'Hush' by Kate White (TLC Tour Book )

 Synopsis from TLC Book tours:

Four months after their separation, marketing consultant Lake Warren faces a tough legal battle with her husband, Jack, for custody of their two kids. Though the timing couldn’t be worse, she finds herself responding to the flirtations of Dr. Mark Keaton, her handsome colleague at the Advanced Fertility Center. But the morning after their one-night stand, Lake discovers Keaton with his throat slashed. Afraid of losing her children forever, Lake lies to the police—and begins searching for the truth on her own before she can be charged with the heinous crime. She starts getting hostile treatment from her coworkers, and strange clues start appearing, quite literally, on her doorstep. Soon Lake is pulled dangerously close to the very dark secrets surrounding the slain man and the clinic where they worked. And suddenly the police are not the only ones hunting Lake Warren.

"Lake opened her mouth to scream but nothing came out. her breath seemed dead-bolted in her chest. She knew she needed to get closer, to check if Keaton was alive. But she couldn't move." [p.37]

....With that kind of writing this book had me turning the pages and not wanting to stop reading until I had finished the story. I really needed to know who killed Keaton and why. At the beginning I liked Lake and could totally commiserate with her in regards to having a vindictive ex-spouse. But as the book progressed I wondered if her actions were really what any of us would have done had we been in her shoes. The further into the story I read, the more improbable the plot became.  About 3/4 of the way into the story, my desire to know the outcome sort of petered out and I was getting a bit weary of all the running, strange phone calls, and Lake's ability not to fall apart. Come on....she woke up to a man who had his throat slashed. I'd be calling someone!!! After all of the time I invested in reading this story I was the most disappointed in the way the author conveniently wrapped everything up within the last 18 pages. It almost felt like the author realized that she didn't want to go past 341 pages so she better tie up all the loose ends, make Lake into a hero, and call it good.

Recommend? I'm on the fence... it didn't knock my socks off, but it wasn't terrible either. So what to say? If you enjoy thrillers and have liked Kate White's work in the past then I believe you will enjoy this one. I would certainly read another book by White because I never judge an author by one body of work.

Rating: 6.5/10

About Kate White

Kate White is the editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan magazine and the New York Times bestselling author of the Bailey Weggins mystery series and several popular career books for women, including Why Good Girls Don’t Get Ahead but Gutsy Girls Do. She lives in New York City.
Find out more about Kate at her website, like her on Facebook, and follow her on Twitter: @katemwhite.

Kate’s Tour Stops

Published: 2011

Publisher: Harper Paperbacks; Reprint edition (February 1, 2011)

Pages: 341

Genre: Thriller

ISBN: 9780061576652

 
Disclaimer:Thank you to TLC Book Tours for sending me a review copy. I was not compensated for my review. My thoughts on this book were in no way influenced by the author or publicist.They are my personal reflections based solely on MY experience while reading this novel

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Mailbox Monday and It's Monday....What are you reading?

Mailbox Monday

is hosted by Library of Clean Reads (February Host)

We share the books that we found 

in our mailboxes last week.

Think of a Number- received from my blogging friend Stacy @ Stacy's Books
The Girl Who Would Speak for the Dead- Shelf Awareness and Amy Einhorn books

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Hosted by Sheila @ One Person's Journey Through a World of Books

We discuss the books that we've read and what we're planning to read for the week.

Read and reviewed this week:

The Devil's Star- my first taste of Scandinavian police thrillers...I'll be back for more! 4.5/5

Fierce Eden- good historical fiction romance...made me think fondly of "The Last of the Mohicans"  8/10

Reviews for this week:

Hush by Kate White- Monday (TLC Tour stop book)

The Bird House by Kelly Simmons- Wednesday (TLC Tour Stop and Book Review Club)

On my nightstand:

These books are seriously overdue to be read by me!!

I want to publicly apologize to the authors!!! 

Forgive me!

'Fierce Eden' by Jennifer Blake- Sourcebooks Casablanca Classic Reissue

Synopsis:

She was certain all men were beasts--until she met the half-breed gentleman...

