A big thank you to everyone who participated in my Book Blogger Appreciation Week Giveaway.  We sure did have a great time this week didn’t we?  I know I added more than my fair share of blogs to my feed reader and boy, oh boy, do I have a lot to wade through there.  I’m still working on commenting to posts!

Below are the two lucky winners of Beth Kephart’s Nothing But Ghosts:

Nely

Madeleine

Ladies, please email me your mailing addresses (you can find my email address on my “About” page or use the contact form linked above) and I’ll get your prizes out this week!

Congratulations, I hope you enjoy the book as much as I did.  It was a wonderful read.

Hey ho Galleysmithers have I got an offer you can’t refuse!  Well technically you could but, yea, why would you want to you know?

You all know it’s swiftly coming upon the official start of Book Blogger Appreciation week right?  Sure we’ve seen loads of stuff related to the event but that was all pre-work.  The big enchilada of festivities starts Monday with all sorts of great blogging topics and stuff.

Now that you’ve gotten the vote out and given all the nominees the gift of showing them you love them (shouts out to the long and shortlists, y’all) how about getting a little somethin’ somethin’ for yourself?  What better way to celebrate books than to receive them right?

Any whoooo, recently I read Beth Kephart’s Nothing But Ghosts (review forthcoming) and adored it.  It was a wonderfully touching and poignant work that I strongly encourage everyone to read.  If you already have grab your copy and read it again because, as you already know, it’s just that good!  If you haven’t read it yet then today’s your lucky day because as part of BBAW I’m giving away two copies.

How do I qualify, you ask?  Well since this giveaway is all about giving and not receiving I think shouting out to your favorite blogs is totally in order!  As a result, in order to qualify an entry into this here contest I’d like for you to reply here with a comment that includes a link to your favorite post about Beth Kephart.  Search those book blogs for reviews of any of her books, interviews, spotlights….you name it….if it’s about Beth and it’s on any other blog but Galleysmith give it a shout out in your reply. Oh, and to sweeten the deal if you link up to more than one post from different blogs you’ll get extra entries (now what I mean is don’t provide ten links from the same blog but ten *different* links from ten *different blogs y’all).

Are there any other particulars, you ask?  Why, yes….yes there are!  This giveaway officially opens right now and will end on Friday, September 18th at 11:59 pm EST. Then on Sunday, September 20th I’ll post an announcement of who the two lucky winners are.

Easy peasy right?

So get your blog search skills on and find some awesome Beth Kephart love!

I know….I know….I’ve been super duper lax in getting my giveaway winners announced!  I would blame it entirely on the fact that work has been busy as well as my time being spent on BBAW but that is just a cop out.  I fully take the blame for not having gotten these announced sooner.

Good news is that I’m here today to shout out about the lucky winners of both my Kristin Harmel and Harry Potter giveaways!  So without further ado here we go….

Kristin Harmel Giveaway

The winners of a copy of Kristin Harmel’s Italian for Beginners are:

Sarah
Pamela
Kari
JT Oldfield
Julie Harabedian

The winner of the Kristin Harmel prize pack giveaway (which includes all 4 of her women’s fiction novels) is:

Jen Petro-Roy

Harry Potter Giveaway:

Not to be outdone I’ve got some very lucky winners of Harry Potter schwag!

The lucky recipient of the full set of Harry paperbacks is

BethFishReads

The challenger who is walking away with a box set of Harry hardcovers is

Heidi @ CarolinaDreamz

How to claim your prize:

Please email me (you can use the contact form or find my email address on my about page) no later than Friday, September 11th with your snail mail address and I will get these fabulous prizes on their way to you.  IF I do not hear from a winner I will assume you are forfeiting your prize and will draw someone in your place.

Congratulations winners!

**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.

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.

Have you heard?  Sourcebooks has a fabulous Bran Hambric giveaway going in anticipation of the book’s release.  Here’s how you can play:

Pre-Order Campaign (US Only)

Pre-orders Bran Hambric: The Fairfield Curse then send an electronic version of your  receipt to sbpublicity@sourcebooks.com with the subject line “Bran Hambric Pre-Order Contest” once you do so you will be entered into a drawing to win a special prize package that may include:

• Personalized copy of The Fairfield Curse (give your copy to a friend!)
• Personalized early reader copy of Book 2
• Personalized Bran Hambric poster
• Half Moon Necklace
• Signed CD of soundtrack
• $25 gift certificate to local bookstore
• Kaleb Nation event a local bookstore (fall 2010)

Please note:  there is only one entry per book ordered.  Should you purchase multiple copies you will be entered as many times as you’ve purchased the book.  Receipts must be dated prior to the publishing date of September 9, 2009.

Winners will be announced September 30, 2009

Win a Bran Hambric Halfmoon Necklace & exclusive Kaleb Nation event invite!

Anyone who posts links ia their social networking accounts (ex: Facebook, Myspace, Twitter, YouTube, blogs, websites etc.) to a review they’ve created on Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Borders order pages will receive a Bran Hambric Half Moon Necklace and an exclusive invitation to a Blog TV event with Kaleb, where he will reveal secrets from the next book in the series! Links and reviews must be posted and e-mailed to branhambric@sourcebooks.com from September 9th through September 30th. Include full name & mailing address in e-mail. Please use the subject line “Bran Hambric Sneak Peak.”

Hurry up and join, these are great giveaways!

For more information on Kaleb, check these links out:

• KalebNation.com
• TwilightGuy.com
• Twitter @kalebnation
• Sourcebook Publishing
• Bran Hambric: The Farfield Curse at Amazon
• Bran Hambric: The Fairfield Curse at Barnes & Noble
• Bran Hambric: The Fairfield Curse at Borders