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Bloggy Giveaway Carnival - The Bible Salesman by Clyde Edgerton

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This Giveaway is part of the huge Bloggy Giveaways Carnival that's happening this week. If you see posting's a bit down till the weekend, that's the reason for it. Find more details over at Bloggy Giveaways.

Thanks to Hachette Book Group USA, I have 2 much-anticipated books to give away. Don't forget to enter my other Bloggy Book giveaway - here.

This giveaway is for The Bible Salesman by Clyde Edgerton (releasing August 11th)
Preston Clearwater has been a criminal since stealing two chain saws and 1600 pairs of aviator sunglasses from the Army during the Second World War. Back on the road in post-war North Carolina, a member of a car-theft ring, he picks up hitch-hiking Henry Dampier, an innocent nineteen-year-old Bible salesman. Clearwater immediately recognizes Henry as just the associate he needs--one who will believe Clearwater is working as an F.B.I. spy; one who will drive the cars Clearwater steals as Clearwater follows along in another car at a safe distance. Henry joyfully sees a chance to lead a dual life as Bible salesman and a G-man.

During his hilarious and scary adventures we learn of Henry's fundamentalist youth, an upbringing that doesn't prepare him for his new life. As he falls in love and questions his religious training, Henry begins to see he's being used--that the fun and games are over, that he is on his own in a way he never imagined.
The giveaway is open only to US & Canada and will end midnight CST of August 1st.

To enter, just leave a comment with your email address, mentioning one of your favorite books. You can comment once every day till the giveaway concludes, mentioning a different book each time. Don't forget to leave your contact email address with your comment. Please don't ask me to look for it in your profile. Leave it in the format abc AT xyz DOT com to avoid spammers.

Don't forget to enter my other Book Giveaways!
Joy Book Giveaway
Author Guest Post : Jasmin Rosemberg (and a GIVEAWAY!)

Disclaimer

Enter the other Bloggy Giveaways happening over at my other blog, A Bookworm's Diary.

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  1. One of my favorite books: Land of a Hundred Wonders by Lesley Kagen (which happens to be releasing today!)

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  2. The Elevator by Angela Hunt is a favorite of mine.
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  3. Favorite book: Anne of Green Gables

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  4. I loved The Last Juror by John Grisham.

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  5. Love this contest idea! What fun to see what others are reading...

    One of my lastest favorites is:
    Obsession, Deceit and Really Dark Chocolate by Kyra Davis

    It is the third of this series. Kyra has really started to define these characters and it was a joy to read. I can not wait until she comes out with the forth. She had a fun lead in to what could be an amusing story for these characters.

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  6. My favorite book as of lately is "The Nanny Diaries" by Emma Mclaughlin, I enjoyed the book and the movie wasn't too shabby!

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  7. Hi, I love "To Kill a Mockingbird!" Thanks, Cindi
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  8. My favorite book is "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver.

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  10. I still can't forget about Eat, Pray, Love. Read it last summer on the beach.

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  11. I enjoyed Jesus, Ghandi, Oma Mae Adams by Debra Shively.

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  12. One of my favorite books is, "The Secret Life of Bees".

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  13. I like To Serve and Submit by Susan Wright.

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  14. i love mind fast soul feast by michael beckwith

    Great giveaway! I hope i'm the lucky winner :)

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  15. Sometimes with these carnivals, I can't remember what I'm doing or where I've been! You are one of my regularly visited blogs. I love the Poisonwood Bible. Definitely in my top three books. Thanks for the chance to win.

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  16. What a book! Would love to read. Please enter me. Thanks!
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  17. I am a huge Marian Keyes fan, my favorite is Lucy Sullivan is Getting Married.

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    One of my favorite books is little women!

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    One of my favorite books is Night by Elie Wiesel

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  20. Sounds like an interesting book!

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  21. I love "Don't Let's Go To The Dogs Tonight" by Alexandra Fuller. Thank you.

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  22. My favorite books are anything by Janet Evanovich! Thank you for the giveaway!

