Closed: Giveaway: Audiobook: The Bourne Objective by Robert Ludlum

Thank you to everyone that entered. There were 13 different entrants and a total of 33 entries!

Here are the three winners:
1) Martha L
2) Allison
3) Renee G

Emails are being sent to the winners. Thank you again for entering and congratulations to the winners. I hope you enjoy them.

All winners were chosen using Random.org

-Jennifer

Thanks to Anna at Hachette I can giveaway 3 copies of this one.



About the Book

After Bourne is ambushed and nearly killed while in Indonesia, he fakes his death to take on a new identity and mission- to find out who is trying to assassinate him. In the process, Bourne begins to question who he really is and what he would become if he no longer carried the Bourne identity. Across the globe, an American passenger airliner is shot down over Egypt-apparently by an Iranian missile-leaving the world wondering if it was an accident or an act of aggression. A massive global team lead by Soraya Moore is assembled to investigate the attack before the situation escalates.

When Bourne's search for his would-be assassin intersects with Soraya's search for the group behind the airplane bombing, Bourne is thrust into a race to prevent a new world war. But it may already be too late.

To find out more about The Bourne Objective please visit Hachette Book Group.

Giveaway Info

The giveaway will end 8/11/10 at 11:59pm (EST)

I'm trying something new with the next few giveaways. Hopefully it will not only save me time and confusion, but it will also help you guys to enter easier. Please let me know what you guys think! You can now use this form to enter.

Rules:
1) Only winners from the US and Canada
2) No PO boxes

To enter:
1) Fill out this form.
2) Get an extra entry for following my blog.
3) Get a third entry for mentioning this giveaway: On your blog, facebook, twitter... anywhere (Make sure to leave me a link or your SN so I can verify!)
5) "Like" Just Jennifer Reading on Facebook.

Please RT: @JustJennReading: New Giveaway: The Bourne Objective by Robert Ludlum: http://tiny.cc/tf5p1

Remember to use this form. Until everyone gets used to the form I will still take comment entries, but I really think this form is going to make things much easier.

You can see the current entries here.

The winners will be randomly drawn and notified by email.

Good Luck and thank you for reading my blog!

Closed: Giveaway: Audiobook Backseat Saints by Joshilyn Jackson

Thank you to everyone that entered. There were 21 different entrants and a total of 59 entries!

Here are the three winners:
1) Lisa G
2) Allison
3) Emily L

Emails are being sent to the winners. Thank you again for entering and congratulations to the winners. I hope you enjoy them.

All winners were chosen using Random.org

-Jennifer

Thanks to Anna at Hachette I can giveaway 3 copies of this one.

About the Book

Rose Mae Lolley is a fierce and dirty girl, long-suppressed under flowery skirts and bow-trimmed ballet flats. As "Mrs. Ro Grandee" she's trapped in a marriage that's thick with love and sick with abuse. Her true self has been bound in the chains of marital bliss in rural Texas, letting "Ro" make eggs, iron shirts, and take her punches. She seems doomed to spend the rest of her life battered outside by her husband and inside by her former self, until fate throws her in the path of an airport gypsy---one who shares her past and knows her future. The tarot cards foretell that Rose's beautiful, abusive husband is going to kill her. Unless she kills him first.

Hot-blooded Rose Mae escapes from under Ro's perky compliance and emerges with a gun and a plan to beat the hand she's been dealt. Following messages that her long-missing mother has left hidden for her in graffiti and behind paintings, Rose and her dog Gretel set out from Amarillo, TX back to her hometown of Fruiton, AL, and then on to California, unearthing a host of family secrets as she goes. Running for her life, she realizes that she must face her past in order to overcome her fate---death by marriage---and become a girl who is strong enough to save herself from the one who loves her best.

BACKSEAT SAINTS will dazzle readers with a fresh and heartwrenching portrayal of the lengths a mother will go to right the wrongs she's created, and how far a daughter will go to escape the demands of forgiveness. With the seed of a minor character from her popular best-seller, GODS IN ALABAMA, Jackson has built a whole new story full of her trademark sly wit, endearingly off-kilter characters, and utterly riveting plot twists.

To find out more about Backseat Saints please visit Hachette Book Group.

Giveaway Info

The giveaway will end 8/11/10 at 11:59pm (EST)

I'm trying something new with the next few giveaways. Hopefully it will not only save me time and confusion, but it will also help you guys to enter easier. Please let me know what you guys think! You can now use this form to enter.

Rules:

1) Only winners from the US and Canada

2) No PO boxes

To enter:

1) Fill out this form.

2) Get an extra entry for following my blog.

3) Get a third entry for mentioning this giveaway: On your blog, facebook, twitter... anywhere (Make sure to leave me a link or your SN so I can verify!)

5) "Like" Just Jennifer Reading on Facebook.

Please RT: @JustJennReading: New Giveaway: Backseat Saints by Joshilyn Jackson http://tiny.cc/76bbo

Remember to use this form. Until everyone gets used to the form I will still take comment entries, but I really think this form is going to make things much easier.

You can see the current entries here.

The winners will be randomly drawn and notified by email.

Good Luck and thank you for reading my blog!

Sorry for yet another break!!!

So it's been a while since I've posted, again.... I apologize. I was out of town house sitting last week, and I forgot to take all my stuff with me. So I'm going to be doing a quite a few posts over the next few days. I have TONS of giveaways to get going, some to finish up, and some winners to notify. So at least the next few days will be exciting right?

