One of the things my husband and I have been planning is downsizing our home once our daughter is in university next year; when that happens, it will be just my husband and I, and our six-year-old, and our current house is really too big for just the three of us.

So we’ve decided to use the next eighteen months or so to get rid of all the clutter, and decide on the things we really need, versus stuff that, well, we don’t really need!

At the top of the list are my books. I have so many books, and aside from the to-be-read ones, there are only certain ones that I really want to keep. So I’ve been trying to figure out the best ways to get rid of some of my books. Since many of them are beloved-but-not-quite-keeper status, I’d like to see them go out to a good home.

Our local library doesn’t accept book donations; apparently it costs them more in terms of labor to go through donated books and catalogue them, so they simply don’t accept donations. So that idea is out.

I’ve only come up with one idea so far: box up the books I don’t want anymore and list them on Craigslist for $5 or $10 per box. Lots of titles in each, but no swapping between boxes.

But I’d also like to give some of my books away. We have a lot of younger children’s picture books, for example, that our youngest has outgrown, and it would be nice to see them go to a good home.

In the past, we’d give books away to Goodwill, but I’d like to give my books to places where the books would actually get used, rather than used only if they get sold.

I could really use a blog-based brainstorming session around this problem – if you have any ideas or suggestions, please leave me a comment!

This week’s post includes giveaways I discovered up until Friday – I had to compile this before Saturday because of our tapas party yesterday (which went really well – I had such fun!). So next week’s list should include all the giveaways that were posted on Saturday (hopefully).

This international book giveaways round-up post is a regular feature here at MsBookish so if you’re holding a book giveaway that’s open worldwide, let me know and I’ll include your giveaway in my next international book giveaways round-up post.

As always in this post, for your convenience the links open in either a new tab or a new window, depending on how your browser is configured.

1. Girl, Aloud by Emily Gale. YA. Ends Dec 21.
2. Some Girls Are by Courtney Summers. YA. Ends Dec 25.
3. Dragon House, by John Shors. General fiction. Ends Dec 19.
4. Werewolf Smackdown, by Mario Acevedo. Fantasy. Ends Jan 1.
5. Thumb Flagging by Jerome Peterson. General Fiction. Ends Dec 20.
6. Leyla’s Locket: Book one of the Sera Chronicles by Paige Jackson. YA/Fantasy. End date not stated.
7. 100 Follower Giveaway at Reading with Tequila. Four winners so far, and the more followers, the more winners added, up to seven winners. Ends Dec 27.
8. Kindle giveaway. Ends Dec 17. Link up your book review in Mr. Linky to enter.
9. Dead Pan, by Gayle Trent. Mystery. Ends Dec 22. International winner will receive PDF of book; US & Canada receive print version.
10. Wizz-e eBooks for Children. Children’s e-books. Ends Dec 18.
11. The Seven Rays by Jessica Bendinger. Fantasy. Ends Dec 30. International winners must pay shipping fees via Paypal first in order to receive price.
12. Everyday Happy… 365 Ways to a Better You by Jenny Hare. Nonfiction/Self-help. Ends Dec 30. You’ll need to write a blurb about a product in order to enter.
13. 2-in-1 edition of Morganville Vampires #1 and #2 by Rachel Caine. Urban fantasy. Ends Jan 1.
14. Three Days To Dead by Kelly Meding. Urban Fantasy. Ends Dec 20.
15. A Jolly Good Fellow by Stephen Masse. General fiction. Ends Dec 23.
16. Cry Wolf, by Patricia Briggs. Fantasy. Ends Dec 14.
17. Another giveaway for Cry Wolf by Patricia Briggs. Fantasy. Ends Dec 14.
18. The Dresskeeper by Mary Naylus. Time travel/Historical. Ends Dec 14.
19. The Dark Divine by Bree Despain. Fantasy. Ends Dec 14.
20. Bookeen Opus, a book light, and a $25 gift card to Books on Board. This one is a fun one – you have a to write a 200-word pitch for a romance set during Hanukkah or any other Jewish holiday. Ends Dec 20.
21. Incarceron by Catherine Fisher. Fantasy. Ends Dec 22.
22. Malice by Chris Wooding. YA/Graphic novel. Ends Dec 24.
23. Christmas Hamper of Books. Fantasy/Paranormal. Ends Dec 31.
24. $25 Gift Certificate to Saving Money with Usborne Books. Children’s books. Ends Dec 14.
25. Titanicus by Dan Abnett. Fantasy. Ends Dec 20.
26. The Snipesville Chronicles, Book 1 and Book 2 by Annette Laing. Children’s books. Ends Dec 27.
27. Vampire’s Assistant t-shirt. Win a t-shirt with the slogan “there is a little freak in all of us”. Ends Jan 1.
28. Fallen, by Lauren Kate. YA. Ends Dec 18.
29. A Door Into Ocean, by Joan Slonczewski. Ends Jan 7. Signed edition. Must purchase author’s latest book.
30. Year’s Worth of Books Giveaway. YA. Ends Jan 8.
31. Wicked by Gregory Maguire and Black Ships by Jo Graham. Fantasy/Retellings. Ends Dec 31.

I’ve implemented some formatting changes in this edition of the International Book Giveaways list – I hope it’s just as convenient for everyone to use this list as before. The new formatting allows me to put together the list a lot quicker than before, which should mean I won’t skip some Sundays like I’ve had to in the past!

I’ll probably mess around with the format a little more in upcoming weeks, but I have definitely hit on a better, more efficient way of compiling these lists.

This international book giveaways round-up post is a regular feature here at MsBookish so if you’re holding a book giveaway that’s open worldwide, let me know and I’ll include your giveaway in my next international book giveaways round-up post.

As always, for your convenience, links in this post open in a new tab or window, depending on how your browser is configured. Genre information can be found after each link.

And don’t forget to enter my December giveaway, which is also international – two winners will get two new paperback or trade paperback books of their choice!

1. The View From the Bridge, by Nicholas Meyer. Nonfiction/movies. Ends Dec 14.
2. “Dr. Who” & “Torchwood” Giveaway. Sci-Fi. Ends Dec 8.
3. Beautiful Creatures swag. YA. Ends Dec 20.
4. Survival by Storytelling magazine. YA magazine of short stories & poetry. Ends Jan 5.
5. kiss a cloud’s One Year giveaway. Select any book from list of books read by kiss a cloud this year. Ends Dec 30.
6. Six new releases from Simon & Schuster UK. YA. Ends Dec 12.
7. Great Games!. Nonfiction. Ends Dec 15.
8. Norma Tika Designs. Two craft books. Ends today.
9. Books by Kelly Gay and Kelly Meding. Fantasy. Ends Dec 8.
10. Ice by Sarah Beth Durst. YA. Ends Dec 9.
11. Book of winner’s choice.. Ends Dec 12.
12. Nail Your Novel – ebook. This book for writers is a totally free download from author Roz Morris.
13. The Dark Days of Hamburger Halpin, by Josh Berk. YA. Ends Dec 31. Must be a follower.
14. Witch & Wizard, by James Patterson. YA/Fantasy. Ends Dec 31. Must be a follower.
15. Tricks, by Ellen Hopkins. YA. Ends Dec 21. Must be a follower.
16. December/January Massive Book Give Away. Choice of one of six books. Ends Jan 31. Must be follower.
17. Shadows, by Joan De La Haye (ebook). Horror. Ends Dec 11.
18. The Summoning By Kelly Armstrong. Paranormal. Ends Dec 10.
19. 100 Followers Giveaway. Three winners get choice(s) of books from Book Depository (up to $20). Ends Dec 18.
20. “A Paranormal Christmas” Contest. Paranormal romance. Ends Dec 24.
21. Fallen and The Betrayal of Natalie Hargrove, by Lauren Kate. YA. Ends Dec 10.
22. Bad Apple, by Laura Ruby. YA. Ends Dec 11.
23. Thank you contest. 17 books for five winners. Ends Dec 31.
24. 200 Follower Giveaway. Two winners, choice of three books each. Ends Dec. 31.
25. $16 To Spend at the Book Depository. Ends Dec 31.
26. SFF Chat: Another Great Giveaway. Sci-fi/Fantasy. Winner’s choice of book from selection of books. Ends Dec. 25.
27. God Is With Me books. Children’s book. Ends Dec. 10
28. Girl in Hyacinth Blue, by Susan Vreeland. General fiction/Historical. Ends Dec 12.
29. Chocolate, a Love Story. Cookbook. Ends Dec. 10
30. Now & Then by Jacqueline Sheehan. Chick-lit. Ends Dec 10.
31. Sony eBook Reader. Plus other prizes. Ends Dec 15. Must be a follower.
32. Violet Wings, by Victoria Hanley. YA/Paranormal. Ends Dec 22. Must be a follower.
33. Bleeding Violet, by Dia Reeves. YA/Paranormal. Ends Dec 31. Must be a follower.
34. The Betrayal of the Blood Lily, by Lauren Willig. Historical fiction. Ends Dec 11.
35. Dear Santa Christmas List – 600 Followers Contest. Three books of your choosing from YA books released in 2009. Ends Dec 17.
36. Cry for the Moon, by William Angelo Woodall (ebook). YA/Paranormal. Ends Dec 11.
37. Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl. YA. Ends Dec 8.
38. 200 Follower Book Giveaway. Paranormal/Fantasy, large selection of books. Ends Dec 30.
39. 300 Followers Book Giveaway. Paranormal/Fantasy selection of books. Ends Dec 23.
40. Holiday Treats Anthology. Paranormal/Fantasy with holiday theme. Ebook. End date not stated.
41. The Book Smugglers’ Smugglivus. All month long, The Book Smugglers are offering giveaways as part of Smugglivus, many of which are open internationally.
42. Happy Holidays Book Blowout at Dark Faerie Tales. Paranormal/Fantasy. Ends Jan 5.
43. Scorched, by Sharon Ashwood.. Paranormal romance. Ends Dec 7.
44. Beth’s Acceptance, by Teal Ceagh.. Erotica/Paranormal. Ends Dec 8.
45. The Green Bronze Mirror by Lynne Ellison. YA Fantasy/Historical Fiction. Ends Dec 15.
46. Big Holiday Giveaway. Selection of YA books. Ends Dec 19.
47. Great Games! 175 Games & Activities for Families, Groups, & Children. Genre: Nonfiction. Ends Dec 15.
48. Soul of the Wildcat, by Devyn Quinn. Genre: Romance/Fantasy. Ends Dec 7.

This international book giveaways round-up post is a regular feature here at MsBookish so if you’re holding a book giveaway that’s open worldwide, let me know and I’ll include your giveaway in my next international book giveaways round-up post.

1. YA: Taken By Storm, by Angela Morrison, at Friends and Family (ends Dec 4)
2. Nonfiction/Self-help: Permission Slips, by Sherri Shepherd, at CrazyGirl Nation (ends Nov 24)
3. Urban Fantasy: Tempest Rising, by Nicole Peeler, at Dark Faerie Tales (ends Dec 7)
4. Christian Fiction: Winning Readings’ giveaways are all international. These are lists of giveaways at Winning Readings ending Dec 10 and Nov 25.
5. YA/Fantasy: Five books by Nancy Holder, at Fantasy Dreamer’s Ramblings (ends Nov 27)
6. Nonfiction/Weight Loss: Winning by Losing and Master Your Metabolism, by Jillian Michaels, at Watch My Butt Shrinking (ends Nov 24)
7. YA/Paranormal Romance: Gone, by Lisa McMann (and possibly Wake and Fade), at Lisa McMann (ends Nov 26)
8. Urban Fantasy: The Better Part of Darkness, by Kelly Gay, at Fantasy Dreamer’s Ramblings (ends Nov 23)
9. Nonfiction/Gardening: A Heritage of Herbs, by Bertha Reppert and Culinary Herbs & Condiments by Maude Grieve, at Lemon Verbena Lady’s Herb Garden (ends Nov 29)
10. YA/Urban Fantasy: Author Rachel Vincent is giving away a signed set of the first four Shifters books (Stray, Rogue, Pride, and Prey) along with a Godiva milk chocolate cat (ends Nov 24)
11. YA/Paranormal: My Soul to Take, by Rachel Vincent, at The Book Butterfly (ends Dec 8)
12. Historical Fiction: Innocent Traitor, by Alison Weir, at Historical Fiction (ends Dec 5)
13. Christian Fiction: The Soldier’s Holiday Vow, by Jillian Hart, at Book Reviews by Buuklvr81 (ends Dec 7)
14. Romance: Trouble in High Heels by Leanne Banks, Seducing a Scottish Bride by Sue-Ellen Welfonder and Bound to Please by Lilli Feisty, at Reading Extravaganza (ends Nov 31)
15. Suspense/Thriller: The Killing Ground by Jack Higgins, On the Fifth Day by A. J. Hartley and A Simple Plan by Scott Smith, at Reading Extravaganza (ends Nov 30)
16. Science Fiction: Hyperion, by Dan Simmons and Titan by Stephen Baxter, at Reading Extravaganza (ends Nov 30)
17. Paranormal: Dark Stranger, by Susan Sizemore, at Book Junkie (ends Dec 3)
18. Fantasy: Win a complete set of the Dragonfire series (Kiss of Fire, Kiss of Fury, Kiss of Fate and Winter Kiss) by Deborah Cooke, at SciFi Guy (ends Nov 30)
19. Children’s Fiction/Middle Grade: Julie Andrew’s Collection of Poems, Songs and Lullabies (audiobook), by Julie Andrews and Emma Walton Hamilton, at J. Kaye’s Book Blog (ends Nov 28)
20. Win a book of your choice, at Out of the Blue (ends Dec 6)
21. Short Story Collection: Deer & Other Stories, by Susan Tepper, at Brizmus Blogs Books (ends Nov 28)
22. Selection of books (plus some surprises), at Brizmus Blogs Books (ends Dec 18)
23. Fantasy: Bleeding Violet, by Dia Reeves, at The Book Resort (ends Dec 31)
24. General Fiction: Leaving Gee’s Bend, by Irene Latham, at The Book Resort (ends Dec 31)
25. YA: In A Heartbeat, by Loretta Ellsworth, at A Park Avenue Princess (ends Dec 16)
26. YA: Lipstick Apology, by Jennifer Jabaley, at A Park Avenue Princess (ends Dec 15)
27. General Fiction: The Sign for Drowning, by Rachel Stolzman, at Kathmeista (ends Nov 30)
28. Christian Fiction/Paranormal: Thirsty, by Tracey Bateman, at all about {n} (ends Dec 5)
29. YA/Paranormal: Fallen, by Lauren Kate, at A Good Addiction (ends Dec 6)
30. Any YA book you want, at Running for Fiction (ends Dec 1)
31. Short Story Collection: Say You’re One of Them (audiobook), by Uwem Akpan, at J. Kaye’s Book Blog (ends Nov 28)
32. Nonfiction/Fashion: Dreaming of Dior, by Charlotte Smith, at Lady Melbourne (ends Nov 26)
33. Paranormal: Nice Girls Don’t Live Forever, by Molly Harper, at The Book Resort (ends Dec 31)

Better later than never! This week’s list is on the long side (probably because I didn’t do up a list last Sunday). And be sure to scroll down for the two ebook reader giveaways, both open internationally!

This international book giveaways round-up post is a regular feature (well, it’s supposed to be, anyway – I miss a week here and there, though!) at MsBookish so if you’re holding a book giveaway that’s open worldwide, let me know and I’ll include your giveaway in my next international book giveaways round-up post.

The following book giveaways are open to everyone worldwide. For your convenience, all links in this post open in either a new tab or a new window, depending on how your browser is configured.

1. Classics: This is a fun one: you can win a Jane Austen action figure, complete with quill, writing desk, and copy of Pride and Prejudice. It’ll require a little creativity, though. Full details at Bibliofreak. (Ends Nov 28)
2. Paranormal: Shadowland, by Alyson Noël, at The Book Resort (ends Dec 1)
3. Children’s Picture Book: Bella Basset Ballerina, The Scritchy Little Twitchell Sisters, Kick Block Punch, and Pynx, by Pretty Please Press, at Twenty-Something Momma (ends Nov 23)
4. Historical Romance: A Courtesan’s Scandal, by Julia London, at Book Junkie (ends Nov 25)
5. Nonfiction/Travel: 24 Hours: London, by Marsha Moore, at Smitten by Britain (ends Nov 20)
6. Amazon Gift Card: Diane of The Book Resort is opening up her own literary agency in early 2010! To celebrate, she’s holding a $100 Amazon gift card giveaway – to enter, just tell her in comments which name you prefer.
7. Fantasy/Paranormal: The Dark Divine, by Bree Despain, at Dark Faerie Tales (ends Dec 14)
8. Nonfiction/Sci-Fi: Star Trek: The Art of the Film, at Screen Rant (ends Nov 17)
9. Amazon Gift Card: Gothic Asylum Reviews is giving away a $25 Amazon gift card in the What Are You Thankful For contest. The post doesn’t state any eligibility restrictions, but since Amazon gift cards are delivered via email, this one is probably open to all. Ends Nov 30.
10. Horror/Thriller: Under the Dome (collector’s edition), by Stephen King, at RK Charron (ends Nov 26)
11. Romantic Suspense/Short Story: Everyone who gives a correct answer wins an e-book version of “Released”, by Kimber Chin, at All I Want and More. I’m not sure when this one ends, though.
12. YA Fantasy/Paranormal: Fallen, by Lauren Kate, at the following blogs: Pure Imagination (ends Nov 25); The Neverending Shelf (ends Nov 18)
13. Fantasy: There’s a separate drawing for international entries, for Bitter Night, by Diana Pharaoh Francis, at Book Junkie (ends Nov 17)
14. Sci-Fi: Win your choice of one of three science fiction titles (including The Gathering Storm, the wrap-up title to the Wheel of Time series, written by Brandon Sanderson based on Robert Jordan’s extensive notes), at SciFiGuy (ends Nov 16)
15. Fantasy: Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters, by Quirk Books, at SciFiChick (ends Dec 4)
16. Nonfiction/Self-help: Enjoy Your Money! How to Make It, Save It, Invest It, and Give It, by J. Steve Mille, at Winning Readings (ends Nov 25)
17. Win your choice of any of the books reviewed at Book Rat (ends Nov 30)
18. Nonfiction/Christian: Leaning into God When Life Is Pushing You Away, by Robert A. Schuller, at Winning Readings (ends Nov 25)
19. Historical Fiction: The Harlot’s Progress, by Peter Motley, at the following blogs: Historical Fiction (ends Nov 16), Hist-Fic Chick (ends Nov 24)
20. Urban Fantasy: The Better Part of Darkness, by Kelly Gay, at Dark Faerie Tales (ends Nov 23)
21. Historical Romance: The Untamed Bride, by Stephanie Laurens, at The Book Resort (ends Dec 1)
22. Christian Historical Fiction: A Prisoner of Versailles, by Golden Keyes Parsons, at Winning Readings (ends Nov 25)
23. Amazon Gift Card: $10 Amazon.com gift card, at Fantasy Dreamer’s Ramblings (ends Nov 23)
24. Romance: Crossed Wires, by Rosy Thornton, at The Tome Traveller (ends Nov 30)
25. YA: Winner’s choice of four books out of six; 2nd winner gets two books, at YA Book Queen (ends Nov 20)
26. Choice of one of four books, at Mom – Musings (ends Nov 30)
27. YA/Paranormal: The Mark, by Jen Nadol, at The Book Resort (ends Dec 31)
28. YA: Liar or How to Ditch Your Fairy, by Justine Larbalestier, at Devourer of Books (ends Nov 19)
29. Fantasy/Paranormal: Six books as prizes, four winners in total, at Rex’s Reading Robot Reviews (ends Dec 1)
30. Romance: The Secret Year, by Jennifer R. Hubbard, at The Book Resort (ends Dec 31)
31. Historical Romance: The Untamed Bride: Book 1 in The Black Cobra Quartet, by Stephanie Laurens, at Romantic Crush Junkies (ends Nov 30)
32. YA/Fantasy: The Maze Runner, by James Dashner, at Writing Roller Coasters (ends Nov 24)
33. Mystery/Suspense: Waking the Dead, by Kylie Brant (if winner is outside of U.S., prize copy is in ebook format), at A Book Bloggers Diary (ends Dec 3)
34. Fantasy/Mystery: Win your choice of a Jasper Fforde book, at SFF Chat (ends Nov 17)
35. Historical Fiction: Cleopatra’s Daughter, by Michelle Moran, at Made in Callarias (ends Nov 28)
36. Fantasy: Mirrorscape, by Mike Wilks, at Fantasy/Sci-Fi Lovin’ Giveaways (ends Nov 20)
37. Win $40 worth of books from the Book Depository, at The Story Siren (ends Dec 18)
38. Sci-Fi/Mystery: The Sapphire Sirens, by John Zakour, at Fantasy/Sci-Fi Lovin’ Giveaways (ends Nov 24)
39. Book of your choice from reading list, at Nishita’s Rants and Raves (ends Nov 25)
40. Four winners – First prize is The Blue Pen (ebook), by Lisa Rusczyk plus a $35 Amazon gift certificate, winners 2, 3 and 4 get choice from selection of books, at A BookLover’s Diary (ends Nov 30)
41. Nonfiction/Art: Japanese art book (Monster Hunter CG Artworks) at Parka Blogs (ends Nov 17)
42. YA: Three YA ARCs up for grabs at I Should Be Writing (ends Nov 22)
43. Magazines: Three winners will win year’s subscription to one of a selection of women’s magazines, at Sweeter Living (ends Dec 15)
44. Christmas Fiction: Assorted selection (last three on list are open internationally) at All About {n} (ends Nov 28)
45. YA: Winner chooses a book from list of four books, at Reading Adventures (ends Nov 25)

And for the international ebook reader giveaways:

Bibliofreak is giving away Kindles! Ends Dec 18.

Win your choice of a Kindle, Nook or Sony eReader, at A Park Avenue Princess. There are also other prizes, including copies of Liquid Soul, by Matthew Carter, who’s sponsoring this contest. Ends Dec 24.

This international book giveaways round-up post is a regular feature here at MsBookish so if you’re holding a book giveaway that’s open worldwide, let me know and I’ll include your giveaway in my next international book giveaways round-up post.

There are also two giveaways for ebook readers which I’ve posted at the end of this list. One of them is open to the US and Canada (that is, a shipping address in the US and Canada) and the other one doesn’t say who’s eligible, so they don’t really fit into the list but I wanted to include them in this post because it’s always nice to see ebook reader contests!

As always, all links to giveaways in this post open up in a new window or tab (depending on how your browser is set up), and I’ve included the genre of the book being given away, for your convenience.

