According to Random.org, the lucky winner of House of Daughters by Sarah-Kate Lynch is lucky number 19!
Congratulations Amandasue! I have e-mailed you to get your mailing address.
I asked entrants to let me know their favorite book set in another country. In case you are searching for books to add to your TBR list, here were the responses:
13 Little Blue Envelopes - Maureen Johnson [AmandaSue]
Angela's Ashes - Frank McCourt [Toni]
The Autobiography of Henry VIII - Margaret George [Toni]
The Book Thief - Markus Zusak [Wendy]
Bridget Jones' Diary - Helen Fielding [Janel, Gina]
Captain Corelli's Mandolin - Louis de Bernieres [Memory]
Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoevsky [Serena]
The Good Earth - Pearl S. Buck [Jo-Jo]
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society - Mary Ann Shaffer [Wrighty]
Harry Potter - J.K. Rowling [Alea, Wrighty]
High Rhyms and Misdemeanors - Diana Killian [Theresa N.]
The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini [A Real Librarian, Stephanie, Beatrice]
Light of the Moon - Luanne Rice [Photoquest]
Lost Diary of Don Juan - Douglas Adams [Serena]
Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden [Jo-Jo]
The Namesake - Jhumpa Lahiri [writemeg]
No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency - Alexander McCall Smith [Holly, Stacey @ bookthirty]
Outlander - Diana Gabaldon [Alyce]
People of the Book - Geraldine Brooks [Sarah, Stacey @ bookthirty]
The Persian Bride - James Buchan [Kathryn]
The Poisonwood Bible - Barbara Kingsolver [Holly]
The Reader - Bernard Schlink [Darbyscloset]
The Seamstress - Frances De Pontes Peebles [Kaye]
The Secret History of the Pink Carnation - Lauren Willig [Belladonna1975]
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan - Lisa See [Gwendolyn B., Pinkcypress]
The Street of a Thousand Blossoms - Gail Tsukiyama [Kaye]
The Tea Rose - Jennifer Donnelly [Traymona]
Tears of the Desert - Halima Bashir and Damien Lewis [Debbie]
The Thirteenth Tale - Diane Setterfield [Jessica]
The Thorn Birds - Colleen McCollough [Theresa N.]
A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini [A Real Librarian]
Under the Tuscan Sun - Frances Mayes [Dar]
The Undomestic Goddess - Sophie Kinsella [AmandaSue]
What the Body Remembers - Shauna Singh Baldwin [Beastmomma]
A Year in Provence - Peter Mayle [Mom of 5 Boys]
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2 comments:
I love went giveaways produce lists of books as the answer! :D
ThornBirds was my fav of all times :) Then The Kite Runner came along ;)
And well Harry Potter is like my fav too. I have bokmarked this list and use it to read more :)
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