Five year old Sharla Cody is sent to live with seventy-year old, Addy Shadd. Addy is in no way related to Sharla but she is the first person who answered her door when Sharla’s mother, Colette knocked and offered to take Sharla for the summer. Addy lives in a trailer park. She is all alone, so when Colette is looking for someone to take Sharla; Addy agrees. It will be nice to have someone to talk to again. Sharla and Addy will teach each other things despite their age differences.
Ok let me first get this out of the way by say this “Oh My Gosh”. I did not realize how much this book was going to affect me. The reason is that Lori Lansens has such a distinct, prolific writing style that Addy and Sharla just came alive for me. It was like I was living in that trailer park along with Sharla and Addy. The friendship that Sharla and Addy formed with each other was precious and one to be treasured forever. I started reading this book last night and in a matter of only a few hours I had finished reading Rush Home Road. For being Lori Lansens first novel as well as the first one I have read by this author, I give it a perfect ten! Rush Home Road just became one of my new favorite books. Lori Lansens is one author to watch out for. A true powerhouse.
Purchase the book here http://www.hachettebookgroupusa.com/books_9780316008037-WhereToBuy.htm
To enter to win one of five copies of this book. Open to US and Canada only and no PO Boxes. There are mulitple ways:
1. Leave a comment saying you want to be entered and an email address (1 entry)
2. Blog about this contest and leave a link where you did. (2 entries)
3. Share your favorite book of 2008 so far (1 entry)
4. Post about this contest on numerous sites and for every place you post about this contest will get you 1 entry.
So for example you post about this contest on LibraryThing, Shelfari, Good Reads. You have now just earned yourself 3 more entries
I will pick the winners Saturday, October 4th.
48 comments:
Please pick me! I have wanted to read this book since I spoke with Ms. Lansens at our book club meeting last August -- we discussed THE GIRLS. I have heard wonderful things about it and I know that Ms. Lansens is an amazing writer.
For another entry, my favorite book recently has been THE LAST QUEEN!
Please enter me! This sounds like my kind of book.
My favorite book for this year has been WATER FOR ELEPHANTS. I know it's not new this year, but I only read it in the spring, and I am still in awe.
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Okey dokey. I blogged about it and I'd like to be entered and my fave book of 2008 so far, and by far, has been Stephen King's Duma Key. : )
Okay I want to read this one...enter me into the contest.
My email address is
apooo4u at yahoo dot com
I'll be back shortly with my link.
For another chance, my favorite book for 2008 is Orange Mint and Honey by Carleen Brice excellent book about a mother/daughter relationship.
Here's the link to my blog:
http://www.apooobooks.com/2008/09/24/wednesday-winnersand-book-blogger-contest/
I'm off to post about it on Shelfari and Library Things.
Please enter me. It sounds great and I would love a chance to win. My favorite book so far this year would probably be Farworld: Water Keep by J. Scott Savage. Okay, so maybe I'm a little too old to be admitting that right out loud, but I loved it.
rebecca.bradeen(at)verizon(dot)net
I would love to win a copy! My favorite book has to The Host.
ylin.0621[at]yahoo.com
this sounds like a great book, please enter me, thanks!
my favorite read htis year has been 'Shattered Dreams'
http://thebookworm07.blogspot.com/
No need to enter me; I'm just dropping in to say I've got this listed at Win a Book.
Good Luck to all of you.
Julie- I have not read The Girls yet but after reading Rush Home Road I want to.
Gwen- I too liked Water for Elephants
Becky-Thanks for blogging about this contest. I want to read Duma Key after hearing you rave about it.
Yasmin - I have not heard of Orange Mint and Honey by Carleen Brice but I will have to check it out.
Becca- You are not alone. I to read Far World and enjoyed it
Yan -I want to read The Host
Naida- I will have to check out Shattered Dreams.
Susan- Thanks for blogging about this contest.
My favorite book of 2008 is "Thirteenth Tale" by Diane Setterfield.
akreese (at) hotmail (dot) com
I would love to be entered for this book! It sounds wonderful!
akreese (at) hotmail (dot) com
I blogged about it here:
http://athomewithbooks.blogspot.com/2008/09/weekly-giveaway-roundup_24.html
Oh, this book sounds so fantastic! I would so love to win a copy. Thanks for hosting it, your review was great.
My favorite book of '08, so far, would be a tough choice. I will say Sweetsmoke by David Fuller.
