Win: Girls in Trucks by Katie Crouch
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I have been given the amazing opportunity by the Hachette Book Group to give out 5 copies of Girls in Trucks by Katie Crouch.
An unenthusiastic Southern debutante copes with the cruelties of postcollege New York life in Crouch’s amusing debut. Sarah Walters is neither a misfit nor the queen of the Camellia Society cotillion scene growing up in Charleston, S.C. But when she and her fellow Camellias try to make a life in New York City, they find themselves coping in unexpectedly dangerous ways—from standard substance addictions to Sarah’s fixation on preppy ex-boyfriend Max, a smooth and sadistic child of wealth. While the formula of young women in the big city seems destined for cliché, Crouch subverts most expectations; Sarah almost purposely misses an opportunity for happiness and stability with the gentle lover she met in Europe, and her ploy to ignite sparks with a college friend goes painfully awry. When Sarah goes back to Charleston and faces a perhaps too over-the-top family crisis (it involves suicide and lesbianism), the reader’s left with the hope that the worst is over. Though this feels almost like a collection—each chapter its own story with its own narrative technique—Crouch’s portrayal of a young woman’s self-sabotage and the pitfalls facing young women in a cold world is wise, wry and heartbreaking.
So now… GIVEAWAY!
Would you like the chance to win a copy of Girls in Trucks by Katie Crouch? This is your lucky night. There are a number of ways you can win this book, each good for one entry each. For each entry, leave me a separate comment. Also, make sure that you leave me a way to contact you if you win.
1.) Leave a comment below telling me that you’d like to win.
2.) Blog about this contest and leave a comment with the links.
3.) Add me on twitter (@morbidromantic) and Tweet this contest then comment with a link to the Tweet or your username.
4.) Stumble this giveaway or my main site and comment with your StumbleUpon username.
5.) Add my RSS reader here and leave me a comment telling me that you subscribe to my feed.
6.) Comment on any of my previous blog posts and leave me a comment telling me that you have.
7.) Answer the question: have you ever missed out on a great opportunity? What was it?
If you do all of the above, you will get seven entries. That’s seven chances to win.
Winners will be selected on 11:59pm EST on May 22nd. I will be using Random.org to select the winner. When you win, I will send you an email asking for your physically mailing address, which you have 3 days to respond to before new winners are selected. No PO Boxes. This contest is open to US and Canada only.
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I would love to win this, thanks for the opportunity!
I am already a subscriber.
I tweeted about your contest (Melsbookshelf is my tweetname).
As for missed opportunities, I feel like I never took advantage of my college courses the way I should have. Sometimes I think I should have done things differently in my college education…
Thank you again for hosting the contest!
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I’ve been hearing alot about this one, sounds good!
I’d love a shot at this book. Please count me in!
I’m a subscriber.
As far as opportunities that I’ve missed out on, I guess that would have to be both a college education and children. Time is running out on having children, but hopefully I will still have time to adopt or foster kids.
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This looks great! Please enter me!
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Please enter me. Thanks!
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Girls in Trucks sound like a great read. I’d like to win.
I’d love a fun new book to read. This looks great. Thanks for the giveaway~
I’d love to read this.
I love a fish-out-of-water story and this should be a good one.
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I would love to win, thanks!
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I think this looks like a fascinating book and would love to win. Thanks.!!!!
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I’d like to win this book. It sounds like an interesting read. Thanks.
My daughter really likes this one.
count me in please!
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I’d love to win!!
I twittered about it
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I have wanted to read this book since I have seen it on another site and am so excited about it!
I also added you to my twitter friends!
I also added you to my google reader!
Thanks for the chance!
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your review makes this sound great thanks
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