Viking/Penguin has asked me to hold this contest because of the immense crossover popularity of this book. Although originally geared toward the adult market, many young adults are finding this book and are loving it. So I'm very honored to be able to offer you a chance to win the book and some really cool buttons.
Now, I have not read this book yet, but it's definitely on my list to read. I have heard some really good things about it and I'm totally excited for it. I love crossover books!
Here are what the buttons look like. Now, because I don't know the story, the buttons mean nothing to me. But they're just cool swag.
So here is what you have to do to win this Book and a Buttons.
If you are a new follower you get +5 entries
If you tweet this contest you get +2 entries
If you comment on any review I have written +10 entries (one comment-one review)
Post this comment on your sidebar of your blog +3 entries.
So you have 20 chances of winning this contest! Please note that this contest is open
only in the US/CA. The publisher will be sending out these prizes.
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PRAISE
“A
wonderfully imaginative grown-up fantasy with all the magic of Harry Potter or
Twilight…An irresistible tale of wizardry, science and forbidden love, DISCOVERY
will leave you longing for the sequel.”
—People
“580 pages of
sheer pleasure. Harkness’ sure hand when it comes to star-crossed love and
chilling action sequences in striking locales makes for an enchanting debut.
The best news of all: It’s the first in a trilogy.”
—Parade
“Romantic, erudite and suspenseful…Harkness attends to every
scholarly and emotional detail with whimsy, sensuality and humor.”
—O, the Oprah
Magazine
“An extraordinarily
fun debut…Twilight for the tweedy set.”
—Entertainment
Weekly
“Grown-up fun…a
scintillating paranormal story…Discovery why everyone’s talking about this
magical book.”
—USA
Today
“Delightfully well-crafted and enchantingly
imaginative,
A
DISCOVERY OF WITCHES [is] an
enthralling and deeply enjoyable read.”
—Miami
Herald
“A scintillating debut
novel”
—Seattle
Times
"A DISCOVERY
OF WITCHES is a debut novel with a big supernatural canvas...Its ambitions
are world-sized, ranging across history and zeroing in on DNA, human and
otherwordly.”
—Los Angeles
Times
“A shrewdly written romp and satisfying snow-day read.”
—NPR.org
ABOUT THE BOOK
On
February 8, 2011, Viking is proud to publish A DISCOVERY OF WITCHES (Viking;
$26.95; On-sale date: February 8, 2011; ISBN: 978-0-670-0-02241-0), the
debut novel from history professor Deborah Harkness and the first book
in the All Souls trilogy. A DISCOVERY OF WITCHES created a
sensation at the 2009 Frankfurt Book Fair—translation rights have been sold in
33 countries so far—and has already captured the attention of over fifty book
bloggers on both sides of the Atlantic.
With rave reviews from all four trade publications under her belt (see
above), it’s clear that Deborah Harkness is a writer to watch.
A DISCOVERY OF WITCHES begins
on a late September afternoon when Diana Bishop, a bright, young historian
studying amidst the ancient stacks of Oxford’s
Bodleian library, calls up a medieval manuscript of alchemical
illustrations. As soon as she picks it up Diana realizes that the book—Ashmole
782—is an enchanted object of untold power. As it turns out, Diana is
not only a first-rate scholar of seventeenth- century chemistry but also a
descendant of a long and distinguished line…of witches. She’s spent her
adult life distancing herself from her supernatural destiny, and after a quick
look at Ashmole 782 she sends the book back to the stacks and her
magical history with it.
However,
Diana isn’t the only one who has noticed that the manuscript has resurfaced,
and her discovery immediately sets the fantastical underworld stirring.
It soon becomes apparent that Ashmole 782 is a coveted treasure that’s
been lost for centuries and Diana is the first and only being that has met the
terms of its spell. Soon she finds herself beset by members of all three
magical species—daemons, witches, and vampires—who swarm upon Oxford,
seeking the text. She finds a crucial ally in Matthew Clairmont, a
dashing geneticist and a vampire, whose preeminence in his field has been
achieved after years upon years upon years of study. The two team up
despite an age-old enmity between their species, becoming closer over candlelit
dinners, supernatural yoga classes, and a trip to Matthew’s ancestral home
(well, castle) in southern France.
As their challenges
grow, so do Diana’s powers, and together she and Matthew must battle the forces
rallying against them to unlock the secrets of a manuscript whose pages promise
clues to a mysterious past and uncertain future. Equal parts history and magic, romance
and suspense, A DISCOVERY OF WITCHES is a mesmerizing and addictive
read.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Deborah Harkness is a
professor at history at the University
of Southern California.
She has received Fulbright, Guggenheim, and National Humanities Center
fellowships, and her most recent scholarly work is The Jewel House:
Elizabethan London and the Scientific Revolution. She also writes an
award-winning wine blog, goodwineunder20.blogspot.com.
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