A widow at 25, Elise Laffont is happy to be free of the brutish duties of the marriage bed. She is quite content to live alone on her small holdings in French Louisiana—until forced to flee the deadly uprising of the Natchez. Rescued by savagely handsome Reynaud Chavalier, son of a French nobleman and a Natchez sun-princess, she is given a fearful proposition. In exchange for safe passage out of Natchez territory for herself and her neighbors, lovely Elise must become the half-breed’s bedmate.

My thoughts:

I have to admit that I've really enjoyed reading Sourcebooks Casablanca Classics. I'm not usually one for romance books but 'My Love, My Enemy' and now 'Fierce Eden' have been great reads for me this month. Just goes to show you that covers can sometimes be misleading in regards to content.  I thought this story was a great blend of romance, adventure, sexual tension, and historical information. I will own up to having fantasies (when I was younger and more naive) of wanting to be swept away by an Indian Chief who crackled with virility and smoldering hotness. Every time I watched 'Last of the Mohicans,' I would often catch myself sighing and dreaming of Unca (Daniel Day Lewis's Indian brother) coming to my rescue and saving me from the brutal British. But I digress....so anyway.....I found myself at many, many times with a huge grin on my face as I read the passionate love scenes between Elise and her half-breed Reynaurd. But the story isn't just about their romance, it's also about the history of Louisiana, the French, and the Indian tribes that lived there during the early 1700's. Jennifer Blake took a few historic occurrences and then wrote a story that firmly plants the reader into the past.

Recommend? Yes..I would recommend this one especially for those readers that enjoy some great historical fiction with a tastefully written love story intertwined within the pages. There honestly isn't one cheesy thing going on here, it's not a Harlequin romance, or a book with just sex. Actually, the sex is fairly minimal and like I wrote above it's very well done. Not a bad way to spend an afternoon...not at all.

Rating: 8/10 (I've decided to go to the 10 point scale as it gives me more room to judge a book rather than 1-5)

Disclaimer:Thank you to Danielle @ Sourcebooks for sending me a review copy. I was not compensated for my review. My thoughts on this book were in no way influenced by the author or publicist.They are my personal reflections based solely on MY experience while reading this novel

Published: February, 2011

Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca

Pages:249

Genre: Historical Fiction/Romance

ISBN: 9781402238482

*Uncorrected Advance Copy

 

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'The Devil's Star' by Jo Nesbo

  Synopsis from TLC:
In the heat of a sweltering Oslo summer, a young woman is found murdered in her flat-with one of her fingers cut off and a tiny red star-shaped diamond placed under her eyelid. An off-the-rails alcoholic barely holding on to his job, Detective Harry Hole is assigned the case with Tom Waaler, a hated colleague whom Harry believes is responsible for the murder of his partner. When another woman is reported missing five days later, and her severed finger turns up adorned with a red star-shaped diamond ring, Harry fears a serial killer is at work. But Hole’sdetermination to capture a fiend and to expose Waaler’s crimes is leading him into shadowy places where both investigations merge in unexpected ways, forcing him to make difficult decisions about a future he may not live to see.

 

His finger continued down the column. Leave, leave, sick leave. The Chief Inspector sighed when his finger stopped against the name he had been hoping to avoid.

  Harry Hole.

  The lone wolf, the drunk, the department's enfant terrible and, apart from Tom Waaler, the best detective on the sixth floor. [p.13]


.....this is the sentence where the reader firsts encounters Harry Hole and how he is perceived by his boss. I was immediately drawn to him for some reason. I like characters that aren't perfect and seem to be fighting demons in their life. It makes them real, gives them flaws, and makes you care about them, because they sound a bit like yourself in ways. This book was my first introduction to the whole Scandinavian crime genre that seems to have really taken off with the introduction of Stieg Larsson's Millenium series.

There were many reasons why I loved this book and couldn't put it down until the very last page. Here's just a few of them:

• Harry Hole is a character that I needed to learn more about what made him tick and his complex layers. I found myself at times wanting to hug him, smack him, follow him, learn from him, and just to be in his presence. He's driven by demons, but by also what he believes to be right. He's one step ahead of his enemies and he keeps his cards close to his vest, yet he's still so very vulnerable. This character bored a hole into my head and heart and now I need more!!!!!
• The storyline was taut, intricate and brilliantly woven together. At times I actually thought I was on to something, but the ending totally blew me away.

