GIVEAWAY: Confessions of a Call Center Gal by Lisa Lim

Madison Lee is a fresh college grad, ready to take on the world of print media. But she has zero luck landing a job. Unemployment is at ten percent and on the rise. Desperate and left with no other options, she accepts a position as a service rep at a call center in Pocatello, Idaho. At the Lightning Speed call center in Spudsville, Maddy plunges into the wild and dysfunctional world of customer service where Sales is prided over Service and an eight hour shift is equivalent to eight hours of callers bashing her over the phone. Oh sure, the calls are bad. But Maddy manages to find humor on the phone and off the phone. And with all the salacious drama behind the calls, there is never a dull moment at the Lightning Speed call center.

Lately . . . Maddy has been pining for her smolderingly gorgeous co-worker Mika Harket. Now things are heating up on the phone–and elsewhere. Don’t hang up on this novel. Working at a call center has never been this garish . . . or this delightful.

I have two copies of Confessions of a Call Center Gal by Lisa Lim for giveaway- one paperback and one eCopy. To enter, please leave a comment below letting me know why you want to win, and please include if you would prefer paperback or eBook. Winners will be chosen Thursday, July 7. Thank you to Lisa Lim for sponsoring this giveaway!

Update:

The winners are: Paperback- Tamara Moshier- eBook- Jennifer Yandle. Thanks to everyone who entered!

73 Comments

  1. Reeca
    June 22, 2011 / 11:36 pm

    I would love to read this book!! Sounds so fun!! Ebook preferred. Thanks so much

  2. Michele w.
    June 23, 2011 / 1:03 am

    I want to win this book (either print or Ebook) because in a few months I could end up being a grad school graduate facing unemployment. This sounds like a fun spin on it.

  3. Linda Kish
    June 23, 2011 / 2:52 am

    How fun and contemporary. Paperback, please.

    lkish77123 at gmail dot com

  4. June 23, 2011 / 3:09 am

    I’ve never had to work in a call-centre, but who knows? I’m still young and the economy is terrible, and i may one day be in Madison’s shoes. I should probably read it to prepare myself!

    Paperback preferred!

  5. June 23, 2011 / 3:43 pm

    I would love to read this book, simply because I love to read new books!! Specifically chick-lit 😉 Paperback preferred, as I have yet to get an e-reader! (one day, i hope!!)

  6. sheena
    June 23, 2011 / 3:49 pm

    This sounds like a good fun read. I hope I get the chance to read this one!
    Paperback preferred

  7. June 23, 2011 / 11:19 pm

    I would love to win because I love chick lit and have actually heard great things about this book!

  8. June 23, 2011 / 11:46 pm

    Oh how I would love to read this… I am a brand new college grad, and can totally relate!

    I’d love to win the paperback! Thank you for the chance!

    stephaniet117 at yahoo dot com

  9. Nicole C.
    June 24, 2011 / 8:14 pm

    I want to win because it sounds like a great book! I would prefer the paperback.

  10. Angela Streit
    June 24, 2011 / 9:58 pm

    So would love to win!!!
    I would love either paperback or ebook for my sony ereader! 🙂

  11. June 24, 2011 / 10:00 pm

    I would love to win this book. I was unemployed for a bit so I can relate. I also need a new book to read.

  12. karen s.
    June 24, 2011 / 10:00 pm

    I would love to win either the paperback or the ebook as I’m still on the wait list for this one at the library!

  13. Monica Kelley
    June 24, 2011 / 10:03 pm

    This sounds like another fun book to read! Love these kind of books, getting into something that isn’t my normal life is fun! Ebook would be great!

  14. Tiffany D.
    June 24, 2011 / 10:05 pm

    This looks like such a fun read! Thank you for the chance at winning a copy. I’d love to get my hands on the paperback, please 🙂

    jaidahsmommy(at)comcast(dot)net

  15. Nancy H
    June 24, 2011 / 10:06 pm

    This sounds like a fun book! Ebook is preferred. 🙂

  16. Leah L
    June 24, 2011 / 10:07 pm

    I would love either copy of the book. I know so many people who have worked at call centers and the book sounds like a great read.

  17. Shannon
    June 24, 2011 / 10:16 pm

    Seems like a fun read!! Would love to have a copy to read and share with my college age daughters!!!

  18. Jean Shen
    June 24, 2011 / 10:26 pm

    Sounds like a fun summer time read. Paperback preferred.

  19. Wanda Z
    June 24, 2011 / 10:44 pm

    The book sounds like a neat read. I’ve never read anything by this author and I’d like to give her a try. Paperback or e-book — I have no preference. I have a Nook and I also read hardcopies. Thanks for sharing!

  20. Jane Cook
    June 24, 2011 / 10:44 pm

    I’d like to read this because I’ve spent time working in a call center, and it’s often hard to see the humor while you’re actually working there!

    I’d be grateful for either paperback or ebook.

    jcsites2002 at hotmail dot com

  21. Kimmi
    June 24, 2011 / 11:00 pm

    Maybe if I read this, I’ll be nicer to the call center people?

    Thanks for the chance.

