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Austenesque Book Giveaways for 31 January-6 February 2011

The Austenesque scout is delighted to inform her readers about five sets of book giveaways this week.

The wonderful Meredith Esparza, blog mistress of Austenesque Reviews is organising a giveaway of a brand new paperback copy of The Three Weissmanns of Westport courtesy of the publisher, Picador. If you are unsure whether this latest Cathleen Schine's novel is good, read Meredith's review here. If you would like to be entered for this contest, please leave a comment with your email address here. For additional entries, please click on this page. Take note that this contest is only open to US residents and ends next Thursday, 10 February 2011.

Secondly, Jane Odiwe's newest Austenesque sequel, Mr. Darcy's Secret is released today. To celebrate this joyous occasion, she is giving her blog readers a chance to win an autographed copy of this lovely novel by participating in a game called 'Guess Elizabeth's Secret'. If you would love to win this novel, just leave a comment stating your answer together with your contact email here or send her an email if you like. The most entertaining secrets will be selected and the winner drawn from a hat. Please keep in mind that there are no right or wrong answers and do limit your answers within the Austen spirit. This means no R-rated answers so as not to distress any blog readers who are underage.

Besides this competition, Ms Odiwe has also offered another wonderful opportunity to win a copy of Mr. Darcy's Secret. This time she has prepared a Pride and Prejudice quiz at her blog. It is a very easy and simple quiz in my opinion. Click here to view the quiz questions and post your answers here. Only correct answers will be entered into the draw. Both contests are open until Valentine's Day, 14 February 2011 and the lucky winners will be announced the next day.

Next, Maria Grazia of My Jane Austen Book Club is interviewing Susan Adriani in her weekly post of Talking Jane Austen With.... For your information, Ms Adriani's debut novel, The Truth about Mr. Darcy (formerly known as Affinity and Affection) will be released by Sourcebooks this May. You can proceed to this post to learn about her novel, writings, Mr. Darcy, etc. At the end of the interview, there is a giveaway of a brand new copy of The Annotated Pride and Prejudice, edited by David M. Shapard. All you have to do in order to win this Jane Austen's masterpiece is to leave your comments or questions to Ms Adriani here with your email address. This giveaway is open to all worldwide readers. The lucky winner will be known next Wednesday, 9 February 2011 so be sure to comment before that.

Reading, Writing, Working, Playing's blog mistress, Jane Greensmith is organising a contest to win a copy of Jane's Fame: How Jane Austen Conquered the World written by Claire Harman. You just need to provide a comment here and your email address. There are a few ways to earn additional entries so please refer to this post. However, contest is only for US readers. Deadline to enter is next Tuesday, 8 February 2011 at 10pm MT.

Lastly, Library of Clean Reads is hosting a giveaway to win a set of two novels for one winner. They are the recently released Mr. Darcy's Secret by Jane Odiwe and Darcy and Fitzwilliam: A Tale of a Gentleman and an Officer by Karen V. Wasylowski and both books are donated by the publisher, Sourcebooks.


Leave a link with to your Mailbox Monday at her post by next Saturday, 12 February 2011 at 9.00 pm ET. If you do not know what is Mailbox Monday, it is a gathering place for readers to share the books that came to them last week. You can also leave a comment here for an additional entry. Contest is open to US and Canadian residents only and winner will be revealed in her next Mailbox Monday post.


Good luck!

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