Hey, so do you all want some books? Like a box of books? Because we have quite a few we’d love to give to the Bitchery.
We have seventeen (17) boxes of books to giveaway! Yes, seven-freaking-teen boxes.
We can promise the books included are new, finished copies, unread, and printed on paper. We can also promise there will be at least five books, possibly more, in each box.
Each box will have a mix of subgenres. Genres include contemporary, historical, thrillers, and paranormal romance, too. While we hope the box you receive contains a subgenre or author you enjoy, we also have our fingers crossed that you’ll love trying something new. And as always, our mission statement is to share the love and share the romance.
To enter, tell us what book you loved this summer (or winter, depending on your hemisphere)!
Standard disclaimers apply: We are not being compensated for this giveaway. Void where prohibited. Must be over 18 and ready to read read read. Open to international residents where permitted by applicable law. Boxes will contain books. We promise. Hope you’re ready! Entries will end around noon on Friday 30 August 2019, and winners will be announced and notified shortly afterward.
Good luck, everyone!
We’re ready to announce our winners! Thank you to all who commented and winners, keep an eye on your email.
Winner list:
- Ursula Schwaiger
- Erica H.
- Stacy
- SaraW
- Rhiannon Kaye
- Celia
- Kathy
- Jennifer
- Bagel
- Meredith
- Elizabeth Schroedle
- Mai Ka
- Chrissy
- Amanda B.
- Mary
- Karen Witkowski
- Mae
Just finished “Summer At The Lake” by Erica James, which a friend passed on to me. Not my usual reading material – I like more hot & spicy & maybe some urban fantasy … but it really was an awesome “beach” read and kept me hooked until the very end. Great summer reading!
My favorite so far this
I’ve tried several new to me authors this summer, most per recommendations from the Bitchery and almost everything was a win. One of my favourites was “The Beekeeper’s Apprentice” by Laurie R. King. Am now slowly working my way through the series and enjoying both the take on the Holmes & Russel team as well as the 1920s atmosphere.
My favorite so far this summer has been It Ain’t Me, Babe by Tillie Cole. I bought it because someone recommended it to me on Goodreads and then I bought and read the next six books in three days.
my favourite read this summer was Red, White & Royal Blue – I love those themes and it was just great fluff reading.
My favorite read so far this summer has been the graphic novel Extraordinary by Cassie Anderson. It’s about a princess who was blessed at birth with the gift of being “ordinary.” All of her sisters have the more traditional blessings like beauty, grace, etc. and our heroine feels down about it until she decides to go on a quest and take her destiny into her own hands. The art is so cute, the colors are gorgeous, and there’s a dragon named Frederick who does castle renovations. What’s not to love??
My favorites for the summer are probably tied between ‘Do You Want To Start A Scandal’ by Tessa Dare, and ‘It Happened One Autumn’, by Lisa Kleypas.
I wasn’t sure how I would feel about them either way going in, but I enjoyed both books.
I have been reading and absolutely loving the Hawkeye comics by Matt Fraction. I haven’t read any comics for years but this one reads like the best of fanfiction and I mean that as a very big compliment since I love fanfiction! Insecure Hawkeye as a regular guy with a life outside of the Avengers and problems al of his own: what’s not to love? And the art and colouring is also sublime. I highly recommend these comics is what I’m saying!
My favourite read of the summer was Milady by Laura L. Sullivan. I love The Three Musketeers, although I recognize its problematic content these days, and schemey villainesses have always been one of my especial brands of crack. This retelling gave me a kick-ass, take-no-prisoners main character.
I’ve read 2 books that really stood out for me this summer. “Polaris Rising” by Jessie Milhalik and “Her Deadly Secrets” by Laura Griffin. Loved, loved, loved both of them!
Some of my favorite reads this summer are Red, White and Royal Blue, A Prince on Paper and When a Scot Ties the Knot. I got quite a bit of reading done because of summer break from school and it was wonderful!
My favorite two so far this summer (there are still a few more days to read) have been The Travelers by Regina Porter and The Rook by Daniel O’Malley (thanks for the rec!).
I’ve been on a Tessa Dare kick – trying to catch up on her work and have loved all of them. I’ve most recently read the Castles series which was fantastic.
My favorite read this summer was “Evie Drake is Starting Over,” but I am currently reading the Psy-Changling series for the first time from the beginning, and I’m really enjoying those, too.
I love Wanderers by Chuck Wendig. It was 1,000 + pages of what-is-happening and the ending was very satisfying to me – a risk with horror-type fiction. I wish I could read it again for the first time. It was like The Stand by Stephen King – but in the 2000s. As I get older I find I read less romance and more fiction and mystery, and this book fit the bill.
My favorite books so far this summer have been the The Bride Test and Kingdom of Exiles. Also doing a re-listen of Ilona Andrews works which always gives me warm gooey happy feelings.