• This police procedural is fantastic reading and there was never a dull moment or a time when I didn't want to get back into this story.   

Recommend? Absolutely with no hesitation. This book kept me on the edge of my seat and I really didn't want it to end. The plus side- there are two Harry Hole's stories prior to The Devil's Star that I will be getting my hands on soon. Must read book for those that love an exciting, bit gritty and gruesome police thriller!!

P.S. While I read this book I used the author as my visual for Harry Hole...no wonder I loved him so much huh?

Rating: 4.5/5

About Jo Nesbø

A musician, songwriter, and economist, Jo Nesbø is also one of Europe’s most acclaimed crime writers. Nesbø is the winner of the Glass Key Award, northern Europe’s most prestigious crime-fiction prize, for his first novel featuring Police Detective Harry Hole. The author of The Redbreast and Nemesis, he lives in Oslo.
Find out more about Jo Nesbø on his website. You can also like him on Facebook.


Please stop by these blogs on this tour.

Published: 2010

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Pages:452

Genre: Fantastic Police Procedural/Thriller

ISBN: 9780061133985

 
Disclaimer:Thank you to TLC Book Tours for sending me a review copy. I was not compensated for my review. My thoughts on this book were in no way influenced by the author or publicist.They are my personal reflections based solely on MY experience while reading this novel

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Mailbox Monday and It's Monday...What are you reading?

Mailbox Monday

is hosted by Library of Clean Reads (February Host)

We share what books that we found 

in our mailboxes last week.

 

Sing You Home by Jodi Picoult- review copy from Shelf Awareness ( I'm totally excited about this one!!!!!)
A Discovery of Witches by Deborah harkness- review copy from Viking

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One Persons Journey Through a World of Books  

   Weekly meme where we discuss the books
you've read and those you plan to read in the coming week.

 

Read and reviewed this week:

When We Were Strangers- excellent historical fiction 5/5

Mr. Darcy's Secret- a favorite P&P variation 4/5

Reviews coming this week:

The Devil's Star- TLC Tour stop Monday

Fierce Eden- Tuesday

Darcy and Fitzwilliam-Thursday

On my nightstand:

 

Six Sentence Saturday

Welcome to Six Sentence Saturday.

Where I try to express my thoughts on recent reads using only 6 sentences!!!!.
At the end of each review I will post a
rating scale of 1-5 using the cute and original (lol) Playing Cards.
Rating scale will be as follows:

5 of Hearts- You must read this book NOW!!
4 of Hearts- A great read, put it on your TBR list.
3 of Hearts- Happy that I read it...a good read.
2 of Hearts- Just O.K but nothing to write home about.
Joker Card - Don't bother (why did I?)

Mr. Darcy's Secret by Jane Odiwe

Mr. Darcy has a secret and Elizabeth is torn about wanting to know the truth and pretending that nothing is amiss. This story line captured me from the very first page and kept me turning the pages excited to find out what Darcy was hiding from Lizzy. I felt as if the author had the spirit of Jane Austen residing within her because the language, tempo, flavor, and the actions of the characters so closely resembled Austen's. I also really enjoyed the inclusion of Georgiana's own love story and how it made Darcy really stop and wonder if his pride was something of the past or not. This book felt very cohesive and put me right into the spirit of Pemberley and what "may" have happened after Darcy and Elizabeth married. This book will make any Austen fan happy and I feel that it takes the variations of P&P to a new level.

My Rating:

Published: February 1, 2011

Publisher: Sourcebooks

Pages: 368

Genre: P&P Variation

ISBN:  9781402245275

*Uncorrected Advance Copy

 
Disclaimer:Thank you to Danielle @ Sourcebooks for sending me a review copy. I was not compensated for my review. My thoughts on this book were in no way influenced by the author or publicist.They are my personal reflections based solely on MY experience while reading this novel

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Waiting on Wednesday

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted here, 

that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.

This week's pre-publication "can't-wait-to-read" selection is:

With The Union Quilters, Chiaverini delivers a powerful story of a remarkable group of women coping with changing roles and the extraordinary experiences of the Civil War.

