A special announcement from author Jen Calonita:
SUMMER IS FINALLY HERE AND I WANT TO GIVE AWAY SOME BOOKS!
I cannot wait to get into the pool or head down to the beach and just enjoy the fine weather. When I was in junior high and high school we spent our summers on the east end of Long Island (the very East End that Reality Check is set in) and back then I hated the beach. No joke. Sand in my Walkman (yes, Walkman), in my turkey sandwich, sticking to me along with the sunscreen. I just hated going down to the shore. Oh, how times have changed. But back then the only way I could survive those days down at the beach with my sun-loving parents and younger sister was to read. I would pretty much read a book every few days. I'm not kidding--what else did I have to do really? I dare say we didn't even have cable back then (how did I ever survive?)! I would devour this series called Sweet Valley High. Thankfully there were over two hundred books in the series along with all these super special books that were double the length. Basically I had plenty to read and I read A LOT. I drove my parents nuts begging them to drive me to the local independent bookstore to get another book several times a week. My paperbacks worked hard for me -- they had watermarks from being read in the pool with wet fingers. They had sunscreen smears on the book jackets and sometimes even food fell on them, but that's the beauty of a paperback -- it takes a licking and keeps on ticking!
I hope you have as memorable of a summer as I had when I was growing up. To help you celebrate, I'm giving away one of my books in paperback a week, every week from July 3rd to August 29th. It could be a Secrets novel, or the new Reality Check paperback that just came out, or maybe it will be Sleepaway Girls, but it will always be a surprise! (No grumbling if you don't get your pick, okay?) Every week starting on July 3rd a new winner will be chosen at random and there are a bunch of ways you can enter to win. Here's how:
Each of the following will earn an entry:
• Follow Jen Calonita on Facebook and leave a comment saying, "I'm entering the Jen Calonita summer paperback-a-week giveaway!"
• Became a fan of the upcoming Belles series on Facebook, post on the wall, and leave a comment there saying, "I'm entering the Jen Calonita summer paperback-a-week giveaway!"
• Follow Jen Calonita on Twitter @jencalonita and leave a comment saying "I'm entering the Jen Calonita summer paperback-a-week giveaway!".
• Become an email subscriber of Jen Calonita's newsletter.
Winner will be chosen randomly each week and notified via email. Good luck and happy summer!
To enter the giveaway, follow the instructions above and visit/join/comment at Jen's Twitter, Facebook, etc.
Drop by Jen's blog to say hi!
To learn more about Jen Calonita and her bestselling novels, visit http://www.jencalonitaonline.com
2 Comments on Jen Calonita's Summertime Book Giveaway!, last added: 6/15/2011
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Awesome! This is a great give-a-way, and I've completed all of the options to enter! Crossing my fingers now :)
I'm going to have to do this when I'm not working.
Eastern end of Long Island? Fancy? We went to Crabmeadow Beach in Northport. Not as fancy. But still - beach.
I read tons when I was a kid and teen. Ahh, Sweet Valley High.