The following book giveaways are open worldwide:

1. Winner’s choice of any book, at Marissa’s Booklair (ends Nov 2)
2. YA Fiction/Paranormal: Beautiful Dead: Arizona, by Eden Maguire, at Teen Librarian (ends Nov 15)
3. Classics: The Turn of the Screw, by Henry James, at Bibliofreak (ends Nov 5)
4. Horror: Once Upon A Nightmare, by Lee Moylan, at The Eclectic Reader (ends Nov 9)
5. YA Fiction: Sleepless, by Terri Clark, at The Undercover Book Lover (ends Nov 8)
6. Fantasy: Captivate, by Carrie Jones, at The Undercover Book Lover (ends Nov 14)
7. Urban Fantasy: Winner’s choice of Darkness Unleashed or When Darkness Comes, by Alexandra Ivy, at Literary Escapism (ends Nov 3)
8. Fantasy: The Blood King and Dark Haven, by Gail Z. Martin, at SciFi Guy (ends Nov 2)
9. £25/€25/$40 Amazon gift certificate, at Farm Lane Books (ends Nov 4)
10. Urban Fantasy: Three Days To Dead, by Kelly Meding, at Dark Faerie Tales (ends Nov 20)
11. Children’s Picture Book: I Double Dare You! or Adventures at Walnut Grove, by Lehman Publishing, at Parent Reviewers (ends Nov 9)
12. Winner’s choice of book reviewed, at Bookrat (ends Nov 30)
13. Science Fiction: Stewards of the Flame, by Sylvia Engdahl, at Books for Sale (ends Nov 2)
14. Nonfiction: Digital Photography Boxed Set, Volumes 1, 2, and 3, by David Appleyard, at PhotoTuts (ends Nov 2)
15. YA Fiction/Paranormal: Hush, Hush, by Becca Fitzpatrick, at Wondrous Reads (ends Nov 12)
16. Five of YA/Fantasy author Nancy Holder’s books, at Just Your Typical Book Blog (ends Nov 10)
17. General Fiction: Sari Shop Widow, by Shobhan Bantwal, at Chick with Books (ends Nov 14)
18. Historical Thriller: The Harlot’s Progress, by Peter Mottley, at the following blogs: Virginie Says (ends Nov 7), Passages to the Past (Nov 15)
19. General Fiction: When You Went Away, by Michael Baron, at The Book Resort (ends Nov 9)
20. Romance: Hot On Her Heels, by Susan Mallery, at The Book Resort (ends Nov 9)
21. Mystery: Fed Up, by Jessica Conant-Park & Susan Conant, at The Book Resort (ends Nov 1 – today!)
22. Urban Fantasy/Paranormal: Hush, Hush, by Becca Fitzpatrick and Fallen, by Lauren Kate, at The Story Siren (ends Dec 8)
23. Historical Fiction: Cleopatra’s Daughter and The Heretic Queen, by Michelle Moran, at Diary of an Eccentric (ends Nov 8)
24. Fantasy/Paranormal: Winner’s choice of one of four books, at Escape in a Book (ends Nov 30)
25. Poetry: More of Me Disappears, by John Amen, at Savvy Verse and Wit (ends Nov 6)
26. Fantasy: Arch Enemy, by Frank Beddor, at Fantasy/Sci-Fi Lovin’ Giveaways (ends Nov 9)

And here are the giveaways for the eBook readers (the first does not state eligibility requirements; the second is open only to the US and Canada):

You can win a Barnes & Noble Nook at Ann Aguirre, with runner up prizes including gift certificates and some fantasy ARCs. This one ends Nov 3 and I’m not sure what the eligibility requirements are.

You also can win a Kindle reader (grand prize) and 22 winners will receive a $20 book store gift certificate (winner chooses the store), at Fangs, Fur and Fey (ends Nov. 13). This one is open to the US and Canada.

Now, the Kindle can’t be bought in Canada, but if you search around on Google, you’ll find ways to get around problems like not being able to purchase Kindle ebooks on your Canadian Amazon.com account. Last time I checked, it all seemed too convoluted to me, but I guess if I were to win a Kindle rather than purchase one, I’d probably see things a little differently!

Welcome to this week’s edition of International Book Giveaways, which I publish every Sunday as my Sunday Salon post. Giveaways included in this list are open to everyone!

I’ve also added a short “Asides” section, where I put related giveaways and contests that don’t fit, for whatever reason, into the main Internationl Book Giveaways List. I’ll include this feature whenever I come across anything related that I think is interesting.

This international book giveaways list round-up post is a regular feature here at MsBookish so if you’re holding a book giveaway that’s open worldwide, let me know and I’ll include your giveaway in my next international book giveaways round-up post.

1. YA Fiction: Goth Girl Rising, by Barry Lyga, at The Book Resort (ends Oct 31)
2. Nonfiction: Fierce Style: How to Be Your Most Fabulous Self, by Christian Siriano, at College Fashion (ends Oct 19)
3. YA/Paranormal: Demon Princess: Reign or Shine, by Michelle Rowen, at The Story Siren (ends Oct 23)
4. YA Fiction: Donut Days, by Lara Zielin, at Serene Hours (ends Oct 29)
5. Romantic Suspense: As Darkness Falls and Dark Country, by Bronwyn Parry, at The Misadventures of a Super Librarian (ends Oct 21)
6. Mystery: Espresso Shot, by Cleo Coyle, at The Book Resort (ends Oct 31)
7. Science Fiction: Fever Crumb, by Philip Reeve, at Mr. Ripleys Enchanted Books (ends when poll ends)
8. YA Fiction: Beautiful, by Amy Reed, at The Story Siren (ends Oct 31)
9. Nonfiction: Chicken Soup for the Soul: What I Learned from the Dog, by Join Wendy, at An Island Life (ends Oct 23)
10. Romantic Suspense: Branded by the Sheriff, by Delores Fossen, at Michelle’s Book Blog (ends Oct 21)
11. Paranormal: A Touch of Dead, by Charlaine Harris, at The Book Resort (ends Nov 20)
12. Christian Fiction: The Sound of Sleigh Bells, by Cindy Woodsmall, at My Friend Amy (end date not stated)
13. Historical fiction/Mystery: The Last Dickens, by Matthew Pearl, at Musings of a Bookish Kitten (ends Oct 22)
14. Mystery: Holiday Grind, by Cleo Coyle, at The Book Resort (ends Nov 30)
15. Paranormal: Entire set of the Hex series, by Linda Wisdom, at Literary Escapism (ends Oct 20)
16. YA/Fantasy: The Demon King, by Cinda Williams Chima, at The Story Siren (ends Nov 6)
17. Science Fiction: On the Edge, by Ilona Andrews, at SciFi Chick (ends Nov 6)
18. Fantasy/Paranormal: Rowan of the Wood and Witch on the Water, by Christine and Ethan Rose, at Bitten by Books (ends Oct 19)
19. Children’s Fiction: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, or $40 AMC gift card, at Thingamababy (ends Oct 18) (Note: Burger King grand prize pack is open only to US)
20. Fantasy: Curse of the Tahiéra, by Wendy Gillissen, at Alternative-Read (ends Oct 31)
21. Selection of one book from list of 100, at Stacy’s Books (ends Oct 30)

Some Asides

Here’s a  little something for writers: agent Mary Kole of the Andrea Brown Literary Agent is running a Query Contest. Deadline is October 31 and the prize is a critique of the first 30 pages of your manuscript (thanks, Robyn!)

Win a copy of the Shadows and Light anthology, where author Carrie Harris’ short story, “Revenge of the Mucus Shovel Fairy” appears. I don’t know if this one is international or not, as the post doesn’t say, but it’s too fun to leave out. What do you have to do? Rename Twilight! That’s right – come up with an alternative title for Twilight. Ends Oct 22.

Welcome to the very first edition of the International Book Giveaways List, which I’ll be posting every Sunday as my Sunday Salon post. All the book giveaways featured here are open to everyone worldwide. As with the old book giveaways list, I’ve indicated the genre of each giveaway to make it more convenient for everyone. Links open up in new tabs (or windows, depending on how your browser is configured).

This international book giveaways round-up post is a regular feature here at MsBookish so if you’re holding a book giveaway that’s open worldwide, let me know and I’ll include your giveaway in my next international book giveaways round-up post.

Good luck, everyone!

1. Children’s picture book: Where The Wild Things Are or Kenny’s Window, by Maurice Sendak (winner’s choice), at Craft Blog (ends Oct 15)
2. Historical fiction: Cleopatra’s Daughter, by Michelle Moran, and an ancient Roman coin, at the following blogs: Willing To See Less (ends Oct 16); The Maiden’s Court (ends Oct 16)
3. Children’s nonfiction/Craft: 365 Things to Make and Do, by Usborne Books, at The Orchard (ends Oct 31)
4. Paranormal: Two winners get book of choice from selection of six books, at The Eclectic Reader (ends Oct 31)
5. YA/Fantasy: Zamora’s Ultimate Challenge, by M.K. Scott, at The Book Resort (ends Oct 31)
6. Paranormal: Two winners: first winner wins Friday Night Bites, by Chloe Neill, second winner wins Cadogan gift pack, at SciFi Guy (ends Oct 12)
7. Historical fiction/Mystery: The Last Dickens, by Matthew Pearl, at Raging Bibliomania (ends Oct 17)
8. $10 Amazon Gift Card, at A Park Avenue Princess (ends Oct 30)
9. Paranormal/Fantasy: Surprise prize(s), at Page Turners (ends Oct 30)
10. Children’s board book: My Happy Pumpkin: God’s Love Shining Through Me, by Crystal Bowman and illustrated by Claudine Gevry, at Mozi Esmé (ends Oct 13)
11. Children’s middle-grade: Moving Day, by Meg Cabot, at MariReads (ends Oct 14)
12. Selection of books/genres, at Literate Housewife (for her birthday bash!). Indicate choice in comments. Ends Oct 22.
13. Paranomal: Intertwined, by Gena Showalter, at Katie’s Book Blog (ends Oct 30)
14. Crafts: $50 bundle of Halloween costume pattern ebooks, at the following blogs:  Delaney’s World (ends Oct 14); Designs by Vanessa (ends Oct 25); A Hen’s Nest (ends Oct 15); A Happy, Hippy Mom (ends Oct 20); Mommy, I’m Hungry (ends Oct 15)
15. Christian nonfiction: Extraordinary, by John Bevere, at Found Not Lost (ends Oct 23)
16. Fantasy: The Mermaid’s Madness, by Jim C. Hines, at SciFi Chick (ends Oct 16)
17. Paranormal: Waking Evil, by Kylie Brant (one print copy to US winner, one ebook copy to international winner), at Anna’s Book Blog (ends Oct 13)
18. Paranormal: Anna Strong series book (winner’s choice) by Jeanne C. Stein, at Popin’s Lair (ends Oct 25)
19. Paranormal: Grave Secret, by Charlaine Harris, at Confessions of a Wandering Heart (ends Oct 26)
20. Paranormal: A Touch of Dead, by Charlaine Harris, at Confessions of a Wandering Heart (ends Oct 15)
21. YA Fiction: My Invented Life, by Lauren Bjorkman, at The Book Butterfly (ends Oct 15)
22. YA/Fantasy: Stealing Death, by Janet Lee Carey, at The Book Butterfly (ends Oct 20)
23. YA/Fantasy: Eyes Like Stars (The Theatre Illuminata: Act 1 ), by Lisa Mantchev, at The Book Butterfly (ends Nov 6)
24. Book from selection of books, at Queen of Happy Endings, for her birthday celebrations (ends Oct 31)
25. Fantasy: Dark Time: Mortal Path Book One, by Dakota Banks, at My Blog 2.0 (ends Oct 15)
26. Steampunk: Boneshaker, by Cherie Priest, at Tor.com (ends Oct 14)
27. Paranormal/Fantasy: Shadowfae, by Erica Hayes, at Literary Escapism (ends Oct 13)
28. Paranormal/Fantasy: Winner gets three books: Scones and Sensibility, by Lindsay Eland, The Dark Divine, by Bree Despain and Darklight, by Lesley Livingston, at The Story Siren (ends Oct 13)
29. YA Fiction: Boys, Girls, and Other Hazardous Materials, by Rosalind Wiseman, at Sharon Loves Books and Cats (ends Oct 30)
30. Paranormal/Thriller: The Harrowing, by Alexandra Sokoloff, at Book Chick City (ends Oct 31)
31. Selection of books, at Bibliofreak (ends Oct 23)
32. YA/Paranormal: Hush Hush, by Becca Fitzpatrick, at Today I Read (ends Oct 16) – Ann Kat has added a fun twist to this giveaway (and yes, I nearly wrecked the whole train of story-thought there!)

Welcome to the final edition of the Big List of Book Giveaways. Beginning next Sunday, this book giveaways post will feature only international book giveaways – that is, book giveaways that anyone, worldwide, can enter.

If you’re looking for a general list of book giveaways, check out Bookworming in the 21st Century, where there’s a Link a Contest Thursday feature every Thursday – if you’re holding a book giveaway, you can pop over and add your link to Mr. Linky, and if you’re looking for a book giveaway in general, there’s a nice long list of book giveaways to check out.

My new worldwide book giveaways list will be the regular Sunday Salon feature here at MsBookish, so if you’re holding a book giveaway on your blog and it’s international, please let me know so that I can include your giveaway in the list.

Now onto this week’s giveaways! As always, I’ve sorted the giveaways according to their genre, and indicated eligibility requirements whenever possible.

FICTION

Mystery/Thriller/Suspense

Beat the Reaper, by Josh Bazell, at the following blogs: I’m Booking It (ends Oct 22, US and Canada); Chick With Books (ends Oct 17, US and Canada)

Nine Dragons, by Michael Connelly, at Lori’s Reading Corner (ends Oct 9, US only)

Pleasing the Dead, by Deborah Atkinson, at Deborah Atkinson (ends Dec 31)

Humpty Dumpty Was Pushed, by Marc Blatte, at Popin’s Lair (ends Oct 13, international)

Vanished, by Joseph Finder, at J. Kaye’s Book Blog (ends Oct 30, US and Canada)

Run For Your Life, by James Patterson & Michael Ledwidge, at Peeking Between the Pages (ends Oct 24, US and Canada)

Turn Up the Heat, by Jessica Conant-Park, at The Book Resort (ends Oct 31, international)

Run for Your Life, by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge, at the following blogs: Books and Needlepoint (ends Oct 22, US and Canada); Reading at the Beach (ends Oct 18, US and Canada); Starting Fresh (ends Nov 15, US and Canada)

Tell No One, by Harlan Coben, at Farm Lane Books (ends Oct 9, international)

Fantasy/Sci-Fi/Paranormal

Incarceron, by Catherine Fisher, at I Was a Teenage Book Geek (ends Oct 17, international)

The Vampire Diaries: the Awakening and the Struggle, by L.J. Smith, at Brizmus Blogs Books (ends Oct 28, international)

Hex in High Heels and Wicked by Any Other Name, by Linda Wisdom, at Savvy Verse and Wit (ends Oct 9, US and Canada)

Leviathan, by Scott Westerfeld, at Adventures of Cecelia Bedelia (ends Oct 13, international)

Tall, Dark and Fangsome, by Michelle Rowen, at Starting Fresh (ends Oct 31, US and Canada)

Werewolf Sanctuary (ebook), by Eva Gordon, at Smexy Books (ends Oct 5)

Chick Lit/Romance/Romantic Suspense

The Smart One and The Pretty One, by Claire LaZebnik, at I’m Booking It (ends Oct 19, US and Canada)

Chosen by Desire, by Kate Perry, at Bookin’ With Bingo (ends Oct 18, US and Canada)

Can’t Stand The Heat, by Louisa Edwards, at A Book Blogger’s Diary (ends Oct 30, US only)

Love You to Death, by Shannon K. Butcher, at Bookin’ With Bingo (ends Oct 26, US and Canada)

Friday Night Bites or Some Girls Bite, by Chloe Neill, or $25 gift certificate to Chloe Neill’s Cafepress store, at Fantasy Dreamer’s Ramblings (ends Oct 5)

Show No Fear, by Marliss Melton, at Starting Fresh (ends Oct 31, US and Canada)

Historical Fiction/Historical Romance

The Tudor Rose, by Margaret Campbell Barnes, at Devourer of Books (ends Oct 13, US and Canada)

The Other Mr. Darcy, by Monica Fairview (grand prize winner also gets a box of chocolates), at Monica Fairview (ends Oct 31, US and Canada)

Royal Blood, by Rona Sharon, at J. Kaye’s Book Blog (ends Oct 30, US and Canada)

The Heretic’s Daughter, by Kathleen Kent, at Peeking Between the Pages (ends Oct 24, US and Canada)

Cleopatra’s Daughter, by Michelle Moran, at Book-a-rama (ends Oct 5)

The Queen’s Mistake, by Diane Haeger, at Bermudaonion (ends Oct 12, US only)

The Last Dickens, by Matthew Pearl, at the following blogs: Book Chatter and Other Stuff (ends Oct 9, US and Canada); Raging Bibliomania (ends Oct 17, US and Canada)

The Trials of the Honorable F. Darcy, by Sara Angelini, at Savvy Verse and Wit (ends Oct 9, US and Canada)

The Day the Falls Stood Still, by Cathy Marie Buchanan, at Savvy Verse and Wit (ends Oct 9, international)

The Historian, by Elizabeth Kostova, at Books and Needlepoint (ends Oct 20, US and Canada)

A Highlander’s Temptation, by Sue-Ellen Welfonder, at the following blogs: A Book Blogger’s Diary (ends Nov 3, US and Canada); My Guilty Pleasures (ends Oct 9, US and Canada); Bookin’ With Bingo (ends Oct 19, US and Canada)

Christian Fiction/Amish Fiction

The Sound of Sleigh Bells, by Cindy Woodsmall, at Books and Needlepoint (ends Oct 21, US and Canada)

Bo’s Cafe, by Bruce McNicol, Bill Thrall and John Lynch, at My Guilty Pleasures (ends Oct 16, US and Canada)

YA Fiction

Cirque du Freak book set (3 titles in one book) and Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant Locker Mirror, at the following blogs: Not Enough Books (ends Oct 15, US mailing addresses only); Steph Su Reads (ends Oct 15, US mailing addresses only); The Compulsive Reader (ends Oct 23, US mailing addresses only); Bitten by Books (ends Oct 25, US mailing addresses only); The Book Smugglers (ends Oct 23, US only); GreenBeanTeenQueen (ends Oct 15, US addresses only); Frenetic Reader (ends Oct 15, US addresses only); The Story Siren (ends Oct 22, US only)

The first two books in the Vampire Academy series by Richelle Mead, at Spinebreakers (ends Oct 30, UK only)

Set of four YA fall releases from Simon & Schuster, at I Heart Daily (ends Oct 31, US only) *To enter, sign up for newsletter

Children’s Fiction

Harry Potter paperback boxed set, at Park Avenue Princess (ends Oct 16, US and Canada)

Thanksgiving at the Inn, by Tim Whitney, at Cafe of Dreams (ends Oct 14)

Horrid Henry and the Mummy’s Curse, by Francesca Simon, at SMS Book Reviews (ends Oct 15, North America only)

Picture Books

The Busy Preschooler’s Guide to Learning or three KA Readers, by IBW Books, at Potamus Prefers (ends Oct 16, US only)

The Listeners, by Gloria Whelan, at She is Too Fond of Books (ends Oct 10, US and Canada)

Poetry

Apologies to an Apple, by Maya Ganesan, at Savvy Verse and Wit (ends Oct 9, international)

All Other Fiction

Your choice of one of five books, at The Book Trib (this is a weekly contest, with new books each week).

The Bible Salesman, by Clyde Edgerton, at the following blogs: Books and Needlepoint (ends Oct 23, US and Canada); Tutu’s 2 Cents (ends Oct 21, US and Canada)

The Accidental Bestseller, by Wendy Wax, at J. Kaye’s Book Blog (ends Oct 30, US and Canada)

Crossing Washington Sqaure, by Joanne Rendell, at the following blogs: Peeking Between the Pages (ends Oct 24, international); Redlady’s Reading Room (ends Oct 9, US and Canada)

Selection of four books, at At Home with Books (ends Oct 29, US and Canada)

Five book bundles of ten books each, at Book Reviews by Bobby (ends Oct 31, US and Canada)

The Lovely Bones, by Alice Sebold, at the following blogs: Bookin’ With Bingo (ends Oct 31, US and Canada); Fantasy Dreamer’s Ramblings (ends Oct 11, US and Canada); Tutu’s 2 Cents (ends Oct 21, US and Canada); Starting Fresh (ends Nov 6, US and Canada); A Sea of Books (ends Oct 17, US and Canada)

Water for Elephants, by Sara Gruen, at Find Your Next Book Here (ends Oct 9)

Three prizes: ARC selection, reading organizer, and lifetime membership to LibraryThing, at The 3 R’s Blog (ends Oct 14, reading organizer prize is US only, other two are international)

Travel Writing, by Peter Ferry, at Stacy’s Books (ends Oct 11, international)

Transparency, by Frances Hwang, at Stacy’s Books (ends Oct 11, international)

NONFICTION

S is for Story: A Writer’s Alphabet, by Esther Hershenhorn, at Teaching Authors (ends Oct 12, US only)

Between Me and the River, by Carrie Host, at Popin’s Lair (ends Oct 16, US and Canada)

Bending Toward the Sun: A Mother and Daughter Memoir, by Leslie Gilbert-Lurie with Rita Lurie, at A lovely shore breeze (ends Oct 10)

Against Medical Advice, by James Patterson and Hal Friedman, at Bermudaonion (ends Oct 14, US and Canada)

Winter’s Tail: How One Little Dolphin Learned to Swim Again, by Juliana Hatkoff, Isabella Hatkoff and Craig Hatkoff, at the following blogs: Write for a Reader (ends Oct 12, US mailing address only); Bri Meets Books (ends Oct 12, US mailing addresses only); A Bookworm’s Diary (ends Oct 12, US mailing addresses only); The Well-Read Child (ends Oct 12, US mailing address only)

Keep the Table Laughing – A Cookbook with a Twist, at Reading Upside Down (ends the day of Masterchef finale, Australia only)

Love Revolution, by Joyce Meyer, at the following blogs: Book Critiques (ends Oct 20, US and Canada); Reading at the Beach (ends Oct 22, US and Canada)

Permission Slips: Every Woman’s Guide to Giving Herself a Break, by Sherri Shepherd, at Bookin’ With Bingo (ends Oct 20, US and Canada)

True Compass (audiobook), by Edward Kennedy, at Bookin’ With Bingo (ends Oct 24, US and Canada)

How to Rule the World From Your Couch, by Laura Day, at A Circle of Books (ends Oct 10, international)

Detectives Don’t Wear Seatbelts, by Cici McNair, at A Sea of Books (ends Oct 24, US and Canada)

BOOK-RELATED GIVEAWAYS

This is not exactly a giveaway, but author Jamie Rush will include your name on the “Thank You” page of her latest book which will be released in May, 2010. Just go here and sign up for her mailing list to get your name in her book. (Ends Oct 30)

Author Michelle Gagnon is holding a contest where you can win a Macbook laptop computer. (Ends Dec 31, US only)

Author Libby Hellmann is giving away a numbered, limited edition chapbook of an original short story to anyone who purchases both her novels Doubleback and An Image of Death.

This giveaways round-up post is a regular feature here at MsBookish so if you’re holding a book giveaway, let me know and I’ll include your giveaway in my next giveaways round-up post. I do need, however, the link to the actual giveaway post, and not just to your blog – and if you could indicate the genre, that would be very helpful, too (it can sometimes take me a while to decipher what genre the book fits into!).

A huge thank you to everyone who’s emailed me their giveaway information this past week.

There’s a nice variety of books being given away this week, and there’s a nice handful of international contests, too. As always, the giveaways are grouped according to genre, with a catch-all category of “All Other Fiction”. If you like paranormal or fantasy, make sure to also check under the YA category.

And after you’re done checking out all these great giveaways, please hop on over here and let me know your favorite words!

