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Friday, October 16, 2009

ARC Arrival and a Giveaway! - Life After Genius


Life After Genius by M. Ann Jacoby

Publisher: Hachette Book Group

Theodore "Mead" Fegley has always been the smartest person he knows. By age twelve, he was in high school, and by fifteen he was attending a top-ranked university. Now, at age eighteen, he's on the verge of proving the Reimann Hypothesis, an equation that has mystified mathematicians for years. But only days before graduation, Mead suddenly flees home to rural Illinois. What has caused him to run remains a mystery to all but Mead and a classmate whose quest for success has turned into a dangerous obsession.

As Mead embarks on a new life's journey--learning the family business of selling furniture and embalming the dead--he'll discover a surprising truth: that the heart may know what the head has yet to learn. (Back cover)

I have 5 copies of this book to give away courtesy of Hachette Books!

Read an excerpt of Life After Genius.

Rules for entries are changing - future giveaways will continue to be revised until I find something I am happy with again.

  1. U.S./Canada only - No PO Boxes
  2. Giveaway ends Nov 6, 2009, 11:59PM CST.
  3. All entries can currently be left in same comment.
  4. For first entry - Leave comment with email address.
  5. +2 Current Followers
  6. +1 New Followers
  7. +2 Follow me on twitter (kherbrand) and tweet - can use retweet button at bottom.
  8. +2 For a blog post - leave me the link please.
  9. +1 If you tell me how you heard about this giveaway.
Good luck!

49 comments:

Linna said...

I would like to read this book.

+2 current follower
+1 I knew this giveaway when I browsed through my google reader.

linna.hsu at gmail dot com

Heidi V said...

I would love to read this book!

Thanks
heidivargas [at] live dot com

Susan Helene Gottfried said...

No need to enter me. I'm dropping in to say thanks for the e-mail. I've got this up at Win a Book for you.

A Bookshelf Monstrosity said...

I'd love to be included in this giveaway!

+2 Current FOllower
+2 I follow on Twitter(@bookmonstrosity)and I tweeted:http://twitter.com/bookmonstrosity/status/4925811785
+2 Posted this on my blog.

fitz12383(at)hotmail(dot)com

Unknown said...

+1-I'd love a chance to read this thanks!

+2 Current Follower

+1 Heard about this through my google reader.

unforgetable_dreamer_always(at)hotmail.com

J.T. Oldfield said...

Please enter me in this!

j.t.oldfield[at]gmail.com

I heard about this through West of Mars Win a Book
I've been following you on Twitter
I've been following you w/ Google Reader.

Thanks!

Anonymous said...

Would love to read this book...please count me in.

I'm a follower/subscriber.

karen k
kmkuka(at)yahoo(dot)com

Lynz Pickles said...

I'd love to read this.

+2 I follow via RSS
+1 The giveaway popped up in my reader twice: from your RSS feed and from Win a Book
lynzajw[at]gmail[dot]com

Sheila Deeth said...

Okay, I found the retweet button this time. Interesting. And I follow.

Jessica ( frellathon ) said...

Wow have not heard of this book but it sounds so good. Count me in please. Thanks.

jessica(at)fan(dot)com

Heather said...

Sounds like one of those books you can't put down.

Please enter me to win a copy.

Also a follower already.

heatherdpear at hotmail dot com

Pam said...

This sounds like a very interesting read.

+2 current follower
+1 heard about this on my google reader updates

melacan at hotmail dot com

Miss Haley said...

enter me please!! this looks so cool
haleymathiot at yahoo dot com

+2 follower
+2 follow on twitter and tweeted (haleymathiot)

enyl said...

This sounds like an original storyline.

I subscribe by e-mail.
I'm a current follower.
I learned about this giveway through the newsletter.
enyl(at)inbox(dot)com

hippmom said...

This looks like a good read.Please enter my name.

+2 for being a follower

angelahipp (at) charter (dot) net

booklover0226 said...

This sounds like a great book; I look forward in reading it.

Thanks,
Tracey D
+1 Booklover0226 AT gmail DOT com
+2 Old follower

Mozi Esme said...

Would love to read this!

janemaritz at yahoo dot com

+2 current follower...

Sarah E said...

Please enter me in this giveaway!

+2 current follower
+1 I learned about this giveaway by checking your RSS feed.

saemmerson at yahoo dot com

Sarah Emmerson

Anonymous said...

I've heard about this book and would love to read it.

+2 email subscriber

+1 found out about this giveaway through your email update.

bgcchs(at)yahoo(dot)com

Booklogged said...

My memoir is going to be titled, Life As Genius! JK! Please enter me for this giveaway.

booklogged at gmail dot com

+2 I am a current follower

+2 I follow on Twitter and tweeted about this giveaway.

+1 I read about the giveaway on Google Reader. May I suggest entering this giveaway on MckLinky at Contest Central.

lag123 said...

