Wednesday, October 13, 2010

The Naked Gardener Giveaway

Author Laura B Gschwandtner and I are very excited to announce a great giveaway opportunity!

Laura has offered up 10 copies of her new novel The Naked Gardener, which was released by CreateSpace this past August, to be read and discussed as part of a sidebar group read for TNBBC in the month of November.




Here is the book description as found on Goodreads:

In a remote forest of northern Vermont, Katelyn Cross takes five women on a wilderness canoe trip where they hope to come up with ideas for saving their dying town. Although the river is not always what it seems and the women have not left their problems behind, a painting ritual creates a new way to look at the world - and themselves.
Artist Katelyn Cross loves Greg Mazur and he loves her. He wants to be married but a previous relationship that went sour has made Katelyn overly cautious about any permanent commitment. And what about Greg's first wife? He lost her to cancer and Katelyn worries that he's only looking for a replacement. What's a girl to do? Canoe down a river with five gal pals, camp out, catch fish, talk about life and men. The problem is, a river can be as unpredictable as any relationship and just as hard to manage. On their last day, when the river turns wild, the women face the challenge of a lifetime and find that staying alive means saving themselves first while being open to help from a most unlikely source. As Katelyn navigates the raging water, she learns how to overcome her fear of change in a world where nothing stays the same. When Katelyn returns to her garden, she'll face one more obstacle and the naked gardener will meet the real Greg Mazur.
What readers are saying about The Naked Gardener: Lyrical ... Scandalous ... Empowering ... Exhilarating ... Honest ... Sensual ... Fun ... Gentle ... Pleasurable ... Transporting ... Timeless
In her first novel, award winning writer L B Gschwandtner explores the push and pull of love, a woman's need to maintain her individuality within marriage, and the bonds that can make women stronger even when the world feels as if it's breaking apart.

Laura has agreed to ship 2 of the 10 copies of The Naked Gardener internationally.

In order to win a copy of this novel:

1- You must post a comment to this thread including a way for us to contact you if you win, and what country you live in.

2- You must agree to participate in a group read book discussion that will run during the month of November over at TNBBC on Goodreads. Laura has agreed to participate in the discussion and will be available to answer any questions you may have for her.

3 - You must be one of the first 2 people internationally to comment in order to qualify for the international copies. You must be one of the first 8 people in the US or Canada to qualify for those copies. Yup! It's first come, first serve!

Remember to put your country in the comment! If you do not tell me which country you live in, you will not qualify for a copy.

By commenting, you are agreeing to read the book and join the group discussion at TNBBC on Goodreads (the thread for the discussion will be emailed to you at the first of the month).

This giveaway will remain open until the 10th copy has been claimed. I will confirm the copies that have been claimed in the comment section here so you can see how many copies are left to claim.

Upon it's close, I will email all the winners and announce them here on my blog. Good Luck!!

In the meantime, check out these links: The Novelette.com and Laura's Twitter page.

26 comments:

  1. Would love a copy. I agree to participate in the group discussion on Goodreads.

    Canada

    littleone AT shaw DOT ca

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  2. Maintaining one's individuality within marriage!!
    I would love to read this book!

    I live in Australia.
    You can contact me through my Goodreads account (my account name is choco).
    http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2611863
    I also promise to participate in the group discussion in November!
    Cheers,
    choco

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  3. PoCoKat and Choco, thanks so much for your interest! You have claimed the first two copies! Once all copies have been claimed I will contact you for your shipping address :)

    Copies left:
    1 international
    7 Us/Canada

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  4. Hmm...well, already in the group, so that's covered. I wish I had my own naked gardener right now...oh the fun we'd have. [insert dream sequence] In the meantime, I guess I'll sign up to read all about it. :D

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  5. Yeah for the pear lady. You are a local, yes? Us/Canada?

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  6. I would love to read this book—please enter me to win!

    skkorman AT bellsouth DOT net

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  7. I would love to participate in this. I'm in the USA.

    sharon54220@gmail.com

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  8. Pearlady - 1 pending (waiting on country)
    Skkorman - 1 pending (waiting on country)
    Sharon54220 - 1 usa copy

    Thanks for the interest. Those of you who did not give me the country, I will allow the book to remain in pending status unless we get to the end of the contest and those two remaining copies are claimed by commenters. Please respond back asap to lock in those books !!!!

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  9. Total copies left:
    1 - international
    6 - usa/canada (2 are pending)

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  10. This sounds like fun. I live in California but will be in Switzerland in November. I already have a copy of the book, so I'll pass on the giveaway and give someone else a chance. But I would like to participate in the discussion. I will have the same email address in Switzerland as in the U.S.
    cpolkinhorn@verizon.net or
    cpolkinhorn@msn.com

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  11. Christa, that is great, thanks for your participation in advance. Once the copies are spoken for I will create the group discussion page and email it to everyone...

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  12. Lori, if there are any copies left (for Canada) I will gladly take one :) The side group reads have been awesome and this book sounds awesome too.

    erikadlugo@yahoo.com

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  13. Erika, consider it yours!

    Copies left:
    1 - international
    5 - us/canada (2 pending)

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  14. I would love to win, and I live in the USA!!

    skkorman AT bellsouth DOT net

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  15. You got it skkorman.

    Copies Left:
    1 international
    4 us/canada

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  16. I'd love to get a copy!

    Bridgette Fultz
    bridgette.fultz@yahoo.com
    USA

    I agree to participate! :)

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  17. I just got this for my Kindle but would love to have a hard copy to give to my local library! Besides I live in the NorthEast Kingdom of VT, the setting for the book!

    Please count me in.

    Marcia
    weedflds@yahoo.com

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  18. This sounds like a fabulous read! I would love a copy AND look forward to taking part in the discussion! I'm in the US, my profile on GR is:

    http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2552846

    And you can email me at:

    katie.kizzie@gmail.com

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  19. I would love to join! I haven't done one of TNBBC side reads so this will be fun. My Email is:

    joaniewillard@yahoo.com

    Thanks!
    Joanie

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  20. I would love to win! I previously was in the Map of True Places giveaway several months ago, can I participate in this giveaway as well? Also, I am a part of goodreads as well!
    krocchio@gmail.com

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  21. Bridgette, Marcia, Katie - you each landed yourselves a copy!

    Copies left:
    1 international
    1 us/canada

    Joanie and Shoegal14... whoever gives me their location first gets the final copy .....

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  22. Hi Lori, I tried to enter too but you didn't comment on me. I'm Joanie from TNBBC-let me know if you need more info

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  23. Hey Joanie, I did comment, see right above yours :)

    Just tell me where you live - us or international, and it's yours!

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  24. I would love to join in the discussion. I am in Washington, USA. I am miki on the goodreads group site, or contact me at mikiwilla at gmail dot com.

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  25. Miki, I believe you are the 10th person to request. Let me double check with the author and get back to you!

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  26. Ok guys, the final copy has been claimed. Thanks so much for the interest, and I will email you all when the group discussion is up and running on Nov 1st. If you didn't get a copy, please stop by the discussion and chat with us..!!

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