FICTION

Mystery/Thriller/Suspense

The Fashion Hound Murders, by Elaine Viets, at The Lipstick Chronicles (ends Nov 3) *note: this contest requires a photo entry

Ravens (audiobook), by George Dawes Green, at J. Kaye’s Book Blog (ends Oct 30, US and Canada)

The Tenth Justice (audiobook), by Brad Meltzer, at J. Kaye’s Book Blog (ends Oct 30, US and Canada)

Fantasy/Sci-Fi/Paranormal/Horror

Would-Be Witch, by Kimberly Frost, at The Book Resort (ends Oct 31, international)

Kitty’s House of Horrors, by Carrie Vaughn, at Popin’s Lair (ends Oct 7, US and Canada)

The Shimmer, by David Morrell, at J. Kaye’s Book Blog (ends Oct 30, US and Canada)

Ruined, by Paula Morris, at Bermudaonion (ends Oct 7, US mailing address only)

Witch Way to Murder, by Shirley Damsgaard, at The Book Resort (ends Oct 24, international)

The Dark Divine, by Bree Despain, at Windowpane Memoirs (ends Oct 22, international)

Glass Houses, by Rachel Caine, at So Many Books, So Little Time (ends Oct 5, international)

The Eye of the World, by Robert Jordan, and Mistborn, by Brandon Sanderson, at Macmillan (ends Sept 30, US only)

Tall, Dark and Fangsome, by Michelle Rowen, at My Guilty Pleasures (ends Oct 1, US and Canada)

Chick Lit/Romance/Romantic Suspense

Prince of Montéz, Pregnant Mistress, by Sabrina Philips, at Sabrina Philips (ends Oct 24)

Show no Fear, by Marliss Melton, at Bookin’ with Bingo (ends Oct 10)

Meggie’s Remains, by Joanne Sundell, at You’ve Gotta Read This! (ends Oct 3)

The Popularity Rules, by Abby McDonald, at Melissa’s Bookshelf (ends Sept 30, international)

Historical/Historical Romance

The Killing Way, by Tony Hays, at Passages to the Past (ends Oct 13, international)

The Historian, by Elizabeth Kostova, at the following blogs: Peeking Between the Pages (ends Oct 24, US and Canada); Debbie’s World of Books (ends Oct 9, US and Canada); Starting Fresh (Oct 31, US and Canada); The Tome Traveller (Oct 21, US and Canada)

Highland Rebel, by Judith James, at Peeking Between the Pages (ends Oct 17, US and Canada)

The Day the Falls Stood Still, by Cathy Marie Buchanan, at Booking Mama (ends Oct 6, US and Canada)

The Earl Claims His Wife, by Cathy Maxwell, at A Book Blogger’s Diary (ends Oct 26, US only)

A Highlander’s Temptation, by Sue-Ellen Welfonder, at Starting Fresh (ends Oct 31, US and Canada)

Christian Fiction

The Real Enemy and The Last Word, by Kathy Herman, at Thoughts of a Sojourner (ends Sept 29, US only)

An Eye For An Eye, by Irene Hannon, at Thoughts of a Sojourner (ends Oct 4, US only)

The Night Watchman, by Mark Mynheir, at J. Kaye’s Book Blog (ends Oct 30, US and Canada)

The Real Enemy, by Kathy Herman, at J. Kaye’s Book Blog (ends Oct 30, US and Canada)

YA Fiction

Hush Hush, by Becca Fitzpatrick, at the following blogs: The Book Resort (ends Oct 31, international); My Thoughts … Your Thoughts? (ends Oct 13, US only)

The Everafter, by Amy Huntley, at Pop Culture Junkie (ends Oct 6, US only)

Fire, by Kristin Cashore, at Presenting Lenore (ends Oct 3, US and Canada)

The Hollow, by Jessica Verday, at J. Kaye’s Book Blog (ends Oct 30, US and Canada)

Ballad, by Maggie Stiefvater, at Angieville (ends Oct 1, US and Canada)

Give up the Ghost, by Megan Crewe, at the following blogs: Sharon Loves Books and Cats (ends Sept 30, US and Canada); The Book Resort (ends Oct 31, international)

Magic Under Glass, by Jaclyn Dolamore, at Jaclyn Dolamore (ends Sept 27, international) *Note: there’s also a prize for most referrals, so if you do enter, please let Jaclyn know that Memory referred you, since I discovered this contest on Memory’s blog, and I’m not entering the contest, so mentioning me doesn’t do any good!

The Dust of 100 Dogs, by A.S. King, at Stella Matutina (ends Oct 5, US and Canada)

Once A Witch, by Carolyn MacCullough, at Lauren’s Crammed Bookshelf (ends Oct 5, international)

The Swan Kingdom and Daughter of the Flames, by Zoë Marriott, at The Shady Glade (ends Sept 30, international)

Dreaming Anastasia, by Joy Preble, at Shooting Stars Mag (ends Oct 1, US and Canada)

Fire, by Kristin Cashore, at Melissa’s Bookshelf (ends Oct 3, US only)

Picture Books

The Listeners, at 5 Minutes for Books (ends Sept 30, US and Canada)

All Other Fiction

A copy of Her Fearful Symmetry, by Audrey Niffenegger. Devourer of Books has posted the full details here.

Christian fiction, YA and chick lit book prize packages, at Books, Movies and Chinese Food (ends Oct 5; Christian package is US only, the other two are US and Canada)

Loving Frank, by Nancy Horan, at Reviews by Lola (ends Oct 5, US only)

The Opposite of Love, by Julie Buxbaum, at Popin’s Lair (ends Oct 7, Canada only)

Rooftops of Tehran, by Mahbod Seraji, at J. Kaye’s Book Blog (ends Oct 30, US and Canada)

Going Away Shoes and Ferris Beach, by Jill McCorkle, at Bookin’ with Bingo (ends Oct 11, US only)

The Last Song, by Nicholas Sparks, at Bookin’ With Bingo (ends Oct 17, US and Canada)

Supreme Courtship, by Christopher Buckley, at the following blogs: Books and Needlepoint (ends Oct 16, US and Canada); Pudgy Penguin Perusals (ends Oct 4, US and Canada); Reading at the Beach (Oct 12, US and Canada)

Goldengrove, by Francine Prose, at The Bluestocking Society (ends Sept 30, US only)

The Demo Tapes Year 2 (ebook), by Susan Helene Gottfried, at Savvy Verse and Wit (ends Oct 9)

A Disobedient Girl, by Ru Freeman, at Musings of a Bookish Kitty (ends Sept 29, international)

NONFICTION

Momofuku, by David Chang and Peter Meehan, at Saveur (ends Oct 12, US only)

US National Parks Photo Challenge (win one of listed Lonely Planet books), ends Sept 29

Lopsided, by Meredith Norton, at She is Too Fond of Books (ends Oct 3, US and Canada)

Make-Ahead Meals for Busy Moms, by Jane Dorion, at Chocolate and Croissants (ends Oct 2, international)

How to Rule the World From Your Couch, by Laura Day, at the following blogs: At Home with Books (ends Oct 5, international); A Sea of Books (ends Oct 3, US and Canada)

Permission Slips: Every Woman’s Guide to Giving Herself a Break, by Sherri Shepherd, at the following blogs: Books and Needlepoint (ends Oct 15, US and Canada); My Guilty Pleasures (ends Sept 30, US and Canada); Reading at the Beach (ends Oct 15, US and Canada)

Traveling With Pomegranates, by Sue Monk Kidd, at Bookgirl’s Nightstand (ends Oct 1)

Be Beautiful, by Alice Hart-Davis and Molly Hindhaugh, at Chicklish (ends Oct 12, UK only)

Up for Renewal, by Cathy Alter, at Janel’s Jumble (ends Oct 1, US and Canada)

I was just over at BBAW and there’s a massive list of Book Blogger Giveaways there – many of them are still open, so rather than re-invent the wheel this week, I thought it would be smarter to just point everyone over there to take part in BBAW giveaway fun.

Okay, yes, I was also feeling a bit lazy. It’s been quite the busy week around here, and I’ve been having fun with the BBAW daily writing prompts and visiting as many new-to-me bloggers as I could. Anyway, I should be back to normal by next week’s Sunday Salon, so if you’re holding a book giveaway, let me know and I’ll include your giveaway in my next giveaways round-up post.

NaNoWriMo, Anyone?

We’re nearly into October already, so I’ve decided to start getting ready for NaNoWriMo over the next several weeks. I also decided to create a new user account, since my last one was affiliated with my personal blog and I never did much with it other than update my daily word count.

This year, I’m hoping that a lot of the bloggers I know now because of MsBookish will be participating in NaNoWriMo; I’d love to have some writing buddies. Here is my profile page – if you’ve joined, or are joining, log-in, cruise over to my link and add me as a writing buddy!

If NaNoWriMo is new to you, here’s more information:

National Novel Writing Month is a fun, seat-of-your-pants approach to novel writing. Participants begin writing November 1. The goal is to write a 175-page (50,000-word) novel by midnight, November 30.

Valuing enthusiasm and perseverance over painstaking craft, NaNoWriMo is a novel-writing program for everyone who has thought fleetingly about writing a novel but has been scared away by the time and effort involved.

Because of the limited writing window, the ONLY thing that matters in NaNoWriMo is output. It’s all about quantity, not quality. The kamikaze approach forces you to lower your expectations, take risks, and write on the fly.

Make no mistake: You will be writing a lot of crap. And that’s a good thing. By forcing yourself to write so intensely, you are giving yourself permission to make mistakes. To forgo the endless tweaking and editing and just create. To build without tearing down.

So, what am I planning to do to get prepared for NaNoWriMo before November 1? As some of you know, I’ve been working on finishing up the few final scenes for my current work-in-progress, NANTUCKET (or maybe, not-working is a better phrase, since I’ve been procrastinating finishing up my first draft ever since the end first came into sight three weeks ago).

I am aiming to finish NANTUCKET this coming week – I’m going to go back to my “half an hour of writing a day” goal which worked so well to get me started and kept me writing. And once I’ve finished, I want to keep the writing habit, so I’ll be starting a new novel right away.

My timing, though, isn’t so great. The novel you work on for NaNoWriMo is supposed to be a totally new project, something you’re starting just for NaNoWriMo. So in addition to starting my next novel, I’ve decided to start working on character sketches for my NaNoWriMo novel, too. The book idea I’ll be working on in November is a children’s book; it’s an idea that I’ve had for several years now, but while I have the concept, and the two main characters, I need to flesh things out a bit more before I can sit down and write.

I won’t be doing any outlining – I’m more of a pantser, rather than a plotter. But my idea for the book involves chapters that deal with separate stories about different characters, all linked together by the two central characters and the main concept. I’m not going to try and come up with each of these separate stories, but I’d like to try a somewhat different approach than I normally take, and discover first the characters who will be populating my fictional village before I start writing.

My hope is that I’ll have a nice batch of characters to draw from, and from there, I’ll be able to sit down on November 1 to that blank page, and find out whose stories I’ll be telling, and how they’ll all be related.

If you’re a writer, or have been thinking about writing a novel, I hope you’ll sign up for NaNoWriMo, too – I think it’s going to be so much fun this year, and even better, we’ll all have a first draft, or most of a first draft, when we’re done!

Welcome to another edition of The Big List of Book Giveaways!

In compiling this week’s list, I did not include any BBAW-related giveaways, so click here to check all the incredible books and other things that are up for grabs this coming week for BBAW!

If I’ve missed your book or book-related giveaway, as always, please feel free to add your link in the comments (and readers, please check the comments for additional giveaway links).

This giveaways round-up post is a regular feature here at MsBookish so if you’re holding a book giveaway, let me know and I’ll include your giveaway in my next giveaways round-up post.

As always, I’ve separated the giveaways according to genre, for your convenience. (If you like Fantasy, make sure you check under both the Fantasy and the YA Fiction headings). All links in this post open in a new tab or window (depending on how your browser is set up).

FICTION

Mystery/Suspense/Thriller

The Way Home, by George Pelacanos, at I’m Booking It (ends Oct 2, US and Canada)

Deadlock, by Robert Liparulo, at J. Kaye’s Book Blog (ends Sept 25, US and Canada)

The Herring Seller´s Apprentice, by Len Tyler or $10 Amazon gift card, at DJ’s Krimiblog (ends when DJ’s Krimiblog reaches the 10,000-visitor mark, international)

The Lace Reader, by Brunonia Barry, at Bookin’ With Bingo (ends Sept 22, US only)

Detectives Don’t Wear Seatbelts, by Cici McNair, at The Printed Page (ends Sept 18, US and Canada)

The Last Ember, by Daniel Levin, at The Printed Page (ends Sept 18, US only)

Silent Killer, by Beverly Barton, at The Book Resort (ends Sept 30, international)

Fantasy/Sci-Fi/Paranormal

Nice Girls Don’t Date Dead Men, by Molly Harper, at The Royal Reviews (end date not stated)

The Stupidest Angel, by Christopher Moore, at Book Ends (ends Sept 30, US and Canada)

To Tempt the Wolf, by Terry Spear, at the following blogs: Books and Needlepoint (ends Sept 30, US and Canada); A Journey of Books (ends Sept 30, US and Canada)

Lucan, by Susan Kearney, at the following blogs: Books and Needlepoint (ends Sept 30, US and Canada); Starting Fresh (ends Sept 30, US and Canada)

Clockwork Phoenix 2, by Mike Allen, at Fantasy Book Critic (ends Sept 16, international) *note: email entry is required

Chick Lit/Romance/Romantic Suspense

Millie’s Fling, by Jill Mansell, at Diary of an Eccentric (ends Sept 27, US and Canada)

The Smart One and the Pretty One, by Claire LaZebnik, at the following blogs:  Bookfoolery (ends Sept 27, US and Canada); Bookin’ With Bingo (ends Sept 24, US and Canada); A Sea of Books (ends Sept 25, US and Canada)

The Wild Sight and The Treasures of Venice, by Loucinda McGary, at Books and Needlepoint (ends Sept 29, US and Canada)

Lucky in Love, by Carolyn Brown, at A Journey of Books (ends Sept 30, US and Canada)

Historical Fiction/Historical Romance

Cleopatra’s Daughter or The Heretic Queen, by Michelle Moran, at Chick With Books (ends Sept 26, international); Cleopatra’s Daughter, at A Sea of Books (ends Sept 13 – today!, US only); Cleopatra’s Daughter, at Musings of a Bookish Kitty (ends Sept 13 – today!, international)

The Other Queen, by Philippa Gregory, at Bailey’s and Books (ends Sept 15, US only)

The Day The Falls Stood Still, by Cathy Marie Buchanan, at Book Chatter and Other Stuff (ends Sept 20, US and Canada)

The Devil’s Queen, by Jeanne Kalogridis, at Books ‘n’ Border Collies (ends Sept 19, international)

The Fruit of Her Hands, by Michelle Cameron, at Bookin’ With Bingo (ends Sept 23, US only)

Bargain With the Devil, by Enid Wilson, at Wendi’s Book Corner (ends Sept 30, US and Canada, age 18+)

Pilate’s Wife, by Antoinette May, at Virginie Says … (ends Sept 21, US and Canada)

YA Fiction

Ruined, by Paula Morris, at the following blogs: BookNAround (ends Sept 14, US only); Literate Housewife (ends Sept 21); Today I Read (ends Sept 25, US only); Shooting Stars Mag (ends Sept 30, US only)

Candor, by Pam Bamchorz or Give Up The Ghost by Megan Crewe, at Books by Their Cover (ends Sept 30, US mailing addresses only)

This is What I Want to Tell You, at Traveling to Teens (end date not stated, international)

Three Witches, by Paula Jolin, at J. Kaye’s Book Blog (ends Sept 25, US and Canada)

Crazy Beautiful, by Lauren Baratz-Logsted, at J. Kaye’s Book Blog (ends Sept 25, US and Canada)

Bad Boy Bonanza giveaway, 8 winners, 3 prizes each, at Fantastic Book Review (ends Oct 30, US and Canada)

Dreaming Anastasia, by Joy Preble, at Presenting Lenore (ends Sept 19, US and Canada)

Bran Hambric: The Farfield Curse, by Kaleb Nation, at Brain Lair (ends Sept 16)

Catching Fire, by Suzanne Collins, at Steph Su Reads (ends Sept 25, US only)

Vampire Diaries: The Awakening and Vampire Diaries: The Struggle, by L.J. Smith, at The Book Resort (ends Sept 30, international)

Evermore, by Alyson Noel, at Infinite Shelf (ends Oct 2, international)

Some Girls Are, by Courtney Summers, at Courtney Summers (ends Sept 14, international)

Choice of one of four books, at Escape in a Book (ends Sept 30, international)

Children’s Picture Books

Aaron Zenz 10-book prize pack, at Bookie Wookie (ends Sept 20)

The Hiccupotamus, by Aaron Zenz, at Reading to Know (end date not stated , US only)

Graphic Novel

Simon’s Cat, by Simon Tofield, at the following blogs: Bookin’ With Bingo (ends Oct 5, US and Canada); A Circle of Books (ends Sept 25, US and Canada)

Christian Fiction

Riven, by Jerry B. Jenkins, at CJ Darlington (ends Sept 25)

All Other Fiction

Blame, by Michelle Huneven, at Bermudaonion (ends Sept 18, international)

The Last Song, by Nicholas Sparks (autographed), at Bermudaonion (ends Sept 27, international)

Stray Affections, by Charlene Ann Baumbich, at the following blogs: Bermudaonion (ends Sept 23, international); Books and Needlepoint (ends Sept 28, US and Canada); Brain Lair (ends Sept 17, US and Canada)

A Change in Altitude, by Anita Shreve, at Bookin’ With Bingo (ends Sept 30, US and Canada)

NONFICTION

On The Line, by Serena Williams with Daniel Paiser, at Color Online (ends Sept 30)

The Curse of the Good Girl: Raising Authentic Girls with Courage and Confidence, by Rachel Simmons, at She Is Too Fond of Books (ends Sept 19, US and Canada)

The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe (audio), by J. Randy Taraborrelli, at J. Kaye’s Book Blog (ends Sept 25, US and Canada)

The Gift of an Ordinary Day, by Katrina Kenison, at Bookin’ With Bingo (ends Sept 25, US and Canada)

Inheriting the Trade, by Thomas N. DeWolf, at She is Too Fopnd of Books (ends Sept 19, US and Canada)

Traveling with Pomegranates, by Sue Monk Kidd & Ann Kidd Taylor, at the following blogs: Book Reviews by Bobbie (ends Sept 25, US and Canada); A Circle of Books (ends Sept 19, international)

You Can’t Drink All Day if You Don’t Start in the Morning, by Celia Rivenbark, at Wow – Women on Writing (end date not stated)

NurtureShock, by Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman, at A Journey of Books (ends Sept 30, US only)

This giveaways round-up post is a regular feature here at MsBookish so if you’re holding a book giveaway, let me know and I’ll include your giveaway in my next giveaways round-up post.

I’ve also decided to limit this list to blogs that I’m currently following in my feedreader, links that I see when I’m on Twitter, and URLs directly emailed to me. Since I follow over 300+ book bloggers, I figure I’ll still catch lots of giveaways. If I’ve missed your book or book-related giveaway, as always, please feel free to add your link in the comments (and readers, please check the comments for additional giveaway links).

For readers outside of the US and Canada, there are several international giveaways this week; where several blogs are hosting the same giveaway, check carefully, as some are international and some are not.

As always, I’ve separated the giveaways according to genre, for your convenience. (If you like Fantasy, make sure you check under both the Fantasy and the YA Fiction headings). All links in this post open in a new tab or window (depending on how your browser is set up).

FICTION

Mystery/Suspense/Thriller

Babydoll, by Allyson Roy, at Chick with Books (ends Sept 26, US and Canada)

Double Cross (audiobook), by James Patterson, at J. Kaye’s Book Blog (ends Sept 25, US and Canada)

True Blue, by David Baldacci, at The Printed Page (ends Sept 18, US and Canada)

9 Dragons, by Michael Connelly, at The Printed Page (ends Sept 18, US and Canada)

The Lace Reader, by Brunonia Barry, at Savvy Verse and Wit (ends Sept 7, international)

The Way Home, by George Pelecanos, at Bookfoolery (ends Sept 21, US and Canada)

Waking Nightmare, by Kylie Brant, at A Book Blogger’s Diary (ends Oct 1, international – if US, winner gets print copy, if outside of US, winner gets ebook)

Detectives Don’t Wear Seat Belts, at Books and Needlepoint (ends Sept 23, US and Canada)

Complete set of William Kent Krueger’s nine Corcoran “Cork” O’Connor novels, at The Rap Sheet (ends Sept 11, US and Canada) *note: entries must be emailed

Fantasy/Sci-fi/Paranormal

Bloody Good, by Georgia Evans, at J. Kaye’s Book Blog (ends Sept 25, US and Canada)

Heroes at Risk, by Moira J. Moore, at Angieville (ends Sept 8)

Wait Until Twilight, by Sang Pak, at The Book Zombie (ends Sept 11, international)

Evermore, by Alyson Noel, at Shooting Stars Mag (ends Sept 11, international)

Friday Night Bites, by Chloe Neill, at Smexy Books (ends Sept 6 – today!, international)

Fire, by Kristin Cashore, at Melissa’s Bookshelf (ends Sept 7)

Winner picks 3 out of 24 titles, at Fantastic Book Reviews (ends Sept 13, international)

Chick Lit/Romance/Romantic Suspense

How to Tame a Modern Rogue, by Diana Holquist, at I’m Booking It (ends Sept 22, US and Canada)

The Smart One and the Pretty One, by Claire LaZebnik, at the following blogs: Peeking Between the Pages (ends Sept 25, US and Canada); Debbie’s World of Books (ends Sept 16, US only); Wendi’s Book Corner (ends Sept 30, US and Canada); Starting Fresh (Sept 30, US and Canada); My Guilty Pleasures (ends Sept 11, US and Canada)

Lucky in Love, by Carolyn Brown, at J. Kaye’s Book Blog (ends Sept 25, US and Canada)

Millie’s Fling, by Jill Mansell, at the following blogs: Cindy’s Love of Books (end date not stated, US and Canada); Savvy Verse and Wit (ends Sept 11, US and Canada); Booking Mama (ends Sept 16, US and Canada)

Healing Luke, by Beth Cornelison, at Cindy’s Love of Books (end date not stated, US and Canada)

2-book set by Loucinda McGary, at Booking Mama (ends Sept 17, US and Canada)

Historical fiction/Historical romance

Cleopatra’s Daughter, by Michelle Moran, at the following blogs: Chocolate and Croissants (ends Sept 13, international); Peeking Between the Pages, with a 2nd prize of The Heretic Queen (ends Sept 10, international); Medieval Bookworm (ends Sept 10, international); Savvy Verse and Wit, plus a copy of The Heretic Queen to same winner (ends Sept 8, international); Booking Mama (ends Sept 10, international); Books ‘n Border Collies (ends Sept 10, international) and for The Heretic Queen (ends Sept 9, international); Bookin’ With Bingo (Sept 14, US only); Book Addiction (Sept 14); Age 30+: A Lifetime of Books, 2nd prize, The Heretic Queen, 3rd prize earrings (ends Sept 15, international); A Journey of Books (ends Sept 15, US and Canada)

The Stolen One (prize pack), by Suzanne Crowley, at Presenting Lenore (ends Sept 19, US and Canada)

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows, at She Is Too Fond of Books (ends Sept 11, US and Canada)

The Greatest Knight, by Elizabeth Chadwick, at the following blogs:  Booking Mama (ends Sept 10, US and Canada); A Journey of Books (ends Sept 30, US and Canada)

Mr. and Mrs. Fitzwilliam Darcy: Two Shall Become One and Loving Mr. Darcy: Journeys Into Pemberley, by Sharon Lathan, at the following blogs: Starting Fresh (ends Sept 20, US and Canada); A Journey of Books (ends Sept 15, US and Canada)

Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters, at Stephanie’s Written Word (ends Sept 12, international)

Melinda and the Wild West, by Linda Weaver Clarke, at Pudgy Penguin Perusals (ends Sept 12, US and Canada)

YA Fiction

The Hollow, by Jessica Verday, at The Book Resort (ends Sept 30, international)

Catching Fire, by Suzanne Collins, at the following blogs: Not Enough Books (ends Sept 15, US mailing address only); The Book Smugglers (ends Sept 15, US and Canada); Booking Mama (ends Sept 15, US only); 5 Minutes for Books (Sept 16, US only); YA Books Central (end date not stated, entry must be emailed); Jenn’s Bookshelves (ends Sept 7, US and Canada)

Dreaming Anastasia, by Joy Preble, at the following blogs:  Babbling About Books and More (ends Sept 7); The Book Resort (ends Sept 30, international)

Geektastic: Stories from the Nerd Herd , by Holly Black and Cecil Castellucci, at A Book Blogger’s Diary (ends Oct 4, US and Canada)

Epoch and Evil, by Timothy Carter (4 winners total), at Shooting Stars Mag (ends Sept 11, US only)

Troy High, by Shana Norris, at Shooting Stars Mag (ends Sept 11, US and Canada)

The Devouring, by Simon Holt, at YA Books Central (ends Sept 30, US, Canada and Mexico)

The Forest of Hands and Teeth, by Carrie Ryan, at YA Books Central (ends Sept 30, US, Canada and Mexico)

Ballads of Suburbia, by Stephanie Kuehnert, at YA Books Central (ends Sept 30, US, Canada and Mexico)

One of any of Tina Ferraro’s books, at YA Fresh (ends Sept 7)

Shadowed Summer, by Saundra Mitchell, at The Shady Glade (ends Sept 30, international)

Winner’s choice of Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick or Fire by Kristen Cashore or Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins, at The Eclectic Reader (ends Sept 30, international but must be follower of blog)

One of three YA novels, at Queen of Happy Endings (ends Sept 30, open only to followers of blog)

Children’s Fiction

The Chronicles of Narnia Complete Radio Theatre Set, at Reading to Know (ends Sept 12, US only)

Anne of Green Gables 3-book set, at Reading to Know (ends Sept 12, US only)

Jake the Snake and the Stupid Time-Out Chair, by Shelly Nicholson, at Books and Needlepoint (ends Sept 14, continental US only)

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, by JK Rowling, at The Zen Leaf (ends Sept 14, international)

All Other Fiction

Labor Day, by Joyce Maynard, at Single Mommyhood (end date not stated)

Best Intentions, by Emily Listfield, at J. Kaye’s Book Blog (ends Sept 25, US and Canada)

September Bookshelf Cleaning giveaway, at At Home With Books (ends Sept 29, US and Canada)

Selection of books, including Ash, by Malinda Lo, at Steph Su Reads (ends Sept 15, international)

Selection of ARCs, at Book Addiction (ends Sept 11)

Swag giveaway, at Stop, Drop and Read (ends Sept 19, international)

6-month blogoversary giveaway at The Book Resort (ends Sept 30, international)

NONFICTION

Set of animal/wildlife books, at Maw Books (ends Sept 9, US and Canada)

The Apple, by Penelope J. Holt, at The Apple Novel (ends Sept 30)

The Curse of the Good Girl: Raising Authentic Girls with Courage and Confidence, by Rachel Simmons, at She is Too Fond of Books (ends Sept 18, US and Canada)

On the Line, by Serena Williams, at Book Critiques (ends Sept 13, US and Canada)

The Gift of an Ordinary Day, by Katrina Kenison, at Books and Needlepoint (ends Sept 22, US and Canada)

A is for Admission, by Michele A. Hernandez, at Books and Needlepoint (ends Sept 25, US and Canada)

Back to Life, by Joanna Nadin, at Chicklish (ends Sept 14, UK only) *email entry

BOOK-RELATED GIVEAWAYS

Win a trip to London, England, in celebration of the release of The White Queen, by Philippa Gregory, sponsored by Simon & Schuster and LivingSocial, at LivingSocial

For today’s Sunday Salon, I am, unfortunately, posting a smaller list of book giveaways than usual. The week kind of got away from me, and I’m still working hard on finishing the first draft of my novel. Hopefully next Sunday I’ll be back with a normal sized list of book giveaways, one that will qualify as a regular edition of “The Big List of Book Giveaways”.

