Right now you may be thinking to yourself, "Did I read that title right? A giveaway? As in, something free? And wouldn't this be the first giveaway ever of this blog?"
Why, yes. You are absolutely correct. But before I explain the giveaway, I must make an announcement.
Edenbrooke will be released on March 27!
That is exactly 7 weeks from today. And because I feel like a child waiting for Christmas, I thought we could do something fun and special for the next 7 weeks to help us count down.
So, every Tuesday for the next 7 weeks I will be announcing a giveaway. The winner will receive an Advanced Reading Copy of Edenbrooke, signed by little ol' me, along with something else related to England or the Regency period. I have a stack of goodies I've prepared for this very thing.
Are you as excited as I am???? Because I'm squealing inside, I'm so excited.
So...it's a CONTEST, right? Meaning, you get to participate. But the winners will be chosen by a random number generator, so everything will be fair and square. To enter the contest this week, all you have to do is...
Tell us your favorite Jane Austen quote. It can be something she said herself, or a line from one of her books. Write it in the comments section, and then we can all read quotes from our favorite authoress.
You will earn one point for commenting, and an extra point if you're a follower. (So if you follow this blog, just say so in your comment. If you don't follow yet, click the little follow button. It's that easy.) You'll get a third point if you share a link to this contest on Facebook or Twitter. Tell me about it, so I can give you that extra point, okay?
The contest will be open until Monday, February 13, at midnight. Then next Tuesday I'll announce the winner and next week's giveaway.
The winner of this week's giveaway will receive one Edenbrooke ARC...
AND a copy of the DVD Becoming Jane, with my favorite James McAvoy.
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Now...go find your favorite Austen quote! I can't wait to read them!
Whom are you going to dance with? asked Mr. Knightley.
ReplyDeleteShe hesitated a moment, and then replied, "With you, if you will ask me."
"Will you?" said he, offering his hand.
"Indeed I will. You have shown that you can dance, and you know we are not really so much brother and sister as to make it all improper."
Brother and sister!-no, indeed."
Goodness! Just ONE favorite Jane Austen quote? I can't narrow it down any further than THREE! Does that mean I get 3 points? Just kidding! But at least give me one extra for being a follower and one more for sharing! I WANT THAT ERC!!
ReplyDelete“A girl likes to be crossed a little in love now and then. It is something to think of.” --Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
“I hate to hear you talk about all women as if they were fine ladies instead of rational creatures. None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives.” --Jane Austen, Persuasion
“The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.” --Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey
"Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance. If the dispositions of the parties are ever so well known to each other or ever so similar beforehand, it does not advance their felicity in the least. They always continue to grow sufficiently unlike afterwards to have their share of vexation; and it is better to know as little as possible of the defects of the person with whom you are to pass your life." ---Pride and Prejudice
ReplyDeleteI also follow your blog!:)
"These are not from the hot house!" This is Marianne talking about the flowers Willoughby brought her, as opposed to the ones Colonel Brandon brought her. I love it because it is a true sign of her character--she is a wild flower as well.
ReplyDeleteBTW, I am a huge follower, so give me an extra point. I haven't seen that movie!
Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves; vanity to what we would have others think of us. - Pride and Prejudice
ReplyDeleteI follow the blog!
Kristin
Oh, and I shared your link on facebook too! Kristin
ReplyDelete"I have no wish of denying that I did everything in my power to separate my friend from your sister, or that I rejoice in my success. Towards him I have been kinder than towards myself." -Pride and Prejudice
ReplyDeleteFollowing the blog and shared on twitter :)
"A single man in possession of a good fortune MUST be in want of a wife"... I love Pride and Prejudice and this is such a GREAT opening statement!!
ReplyDeleteI also follow your blog!!
"Oh, to be sure," cried Emma, "it is always incomprehensible to a man that a woman should ever refuse an offer of marriage. A man always imagines a woman to be ready for anybody who asks her."
ReplyDelete“I may have lost my heart, but not my self-control. ”
ReplyDelete― Jane Austen, Emma. I follow your blog and I shared on FB.
"You are but now coming to the heart and beauty of your story."
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on the release date of your book. It's wonderful news!
Your Affectionate Friend,
Annalisa
“You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope...I have loved none but you.”
ReplyDelete― Jane Austen, Persuasion
“Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love.”
― Jane Austen
"For what do we live, but to make sport of our neighbors, and laugh at them in our turn."
ReplyDelete- Mr. Bennett, Pride & Prejudice, Jane Austen
It is not what we feel or say, but what we do or fail to do, that makes us who we are. Marianne Dashwood
ReplyDeleteI'm also following you on Facebook :)
“If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more.”
ReplyDeleteOf course I follow your blog my friend! I also follow and support you on facebook AND I shared your contest on my facebook! Good luck! Can't wait to read it! OH, and I'm a die hard Downton Abbey fan too! KUDOS!! Love ya! Alisha Sell
"A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony, in a moment."- Jane Austin Pride and Prejudice
ReplyDelete"It isn't what we say or think that defines us, but what we do." - Jane Austin Sense and Sensibility
I barely made it! But I did - 11:59pm!
Just a question - is Becoming Jane clean? I looked up a review and it said there was brief nudity. :(
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