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Hello you guys! I seem to have forgotten how to blog with everything going on around here. I'm sure I'm not the only one. Hope you all are coping okay?

Last week Things finally got to some semblance of a routine this week and I've been finally feeling better and in charge of my emotional faculties. I've taken over one of the upstairs bedrooms and set it up as my office-cum-homeschool room. In other words, the room is a big mess, but both my daughter and I are able to navigate the room fine as everything in the room has a meaning in our own brains. We're both very organized that way. I've been using a sit-stand desk for my work laptop and I'm a little glad that I got to try this system finally. When I'm not working, I'm helping the girl with her letters, numbers, or fun activities. Trust me, this is difficult but we worked through the system this week, and think we have it under control. My father-in-law watches my son during the day as the little ma…
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BBAW Giveaway (Worldwide)

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(This giveaway is now closed. Thanks for visiting!)


It's the second day of the week-long BBAW, and today I'm featuring six books from my stacks for a giveaway. I'll be giving away two of those books to one winner who will be chosen on Sep 17. All you have to do is select the one set (out of three) that you would love to win. The winner will receive the set that he/she chose. Some are ARCs I received, and five are books I've read and enjoyed. The sets available for the giveaway are:


Set 1 (Literary Fiction): South of Superior* by Ellen Airgood (my review) and Hello Goodbye by Emily Chenoweth (my review).

* My copy of South of Superior is an ARC.


Set 2 (Literary Fiction set in India): Someone Else's Garden by Dipika Rai (my review) and The Girl in the Garden** by Kamala Nair (my review).

** My copy of The Girl in the Garden is an actual bound galley.


Set 3 (YA books): Witches of East End by Melissa de la Cruz and Wherever Nina Lies by Lynn Weingarten (my review).

To enter,
  1. You don't have to be a follower of my blog.
  2. You must be over 13 years of age.
  3. You must be a Book Blogger (My apologies to my non-blogging readers, but since BBAW is an event celebrating blogging, I have to put this clause.)
  4. Open worldwide.
  5. Enter by Sep 16, 2011, Friday, 11.59 p.m. US Eastern time.
  6. Fill the form.
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Shelleyrae @ Bookd Out said…
Hi,
Thanks for the giveaway! Glad to have found you via BBAW , I've added you to my RSS reader

Shelleyrae @ Book'd Out
September 13, 2011 at 3:38 AM
Marg Bates said…
Thanks so much for making this an international giveaway!
September 13, 2011 at 6:34 AM
bermudaonion (Kathy) said…
Thanks for the great giveaway!
September 13, 2011 at 9:09 AM
Giving Reading said…
What an awesome giveaway! Thank you :)
September 13, 2011 at 10:01 AM
Judith said…
Great giveaway! Thank you. 
September 13, 2011 at 10:09 AM
Nadia said…
Aths, what  a great giveaway! Thanks!!
September 13, 2011 at 10:20 AM
zibilee said…
This is such a wonderful giveaway Aths! Thanks for being so generous with all of us. You rock!
September 13, 2011 at 12:11 PM
Savvyverseandwit said…
thanks for such a great giveaway.
September 13, 2011 at 1:24 PM
Erin said…
I like these themed packs. Thanks for the giveaway! Hope you're enjoying BBAW so far.
September 13, 2011 at 7:14 PM
prettybooks said…
Thank you for this giveaway! The first two books sound like something I'd like to read :)
September 14, 2011 at 5:03 AM
Athira / Aths said…
Thanks so much for visiting! :)
September 14, 2011 at 12:39 PM
Athira / Aths said…
You're welcome! This is my first time doing it, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed that all the logistics work out well!
September 14, 2011 at 12:40 PM
Athira / Aths said…
I was looking at my shelves and thinking a themed giveaway would be a great thing to do, so I'm glad that you like it!
September 14, 2011 at 12:42 PM
Athira / Aths said…
You're welcome! I had so much fun choosing books for this giveaway!
September 14, 2011 at 12:42 PM
Vicki_N said…
Great sets of books!! Thanks for the giveaway!
September 14, 2011 at 1:49 PM
Nina Happyendings said…
Great giveaway! Thank you for letting it be worldwide. :)
September 16, 2011 at 4:50 PM
Emma said…
Thanks for this great giveaway. I have one too: http://wordsandpeace.wordpress.com/2011/07/22/books-rock-my-1-year-blogiversary-giveaway/
September 16, 2011 at 5:08 PM
Athira / Aths said…
Thanks! This is my first time doing it, I hope it goes fine!
September 17, 2011 at 2:06 PM
Athira / Aths said…
Thanks for the link! Let me check it!
September 17, 2011 at 2:07 PM
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