I was pondering what I could do in order to honor Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (whew, that’s a mouthful!), when an opportunity fell in my lap (or should I say, my e-mail inbox!) Hachette Book Group has generously offered 5 books for me to give away to my lucky readers! I don’t normally give away books I haven’t read or reviewed, but I figured this would be a great way to introduce people to some new Asian authors in honor of this month!
The books are:
1. Free Food for Millionaires By Min Jin Lee
2. Trail of Crumbs By Kim Sunée
3. The Fortune Cookie Chronicles By Jennifer Lee
4. Transparency By Frances Hwang
There will be 5 winners for this giveaway, each receiving one copy of each of these books (i.e. each winner will receive all 5 books)! No P.O. Boxes please, and this giveaway is limited to the U.S. & Canada since these books are coming from the publisher. This contest will run through Sunday, May 31. I will announce the winners on Monday, June 1.
How to enter: Leave a comment on this post to enter telling me about your favorite Asian/Pacific/Indian sub-continent author. You must tell me this and leave your e-mail address in your comment in order to be eligible!
Additional entries:
1. Blog about the giveaway and link back here.
2. Tweet about the giveaway.
3. Stumble a review and let me know which review you Stumbled in the comments. (More about StumbleUpon in this post.)
Good luck!
95 comments:
Without a doubt Indu Sundaresan-I loved The Twentieth Wife and A Feast of Roses.
I could only be so lucky! I'm seriously going to cross my fingers for this one though. Tough question, but I think I'd have to say Jhumpa Lahiri.
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Alright, I'm still pretty new at this twitter thing, so I don't know how to get the exact address, but you can find it here: http://twitter.com/Simply__B
Hi Swapna! Long time no see!
This is a new genre for me. That's why I need to win!!
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What a wonderful prize! My favorite Asian/Pacific/Indian sub-continent authors are: Chitra Divakaruni, Amy Tan, and Haruki Murakami.
I'm going to go with B (and probably a TON of forthcoming commenters) and say Jhumpa Lahiri. I know it is unoriginal, but I love her.
Tweeted here: http://twitter.com/DevourerofBooks/statuses/1733882368
I'll blog about this Saturday and report back with the link!
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Oh, that's easy! Cao Xueqin.
I tweeted about this.
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I don't have a favorite Asian author. I don't think I've read an Asian-themed book, other than The Good Earth by Pearl Buck. But I love Asian movies like Memories of a Geisha, so I think that I would like Asian books as well.
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It would either be Amy Tan or Ha Jin. Please enter me. milou2ster(at)gmail.com
I really enjoy Amy Tan and Lisa See.
I would love to be entered.
I blogged about this giveaway at:
http://readinginappalachia.blogspot.com/2008/11/current-book-giveaways.html
Tweeted using BloggerIcedream but don't know how to find status numbers yet.
My favorite Asian-American author is definitely Laurence Yep. While none of his books are actually my favorite, his consistent quality and dedication to tracing the journey of the Chinese in the United States through his children/young adult novels make him just a great guy!
~Suzi
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My favorite Asian author is Murasaki Shikibu, a little before my time ;) but a great author.
I tweeted about this : bookslove
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Favorite Asian author? Yikes! I went through a Mishima period in grad school. I like See. I like Kingston. Man, hard choice. Mishima.
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Great giveaway.
Here's the tweet: http://twitter.com/BethFishReads/statuses/1736743733
I'll post a link in my Sunday link post.
I stumbled your Mistress of the Sun review. Stumble had been blocking me from stumbling your site, so sent them email about it. It took three tries but they unblocked me. Phew.
Oh Gosh! I don't know -- how about Lisa See? Does she count?
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I definitely want to win this one, Swapna! As you might already know, I love Asian/Pacific/Indian Subcontinent writers!!:) My favorite is Salman Rushdie.. no doubts about that.. and then I have a zillion that would come in a close second!:)
Do enter me!