I posted about your giveaway on my blog:
http://readinginappalachia.blogspot.com/2008/09/challenges-and-giveaways.html
I also posted about it here.
waitmantwillie AT hotmail DOT com
This sounds like a great book. Please enter me! :0)
And my favorite book for this year is The Host by Stephenie Meyer. Loved it!
librarygrinch at gmail dot com
I'd love to be entered, thanks!!! My fave book of 2008 was The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski - and that was BEFORE Oprah chose it as her book club book!!
areallibrarian[at]gmail[dot]com
Please enter me ! Sounds great :)
My favorite book so far this year is a triple header - A Thousand Splendid Suns, The Host, and the Book Thief. All wonderful wonderful reads!
spunnsugars (at) yahoo (dot) com
This sounds like a wonderful book I can share with my grand-daughter.
Count me in, please!
And favorite book I've read thus far this year...The Last Jihad by Joel Rosenberg. So good!
frog123 (at) cyipcom (dot) net
Please enter me!
Kimberly
picklechic@hotmail.com
Alyce -I have not read The Thirteeth Tale but I want to
Icedream- I have heard good things about Sweetsmoke
Dawn M - I really need to read The Host
A Real Lib- I have not heard of The Story of Edgar Sawtelle but will check it out
Wendy- I loved The Book Thief
Jenna - The Last Jihad by Joel Rosenberg is another book I have not heard of
I am learning about so many new books from you all. Thanks
would love to read, please enter me
mrs.mommyy at gmail.com
I would love to be entered to win this book! You've definitely made me want to read it. :-)
Thanks for the giveaway!
Lindsey
ladyufshalott at yahoo.com
this sounds like such a good book and I'd greatly appreciate it if you'd enter me into your giveaway :) It sounds like one of those books where you are surprised with how much you can actually learn from the characters in the book.
My favorite book this year is "the dandelion dust" by karen kingsbury.
Please enter me for this book.
janetfaye (at) gmail (dot) com
My favorite book that I read this years is, The Memory Keeper's Daughter.
janetfaye (at) gmail (dot) com
My favorite book of 2008 this year is Hand of Flames by C.E. Murphy. It is soo good and wraps up her Negotiator trilogy...
angelleslament @ gmail.com
please enter me!!!
I'd love to be entered! My favorite book of the year is Nefertiti by Michelle Moran.
--Anna
diaryofaneccentric[at]hotmail[dot]com
I'd love to enter your giveaway for "Rush Home Road". I've been dying to read it! Loved "The Girls".
My favorite book of the year is "Garden Spells" by Sarah Addison Allen.
sandy.greathouse@gmail.com
I would love a chance to win a copy of this book!
My favorite read so far this year is Nights in Rodanthe by Nicholas Sparks.
photoquest(at)bellsouth(dot)net
I'd love to read this! Please include me in the drawing.
My favorite book of the year was Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See.
doot65{at}comcast[dot]net
Elizabeth
Please enter me. Linking the contest at smbooks.blogspot.com
The best book I read recently was People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks.
Wow, you've gotten a lot of comments on this one! Please enter me!
I also blogged about this contest here:
http://shereadsandreads.blogspot.com/2008/10/win-it-wednesday.html
I would like to be entered, too.
Thanks!
-Adayla
emaildayla(at)yahoo(dot)com
One of my favourite books so far this year is The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher by Kate Summerscale.
What a poignant sounding story about the friendship/bond formed between the young girl and the older woman! It sounds like a great movie theme to me! I have like the book "Matrimony" this year! Please enter me in your drawing. Many thanks.....Cindi
jchoppes[at]hotmail[dot]com
I would like to be entered in the book giveaway. I think my favorite book so far in 2008 is The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson!! :)
kris
someyarns@yahoo.com
I would love to win this book! Most people with such a large age difference usually don't have much to say to each other!
My favorite book is the one I'm reading now, The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold.
mittens0831 AT aol DOT com
This sounds like such a touching story-would love to read this book!
Elaine R
emrosser@shaw.ca
I would like to be entered in your contest please.
For another entry also, my absolute favorite book this year, hands down, is The Seamstress by Frances de Pontes Peebles.
florida982002@yahoo.com
Please count me in. The book sounds really great.
Fave book so far in 2008 has been Tomato Girl by Jayne Pupek.
cindysloveofbooksarcATgmailDOTcom
I would love to be entered and my favorite book so far this year is Nights in Rodanthe.
photoquest(at)bellsouth(dot)net
Please enter me! milou2ster(at)gmail(dot)com. Thanks!
I forgot to list my favorite book this year! I would say "A Free Life" by Ha Jin.
Please enter me. I read THE GIRLS and am looking forward to reading RUSH HOME ROAD.
cyeates@nycap.rr.com
Oh, pooh, I forgot to give you the title of my favorite book so far this year: TOMATO GIRL.
cyeates@nycap.rr.com
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