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Black Friday Book Deals at Entangled Publishing

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The holidays have officially kicked off now that Thanksgiving is over!

So who out there is looking for some great bookish stocking sutffers of gifts this Black Friday?

Well why not stop over at Entangled Publishing and check out their Black Friday deals? Sales run from 11/25 through 12/6. They have TONS of titles on sale for only 99 cents, and this is the perfect way to stock up those e-readers. You can even gift them to anyone, for awesome early holiday stocking stuffers that won’t break the bank!

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Giveaway: THERE ONCE LIVED A MOTHER WHO LOVED HER CHILDREN by Ludmilla Petrushevskaya

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This weeks giveaway has a lengthy title: There Once Lived a Mother Who Loved Her Children, Until They Moved Back In: Three Novellas About Family by Ludmilla Petrushevskaya.

The masterly novellas that established Ludmilla Petrushevskaya as one of the greatest living Russian writers

“Love them,­ they’ll torture you; don’t love them, ­they’ll leave you anyway.”

After her work was suppressed for many years, Ludmilla Petrushevskaya won wide recognition for capturing the experiences of everyday Russians with profound pathos and mordant wit. Among her most famous and controversial works, these three novellas—The Time Is Night,Chocolates with Liqueur, and Among Friends—are modern classics that breathe new life into Tolstoy’s famous dictum, “All happy families are alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” Together they confirm the genius of an author with a gift for turning adversity into art

Thanks to the Publisher, I am ecstatic to be able to offer a copy of THERE ONCE LIVED A MOTHER WHO LOVED HER CHILDREN for your enjoyment! Giveaway is for one paperback copy.

Giveaway runs 11/27/14 to 12/4/14

Winners will be announced 12/5/14.

(how to enter)

On this blog you must leave a comment to be entered in the giveaway.  Your comment MUST include your email so I can contact you….if you do not enter an email in the comments your entry will be void. Winners will be notified by email the day after the giveaway closes and have five days to respond, it not another winner will be chosen. 

(GIVEAWAY OPEN TO US/CANADA ONLY AND NO PO BOX)

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Review: There Once Lived a Mother Who Loved Her Children, Until They Moved Back In: Three Novellas About Family by Ludmilla Petrushevskaya

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Leo Tolstoy said it best: All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.

Don’t we all have that one crazy family member who tells grossly inappropriate jokes and stories at the dinner table? Or that one sibling that we are insanely jealous of? Or what about your bratty niece or nephew that you just wish you could trip as they run by screaming?

I think the best thing about family is that it’s a classic….just like Tolstoy. Most people can relate to family and that’s what makes Ludmilla Petrushevskaya latest novel such a captivating read.

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Announcement: Winner THE TIGER QUEENS by Stephanie Thornton

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And the winner of the giveaway for THE TIGER QUEENS by Stephanie Thornton is…..

Caitlin M (tweeted about giveaway)

The winner will be notified via email.

Thank you to everyone who entered and a huge thank you to the publisher and HFVBT for making this giveaway possible!

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Review: The Night Garden by Lisa Van Allen

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In upstate New York there is a small farm that appears to be just another farm in the country. Normal. Ordinary.

However the Pennywort farm is anything but ordinary and normal….it’s magical. At the heart of the farm there is a magical garden full of imagination and color.

The locals have long said that entering the garden can gain insight to life’s most difficult issues by just walking through the gates, ironically the garden’s caretaker has never experienced any kind of revelation by entering the garden.

Olivia Pennyworth has been caring for the garden and has spent her entire life on the farm while harboring a dark secret which forces her to keep everyone at arms length…..until her childhood friend, Sam, shows up.

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