanding of the joys and longings that animate women's lives will make this her newest summer bestseller.

Giveaway Details:

Giveaway to run: June 1 - June 13th (Winners announced June 14th)
****Winners picked by Random Drawing from a list generator on random.org.


To get one entry for this book leave a comment on this post with your email address.
To get two entries for this book leave a comment on this post with your email address and your favorite beach, if you don't have one how about one you'd like to visit some day?



US and Canada Only.
Books cannot be shipped to P.O. Boxes.

Good Luck everyone and enjoy!


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84 comments:

bermudaonion said...

I'd love to read this, please enter me. milou2ster(at)gmail.com

Cindy said...

I would love to win a copy of this book! Please enter me in the contest.

My favorite beach is South Padre Island in Texas!

Cindy
Socmom213@aol.com

nfmgirl said...

Please count me in. Thank you!

nfmgirl AT gmail DOT com

MommyMeggie said...

Excited to enter - I'd love to read this one! My favorite beach is in St. Augustine, FL.

Megan

megan.cummins@hotmail.com

nfmgirl said...

hmmmm. Favorite beach? I'm not sure. I'll say Bradenton Beach, where we have our family reunion every year. It's a little more "rustic", with trees to sit under.

Wall-to-wall books said...

Please enter me!

I used to live in Savannah GA, and even though it is not the prettiest beach, it was close and not too populated so I loved it.

Unknown said...

I would like to read this.

bjhopper(at)me(dot)com

Unknown said...

I would love to read this, enter me please :)

lavery328 at yahoo dot com

Lisette said...

Well, now this sounds QUITE interesting. :)

lc_intocable [a]yahoo[d]com

Yvonne said...

I'd love to enter this one.

yvone473[at]optonline[dot]net

My favorite beach is in the Caribean.

Annie1 said...

I love the beach and I'd like to read this book!



Thanks



nancyrobster@gmail.com

Annie1 said...

My most favourite beach is Rathtrevor Beach in Parksville, British Columbia!!

Its very shallow and the kids can go out for ages with no fear of deep water!

The best time to go swimming is after the sand has been warmed up by the sun when the tide is out and then when the tide comes back in, the sand heats up the water; omgosh I love it!

Sand dollars are everywhere, crab, clams etc.


Thanks

nancyrobster@gmail.com

Jo-Jo said...

Please enter me in this contest Toni...
joannelong74 AT gmail DOT com

Jo-Jo said...

Ok...I LOVE beaches! My favorite so far that I have been to would have to be in Cancun Mexico. The sand is so fine there and after walking a few days barefoot you no longer need a pedicure! lol
joannelong74 AT gmail DOT com

Sassy Brit @ Alternative-Read.com said...

Hello, Yvonne!

I can't enter the comp since I am in England, but I had to pop in to say, I'd just found your blog, and I am enjoying very much.

Keep up the good work.

I'm really into book blogs, I have one myself :) - what I didn't realise was how many GOOD ones there are!

Yours being one of them, of course. LOL

This is fun. I'm just getting my head round all these great posts that cross reference each other...when I do, I'll join in.

Thanks for having me here!

Ooh, sorry about the essay!

Belinda M said...

Please enter me in your giveaway


bluebelle0367(at)hotmail(dot)com


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Valorie said...

I'd love to win!

My favorite beach is a local one and comfortable to me. Virginia Beach, Virginia. :)

Valorie
morbidromantic@gmail.com

CherylS22 said...

My favorite beach is Sandbridge Beach in Virginia.

megalon22[at]yahoo[dot]com

Lauren said...

Please enter me!

My favorite beach so far was one I visited in April in the Costa Brava in Spain. It was off season and absolutely beautiful.

l-morrissey[at]hotmail[dot]com

mrsshukra said...

Any beach in Hawaii!
delilah0180 (at) yahoo (dot) com

Julie said...

This looks like a great beach read for the summer although I must confess my favorite beach is slightly out of the ordinary.

It completely lacks sand and is made completely of stone and granite up in the Canadian shield on Georgian Bay.

Thanks for the contest,
Cheers,
julie.sherritt[at]gmail.com

Shauna said...

YAHOO! Please count me in :)
tryingtostaycalm@gmail.com

Anonymous said...

i love the beach and live a stone's throw from the ocean. this book sounds like such a good read--thanks for hosting the giveaway.

my favorite beaches are destin, fl., venice, fl. (shark tooth hunting is such fun!), santa barbara, ca., cape may, nj, lbi, nj (nostalgia reasons), various beaches in the bahamas, and the amalfi coast.

