Friday, March 30, 2007

FREE BOOK GIVEAWAY!

Hmmm... is that redundant?
FREE book giveaway?
What would the opposite be?
OBLIGATORY book giveaway?

OK, this is a CONTEST of sorts, wherein the fine folks at Bookpuddle will send you a free book if you can decipher the name of a bestselling contemporary novel, from clues given by a sadistic Blog-Proprieter. [me].
My ONLY hint, is to tell you that it is NOT the bestseller that you see in the image there... it is not that wonderful epic, Things To Make.

I am not going to reveal the answer until Sunday evening!
Unless no one at all responds.
Then.... I will reveal the answer perhaps like never!
And I will conclude that none of you are "into" receiving a free book in the mail, nor are you very much "into" Book-games in general.

Enough preamble. Here goes.
Here are the four clues:

1) H.P. will probably take Monday off.
2) 53 / 1977.

3) In six days J.F.K. will be murdered.

4) Couldawoulda
shouldawonaBooker!

The first person to correctly guess the name of this book will receive their choice of the following brand new [unused] novels in the mail, sent to them absolutely free!

Oryx and Crake / Margaret Atwood
Lighthousekeeping / Jeanette Winterson
On Love / Alain de Botton
Headhunter / Timothy Findley

SERIOUS HINT UPDATE!!!

It is now the next day and I feel bad because I may have made my four hints a bit too difficult.
So.... I am going to give the following SERIOUS HINT!
The book in question is one of the ones in this list --> [CLICK]
ONLY YOUR FIRST GUESS WILL COUNT,
SO YOU MUST MAKE IT A GOOD ONE!

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9 comments:

Rebecca H. said...

Okay, I think I'm a dunce. I don't get it. But I'll think about it ...

Anonymous said...

Maybe it's too early but I'm stumped at the moment too! I'll think more...

Isabella K said...

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows!

Or maybe The Handmaid's Tale. This is impossibly difficult. Or The Catcher in the Rye, but then clue #4 is deceptive because it wouldn't've even been eligible.

Cold Molasses said...

THE ROAD TO LICHFIELD

Cipriano said...

Valiant efforts.
Especially Cold Molasses, who is guessing a Booker candidate from 1977.
I have edited the blog and placed a HINT there!

Isabella K said...

My first REAL guess then is Saturday (Ian McEwan), cuz a heck of a lot happens that day, and our protagonist's initials are HP, and if I were him, I'd take a day off.

I'm a little confused by the relevance of Nov 16, 1963, unless there's some other JFK I don't know about.

Anonymous said...

Well my guess is Saturday as well, though if I'm right I'm a little late because Isabella has already guessed that. I'm still putting it out there though! The protagonist's inital's plus JFK was shot on a Friday, hence the "six days until..." Even if I'm wrong, this was a fun contest! Made us think!

Anonymous said...

Oh dear. I haven't a clue. I've been going over in my mind the list of books you have mentioned, matching up your info with the ones I have read, and I got nuthin'.

But it is a fun contest!

Anonymous said...

After careful examination of all the titles and plotlines I must also say that the title you are asking for is Saturday by Ian McEwan.