{"id":2005,"date":"2010-05-17T11:43:28","date_gmt":"2010-05-17T16:43:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hoperoth.com\/blog\/?p=2005"},"modified":"2010-05-21T16:04:30","modified_gmt":"2010-05-21T21:04:30","slug":"hoprahs-book-club-and-a-giveaway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hoperoth.com\/blog\/hoprahs-book-club-and-a-giveaway\/","title":{"rendered":"Hoprah’s Book Club and a Giveaway"},"content":{"rendered":"

A few months ago, I wrote a blog post<\/a> about my favorite book that I read in 2009, Annie’s Ghosts<\/a>. Well, apparently, when you put things on the internet… other people can read them<\/em>. The book’s author, Steve Luxenberg, found my humble little blog post and he left me a comment<\/a>. Which I think is all kinds of cool. I mean, Steve was featured on NPR. More than once. For a public radio nerd such as myself, that’s the equivalent of Dustin Pedroia finding out about your weekly wiffle ball game and randomly showing up on a Tuesday night.<\/p>\n

(Dustin, if you’re reading this… thanks for propping up my fantasy baseball team. Feel free to drop by for wiffle ball any time you’d like).<\/p>\n

(No, wiffle ball isn’t a euphemism. It is, however, a fantastic “sport”).<\/p>\n

All of this blathering is just my way of saying that, because Steve and I have now exchanged upwards of 4 or 5 emails, that makes us people who know each other’s names. Or, in internet years, best friends. And what do best friends\/virtual strangers do? They participate in book clubs. And giveaways.<\/p>\n

Yes, it’s true. In honor of the fact that his book just came out in paperback and you all really ought to read it, Steve has graciously offered to send one lucky blog reader a free copy of his book. An inscribed<\/em> copy. He’s also willing to participate in a virtual book club. I feel just like Oprah. Oprah and I both love Barack Obama and hate puppy mills.<\/p>\n

(None of you are getting cars.)<\/p>\n

To be eligible for the book giveaway, you just need to leave some sort of comment on this blog entry. A winner will be chosen at random. You can get another chance at winning if you write a blog entry or tweet\/facebook update about this contest. Just leave a comment with a link to your post so that you can get credit for it. All entries are due by 5pm on Friday, May 21st, EDT<\/strong>. I told Steve that, while I’m no salon.com, I do have a few readers. So, please, don’t embarrass me in front of the company! This is a great book. Enter now for your chance to win a copy. The winner of the contest doesn’t have to participate in book club, but it would probably be poor form not to.<\/p>\n

I’ll wait a couple of weeks for the winner of the contest to get their copy and for the rest of you to get yours from your local library or bookstore. Or just read this excerpt<\/a> online. Then, I’ll open a post up for questions. Steve will be answering questions from me and you all. If you don’t read the book or the excerpt, feel free to pour yourself a glass of wine and just enjoy the company. That seems to be standard practice for book clubs these days.<\/p>\n

See? I really am kindof sortof maybe a little bit like Oprah.<\/p>\n

FCC disclosure legal mumbo jumbo stupidity: Steve is (obviously) providing the copy of the book. I was going to provide it myself, but he volunteered. And I’ve never been one to turn down free books, even if they are for other people. I’m not really getting anything out of this except a small sense of satisfaction and a few lame Oprah jokes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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