Unknown said...

Please enter me!

My favorite beach is at our cabin in Michigan. The beach is on a rather shallow, sand-bottom lake. Perfect for cooling down in the summer!

Thanks! jgbeads AT gmail DOT com

windycindy said...

What a perfect gift for summer reading at the beach! Please count
me in. I really appreciate it!
Many thanks, Cindi
jchoppes[at]hotmail[dot]com

windycindy said...

I have visited the Outer Banks in
North Carolina a few times and love the beach there! Thanks, Cindi
jchoppes[at]hotmail[dot]com

Gaby317 said...

I would love to win this - please count me in.

My favorite beach is the beach on Boracay Island, Philippines. It has fine white sand, dozens of small restaurants and shops, and local masseuses and fruit shakes all readily available. Live music at night and candles and lights everywhere, but somehow it doesn't feel crowded. Everyone seems so fit and young.

gaby317nyc AT gmail DOT com

scottsgal said...

I'd love to read this - sounds like the perfect summer book

msboatgal at aol.com

scottsgal said...

My favorite beach is Trunks Bay on St. John in USVI - absolute paradise

msboatgal at aol.com

(Diane) Bibliophile By the Sea said...

Please count me in:

dd.bookgoddess AT gmail DOT com

thanks

Minding Spot said...

I'd love to read this ! Please enter me :)

My favorite beach is Indiana Beach!!

wendyhines (at) hotmail (dot) com

Anonymous said...

Please add my name to your draw. Thanks

Serena said...

I just saw Hilderbrand at BEA and got Castaways...this sounds like a good one too.

savvyverseandwit AT gmail DOT Com

My favorite beach would have to be Cape Cod National Seashore...

squiresj said...

My favorite beach is in Jamaica. I went there on a Mission trip the year before I met and married my husband. This year we will be married 30 years so it was a long time ago.
I also like the beach at Gulf in Texas. My husband, I and youngest daughter would go there every 4 days. My husband worked 4 days on and 4 days off. We'd surf fish. I still have my rods but nowhere to use them. We loved catching sand shark and lived on them - sure was cheap food as we had a casting net and caught our own shrimp to fish with. Memories
jrs362 (at) hotmail (dot) com

mindy said...

i am not really a sand person so i do not have a favorite beach thanks for the giveaway minsthins at optonline dot net

Unknown said...

Really enjoy visiting your blog. There are so many books out there worth reading!

I have two favorite beaches; one at Lake George just outside of Skowhegan, ME and one at another Lake George, but this lake in upstate New York.

andreawelsh1@gmail.com

Tea said...

I would love to win Summer Affair. Please enter me.

teakettle58@yahoo.com

jemscout425 said...

love to add this to my reading list
pksanddancer(at)yahoo(dot)com

jemscout425 said...

my favorite beach is at the old swimming hole by my parents house as i was growing up
pksanddancer(at)yahoo(dot)com

Sir Thrift-A-Lot said...

My favorite beach is in Panama City, FL, however, I have only been there a handful of times. I love the beach on the island by my home.

Thanks for hosting the giveaway!

jchaborek
@hotmail.com

Anonymous said...

Mary
zenrei57 (at) hotmail (dot) com

I'd really like to read this!

Anonymous said...

Mary
zenrei57 (at) hotmail (dot) com

And my favorite beach in New Smyrna Beach, Fla!

Heather S said...

I'd love a chance to win! Thanks

hmahan_0529 @yahoo dot com

Heather S said...

My favorite beach is a little one in our town called Metro beach. It's 6 miles from us and I LOVE that!! Makes things easy! Thanks

Alicia said...

Sounds like an interesting read.

Thanks for the giveaway >^..^<

bloggyig at gmail dot com

Alicia said...

The beaches at Santa Cruz are my favorites.

Thanks for the giveaway >^..^<

bloggyig at gmail dot com

Esme said...

I would love to read this.

chocolateandcroissants at yahoo dot com.

thanks

MurderMysteryMayhem said...

Thanks for the chance to win!

LooseEnds@snet.net


My Favorite Beach is Marconi Beach Cape Cod, MA.

Thanks National Park Service...

Carlene said...