Today’s list is culled mainly from giveaways I spotted at random this past week through my feed reader and through Twitter, as well as from the emails people kindly sent to me advising me of their giveaways. Normally I do a lot more research, which is why normally the list is a lot bigger.

This giveaways round-up post is a regular feature here at MsBookish so if you’re holding a book giveaway, let me know and I’ll include your giveaway in my next giveaways round-up post.

1. Children’s books: Author Janet Halfmann is holding a giveaway to celebrate the launch of her new website – you can win a copy of Little Skink’s Tail or a copy of Seven Miles to Freedom (ends Sept 12). I reviewed Little Skink’s Tail here; it’s a lovely book – highly recommended.
2. Children’s book: New Year At The Pier—A Rosh Hashanah Story , by April Halprin Wayland, illustrated by Stéphane Jorisch, at Teaching Authors (ends Sept 7) – I love the two quotes that start off this contest post.
3. Thriller: Undone, by Karin Slaughter, at Chick with Books (ends Sept 19, US and Canada)
4. Nonfiction: Chicken Soup for the Soul: Power Moms: 101 Stories Celebrating the Power of Choice for Stay at Home and Work from Home Moms, at A Frugal Friend (ends Sept 4, US only)
5. Fantasy: quardruple bundle of urban fantasy/paranormal romance, at The Swivet (ends Sept 3, US only)
6. YA fantasy: The Maze Runner, by James Dashner, at The Lateiner Gang (ends Sept 6)
7. Mystery/Suspense: The Way Home, by George Pelecanos, at Starting Fresh (ends Sept 21, US and Canada)
8. Book-related giveaway: Leviathan postcards, at Simon’s Urban Fantasy Blog (Canada only)
9. YA fantasy: At Bookalicious: Dreaming Anastasia, by Joy Preble (ends Sept 8, international) and Bran Hambric, by Kaleb Nation (ends Sept 1, international)
10. YA fiction: Love is the Higher Law, by David Levithan, at Book Divas (ends Sept 9)
11. YA fantasy: Win an And Another Thing (by Eoin Colfer) prize pack, at Penguin Canada (ends Oct 12, Canada only)
12. YA fantasy: Blood Promise, by Richelle Mead, at A Journey of Books (ends Sept 30, US and Canada)
13. Fantasy: Laced with Magic, by Barbara Bretton, at A Journey of Books (ends Sept 15, US and Canada)
14. YA fantasy: Stupid Cupid, by Rhonda Stapleton, at Sharon Loves Books and Cats (ends Sept 15, US and Canada)
15. Fiction: The Widow’s Season, by Laura Brodie, at Reading in Appalachia (ends Sept 6, US and Canada)
16. YA fiction: Jumped, by Rita Williams-Garcia, at J. Kaye’s Book Blog (ends Sept 25, US and Canada)
17. Humor: FU, Penguin, by Matthew Gasteier, at Popin’s Lair (ends Sept 10, US and Canada)
18. Fiction: The Lace Reader, by Brunonia Barry, at Hey Lady! Whatcha Readin’? (ends Sept 8, international)
19. Fiction: Flowers for Elvis, by Julia Schuster, at J. Kaye’s Book Blog (ends Sept 25, international)
20. Historical fiction: The White Queen, by Philippa Gregory, at The Book Resort (ends Sept 1, international)
21. YA fantasy: Rampant, by Diana Peterfreund, at The Book Resort (ends Sept 14, international)
22. Historical fiction: The Day the Falls Stood Still, by Cathy Marie Buchanan, at Peeking Between the Pages (ends Sept 13, US and Canada)
23. Mystery/Suspense: I Can See You (audiobook), by Karen Rose, at J. Kaye Book Blog (ends Sept 25, US and Canada)
24. Mystery: Prime Time, by Hank Phillippi Ryan plus other prizes, at Lesa’s Book Critiques (ends US only, Sept 3)
25. Fiction: Rooftops of Tehran, by Mahbod Seraji, at Hey Lady! Whatcha Readin’? (ends Sept 6)
26. YA fantasy: Ash, by Malinda Lo, at J. Kaye’s Book Blog (ends Sept 25, US and Canada)
27. YA fantasy: Rampant, by Diana Peterfreund, at Angieville (ends Aug 30 – today!)
28. Celebrate Debbie’s World of Books 1-year Blogiversary: enter to win three books (ends Sept 21, US only)
29. Historical fiction:The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows, at Bookish Ruth (ends Sept 1, US and Canada)
30. Cindy’s Love of Books is also celebrating a 1-year Blogiversary with a giveaway. There are a selection of books (US and Canada) plus two book covers (international). Ends Sept 1.
31. Mystery: While My Pretty One Knits, by Anne Canadeo, at The Book Resort (ends Sept 14, international)

That’s it for this Sunday’s edition of the Big List of Book Giveaways. Not quite as large a list as normal, but hopefully something on this list catches your eye, and good luck! If you’re hosting a giveaway not mentioned in this list, please feel free to add your link in the comments.

This giveaways round-up post is a regular feature here at MsBookish so if you’re holding a book giveaway, let me know and I’ll include your giveaway in my next giveaways round-up post. Please note that the next edition will be posted on Sunday, August 30, so your giveaway should end on or after that date. Huge thanks to everyone who emailed me their giveaway URLs this past week!

As always, I’ve separated the giveaways according to genre, for your convenience. All links in this post open in a new tab or window (depending on how your browser is set up).

I left the compilation of this post to the last minute (I have this tendency to procrastinate …) and I know I didn’t catch all the giveaways that I normally do. If I missed your giveaway, please feel free to include a link to it in the comments section of this post. It’s probably best to put one link per comment, as my blogging software tends to filter out comments with multiple links as spam. Update: Please note, the purpose of this list is to highlight book giveaways. Please do not leave links to non-book giveaways, as they will deleted.

Good luck, everyone!

FICTION

Mystery/Thriller/Suspense

Babydoll, by Allyson Roy, at Jenn’s Bookshelf (ends Aug 27, US and Canada)

Don’t Look Twice, by Andrew Gross, at J. Kaye’s Book Blog (ends Aug 28, US and Canada)

Dark Places, by Gillian Flynn, at J. Kaye’s Book Blog (ends Aug 28, US and Canada)

The Sister Pact , by Cami Checketts, at Book Reviews by Bobbie (ends Sept 3, US and Canada)

Sand Sharks, by Margaret Maron, at Bookin’ With Bingo (ends Sept 20, US and Canada)

Undone, by Karin Slaughter, at Bookin’ With Bingo (ends Sept 3, US only)

Daniel X: Watch the Skies (audiobook), by James Patterson and Ned Rust, at Starting Fresh (ends Aug 31, US and Canada)

Fantasy/Sci-Fi/Paranormal

Bleak History, by John Shirley, at the following blogs:  Debbie’s World of Books (ends Sept 1, US only), A Journey of Books (ends Aug 31, US only)

Moon Rise, by Marilee Brothers, at J. Kaye’s Book Blog (ends Aug 28, US and Canada)

Mr. Darcy, Vampyre, by Amanda Grange, at the following blogs:  Peeking Between the Pages (ends Sept 4, US and Canada), Café of Dreams (ends Sept 1, US and Canada)

The Myst Reader, at Reading Extravaganza (ends Aug 31, international)

Laced With Magic, by Barbara Bretton, at Bookin’ With Bingo (ends Sept 2, US only)

Dark Hunger, by Rita Herron, at the following blogs:  Starting Fresh (ends Aug 31, US and Canada), A Journey of Books (ends Sept 15, US and Canada)

Lucan, by Susan Kearney, at My Guilty Pleasures (ends Sept 8, US and Canada)

The Calling, by David Mack, at A Journey of Books (ends Aug 31, US and Canada)

Chick Lit/Romance

Time of My Life, by Allison Winn Scotch, at Peeking Between the Pages (ends Sept 11, international)

The Italian’s Inexperienced Mistress, by Lynne Graham, at J. Kaye’s Book Blog (ends Aug 28, US and Canada)

The Lucky One, by Nicholas Sparks, at J. Kaye’s Book Blog (ends Aug 28, US and Canada)

A Marriage-Minded Man, by Karen Templeton, at Plot Monkeys (end date not stated, US and Canada)

Sweet Waters, by Julie Carobini, at 5 Minutes for Books (ends US only, Aug 30)

So Into You, by Sandra Hill, at the following blogs: Books and Needlepoint (ends Sept 2, US and Canada), Bookin’ With Bingo (ends Sept 8, US and Canada), Starting Fresh (ends Aug 31, US and Canada)

Return to Sullivan’s Island, by Dorothea Benton Frank, at Bookin’ With Bingo (ends Sept 3, US only)

How to Tame a Modern Rogue, by Diana Holquist, at the following blogs:  Books and Needlepoint (ends Sept 4, US and Canada), Bookin’ With Bingo (ends Sept 8, US and Canada), Starting Fresh (ends Aug 31, US and Canada)

The Divorce Party, by Laura Dave, at Bookin’ With Bingo (ends Sept 4, US only)

Summer of Two Wishes, by Julia London, at the following blogs: Bookin’ With Bingo (ends Sept 6, US only), Pudgy Penguin Perusals (ends Aug 23 – today!), A Journey of Books (Aug 31, US only)

Table Manners, by Mia King, at the following blogs:  Bookfan (ends Aug 24, US and Canada), Starting Fresh (ends Sept 30, US and Canada)

Historical/Historical Romance

Seduce Me, by Robyn DeHart, at the following blogs:  Chick With Books (ends Sept 5, US and Canada), Pudgy Penguin Perusals (ends Aug 25, US and Canada)

Selection of Julia Quinn titles, at BordersBlogs (no end date stated)

Hugh & Bess, by Susan Higginbotham, at Diary of an Eccentric (ends Aug 23 – today!, international)

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, by Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows, at the following blogs:  Books and Movies (ends Aug 28, US and Canada), Books on the Brain (ends Aug 28)

The Virgin’s Daughters, by Jeane Westin, at Devourer of Books (ends Aug 31, US only)

The White Queen, by Philippa Gregory, at the following blogs:  Peeking Between the Pages (ends Sept 6, US and Canada), Popin’s Lair (ends Sept 5, international), S. Krishna’s Books (ends Sept 1, US and Canada), Reading Extravaganza (ends Sept 2, international), Booking Mama (ends Sept 1, US and Canada)

Remarkable Creatures, by Tracy Chevalier, at Literate Housewife (ends Sept 12, international)

Alex Cross’s Trial, by James Patterson and Richard DiLallo, at Bookin’ With Bingo (ends Sept 12, US and Canada)

Lost in Austen, by Emma Campbell Webster, at Books and Bards (ends Sept 14)

Hugh and Bess and The Traitor’s Wife, by Susan Higginbotham, at Book Addiction (ends Aug 24)

YA Fiction

How It Ends, by Laura Wiess, at the following blogs:  Debbie’s World of Books (ends Sept 4, US only), Bookin’ With Bingo (ends Aug 31, US only)

Circle of Friends, by L. Diane Wolfe, at the following blogs:  J. Kaye’s Book Blog (ends Aug 28, US and Canada) (Comments can also be left here), Pudgy Penguin Perusals (ends Aug 31, US and Canada)

Truth or Dare and All That Glitters, by Nicole O’Dell, at the following blogs:  Peeking Between the Pages (ends Aug 31, international), Café of Dreams (ends Aug 31)

The Prophecy of the Sisters, by Michelle Zink, at Presenting Lenore (ends Aug 24)

How To Say Goodbye In Robot, by Natalie Standiford, plus Shelf Discovery: The Teen Classics We Never Stopped Reading, by Lizzie Skurnick, at Sharon Loves Books and Cats (ends Aug 23 – today!, US and Canada)

Magic Under Glass, by Jackie Dolamore, at Wit, Words, and Joie de Vivre (ends Aug 26, international)

A Great and Terrible Beauty, by Libba Bray, at The Zen Leaf (ends Sept 14, international)

The Elite series, by Jennifer Banash, at Stop, Drop and Read (ends Aug 31, US and Canada) Also check out all of Diane’s giveaways in celebration of her Blogversary (list is at top of each post on her blog).

Meridian and One Butt Cheek at a Time, by Amber Kizer, at Shooting Stars Mag (ends Aug 31, US and Canada)

Three book giveaway, at Melanie’s Musings (ends Sept 10, international)

Children’s Fiction

The Blue Star, by Tony Earley, at A Sea of Books (ends Aug 29, US and Canada)

Children’s Picture Books

Albert the Fix-It Man, by Janet Lord and illustrated by Julie Paschkis, at Beth Fish Reads (ends Aug 27, international)

Otter and Owl I Can Read books, at 5 Minutes for Books (ends Aug 30, US only)

Max Spaniel: Dinosaur Hunt, by David Catrow, at Bookie Woogie (ends Aug 25)

All Other Fiction

World Baby Girl, by Fannie Flagg, at Page After Page (ends Aug 26)

A Disobedient Girl, by Ru Freeman, at Jenn’s Bookshelf (ends Aug 23 – today!, US and Canada)

Huge giveaway of a large selection of YA and paranormal books at Princess Bookie (ends Aug 24, US and Canada). I haven’t entered this contest, but I found it via Debbie’s World of Books, so if you’re entering and want that extra entry for naming who referred you, please feel free to put down Debbie’s name so she can receive an extra entry too.

Selection of books, two per winner, to celebrate 1000th post, at Bookwormom – leave comments on any post from the 965th post up to the 1000 post to be entered (international).

20 books, 3 winners, at Bloody Bookaholic (ends Sept 27, US, PR & Canada)

Damas, Dramas, and Ana Ruiz, by Belinda Acosta, at the following blogs: Peeking Between the Pages (ends Aug 29, US and Canada), Bookin’ With Bingo (ends Aug 29, US and Canada)

Sleepless Nights, by Sarah Bilston, at 5 Minutes for Books (ends Aug 30, US only)

Rooftops of Tehran, by Mahbod Seraji, at Savvy Verse and Wit (ends Aug 24, international)

Diary of a Mad Gen Yer (ebook), by Marcus Dino, at A Book Blogger’s Diary (ends Aug 26, international)

A Better View of Paradise, by Randy Sue Coburn, at the following blogs:  Bookin’ With Bingo (ends Sept 2, US only), Café of Dreams (ends Aug 24)

Thug Luvin’ and Payback With Ya Life, by Wahida Clark, at Bookin’ With Bingo (ends Sept 10, US and Canada)

Labor Day, by Joyce Maynard, at Booking Mama (ends Sept 4, US and Canada)

NONFICTION

Memoir/Autobiography/Biography

Up For Renewal, by Cathy Alter, at Chick With Books (ends Sept 5, international)

The Gift of an Ordinary Day, by Katrina Kenison, at I’m Booking It (ends Sept 10, US and Canada)

Population 485, by Michael Perry, at Care’s Online Book Club (ends Aug 23- today!)

Writing Places: The Life Journey of a Writer and Teacher, by William Zinsser, at 5 Minutes for Books (ends Aug 30, US only)

Close Encounters of the Third-Grade Kind, by Phillip Done, at Starting Fresh (ends Sept 15, US and Canada)

Friends Like These, by Danny Wallace, at Starting Fresh (ends Aug 31, US and Canada)

On the Line, by Serena Williams, at Starting Fresh (ends Aug 31, US and Canada)

Cookbooks and Food-Related Books

Julie and Julia, by Julie Powell, at Redlady’s Reading Room (ends Sept 2, US and Canada)

Children’s Nonfiction

The Scrambled States of America (audiobook), by Laurie Keller, at 5 Minutes for Books (ends Aug 30, US only)

Pocket Doodles for Kids, at 5 Minutes for Books (ends Aug 30, US only)

Sending Love… My “Different-Functional” Family, by Lori Hilliard , at Book Dads (ends Sept 1, US and Canada)

All Other Nonfiction

Back to School giveaway – selection of five books – at Old, Musty Books (ends Sept 13, US and Canada)

BOOK-RELATED GIVEAWAYS

$25 gift card to Amazon.com or B&N, at Melanie’s Bookshelf (ends Aug 31, international)

“I’m late, I’m late, for a very important date,” said the White Rabbit. Oh wait, not the White Rabbit – it’s me saying “I’m late!” Sorry I’m posting this list a little later than usual. We went to visit someone up at their cottage yesterday, and we enjoyed ourselves much too thoroughly; we ended up coming home later than expected, and I was too tired to do anything other than watch a movie with my family and then feverishly read more of In the Woods, by Tana French.

This giveaways round-up post is a regular feature here at MsBookish so if you’re holding a book giveaway, let me know and I’ll include your giveaway in my next giveaways round-up post. I know I mentioned in previous posts that you can also let me know via Twitter, but I’m finding it easier to receive the information by email. Also, I will not be posting a Big List of Book Giveaways edition next Sunday (I will be in Flushing, New York, attending my cousin’s reception that weekend. Yes, I know – not my idea of an ideal weekend get-away. It involves a nine hour drive there and back but he’s my cousin, I missed his wedding in Hawaii, and I’m actually looking forward to seeing all my relatives), so the next list will be posted on August 23; I will not be able to include your giveaway unless the contest end date is on or after August 23.

To everyone who emailed me their giveaways information, thank you very much; I didn’t have the time to reply to everyone, but your emails are much appreciated.

I’ve made a change to the way I’m listing the giveaways. In addition to listing giveaways by genre, I’ve decided to group all giveaways of a particular book together. This does have the effect of making the list look smaller (it’s not, though), but it also makes it easier for readers who might not be interested in that particular book. And for readers who would love to win the book, you can enter all the contests for it quickly and easily.

And many thanks to January Magazine – they actually took the time to count the number of giveaways in last week’s Big List of Book Giveaways post, and I discovered there were over 100 giveaways in that post! I was very surprised by this. Even though I compile this list weekly, even I didn’t know there were so many book giveaways out there!

FICTION

Mystery/Thriller/Suspense

The Girl Who Played With Fire, by Stieg Larsson, at the following blogs: John Oak Dalton (end date: not stated); I Write in Books (ends Aug 17); Books on the Nightstand (Aug 10, US only)

The Lovers, by John Connolly, at Murder, Mystery & Mayhem (ends Aug 31, US only)

I Can See You, by Karen Rose, at the following blogs:  Popin’s Lair (ends Aug 18, US and Canada); Books and Needlepoint (ends Aug 11, US and Canada)

Killer Bunny Hill, by Denise Robbins, at the following blogs:  Debbie’s World of Books (ends Aug 20, US and Canada); Café of Dreams (ends Aug 21)

Ravens (audiobook), by George Dawes Green, at the following blogs:  Books and Needlepoint (ends Aug 29, US and Canada); Café of Dreams (ends Aug 17, US and Canada)

Dying for Mercy, by Mary Jane Clark, at the following blogs: Melissa’s Bookshelf (ends Aug 9 – today!, US only); A Circle of Books (Aug 14, US only)

Wife of the Gods, by Kwei Quartey, at Musings of a Bookish Kitty (ends Aug 22, international)

Daniel X: Watch the Skies (audiobook), by James Patterson and Ned Rust, at Café of Dreams (ends Aug 17, US and Canada)

Die For Me, by Karen Rose, at Bookin’ With Bingo (ends Aug 30, US and Canada)

Stealing with Style and The Big Steal, by Emyl Jenkins, at 5 Minutes For Mom (ends Aug 9 – today!, US only)

Fear the Worst, by Linwood Barclay, at Lori’s Reading Corner (ends Aug 21, US only)

Sand Shark, by Margaret Maron, at Tutu’s 2 Cents (ends Sept 15, US and Canada)

Crush, by Alan Jacobsen, at Lori’s Reading Corner (ends Aug 16, US only)

Evil at Heart, by Chelsea Cain, at Take Me Away (ends Aug 25)

Fantasy/Sci-Fi/Paranormal

For Dune lovers: The Winds of Dune, by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson, at Fantasy Book Critic (ends Aug 18, international). This seriously is for Dune lovers, as you have to submit a photo of yourself dressed as a character in a Dune novel, preferably in a desert-like environment.

