It’s the first time I’m giving away a book online! (Well, it's the first time I’m giving away SOMETHING online!) And I’m very excited about it!
The book that I’m going to giveaway is ‘Tis: A Memoir by Frank McCourt. I’ve read McCourt's book when I was still in high school. The first book was Angela's Ashes. In fact, it's the first autobiography that I’ve read. I’m really glad that I bought the book cos it's one of the books that made me laugh and cry so much. My bestie, Ann was reading it that time and she told me that it's very good. At first, I don't believe her cos she has a "thing" for Ireland/Irish guys and I prefer reading Chic Lit and Horror at that time. Plus, I’ve always thought that autobiography is boring. But McCourt proved me wrong! I definitely LOVE his book and immediately bought his second book, ‘Tis, after I’m done with his first book. And that, was when I started to leave Chic Lit behind and get my hands on some memoirs like June Chang’s and Adeline Yen Mah’s (oh.. i LOVE LOVE LOVE Mitch Albom's Tuesdays With Morrie!). I love reading memoir-like books like Amy Tan’s (do they even have this genre? lol!). I know very little about books. I normally read books that are easy to understand and as you can see, I normally read those “commercialized” books and recommendation from friends…Just to play safe. =P
I don’t consider myself as a person who loves reading if compare to most people out there, but in my family, I’m the only one who reads. So in my family’s eyes, I’m considered as a booklover. I remember during my 16th or 17th birthday, I turned down my dad’s offer to get some clothes at Topshop and asked him to buy books for me instead. =P my mom even said I’ve got so many books that she can use it as my dowry next time. -_-! Very exaggerating right? I only own like.. 60 or 70 books (which is A LOT for a non-reading family like mine..) if she knows Alice, then my 70 is nothing.. (right Alice JieJie?? Lol! ) . even Smelly almost ban me from buying new books… cos I normally buy a few at one go even if I still have unread ones with me (which reminds me now that I still have about 20 books waiting for me to be read).
I wished that I picked up reading earlier though.. I only started when I was 15 or 16.. though I DO borrow books from the library when I was still in Primary school.. but that’s because we (me and my friends) always compete who’s the fastest reader and read most of the books. If I started earlier, and read more consistently, I think my books collection is triple of what it is now.. sigh~
Ok, back to the giveaway… Well, the reason I’m giving away this book is actually because I already have the book. I went to MPH warehouse sale the other week and I thought of getting Teacher Man. Actually, I THOUGHT I bought Teacher Man. But when I reached home and happily snapping photos of my books, I realized that one book looked VERY VERY familiar… then only I realized… I took the wrong book! But I guess it was fate… lol! I remember I went back to the shelf and look for another copy of Teacher Man cos the one that I took was torn. I guess because the color of the book is almost the same, I didn’t realize that I bought the wrong one…
Since I already have a copy, I thought… “Why not finding a new and better owner for this book?”
The book that I’m going to giveaway is ‘Tis: A Memoir by Frank McCourt. I’ve read McCourt's book when I was still in high school. The first book was Angela's Ashes. In fact, it's the first autobiography that I’ve read. I’m really glad that I bought the book cos it's one of the books that made me laugh and cry so much. My bestie, Ann was reading it that time and she told me that it's very good. At first, I don't believe her cos she has a "thing" for Ireland/Irish guys and I prefer reading Chic Lit and Horror at that time. Plus, I’ve always thought that autobiography is boring. But McCourt proved me wrong! I definitely LOVE his book and immediately bought his second book, ‘Tis, after I’m done with his first book. And that, was when I started to leave Chic Lit behind and get my hands on some memoirs like June Chang’s and Adeline Yen Mah’s (oh.. i LOVE LOVE LOVE Mitch Albom's Tuesdays With Morrie!). I love reading memoir-like books like Amy Tan’s (do they even have this genre? lol!). I know very little about books. I normally read books that are easy to understand and as you can see, I normally read those “commercialized” books and recommendation from friends…Just to play safe. =P
I don’t consider myself as a person who loves reading if compare to most people out there, but in my family, I’m the only one who reads. So in my family’s eyes, I’m considered as a booklover. I remember during my 16th or 17th birthday, I turned down my dad’s offer to get some clothes at Topshop and asked him to buy books for me instead. =P my mom even said I’ve got so many books that she can use it as my dowry next time. -_-! Very exaggerating right? I only own like.. 60 or 70 books (which is A LOT for a non-reading family like mine..) if she knows Alice, then my 70 is nothing.. (right Alice JieJie?? Lol! ) . even Smelly almost ban me from buying new books… cos I normally buy a few at one go even if I still have unread ones with me (which reminds me now that I still have about 20 books waiting for me to be read).
I wished that I picked up reading earlier though.. I only started when I was 15 or 16.. though I DO borrow books from the library when I was still in Primary school.. but that’s because we (me and my friends) always compete who’s the fastest reader and read most of the books. If I started earlier, and read more consistently, I think my books collection is triple of what it is now.. sigh~
Ok, back to the giveaway… Well, the reason I’m giving away this book is actually because I already have the book. I went to MPH warehouse sale the other week and I thought of getting Teacher Man. Actually, I THOUGHT I bought Teacher Man. But when I reached home and happily snapping photos of my books, I realized that one book looked VERY VERY familiar… then only I realized… I took the wrong book! But I guess it was fate… lol! I remember I went back to the shelf and look for another copy of Teacher Man cos the one that I took was torn. I guess because the color of the book is almost the same, I didn’t realize that I bought the wrong one…
Since I already have a copy, I thought… “Why not finding a new and better owner for this book?”
I know most of you is also very excited and can’t wait for the result already… sorry to bore you guys with a long story before announcing the winner.. hehehe… (like usual, I got carried away when I write.. bleh!)
So, the book's lucky new owner is….
Jayme of 365daysinthetriangle.blogspot.com.
Congratulations Jayme!! =) I hope you will enjoy ‘Tis as much as I did. Do share with us your thought after reading it yea? Will post it out as soon as possible. Email me your address? my email is denquerida@gmail.com
P/s- I bought this book during a warehouse sale. It’s in good condition but doesn’t look very “new” though. Hope you don’t mind!
P/p/s- Thanks Alice JieJie for hosting this giveaway!
p/p/s- Sorry for the late announcement. internet was down these few days.. *winkz*
So, the book's lucky new owner is….
Jayme of 365daysinthetriangle.blogspot.com.
Congratulations Jayme!! =) I hope you will enjoy ‘Tis as much as I did. Do share with us your thought after reading it yea? Will post it out as soon as possible. Email me your address? my email is denquerida@gmail.com
P/s- I bought this book during a warehouse sale. It’s in good condition but doesn’t look very “new” though. Hope you don’t mind!
P/p/s- Thanks Alice JieJie for hosting this giveaway!
p/p/s- Sorry for the late announcement. internet was down these few days.. *winkz*
3 comments:
CongratZ to Jayme...and thanks Denise for the giveaway - some fun n anticipation for us :D
Congratulations to Jayme! Enjoy the book! hehe...
Bless you, Denise for the giveaway. :D
Wow, Congrats to the winner! I love readings as well, but there are just times when I can't keep up with all my readings... I still have a lot of pendings! Ack!
Thanks for this giveaway!
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