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Giveaway of The Magician’s Book by Laura Miller
November 13th, 2008
I’ve got a copy of The Magician’s Book by Laura Miller to giveaway to one lucky winner courtesy of Hachette Books.
Here’s a description of the book from Hachette:
- THE MAGICIAN’S BOOK is the story of one reader’s long, tumultuous relationship with C.S. Lewis’ The Chronicles of Narnia. Enchanted by its fantastic world as a child, prominent critic Laura Miller returns to the series as an adult to uncover the source of these small books’ mysterious power by looking at their creator, Clive Staples Lewis. What she discovers is not the familiar, idealized image of the author, but a more interesting and ambiguous truth: Lewis’s tragic and troubled childhood, his unconventional love life, and his intense but ultimately doomed friendship with J.R.R. Tolkien.Finally reclaiming Narnia “for the rest of us,” Miller casts the Chronicles as a profoundly literary creation, and the portal to a life-long adventure in books, art, and the imagination.
You can also read some reviews here of the novel over on Amazon.Com.
This book is being released December 3 so you can be one of the first to read it. Also on December 4 there will be a chat with the author on Blog Talk Radio. You can use this link to set yourself a reminder for that. This giveaway is open to US and Canadian residents only. Ensure that you leave me some way of contacting you if you win, no PO boxes please. Hachette will send you your book if you win. Here are the rules:
- For one entry, comment here
- For two entries blog about this giveaway and spread the word
I will draw for a winner on November 21. Good luck everyone!
Filed under Uncategorized | Comments (37)
This sounds like a great book. I’ve always loved reading about “the story behind the story.” Thanks for another great contest.
jgbeads AT gmail DOT com
I’ve also blogged about this in my right sidebar at:
http://janelsjumble.blogspot.com
I’ve posted this on Win a Book. No need to enter the contest.
Gotta read this one, win or not. HUGE fan of C.S. and sounds like a vicariously associated great read. Put me down for two, I’ll bop over to Free Spirit and put up a special post announcement.
Hey Dar. Please enter me for this cool book! shud be fun reading!
thanks.
i am also going to blog bout this! thank you!
Hmm – thought I left a comment earlier, but don’t see it. Anyway, put me down for two entries, Dar. Here’s the permalink to the Free Spirit Blog announcement post – http://tinyurl.com/6gkwoh
Marvin blogs at Free Spirit: http://inspiritandtruths.blogspot.com/
Eye twitter 2 – http://twitter.com/Paize_Fiddler
You do awesome giveaways girl
don’t enter me
Dar, I found my way here by my good friend, Marvin Miller and his blog at Free Spirit. Your blog is terrific I’ll be visiting more often.
My most recent book, The Kahills of Willow Walk is being followed by a sequel, For the Love of Willow Walk. Come visit me at http://willow-walk.tripod.com.
Nice meeting you and I hope to be seeing your blog again real soon.
Pee Wee (Sylvia)
Here is another book that I would never read but for your blog. So, please consider me entered into your contest. I want to experience books that I would not normally choose. Thanks.
Vicki
vicsterhome@aol.com
Dar
I love your Blog here and yes you do love reading.
I hope I got my entry in for the Book give-away.
Sherry
Hey! Enter me, plese! I really had wanted to read this for a LONG time~! My uncle was talking about it yesteray!
-Emily Jane
neuemilyjane2@verizon.net
Sounds like a great book!! Thanks for the chance to win!
areallibrarian[at]gmail[dot]com
Aw, it’s too bad Hatchette won’t send to Europe. This is one I’d love to read. To the wishlist it goes!
(PS: I don’t mean this as a complaint, though!)
Hi Dar,
Please use your magic and send this book my way! : )
Thanks so much,
Darby
darbyscloset at yahoo dot com
Please enter me for this book. Thanks
This book sounds like a strange and wonderful journey. Please enter me, and thanks for the chance!
geebee.reads AT gmail DOT com
Enter me too please! This sounds like a great book.
No problem, the more ppl know, the better. I dont worry bout not winning!
Marvin, your comment was there, I just hadn’t approved it yet so it didn’t show. Thanks again for posting about the giveaway.
pee wee, welcome and I sure hope you’ll come again. I’ll be paying you a visit soon.
Thanks also to Janel and Keyomi for posting on their sites. I appreciate it girls.
leaving my comment for an entry =)
I’ll blog about it tomorrow for a second one.
Leaving my comment for one entry. I’ll blog about this giveaway tomorrow for a second one. =)
kylee.challenge2009 AT gmail.com
[disregard my previous comment; I forgot to include my e-mail]
Hachette Books is sponsoring some of the best giveaways on the internet!
J. Kaye-I absolutely agree!
Sounds like such an intriuging book, count me in!
Sounds interesting, thanks for entering me!
Ooh, sounds interesting, please enter me!
Sounds like a great book. Please enter me.
bc428[at]juno[dot]com
I would love to be entered. I also posted it at my blog.
Carol’s Notebook
I’ve always loved the Chronicles of Narnia ~ it would be interesting to read more about their creator.
hawkes(at)citlink.net
This sounds like a book I’d enjoy reading.
theresa N
weceno(at)yahoo(dot)com
I would love to add this to my Narnia collection.
Deidre
deidre_durance at hotmail dot com
I just received this one and can’t wait to read it! Did you or are you doing to read it?
April, this isn’t one I had planned on reading but I look forward to your review of it.
I loved the Narnia books and movie. I want to read anything and everything Narnia.You’re review made me even more likely to get the book.
traymona[at]aol.com
this does sound interesting to read-thanks
tiramisu392 (at) yahoo.com
oooh i hope i am not to late please count me in on this giveaway. Sounds
like a really good book.
sweeps_101(at)yahoo(dot)com