Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Book Giveaway: My Name is Will by Jess Winfield

Thanks to Valerie and Hatchett Books, I have 5 copies of My Name is Will by Jess Winfield to give away. Contest is open from June 24 to July 24.

Book Information:

A Tale of two Shakespeares...

Struggling UC Santa Cruz grad student Willie Shakespeare Greenberg is trying to write his thesis about the Bard. Kind of...

Cut off by his father for laziness, and desperate for dough, Willie agrees to deliver a single giant, psychedelic mushroom to a mysterious collector, making himself an unwitting target in Ronald Reagan's War on Drugs.

Meanwhile, would-be playwright (and oppressed Catholic) William Shakespeare is eighteen years old and stuck teaching Latin in the boondocks of Stratford-upon-Avon. The future Bard's life is turned upside down when a stranger entrusts him with a sacred relic from Rome... This, at a time when adherents of the "Old Faith" are being hanged, drawn, and quartered as traitors.

Seemingly separated in time and place, the lives of Willie and William begin to intersect in curious ways, from harrowing encounters with the law (and a few ex-girlfriends) to dubious experiments with mind-altering substances. Their misadventures could be dismissed as youthful folly. But wise or foolish, the bold choices they make will shape not only the 'Shakespeare' each is destined to come... but the very course of history itself.

Contest Rules:
To enter, respond with your favorite work by Shakespeare.

Rules:
1. Please include your email address, so that I can contact you if you win. You will have 3 days to respond to the email.
2. For an extra entry, sign up to be a follower. If you're already a follower, let me know and you'll get the extra entry as well.
3. For another extra entry, subscribe via googlereader or blogger or by email and let me know that you do.
4. For another entry, blog about this giveaway and send me the link.
5. For another entry, Tweet repost @faithfulgirl Great Night Gardener Giveaway! Head on over to http://molcotw.blogspot.com to enter.
6. For another entry, enter to win another of my giveaways and tell me that you have entered by leaving a comment here as to which one.
7. Leave a separate comment for each entry or you'll only be entered once.

The contest is limited to US and Canada only. No P.O. boxes. The contest ends at midnight EST on June 30, 2009. Only one title per winning household will be awarded.

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47 comments:

  1. Hi - checking in on your review of Vanish. I am very interested in you doing the guest blogger spot with this book. Let me know when you are ready! Thanks and happy reading! :)

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  2. 1) My favorite Shakespeare is Macbeth.

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  3. 2) I am a follower of your blog

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  4. 3) I entered the book giveaway for Off Season

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  5. My favorite work by Shakespeare is "Romeo & Juliet".
    Thanks!
    megalon22[at]yahoo[dot]com

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  6. I just became a follower.

    megalon22[at]yahoo[dot]com

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  7. I subscribe via Google Reader

    megalon22[at]yahoo[dot]com

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  8. I just entered the contest for "Off Season"

    megalon22[at]yahoo[dot]com

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  9. codiegates@bellsouth.net

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  10. It's cliche, but I really enjoyed Romeo and Juliet.

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  11. I subscribed via google reader.

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  12. My favourite Shakespeare play is Midsummer Night's Dream. Thanks.
    K P

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  13. email: oheeyore[at]hotmail[dot]com

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  14. email: oheeyore[at]hotmail[dot]com

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  15. email: oheeyore[at]hotmail[dot]com

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  16. I had also entered The Night Gardener giveaway.
    email: oheeyore[at]hotmail[dot]com

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  17. My favorite is TAMING OF THE SHREW

    hawkes(at)citlink.net

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  18. I'm a new follower

    hawkes(at)citlink.net

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  19. I'm a new subscriber

    hawkes(at)citlink.net

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  20. Macbeth is my favorite con5459(at)gmail(dot)com

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  21. Favorite is Romeo & Juliet - thanks for the giveaway.

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  22. My favorite work by Shakespeare has to be Hamlet--I love the tragedies!

    lesleymfan(at)gmail(dot)com

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  23. I am already a faithful follower--thank you!

    lesleymfan(at)gmail(dot)com

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  24. I am also a subscriber via Google Reader; thanks!

    lesleymfan(at)gmail(dot)com

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  25. I am also a subscriber via Google Reader; thanks!

    lesleymfan(at)gmail(dot)com

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  26. I Tweeted about this wonderful giveaway:

    http://twitter.com/uwsreader/status/2540903110

    lesleymfan(at)gmail(dot)com

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  27. I Tweeted about this wonderful giveaway:

    http://twitter.com/uwsreader/status/2540903110

    lesleymfan(at)gmail(dot)com

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  28. I entered to win Off Season and Offworld (hmm, they both begin with "off"; interesting). Thanks for all the giveaways!

    lesleymfan(at)gmail(dot)com

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  29. favorite is romeo and juliet
    msboatgal at aol.com

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  30. subscribe via google reader

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  31. entered Off World

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  32. The book sounds really good. I love the sonnets. My favorite play is Macbeth.
    Love your blog by the way. I am glad I found my way over here.

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  33. My favorite is Taming of the Shrew.

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  34. taming of the shrew followed by henry V...i am a strange person
    spvaughan yahoo com

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  35. still a follower...as hodgepodgespv...same dog as here...my oscar wild

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  36. i follow you thru blogreader

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  37. i follow thru bloglines

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  38. spvaughan@faithfulgirl Great Night Gardener Giveaway!
    twitter...did i do this right?

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  39. i entered enclave by k. han

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  40. spvaughan@faithfulgirl Great Night Gardener Giveaway! Head on over to http://molcotw.blogspot.com to enter.
    twitter is this the more correct way?

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  41. My favorite work has to be Romeo & Juliet. I saw it this summer at the Globe, and it was fantastic! Much funnier than I'd remembered!

    lahlstedt (at) gmail (dot) com

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  42. I subscribe via Google Reader!

    lahlstedt (at) gmail (dot) com

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  43. Richard III is my favorite. :)

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  44. I'm a sucker for Richard III and Midsummer Night's Dream...

    great contest!

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