The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren was my unexpected favorite of the summer. I am unabashedly happy rom coms are experiencing a renaissance.
Jackie Lau – Not Another Family Wedding and He’s Not My Boyfriend. Thanks for the recs!
This summer, with the help of Ripped Bodice Summer Bingo and the Bitchery, I’ve tried to read more of the books sitting on my tbr for years and hell, am I glad I did that!
I’ve read a great many wonderful books, these stood out the most:
The Place on Dalhousie by Melina Marchetta – I just love her writing and in this book, she outdid herself with the portrayal of a shattered family coming together. It was touching and I was crying my heart out with joy in the end. I was surprised by loving Martha best of all – she was amazing.
Earth Bound by Emma Barry and Genevieve Turner – I gobbled up the whole Fly me to the Moon series and loved the journey. I owe a great big thank you to the Bitchery for helping me discover this gem.
Honorary mention to the second and third book in Libba Bray’s The Diviners quartet that is my favourite series of the last five years, Not Quite a Husband by Sherry Thomas, Dating You/Hating You by Christina Lauren and Silver Lining by Maggie Osborne.
Mine would definitely be Applied Electromagnetism by Susannah Nix!
“Evvie Drake starts over” was a vacation read favorite last month. In the past week finished and loved “Brazen and the Beast” and “The Wallflower Wager” (I really enjoy when I go to request holds at the library and I realize I’m #1 or 2 on a new release).
I listened to Dread Nation by Justina Ireland on audiobook and am eagerly awaiting the second book next year.
Mr Hot Shot CEO Jackie Lau
Storm of Locusts by Rebecca Roanhorse. It was a great take on UF, and the romance building through the series is wonderful.
The Right Swipe by Alisha Rai and Brazen and the Beast by Sarah MacLean were my favorite reads this summer.
Not a romantic book, but one that I found extremely valuable nonetheless: “The Righteous Mind” by Jonathan Haidt. It annoyed me and frustrated me and made me discuss it with everyone around, and also caused many unpleasant moments of rethinking my assumptions about the world.
And on the more romantic side, the Inheritance Trilogy by N.K. Jemisin made me spend two entire days of holidays reading in a hammock.
Oooh, there’ve been several, but The Right Swipe and A Little Light Mischief were both great.
Teach Me by Olivia Dade. It’s adorable.
I loved Polaris Rising by Jessie Mihalik – wonderful recommendation by this site!
My fave reads were Pucked by Helena Hunting and the Wallflower Wager by Tessa Dare.
One of my favorite reads this summer was Rogue Not Taken by Sarah MacLean. Her romances just delight me and make me giggle, gasp and wonder how it’s all going to work out. I’m hoping to finish Scot in the Dark this week!
Favorite of the summer that will most likely be favorite of the year – RED, WHITE & ROYAL BLUE. It had the perfect balance of sweet and serious without ever letting it become pure fluff (I’ve realized I lose interest almost immediately) or EDGY-EDGY-GRIMDARK THIS IS SRS BUSINESS GUYZ.
Favorite discovery of the year – Nicola Cornick. FINALLY read THE PHANTOM TREE and WOMAN IN THE LAKE and they were exactly what I was looking for at the time – high on the mystery and complicated characters, high on the “there are no easy answers to the problems these characters are facing”, and lower page time on the romance, which is how I realize I like my historical romance/mysteries to be – that’s the magic sauce that makes them click for me
Favorite “I have extremely complicated feelings about this book but I am going to keep reading the series because I am HOOKED”: Nalini Singh’s Psy-Changeling series. I had some…ISSUES *coughs* with Lucas and I really, really hate alpha characters, but Aarya hyped it up so much that I had to pick up at least Book 1, and damn it, I am hooked! Despite how much I really did not like Lucas, the world and other characters were more than enough to keep me going. Already have VISIONS OF HEAT out from the library!
I really enjoyed THE CRUEL PRINCE by Holly Black.
I read the Rivers of London series by Ben Aaronovich and Lexie Dunne’s Superheroes Anonymous series.
My favorite this summer was Natalie Fan’s book of Luck and Fortune by Roselle Lim! I loved the mix of magical realism and romance and of course all of the food!
I loved, loved, loved Sweep of the Blade by Ilona Andrews. The Innkeeper chronicles keep getting better and better.
This summer, I read the Kingmaker Chronicles trilogy by Amanda Bouchet and really loved it! (And I was glad I discovered the series after all 3 books were published, because I was able to devour them all in 2 days.)
My favorite this summer was rereading the first two Tessa Dare Girl Meets Duke series books before the new release came out, which I also loved.
Really liked Fix Her Up by Tessa Baily. Super fun and sexy!
The Princess and the Fangirl, by Ashley Poston.
My favorite read this summer was Rich People Problems by Kevin Kwan. I loved the Crazy Rich Asians series and kept putting this one off so it wouldn’t be over.