The Awakening, by Kelley Armstrong, at J. Kaye’s Book Blog (ends Aug 28, US and Canada)

Fool on the Hill, by Matt Ruff, at Fyrefly Books (ends Aug 15, international)

Dark Hunger, by Rita Herron, at the following blogs:  Drey’s Library (ends Aug 22, US and Canada); Books and Needlepoint (ends Aug 19, US and Canada); Cheryl’s Book Nook (ends Aug 31, US and Canada)

Mr. Darcy, Vampyre , by Amanda Grange, at the following blogs: Savvy Verse and Wit (ends Aug 14, US and Canada); Starting Fresh (ends Aug 31, US and Canada)

Light of the Burning Shadow, by Chris Evans, at Fantasy Book Critic (ends Aug 13, international)

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, at Zombie Research Society (ends Aug 28)

My Soul to Take, by Rachel Vincent, at Fantastic Book Review (ends Aug 15, international)

Historical Fiction/Historical Romance

Kill-Grief, by Caroline Rance, at Farm Lane Book Blog (ends Aug 12, international)

A Hint of Wicked, by Jennifer Haymore and My Forbidden Desire by Carolyn Jewel, at Just Another Book Blog (ends Aug 19, US and Canada)

The Grand Sophy, by Georgette Heyer, at S. Krishna’s Books (ends Aug 16, US only)

Hugh and Bess, by Susan Higginbotham, at the following blogs: Peeking Between the Pages (ends Aug 30, international); The Tome Traveller (ends Aug 22, international)

The White Queen, by Philippa Gregory, at the following blogs:  At Home With Books (ends Aug 17, international), Bella Is Reading (ends Aug 21, international)

The Devil’s Queen, by Jeanne Kalogridis, at Books ‘n’ Border Collies (ends Aug 14, international)

Seduce Me, by Robyn DeHart, at the following blogs:  My Guilty Pleasures (ends Aug 17, US and Canada); A Journey of Books (ends Aug 31, US and Canada); Bookin’ With Bingo (ends Aug 30, US and Canada); Book Soulmates (ends Aug 12, US and Canada); Cheryl’s Book Nook (ends Aug 31, US and Canada)

98 Reasons for Being, by Clare Dudman, at Lizzy’s Literary Life (ends Aug 15, international)

An Echo in the Bone, by Diana Gabaldon or Covet By J.R. Ward, at The Royal Reviews (ends Aug 31)

Chick Lit/Romance

Only You, by Deborah Grace Staley, at J. Kaye’s Book Blog (ends Aug 28, US and Canada)

How to Tame a Modern Rogue, at the following blogs:  Bookfan-Mary (ends Aug 13, US and Canada); My Guilty Pleasures (ends Aug 15, US and Canada); Cheryl’s Book nook (ends Aug 31, US and Canada)

So Into You, by Sandra Hill, at the following blogs: My Guilty Pleasures (ends Aug 15, US and Canada); Just Another New Blog (ends Aug 26, US and Canada); Cheryl’s Book Nook (ends Aug 31, US and Canada); Stumbling Over Chaos (ends Aug 17, US and Canada)

And Mistress Makes Three, by Francis Ray, at A Book Blogger’s Diary (ends Aug 31, US only)

Beyond the Rain, by Jess Granger, at Something Wicked (ends: not stated)

Young Adult Fiction

Patches of Grey, by Roy L. Pickering Jr. and a print of their choice from ErinGoPrint, at The Gluten-Free Illustrator (ends Aug 16)

Intertwined, by Gena Showalter, at Fictionistas (end date: doesn’t say)

Selection of YA books, at Jackson Pierce (end date: doesn’t say)

Drama Queers, by Frank Anthony Polito, at Bibliofreak (ends Aug 16, international)

Shiver, by Maggie Stiefvater, at Angieville (ends Aug 9 – today!)

Variety of books, at girl uninterrupted (ends Aug 10, US only)

Hush, Hush, by Becca Fitzpatrick, at Steph Su Reads (ends Aug 28, international)

And Then Everything Unraveled, by Jennifer Sturman, at Steph Su Reads (ends Aug 20, international)

The Boy Toy, by Barry Lyga, at Bookluver-Carol (ends Aug 25)

Fade to Blue, by Sean Beaudoin, at YA Fresh (ends Aug 9 – today!)

Undiscovered Gyrl, by Allison Burnett, at Shooting Stars Mag (ends Aug 31, US and Canada)

Meet Me On The Paisley Roof, by Murray Tillman, at Sweeps4Bloggers (ends Aug 12, US only)

Cast the First Stone, by Gwendolyn Glover, at Mrs. Magoo Reads (ends Aug 9 – today!)

Children’s Fiction

The Blue Star, by Tony Earley, at the following blogs:  Just Another Book Blog (ends Aug 16, US and Canada); Books and Needlepoint (ends Aug 26, US and Canada); Bookin’ With Bingo (ends Aug 31, US and Canada); A Journey of Books (ends Aug 31, US and Canada); Café of Dreams (ends Aug 14, US and Canada)

Children’s Picture Books

BlueBeary, by Kathleen McMillan, illutrated by Rebekah Joy Plett, at Books I Done Read (ends Aug 11)

Max Spaniel: Dinosaur Hunt, by David Catrow, and $25 Amazon.com gift card, at Totally Her (ends Aug 21)

Christian Fiction

The Hope of Refuge, by Cindy Woodsmall, at the following blogs:  My Friend Amy (ends Aug 31); Books and Needlepoint (ends Aug 24, US only); Camy’s Loft (ends Aug 9 – today!, international)

Deadly Intent, by Camy Tang, at Books, Movies and Chinese Food (ends Aug 11, international)

The Last Woman Standing, by Tia McCollors plus gift cards, at APOOO Book Club (end date: not stated)

All Other Fiction

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows, at the following blogs: Book Club Classics (end date: doesn’t say ); Savvy Verse and Wit (ends Aug 12, US and Canada); Mawbooks (end date: doesn’t say)

The Lost Dog, by Michelle de Kretser, at the following blogs:  Just Another Book Blog (ends Aug 17, US and Canada); Bookin’ With Bingo (Aug 31, US and Canada); Falling Off the Shelf (ends Aug 25, US and Canada)

The Lie, by Fredrica Wagman, at Just Another New Blog (ends Aug 25, international)

A Mercy, by Toni Morrison, at BookBrowse (ends Aug 19, US only, unless member of BookBrowse)

Four winners will win five books each, at Write Minded Blog (end date: not stated)

Off Season (audiobook), by Anne Rivers Siddons, at J. Kaye’s Book Blog (ends Aug 28, US and Canada)

Selection of four books (four winners), at At Home With Books (ends Aug 27, US and Canada)

America Libre, by Raul Ramos y Sanchez, at Bookin’ With Bingo (ends Aug 31, US and Canada)

Labor Day, by Joyce Maynard, at Bookin’ With Bingo (ends Aug 21, US only)

The Castaways (audiobook), by Elin Hilderbrand, at the following blogs: by Books and Needlepoint (ends Aug 28, US and Canada); Café of Dreams (ends Aug 17, US and Canada); Beth’s Book Review Blog (ends Aug 31, US and Canada)

No Mad, by Sam Moffie, at Bookin’ With Bingo (ends Aug 20, US only)

Selection of books, at My Guilty Pleasures (ends Aug 29, US and Canada)

This One is Mine, by Maria Semple, at Everyday I Write the Book (ends Aug 14)

Song of Renewal , by Emily Sue Harvey, at A Book Blogger’s Diary (ends Aug 31, US and Canada)

Silk, by Rupert James, at Novelicious (end date not stated , UK only)

Selection of books, at Boomerang Books (ends Aug 31)

Sleepless Nights, by Sarah Bilston, at Sweeps4Bloggers (ends Aug 15, US only)

Historical and paranormal romance giveaway (2 books), at Michelle’s Book Blog (ends Aug 14)

Selection of eight books (individual comments required for each book), in celebration of Book Bloggers Appreciation Week, at Thoughts From an Evil Overlord (ends Aug 14).

NONFICTION

Memoir/Autobiography/Biography

Close Encounters of the Third-Grade Kind, by Phillip Done, at Allison’s Book Marks (ends Aug 14, US and Canada)

Accidentally on Purpose, by Mary F. Pols, at Booking Mama (ends Aug 21, US and Canada)

Prairie Tale, by Melissa Gilbert, at Bookin’ With Bingo (ends Aug 18, US only)

The Triumph of Deborah, by Eva Etzioni-Halevy, at Virginie Says (ends Aug 31)

Cult Insanity, by Irene Spencer, at Crazy for Books (ends Aug 24, US and Canada)

Friends Like These, by Danny Wallace, at Crazy for Books (ends Aug 24, US and Canada)

Cobain Unseen, by Charles R. Cross, at True Crime Book Reviews (ends Aug 16, US and Canada)

Cookbooks and Food-Related Books

Shark’s Fin and Sichuan Pepper: A Sweet-Sour Memoir of Eating in China, by Fuchsia Dunlop, at Leites’ Culinaria (ends Sept 8, US and Canada)

The Amazing Adventures of Dietgirl, by Shauna Reid, at That’s Fit (ends Aug 10, US and Canada)

True Crime

American Eve, by Paula Uruburu, at A Readers’ Respite (ends Aug 31)

The Monster of Florence (audiobook), by Douglas Preston and Mario Spezi, at J. Kaye’s Book Blog (ends Aug 28, US and Canada)

Parenting

The New Baby’s Baby Journal, by Michelle Sinclair Colman, at A Frugal Friend (ends Aug 11, US only)

All Other NonFiction

Back to School 5-book giveaway (sponsored by Hachette Books), at the following blogs: Book Reviews by Bobbie (ends Sept 14, US and Canada); Booking Mama (ends Sept 6, US and Canada’; Bookin’ With Bingo (ends Sept 12, US and Canada); Drey’s Library (ends Sept 15, US and Canada); Vivian Deliz’s Blog (ends Sept 15, US and Canada)

Soul Survivor, by Bruce & Andrea Leininger, at Chick With Books (ends Aug 22, US and Canada)

14 Cows for America, by by Thomas Gonzalez by Carmen Agra Deedy in collaboration with Wilson Kimeli Naiyomah and illustrated by Thomas Gonzalez, at Mawbooks (ends Aug 12, US and Canada)

You Are Not Alone Volume 2, by Andrea Roe, at A Book Blogger’s Diary (ends Aug 31, US and Canada)

You Don’t Have to Learn the Hard Way, by J. R. Parrish, at Bookin’ With Bingo (ends Aug 17, US only)

The Husband Project, by Kathi Lipp, at Books and Needlepoint (ends Aug 23, US only)

Little Budget Travel Book, by David Ning, at Money Smart Life (ends Aug 17)

The Girls’ Guide to Rocking, by Jessica Hopper, at Mrs. Magoo Reads (ends Aug 31)

BOOK-RELATED GIVEAWAYS

Sony Reader Digital Book Contest – win a Sony Reader, at Canada Reads (Canada only)

This giveaways round-up post is a regular feature here at MsBookish so if you’re holding a book giveaway, please let me know and I’ll include your giveaway in my next giveaways round-up post. If you’re on Twitter, you can also @reply me your giveaway URL. Please note that the next edition will be posted on Sunday, August 9, so your giveaway should end on or after that date. Huge thanks to everyone who emailed or @replied me their giveaway URLs this past week!

As always, I’ve separated the giveaways according to genre, for your convenience. All links in this post open in a new tab or window (depending on how your browser is set up).

If I missed your giveaway, please feel free to include a link to it in the comments section of this post. It’s probably best to put one link per comment, as my blogging software tends to filter out comments with multiple links as spam.

Good luck, everyone!

FICTION GIVEAWAYS

Mystery/Suspense/Thriller

One Scream Away, at Just Another New Blog (ends Aug 7, US and Canada)

The Juror (audiobook), by George Dawes Green, at Just Another New Blog (ends Aug 5, US and Canada)

Chosen to Die, by Lisa Jackson, at Book Reporter (ends Aug 6)

Ravens, by George Dawes Green, at Bermudaonion (ends Aug 9, international)

Dying for Mercy, by Mary Jane Clark, at Book Reviews by Bobbie (ends Aug 13, US and Canada)

Dying for Mercy, by Mary Jane Clark, at Reading Extravaganza (ends Aug 12, international)

Ravens (audiobook), by George Dawes Green, at Peeking Between the Pages (ends Aug 23, US and Canada)

Dying for Mercy, by Mary Jane Clark, at Popin’s Lair (ends Aug 15, international)

The Book of Lies (audiobook), by Brad Meltzer, at J. Kaye’s Book Blog (ends Aug 28, US and Canada)

The Justice Game, by Randy Singer, at A Book Blogger’s Diary (ends Aug 27, US only)

The Justice Game, by Randy Singer, at Books, Movies and Chinese Food (ends Aug 2 – today!, US only)

Dying for Mercy, by Mary Jane Clark, at Bella is Reading (ends Aug 14, international)

Win the first three books in Margaret Grace’s Miniature Mystery series, at Lesa’s Book Critiques (ends Aug 6, US only)

Ravens (audiobook), by George Dawes Green, at Vivian Deliz’s Blog (ends Aug 28, US and Canada)

Vanished, by Joseph Finder, at The Rap Sheet (ends Aug 16, US and Canada)

Ravens (audiobook), by George Dawes Green, at My Guilty Pleasures (ends Aug 14, US and Canada)

Daniel X: Watch the Skies (audiobook), by James Patterson and Ned Rust, at My Guilty Pleasures (ends Aug 21, US and Canada)

The Girl Who Played with Fire, by Stieg Larsson, at Lit Chick (ends Aug 7)

Dying for Mercy, by Mary Jane Clark, at A Circle of Books (ends Aug 14, US only)

Dying for Mercy, by Mary Jane Clark, at Lori’s Reading Corner (ends Aug 10, US only)

The Girl Who Played With Fire, by Stieg Larsson, at Necromancy Never Pays (ends Aug 28, US and Canada)

Drawn in Blood, by Andrea Kane, at Lori’s Reading Corner (ends Aug 4, US only)

Deadly Intent, by Camy Tang, at Tara’s View on Books (ends Aug 12, US and Canada)

Red to Black, by Alex Dryden, at Beth’s Book Review Blog (ends Aug 14, US only)

Fantasy/Sci-Fi/Paranormal

David Weber’s Safehold series, at Fantasy Hotlist (end date not stated)

Blood of the Mantis, by Adrian Tchaikovsky, at Fantasy Hotlist (end date not stated)

My Forbidden Desire, at Just Another New Blog (ends Aug 19, US and Canada)

Dark Hunger, by Rita Herron, at Books and Needlepoint (ends Aug 19, US and Canada)

The Vampire’s Seduction, by Raven Hart, at Tynga’s Urban Fantasy Reviews (ends Aug 15, US and Canada)

My Name is Will, by Jess Winfield, at Chick with Books (ends Aug 8, US and Canada)

Sideshow, by Deborah Noyes, at Shooting Stars Mag (ends Aug 10, US only)

Speak of the Devil, by Jenna Black, at Literary Escapism (ends Aug 11, international)

Prey, by Rachel Vincent, at Readaholic (ends Aug 5)

Chick Lit/Romance

Twenties Girl, by Sophie Kinsella, at Peeking Between the Pages (ends Aug 22, international)

Your Roots Are Showing, by Elise Chidley, at Bookin’ With Bingo (ends Aug 30, US and Canada)

Out of Time, by Samantha Graves, at Bookin’ With Bingo (ends Aug 30, US and Canada)

Tall Tales and Wedding Veils, by Jane Graves, at Bookin’ With Bingo (ends Aug 30, US and Canada)

The Divorce Party, by Laura Dave, at Vivian Deliz’s Blog (ends Aug 31, US and Canada)

How To Score, by Robin Wells, at Morbid Romantic (ends Aug 9, US and Canada)

Tall Tales and Wedding Veils, by Jane Graves, at Trisha’s Book Blog (ends Aug 7)

Counting Stars and All the Stars, by Michele Paige Holmes, at Book Giveaways (ends Aug 4)

Historical/Historical Romance

A Hint of Wicked, at Just Another New Blog (ends Aug 19, US and Canada)

The Darcy and the Bingleys and The Plight of the Darcy Brothers, by Marsha Altman, at J. Kaye’s Book Blog (ends Aug 29, US and Canada)

Pope Joan, by Donna Woolfolk Cross, at Peeking Between the Pages (ends Aug 15, US and Canada)

The Spies of Warsaw, by Alan Furst, at Diary of an Eccentric (ends Aug 9, international)

The Darcy and the Bingleys and The Plight of the Darcy Brothers, by Marsha Altman, at Debbie’s World of Books (ends Aug 13, US and Canada)

The Spies of Warsaw, by Alan Furst, at Bookin’ With Bingo (ends Aug 2, US only)

Written on Your Skin, by Meredith Duran, at All About Romance (ends Aug 4)

The Moon Looked Down, by Dorothy Garlock, at A Sea of Books (ends Aug 15, US and Canada)

The Belly Dancer, by Deanna Cameron, at Number One Novels (ends Aug 2, US only)

A Separate Country, by Robert Hicks, at Tanzanite’s Shelf and Stuff (ends Aug 25, US and Canada)

The Spies of Warsaw, by Alan Furst, at Wendy’s Minding Spot (ends Aug 17, US only)

Erotica

Sweet Surrender, by Maya Banks, at Seductive Musings (ends Aug 2, international)

YA Novels

My Soul to Take or Intertwined, at YA Book Nerd (ends Aug 2)

Shiver and Ballad, by Maggie Stiefvater, at The Story Siren (ends Aug 21, US and Canada)

Prophecy of the Sisters, at The Book Resort (ends Aug 9, international)

Eyes Like Stars, by Lisa Mantchev, at The Book Resort (ends Aug 7, international)

Catching Fire, by Suzanne Collins, at Bookworming in the 21st Century (ends Aug 7, international)

Legacy, by Cayla Kluver, at La Femme Readers (ends Aug 30, US only)

Catching Fire, by Suzanne Collins, at Ramblings of a Teenage Bookworm (ends Aug 20, US only)

Geektastic, edited by Holly Black and Cecil Castellucci, at Bookluver Carol (ends Aug 17, US and Canada)

Children’s Fiction

The Blue Star, by Tony Earley, at Book Reviews by Bobbie (ends Aug 10, US and Canada)

The Blue Star, by Tony Earley, at Peeking Between the Pages (ends Aug 15, US and Canada)

Precious Girls Club: Operation Kindness, and a Precious Girls Club plush toy, at 5 Minutes for Books (ends Aug 5)

The Blue Star, by Tony Earley, at Starting Fresh (ends Aug 15, US and Canada)

The Blue Star, by Tony Earley, at My Guilty Pleasures (ends Aug 21, US and Canada)

The Blue Star, by Tony Earley, at A Circle of Books (ends Aug 8, US and Canada)

Children’s Picture Books

Count Down to Fall and What’s New at the Zoo? An Animal Adding Adventure, at Reading To Know (ends Aug 5, US only)

Too Many Visitors for One Little House, by Susan Chodakiewitz, illustrated by Veronica Walsh, at Books and Needlepoint (ends Aug 7, international)

Number Book by Creativity for Kids at Frugal Mommy of 2 Girls (ends Aug 6)

I’m Your Bus, at Peapod Squad Stuff (ends Aug 14)

Say Daddy, at Mommy PR (ends Aug 12, US only)

The Angry Thunderstorm, by Carol Henson Keese, and illustrated by Rachel Henson, at Beth’s Book Review Blog (ends Aug 16, US only)

All Other Fiction

Win free books for a year. Winner receives $20 gift certificate every month for a year, at Better World Books (ends Aug 7, international but $3.97 shipping charge applies outside the U.S.)

This One is Mine, by Maria Semple, at Linus’s Blanket (ends Aug 8, US and Canada)

The Lost Dog, by Michelle de Kretser, at Book Reviews by Bobbie (ends Aug 10, US and Canada)

A Summer Affair (audiobook), by Elin Hilderbrand, at J. Kaye’s Book Blog (ends Aug 28, US and Canada)

The Lost Dog, by Michelle de Kretser, at Peeking Between the Pages (ends Aug 15, US and Canada)

The Castaways (audiobook), by Elin Hilderbrand , at Peeking Between the Pages (ends Aug 23, US and Canada)

Happiness Key, by Emilie Richards, at Bookin’ With Bingo (ends Aug 3, US only)

Benny and Shrimp, by Katarina Mazetti, at Bookin’ With Bingo (ends Aug 15, US only)

Summer House, by Nancy Thayer, at Bookin’ With Bingo (ends Aug 16, US only)

The Lost Dog, by Michelle de Kretser, at Books and Needlepoint (ends Aug 21, US and Canada)

Choice of one of three audiobooks, plus one winner wins Nelson Mandela’s Favorite African Folktales in audio, at Bookin’ With Bingo (ends Aug 31, US and Canada)

At Color Online: Send a review of a POC (people of color) book through the month of August. Random drawing for 3 reviewers at the end of the challenge. US only.

The Lost Dog, by Michelle de Kretser, at Chick With Books (ends Aug 22, US and Canada)

Off Season, by Anne Rivers Siddons, at Chick with Books (ends Aug 8, US and Canada)

The Lost Dog, by Michelle de Kretser, at Starting Fresh (ends Aug 15, US and Canada)

The Lost Dog, by Michelle de Kretser, at Vivian Deliz’s Blog (ends Aug 29, US and Canada)

The Castaways (audiobook), by Elin Hilderbrand, at Vivian Deliz’s Blog (ends Aug 30, US and Canada)

The Lost Dog, by Michelle de Kretser, at My Guilty Pleasures (ends Aug 20, US and Canada)

Sacred Hearts, by Sarah Dunant, at Raging Bibliomania (ends Aug 31)

The Castaways (audiobook), by Elin Hilderbrand, at My Guilty Pleasures (ends Aug 7, US and Canada)

The Lost Dog, by Michelle de Kretser, at A Journey of Books (ends Aug 17, US and Canada)

The Lost Dog, by Michelle de Kretser, at A Circle of Books (ends Aug 10, US and Canada)

The Castaways (audiobook), by Elin Hilderbrand, at A Circle of Books (ends Aug 20, US and Canada)

NONFICTION GIVEAWAYS

Memoir/Autobiography/Biography

American Lion, by Jon Meacham, at Bermudaonion (ends Aug 9, international)

American Lion, by Jon Meacham, at Medieval Bookworm (ends Aug 19, US only)

Blue Like Play Dough: The Shape of Motherhood in the Grip of God, by Tricia Goyer, at 5 Minutes for Mom (ends Aug 2 – today!, US only)

The Imposter’s Daughter, by Laurie Sandell, at Bookfoolery and Babble (ends Aug 11, US and Canada)

Do-Over!, by Robin Hemley, at Chick With Books (ends Aug 22, US and Canada)

Parenting/Child-Related

Light Up Your Child’s Mind, at Just Another New Blog (ends Aug 20, US and Canada)

NurtureShock, by Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman, at Just Another New Blog (ends Aug 20, US and Canada)

Health and Fitness

High Performance Health, by James M. Rippe, at Canadian Living (ends Aug 5)

The Essential Yoga Sutra: Ancient Wisdom for Your Yoga, by Christie McNally, at Pink Lemonade (ends Aug 4)

Cookbooks/Food-Related

Sips & Apps, at Chronicle Books (end date not stated)

Tequila, at Chronicle Books (ends Aug 4)

Just Food, by James E. McWilliams, at Book Reviews by Bobbie (ends Aug 10, US and Canada)

The Frugal Foodie Cookbook, at Mango Tomato (ends Aug 7, US only)

All Other NonFiction

PETA Practical Guide to Animal Rights, by Ingrid Newkirk, at Books and Needlepoint (ends Aug 17, US only)

Lost Souls: Found, at Bookin’ With Bingo (ends Aug 2 – today! US only)

Carolyn Taggart’s “school books” series, at Bookin’ With Bingo (ends Aug 16, US only)

$20 per Gallon, by Christopher Steiner, at Vivian Deliz’s Blog (ends Aug 15, US and Canada)

$20 per Gallon, by Christopher Steiner, at My Guilty Pleasures (ends Aug 28, US and Canada)

Breaking the Barriers, by Jason Frenn and How to Be a Hepburn in a Hilton World, by Jordan Christy, at Portrait of a Writer … Interrupted (ends Aug 15, US and Canada)

Ancient Modern: Polymer Clay and Wire Jewelry, by Ronna Sarvas Weltman, at Tonja’s Treasures (ends Aug 21)

BOOK-RELATED GIVEAWAYS

Win a limited edition The Atlantis Revelation iPod Touch, at Simon and Schuster (ends Aug 12, US only)

Julie & Julia-inspired basket, at Dean & Deluca (ends Sept 1, US only)

Win tickets to the August 12th Washington, DC screening of The Time Traveler’s Wife, at The Book Lady’s Blog (ends Aug 5)

Win a $50 gift card to Barnes & Noble, at Book Giveaways (ends Aug 11)

Welcome to the July 26 edition of the Big List of Book Giveaways. This giveaways round-up post is a regular feature here at MsBookish so if you’re holding a book giveaway, please let me know and I’ll include your giveaway in my next giveaways round-up post. If you’re on Twitter, you can also follow me and @reply me your giveaway URL. Please note that the next edition will be posted on Sunday, August 2, so your giveaway should end on or after that date. Thank you to everyone who emailed me their giveaway URLs this past week.

