LITERARY BLOG HOP!! HOP WITH US!! 25-29 June 2011

Come join Leeswammes Blog's Literary Giveaway!
(Click here to link to Leeswammes, the host blog)

My fellow blogger, Judith, has an excellent site.  It is our great fortune that she has organized a massive Giveaway involving more than 70 bloggers, each of whom is giving away either books, gift cards, or some other item bound to be loved by bibliophiles.

Each participating blogger is asked to have their post up the evening of the 24th if they are in the United States and by the morning of the 25th if they live in Europe or elsewhere.  Feel free to begin posting comments here right away, but please be patient, as some of the links to other blogs might not yet have an active Giveaway post up until the 25th-if they have not yet posted, be sure to try again over the next few days!

Each blogger has their own Giveaway rules.  Here are mine:

• Comments (ie: requests to be entered to win a book) may be posted from as soon as this post is up until 10 PM, Alaska Standard Time on 29 June 2011. 
• This giveaway is open to all commenters, including INTERNATIONAL.  You do not need to be a blog follower (although I would love it if you choose to become one!) or even have a blog of your own.  If you are not a blogger, you can simply post anonymously.  Just be sure you identify yourself somehow in your comment!
• Please let me know which title or titles you are interested in being entered to win.
• All requesters' names will be put in an online randomizer, and winners will be posted either late on 29 June or sometime during the day on 30 June.  Winners will have until 10 PM, 5 July 2011 to email me their mailing address.  I am giving an extra long time to take into account the holiday weekend in the U.S.  If a winner does not respond within the timeframe, an alternate winner will be announced. 

NOW FOR THE GOOD STUFF!  Here are the books I have on offer:

• The Help by Kathryn Stockett (fiction-new trade paperback).  This debut novel took readers by storm last year.  If you have yet to fit it in, now is a great time to at least get it a well earned spot on your shelf.  Set in 1962 Jackson, Mississippi, and written in alternating viewpoints, this novel tells the tale of a naive, young white woman, fresh out of journalism school, and black maids who work in white people's homes, as they set out to write a book disclosing their social situation and the goings-on in their employer's residences.  An eye-opening rendering of life in the southern United States during the 1960s.
• Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi (non-fiction memoir-gently used).  One of my all-time favorite non-fiction books.  Azar Nafisi was a professor of western literature in Tehran, Iran during the Islamic Revolution.  This book details her experiences and those of a group of her students who meet in her house once a week to discuss forbidden works of literature.  This book is a social commentary of Iran in the late 1990s and a wonderful journey through some of the great works of British and American literature, as seen through the gaze of a group of young Muslim women in an Islamic nation.
• Classic Myths to Read Aloud (The Great Stories of Greek and Roman Mythology) by William F. Russell (family literature-new).  For the younger set, but I guarantee you will love reading them aloud to the little people!  These are adapted to be comprehended by kids as young as five; my eldest read them himself when he was twelve and enjoyed them immensely.  The format is why I prefer this book to others of its type: a quick synopsis, estimated reading time, pronunciation guide, the story itself, then a few notes of historical significance regarding the myth.  Makes a great bedtime story book. 

SEE WHAT OTHERS HAVE TO OFFER!  Below is the list of all the other participating blogs. Enjoy the chance to discover great new book blogs and win some great giveaways!  Notice some giveaways are only open to participants from certain countries, but it is still fun to find new blogs.

http://leeswammes.wordpress.com Leeswammes (Int)

http://boofsbookshelf.com The Book Whisperer (Int)

http://kristilovesbooks.blogspot.com Kristi Loves Books (Int)

http://teadevotee.com Teadevotee (Int)

http://www.bookwormwithaview.com Bookworm with a View (Int)

http://bibliosue.blogspot.com Bibliosue (Int)

http://sarahreadstoomuch.blogspot.com Sarah Reads Too Much (Int)

http://writemeg.com write meg! (USA)

http://books-love-affair.blogspot.com/ My Love Affair With Books (Int)

http://www.seasidebooknook.blogspot.com/ Seaside Book Nook (Int)

http://uniflamecreates.blogspot.com 

Always Cooking Up Something (Int)

http://bookjourney.wordpress.com Book Journey (Int)

http://www.thirtycreativestudio.com ThirtyCreativeStudio (Int)

http://www.colreads.blogspot.com Col Reads (Int)

