The Literary Blog Hop!

~ Jennifer @ The Relentless Reader ~ 11 Comments
Welcome to the best damn giveaway on the internet! Thanks to Judith, from Leeswammes’ Blog, for hosting this fabulous giveaway hop. 

The point of this hop is to give away adult books with literary merit. I happen to be in love with that very type of book. I’ll be giving one away, and I’ll also be hopping around trying to win a few myself!

You know what? How about I give away 2 books?

Best news you’ve heard all day, amiright?

Here are the (hardcover, hooray!) books that are up for grabs:
The Panopticon by Jenni Fagan
Anais Hendricks, fifteen, is in the back of a police car. She is headed for the Panopticon, a home for chronic young offenders. She can’t remember what’s happened, but across town a policewoman lies in a coma and Anais’s school uniform is covered in blood.
The Wife, The Maid, and the Mistress by Ariel Lawhon
A tantalizing reimagining of a scandalous mystery that rocked the nation in 1930-Justice Joseph Crater’s infamous disappearance-as seen through the eyes of the three women who knew him best.

Two books, one lucky winner. GOOD LUCK! (US only)


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Don’t forget to check out the rest of the giveways:

Linky List:

  1. Leeswammes
  2. The Misfortune of Knowing
  3. Bibliosue
  4. Too Fond
  5. Under a Gray Sky
  6. Read Her Like an Open Book (US)
  7. My Devotional Thoughts
  8. WildmooBooks
  9. Guiltless Reading
  10. Fourth Street Review
  11. Nishita’s Rants and Raves
  12. Word by Word
  13. Words And Peace (US)
  14. Ciska’s Book Chest
  15. Falling Letters
  16. Roof Beam Reader
  17. Readerbuzz
  18. The Relentless Reader (US)
  19. Mom’s Small Victories (US)
  20. Daily Mayo (US)
  1. The Emerald City Book Review (US)
  2. A Lovely Bookshelf on the Wall
  3. Lost Generation Reader
  4. Booklover Book Reviews
  5. Bay State Reader’s Advisory
  6. River City Reading (US)
  7. Books Speak Volumes
  8. Words for Worms
  9. Wensend
  10. Bibliophile’s Retreat
  11. Readers’ Oasis
  12. The Book Musings
  13. My Book Retreat (N. Am.)
  14. Books on the Table (US)

The Books (and Booze!) of Summer: Top Ten Tuesday

~ Jennifer @ The Relentless Reader ~ 53 Comments

The gals at The Broke and The Bookish have asked us to list the books on our summer to-be-read pile for this weeks Top Ten Tuesday.

Ahhhh…

Here are a few of the books I’m hoping to read this summer:

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

The Book of Someday by Dianne Dixon

A Replacement Life by Boris Fishman

That Night by Chevy Stevens

What goes better with a book on a warm summer day than a deliciously sweet and cold creamsicle cocktail? You have to try my very favorite new drink recipe.

I use UV Whipped and a Magic Bullet blender to make an icy, frosty, stupidly good drink. (My dad, strictly a beer drinker, even declared these to be “pretty damn good!” That’s saying something.)

What books are you hoping to get to this summer? Do you have a go-to summer beverage?