In 1862 Water's Ford, Pennsylvania, abolitionism is prevalent, even passionate, so the local men rally to answer Mr. Lincoln's call to arms. Thus the women of Elm Creek Valley's quilting bee are propelled into the unknown. Constance Wright, married to Abel, a skilled sharpshooter courageous enough to have ventured south to buy his wife's freedom from a Virginia plantation, knows well her husband's certainty that all people, enslaved and free, North and South, need colored men like him to fight for a greater purpose. Sisters-in-law Dorothea Nelson and Charlotte Granger wish safe passage for their learned husbands. Schoolmaster turned farmer Thomas carries Dorothea's Dove in the Window quilt with him. Charlotte's husband, Dr. Jonathan Granger, takes more than a doctor's bag to his post at a field hospital. Alongside the devotion of his wife, pregnant with their second child, Jonathan brings the promise he made to his unrequited love, Gerda Bergstrom: "My first letter will be to you."

Together with the other members of the circle, the women support one another through loneliness and fear, and devise an ingenious business plan to keep Water's Ford functioning. That plan may forever alter the patchwork of town life in ways that transcend even the ultimate sacrifices of war.

'When We Were Strangers' by Pamela Schoenewaldt- TLC Book Tour Stop

Synopsis (TLC Book Tours):
A tale rich in color, character, and vivid historical detail, it chronicles the tumultuous life journey of a young immigrant seamstress, as she travels from her isolated Italian mountain village through the dark  corners of late nineteenth century America.

My heart goes pitter patter when I think of this book. So I guess it's pretty apt that my review posts on Valentine's Day then...love, hearts, endearment...that sort of stuff. My Valentine is this book. It's a treasure of love and if I could send the author a million Valentine's I would!!!  O.K. so now after that little love fest I will proceed to try to put my thoughts down in a coherent fashion and explain to you why I absolutely adored this book.

• I loved reading the experience of being an immigrant through Irma's eyes. She's so young and naive, but she knows that there is nothing for her in the small mountain village where she lives. It takes so much strength and courage to pack all of your personal belongings, leave everything you know, and cross the Atlantic Ocean in search of a better future.
• Irma is too trusting and expects the best of people. It's heartbreaking to see how immigrants were taken advantage of when they were fresh off the boats. What I loved the most about her is the way she would pick herself back up, dust off her dress, and continue to live. She is dealt some unfair cards during her life in Chicago and I'm amazed at how resilient she came to be and that she actually allowed her heart to trust people again. 
• The story came across so true and authentic. This was a very well researched piece of work and it shines through in the pages. I actually could envision those first images of America that Irma took and the nights when she was allowed to sit on the deck of the boat, I could hear the waves and taste the salt of the sea in the wind. I also felt that the author captured the melting pot of the various places that Irma lived. I could quite literally hear the accents, smell the people and their strange food cooking, and listen to them as they tried to acclimate and become an "American."
• I'm currently researching my own genealogy and while reading this story would often wonder if any of my relatives ever had the same experiences. It has further pushed me to continue on where I have hit dead ends...I would love to know the rest of their stories!

Recommend: Oh yes!! If you're at all interested in immigrant stories and historical fiction then I truly believe that you will love this little gem. As for me...I'm personally begging the author to give us more of Irma's story....what happens next????

Rating: 5/5- loved it!!!


Please stop by these blogs

Published: February 1, 2011

Publisher: Harper Paperbacks

Pages: 336

Genre: Richly written Historical Fiction

ISBN: 9780062003997

*Uncorrected Advance Copy

 
Disclaimer:Thank you to TLC Book Tours for sending me a review copy. I was not compensated for my review. My thoughts on this book were in no way influenced by the author or publicist.They are my personal reflections based solely on MY experience while reading this novel

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Mailbox Monday and It's Monday...What are you reading?

Mailbox Monday

is hosted by Library of Clean Reads (February Host)

We share what books that we found 

in our mailboxes last week.

The Landlord's Black-Eyed Daughter by Mary Ellen Dennis- April review book from Sourcebooks
It Happened One Bite by Lydia Dare- March review book from Sourcebooks

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One Persons Journey Through a World of Books 
 Weekly meme where we discuss the books
you've read and those you plan to read in the coming week.