My favorite beach is Myrtle Beach. Please include me in your giveaway.
Thanks
Carlene
iluvreading(at)verizon.net

wendy wallach said...

sounds like a great summer read.

madamerkf at aol dot com

Belinda said...

Sounds like a fun read.
Thanks!
1bmore @ gmail .com

Unknown said...

Love to have this.

Thanks,

darkfyre1(at)gmail(dot)com

Kat Bryan said...
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Kat Bryan said...

This sounds like a great way to spend some summer reading time.
winterset AT peoplepc.com

Kat Bryan said...

The only 'real' beach I've been to was near Galveston, TX, but the most fun I had on a beach was a tiny one near Juneau, AK. It was too cold to swim, of course, and I spent the time picking up shells.
winterset AT peoplepc.com

Erin @ CanadianGiveaways said...

count me in!

My favorite beach is the one in Tarifa, Spain. Mostly just because it's in Spain :)

Carrie K. said...

This sounds like a perfect summer read - please enter me!

nnjmom at yahoo dot com

Carrie K. said...

My favorite beach (that I've been to) is in Lincoln City, Oregon. We had a wonderful family vacation there last summer.

nnjmom at yahoo dot com

Anonymous said...

I would love to get my hands on this

jdmimi at gmail dot com

Esme said...

thank you for the giveaway.

chocolateandcroissants at yahoo dot com

Marie said...

I've never been to a real beach and at this point I would take almost any beach :-) But first I'd like to try a beach at Cape Cod -- I've always wanted to go there!

marielay@gmail.com

L said...

I'd love to win this book! Enter me please!

lovinfitch(at)aol(dot)com

L said...

My favorite beach is Good Harbor Beach in Massachusetts.

lovinfitch(at)aol(dot)com

Anonymous said...

Please enter me.

loki304[at]tds[dot]net

RJB

Nicole C. said...

I would love to read this!!

choateorama(at)gmail(dot)com

Ally said...

Please enter me!

My favorite beach is Long Beach Island, NJ.

allygotts567@hotmail.com

Thanks!

A Reader said...

Please enter me.

Thanks for the giveaway!
Kimspam66(at)yahoo(dot)com

A Reader said...

My favorite beach is Panama City Beach. The sands are gorgeous.
Thanks for the giveaway!
Kimspam66(at)yahoo(dot)com

deedee said...

Please include me, thank you!
plusmore678 (at) yahoo (dot) com

deedee said...

I walk around Ala Moana Beach in Honolulu everyday!!!!
plusmore678 (at) yahoo (dot) com

dag888888 said...

I'd like to be included, thank you!
dag888888 at yahoo dot com

Luvdaylilies said...

I would like a chance to read this book, Thanks!!!

Luvdaylilies at bellsouth dot net

Luvdaylilies said...

Favorite Beach is Gulf Shores, AL!



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Kaye said...

I;ve read several of Elin's books and greatly enjoyed them. I'd love to win this one. One of my favorite beaches in FL is St.Pete Beach and up north Duxbury Beach.

florida982002[at]yahoo[dot]com

Renee G said...

Would love to read this.

My favorite beach is in Coronado, CA.
rsgrandinetti@yahoo.com

Kaizen Fashion Project said...

Looks like a fun read for summer! Enter me pretty please!

heatheranne99 at hotmail dot com

Kaizen Fashion Project said...

My favorite beach is Turtle Beach in Kona, Hawaii!

heatheranne99 at hotmail dot com

mrsshukra said...

Fantastic giveaway, thanks!
delilah0180 at yahoo dot com

Pamela S said...

Sounds like a great book. Thanks for the giveaway!

pamelashockley(AT)netscape(DOT)net

Pamela S said...

I have two favorite beaches. Waikiki Beach has beautiful sunsets, but the beach in Cancun has the most wonderful sand and water!

pamelashockley(AT)netscape(DOT)net

Sara said...

Lucky me...I live right near the beach, so any beach off Oceanside Blvd works for me.

Thanks
Sararush at hotmail dot com

Betty said...

This book sounds wonderful. The author's video clip was great. I really think my book club would enjoy it also. I just finished another women's fiction book by Linda Overman called Letters Between Us which I really enjoyed.

Here's to reading a great book on my favorite beach...Long Beach, Washington!

(Diane) Bibliophile By the Sea said...

My favorite beach is Palm Beach, Aruba. dd DOT bookgoddess AT gmail DOT com

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