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Introducing the #fountainreads Book Club & Giveaway of A RELIABLE WIFE
2010 at 9am Posted by Rebecca Joines Schinsky
On a warm spring day last April, I sat on my back porch, soaking up the rays, and plunged headfirst into a story surrounded by snow, ice, and the harsh Wisconsin winter. That story was Robert Goolrick’s A Reliable Wife, and I loved it.
A Reliable Wife is now out in paperback from Algonquin Books, and my favorite indie bookstore, Fountain Bookstore here in Richmond, VA, is gearing up to celebrate with two fantastic events.
Next Monday, February 1st, Fountain Bookstore (with a little help from yours truly) will kick off their #FountainReads Twitter Book Club with a discussion of A Reliable Wife beginning at 6pm EST. All are welcome to participate (whether you live in Richmond and shop at Fountain or not) by following the #fountainreads hashtag. I recommend using Tweetchat so you won’t have to dig through your Twitter stream to follow the discussion.
(For the uninitiated: go to www.tweetchat.com, sign in with your Twitter username and password, and enter fountainreads into the hashtag search box. You’ll be redirected to a page that shows you every tweet using the #fountainreads tag, so you can follow the conversation without having to follow all of the participants. But you’ll probably want to go ahead and follow the moderator @rvabookchik [Kelly Justice, owner of Fountain Bookstore] and @fountainbkstore for official store news and announcements. As a bonus, Tweetchat inserts the hashtag for you, so you don’t have to remember every time you respond.)
Win a personalized, signed copy of A RELIABLE WIFE
Author Robert Goolrick will appear at Fountain Bookstore on Thursday, February 11th at 6:30pm, and I can hardly contain my excitement. I have an extra copy of A Reliable Wife with its snazzy new cover to give away, courtesy of the publisher. One lucky winner will receive a paperback edition of A Reliable Wife signed with the message of his or her choice.
Here’s how to enter:
The action in A Reliable Wife begins when main character Ralph Truitt places the following personal ad:
“Country businessman seeks reliable wife. Compelled by practical, not romantic reasons.”
So tell me: if you were to place such an ad, what would it say?
- Entries must be 25 words or fewer. Entries that do not answer the contest question will be excluded.
- Open to residents of the U.S. and Canada only.
- Contest closes next Friday, February 5th, at 11:59pm EST.
- Winner will be chosen randomly.
- Winner will be contacted by email and must respond with details of desired personalization by Tuesday, February 9th, or a new winner will be chosen.
- The personalized, signed copy of A Reliable Wife will be sent out to the winner Friday, February 12th.
Update: Comments are now closed. Congratulations to our winner, Sandy of You’ve GOTTA Read This!
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