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I tweeted about this giveaway. but I haven't been able to figure out how to post a link to that tweet here! It is one of the very few tweets I publish, so it should be hard to find I guess..:)
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amy tan thanks for the giveaway minsthins at optonline dot net
Probably Lisa See and I've read Amy Tan before as well. Please count me in for this great giveaway
msboatgal at aol.com
I haven't read many books that fall under this category, which is why I'm entering the giveeaway, but I guess my answer would be Amy Tan.
carolsnotebook at yahoo dot com
No need to enter me; just posted this on Win A Book.
I'd love to be entered! My favorite Indian author is Rohinton Mistry.
Great Give-away!
I'm going to say probably Lisa See
wendyhines (at) hotmail (dot) com
I'm personally just starting to really explore Asian books and authors.. My favorite so far of the scant few I've read though is Lisa See. It was hard to put her books down!
Have a good one! =)
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This looks great! Please enter me!
My favorite Indian author is Sonia Singh (author of Bollywood Confidential, etc.). Love her!
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I tweeted about this!
http://twitter.com/BookingKitten22
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I'd have to say Lisa See. Thanks for the chance to read five new-to-me writers. asthenight at gmail dot com
Amy Tan
I like Amy Tan and Gail Tsukiyama.
jaam121388 at yahoo dot com
I like Jhumpa Lahiri-- especially The Namesake.
Thanks for the giveaway!
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i love amy tan. her writing is pure poetry
pksanddancer@yahoo.com
I'd have to say Amy Tan.
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Chandra Prasad is my favorite!
Thanks for the giveaway :)
hurdler4eva(at)gmail(dot)com
I have 2 favorite Asian authors - Amy Tan & Lisa See.
Please count me in - Thanks!
megalon22 at yahoo dot com
Favorite Asian author? Mishimi.
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Thanks!
Hey, this is a great give-away! :) My favorite is Salman Rushdie.
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Thanks!
I like Amy Tan author of the joy luck club
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i'm going to have to say amy tan!!
thanks for the awesome giveaway!!
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My favorite... man, so hard to choose. I like Ryu Murakami.
Valorie
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Blogged: http://www.morbid-romantic.net/2009/05/04/book-giveaways-0504-0510/
Valorie
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Tweet: http://twitter.com/morbidromantic/status/1744586662
Valorie
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I stumbled your Dead Until Dark review.
Valorie
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Just blogged about it!
http://simply-b.blogspot.com/2009/05/two-tid-bits.html
Blogged about this here.
You have my email address.
Ooh, count me in!
My favorite Asian author is Jhumpa Lahiri - just because I've read all of her books and she's amazing.
My email is book.addict29@gmail.com
Thanks!!
Please enter me.
I also have to say Lisa See.
Great giveaway.
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Ooooh, I'm so in. Right now, one of my favorite authors is Amitav Ghosh, who is sort of from the Indian sub-continent, but not at the same time (he lived in a lot of places). I don't like all of his writing, but a lot of it is really interesting and his world view is pretty fascinating.
Now for the boring stuff:
--I blogged about this giveaway here: http://wisb.blogspot.com/2009/05/sff-links-sorta-bimonthly-may-batch.html
--I tweeted it here: http://twitter.com/shaunduke/statuses/1752878876
--I stumbled and reviewed it as Arconna (arconna.stumbleupon.com)
My email is arconna @ yahoo dot com
Thanks for the cool giveaway!
Natsuo Kirino would be my favourite Asian author, and one of my favourite authors in general. I love her books, because they always surprise me.
~ Popin
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I realize this isn't terribly original, but I've always been a fan of Amy Tan, and I LOVE Jhumpa Lahiri. (blgrimes(at)uga(dot)edu)
One of my favorties is Jhumpa Lahiri. I also really enjoy Indu Sundaresan. Thanks for the giveaway!
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I like Amy Tan.
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My favorite author in this genre would be Amy Tan, but I really need to read more and expand my horizons!
marielay@gmail.com
I've always enjoyed Amy Tan, but also like Lahiri.
mbrown@hcps.us
STRANGERS FROM A DIFFERENT SHORE would be a great read i have read AMY TAN
I really am enjoying Lisa See's books. She's probably my favorite right now.
quelleheure4[at]gmail{dot}com
I tweeted!http://twitter.com/quelleheure4/status/1786787892
I stumbled the giveaway for ya! (quelleheure4)
I really enjoy Thirty Umrigar and Rohinton Mistry
I know Lisa See has many votes already, but I loved Snow Flower. T he idea of a lifelong girlfriend, through good times and bad, is simply captivating for me. Many women have not been so fortunate; and I have shared the book in an effort to encourage other women to seek out such a relationship.