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  23. Right now I'm reading In the Hall of the Dragon King by Stephen Lawhead -- I'm enjoying it very much although it is written for tweens.

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  24. One of my many favorite books is The Memory-Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards. Thank you very much!

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  25. A favorite book is One Hundred Years Of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

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  26. i love Agatha Christie's "A Murder at the Vicarge!" Thanks, Cindi
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  27. One of my favorite books is called Phantom. It's about how the Phantom of the Opera became the Phantom. Thanks for the giveaway! trishblack(at)juno(dot)com

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  28. The White Mountain Trilogy has been a favorite of mine for years.

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  29. I have read Clyde Edgerton's other books and loved them. Too bad he doesn't write more!One of my favorite books is A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole.

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  30. 100 Ways to Improve Your Writing by Gary Provost

    It is an easy read and filled with some great tips on improving your writing. Now I just have to practice them! :D

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  31. i heart the shack.

    thanks for another good book giveaway!

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  32. One of my favorite books is "Evening Class" by Maeve Binchy. It's a great story that brings a lot of unlikely people together.

    Thank you so much for the giveaway!

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  33. One of my favorite books is "Women's Gate" by Sheri Tepper.

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  34. I have read all the rest of Edgerton's stuff. He is hilarious. He does a great job of capturing the southern voice.

    I actually got to meet him and spend an evening with him along with about a dozen others from the Atlanta area. He is a great storyteller in person. He kept us in stitches the whole night.

    I would love to win this book.
    Thanks for having the giveaway!

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  35. I'd like to read this book. One of my favorite books is 'The Bishop's Daughter' by Wanda E. Brunstetter.
    -Terra
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  36. Thanks for the contest. One of my favorite books is The kite Runner.

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  37. My favorite book ever is Little House in the Big Woods!

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  38. One of my favorites is Eleni about a Greek mother in the 1940s, a true story and a heartbreaker.
    Kathy
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  39. One of my favorite books is I Know This Much Is True by Wally Lamb.

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  40. So many favorite books! I love Marion Zimmer Bradley's Avalon series.

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  41. I just read God in the Whirlwind about a tornado that touched down at my alma mater, and it moved me to tears!

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  42. One other favorite book of mine is "for one more day" by Mitch Albom! Many thanks, Cindi
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  43. I just finished reading Monique and the Mango Rains ... it is wonderful!

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  44. The Pillars Of The Earth by Ken Follett is on my to read list.

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  45. I don't really have a favorite book, I read to many great books. A good book I read recently was Memories of a Geisha. Thanks for the giveaway!
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  46. favorite at the moment is The Time Traveler's Wife
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  47. This sounds like a wonderful book to share with my mom

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  48. one of my favorite books is for one more day!
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  49. My favorite book of all time is Mary Poppins.

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  50. Sounds like an interesting book! I love Jodi Picoult's books. My sister's keeper was really good.

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  51. One of my favorite books is When the Heart Cries by Cindy Woodsmall.
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  52. Pride and Prejudice. Black, Red, White series. Redeeming Love. Skippyjohn Jones. Just one? Jane Eyre. This Present Darkness. Wind in the Willows.

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  53. How Stella Got Her Groove Back

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  54. One of my favorite books is A Wind in the Door. I love Madeline L'Engle, all of her books are truly enjoyable.

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  55. Truck: A Love Story by Michael Perry
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  56. How I Write: Secrets of a Bestselling Author by Janet Evanovich and Ina Yalof

    I enjoyed this book a great deal. I'm on a quest to improve my writing skills for my blog website. Janet had a lot of wonderful writing tips in this book.

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  57. Of course I have to mention Pride and Prejudice as a favorite!

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  58. Right now my favorite book is From Sea to Shining Sea as well as the other one from the same authors but whose name escapes me now. Thanks so much for this offer!!!!

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  59. Love In The Time Of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

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  60. Hi, I really enjoyed Lisa Samson's book called
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