I am really excited about this particular giveaway because it includes some books that I have really enjoyed over the course of this past year. These are books I would recommend with little to no hesitation as being good reads and are definitely on my “gift buying” list this year. They aren’t necessarily just for men, but would definitely appeal to those who enjoy a bit more action and adventure in their reading.
First of all, there’s Coop: A Year of Poultry, Pigs, and Parenting
What puts this book into the “Action & Adventure” category? Are you raising kids? Do you own a pig? ‘Nough said.
I also have to recommend The Sacred Cipher
I, for one, would love to see a movie made out of this particular book. Definitely one to highlight on your gift list!
I wrote a review of Night of Flames over on my own site, Reading to Know and found this to be an interesting novel about World War II. It focuses on the invasion of Poland, which is a country you hear less about in the fiction department, making it a more unique read. It does have some language issues in it, but as I mentioned in my review, I thought the language was directed at the right people and was used well (or, as “well” as foul words can ever be). I found this story to be very thought-provoking. Author Douglas Jacobson is a very good story teller and so I’d recommend this book to people on your Christmas list who enjoy Historical fiction, specifically related to World War II.
I am over the moon excited by this particular book. I read and wrote up a review of The Silent Gift over at Reading to Know and I would heartily recommend and encourage that you give the review a read, and then hurry out and find a copy of this book for yourself. If you or anyone you know enjoyed The Thirteenth Tale, then you will enjoy The Silent Gift. Incredibly clever and exciting book and I enthusiastically recommend it several times over.
SEVERAL times over!
Lastly, Jennifer read and reviewed Children of Dust: A Memoir of Pakistan here at 5 Minutes for Books, and she thought it would make a great book for that book-loving guy in your life. She would describe this book as a male coming of age story. This book would be good for those who enjoy reading about religion, stories set in the Middle East, or fans of well-written exotic (adventurous?) memoir.
Carrie comes by her book obsession honestly, having descended from a long line of bibliophiles. She blogs about books regularly at Reading to Know and Reading My Library.
Now I am happy to announce that one of you have a chance at winning one copy of each of the above mentioned titles. If you would like to be entered to win, please leave one (and only one!) comment below.
THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED
Entries will be closed on December 8, and we will announce the winners on December 9. Please watch your email and check the site for your name, so that we can collect your shipping information and you can get your gift by Christmas.
Be sure you’ve entered all the giveaways in our 2009 Gift Guide and Giveaway event.
I’ve been wanting to read several of these books!
I’m definitely interested. These look like very interesting books.
What a nice collection of books, I have a few of them on my TBR list. Thanks for the entry. 🙂
I would love to win these books. Thanks for the giveaway.
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These sound great! My hubby just might read some of these. 🙂
OOoooh. These look fun! Between my husband and I, we’d get them all read! 🙂
The books look very interesting! count me in!
Coop sounds great!
These sound like very interesting books and i have a husband who would be interested in a couple of them. Please enter me!
thanks!
Julie =)
I would love to gift my husband with some of those books. I had to laugh when I saw Coop. Our 16 year old started raising market hogs with 4H this year. 🙂 The rest look very interesting.
These look like some great reads 🙂
Would love to win these!!
Great collection. I would be happy to have them.
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Several of these books have been on my Wish List. I would love to be entered. Great collection.
Thanks for the chance
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Please enter me as well– thanks!
Laura
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I’m always looking for good books for my husband (and me).
I would read them and pass them on. They sound wonderful for women as well.
I’d love to win these books. Thanks for the possibility.
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I knew that I would get my brother a book this year, I always do. I just didn’t know which book. I have ideas now but still don’t know which book. Maybe all listed.
Nice selection of books! The Silent Gift and Children of Dust have been on my radar for a while. Thanks!
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Great collection! Please enter me.
Great books to read and share!
These books would be a perfect gift for my husband who loves to read, but doesn’t do it often enough. I think it’s because he doesn’t have much time to find books he likes. This package would solve that problem for sure! 🙂
My husband and I would both enjoy these!! 🙂
I would love to add The Sacred Cypher, The Silent Gift, Children Of The Dust, and Night Flames to my classroom library.
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This would be a great gift for my friends husband.
I would LOVE to win and read this set of BOOKS! <3 I will keep my fingers crossed.
What an amazing set of books. Would love to win. Also, I really like Wisconsin author Michael Perry and need to convince my husband to read one of his books!
Enter me please! Would love to win these!
I really appreciate your reviews – thanks for the giveaway.
These books sound great! I’ve heard great things about The Silent Gift.
These look really great for gift gifting… What a great contest.
I can think of people to gift these books to quite easily. My mom is a history buff and would love “Night of Flames.” Dad doesn’t read much, but what he does is along the treasure-hunt-genre lines, and I bet he would enjoy “Sacred Cipher.” My friend Ryan would enjoy “Children of Dust” given his current study into the Middle East at college, and my uncle owns his own small farm in the midwest, and would probably appreciate “Coop.” As for me, I’m interested in the Great Depression period and connecting it with the current recession and its similarities and differences, and I would like to read this one for myself!
Merry Christmas, and thanks for both the giveaway and the reviews y’all write! They’re a big help in finding good new novels to read!
What a great collection, would love to win
All of those sound wonderful!
Thank you for all the great reviews! I would love to be entered in the contest!
These would be wonderful for my husband.
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Sign me up! Nothing better than seeing the men in my life reading excellent material! Thanks for all you do to review/recommend titles I’d normally miss. Yay for books!!
Forget my man, *I* would like to read those books! 😉
Please enter me in this giveaway! I would love to read these great books!
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These all sound great! Thanks for the chance!
a great list of books…..A few of which i would love to read myself:)
Please enter me!
All of these titles sound like great books. Please enter me. Thanks!
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All the books in this group sound great. Actually, Coop is one book that I already have on my to-read list. Also,Carrie, The Silent Gift I already own and am going to read based on your original review.
If I were to win, I then would pass the The Silent Gift on to someone else in my life.
Fabulous giveaway!
What a great collection of books!
I would love these for my husband.
Yes, for husband and brothers!
What a great list – we’d all read them at our house.
All of these books look great! Thanks for the chance.
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