This week’s list is long, so have fun, everyone! As always, I’ve separated the giveaways according to genre, for your convenience. For international readers, today’s list does include a handful of giveaways open worldwide, although not as many as I’ve seen in previous lists.

FICTION

Mystery/Thriller/Suspense

Dying for Mercy, by Mary Jane Clark, at The Book Resort (ends July 28, international)

The Juror (audiobook), by George Dawes Green, at Starting Fresh (ends July 31, US and Canada)

Bourne Deception, by Robert Ludlum, at Starting Fresh (ends July 31, US and Canada)

Killer Summer, by Ridley Pearson plus two other Pearson paperbacks, at Omni Mystery (ends July 31)

Purgatory Ridge, by William Kent Krueger, at Omni Mystery (ends Aug 8)

Breathing Water, by Timothy Hallinan, at Omni Mystery (ends Aug 22)

Ravens, by George Dawes Green, at Bookin’ With Bingo (ends Aug 4, US and Canada)

The Last Patriot, by Brad Thor, at Books and Needlepoint (ends Aug 14, US only)

The Lost Hours, by Karen White, at J. Kaye’s Book Blog (ends Aug 28, US and Canada)

I Can See You, by Karen Rose, at Books and Needlepoint (ends Aug 11, US and Canada)

I Can See You, by Karen Rose, at Bookin’ With Bingo (ends July 31, US and Canada)

Take Me Out to the Ballgame, by Gary Morgenstein, at Starting Fresh (ends Aug 14, US and Canada)

Three books by George Dawes Green, at A Bookworm’s World (ends Aug 22, US and Canada)

Ravens, by George Dawes Green, at Drey’s Library (ends Aug 5, US and Canada)

Ravens, by George Dawes Green, at This Book For Free (ends Aug 5, US and Canada)

Ravens, by George Dawes Green, at A Sea of Books (ends Aug 8, US and Canada)

I Can See You, by Karen Rose, at My Guilty Pleasures (ends Aug 5, US and Canada)

Worst Nightmares, by Shane Briant, at Jenns’ Bookshelf (ends July 31, US and Canada)

The Target: Love, Death and Airline Deregulation, by J.R. Hauptman, at Café of Dreams (ends Aug 1)

Mortal Friends, by Jane Stanton Hitchcock, at Sweeps 4 Bloggers (ends Aug 3, US only)

Cold Streak, by Lewis Aleman, at La Femme Readers (ends July 26 – today!, US only)

The Black Garden, by Joe Bright, at Book Thoughts by Lisa (ends July 31)

Fantasy/Sci-Fi/Horror/Paranormal

Signed copy of the Vampire Academy series, plus $500 Alloy gift card, at Penguin Group (ends Sept 30, US only)

My Soul to Take, by Rachel Vincent, at Library Lounge Lizard (ends July 31)

Necroscope: Harry and the Pirates: and Other Tales From the Lost Years, by Brian Lumley, at Fantasy/Sci-Fi Loving’ News & Reviews (ends Aug 4, international)

My Name is Will, by Jess Winfield, at Starting Fresh (ends July 31, US and Canada)

Two Harry Potter boxed sets – one in hardcover, one in paperback – if you sign up for Galleysmith’s Harry Potter reading challenge by August 15.

The Outlander Series, by Diana Gabaldon, at Outlander Challenge (ends Aug 15, international)

Empire of Ivory , by Naomi Novik, at Fyrefly Books (ends July 26 – today!, international)

Dark Hunger, by Rita Herron, at My Guilty Pleasures (ends Aug 12, US and Canada)

The Society of S, by Susan Hubbard, at La Femme Readers (ends Aug 10, international)

Historical/Historical Romance

The Moon Looked Down, by Dorothy Garlock, at Starting Fresh (ends Aug 3, US and Canada)

Pope Joan, by Donna Woolfolk Cross, at Medieval Bookworm (ends Aug 2, international)

Pope Joan, by Donna Woolfolk Cross, at Hey Lady! (ends Aug 1, international)

Tamed by a Laird, by Amanda Scott and The Moon Looked Down, by Dorothy Garlock, at Bookin’ With Bingo (ends July 28, US and Canada)

The King’s Grace, by Anne Easter Smith, at Passages to the Past (ends Aug 9, international)

Daughters of the Grail, by Elizabeth Chadwick, at Infinite Shelf (ends Aug 26, international)

The Moon Looked Down, by Dorothy Garlock, at Bloody Bad (ends Aug 14, US and Canada)

The Plight of the Darcy Brothers, by Marsha Altman, at Jane Austen Today (ends July 31, US and Canada)

Set of 10 Georgette Heyer books, at Jane Austen Today (ends July 31, US and Canada)

The Virgin’s Daughters, by Jeane Westin, at Pasages to the Past (ends Aug 3, US only)

Knight of Desire, by Margaret Mallory, at Just Another New Blog (ends Aug 4, US and Canada)

Chick Lit/Romance/Romantic Suspense

Holly’s Inbox, by Holly Denham (Bill Surie), at Peeking Between the Pages (ends Aug 12, US and Canada)

Foreign Tongue, by Vanina Marsot and lip gloss, at Book Chatter and other stuff (ends July 31, US and Canada)

Stolen Fury, by Elisabeth Naughton, at Pearl’s World of Books (ends July 31)

Easy on the Eyes, by Jane Porter, at Silvia Reads (ends Aug 2, US and Canada)

Snow Melts in Spring, by Deborah Vogts, at Camy’s Loft (ends July 27, international)

0 to 60, by Susan Slater, at Fairy Blog Mother (ends July 29, US only)

Bunco Babes Tell All, by Maria Geraci, at Number One Novels (ends July 26 – today!, US and Canada)

Children’s Fiction

Operation Kindness: Book Two (Precious Girls Club), and an animal kitten plush (Toppit Two character, from the book), at A Frugal Friend (ends Aug 4, US only)

Slob, by Ellen Potter, at Confuzzled Books (ends Aug 10)

The Busy Preschooler’s Guide to Learning or Three KA Readers from Interactive Book-Webscene, at A Book Blogger’s Diary (ends Aug 24, US only)

The Blue Star, by Tony Earley, at Bookfan Mary (ends Aug 21, US and Canada)

The Blue Star, by Tony Earley, at Tutu’s 2 Cents (ends Aug 12, US and Canada)

When You Reach Me, by Rebecca Stead, at Books on the Nightstand (ends July 31, US and Canada)

Children’s Picture Books

Back to School Prize Pack including I’m Your Bus, by Marilyn Singer and Evan Polengh, at 3 Kids and Us (ends Aug 14, US only)

Caillou Boxed Set, at Frugal Mommy of 2 Girls (ends July 31)

Usborne activity book giveaway, at Serendipity is Sweet (ends July 27, US and Canada)

YA Fiction

Once Dead, Twice Shy, by Kim Harrison, at The Book Smugglers (ends July 26 – today!, US and Canada)

Stargazer, by Claudia Gray, at The Book Smugglers (ends July 26 – today!, US and Canada)

Ember Fury, by Cathy Brett, at Chicklish (ends Aug 26, UK, US and any of the countries covered by the free shipping at The Book Depository)

The Summoning, by Kelley Armstrong, at The Book Smugglers (ends July 26 – today!, US and Canada)

Wings, by Aprilynne Pike, at The Book Smugglers (ends July 26 – today!, US and Canada)

Sunnyside Blues, by Mary Carter, at Writer’s Block Reviews (ends Aug 7, international)

Prophecy of the Sisters , by Michelle Zink, at Eclectic Book Lover (ends July 29, US and Canada)

The Sweet Life of Stella Madison, by Lara M. Zeises, at Pop Culture Junkie (ends Aug 6, US only)

Coffeehouse Angel and Fortune’s Magic Farm, at Fantastic Book Review (ends Aug 7, US only)

The Evernight series by Claudia Gray, at in BetweeN the pages (ends July 27, US only)

Catching Fire, by Suzanne Collins, at Abby the Librarian (ends July 26)

All Other Fiction

Off Season, by Anne Rivers Siddons, at Starting Fresh (ends July 31, US and Canada)

Amateur Barbarians, by Robert Cohen, at Bookin’ With Bingo (ends July 30, US only)

The Blue Notebook, by James Levine, at Books ‘an Border Collies (ends July 31, international)

The Lost Dog, by Michelle deKretser, at Tutu’s 2 Cents (ends Aug 12, US and Canada)

Selection of books at My Guilty Pleasures (ends Aug 13, US and Canada)

Off Season, by Anne Rivers Siddons, at A Journey of Books (ends Aug 5, US and Canada)

Selection of books, at So Adam, How’s That Book? (ends July 31, US only)

The Crowning Glory of Calla Lilly Ponder, by Rebecca Wells, at Sweeps 4 Bloggers (ends July 30, US only)

Off Season, by Anne Rivers Siddons, at Reading with Monie (ends July 30, US and Canada)

Off Season, by Anne Rivers Siddons, at The Book Faery Reviews (ends July 26 – today!, US and Canada)

NONFICTION

Memoir/Autobiography/Biography

Hit Hard: A Story of Hitting Rock Bottom at the Top, by Joey Kramer, at Bella is Reading (ends July 31, US only)

The Imposter’s Daughter, by Laurie Sandell, at Starting Fresh (ends Aug 9, US and Canada)

American Lion, by Jon Meacham, at Bookin’ With Bingo (ends Aug 3, US only)

The Imposter’s Daughter, by Laurie Sandell, at She Reads and Reads (ends Aug 7, US and Canada)

Year of the Cock: The Remarkable True Account of a Married Man Who Left His Wife and Paid the Price, by Allan Wieder, at Starting Fresh (ends Aug 15, US and Canada)

Full House – But Empty, by Angus Munro, at Café of Dreams (ends Aug 1)

Assaulted by Joy: The Redemption of a Cynic, by Stephen W. Simpson, at No Ordinary Moments (ends July 31, US only)

Blue Like Play Dough, by Tricia Goyer, at Callapidder Days (ends July 29, US and Canada)

Michael Jackson: The Magic, the Madness, the Whole Story, 1958-2009, by J. Randy Taraborrelli, at True Crime Book Reviews (ends July 28, US and Canada/international)

The Imposter’s Daughter, by Laurie Sandell, at Chocolate and Croissants (ends Aug 3, US and Canada)

Cookbooks and Food-Related Books

Win two Jamie Oliver cookbooks, at Zen Can Cook (ends July 29, international)

Julie and Julia, by Julie Powell, at Starting Fresh (ends July 31, US and Canada)

Julie and Julia, by Julie Powell, at I’m Booking It (ends Aug 4, US and Canada)

501 Bento Box Lunches, at Kitchen Cow (ends Aug 5, international)

Julie and Julia, by Julie Powell, at Joy of Desserts (Aug 21, US and Canada)

All Other Non-Fiction

The Scavengers’ Manifesto, by Anneli Rufus and Kristan Lawson, at Shoestring Mag (ends July 31, US and Canada)

Self-Counsel Press giveaway: selection of five titles, at Booklorn. First winner will be picked on July 28, 2009, another on August 4, 2009 and one on August 11, 2009, US and Canada.

$20 per Gallon, by Christopher Steiner, at Starting Fresh (ends July 31, US and Canada)

The Vixen Manual: How to Find, Seduce & Keep the Man of Your Dreams, by Karrine Steffans, at Starting Fresh (ends July 28, US and Canada)

Honey, It’s All in the Shoes, by Phyllis Norton Hoffman, at The Book Lady (ends July 28, US and Canada)

Solemate, by Lauren Mackler, at J. Kaye’s Book Blog (ends Aug 28, US and Canada)

Smart, But Feeling Dumb, by Harold N. Levinson, at J. Kaye’s Book Blog (ends Aug 28, US and Canada)

Making Babies, by Sami S. David and Jill Blakeway, at Starting Fresh (ends Aug 15, US and Canada)

Light Up Your Child’s Mind, by Joseph Renzulli, Sally Reis, and Andrea Thompson, at Starting Fresh (ends Aug 15, US and Canada)

Downtown Chic: Designing Your Dream Home, by Robert and Cortney Novogratz, at Design Baby (ends Aug 22, US only)

All the Days and Nights, by Doug DuBois, at Flak Photo and Aperture Foundation (ends July 29)

Virtual Vice, by Jason Kays, at Mom’s Take on Things (ends July 27, US only)

The Siblings Busy Book, by Lisa Hanson and Heather Kempskie, at The Mommy Files (ends July 28, US only)

The Jane Austen Handbook, at My Victorian Books (ends July 27)

Chicken Soup for the Soul: Tough Times, Tough People, at Lipstick to Crayons (ends July 31)

The Little Big Book for Dads, at Mother 2 Mother (ends Aug 15, US only)

Twilight The Illustrated Movie Companion, at Bobbie’s Book Blog (ends Aug 5, US only)

Soul Survivor, by Bruce and Andrea Leninger with Ken Gross, at Country Mouse, City Mouse (ends Aug 2, US and Canada)

BOOK AND READING-RELATED GIVEAWAYS

For your book club: win a 30-minute phone call with Poppy Adams, author of The Sister, at Random House (ends July 30, US and Canada)

Welcome to the July 19 edition of the Big List of Book Giveaways. This giveaways round-up post is a regular feature here at MsBookish so if you’re holding a book giveaway, let me know and I’ll include your giveaway in my next giveaways round-up post. If you’re on Twitter, you can also send me a DM with the URL of your giveaway. Please note that the next edition will be posted on Sunday, July 26, so your giveaway should end on or after that date.

I seem to have lost a few emails this past week, so my apologies to those who emailed me whose giveaways aren’t included – I seem to recall a handful of emails with giveaways links in them but can’t find them anywhere.

FICTION GIVEAWAYS

Mystery/Thriller/Suspense

One Scream Away, by Kate Brady, at I’m Booking It (ends July 28, US and Canada)

Dial M for Murder, by Eileen Davidson and Robert Randisi , at Booking Mama (ends July 31, US and Canada)

Stalking Susan and Missing Mark, by Julie Kramer, at Bookin’ With Bingo (ends July 31)

One Scream Away, by Kate Brady, at My Thoughts … Your Thoughts? (ends Aug 1, US and Canada)

Silver Lies or Leaden Skies, by Ann Parker, at Lesa’s Book Critiques (ends July 23, US only)

Fantasy/Sci-Fi/Paranormal

Mr. Darcy, Vampyre, by Amanda Grange, at Debbie’s World of Books (ends July 24, US only)

Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters, by Jane Austen and Ben H. Winters, at The Book Lady’s Blog (ends July 24, US and Canada)

My Name is Will, by Jess Winfield, at My Guilty Pleasures (ends July 20 – today!, US and Canada)

Zombie Bag o’goodies – includes Never Slow Dance With A Zombie by E. Van Lowe, at vvb32 reads (ends Sept 5, international) Note: you’ll need to have read and posted a review of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies to enter

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, by Seth Grahame-Smith, at Adventures of Cecelia Bedelia (ends July 26, international)

Evermore and Blue Moon, by Alyson Noel, at Fantastic Book Review (ends July 23, international)

Eyes Like Stars, by Lisa Mantchev, and $20 Barnes and Nobles Gift Certificate, at Fantastic Book Review (ends July 24, international)

Chick Lit/Romance/Romantic Suspense

Cutting Loose, by Nadine Dajani, at Popin’s Lair (ends July 23, international)

Love at First Flight, by Marie Force, at J. Kaye’s Book Blog (ends July 24, US and Canada)

Love at First Flight and Line of Scrimmage by Marie Force, at J. Kaye’s Book Blog (ends July 24) *note: this is a different giveaway than the one above

The Moon Looked Down, by Dorothy Garlock, at Books and Needlepoint (ends Aug 6, US and Canada)

Love at First Flight and Line of Scrimmage by Marie Force, at Books and Needlepoint (ends July 20, US and Canada)

The Kidnapping of Kenzie Thorn, by Liz Johnson, at Camy’s Loft (ends July 23)

Historical Fiction/Historical Romance

Pope Joan, by Donna Woolfolk Cross, at Devourer of Books (ends July 23, international)

The Devil’s Company, by David Liss, at Bookin’ With Bingo (ends July 19 at 6:00 PM EST – today!, US only)

Knight of Desire, by Margaret Mallory, at A Journey of Books (ends July 20, US and Canada)

Knight of Desire, by Margaret Mallory, at My Guilty Pleasures (ends July 27, US and Canada)

Tamed by a Laird, by Amanda Scott, at My Guilty Pleasures (ends July 31, US and Canada)

Tamed by a Laird, by Amanda Scott, at Books and Needlepoint (ends Aug 3, US and Canada)

This Duchess of Mine, by Eloisa James, at Books and Needlepoint (ends Aug 4, US only)

Young Adult

Love, Lies, and Texas Dips, by Susan McBride, at Not Enough Books (ends July 22)

The Hunger Games and Catching Fire, by Suzanne Collins, at Hey Lady! (ends July 31, international)

Candor, by Pam Bachorz, at Pam Bachorz (ends July 25, US, Canada, Mexico and Puerto Rico)

The Miles Between, by Mary E. Pearson, at Presenting Lenore (ends July 21, US and Canada)

A Spy in the House, by Y S Lee, at Chicklish (ends July 20, UK and North America)

Daniel X: Watch the Skies, by James Patterson and Ned Rust, at James Patterson (ends July 29, US and Canada)

Daniel X: Watch the Skies, by James Patterson and Ned Rust, at Bookin’ With Bingo (ends July 30, US and Canada)

Children’s Fiction

The Cape Cod Witch and the Pirate’s Treasure, by J. Bean Palmer, at J. Kaye’s Book Blog (ends July 24, US and Canada)

The Graveyard Book, by Neil Gaiman, at Maw Books (ends July 23, international)

The Chronicles of Narnia Pop-up, by Robert Sabuda, at Hope is The Word (ends July 19 – today!)

Rivers of Fire, by Patrick Carman, at J. Kaye’s Book Blog (ends July 24, US and Canada)

The Dark Planet, by Patrick Carman, at J. Kaye’s Book Blog (ends July 24, US and Canada)

Violet Raines Almost Got Struck by Lightning, by Danette Haworth, at 5 Minutes for Books (ends July 21, US only)

The Genie Scheme, by Kimberly K. Jones, at Book Giveaways (ends July 21)

Children’s Picture Books

Peeper Has a Fever, by Charlotte Cowan, at Book Dads (ends July 26, US and Canada)

Baby Signs Pop-Up Book and $50 Babies ‘R Us Gift Card, at Rock and Drool (ends July 31)

Graphic Novels

The Impostor’s Daughter, by Laurie Sandel, at I’m Booking It (ends July 23, US and Canada)

The Impostor’s Daughter, by Laurie Sandel, at A Sea of Books (ends July 26, US and Canada)

The Impostor’s Daughter, by Laurie Sandel, at Starting Fresh (ends Aug 9, US and Canada)

All Other Fiction

Song of Renewal, by Emily Sue Harvey, at Peeking Between the Pages (ends August 7, international)

Rude Awakenings of a Jane Austen Addict and Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict, by Laurie Viera Rigler, at Peeking Between the Pages (ends August 9, US and Canada)

A Summer Affair, by Elin Hilderbrand, at I’m Booking It (ends July 31, US and Canada)

The Castaways, by Elin Hilderbrand, at Beth Fish Reads (ends July 24, international)

Choice of three books, at Book Reviews by Bobbie (ends Aug 1, US and Canada)

The Divorce Party, by Laura Dave, at Reading Extravaganza (ends July 31, international)

Selection of books, at Reading to Know (ends July 25)

Off Season, by Anne Rivers Siddons, at Redlady’s Reading Room (ends August 2, US and Canada)

The Castaways, by Elin Hilderbrand, at Peeking Between The Pages (July 28, US and Canada)

The Local News, by Miriam Gershow, at Peeking Between the Pages (ends July 31, international)

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, by Mary Ann Shaffer, at A Circle of Books (ends July 24, US and Canada)

Off Season, by Anne Rivers Siddons, at My Guilty Pleasures (ends July 20, US and Canada)

Multi-book giveaway, at Color Online (ends July 30, US and Canada)

Galway Bay, by Mary Pat Kelly, at A Sea of Books (ends July 20 – today!, international)

The Art of Racing in the Rain, by Garth Stein, at The Written Word (ends July 23, international)

The Moon Looked Down, by Dorothy Garlock, at Starting Fresh (ends Aug 3, US and Canada)

Best Friends Forever, by Jennifer Weiner, at Simon and Shuster (ends July 20, Canada, excluding Quebec)

Mega-giveaway (ten books to each winner), at Tome Traveller (ends July 21, US only)

The Castaways, by Elin Hilderbrand, at A Book Blogger’s Diary (Aug 12, US and Canada)

Saffron Dreams, by Shaila Abdullah, at At Home With Books (ends July 27, US only)

So Happy Together, by Maryann McFadden, at Bookin’ With Bingo (ends July 21, US only)

Best Friends Forever, by Jennifer Weiner, at Book Club Classics (ends at the end of the week)

The Bird Catcher, by Laura Jacobs, at Emdashes (ends July 24)

NONFICTION GIVEAWAYS

Memoirs/Autobiographies

The Center of the Universe, by Nancy Bachrach, at J. Kaye’s Book Blog (ends July 24, US and Canada)

Julie & Julia, by Julie Powell, at Debbie’s World of Books (ends July 24, US and Canada)

Hit Hard: A Story of Hitting Rock Bottom at the Top , by Joey Kramer, at Book Reviews by Bobbie (ends August 7, US and Canada)

Julie & Julia, by Julie Powell, at Carolina Sal’s Literary Café (ends July 27)

Undress Me In the Temple of Heaven, by Susan Jane Gilman, at A Sea of Books (ends July 24, international)

Ms. Single Mama, Uncensored (ebook), by Alaina Sheer, at Ms. Single Mama (ends July 30)

Blue Like Play Dough, by Tricia Goyer, at Books and Needlepoint (ends Aug 5, US only)

The Education of an American Dreamer, by Peter G. Peterson, at Beth’s Book Review Blog (ends July 30, US and Canada)

Julie & Julia, by Julie Powell, at Delaney’s World (ends July 28, US and Canada)

New Age

No Matter What! (audiobook), by Lisa Nichols, at J. Kaye’s Book Blog (ends July 24, US and Canada)

Cookbooks

Organic and Chic, by Sarah Magid, at Booking Mama (ends July 30, US and Canada)

Blog about a Julia Child-inspired dinner party and win all of Julia Child’s books, plus more, at KnopfDoubleday (last date for entries is Aug 15, US only)

Soaked, Slathered and Season , by Elizabeth Karmel, at In Jennie’s Kitchen (ends July 20)

A Taste of Saffron (ebook), by Shaila Abdullah, at At Home With Books (ends July 27, international)

True Crime

Columbine, by Dave Cullen, at Bookin’ With Bingo (ends July 24, US and Canada)

The Monster of Florence, by Douglas Preston with Mario Spezi, at Sweeps 4 Bloggers (ends July 26, US and Canada)

All Other Nonfiction

A Worthy Legacy, by Tomi Akinyanmi, at Peeking Between the Pages (ends July 31, US and Canada)

The PETA Practical Guide to Animal Rights, by Ingrid Newkirk, at J. Kaye’s Book Blog (ends July 24, US and Canada)

So What?, by Mark Magnacca, at J. Kaye’s Book Blog (ends July 24, US and Canada)

Smart Mama’s Green Guide, by Jennifer Taggart, at Devourer of Books (ends July 23, US only)

$20 Per Gallon: How the Inevitable Rise in the Price of Gasoline Will Change Our Lives for the Better, by Christopher Steiner, at Worducopia (ends Aug 1, US and Canada)

The Worst-Case Scenario Almanac: Great Outdoors, at Chronicle Books (ends July 29)

You Can’t Win If You Don’t Enter, by Carolyn Wilman, at Mama’s Money Savers (ends July 28, US and Canada)

The Woman Who Named God: Abraham’s Dilemma and the Birth of Three Faiths , by Charlotte Gordon, at Carol’s Notebook (ends July 23, US and Canada)

Dear President Obama: Letters of Hope from Children Across America, by Bruce Kluger and David Tabatsky, at The Dirty Shirt (ends July 31, US only)

I Hate People, at Merry Weather (ends July 26, US and Canada)

The Shack, at Random Musings of My Life (ends July 21)

BOOK-RELATED GIVEAWAYS

Win two tickets to the movie premiere of Pope Joan, plus round trip airfare for two from any location in the continental United States or Canada, and one night hotel accommodation, at Pope Joan (ends Aug 15, US and Canada)

Book Buddy, at Peeking Between the Pages (ends Aug 1, international)

For teachers and professors only: win a trip to Antartica, at Random House (ends Sept 4, full contest rules here)

We arrived yesterday at the beach house we rented in Nova Scotia – we are on the South Shore, right on the scenic Lighthouse Route. The house is beautiful – there’s a screened in veranda so we can sit outside at any time and not worry about bugs. We’re about 100 metres from the ocean (my husband tells me that’s about 300 feet), so the beach is just a short walk away.

