Friday, January 23, 2015 at 12:28PM #WIN IT | The Girl on the Train Giveaway
I've resolved to get back to reading for pleasure this year and so far, I've stuck with my commitment. Not only have I joined a book club with friends who prefer pinot over pressure, but I've taken the pressure off myself, too. I used to feel like I had to read the 'right' books - the heavy ones, the classics, the award-winners. But when life gets hectic and a vacay feels like ages away, a page-turning beach read always makes for a great escape.
Indigo sent me a copy of the most talked-about book of the year The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins and I just finished reading it. Have you had the chance to pick it up yet? Everyone (like everyone) is buzzing about this book right now and it's already being touted as the Gone Girl of 2015. It's a thriller full of messed up, complicated characters, neighbours whose lives you think you know but really don't, and a page-turning plot that keeps you guessing right until the end. I won't review the book because I don't want to give anything away (and because it's Friday so I don't feel like writing a book review) but I can tell you this book is totally worth picking up, book club or not.
Now here's the best part - my friends at Indigo are giving away 3 COPIES of The Girl on the Train to 3 lucky RLR readers! Here's how you can win your own copy:
1) Leave a comment below telling me your top book recommendation right now (your fav book, book you just read and loved etc. )
OR
2) Follow @chaptersindigo and @realliferunway and tweet the following '@chaptersindigo & @realliferunway are giving away 3 copies of The Girl on the Train. Follow & RT to #win! http://bit.ly/1yStb9f'
3) Contest ends next Mon, Jan 26th at 5 pm.
4) Open to residents of Canada only.
GOOD LUCK! XX
Reader Comments (27)
I've just finished the "Newsflesh" trilogy by Mira Grant. Well written, suspensful and great characters! And zombies, of course.
The 100 Year Old Man Who Climbed Out The Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson
OR
If you havent read the Outlander series you are missing out. I've read the series about 3 times and can't get enough.
Some favourite reads from 2014:
The Bear by Claire Cameron
The Girl Who Was Saturday Night by Heather O'Neill
The Martian by Andy Weir
I loved all of them!
i liked Big Little Lies by Jane Moriarty
I for one LOVED Gone Girl and found it to be a well written psychological thriller. Currently going to finish Joyland by Stephen King as the last book of his I read was Revival (love that one!). Mainly trying to finish Joyland very soon because I have a pile of books I'm reading at once. So after Joyland (presently 4/5), I will start Industrial Magic by Kelley Armstrong. I LOVE her Otherworld Series and am reading them in order. She has never disappointed me in her writing and the last book of hers I read was Men of the Otherworld, a compilation of short stories in the Otherworld. They were amazing!
Currently savouring Golden Son by Pierce Brown and Prince Lestat by Anne Rice. Both I'm taking my time with since I heard the ending in Golden Son is something everyone is dying to know what happens next so...the longer I take reading it, the faster Morning Star will be here :) And Prince Lestat is luscious. I think both of those books will be done by Spring.
I loved 'Fangirl' by Rainbow Rowell!
LOVED reading all of your suggestions - guess I know what I'll be reading this year :) Thanks to all who entered. And the winners are....
Patricia Sam
Kirsten Markevich
and
@EastCoastMama from Twitter
CONGRATULATIONS! Please send your mailing addresses to me at realliferunway@gmail.com and I'll have my friends at Indigo ship you your copies asap.
Check back for more contests next month
xx