Read and reviewed last week:

My Love, My Enemy- worthwhile historical fiction 4/5

The Weird Sisters- sister love-hate relationships beautifully written 4.5/5

Reviews for this week:

When We Were Strangers - TLC Tour Book stop on Monday

Mr. Darcy's Secret- Wednesday

On my nightstand:

I'm still working on them..geesh!!

I've been playing on Ancestry.com for the past week and 

not spending as much time reading, so my

stack looks the same as it did two weeks ago!!!!

Show some love to a fellow blogger- Black Diamond's Book Reviews

I just wanted to give a shout-out to my friend Cheryl. She claims I'm the one that nudged her back into reading and maybe that's true, but she's clearly a voracious reader and loves to talk about the books she's had the pleasure to enjoy. Her blog mainly features Black Authors who frankly in my opinion don't get enough attention from the blogging or literary world. So let's help her out and support some authors!! What do you say???

Hop over to Cheryl's blog and read her fantastic interview that she conducted with author- Trice Hickman!!

Trice Hickman

Author of: Unexpected Interruptions

Keeping Secrets & Telling Lies

Playing the Hand You're Dealt

'The Weird Sisters' by Eleanor Brown

Short synopsis from TLC:

The Andreas sisters were raised on books – their family motto might as well be, ‘There’s no problem a library card can’t solve.’  Their father, a renowned, eccentric professor of Shakespearean studies, named them after three of the Bard’s most famous characters: Rose (Rosalind – As You Like It), Bean (Bianca – The Taming of the Shrew), and Cordy (Cordelia – King Lear), but they have inherited those characters’ failures along with their strengths. Now the sisters have returned home to the small college town where they grew up – partly because their mother is ill, but mostly because their lives are falling apart and they don’t know where to go next.

The fox, the ape and the bumble-bee, Were still at odds, being but three.
  Our father once wrote an essay on the importance of the number three in Shakespeare's work. A little bit of nothing, he said, a bagatelle, but it was always our favorite. The Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit. The Billy Goats Gruff, the Three Blind Mice, Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog), King Lear-Goneril, Regan, Cordelia. The Merchant of Venice-Portia, Nerissa, Jessica.
  And us--Rosalind, Bianca, Cordelia.
  The Weird Sisters. [p.24] *

....Normally, Shakespeare and I don't mix, but I have to say that the references to Shakespeare were easy for me to understand and after my first few encounters with snippets from his work, I relaxed and allowed myself to ease into the story. I really enjoyed the way the author weaved the love of books and reading into her story. For those of us that are confirmed bibliophiles this book has the ability to tug at your heart strings. This was a family that I could live with..easily!!! Just the fact that books were left around the house in various stages of reading reminded me so much of myself. I have books everywhere with all sorts of things marking my spots!! I loved the family dynamics and the quiet reassurance and steady love of the girls' mother. Even though she's battling cancer, she is the strength and the backbone of this family. I found myself very engaged with the dynamics of the sister's relationship and how each one judged themselves by what the other two sisters thought of them. At times I wasn't overly fond of one of the sister's but I felt she redeemed herself by the end of the book. In the end, this book made me appreciate my small town roots and how sometimes change is good. It also confirmed the fact that my parents should have tried one more time so that I could have had a sister!! The best aspect of this book is the relationship between Rosalind, Bianca, and Cordelia. She captured that love-hate relationship that so many sisters have...beautifully!

Recommend? Yes...this is a worthwhile read that left me satisfied as I turned the last page. I think the author has a gift for language. Her story was vivid and captured my attention immediately and left me with great affection for her characters.

Rating: 4.5/5

About Eleanor Brown

Born and raised in the Washington, D.C. area, Eleanor has lived in St. Paul, San Francisco, Philadelphia, South Florida, and Oxford, London, and Brighton, England.  She works in educational technology and lives in Colorado with her partner, writer and new media superstar, J.C. Hutchins.
Eleanor’s writing has appeared in anthologies, journals, magazines, and newspapers.  The Weird Sisters, her first novel, will be published by Amy Einhorn Books on January 20, 2011.
Connect with Eleanor:
On her website, blog, on Facebook, and on Twitter.

Please take a moment and check out the other blog tour stops for "The Weird Sisters."

