FIR Giveaway: Things Worth Remembering

written by Katrina on October 1, 2009 · 53 comments

and filed under Book giveaways, Giveaways

Welcome to the first Fall Into Reading 2009 book giveaway, sponsored by Bethany House!

Here’s how the giveaways during Fall Into Reading 2009 book giveaways work:

Every Thursday, I will post about a new book that’s up for grabs (occasionally, there may be more than one book!). If it sounds like a book you’d like and you want to be eligible to win it, just leave a comment on the post and I’ll put your name in the virtual hat. I’ll leave the post open for comments until the following Wednesday at noon. I’ll then randomly pick a commenter and announce that person as the winner when I put up the next giveaway.

Also, I apologize to any international readers, but these giveaways are only open to readers in the U.S. or Canada.

This week’s giveaway:

Things Worth Remembering

by Jackina Stark

From the publisher:

An Emotionally Gripping Story of Broken Relationships Restored

Kendy Laswell and her daughter, Maisey, used to do everything together–until one fateful summer when Maisey witnessed something she shouldn’t have, and their relationship fractured. Now, Maisey is back home to get married and Kendy realizes this is her last chance to reconnect with her daughter. Will Kendy and Maisey be able to reclaim the bond they once shared?

Maisey asked for a bride doll the Christmas she was five, mesmerized by her aunt’s wedding the fall before. Since then I’ve been dreaming of the day, or days, we would shop for her wedding dress. A mother helping her daughter find just the right creation for that momentous walk down the aisle strikes me as one of life’s happiest endeavors. The night she called to tell us she’d bought her “dream of a gown,” I sat beside Luke on the couch, a striking contrast to Maisey’s exuberance.

My dejection seemed a tad inappropriate. “Being hurt because I wasn’t included is silly, isn’t it?” I asked.

“Not so silly,” he said.

Will I ever quit longing for the Maisey who was once mine?

Check out reviews of Things Worth Remembering, and read the first pages of the book at Amazon.com

{ 53 comments }

1 Need A Nap2 October 1, 2009 at 12:41 am: Guess I’m up late! Thanks for hosting this!
2 Freda October 1, 2009 at 12:56 am: This book sounds great!

Thank you for the entry.

freda.mans[at]sympatico.ca
3 Jonnie H October 1, 2009 at 1:38 am: This looks like a great read. Please enter me.
4 Holly October 1, 2009 at 1:56 am: Looks good to me!
5 ellie October 1, 2009 at 7:03 am: I’m always up for a new book to read and then share! Place my name in the “hat” please!

Too fun. I’m glad I opted in for FIR!

It’s getting cold here, so reading is a good snuggly thing to do.

Happy October!
6 Katherine October 1, 2009 at 7:26 am: This book looks really good. I’d love to win it.
7 Angel October 1, 2009 at 8:27 am: Sounds good! Thanks so much for the challenge and for the giveaways!
8 Lindsay @ Bytes of Memory October 1, 2009 at 8:32 am: ooo this looks like a great book! I would be delighted to win it
9 Michelle October 1, 2009 at 8:35 am: This looks great! Please include me in the drawing.

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10 Mandy October 1, 2009 at 9:13 am: No need to include me for this one, just wishing everyone luck! Thanks for hosting this contest and giveaways!
11 Jen October 1, 2009 at 9:21 am: Sounds interesting. Thanks for hosting the drawing.
12 karen sue October 1, 2009 at 9:51 am: well… i have a rather strained relationship with my college student right now. If this is a happy ending story, definately count me in… and I remember my camp counselor wrote and sang a song once about daisy chains and whenever I see a daisy chain, I remember being young and at camp with Kathy…
13 Susanne October 1, 2009 at 10:29 am: Please include me in the draw! Sounds like a great read. Thanks for hosting the giveaways again, Katrina!
14 amber d. October 1, 2009 at 11:06 am: Sounds like a great read! Thanks~
15 Veggiemomof2 October 1, 2009 at 11:08 am: Sounds like a great book!
16 Barbara H. October 1, 2009 at 11:08 am: I had not heard of this book or author, but they sound good!
Barbara H.´s last post ..Random Dozen #4
17 Carrie October 1, 2009 at 11:28 am: This one sounds really, really intriguing. Very curious about it!

