Archive for February 2012
Like Free Books?
Are you on Goodreads yet? If not, you should be. One of the reasons why is because you can get free books! Let me explain. There’s a section in Goodreads called First Reads. Authors list a giveaway of a hard copy of their book. They can give out one, or they can give out 100, whatever they want. The giveaways are listed for a limited amount of time and you can sort through by ones that are ending soon, popular, most requested, etc. Goodreads users can enter to win by just giving their mailing address. THAT’S IT! So easy.
The books listed are ones that haven’t been released to the public yet. The whole idea is that if you win, you get a “first read” of it so that you can start to post reviews early to help promote the book. And you don’t need a blog or anything to do that; you can just post a review on Goodreads.
I am SO excited because I finally was chosen for a giveaway! And it’s a book that I was going to buy anyway. Score! I’ll be getting “The Song Remains the Same” by Allison Winn Scotch. I guess it’ll take a few weeks to get to me, but that should still be in advance of the release date of April 12. I’ll be posting about it here as soon as I’m done!
It’s also a good way to learn about up-and-coming new authors and releases, and who knows, maybe you’d win a book from someone new to you and gain a new favorite author!
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Upcoming New Releases
I went just a wee bit crazy on Amazon recently pre-ordering books for my Kindle. I admit that I’m not very good at keeping up with what new books are coming out, but Amazon’s “Recommended Items” that show up whenever you buy something else are FANTASTIC. Thanks to that handy little tool, here’s everything that I pre-ordered…
- “Home Front” by Kristin Hannah – this just came out on January 30 but I haven’t started to read it yet
- “I’ve Got Your Number” by Sophie Kinsella – February 14
- “Lone Wolf” by Jodi Picoult – February 28
- “Another Piece of My Heart” by Jane Green – March 13
- “The Song Remains the Same” by Allison Winn Scotch – April 12
- “Jeneration X: One Reluctant Adult’s Attempt to Unarrest Her Arrested Development; Or, Why It’s Never Too Late for Her Dumb Ass to Learn Why Froot Loops Are Not for Dinner” by Jen Lancaster – May 1
- “Summerland” by Elin Hilderbrand – June 26
- “The Next Best Thing” by Jennifer Weiner – July 10
- “Where We Belong” by Emily Giffin – July 31
Looks like I’ll be busy for the next six months or so. This list is just about all of my favorite authors. 2012 is gonna be AWESOME!
By the way, have you started your 2012 Reading Challenge yet on Goodreads? I’ve already read 8 books out of the 35 that I predicted as my goal for the year. I have a feeling I’m going to go over since this is only February. I’m thinking about doing a contest for my readers to guess how many I’ll go over by and then whoever comes the closest at the end of the year will win some sort of a prize… what do you think? I credit author Jenn Thorson for the contest suggestion during a recent discussion on Twitter. Thanks Jenn!