  22. Betty bobo
    June 24, 2011 / 11:26 pm

    Love e books

  23. Shannon J
    June 24, 2011 / 11:52 pm

    I would love either if the ebook would work with my sony ereader!!! 🙂

  24. Laurie Sula
    June 25, 2011 / 12:53 am

    I spent one summer working in a call center for a manufacturer of plastic wrap and bags. Received some VERY interesting phone calls, including one asking if the product could be used in lieu of a condom! Needless to say, that was NOT a recommended use of the product…..

    Paperback please

  25. Alison
    June 25, 2011 / 1:09 am

    I would love to win this book. I worked many years in a call center and could totally relate to this. You have to find humor in that kind of job otherwise you would go insane! Plus I used to live in Idaho and I actually know where Pocatello is and I’ve been there 🙂 It is a beautiful state!

  26. Mary
    June 25, 2011 / 1:47 am

    I was in the world of marketing for 25 years and always said I would starve to death before I would work in a call center. I’m interested to read about how things really are in such a setting. Plus I am always a sucker for a paperback love story.

  27. June 25, 2011 / 5:08 am

    I recently divorced and had to take on a 2nd part time job (in a call center!!) to make ends meet. Would love to read a lighthearted view of my new life!! 🙂

    nowakoski at sbcglobal dot net

  28. Aileen Russell
    June 25, 2011 / 7:04 am

    This book sounds really good, and I would be over the moon if I won. I would like paperback please.

  29. Suraya
    June 25, 2011 / 5:47 pm

    I would love to win as I work in a call center. Paperback please.

  30. CK
    June 25, 2011 / 6:45 pm

    My two daughters and son in law work in call centres. Would be great if I could win a copy for one of them. I would prefer a paperback copy as I do not own an ereader. Thanks

  31. June 26, 2011 / 12:09 pm

    I Have just finished this book and it is worth a read. If any of you enjoy the shopaholic series you will like this book as it has similar humour xx

  32. Emma Stevens
    June 26, 2011 / 1:28 pm

    This book sounds like a great one to read in the bath with a moud of bubbles and a glass of rose wine. Real escapism from being a working mother! xxx

  33. June 26, 2011 / 5:32 pm

    I love finding new authors to read and this book sounds like a lot of fun! Either format is ok with me. Thanks for the giveaway!

  34. June 26, 2011 / 5:55 pm

    Sam you know my preference is hard copy. E-book is a second choice. I have seen this book offered before but only in e-book format.

  35. June 26, 2011 / 8:06 pm

    I have worked in a customer care for more than 15 year, now I am a manager of a Call Center – this book surely is a must read for me!

  36. Libs
    June 26, 2011 / 10:49 pm

    I already have the Kindle version and enjoyed it very much, so I’d love to own this on paperback too. Many thanks!

  37. Stephanie
    June 27, 2011 / 4:20 am

    Sounds like a good book and I’m heading to Hawaii on the 7th and need beach reads! E-book, please!

  38. Rene Kosina
    June 28, 2011 / 12:37 am

    I’d love an e-book! As a full time Special Ed teacher and mom, the only time I have to lose myself in a good book is over the summer. My Kindle is my best friend these days, and this book sounds like a great summer read!

  39. Carolsue
    June 28, 2011 / 8:21 am

    I’d love to win this in paperback format.
    Digicats {at} Sbcglobal {dot} Net

  40. Sabrina-Kate Eryou
    June 28, 2011 / 9:11 pm

    I would take either, probably preferably in paper…

    I would love to win since I’ve worked in many call centres. So I am sure I can relate!

  41. Margaret
    June 29, 2011 / 1:43 pm

    Oh this is on my list of books to read this summer. I’d prefer paperback but could also have the e book. I just got an e reader. Thanks so much!

    Margaret
    singitm@hotmail.com

  42. Melinda Budge
    June 29, 2011 / 4:15 pm

    I would love to read this sounds like so much fun. EBook please!! Have a great day

  43. ashley
    June 30, 2011 / 3:36 am

    i want to win because this looks like a great beach read

  44. Debbie Kennedy
    June 30, 2011 / 6:52 pm

    I would love to have this to read at camp this summer. I just got back into reading and this would be great to start with!(paper back preferred)

  45. Sherry Lebow
    July 1, 2011 / 3:15 am

    I love to read and this book sounds like it would be funny and interesting, just my type of book.
    I would like the paperback. Don’t have an e reader yet.
    Thank you for the giveaway

  46. Jessica
    July 1, 2011 / 3:32 am

    I would love to read this book (paperback please). I’ve been there, coming out of university thinking an amazing job will fall in your lap, but spending months looks for something good and then settling for something way less than good. I always look for a fun book, especially something I can relate too and this sounds like it. Thanks for the opportunity to enter this contest.

  47. Linda
    July 1, 2011 / 3:45 am

    I think this book would be a great read. And I LOVE a great read! Hope I win!

  48. Linda
    July 1, 2011 / 3:47 am

    Oh, I forgot–I would like to have it in paperback. Thanks!

  49. Deb Blanchard
    July 1, 2011 / 4:47 am

    I’m trying to imagine a call center in Pocatello – almost my neck of the woods – about 4hrs away. It sounds like a fun read based on a very familiar-for-many story of recession woes and relocation. E-copy please.

  50. Georgeann
    July 1, 2011 / 10:04 am

    Sounds like a fun read…perfect for the pool! Paperback please!