In Honor of #NaNoWriMo: Eats, Shoots & Leaves Giveaway!
November 2, 2009 by Allison
Filed under Giveaways, Nanowrimo, Non-Fictional, Writing
Reading time: 2 – 3 minutes
In honor of it being November, the infamous “National Novel Writing Month”, I am going to give away a FREE brand new copy of Eat, Shoots, and Leaves by Lynne Truss. The giveaway will run until Friday, November 6th 2009. The rules are VERY simple:
- 1 point for commenting on this blog entry (please include your email address)
- 1 point for each tweet. (Please @WellReadReviews so I can verify your tweet).
- 5 points for each blog entry, linking to this website (http://www.wellreadreviews.com)
For every point you earn, you will have that many chances to win Eats, Shoots and Leaves by Lynne Truss. For example, if you comment on this blog entry, then blog and tweet about it – then you will have earned 7 chances to win. It’s that simple!
Synopsis (Taken from Amazon.com):
A bona fide publishing phenomenon, Lynne Truss’s now classic #1 New York Times bestseller Eats, Shoots & Leaves makes its paperback debut after selling over 3 million copies worldwide in hardcover.
We all know the basics of punctuation. Or do we? A look at most neighborhood signage tells a different story. Through sloppy usage and low standards on the Internet, in e-mail, and now text messages, we have made proper punctuation an endangered species.
In Eats, Shoots & Leaves, former editor Truss dares to say, in her delightfully urbane, witty, and very English way, that it is time to look at our commas and semicolons and see them as the wonderful and necessary things they are. This is a book for people who love punctuation and get upset when it is mishandled. From the invention of the question mark in the time of Charlemagne to George Orwell shunning the semicolon, this lively history makes a powerful case for the preservation of a system of printing conventions that is much too subtle to be mucked about with.
The winner will be contacted at the end of the giveaway.
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Great giveaway! Looking forward to possibly winning!
Thanks!
And GOOD LUCK with Nano!
I have been wanting this book for-EVah! bkclubcare AT gmail dot com
(Confession: I have always thought that the NO in Nanowrimo was for November. I’ve learned something today. oops!)
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Awe! Well that’s an easy way to remember when it is!
I’ve always wanted to read this book!
Great giveaway!
Retweated!
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Twitter: Lavender_Lines
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The title of this book always makes me laugh. As someone who always enjoyed grammar, it’s right up my alley. In fact, I’m not sure why I don’t own it yet!
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I’ve been wanting to read this book!
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I also blogged about the giveaway: http://lavenderlines.wordpress.com/2009/11/03/a-nanowrimo-giveaway-from-well-read-reviews/
Colleen´s last blog ..A NaNoWriMo giveaway from Well-read reviews
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Oh I have been wanting to read this book for ages. I have my fingers crossed on this giveaway.
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I’d love to be entered! Thanks
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Wendy
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Twitter: ibeeeg
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I have been very curious about this book for a while now. Would love to win.
I tweeted about this giveaway (ibeeeg)
Thanks.
Twitter: crazybookblog
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I’ve been wanting to read this for a while. Looks interesting!
I tweeted about this giveaway (crazybookblog).
Thanks for the chance!
Jennifer
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Trying to use proper punctuation can get confusing. I’d love to read this book.
Janelle´s last blog ..Full to the Brim – To be published later this evening