categories : Giveaways
**sings**
Prizes….prizes….I’ve got some prizes!
In honor of the release of Kristin Harmel’s latest novel Italian For Beginners she and Hatchette Books have generously provided me goodies for this fabulous giveaway.
I’ve got five, count ‘em, five copies of Italian for Beginners to give away! Woot Woot!
But wait, there’s more….
One lucky winner will get a grand prize pack of all four of Kristin’s novels — Italian For Beginners, The Blonde Theory, The Art of French Kissing and How to Sleep With a Movie Star.
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This is how it’s going to work:
You’ll get one entry for commenting to this post to tell me a story about either (a) a life-altering trip you’ve made or (b) a life altering trip you’d like to make.
You’ll get one entry for blogging about this giveaway, the interview and/or review.
You’ll get an additional entry each for posting a link to this giveaway to Twitter, Stumble Upon, Technorati, Book Blips, Digg, Facebook, or any other social networking application you may choose.
You’ll get an additional entry each for posting a link to both the review for Italian For Beginners and/or Kristin’s interview here to any of the above mentioned social networking applications.
Just be sure to let me know that you’ve posted the link and where and I’ll be sure to account for it. You have a week (starting today August 13th and ending Thursday August 20th) to pimp Kristin’s awesome work and my blog. I’ll draw winners randomly for all prizes and announce them in a post here on August 24th.
Amy Reads Good Books:
How fun! My life-altering trip was to Italy, when I was 24. Unfortunately, I didn’t learn much of the language.
August 13, 2009 at 5:14 am
Kathy:
This probably isn’t what you meant, but a life-altering trip we took was when we dropped our son off at college for the very first time.
August 13, 2009 at 5:30 am
Julie Peterson:
I would love to take a trip to Italy and especially Rome. Since I’ve read so many books about the Renaissance, I think I’d really appreciate all the buildings and history. Plus, I’d love to see the Vatican!
August 13, 2009 at 5:35 am
Heather:
Let’s see…I think the only life-altering trip I’ve ever had was my honeymoon in Jamaica. I learned I don’t like wine, lamb, or staying in a hotel that is directly beside the airport!
I blogged about your giveaway here. I also mentioned your review and interview.
I tweeted about the giveaway <a href="http://twitter.com/highhiddenplace/status/3285351089"here.
August 13, 2009 at 5:45 am
Heather:
Shoot. Thought I had that html right. *sigh* Sorry.
August 13, 2009 at 5:45 am
Kristen:
What a great giveaway! My life-altering trip was when we white water rafter through the Grand Canyon.
August 13, 2009 at 5:59 am
Sarah:
I studied in London last summer and fell completely in love with the city.
Will tweet both the contest and the review. @seewrites
August 13, 2009 at 6:43 am
Pamela:
What fun! count me in.
August 13, 2009 at 6:48 am
Pamela:
What fun! count me in.I want to go to New York, the city that never sleeps, because I don’t either.
August 13, 2009 at 6:49 am
Gina:
My most life altering trip was a visit to Acapulco. While there on a two week vacation, my husband and I rented a condo and ending up living there for a year.
August 13, 2009 at 7:01 am
Kari:
This has been on my ‘to read’ list! Last summer after graduation, I backpacked through Europe. I had studied abroad a couple years prior, but this was my first experience being (nearly) alone…just me and one other girl friend. If I can make it through 9 foreign countries on my own, I believe I can handle most anything.
August 13, 2009 at 7:36 am
Gaby @ Starting Fresh:
My life altering trip was when I explored the Philippines during one college vacation. It was the first time I stayed in hospices in the Third World, taking jeepneys and public transportation. I went to two beautiful old cities and two very remote islands. It was a wonderful way to get to know my home country after having lived in the US for 6 years.
gaby317nyc AT gmail DOT com
August 13, 2009 at 8:29 am
Meghan:
My most life-altering trip was the first time I went to England to stay with my boyfriend (now fiance) for 2 months. Talk about expanding my horizons – I had never before been out of the US, much less living with a boy. =)
August 13, 2009 at 9:06 am
J.T. Oldfield:
In 2005, I graduated college, got married, moved across the country, and realized that just because I had a degree in liberal arts, did not mean that I was prepared for a job.
I’m tweeting this!
August 13, 2009 at 12:52 pm
Meg:
I took a trip by myself to London just this past May — and let me say, it was definitely one of the greatest experiences of my life! I met up with a friend studying there after I arrived, but just the process of going across the Atlantic on my own made me feel so happy, alive and free. And I adore England, so walking around with no particular plan for three days with a good friend was fantastic. I’ll never, ever forget it.
I’d love to win this book — or all the books!
How exciting!
I also Tweeted about the giveaway — @writemeg
Thank you!
August 13, 2009 at 1:14 pm
Julie Harabedian:
During college one summer I went to Rome and took classes and traveled for three months. Would give anything to be back there! Definitely changed my life
I’d love to win these books!
August 13, 2009 at 2:59 pm
Beth:
I’d love to ride the Orient Express all the way across. That would be life changing for sure!
August 13, 2009 at 5:27 pm
Valerie:
A life altering trip I’d like to make is go to Japan, I’m completely obsessed haha. I love the culture, language, clothes, music, etc
I’m saving up
August 13, 2009 at 9:58 pm
Jen Petro-Roy:
+1 I’d love to make a “life-altering” trip to Ireland, where my great-grandmother emigrated from, to see the house she grew up in, the relatives that I still have living there, and to gain a new appreciation of the sacrifices that my ancestors made for my future.
+1 I tweeted about this here: https://twitter.com/jpetroroy/status/3316269022 (@jpetroroy)
August 14, 2009 at 2:45 pm
Sue:
I went to Hawaii with my family in March and it was so fun and enjoyable and relaxing and wonderful. I can’t get it out of my head and my kids ask daily when we’re going back, so hopefully life altering to them as well.
August 14, 2009 at 4:55 pm
Wanda:
A life-altering trip I’d like would be to Africa to help out in orphanages. I can’t think of anything that would be more life-altering for me than that.
wandanamgreb (at) gmail (dot) com
August 20, 2009 at 1:10 pm