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I also have to go with Lisa See as a favorite of mine-love her! I blogged about your giveaway on my blog, http://julyso4463.blogspot.com/
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My favorite Asain author is also Lisa See. I loved 'Snow Flower and the Secret Fan'. We read it for book club. nmcdon (at) hotmail (dot) com
I just finished and very much enjoyed Shanghai Girls, so I'm going to pick Lisa See for my current favorite, too. :)
My e-mail address - toadacious1 at yahoo dot com
Thanks!
I admit I am a big comic book freak...Japanese comics that is. I highly recommend Yayoi Ogawa. She is humorous and creates a unique love story for mature female audiences.
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I have to say Chitra Divakaruni would be my favorite. I love her collection of poems, Black Candle.
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I've always loved Amy Tan, especially since reading The Joy Luck Club
What a great giveaway. Thanks! I love Amy Tan and Bharati Mukherjee. Not sure if sidebars count, but I'll add it there.
--Anna
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Diary of an Eccentric
If you ever give away books by Haruki Murakami, let me know, or Banana Yoshimoto.
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I also tweeted.
Harvee
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My favorite is Koushun Takami :)
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I have a few favorite Asian authors:
Gish Jen, Salman Rushdie (mainly for Midnight's Children), Sujata Massey (for her Rei Shumara series), and the author of Wild Swans.
gaby317nyc AT gmail DOT com
I've posted a link to this contest on my website. this is such a great giveaway. I've only read one book from Takaki but don't have any of these books. I haven't read much contemporary Asian fiction!
thanks!
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Hi
The authors I choose as my favorites would be Amy Tan and Lisa See.
Cheers
MarionG
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I've never read any Asian authors, but I'd love to. Thanks!
My favourite Asian author is Salman Rushdie. :) But I just finished reading a book by Prameodya Ananta Toer, and I absolutely loved it. So when I read the next book in the quartet, he might become a new favourite author!
Oy, I didn't mean to hit 'post' yet. My e-mail addy is astripedarmchairATgmailDOTcom.
This sounds like a great book. Enter me please!
My favorite author is Salman Rushdie.
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I would love to be entered in this my favorites are Jhumpa Lahiri, and Lisa See, and Amy Tan. I couldn't pick just one, I linked this to my blog as well.
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I am also one whose favorite author would be Amy Tan. I also enjoy Lisa See.
I would so love to win this set of books. I have traveled to Japan for three weeks in 2005 and hope to travel and visit other Asian countries now that I am retired.
Thank you,
Christine Womack
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Banana Yoshimoto
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I'm horrible at choosing favourites (I can never narrow it down to just one), so I hope it will count if I tell you my newest favourite: Yoko Ogawa.
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Rabindranath Tagore is my favorite
r2d2_ravi@yahoo.com
I really like Lisa See but she is not from Asia, I like Yue-Qing Yang from Nu Shu: A Hidden Language of Women in China. I hope I can win my email juanbibi03@yahoo.com
Amy Tan absolutely!
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I blogged here:
http://vintagefabulous.blogspot.com/2009/05/s-krishnaa-books.html
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Tweet!
http://twitter.com/heatheranne99/status/1947951428
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No particular favorite Asian author right now but please enter me in this giveaway, thanks! delilah0180 (at) yahoo (dot) com
Amy Tan
What a great contest!
I would have to say my favorite author is Haruki Murakami.
Thanks!
lesleymfan(at)gmail(dot)com
Loved Amy Tan's Joy Luck Club
Love Amy Tan's books but I have been a long time reader of the Pearl S. Buck books.
Haruki Murakami is by far one of my favorite authors!
sundaygirl at gmail dot com
Amy Tan did a brilliant job of capturing the Asian/American experience in Joy Luck Club.
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This is such a great giveaway!
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