Thank you for hosting these giveaways.
18 Yoda, Atlas and Freaky October 1, 2009 at 11:30 am: Ooh, we wantto be in the virtual hat! We promise to dry our flippers off before climbing in.
19 Monica Bertone October 1, 2009 at 12:02 pm: That sounds good! I’d love to read it!
20 Meg October 1, 2009 at 1:07 pm: Sounds like a great read! Thanks for offering this book up Katrina and Bethany!
21 Book Story Lori October 1, 2009 at 1:39 pm: Count me in! Thanks for hosting!

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22 Wanda October 1, 2009 at 1:48 pm: This is definitely a book I’d love to read. Please enter my name in your draw. Thanks.
23 Blanche October 1, 2009 at 1:55 pm: Sounds like a great book! Thanks for hosting!!
24 Tanyia October 1, 2009 at 3:29 pm: Thanks for the chance Sounds like a good read!
25 Lisa B. October 1, 2009 at 3:33 pm: It sounds good. Thanks!
26 abi October 1, 2009 at 3:35 pm: I don’t know that I’ve heard of this book. Sounds like a good one. Thanks

ABreading4fun [at] gmail [dot] com
27 mindy October 1, 2009 at 4:38 pm: this sounds wonderful thanks
28 Andrea October 1, 2009 at 5:54 pm: I wouldn’t complain if I won this!
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29 Sheri October 1, 2009 at 6:09 pm: This is a new author to me. I’d love to read this book. Please include me in the drawing. Thanks!
30 Anita Yancey October 1, 2009 at 6:43 pm: This book sounds good. I’d really like to read it. Please enter me. Thanks!

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31 Karen October 1, 2009 at 8:04 pm: Looks like a wonderful read, please count me in;) Thanks!
32 Just Mom October 1, 2009 at 9:06 pm: Sounds like a winner - count me in!
33 stacy October 1, 2009 at 9:16 pm: I’m in!
34 Mellisa Rock October 1, 2009 at 9:59 pm: I think that I might have been a little to ambitious with my reading challenge…I have only been able to read 2 Nora Roberts books…they were great— but I bet you are all laughing at me now!! I was such an ambitious Newbie!! LOL. I will not give up though…going to keep plowing ahead…I love that I am setting aside time to read now!!

Thanks for the giveaway!
35 JIll October 1, 2009 at 10:28 pm: I’d love to try this book and author.

Is it too late to join the Fall Into Reading group? I have a bunch of books on my list for this fall starting with 12 Extraordinary Women and would love to join.
36 Gigi October 2, 2009 at 1:26 am: Please enter me, though this book might make me miss my mom even more than I already do.

Thank you.
37 Stephanie October 2, 2009 at 6:52 am: Looks interesting-please enter me in the contest!

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38 In That Moment October 2, 2009 at 8:41 am: Always looking for new books to read!
39 Nise' October 2, 2009 at 4:37 pm: I would love to read this one! I liked Tender Grace.
40 Angela Hipp October 2, 2009 at 4:41 pm: Looks good! Please count me in for the drawing. Thanks!
41 Tracy October 2, 2009 at 10:45 pm: Sounds interesting! Thanks for the offer, please include my name in the hat!!!
42 MJ October 3, 2009 at 9:31 am: I’d love this one!

mj.coward[at]gmail.com
43 Sandra K321 October 3, 2009 at 10:26 am: I would like to be entered in your giveaway. This book sounds like the author does a good job on the chracterization of the main people in the story.
44 Hilary October 3, 2009 at 6:03 pm: This looks like a really good read! Please enter me as well!
45 LaVonne October 3, 2009 at 8:07 pm: Sounds great! Thanks for the chance!
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46 Kimberley October 4, 2009 at 11:29 am: It sounds like a really great book! I would love to own it!
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47 Maureen October 4, 2009 at 5:03 pm: I would love to be entered. it sounds like a good book.
48 vanessa hubbard October 4, 2009 at 8:04 pm: I love to read books and this sounds like a great book.
49 Renee G October 5, 2009 at 2:46 pm: Sounds good.. thanks for this weekly giveaway.
50 karen k October 5, 2009 at 6:35 pm: A fabulous giveaway…please count me in. thanks.
51 Estela S October 6, 2009 at 10:46 am: Please include me in this drawing. Thank you!!
52 Ellie W October 6, 2009 at 3:48 pm: Sounds like a great book. Thanks for the giveaway.
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53 Tina October 7, 2009 at 9:14 am: Thanks for setting up the giveaway!
Another book to add to my fall reading challenge; my list keeps growing on a daily basis