Let’s get this party started!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Many of you have been planning super giveaways to go along with BBAW and I can barely contain my excitement!  I want to go enter them all and add books to my ever toppling TBR pile!  I mean, um, I love your enthusiasm in sharing and giving.  There’s no reason to wait for next week…let’s get going now!

BUT FIRST!  Very important!  In order to enter your link into the Mister Linky below we ask that
1) This be a BBAW related giveaway.  That means don’t go entering any old giveaway you have going on and cluttering up the Mister Linky.  It’s okay if it’s a giveaway sponsored by someone else but you should mention in your post it’s a giveaway for BBAW.

2) Please, please, please read the Mister Linky tutorial!

3) Please enter your links like this for this Mister Linky:
The item you’re giving away (where you’ll ship)  i.e.  Gone With the Wind (worldwide)

Please keep in mind we will delete any links that don’t comply with the above!  Permalinks only!!!  Much love!!

Thanks so much….let’s have fun!

Pam was busy having a baby and so she donated a $50 dollar gift card to BBAW.  To enter for this giveaway, just leave a comment congratulating Pam on the new birth of her precious son!  And be sure to check our her blog!!

Part of the joy of BBAW has been to find and discover new blogs.  Throughout the year we often stick in our own little communities but BBAW is that time we can challenge our comfort zones and celebrate the diversity of books.  And every once in awhile, we find a blog outside of our normal reading to follow. 

So to enter for one of the following prizes, just fill out the form and tell us about a new blog you are going to read!  And also please mention your country so we can match you with the appropriate prize. 

The following prizes are open in the UK only:
4 Best of Crime Fiction bundles with five titles from Harper Collins
4 Best of Women’s Fiction bundles with five titles from Harper Collins

The following prizes are open in the UK and Ireland only:
6 Literary Bundle with canvas bag and bookmarks from Simon and Schuster
Day After Night by Anita Diamant
The Anthologist by Nicholson Baker
Still Alice by Lisa Genova
The White Woman on the Green Bicycle by Monique Roffey

6 Women’s Fiction Bundle with canvas bag and bookmarks from Simon and Schuster
Poor Little Bitch Girl by Jackie Collins
The Secrets We Keep by Collette Caddle
The Good Bride Guide by Matt Dunn
Chaising Daisy by Paige Toon

The following prizes are available in the US only:
Do-Over by Robin Hemley
Holiday Jewelry from the Little Somethings Etsy shop
Knowing Right from Wrong by Thomas Williams
Mommy Grace by Sheila Schuller Coleman
Now the Drum of War by Robert Roper
Good People by Marcus Sakey
The Amateurs by Marcus Sakey
10 Books from Olivia Gates backlist (10 separate winners)
Afraid by Jack Kilborn

The following prizes are available in the US and Canada only:
Bookmarked for Death by Lorna Barret
Her Royal Spyness by Rhys Bowen
Miss Fortune by Sara Mills
7 Dreaming Anastasia by Joy Preble
3 Eye of the Crow by Shane Peacock
1 Out of Slavery by Linda Granfield
No Wind of Blame by Georgette Heyer
The Foundling by Georgette Heyer
Morning Sunshine by Robin Meade
In CHEAP We Trust by Lauren Weber
Beat the Reaper by Josh Bazell
Connected By Nicholas A. Christakis , James H. Fowler
Jim the Boy By Tony Earley
Supreme Courtship by Christopher Buckley
5 The Road out of Hell by Anthony Flacco (galley)

The following giveaways are open Internationally:
$20 gift certificate to Samhain International
2 Surviving Paradise by Peter Rudiak-Gould
Mortan Sins by Eileen Wilks
2 Signed copies of Some Girls Bite by Chloe Neill
Signed copy of Speak of the Devil by Jenna Black
5 Taking chemo on the chin by Richard Armitt
the 12th Demon by Bruce Hennigan
$25 gift certificate to Phaze Books

Win the following bundle of books by leaving a comment and giving us the honest scoop on how you feel about all the sequels to classics.  Good, bad?  Okay but overdone.  Tell us how you feel and why!  US only, one winner.

DARCY’S STORY by Janet Aylmer,
PORTRAIT OF AN UNKNOWN WOMAN by Janet Aylmer
AND ONLY TO DECEIVE by Tasha Alexander
THE SIXTH WIFE by Suzannah Dunn
CASSANDRA AND JANE by Jill Pitkeathley

Breia of Literaturely Speaking generously donated this awesome giveaway!  To be entered this win limited collector’s edition, leave a comment and tell us about your favorite Sherrilyn Kenyon book!  If you haven’t read her books before, tell us why you want to read them!  US and Canada only.

To win this fantastic prize bundle, just leave a comment and tell us about your favorite book on the craft of writing!  US only

“Back to School” for Grown-Ups Assortment.
HOW TO READ LITERATURE LIKE A PROFESSOR by Thomas C. Foster
A NOVEL IN A YEAR by Louise Doughty
DON’T KNOW MUCH ABOUT LITERATURE by Kenneth C. Davis
YOU’VE GOT TO READ THIS BOOK by Jack Canfield
READING LIKE A WRITER by Francine Prose.

Karen of Bookin with Bingo donated the following prize pack!

Author’s Book Bag filled with 6 books(some ARCS) and bookmarks AND including a copy of DAN BROWN’S newest book due out Sept. 15 (NOT an advanced copy) THE LOST SYMBOL.

To enter…leave us a comment and tell us what you think Dan Brown should write about next!  US and Canada only.