As you may have seen I started using a form to post my giveaways. The general consensus is that you guys don't mind them, but that you like to see how many other people have entered. I've been trying to figure out a way to do both, and I think I have it... I will post a link that will take you to the form to show who has entered the giveaway. I have to tweak the form so that your e-mail addresses are safe, but I think it will be a good compromise. I'm going to leave the question in that asks if you like the giveaway forms, just to keep getting feedback. If it looks like I'm getting less entries, or if there are lots of people who are mentioning that they dislike the form I will discontinue it. For now I think I'll stick with it. If there are any savvy bloggers out there who may have a "fix" for me, that allows me to use a form for my entries, and also shows the other entrants please pass it along. I still feel like a noob when it comes to blogging, and since I have limited experience with scripting and web design I'm always looking for new ideas.

So again I apologize. I don't have anything planned for the near future, as far as being away from home, so I think I should be able to get back to blogging on a regular basis. Summer is always crazy for me, but all I can do is try right?

Thank you again for sticking with me while I'm being a bit flighty and absentminded. I do appreciate all my readers and hope that I haven't turned you against me :-)

-Jennifer

And BTW I watched Julie & Julia while I was away and I'm thinking of a crazy challenge for myself. But I have to determine if I can really commit to it, and what all the details will be... But the movie inspired me to be a better blogger :-) and so I'm thinking I may try to tackle it!!

Guest Blogger: Claire Avery

It's been a little while since I've had a guest blogger. Well today I have two... sort of! Claire Avery is a sister writing duo that has recently released their first book Hidden Wives. Today they are going to talk a little about their book and it's difficult subject matter.



First of all, we wanted to thank Jennifer for her gracious offer to host our guest author post and a giveaway of our debut novel, HIDDEN WIVES. We are so honored to contribute to your blog, Jennifer! We are frequently asked why we chose to write about the topic of polygamy and did it have anything to do with our own childhood experiences of being raised in a fundamentalist Catholic community in Chicago. We grew up in a religious commune, and we were exposed to extreme ideas. When we watched a documentary on polygamy, our first thought was that at least our father hadn’t been a polygamist. Our second thought was: how can the forced marriage of underage girls to much older polygamist men go on in 21st century America? Our third thought was: that could have been us, if our father had chosen that particular religion. As we delved into the topic
further, we realized that these girls have been brainwashed from early childhood. They are isolated, and it’s the only thing they know. We were able to identify with the fear, confusion and anxiety these women and girls experience growing up in a world of religious extremism. We also understand how frightening it can be to reject the beliefs that are ingrained in you from childhood, even if they are clearly harmful. We wanted to demonstrate that there is a systemic brainwashing which goes
on from early childhood in these types of groups that makes it very difficult for these women and children to ask for help, report abuse, or to escape. We hope that our book can help keep the plight of these victims of polygamy in the media spotlight.

If you would like to know more about HIDDEN WIVES or about our conventional childhood,please visit our web-site at www.claireaveryauthor.com .

Thank you so much for sharing that with us. There has been so much about polygamy in the news, and on TV that I think it's been sensationalized a bit. I don't think people always relate what really goes on in these young girls lives. I am really looking forward to reading this one! I should be starting it soon!

There will also be a giveaway for this title. I am not at home right now, and I forgot to copy my templates to bring with me, so I will have the giveaway posted when I get home tomorrow...

Thank you for reading!
-Jennifer

Closed: Giveaway: Audiobook The Lion by Nelson DeMille

Thank you to everyone that entered. There were 18 different entrants and a total of 42 entries!

Here are the three winners:
1) Steve
2) Cheryl F
3) Allison

Emails are being sent to the winners. Thank you again for entering and congratulations to the winners. I hope you enjoy them.

All winners were chosen using Random.org

-Jennifer

Thanks to Anna at Hachette I can giveaway 3 copies of this one.



About the Book

John Corey, former NYPD Homicide detective and special agent for the Anti-Terrorist Task Force, is back. And,
unfortunately for Corey, so is Asad Khalil, the notorious Libyan terrorist
otherwise known as "The Lion." Last we heard from him, Khalil had claimed to be
defecting to the US only to unleash the most horrific reign of terrorism ever to
occur on American soil. While Corey and his partner, FBI agent Kate Mayfield,
chased him across the country, Khalil methodically eliminated his victims one by
one and then disappeared without a trace.

Now, years later, Khalil has returned to America to make good on his threats and take care of unfinished
business. "The Lion" is a killing machine once again loose in America with a
mission of revenge, and John Corey will stop at nothing to achieve his own goal
— to find and kill Khalil.

To find out more about The Lion please visit Hachette Book Group.

Giveaway Info

The giveaway will end 7/28/10 at 11:59pm (EST)

I'm trying something new with the next few giveaways. Hopefully it will not only save me time and confusion, but it will also help you guys to enter easier. Please let me know what you guys think! You can now use this form to enter.

Rules:
1) Only winners from the US and Canada
2) No PO boxes

To enter:
1) Fill out this form.
2) Get an extra entry for following my blog.
3) Get a third entry for mentioning this giveaway: On your blog, facebook, twitter... anywhere (Make sure to leave me a link or your SN so I can verify!)
5) "Like" Just Jennifer Reading on Facebook.

Please RT: @JustJennReading: New Giveaway: The Lion by Nelson DeMille http://tiny.cc/qwx02

Remember to use this form. Until everyone gets used to the form I will still take comment entries, but I really think this form is going to make things much easier.

The winners will be randomly drawn and notified by email.

Good Luck and thank you for reading my blog!