hanks everyone who snagged books! All the books that were claimed have been sent out and the rest will be donated to Housing Works Bookstore most likely. :)
Tis the season for giving! I couldn’t figure out how to bundle these so I decided to just make my life a lot easier. Below is a list of 50 titles (technically 54 but some of them are a package deal). See anything you like? Want something? Here’s what you need to do:
FIRST: Leave a comment claiming the title(s) you want. You may (and are in fact encouraged to) claim as many as you want. Claims are on a first come, first serve basis. I’m asking you to leave a comment so that others don’t claim the same books. First time commenters will go into moderation but their claims will still count in the order received. Because of this though there’s a chance that someone may have claimed the book before you and I haven’t gotten around approving the comment yet. I will try my best to approve comments quickly to minimize disappointment but I’m human and I work so you know, don’t kill me, just remember these books are free. If you claim a book that has already been claimed, I will of course let you know.
SECOND: Email me your address so I can send you the books. The email address is booklushie [at] gmail [dot] com
Please please make sure you LEAVE A COMMENT before emailing me. That’s the most important part, and you will receive no books if you fail to do so.
That’s it. LET THE CLAIMS BEGIN!
1. Skippy Dies by Paul Murray*
2. The Last Brother by Nathacha Appanah
3. Ox-Tales: Fire, Air, Water, Earth (4 short story collections)
4. Bright Young Things by Anna Godbersen
5. Popular by Alissa Grosso (reviewed here)
6. Domestic Violets by Matthew Norman
7. In Zanesville by Jo Ann Beard (reviewed here)
8. 13 Ways of Looking at the Novel by Jane Smiley
9. The Convert by Deborah Baker**
10. Elliot Allagash (reviewed here)
11. Everything Is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer
12. Ghostgirl + Ghostgirl: Homecoming by Tonya Hurley
13. Boys and Girls Like You and Me by Aryn Kyle (reviewed here)
14. Lucinella by Lore Segal
15. Class (also known as Cum Laude) by Cecily von Ziegesar
16. Stories and Essays of Mina Loy
17. No Tomorrow by Vivant Denon
18. The People on Privilege Hill by Jane Gardam
19. Delicate Edible Birds by Lauren Groff
20. The Secret Garden (Penguin Threads Edition) by Frances Hodgson Burnett
21. Love Begins in Winter by Simon Von Booy
22. The Girl in the Green Raincoat by Laura Lippman (semi-reviewed here)
23. The End of Everything (ARC) by Megan Abbott** (reviewed here)
24. Lightning Rods (ARC) by Helen DeWitt
25. The Art of Fielding (ARC) by Chad Harbach (reviewed here)
26. Plugged (ARC) by Eoin Colfer
27. Why We Broke Up (ARC) by Daniel Handler
28. Hooked (ARC) by John Franc
29. Sugar in My Bowl (ARC) edited by Erica Jong (reviewed here)
30. If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things by Jon MacGregor
31. Blue Angel by Francine Prose
32. Snow White by Donald Barthelme (reviewed here)
33. Life Before Man by Margaret Atwood
34. A Long Way Down by Nick Hornby
35. Little Children (MTI cover) by Tom Perrota
36. 03 by Jean Christophe Valtat
37. Hurry Down Sunshine by Michael Greenberg
38. The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
39. The History of Love by Nicole Krauss
40. Darkness Visible by William Styron
41. Mapping the Edge by Sarah Dunant***
42. American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
43. The Emperor’s Children by Claire Messud
44. Seducing the Demon by Erica Jong (reviewed here)
45. The Water’s Lovely by Ruth Rendell
46. The Life Before Her Eyes by Laura Kasischke
47. The Enchantment of Lily Dahl by Siri Hustvedt
48. The Brutal Language of Love by Alicia Erian
49. Nom De Plume by Carmela Ciuraru (reviewed here)
50. Lamb (ARC) by Bonnie Nadzam
* autographed by the author though his signature looks like chicken scratch…
** these books have been personally autographed (to Nicole). sorry about that! they’re still in otherwise excellent condition however and I think others should enjoy them
*** this was one of my staff picks at Barnes & Noble… and I single handedly rescued this book from extinction at my store.
Staking my claim on:
Ox-Tales: Fire, Air, Water, Earth
Domestic Violets
Delicate Edible Birds
The Enchantment of Lily Dahl
Danke!
I’d like to claim:
The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach
A Long Way Down by Nick Hornby
Life Before Man by Margaret Atwood
Seducing the Demon by Erica Jong
Thank you!
I’d like to claim:
If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things
American Psycho
The Last Brother
Hurry Down Sunshine
The Girl in the Green Raincoat
Thank you so much!
*runs off to email you*
American Psycho by BEE!
Woo!
of course, you my bestie would claim a book that just got claimed! (and by another Michelle hehe)
is there anything else you’d like? :)
The People on Privilege Hill?
Thanks! :)
excellent! :D I’ve heard Jane Gardam is really good so I hope this doesn’t disappoint!
I would love to receive 13 Ways of Looking at the Novel, Snow White, and LAMB, please. Thanks, and merry Christmas!
I’d LOVE:
Bright Young Things
13 Ways of Looking at the Novel
Everything is Illuminated
No Tomorrow
The History of Love
Seeing as I live across a rather long stretch of water from you, maybe we could make this a book swap or something? Postage is going to be EX-PEN-SIVE.
Will email later! x
13 Ways of Looking at the Novel juuust got claimed 2 minutes before you. But the rest are all yours :)
I don’t mind! really! I have a friend in Australia whom I send things to. It’s the holidays…season of giving and all that ;)
I know, I saw! But yay for the rest! So excited. Ok, maybe when they arrive I’ll put them under the tree :D
Can you really send also to Europe? If possible, I’d be interested in Little children, The secret garden and The end of everything.
yes I can really send to Europe and those three are all yours! :) just email me your address
I’d love The Brutal Language of Love by Alicia Erian and Mapping the Edge if they’re still available! I’m very excited!
yes they are just send me your address!
Wonderful! thank you! Just emailed it :) Happy holidays!
How generous of you! I would love to have a copy of Skippy Dies and Nom de Plume, if they are still available. Thanks so much!
yes they totally are! :D
Wow this is awesome!
I’d love to claim:
Sugar in My Bowl (ARC) edited by Erica Jong
Love Begins in Winter by Simon Von Booy
Thank you!
they’re all yours! :D
I’m not claiming anything, but I just wanted to say that not only will you learn to love the post office (though maybe not at this time of the year), but also you must have tons of more space now! :)
yes I am appreciating the space already since I have them set aside! haha. I’m hoping my post office adventures won’t be too disastrous :-P
Lucinella by Lore Segal pretty please?
yay someone wants Lucinella! :D
Yay books!
If they’ve not been claimed since the last comments were posted…
The Water’s Lovely
Life Before Her Eyes
Let me know if you still need my address or if you still have it from last time. <3
they’re all yours! and I probably have your address in my inbox somewhere, but if you could send it again that’d be great! it’s nice to have them all clustered up top anyway :D
if no one has claimed them yet, could I get:
03
Darkness Visible
Stories and Essays of Mina Loy
thanks!
all yours! be sure to send me your address :)
Lightning Rods (ARC) by Helen DeWitt
Hooked by John Franc
excellent! don’t forget to email me your address :)
Why We Broke Up if it’s still available. :-)
Hi Bonnie! Yes, it’s still available! :) Be sure to send me your address so I can mail out the book.