The only glitch to our holiday? We’re supposed to have high-speed Internet access. The beach house has a router with a DSL connection but that beautiful little light on the router marked Internet? It flashes on and off.

So I’ll only be able to post sporadically instead of regularly as I’d hoped. I blog using Windows Live Writer, so I’ll keep writing my posts and saving them as drafts, and then when we go into the nearby small town for provisions, I’ll be able to upload my posts (with thanks to our USB modem – unfortunately, our location is so remote we don’t have cell phone access either).

My brand new hand-me-down BlackBerry (my sister got a new one so she gave me her old BlackBerry Curve 8310) also died (the Universe is telling me, I think, that it’s time for a break from everything online – what do you think?); in the few days I’ve had it, I’ve come to really like it, so I will miss being able to access my emails and Twitter as we’re driving about!

As to what to do about three teenagers who had been promised their MSN and Xbox Live abilities during the two weeks we’re away (they’re not particularly outdoorsy kids …), thank goodness the girls have their camcorder, my son has Sims 3 on his laptop, there’s a gorgeous ocean and beach in front of us, fresh seafood galore and satellite radio and TV, and we brought a ton of board games for family fun.

Currently Reading

During our nineteen hour drive (which we split over two days), I finished Mad Mouse and Whack-a-Mole by Chris Grabenstein on audio. I get motion sickness if I read in the car, so the audiobooks are perfect.

Today is our first full day, and the weather is cool and foggy, so it’s a perfect setting for reading The Strain! I am very glad I packed so many books – over the next two weeks I expect to be able to get through a lot of them. We will do a little bit of sightseeing, but mostly we are here for rest and relaxation, which to me always means tons of reading.

Pictures

I haven’t had much time to take pictures – it’s cloudy and chilly outside right now and we arrived late in the evening last night; here are some shots of the view from the veranda (you’ll be seeing the view through the mesh):

Ocean View

The Side Yard

Posting Schedule

I should be able to upload posts every few days; I will definitely miss being able to check out everyone’s blogs, though – not to mention Twitter.

And of course, there’s always the possibility that Internet access will be fixed!

Update: I forgot to check to make sure this post wasn’t too long – but it was, so my template “broke”. All fixed now, but I had to put the All Other Fiction giveaways category on this post here.

Welcome to the Fiction edition of the weekly book giveaways list that I compile every Sunday. To view the Non-Fiction list of book giveaways, click here. I also have a little Twit This button at the end of this post, if you’d like to tweet this to Twitter.

And if you like, cruise around here at Ms. Bookish and comment on a post or two – readers who comment on any post this month will be entered into my own May Giftaway.

This giveaways round-up post is a regular feature here at MsBookish so if you’re holding a book giveaway, let me know and I’ll include your giveaway in my next giveaways round-up post. And thank you to everyone who sent me links to their giveaways!

Good luck, everyone!

Mystery/Suspense/Thriller

Women’s Murder Club Boxed Audio Set (Books: 4 – 6), by James Patterson, at Thoughts of Joy (ends May 18, US and Canada)

Women’s Murder Club Boxed Audiobook Set (Books: 1 – 3), by James Patterson, at Thoughts of Joy (ends May 18, US and Canada)

The Last Child, by John Hart, at My Friend Amy (ends May 21, US only)

The Scarecrow, by Michael Connelly, at Lori’s Reading Corner (ends May 25, US only)

Where the Dead Lay, by David Levien, at Lori’s Reading Corner (ends May 19, US only)

The Last Child, by John Hart, at Book Chase (no end date stated)

Worst Nightmares, by Shane Briant and Triple Cross, by Mark T. Sullivan, at Pop Hangover (ends May 18, US only)

One of E.J. Rand’s three mysteries, at Novel Journey (end date not stated)

The 8th Confession (audiobook), by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro, at The Novel Bookworm (ends May 22, US and Canada)

First Family (audiobook), by David Baldacci, at The Novel Bookworm (ends May 23, US and Canada)

7th Heaven, by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro, at Sweeps 4 Bloggers (ends May 25, US only)

One Deadly Sin, by Annie Solomon, at Cheryl’s Book Nook (ends May 31, US and Canada)

Kill For Me, by Karen Rose , at You Gotta Read Reviews (ends May 23, US only)

Fantasy/Science Fiction/Paranormal/Horror

Afraid, by Jack Kilborn, at Thoughts of Joy (ends May 25, US and Canada)

Afraid, by Jack Kilborn, at Book Reviews by Bobbie (ends June 15, US and Canada)

Some Girls Bite, by Chloe Neill (winner can also choose No One You Know, by Michelle Richmond), at Stone Soup (ends May 15 (today!), worldwide)

Strange Angels, by Lili St. Crow, at Darque Reviews (ends May 21 – winner chosen every day from now until then), US only)

That Which Bites, by Celis T. Rono , at Book Reviews by Bobbie (ends June 15, US only)

Dead and Gone, by Charlaine Harris, at Delaney’s World (ends May 19)

Eve of Darkness, by S.J. Day, at Writing and Rambling with Vickie and Laurie (ends May 18)

The Exodus Gate, by Stephen Zimmer plus some great-sounding extras, at Popin’s Lair (ends May 27, US and Canada)

Dying Bites: The Bloodhound Files, by D. D. Barant, at Wendy’s Minding Spot (ends June 15, US and Canada)

Undead and Unwelcome, by Mary Janice Davidson, at Fantasy SciFi Book Review (ends June 2, US only)

In Over Her Head, by Judi Fennell, at A Bibliophile’s Bookshelf (ends May 30, US and Canada)

Wild Highland Magic, by Kendra Leigh Castle, at Darque Reviews (ends May 17 – today!, US and Canada)

Broken Angels, by Richard K. Morgan, at Only The Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy (ends May 20)

Reiksguard, by Richard Williams, at Graeme’s Fantasy Book Review (ends May 24, worldwide)

The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún, by J.R.R. Tolkien, at Tolkien Guide (ends May 31)

Silver Phoenix, by Cindy Pon, at Ten Cent Notes (ends May 27, US only)

Big book giveaway at Reverie Book Reviews (ends May 27, US only)

Strange Angels, by Lili St. Crow, at Reading Keeps You Sane (ends May 24, US only)

Historical

East of the Sun, by Julia Gregson, at Book Reviews by Bobbie (ends June 1, US and Canada)

Mistress of the Sun, by Sandra Gulland , at Kris Waldherr (ends May 21, US only)

Mistress of the Sun, by Sandra Gulland, at S. Krishna’s Books (ends May 20, US and Canada)

Pavane, by Keith Roberts (plus Dove chocolate!), at Fabulous Canadian Freebies (ends May 31, Canada only)

A Rake’s Guide to Pleasure, by Victoria Dahl, at Emma Petersen (end date not stated)

Romance/Chick Lit

Naughty Neighbor, by Janet Evanovich, at Trisha’s Blog (ends May 22, US only)

Desire Untamed, by Pamela Palmer, at Yankee Romance Reviewers (ends May 17 – today!, US and Canada)

Behind The Red Door, by Jackie Barbosa, at Emma Petersen (end date not stated)

Young Adult

Waiting for You, by Susane Colasanti, at S. Krishna’s Books (ends May 31, US only)

Waiting for You, by Susane Colasanti, at Shooting Stars Mag (ends May 31, US and Canada)

Tithe and Valiant, both by Holly Black, at Wicked Lovely (ends May 31)

The Chosen One, by Carol Lynch Williams, at Booking Mama (ends May 26, US and Canada)

All About Us #4: Who Made you a Princess, by Shelley Adina, at The Novel Bookworm (ends May 18, US and Canada)

The Carbon Diaries: 2015, by Saci Lloyd, at Eco Libris (ends May 22)

The Perks Of Being A Wallflower, by Stephen Chbosky, at Chart Rigger (no end date stated)

Crank, by Ellen Hopkins, at Karin’s Book Nook (ends May 18)

The Chosen One, by Carol Lynch Williams, at Reviewer X (ends June 1, US and Canada) *fifty copies being given away!

Children’s Books

Goblins!, by Royce Buckingham, at Play Library (ends May 23, US only)

What is Bothering Carl? (ebook), by Story Fort , at Bookroom Reviews (ends May 25, worldwide)

Crocodaddy, by Kim Norman, at Becky’s Book Reviews (ends May 20, US only)

Caillou 123 Train, at A Frugal Friend (ends May 28, US only)

Dr. Hippo’s series of books, by Charlotte Cowan, at Not So Average Mama (ends May 27)

Duck at the Door and Duck Soup, by Jackie Urbanovic plus plush animal, at Mommies with Cents (ends May 20, US only)

Sneaky Weasel, by Hannah Shaw, at Springtree Road (ends May 19, US only)

Nana Star/Nana Star and the Moonman, by Elizabeth Sills and Elena Patrice, plus a Nana Star doll, at Write for a Reader (ends May 22, US and Canada)

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone Book, by J.K. Rowling, plus pin and poster, at Tween Whisperer (ends May 25)

Tickle Monster, by Josie Bissett, at Giftfully Simple (ends May 18)

Books by Tara McClintick, at Moms Most Wanted (ends May 19, US only)

The Brilliant Fall of Gianna Z, by Kate Messner, at Write for a Reader (ends May 20, US and Canada)

Doc Wilde and The Frogs of Doom, by Tim Byrd, at Freebies 4 Mom (ends May 20, US only)

SLOB, by Ellen Potter, at J. Kaye’s Book Blog (ends May 30, US and Canada)

Welcome to the Non-fiction edition of the weekly book giveaways list that I compile every Sunday. To view the Fiction list of book giveaways, click here. I also have a little Twit This button at the end of this post, if you’d like to tweet this to Twitter.

And if you like, cruise around here at Ms. Bookish and comment on a post or two – readers who comment on any post this month will be entered into my own May Giftaway.

This giveaways round-up post is a regular feature here at MsBookish so if you’re holding a book giveaway, let me know and I’ll include your giveaway in my next giveaways round-up post.

The giveaways are sorted into four categories: Cookbooks and Food-related books, Arts & Crafts, Memoirs & Autobiographies, and All Other Non-Fiction

Cookbooks and Food-related Books

$3 Meals, by Ellen Brown, at A Frugal Friend (ends May 19, US only)

Quick from Scratch : Real Food for Busy Weeknights, at Mele Cotte (ends May 17)

Military Wives Cookbook,200 Years of Traditions , Recipes, and Remembrances, by Carolyn Quick Tillery, at Coco Cooks (ends May 12)

Two cookbooks and one gardening book, at Eat at Home Cooks (May 15)

Clean Plates NYC, by Jared Koch, at Sustainable Cities Collective (ends May 12)

Mix Shake Stir, by Danny Meyer, at Vivian Deliz’s Blog (ends May 31, US and Canada)

Vegan Cupcakes Take Over The World, by Isa Chandra Moskowitz, at Groovy Vegetarian (ends May 26, US only)

Southern Living Slow-Cooker Cookbook, at Mommies with Cents (ends May 11, US only)

Cooking with All Things Trader Joe’s, by Deana Gunn and Wona Miniati, at Miscellaneous Finds 4 U (ends May 12, open to everyone age 18+)

The Good Home Cookbook, at Mommies with Cents (ends May 11)

300 Big and Bold Barbecue and Grilling Recipes, by Karen Adler and Judith Fertig, at Mom’s Menu (ends June 15, US and Canada)

Cooking with All Things Trader Joe’s, by Deana Gunn and Wona Miniati, at Foodie Giveaway (ends May 11, anyone, age 18 or older)

The G-Free Diet: A Gluten-Free Survival Guide, by Elisabeth Hasselbeck, at At Home With Books (ends May 21, US and Canada)

Arts and Crafts

Early American Country Furniture, by Denis Hambucken, at Fine Woodworking (ends May 11)

Easy Guide to Sewing , by Marcy Tilton and Lynn MacIntyre, at Threads Magazine (ends May 12)

Wallpaper Projects , by Derek Fagerstrom and Lauren Smith, at sfgirlbybay (ends May 15)

Memoirs & Autobiographies

Priceless Memories (audiobook), by Bob Barker, at At Home With Books (ends May 21, US and Canada only)

The Horse Boy (audiobook), by Rupert Isaacson, at Rhapsody in Books (ends May 18)

Happens Every Day, by Isabel Gillies, at A Circle of Books (ends May 15, US only)

Priceless Memories (audiobook), by Bob Barker, at Books and Needlepoint (ends May 22, US and Canada)

Jantsen’s Gift, by Pam Cope, at Joyfully Retired (ends May 14, US and Canada)

Dad, Dog and Fish, by Charles F. Emery III, at A Bookish Mom (ends May 19, US only)

Meeting Mr. Wrong (signed copy), by Stephanie Snowe, at Confuzzled Books (ends June 1)

All Other Non-Fiction

The Perfect Baby Handbook: A Guide for Excessively Motivated Parents, by Dale Hrabi and Just Tell Me What to Say, by Betsy Brown Braun, at aPARENTly Speaking (ends May 10 – today!)

Pretty in Plaid, by Jen Lancaster, at Oh How Lovely (ends May 11)

Chicken Soup for the Soul: Like Mother, Like Daughter and Chicken Soup for the Soul: Moms & Sons, at Ohana Mama (ends May 10 – today!, US only)

The Noticer , by Andy Andrews, at Wine at Five (ends May 10 – today!)

The Man’s Book, by Thomas Fink, at Carol’s Notebook (ends May 20, US and Canada)

Mojo Mom: Nurturing Your Self While Raising a Family , by Amy Tiemann, at The 3R’s (ends May 16, US only)

The Andes: Trekking + Climbing, at Matador Goods (ends May 11) Note: you’ll need to submit a photo of you climbing or trekking …

Spectacular Homes of Toronto, at Decorati Access (ends May 15)

Parenting Library of Books giveaway, at Rhapsody in Books (ends May 20)

WWII Behind Closed Doors – Stalin, The Nazis and The West, by Laurence Rees, at Page in History (ends May 17, US and Canada)

The Passion Parties Guide to Great Sex, by Kristy Garland, at Sweeping Jammie (ends May 19, must be 18 years of age or older)

Making Work at Home Work, by Mary Byers, at That Book Addiction (ends May 14)

The Marge Book, at Film School Rejects (ends May 14)

Mother’s Day Giveaway package, at A Journey of Books (ends May 13, US and Canada)

Health and Wellness giveaway package, at Book Reviews by Bobbie (ends June 1, US and Canada)

Put Your Dream to the Test, by John Maxwell, at Christian Personal Finance (ends May 14)

The 7 Great Prayers, by Paul and Tracey McManus, at She Scribes (ends May 20, US only)

Dirty Bow Wow, by Cheryl and Jeffrey Katz , at Chocolate Fingerprints (ends May 13, US only)

The Last Queen, by C.W. Gortner, at Savvy Verse and Wit (ends May 22)

Growing Up in Grace, by Murray G. Brett, at While We Sojourn (ends May 31)

10,001 Ways to Live Large on a Small Budget , by Wise Bread, at Sweet as Punkin Pie (ends May 10 – today!)

Domino: The Book of Decorating, by Domino Magazine, at Design Public (ends May 14)

The Handbook of Vintage Remedies: The Modern Family’s Guide to Herbal Medicine, by Jessie Hawkins, at Walk Slowly Live Wildly (ends May 14)

By The Book: How To Take Care of MY Kids, by Melissa Bishop and Karen Berg, at Tidy mom of 2 (ends May 14)

The List, by Gail Belsky, at 30 Before 30 List (ends May 11)

Dirty Bow Wow: A Tribite to Dogs and the Objects of Their Affection, by Cheryl and Jeffrey Katz, at Wish List Worthy (ends May 16, US only)

Welcome to the Fiction edition of the weekly book giveaways list that I compile every Sunday. To view the Non-Fiction list of book giveaways, click here. I also have a little Twit This button at the end of this post, if you’d like to tweet this to Twitter.

And if you like, cruise around here at Ms. Bookish and comment on a post or two – readers who comment on any post this month will be entered into my own May Giftaway.

This giveaways round-up post is a regular feature here at MsBookish so if you’re holding a book giveaway, let me know and I’ll include your giveaway in my next giveaways round-up post. Many many thanks to everyone who emailed me with links to their giveaways – it’s been a busy week and I didn’t have time to email back a thank you in reply to everyone, so I wanted to say thank you here.

This fiction list is sorted into various genres, with a catch-all “All Other Fiction” and a “Miscellaneous” section rounding out the list.

Happy Mother’s Day!

Mystery/Suspense/Thriller

BoneMan’s Daughters (audiobook), by Ted Dekker, at I Heart Monster (ends May 25, US and Canada)

Kiss, by Ted Dekker and Erin Healy, at J. Kaye’s Book Blog (ends May 29, US and Canada)

The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes: The Short Stories, by Arthur Conan Doyle and Leslie S. Klinger, at Bookish Ruth (ends May 31, US and Canada)

Boneman’s Daughters (audiobook), by Ted Dekker , at Peeking Between The Pages (ends May 23, US and Canada)

First Family (audiobook), by David Baldacci, at Readaholic (ends May 19, US and Canada)

BoneMan’s Daughters (audiobook), by Ted Dekker, at Readaholic (ends May 19, US and Canada)

The Turnaround, by George Pelecanos, at Booking Mama (ends May 22, US and Canada)

The Way Home, by George Pelecanos, at Chic Book Reviews (ends May 14, US and Canada)

Boneman’s Daughters (audiobook), by Ted Dekker, at Books and Needlepoint (ends May 22, US and Canada)

First Family, by David Baldacci, at The Review From Here (ends May 25, US and Canada)

Enduring Justice, by Amy Wallace, at The Mom Nerd (ends May 14)

One Deadly Sin, by Annie Solomon, at Wendi’s Book Corner (ends May 31, US and Canada)

Romance/Chick Lit

The Pretend Wife, by Bridget Asher , at Lori’s Reading Corner (ends May 11, US only)

The House in Grosvenor Square, by Linore Rose Burkard, at Cornhusker Academy (ends May 24)

Too Hot to Handle, by Robin Kaye, at My Two Blessings (ends May 15)

Romance and Cocktails giveaway, at Book Reviews by Bobbie (ends May 29, US and Canada)

Simply Shameless, by Kate Pearce, at Romance Reviews Today Blog (ends May 13)

Fantasy/Science Fiction/Paranormal

Ghost Walk, at Horror and Fantasy Book Review (ends May 15)

Salt and Silver (signed copy), by Anna Katherine, at Darque Reviews (ends May 12, worldwide)

Keeper of Light and Dust, by Natasha Mostert, at The Book Smugglers (ends May 10 – today!)

The Host, by Stephenie Meyer, at Novel Ideas by Mel (ends May 20)

Your choice of The Host, by Stephanie Meyer, or Dead and Gone, by Charlaine Harris, at Reading, Writing & Ranting (ends May 31, international)

Dead and Gone, by Charlaine Harris, at A Journey of Books (ends May 15)

Shiver and Lament, by Maggie Stiefvater, at Maggie Stiefvater (ends May 15)

Bride of the Wolf (signed copy), by Jennifer St. Giles, at Anna Vivian (ends May 10 – today!, open to all)

What Would Jane Austen Do?, by Laurie Brown, at The Bookworm (ends May 17)

Children’s Books

Quiet Bunny, by Lisa McCue, at Brimful Curiosities (ends May 10, US only)

Dr. Hippo series, by Charlotte Cowan, at Good Golly Miss Blondie (ends May 20)

Mr. Popper’s Penguins (audiobook), by Richard Atwater and Florence Atwater, at A Circle of Books (ends May 15, US and Canada)

Atherton series, by Patrick Carman, at Booking Mama (ends May 15, US and Canada)

Dudley’s Solo, by Tiffany Alexander, at The Dirty Shirt (ends May 19, US only)

Canterwood Crest: Take The Reins, by Jessica Burkhart, at In the Fab Lane (ends May 20, US only)

Ten Days and Nine Nights, by Yumi Heo, at Hoping to Adopt Blog (ends May 12)

Set of Caillou books, at Go Graham Go (ends May 18)

Welcome Little One, by Sandra Magsamen, at The Mommy Files (ends May 19, US only)

Cheerios Spoonfuls of Stories four-book set, at Sharing the Deals (ends May 12)

Teaching the Fun of Science, by Janice VanCleave, at Homeschool Bliss (ends May 14)

Mr. Popper’s Penguins (audiobook), by Richard Atwater and Florence Atwater, at Books and Needlepoint (ends May 22, US and Canada)

The Aesop for Children, at Roads to Learning (ends May 15)

Young Adult

Cathy’s Ring, by Sean Stewart, Jordan Weisman, & Cathy Brigg, at J. Kaye’s Book Blog (ends May 30, US and Canada )

Waiting for You, by Susane Colasanti , at Presenting Lenore (ends May 19, US and Canada)

Switch, by Carol Snow and Academy 7, by Anne Osterlund, at Carrie’s YA Bookshelf (ends May 30)

Top Ten Uses for an Unworn Prom Dress, by Tina Ferraro, at TV and Book Addict (ends May 11,  International)

After the Moment , by Garret Freymann-Weyr, at Stacked Books (ends May 30)

Cycler, by Lauren McLaughlin, at Presenting Lenore (ends May 21, US or Canada )

Waiting For You, by Susane Colasanti, at Reading Keeps You Sane (ends May 15, US only)

Shadowed Summer, by Saundra Mitchell, at Reviewer X (ends May 13)

Boxed set of Stargirl and Love, Stargirl, by Jerry Spinelli, at Steals and Deals (ends May 12)

Poetry

Rubber Side Down: The Biker Poet Anthology , by Jose Gouveia, at Savvy Verse and Wit (ends May 15, international)

All Other Fiction

The Wednesday Sisters, by Meg Waite Clayton, at Hey Lady! Whatcha Readin’? (ends May 15)

Latino Book Month giveaway, at La Bloga (this is the May giveaway there)

Mother’s Day giveaway, Latino Book Month Giveaway and Asian Heritage Month Giveaway, at Bookroom Reviews (ends May 31, US and Canada)

Undress Me In the Temple of Heaven (audiobook), by Susan Jane Gilman, at J. Kaye’s Book Blog (ends May 29, US and Canada)

No One You Know, by Michelle Richmond, at Presenting Lenore (ends May 19, US and Canada)

Latino Books Month giveaway, at 5 Minutes for Books (ends May 30, US and Canada)

The Last Child, by John Hart (autographed copy) , at The Book Connection (ends May 17, US and Canada)

A Gift of Grace, by Amy Clipston, at Camy’s Loft (ends May 10 -today!, international)

Things I Want My Daughters to Know, by Elizabeth Noble, at Confessions of a Real Librarian (ends May 14, US only)

Mother’s Day book giveaway, at 5 Minutes for Moms (ends May 10 – today!, US and Canada)

Mother’s Day giveaway and Asian Heritage Month giveaway, at Bookin’ with Bingo (ends May 31)

Three-book giveaway, at Writer’s Musings (ends May 30)

Asian Heritage Month giveaway, at Jo-Jo Loves to Read (ends May 31, US and Canada)

15-book giveaway, at My Christian Fiction Blog (this is a giveaway for the month of May)

Latino Books Month giveaway, at Luxury Reading (ends May 31)

Six-book giveaway, at Boomerang Books (ends May 31)

Testimony, by Anita Shreve, at Caribous Mom (ends May 18, US and Canada)

Asian Heritage Month giveaway, at Simply Stacie (ends May 31)

Dear Mom, by Melody Carlson, at Cindy’s Love of Books (ends May 18, US and Canada)

Made in the U.S.A., by Billie Letts, at Fire & Ice (ends May 15, US and Canada)

Asian Heritage Month giveaway, at Marta’s Meanderings (ends May 31)

The September Sisters, by Jillian Cantor, at Bookluver-Carol’s Reviews (ends May 15, US only)

The Novel Bookworm is giving away a book a day this month. Each giveaway ends a week after being posted. Click here for the giveaway recap page.

