SubscribeThe books on offer are listed below. Please leave a ‘pick me’ comment before May 31st, and if you can, please donate £2 to either Maggie’s Centres, Breast Cancer Hope or Cancer Research UK. (You can read more about the charities here.) The winners will be chosen at random on May 31 and I will then send your book out to you.
Fiction
Society beauty. 1920s Paris. Unattainable shoes. What else do you need to know about this book?
A woman named Grace. A man named Dexter. 1920s Paris….. Swoon.
Any Way You Want Me by Lucy Diamond (signed copy)
Sadie, mother of young children, thinks the grass might be greener elsewhere.
Over You by Lucy Diamond (signed copy)
A reunion of three old flatmates seems like a good idea….
Going Dutch by Katie Fforde (signed copy)
Two women escape loveless relationships on a barge on the Thames.
Wedding Season by Katie Fforde (signed copy)
All about a wedding planner who doesn’t believe in love.
Love Letters by Katie Fforde (signed copy)
A bookseller must persuade a famously reclusive (and very, very sexy) writer to come to a festival.
A beautiful, lyrical read. And a lighthouse.
Tangled Roots by Sue Guiney (signed copy)
The interwoven voices of mother and son show how we influence and shape each other.
Dreams of May by Sue Guiney (signed copy)
A slender gem, this is a play in poetry.
The State of Me by Nasim Marie Jafry
I wouldn’t have believed that a novel about M.E. could be so sharp, so witty, so eloquent.
My So-Called Afterlife by Tamsyn Murray (signed copy)
A novel for young adults that delighted this 38 year old.
Gods Behaving Badly by Marie Phillips (signed copy)
The gods descend from Mount Olympus and share a house in North London. Very witty and lots of fun.
Chasing Windmills by Catherine Ryan Hyde
Two lonely people meet riding the subway at night. Moving and emotional.
The Cloverleaf Development by Keith Scales
A quirky tale of the town of Overlook in smalltown America.
An A-Z of Possible Worlds by A.C. Tillyer
26 little books in a box, each one creating an alternative universe. Different and very special.
Non-fiction
It Is Just You, Everything’s Not Shit – a guide to all things nice by Steve Stack
I think the title says it all.
Their Cancer, Your Journey – a Traveller’s Guide for Carers, Family and Friends by Anne Orchard (3 copies)
A really useful, insightful book for people watching others dance with cancer.
A Model For Living by Julian Short
A psychiatrist’s guide to coping with the trials and tribulations of modern life.
Tuk Tuk to the Road by Antonia Bolingbroke-Kent and Jo Huxster
Two girls journey from Bangkok to Brighton in a 3 wheeled taxi to raise money for MIND, the mental health charity. Amazing.
Memoir
From Zaftig to Aspie by D.J. Kirkby (signed copy)
An astonishing story of growing up with Asperger’s Syndrome- then an unrecognised condition – in 1960s Canada.
Children’s books
Prince Jake – Knighty-Knight by Sue Mongredien and Mark Beech (signed copy)
Prince Jake must outwit cousin Cosmo to save the palace!
The Secret Mermaid – Underwater Magic by Sue Mongredien (signed copy)
Can Molly and Delphi find the enchanted conch shell in time to prevent the oil spill?
Kitten Club – Ginger’s New Home by Sue Mongredien (signed copy)
Will Amy’s new kitten Ginger help her to overcome shyness?
Oliver Moon and the Troll Trouble by Sue Mongredien (signed copy)
Junior Wizard Oliver is cast as a troll in the school play.
Oliver Moon and the Monster Mystery by Sue Mongredien (signed copy)
Oliver wins a very strange painting in the school raffle.
Oliver Moon and the Spider Spell by Sue Mongredien (signed copy)
Oliver tries a Grow Bigger spell on the cauldron.
Sylvia and Bird by Catherine Rayner (signed copy)
Sylvia, the only dragon left, is lonely until she meets Bird. Utterly beautiful.
Augustus and his Smile by Catherine Rayner (signed copy)
Augustus the tiger loses his smile, so he sets off to find it.
Stephanie
If you click on the link with the books it takes you to Amazon is that right????
The links to Amazon are really only for information – if you want a book, leave a comment here saying which one, and then make a donation via the links at the top of the page if you want to. X
What a lovely idea, and a lovely blog! I’m glad to managed to get your habds on so many books- I can def recommend the Lucy Diamond and Katie Fford books, v easy, relaxing holiday reads, perfect for sitting on a patio with a bottle of appletise on a summers day! I would very mush like to read the Tuk Tuk book as I have never heard of it and it sounds really interesting!
Good luck with the competition, and happy reading
BookElf xx
Hi Stephanie,
Can I put my name down for Oliver Moon and the Troll Trouble for my son, please. Congratulations on what you’re doing.
Anne Orchard
Author Their Cancer – Your Journey
Hi Stephanie!
Can I put my name down for anything by Anna Davis, Katie Fforde or Lucy Diamond. Thank you!
PS – Copied your badge and will put it up on my blog!
Great idea and ejoy your blog.
Put me down for anything by Katie Fforde or Marie Phillips.
Thanks.
please pick me, i’d be happy with any of the fiction books listed. thank you
Pick me! I need something feel-good, but not too sugar sweet
Lovely idea! Gods Behaving Badly please x
Great idea! I would love A-Z of possible worlds if I get picked.
Hiya Stephanie,
Can I put my name down for A Model For Living by Julian Short
Thank you x
From Zaftig to Aspie by D.J. Kirkby (signed copy)
Gods Behaving Badly by Marie Phillips (signed copy)
The Jewel Box by Anna Davis
Please
Pick me! ‘Dreams of May’ by Sue Guiney or ‘An A-Z of Possible Worlds’ by A.C. Tillyer. Absolutely great idea.
Great idea. I’d love to be picked and get ‘The Jewel Box’ because ‘The Shoe Queen’ was really great, so little fantastic period chicklit out there.
What a great idea – will forward your link on to my friends – consider my donation made – would love my pick me to be placed against the Katie Fforde books please
Hi Stephanie
Please put me down for anything from the fiction list – Shoe Queen is my favourite or the Tuk Tuk book. Guess which charity I am supporting?!
Put me down for Ginger’s New Home, please. x
Hiya,
Wow! what a great idea! put me down for love letters by Katie Fforde please…
Would love to win From Zaftig to Aspie or any of the Oliver Moon books. Great idea. My sister and I are both cancer survivors/fighters – vive la revolution!
xx
What a wonderful idea! Please pick me for My So Called Afterlife
Pick me for one of the children’s books! I think a Prince Jake or Oliver Moon would be just the ticket on my house.
Hi Steph I will take a childrens book, what every one is suitable for the boys (5 and 4) thanks – Jen
Pick me – The shoe Queen.
Thanks x
Hi there – just stumbled upon your blog whilst surfing some others. What a brilliant idea this is – would love to put my name down for anything in the fiction section, please. Thanks so much – and I’ll be back to visit again now I’ve found you! Caroline x
Just to confirm that I have made my donation, plus MadDad has too!