Disclaimer:Thank you to TLC Book Tours for sending me a review copy. I was not compensated for my review. My thoughts on this book were in no way influenced by the author or publicist.They are my personal reflections based solely on MY experience while reading this novel

Published: January 20, 2011

Publisher: Amy Einhorn Books

Pages: 318

Genre: Contemporary Fiction

ISBN: 9780399157226

*uncorrected ARC was provided

 

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'My Love, My Enemy' by Jan Cox Speas

Synopsis (from back cover):
A passion for adventure...beautiful, naive, and impulsive, Page Bradley inadvertently rescues English spy Lord Hazard in Baltimore during the tumultuous War of 1812. Now she must put herself at the mercy of her country's enemy.
An aptitude for deception...Lord Hazard is no stranger to the atrocities of war, but he never imagined the beauty that could come of it until he meets the fiery and irresistible Page. Now he finds himself questioning every loyalty he's ever felt for the King and Country.


My Thoughts:
First off, I want to say Do Not Judge a Book By Its Cover!! This one screams bodice ripper and a mindless plot line, but it couldn't be further from the truth. I wasn't sure what to expect when I was offered this title for review, but I'm always willing to try anything once and figured I had nothing to lose by reading My Love, My Enemy. Can I just say that I was really pleased with the entire story. This was a fun way to spend an afternoon. I really loved the characters that the author brought to life and she captured the time period wonderfully. Her descriptions of the dress, countries, ships, war, and scenery were fantastic and brought this story alive before my eyes. What I found to be the most refreshing part was the fact that there was very little physical romance! I loved that. The author created a relationship (gasp! can you believe that the characters actually got to know each other and they didn't have to have sex to accomplish this goal???) that was exciting to watch unfold.  In fact, the author did a splendid job with all of the relationships in this book and that is why I enjoyed this story so much.

Recommend? Absolutely, especially to readers who enjoy Historical fiction with slight romance involved. This was more of an adventure story that takes the reader from the banks of the Chesapeake Bay, to the glorious beaches of  Bermuda,  the oppressed people and foggy shore lines of France, and finally to the ton of the town in jolly London. 

Rating: 4/5


Disclaimer:Thank you to Danielle @ Sourcebooks for sending me a review copy. I was not compensated for my review. My thoughts on this book were in no way influenced by the author or publicist.They are my personal reflections based solely on MY experience while reading this novel

Published: February, 2011

Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca

Pages:249

Genre: Historical Fiction/Romance

ISBN: 9781402255779

*Uncorrected Advance Copy

 

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Mailbox Monday and It's Monday..What are you reading?

Mailbox Monday

is hosted by Library of Clean Reads (February Host)

We share what books that we found 

in our mailboxes last week.

 
 The Devil's Star by Jo Nesbo- TLC Tour Stop book
Hush by Kate White- TLC Tour Stop book

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Hosted by Sheila
One Persons Journey Through a World of Books
Weekly meme where we discuss the books you've read
and those you plan to read in the coming week.

Read and reviewed last week:

Saving CeeCee Honeycutt- excellent excellent Southern Fiction 5/5

The Girl in the Green Raincoat- a great way to spend a few hours! 4/5

January Totals- read three 5 star books!!!

Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakthrough- an okay read 2.75/5

Reviews for this week:

My Love, My Enemy- Tuesday

The Weird Sisters (TLC Tour Book)- Wednesday

On my nightstand:

Win a copy of Elizabeth Gilbert's Committed: A Love Story

Elizabeth Gilbert’s iconic memoir Eat, Pray, Love made history this year as the longest running book at the # 1 spot on the New York Times paperback nonfiction bestseller list, and as I’m sure you know, it was made into a major Hollywood movie last summer starring Julia Roberts.

On February 1^st and just in time for Valentine’s Day, Penguin Books is excited to release in paperback her follow-up memoir COMMITTED: A Love Story which picks up where Eat, Pray, Love leaves off.   In short: after Elizabeth and Felipe are detained at an American border crossing and effectively sentenced to wed by the US government, she is forced to confront, examine and eventually make peace with the idea of marriage--an institution she never intended to enter into again. 

Winner is Stacy P. drawn 3/14/11