This sounds good. Please enter me.
Current follower.
Follow on twitter and tweeted.
Heard about this giveaway through your email.

lag110@mchsi.com

Jaime said...

# +1 would love to read

# +2 Current
copperllama at yahoo dot com

April (BooksandWine) said...

I would love to read this book! goodbooksandgoodwine[@]gmail.com

.+2 Current Followers
+2 Follow me on twitter (kherbrand) and tweet - can use retweet button at bottom here is the tweet link:
http://twitter.com/booksandwine/status/4979127545
+1 I saw this giveaway in my googlereader, since I am subscribed to your feed!

wheresmyrain said...

looks like a good read, love books like this
+2 current follower
+1 knew about giveway from my google reader update


wheresmyrain at yahoo dot com

Dawn M. said...

This sounds like an interesting story. Would love the chance to read it. :0)

I subscribe with google reader.

I heard about this from my google reader and also on West of Mars.

Thanks!
librarygrinch at gmail dot com

FrankSandy said...

Please enter me in this giveaway. walkerd@primus.ca

Becca said...

Please enter me!

+2 Current follower
+2 follow of Twitter (@Beckster000)and tweeted here:
http://twitter.com/Beckster000/status/4997518967
+2 Blogged here:
http://completepoppycock.blogspot.com/2009/10/life-after-genius_19.html
+1 I saw the giveaway listed on West of Mars' Win a Book site

thanks
rebecca.bradeen(at)verizon(dot)net

Andrea said...

Historical fictions are my favorite, please enter me
andie.v107(at)yahoo(dot)com

Unknown said...

Follow you on Twitter and tweeted:

http://twitter.com/saemmerson/status/5052472116

saemmerson at yahoo dot com

Sarah Emmerson

Marilyn Brant said...

*waving to Kristi!!*

I love the sound of this book's premise and would love to read it :). I come from a mathematically oriented family, so I'm intrigued by the personality of the main character, the math element, and the journey--to Illinois, no less! (Though probably more serious in tone, I really enjoyed "A Beautiful Mind," too...)

Hope you're having a wonderful week!!

marilynbrant AT gmail DOT com

Anonymous said...

I'm fascinated by the synopsis of the book; the character sounds fascinating and identifiable. Please accept this as my entry. Thank you!

Aliya D.
aliyadaya(at)shaw(dot)ca

Reading said...

Please enter me. Thanks for the chance.

I found this giveaway on the Hatchette web site.

lizzi0915 at aol dot com

Laura said...

Please enter me to win.
Laura
laura.leahj@gmail.com

Linda Henderson said...

I would love to read this book.

+1 new follower
+1 Came over from Win A Book.

seriousreader at live dot com

Margie said...

I'd like to read this book!
mtakala1 AT yahoo DOT com

+! just became an email follower

+! found this site through Book Monstrosity

catss99 said...

catss99@yahoo.com
amanda
+2 Current Follower

# +2 Follow on twitter and tweeted:

http://twitter.com/catss99/status/5414958671

# +1 i'm a follower so that's where i heard!

Belinda M said...

Please include me in your giveaway

+2 current follower

+2 follow on twitter as prairiebelle and tweeted

http://twitter.com/Prairiebelle/status/5419155977

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Unknown said...

I'd love to read this!
lexilibrarian AT gmail.com

SavingDiva said...

Awesome giveaway! I would love to win :)

savingforhome at gmail dot com

brizmus said...

I keep seeing this book around, and it looks great!
+1 new follower
+2 follow you on twitter (@brizmus), and I tweeted it
+1 I heard about it from A Bookshelf Monstrosity
It's in my sidebar, I don't know if that counts for extra points
http://brizmusblogsbooks.blogspot.com

zedster.tbb(at)gmail(DOT)com

Anonymous said...

Sounds like a great read : D

+2 Current follower
+2 Twitter follower and used retweet button -bottom of page
+1 Saw your contest on West of Mars

BevE
merryweatherbookblog(at)gmail(dot)com

Bleuette said...

Sounds good.
tirachii@yahoo.com

+1 New Follower
+2 Follow on twitter
+1 your twitter

Anonymous said...

Please enter me. walkermisc@primus.ca

CherylS22 said...

I'd love to read this book - please count me in!

+2 - I already follow
+1 - I learned about this giveaway on your RSS feed

Thanks ~ megalon22{at}yahoo{dot}com

DG said...

great giveaway! thanks for the chance

dreamzz12{at]aol{dot]com

DG said...

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http://twitter.com/DeeGee13/status/5499194315

tweeted 1

DG said...

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http://twitter.com/DeeGee13/status/5499194315

tweeted 2

DG said...

I am a new follower (DG)


dreamzz12{at]aol{dot]com

DG said...

I saw it on a giveaway linky

dreamzz12{at]aol{dot]com

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