http://thebookdivasreads.blogspot.com The Book Diva's Reads (Int)

http://hawthornescarlet.blogspot.com The Scarlet Letter (USA)

http://parrishlantern.blogspot.com The Parrish Lantern (Int)

http://lizzysiddal.wordpress.com Lizzy's Literary Life (Int)

http://readwriteandlive.wordpress.com Read, Write & Live (Int)

http://www.bookdout.wordpress.com Book'd Out (Int)

http://www.readerssuite.blogspot.com/ The Readers' Suite (Int)

http://iamareadernotawriter.blogspot.com I Am A Reader, Not A Writer (USA)

http://ephemeraldigest.com Ephemeral Digest (Int)

http://mieletlait.com Miel et lait (Int)

http://bibliophilebythesea.blogspot.com/ Bibliophile By the Sea (Int)

http://bokunosekai.wordpress.com Polychrome Interest (Int)

http://bookworldinmyhead.blogspot.com Book World In My Head (Int)

http://www.inspringitisthedawn.com/ In Spring it is the Dawn (Int)

http://everybookhasasoul.wordpress.com every book has a soul (Int)

http://nishitak.wordpress.com Nishita's Rants and Raves (Int)

http://freshinkbooks.blogspot.com/ Fresh Ink Books (Int)

http://teachwithpicturebooks.blogspot.com Teach with Picture Books (USA)

http://howtoteachanovel.blogspot.com How to Teach a Novel (USA)

http://thebluebookcase.blogspot.com The Blue Bookcase (Int)

http://gaskella.wordpress.com Gaskella (Int)

http://pburt.wordpress.com/ Reflections from the Hinterland (USA)

http://chasingbawa.wordpress.com chasing bawa (Int)

http://51stories.wordpress.com/ 51stories (Int)

http://nopageleftbehind.blogspot.com/ No Page Left Behind (USA)

http://silversolara.blogspot.com Silver's Reviews (USA)

http://www.noseinabook.co.uk Nose in a book (Int)

http://litinthelastfrontier.blogspot.com/ Lit in the Last Frontier (Int)

http://www.thebookclubblog.co.za The Book Club Blog (Int)

http://undermyappletree.net Under My Apple Tree (Int)

http://www.caribousmom.com Caribousmom (USA)

http://breieninpeking.wordpress.com breienineking (Netherlands)

http://headant.com Let's Go on a Picnic! (Int)

http://www.rikkidonovan.com Rikki's Teleidoscope (Int)

http://boekblogger.wordpress.com De Boekblogger (Netherlands)

http://www.knittingandsundries.com Knitting and Sundries (Int)

http://www.elle-lit.blogspot.com Elle Lit (USA)

http://indiereaderhouston.com/ Indie Reader Houston (Int)

http://thebookstop.wordpress.com The Book Stop (Int)

http://lizclutterbuck.blogspot.com Eliza Does Very Little (Int)

http://www.joyweesemoll.com/ Joy's Book Blog (Int)

http://litendeavors.blogspot.com Lit Endeavors (USA)

http://www.roofbeamreader.net Roof Beam Reader (Int)

http://homeofaimala.blogspot.com/ The House of the Seven Tails (Int)

http://www.tonysreadinglist.blogspot.com/ Tony's Reading List (Int)

http://thinkingaboutloud.blogspot.com/ Sabrina @ Thinking About Loud! (Int)

http://reviews.rebeccareid.com/ Rebecca Reads (Int)

http://kinnareads.wordpress.com/ Kinna Reads (Int)

http://inoneeyeouttheother.blogspot.com/ In One Eye, Out the Other (USA)

http://booksnyc.blogspot.com/ Books in the City (Int)

http://lucybirdbooks.wordpress.com/ Lucybird's Book Blog (Europe)

http://blog.chainreader.com Book Clutter (USA)

http://www.exurbanis.com Exurbanis (Int)

http://lusravesandrants.blogspot.com Lu's Raves and Rants (USA & Canada)

http://samstillreading.wordpress.com Sam Still Reading (Int)

http://www.dolcebellezza.net Dolce Bellezza (Int)

http://lenasledgeblog.com Lena Sledge's Blog...Books, Reviews and Interviews (Int)

http://www.bookquotes-bookquotes.blogspot.com a Thousand Books with Quotes (Int)