From this unusual description, tell me the title of this book:

A father buried in books unwittingly raises a gaggle of daughters with boisterous and subdued ways.  Their mother has one thing in mind and won’t be happy until they comply.  One daughter is placid and ready to go along, another is prepared to fall off the deep end, and another is blinded by society’s constricting ways.  A suitor views one daughter from afar, but she doesn’t like his lofty ways.  She decides he’s not for her, only to change her mind.

Prize is $25 gift card from Amazon

Books can take us on journeys to foreign lands, back in history, to imaginary lands, and outer space.  Romance novels have been around for a long time and have fulfilled a place in hearts.

For this giveaway, we’d like you to share one romantic moment in real life or in a novel that has made your day or inspired you in some way.  Blog about it or leave it in the comments.  It’s up to you.  Show us in pictures, create a video clip. . . it’s up to you.  Just leave the details or the links in the comments.

Prizes up for grabs:

Signed copy of A Knight’s Temptation by Catherine Kean
Signed copy of A Knight’s Vengeance by Catherine Kean
Signed copy of My Lady’s Treasure by Catherine Kean
1 copy of The Sister Pact by Cami Checketts

Deadline is Sept. 20, 2009 at 11:59PM PST

It’s time for more creativity, tell or show us your favorite kids picture books or have your kids share with us their favorites.  Leave your list or link in the comments.

Deadline Sept. 20, 2009 11:59PM EST

First Prize:

1 (set) “Travels with Tarra” & “Just for Elephants” (both pb by Carol Buckley)
1 copy of Bear-ly There by Rebekah Raye
1 copy of Bird Child by Nan Forler  
1 copy It’s a Snap! by Monica Kulling
1 copy Timmerman Was Here by Colleen Sydor

Second Prize:

1 (set) “Travels with Tarra” & “Just for Elephants” (both pb by Carol Buckley)
1 copy of Bear-ly There by Rebekah Raye

Runners up:

1 copy of Bear-ly There by Rebekah Raye
1 copy of Bird Child by Nan Forler  
1 copy of It’s a Snap! by Monica Kulling
1 copy of Timmerman Was Here by Colleen Sydor

The rules are simple.  Fill out the form with each landmark’s location.  Entries close Sept. 20, 2009, 11:59PM EST

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Here are the books up for grabs:

1 copy of Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
2 copies of Grave Sins by Jenna Maclaine
1 $20 gift certificate to Drollerie Press
1 Signed copy of Two Weeks in the Magnate’s Bed (Harlequin Presents)
1 copy of What Kate Did Next by Kate Lord Brown

I love book bloggers.    And to the book bloggers, I want to say: Thank you. Thank you for sharing your love of books with us all—thanks for posting stories and reviews and for taking the time to spread the word about books.  Because of those great book posts, my TBR pile has grown enormously—ah, so many books! Thank you, bloggers.

Cynthia Eden
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Cynthia has graciously offered up signed copies of her novel Belong to the Night to two lucky winners. For a chance to win, leave a comment.

For this giveaway, write up a post on your blog about your fondest blogging memory and leave a link in the google form.

Memories could be the first post you published, the best piece of advice you received from a fellow blogger, or simply some great feedback you received from a reader.

You’ll be entered to win 1 of 5 copies of Close Encounters of the Third Grade Kind by Phillip Done.  There will be 5 winners total.

Book bloggers take a lot of time crafting their reviews after reading books, and in some cases, they go beyond reviews and touch upon social media and other issues.

Kyle Semmel of The Writer’s Center in Bethesda, Md., wanted to express his thoughts on book bloggers and offer those in the Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Northern Virginia area a chance to become a member of the center for one full year.

Also, for those not in the area, there is one full-year subscription to The Writer’s Center‘s magazine, Poet Lore, (which turns 120 years old this year) available to bloggers anywhere in the world.

With decreased coverage of books—especially those by emerging authors—in mass media like newspaper and radio, what used to be a driving force for literature, book bloggers have a special role to fill in today’s literary marketplace: they bring quality authors to the reading public’s attention, authors who may be overlooked elsewhere.

For those interested in the membership for one-year, please leave a comment on this post by Sept. 20, 2009, 11:59PM EST.

For those interested in the year’s subscription to Poet Lore, please leave a comment on this post by Sept. 20, 2009, 11:59PM EST.

Rooftops of Tehran by Mahbod Seraji is an emotional and cultural roller coaster.

There’s been some exciting news about this debut novel. From Broward Community College to the Villanova One Book Program, the book is making its way into students hands across America. Rooftops was selected as Indie Fall and Winter 2009-2010 Book Group favorites, Santa Cruz’s Community selection for October, and a September pick for LiteraryMatters.

Rooftops of Tehran also is being published in nine different languages, and most recently selected for translation into Italian.

Not only did Mr. Seraji want to share with us this great news, but he also wanted to let us know that he appreciates what we do.

“I love book bloggers - they have been my primary vehicle to get the word out about my debut novel, Rooftops of Tehran!  In appreciation for all you do, here’s three copies of my book.”

Additionally, he wanted to offer everyone participating in Book Blogger Appreciation Week a chance to win a copy of Rooftops of Tehran.  He’s offered 3 copies of the book for an international giveaway.

All you have to do is leave a comment.  Giveaway is open to all participants through Sept. 20, 2009, at 11:59PM EST.

He’s also got a simultaneous BBAW giveaway on Savvy Verse & Wit.