The Moment Between , by Nicole Baart, at Peeking Between The Pages (ends May 23, US and Canada)

The Wonder Singer , by George Rabasa, at Diary of an Eccentric (ends May 17, US and Canada)

Made in the USA, by Billie Letts, at A Bookworm’s Dinner (ends May 25)

Asian Heritage Month giveaway, at S. Krishna’s Books (ends May 31, US and Canada)

Mother’s Day giveaway at Marta’s Meanderings (ends May 31, US and Canada)

Book bloggers giveaway – set of 6 books – at Book Reviews by Bobbie (ends May 28, US and Canada, book bloggers only)

Wifey, by Judy Blume, at Wordtryst (ends May 13)

Medieval in LA: A Fiction, by Jim Paul, at Book Trout (ends May 31)

Testimony, by Anita Shreve, at Booksie’s Blog (ends May 20, US and Canada)

Asian Heritage Month giveaway, at Kim Sunée (ends May 31, US and Canada)

Miscellaneous

Any book under $25, at Stone Soup (ends May 10 – today! – international)

$25 Amazon.com gift card, at P. N. Elrod (ends May 17)

Welcome to the May 2 issue of the Big List of Book Giveaways, which I post on Sundays in conjunction with The Sunday Salon. I’ve gathered together another nice big list this week – the giveaways are sorted into categories so that you can see what giveaways correspond to your reading interests. I begin compiling this post on Mondays, so the giveaways are listed in each category in the order in which I happen to find them. Ending dates are also included, and eligibility restrictions, if I see any.

This book giveaways round-up post is a regular feature here at MsBookish so if you’re holding a book giveaway, let me know and I’ll include your giveaway in my next giveaways round-up post. I’ve discovered a lot of fabulous giveaways and hope you’ll be able to make full use of this list, too. If you’re on Twitter, I’d love it if you could help spread the word by tweeting this post!

And if you like, cruise around here at Ms. Bookish and comment on a post or two – readers who comment on any post this month will be entered into my own May Giftaway.

Because this post turned out to be quite long, I’ve posted it in two parts. Fiction giveaways are on this page. Non-fiction giveaways are in this post.

Mysteries/Thrillers/Suspense

One Deadly Sin, by Annie Solomon, at Reading With Monie (ends May 7, US and Canada)

One Deadly Sin, by Annie Solomon, at Enroute to Life (ends May 8, US and Canada)

First six audio books of James Patterson’s Women’s Murder Club Series, at J. Kaye’s Book Club (ends May 29, US and Canada)

The Reincarnationist, by M.J. Rose, at My Friend Amy (ends May 3 – today!) * note: Amy is also giving away Certain Girls by Jennifer Weiner in this same post.

The Brass Verdict (audiobook), by Michael Connelly, at J. Kaye’s Book Blog (ends May 29, US and Canada)

Magnolias, Moonlight, and Murder, by Sara Rosett, at Lesa’s Book Critiques (ends May 8, US only)

The Sacred Sin, by Estevan Vega, at Cafe of Dreams (ends May 11, US and Canada) (great interview with the author, too!)

Chick Lit/Romance/Historical romance

Beyond Heaving Bosoms: The Smart Bitches’ Guide to Romance Novels, by Sarah Wendell and Candy Tan, at Joanne Rendell (ends May 4) *this book is non-fiction, but obviously it’s a good fit under Chick Lit/Romance

A Hopeless Romantic, by Harriet Evans, at One Literature Nut (ends May 9, US and Canada)

Elegance, by Kathleen Tessaro, at A Bookworm’s World (ends May 7, Canada only)

The Fidelty Files, by Jessica Brody , at Brenda Janowitz (ends May 14)

The House In Grosvenor Square, by Linore Rose Burkard, at Word Vessel (ends May 4)

Fantasy/Science Fiction/Paranormal

Traitor, by Mark Eller, at The Bookstacks (ends May 17)

World of Warcraft: Arthas: Rise of the Lich King , by Christie Golden, at Blood of the Muse (ends May 5, US and Canada)

Passion Unleashed, by Larissa Ione, at Sweeps4bloggers (ends May 8, US only)

Dreamstone, by P.A. Hendrickson, at Merry Weather (ends May 10)

Starfinder, by John Marco, at Darque Reviews (ends May 5, international)

Genesis, by Bernard Beckett , at Pop Culture Junkie (ends May 7, US and Canada)

Kitty Norville series , by Carrie Vaughn, at Vampire Wire (ends May 3 – today!)

Graphic Novels

Perfect Dark, by Eric Trautmann and Jason Carl, at Blood of the Muse (ends May 3, international)

Historical Fiction

Mistress of the Sun, by Sandra Gulland , at Planet Books (ends May 6, )

Children’s Books (fiction and non-fiction)

The Great Dog Wash, by Shellie Braeuner, plus three other books from the Cheerios Spoonful of Stories library, at Gourmet Mom On The Go (ends May 5)

In Grandma’s Attic, by Arleta Richardson, at Girls to Grow (ends May 3 – today!, US only)

Shopping With Dad, by Matt Harvey, at Book Dads (ends May 10, US and Canada)

This Is the Day! , by Nancy White Carlstrom, at Brimful Curiosities (ends May 4, US only )

The Curious Garden, by Peter Brown, at Brimful Curiosities (ends May 4, US and Canada)

When the Whistle Blows , by Fran Cannon Slayton, at Brimful Curiosities (ends May 4, US only)

The Double Daring Book for Girls, by Andrea J. Buchanan and Miriam Peskowitz, at Welcome to the Motherhood (ends May 11)

Miles of Smiles, by Carole Terwilliger Meyers, at Travel Savvy mom (ends May 6, US only)

Animal School and 10 pocket softcovers, at Wishing Penny (ends May 3 – today!)

Lily P. Badilly, at Maria’s Space (ends May 12)

The Double-Daring Book For Girls, by Andrea J. Buchanan and Miriam Peskowitz, at Things Moms Like (ends May 15)

Dot-to-Dot Farm, by Usborne, at Tales from the Nightstand (ends May 5)

The Animal Hedge, by Paul Fleischman, at Hope is the Word (ends May 7)

A membership to the Lollipop Book Club, at Mommy’s Idea (ends May 13, US only)

Where Does Electricity Come From and The Runaway Tractor, at Homeschooler’s Guide to the Galaxy (don’t you just love the blog name?) (ends May 5, US only)

The Legend of Honey Hollow, by Jeanne McNaney and illustrated by David Cochard, at Eco Libris (ends May 3 – today!)

Dr. Hippo Book Series, at From Melissa’s Desk (ends May 15)

For more children’s book giveaways, you should also check out this week’s list at Brimful Curiosities.

Young Adult (fiction and non-fiction)

Let’s Talk About S-E-X and Period. A Girl’s Guide, at Fairy Blog Mother Blog (ends May 11, US only)

I’d Tell You I Love You, But I’d Have to Kill You, by Ally Carter, at Things Moms Like (ends May 5)

Patches of Grey, by Roy L. Pickering Jr. , at Goodreads (ends May 3 – today!, need to have Goodreads account)

All Other Fiction

Three Joanna Scott novels, at Caribousmom (ends May 5, US and Canada)

Follow Me, by Joanna Scott, at Burton Review (ends May 23, US and Canada)

Testimony, by Anita Shreve, at Enroute to Life (ends May 23, US and Canada)

Elijah’s Coin, by Steve O’Brien, at Review a Book (ends May 12)

The Girl Who Stopped Swimming, by Joshilyn Jackson, at The Tome Traveller (ends May 12, US and Canada)

An assortment of fiction and non-fiction titles (post your choices in the comments), at Trying to Stay Calm (ends May 5)

The Girl Who Stopped Swimming, by Joshilyn Jackson, at Radiant Light (ends May 8, U.S. and Canada)

Tender Graces, by Kathryn Magendie, and Something About Her, by Jeannie Ruesch, at Stone Soup (ends May 3 – today!)

Testimony, by Anita Shreve, at Shannan Loves Books (ends May 10, US and Canada)

Follow Me, by Joanna Scott, at Bermudaonion (ends May 6, US and Canada)

The Girl Who Stopped Swimming, by Joshilyn Jackson, at A Circle of Books (ends May 8, US and Canada)

Tea and Other Ayama Na Tales, by Eleanor Bluestein, at Medieval Bookworm (ends May 13, US or Canada)

Dewey (audiobook), by Vicki Myron and Bret Witter, at J. Kaye’s Book Blog (ends May 29, US and Canada)

Latino book giveaway at The Examiner (ends May 31, US and Canada)

Mother’s Day book package of five books, at Simply Stacie (ends May 31, US and Canada)

Mother’s Day book package of five books, at Booking Mama (ends May 31, US and Canada)

Mother’s Day book package of five books, at J’s Spot (ends May 4)

Mother’s Day book package of five books, at Joyfully Retired (ends May 31, US and Canada)

Click here to see the list of non-fiction giveaways.

Synopsis:

A present-day bombing rips through London and claims the life of eighty-year-old detective Arthur Bryant. For John May, it means the end of a partnership that lasted over half a century and an eerie echo back to the Blitz of World War II, when they first met. Desperately searching for clues to the killer’s identity, May finds his irascible old friend’s notes of their very first case and becomes convinced that the past has returned … with a killing vengeance.

It was an investigation that plunged the fledgling detectives into a complex and lethal puzzle. It began when a dancer in a risqué new production of Orpheus in Hell was found without her feet. In a city shaken by war, a faceless killer was stalking London’s theaters, creating his own kind of sinister drama. And it would take Arthur Bryant’s most unorthodox techniques and John May’s dogged police work to catch a criminal whose ability to escape detection seemed almost supernatural – a murderer who decades later seems to have claimed the life of one of them … and is determined to claim the other.

The Snapshot Review

What I Liked: Great quirky characters, and wonderfully adroit handling of shifts between the past and present.

First Line: “It really was a hell of a blast.”

Ms. Bookish’s Very Quick Take: This book, the debut novel in the Bryant and May series, is a wonderful look at a young Bryant and May.

Read the Full Review of Full Dark House

Time for The Sunday Salon again! Here’s what I’ve been reading this week:

Ten Second Staircase, by Christopher Fowler. I finished Full Dark House, the first book in the Bryant and May Peculiar Crimes Unit series, a few days ago (review coming soon), and I loved it so much I picked up the next Peculiar Crimes Unit book in my TBR, Ten Second Staircase, right away. I’m right at the beginning, and so far, so good.

The Charlemagne Pursuit, by Steve Berry. This is the first book by Steve Berry that I’ve picked up – it stars ex-Justice Department agent Cotton Malone, and I’m finding Malone likeable enough to want to pick up the earlier books featuring him. I’m about midway through this book, and it’s a fun and exciting read – except that I’m finding the motivation for one part of the plot to be kind of weak. (More on that when I finish the book and write the review.) Despite this, though, I’ve been enjoying this book a lot.

The Case of the Missing Marquess, by Nancy Springer. I’m still reading this one – haven’t had a chance to pick it up again since the last time I was reading it last week. I have two other books in this series in my TBR pile, so I’m hoping this one is as interesting as the first chapters indicate.

And in audiobooks: last night I was feeling a bit under the weather, and even the thought of picking up a book to read was enough to make me feel kind of dizzy. So I took to my bed (I’ve always wanted to say something like that!) and started listening to an audiobook of PD James’ Skull Beneath the Skin. I’m not sure if the version I’ve linked to is the actual version I’m listening to. Mine isn’t so much an audiobook as an audio production – lots of lovely British actors saying the lines; it feels like listening to an old-time radio show.

So that’s what I’m currently reading. What books are enticing you these days?

I’m in the midst of a hectic weekend of deadlines and such, but thanks to a little experiment I did involving changing my beliefs about time, I find myself with the time to write today’s Sunday Salon post!

What I love best about The Sunday Salon is checking out what everyone is reading. So my own TSS posts are usually about what I’m currently reading (unless another bookish idea sounds more interesting – I confess, I was debating writing a post about why so many novelists are lawyers, and one day I will, but today is not that day).

I normally have a whole boatload of books on the go (a reflection, I think, of my scattered eclectic way of living), and this week has not been an exception. Immediately after reading Christopher Fowler’s White Corridor, I found myself wanting more of Bryant and May, so I plucked Full Dark House, the first book in the series, out of my TBR. It’s been a great read so far.  Bryant and May are both in their mid-80s (and still working at the Peculiar Crimes Unit) – the story begins, oddly enough, with the news of Bryant’s death. May investigates, and the story goes back and forth between present day and the past. Fowler handles the flashbacks very well, and it’s interesting getting to know the characters as they were at the beginning (and, I should say, at the end).

I also started reading Nancy Springer’s The Case of the Missing Marquess today; I had brought it to Disney with me, but the cheerleaders-as-CIA series The Perfect Squad, as well as Meg Cabot, kept me too well occupied to dip into this Enola Holmes mystery. I’m only on the first chapter still, when Enola’s mother has disappeared, but so far it’s shaping up to be a fun middle-grade read.

Since I started book blogging, my TBR pile has grown tremendously, so I’ve not been re-reading as many books as I used to. But recently I stumbled on my much-loved copy of Caleb Carr’s The Alienist, and I made the mistake of flipping it open and reading “just a bit”. With Carr, you can never read “just a bit”, and soon I found myself caught up in his beautiful writing and characterizations, and feeling just that little bit creeped out with the mystery. Carr is such a joy to read – I always find myself wishing he had more books out – and I suspect I will be digging out my copy of Angel of Darkness next.

If you haven’t read The Alienist yet, here’s the summary. The book is even better than the summary promises.

The year is 1896, the place, New York City. On a cold March night New York Times reporter John Schuyler Moore is summoned to the East River by his friend and former Harvard classmate Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, a psychologist, or “alienist.” On the unfinished Williamsburg Bridge, they view the horribly mutilated body of an adolescent boy, a prostitute from one of Manhattan’s infamous brothels.

The newly appointed police commissioner, Theodore Roosevelt, in a highly unorthodox move, enlists the two men in the murder investigation, counting on the reserved Kreizler’s intellect and Moore’s knowledge of New York’s vast criminal underworld. They are joined by Sara Howard, a brave and determined woman who works as a secretary in the police department. Laboring in secret (for alienists, and the emerging discipline of psychology, are viewed by the public with skepticism at best), the unlikely team embarks on what is a revolutionary effort in criminology– amassing a psychological profile of the man they’re looking for based on the details of his crimes. Their dangerous quest takes them into the tortured past and twisted mind of a murderer who has killed before. and will kill again before the hunt is over.

Fast-paced and gripping, infused with a historian’s exactitude, The Alienist conjures up the Gilded Age and its untarnished underside: verminous tenements and opulent mansions, corrupt cops and flamboyant gangsters, shining opera houses and seamy gin mills. Here is a New York during an age when questioning society’s belief that all killers are born, not made, could have unexpected and mortal consequences.

Last, but most certainly not least, is the audiobook I’m currently listening to. My experiment with time had one truly lovely result – I discovered that I can now listen to an audiobook while I work. I’ve tried this in the past, with fairly disastrous results. The nature of my work is such that I’m often at the computer, thinking and typing out what I’m thinking (it sounds like writing but alas, it’s not nearly as interesting as writing); the last time I tried to listen to an audiobook instead of music while working, I ended up typing what I was hearing, instead of what I was thinking.

But I gave it another try yesterday, and was thrilled to discover that I am able to separate the two parts of my my mind somehow and work while listening to an audiobook at the same time. I’m listening to non-fiction, which might be what’s making the difference, as I find with non-fiction if I tune out here and there, I can still get the gist when I tune back in.

So right now, I’m listening to Brian Greene’s wonderful The Elegant Universe. I’ve watched Nova’s gorgeous film of the book, and I have the book itself but never had the time to get to it. Listening while I’m working is the perfect solution. The narrator’s voice works well with the material, evoking space and time and all manner of scientific mysteries; I’ve been meeting my deadlines and overall, feeling quite happy about things!

It’s Sunday again – time most definitely has been flying by. I’m currently reading four books, but this week is a hectic week for me in terms of editorial deadlines, so I’m not sure how many of these I will be able to finish up and review by this time next Sunday.

But there’s just something so comforting about having such a lovely line-up of books in my Currently Reading pile.

I’ve been getting into the Christmas spirit with Rita Mae Brown’s Santa Claws. Mrs. Murphy and the gang are back at it again, and even though a murder isn’t the most Christmas-y of things, Santa Claws is shaping up to be a nice, cozy read. It’s definitely the kind of book you want to read with a mug of hot chocolate and mini marshmallows by your side. (Oh, wait a minute … I get that feeling with every book, actually.)

I haven’t gotten any further along on Katherine Neville’s The Fire, not because it’s not looking like it will be a good read, but because it’s one of those big, complex looking books that say to me, “I dare you to pick me up, start reading me and then put me down half an hour later because you’ve got work to do. Go on. I dare you.” Frankly, I’m a real wuss when it comes to such challenges; The Fire looks like it will be hard to put down once I get into it, and with so many deadlines coming at me, I’m scared to pick it up.

I know, kind of pathetic. What can I say? Books rule my life. And I’m woman enough to admit it.

Moving right along, I’ve also started Meg Cabot’s Big Boned. I love Cabot’s work, whether it’s her children’s books, YA novels or books for adults. In Big Boned, Heather Wells is back to solve another murder. I personally am reading this not for the whodunnit, but to see if Heather (a) will ever go back to singing superstardom again and (b) ends up with Cooper. Tad’s okay, but Cooper’s more than okay. Poor Tad.

Finally, I’m also reading Christopher Fowler’s White Corridor, another in the Peculiar Crimes Unit series featuring Bryant and May. I really like this duo, who are as quirky as you can get; sure they’re older, but that doesn’t get in the way of solving the crime, another locked room murder.

So that’s my reading week for the coming week. Now if I can only get some of these pesky deadlines finished up, it will be a very good reading week.

And here’s a round-up of the reviews I posted this past week:

Not in the Flesh, by Ruth Rendell (review)

The Cruellest Month, by Louise Penny (review)

The Book of Lies, by Brad Meltzer (review)

Casting Spells, by Barbara Bretton (review)

I am currently reading a fun stash of books right now, and the only reason why I haven’t finished any of them is because I haven’t had a good block of time to do so. I keep my “currently reading” books in different rooms of the house, and tend to just pick up whatever book is in the room I happen to be in. Of course, if I sit down with a nice chunk of time, I’m likely to finish whatever book it is, but this week has been hectic, unfortunately.

But I should be finishing up all three of the following books this week:

1. The Book of Lies, by Brad Meltzer. This one is stashed away in the living room, and it’s a pity each time I’ve picked it up I’ve had limited time, because this one has been a real page turner so far. I’m only in into the fourth chapter (or so) and each time I’ve had to put it down, it’s been extremely difficult doing so.
2. Casting Spells, by Barbara Bretton. So far this one is shaping up to be pretty good (although there’s a minor discrepancy near the start of the book that keeps bothering me – I’m hoping it will be explained away as I get further into the book). The book involves a quaint New England town which is home to many different magical people (werewolves, witches, vampires and fairies included), a murder, a sorceress’ daughter and a human cop. It’s been a nice read so far.
3. The Fire, by Katherine Neville. This is the sequel to Neville’s novel The Eight, which I thoroughly enjoyed reading several years ago. I’ve hardly had a chance to do much more than look at the cover of this one longingly and open it up to read the first few words, but I’m definitely looking forward to this one. If it’s anywhere near as good as The Eight, it’s going to be a wonderful read.

Sadly, I do have one current read that I just don’t see myself getting back to this week, not with this handful of exciting books calling to me. I am halfway through Princess Izzy and the E-Street Shuffle by Beverly Bartlett, but it’s “court biography” style, while interesting, hasn’t been interesting enough to get me to pick it up after having put it down. I do want to finish it, though, since I’d like to see what happens with Princess Izzy and the Springsteen loving mechanic in the States (and also, I’m reading this for the From the Stacks reading challenge); I’m just not sure exactly when I’ll be able to get back to it.

I’m currently reading three books right now, all of which I will be reviewing later this week (or when I finish them!).

I started Charlaine Harris’ An Ice Cold Grave last night, and was in for a pleasant surprise. I had actually read the first in the series, Grave Sight, last year and had enjoyed it – but I’d forgotten the name of the author and hadn’t realized it was the first in a series (the Harper Connolly series).

So far An Ice Cold Grave has been an engrossing read. I’m a third of the way through, and I only put it down because it was so late and I knew if I kept at it, I would be finished the book but it would be 5:00 a.m., which really wouldn’t do. If I get a chance to get back to it today, I’ll likely be able to finish it.

I’m also reading Alexander McCall Smith’s The Comforts of a Muddy Saturday. I really enjoy Smith’s Isabel Dalhousie series; I know they’re “mysteries”, but they’re very different from the mysteries I normally read. With Isabel Dalhousie, it’s not really so much the plot, but Isabel herself who is so enticing. I fell in love with her from the moment I read The Sunday Philosophy Club, the first in the series.

The key to enjoying the Isabel Dalhousie series, I think, is to let go of the notion that they’re mysteries. Yes, each book involves a mystery of some sort, but the book itself is very much driven by Isabel’s character, her philosophical inner talk about everything that happens around her, and the application of ethics to every day life. If you reach for a book in this series expecting a rousing mystery, you’d probably be disappointed. But Isabel herself is so loveable; she tries hard to look at the world without judgment, and reading about her is always so enjoyable. It’s the kind of book you savor, rather than reading through in a breathless gallop – both are wonderful experiences, and I always like to have a little of each in my current reading.

The third book I’m reading right now is Beverly Bartlett’s Princess Izzy and the E Street Shuffle. The book quite surprised me when I first started reading. It’s written in something like the style of a biography, a Royal biography really, but with a chatty “talking to you, the reader” feel to it.

This is the first book I’m tackling for the From the Stacks Reading Challenge. I’m finding that while the book is interesting and fun as I’m reading it, when I put it down, my memories of it are not engrossing enough for me to pick it up again. But I’d like to finish this one by the end of this week.

Reviews Roundup: This past week, I’ve reviewed the following books:

Review: Doppelganger, by Pete Hautman and Mary Logue
Review: The Calder Game, by Blue Balliett (I really loved this book)
Review: The Riddles of Epsilon, by Christine Morton-Shaw
Review: Olivia Helps with Christmas by Ian Falconer