The nominees for Best Tear-Jerker Novel:
Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah
Promises to Keep by Jane Green
The Opposite of Me by Sarah Pekkanen
The Lies We Told by Diane Chamberlain
On Folly Beach by Karen White
Please vote for your favorite by commenting below. Everyone who votes is entered to win!
The nominees for best Romance Novel:
Summer of Two Wishes by Julia London
Something Blue by Emily Giffin
Something Borrowed by Emily Giffin
The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks
Anyone for Seconds? by Fiona Cassidy
Please vote for your favorite by commenting below. Everyone who votes is entered to win prizes!
Categories: Best Wedding, Best Supporting Character, Best Cougar Novel
Prizes: 1 winner will receive a copy of Hook Line and Sink Him by Jackie Pilossoph
Winners will be announced August 23rd.
Please post below to enter your nominations, or email me directly at Samantha@chicklitplus.com. The top 5 from each category will go on to the final voting process.
Some early nomination votes for these categories include:
The Cougar Club by Susan McBride- Best Cougar Novel
Shopaholic Ties the Knot by Sophie Kinsella- Best Wedding
It is time to start giving nominations to those books and authors you feel deserve it! The first annual Chick Lit Plus Awards are kicking off, and I am so excited to see who you want to win. There are 21 categories in all, but I will be showcasing three different categories a day. Please not that even if that day has passed, everyone still has the opportunity to vote on each and every category. Just find the original post or send me an email at Samantha@chicklitplus.com for your vote to count. This week will be all nominations, and then I will narrow down each category to five potential winners. Beginning the week of August 30th, the final voting will begin!
I also have excellent prizes to give away, courtesy of some lovely authors. I will have different books up for grabs on each voting day. This includes your votes for nominations and the final vote- lots of ways to win! Each time you put your vote in, your name is submitted to win the prize for that day. The winners during the nominations voting will be announced August 23rd, and the winners during the final vote segment will be announced September 6th. So vote, vote, vote!
Thanks in advance to everyone who participates, and to all the authors who donated their novels for prizes!
Day 1 Categories: Best Laugh Out Loud Novel, Best Romance Novel, and Best BFF Novel (Best Friends Forever). Click here to vote!
“While it’s well known that food and stories make for a great combination, Muffins & Mayhem takes their relationship to a whole new level. Brimming over with the stuff of life, this is a book to curl up with and devour.” JOEL BEN IZZY, storyteller and author of The Beggar King and The Secret of Happiness. Suzanne Beecher’s happy, loving voice has brought more than 350,000 people to her online book club at DearReader.com, where her daily column offers her candid, thought-provoking reflections on life, inspiring countless readers to look at their “ordinary” lives in a new way. By turns funny and poignant, Suzanne is the reassuring friend across the kitchen table with a refreshing, jaunty attitude about life, even in the face of whatever difficulties it may bring. Suzanne has had her own share of troubles to overcome. Left home alone at an early age, she struggled with difficult and distant parents, dealt with heartbreak, became a hard-working single mom, and overcame two substance addictions and a physical impairment. But along the way, she found comfort in baking and sharing food with her friends and family. She learned to take the good with the bad, and her life is now inspiring proof that faith and persistence are the keys to success. This beautifully written celebration of food, friends, and family will nourish Suzanne’s numerous fans and those who have yet to discover her simple, homespun magic.
I have one copy to giveaway of Muffins and Mayhem by Suzanne Beecher. Please comment on this post (include your email address), RT on Twitter, or comment on Facebook to be entered. The winner will be announced Thursday, August 5th.
Click here to see my review of Muffins and Mayhem!
Author Wendy Wax is hosting a fun contest for her novel The Accidental Bestseller, which is being published May 25th. Readers need to send in a picture of them reading The Accidental Bestseller on a beach- any beach!- by August 1st and they will be entered to win beach bag of books by some of Wendy’s favorite writers!
Visit www.authorwendywax.com click on ‘Join Wendy’s email list,’ fill in the form, attach your photo, and hit ‘submit’ to enter.
Photos will also be posted on Wendy’s facebook page. Be sure to friend Wendy so that you can see your shot!
I know I’ll be sending in my picture…I just have to find a beach first! Pre-order your copy below from Amazon and take that pic!
The Summer We Read Gatsby
By Danielle Ganek
Two half-sisters search for the “thing of utmost value” in an inherited ramshackle Southampton cottage in Ganek’s witty new novel (after Lulu Meets God and Doubts Him). The story is narrated by introverted, newly divorced, would-be writer Cassie, but the flamboyant center of the story is her older half-sister, Peck, a theatrical socialite determined to “bring out” her sister while thwarting Cassie’s sensible plan to sell Fool’s House, the cottage they’ve jointly inherited from their eccentric aunt Lydia. As they wonder whether the house’s treasure is a Jackson Pollock painting, a first edition of The Great Gatsby, or a family secret, the sisters’ contrasting personalities clash in hilarious ways. During a summer marked by parties that recall both the artsy milieu of Pollock and the posh extravagance of Gatsby, the two sisters run into long-lost loves, strange neighbors, aggressive real estate agents, and charming artist hangers-on as they ponder the legacy of their beloved Aunt Lydia and their relationship to each other. Even though many of the novel’s revelations can be seen a mile away, getting there is a fun, witty, and surprisingly moving trip.
One reader will a copy of Danielle Ganek’s The Summer We Read Gatsby. To enter, leave a comment on this post, comment on Facebook, or sign up for my monthly newsletter. *Contest is open for US residents only* Good luck and a special thanks to Artemis Azima of Engelman & Co. for hosting this giveaway.
