Once again, I’m lucky enough to be a World Book Night giver,
it’s my 5th year and I’m just as excited as I have been for the
previous events!
My love of books started when I was 7. I’d had a real mental
block when it came to reading... basically I couldn’t read at all until then,
but one day it just clicked and I’ve had
nose in a book ever since.
I love getting lost in a fictional world, being nosy reading
biographies and learning about the history of our world in factual texts.
I’ve recently had to give in and buy a tablet with the
Amazon kindle app on it. We live in a one bedroom 525 sq ft flat but I have 9
shelves of books and 4 huge boxes of book in storage – we simply run out of
space – sob! There is nothing like the smell of an actual book, I love the
fresh smell of a brand new novel - woody and clean, and the second hand ones
have a scent of must and history, I also love cracking the spines – so satisfying.
I.just.love.books!
So every year, when World Book Night comes around, I’m given
18 copies of a chosen book to give out to whom or how I wish. A lot go to
friends, but I take a few out to surprise strangers and every year I give away
one on my blog!
This year I’ve been given Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
– I’ve not read it myself so I’m doubly excited this year!
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| The Prize! |
Synopsis borrowed from the World Book Night website:
“When Jacob Jankowski,
recently orphaned and suddenly adrift, jumps onto a passing train, he enters a
world of freaks, grifters, and misfits. The Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular
Show on Earth, a second-rate travelling circus struggling to survive during the
Great Depression, makes one-night stands in town after endless town.
Jacob, a veterinary
student who almost earned his degree, is put in charge of caring for the circus
menagerie. It is there that he meets Marlena, the beautiful young star of the
equestrian act, who is married to August, the charismatic but twisted animal
trainer. He also meets Rosie, an elephant who seems untrainable until he
discovers a way to reach her.”
If you’d like a chance to win limited edition of the book,
plus two bags of Sainsburys Eric the Elephant sweets (see what I did there!?!)
use my Rafflecopter app below or go to my Facebook page!
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| Sweet treats! |
Good Luck!
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