WINNERS!
Winners!!!!
The 19th Wife winner:Paige
Matrimony winner: S. Krishna
Congratulations!!! I need addresses from you both :) click on the 'email me' button in my header to get those to me.
Thanks to everyone who participated!!!! There was an amazing turnout for both giveaways.
sweet MATRIMONY, the giveaway!!!
To enter the drawing:
1.) Comment on this post for one entry
2.) Post about it on your blog for an additional two entries.
The super-lucky-ducky winner will be chosen on the 22nd!!!
For more information on the book you can head over to Joshua Henkin's website, or you can go to amazon of indie bound for ratings and to purchase the book.
Here is what your fellow book bloggers had to say about Matrimony:
Rebecca of The Book Lady's Blog
Chartroose of Bloody Hell, It's a Book Barrage!
Jennifer of The Literate Housewife
Trish of Hey lady! Whatcha readin'?
Gautami of My Own Little Reading Room
Bookfool of Bookfoolery and Babble
Mrs. S of 50 Book Challenge
Lisa of Books on the Brain
Heather J. of Age 30 - A Year of Books
Gayle of Everyday I Write the Book Blog
Becca of The Inside Cover
Dewey of Hidden Side of a Leaf
Tanabata of In Spring it is the Dawn
Trish of Trish's Reading Nook
Amy of My Friend Amy
Julie of Booking Mama
Bethany of B&b Ex Libris
WOW! (I mean, who hasn't read it!?!?!) See....you really need to see what this book is all about!!!
PS Isn't that the best sweater ever !? (I love sweaters)
Matrimony: a novel by Joshua Henkin
*edit: I didn't feel right about my review, Matrimony was a good read, and I think I was just overwhelmed by other reads at the moment. Please take the time to re-read. (:
Title: Matrimony: a novel
Author: Joshua Henkin
Pages: 291
Yearly Count: 31
About a man (Julian), his wife (Mia) and all that surrounds them this is a novel about all that they are about. It covers them from college, even before they met, to their late 30's and all that goes on in those years, the joys, tragedies and what has made them what they are. However it for me it didn't go too far beyond chick lit really. It was mild, temperate and warm, and it made me enjoy the evenings I spent reading it as I would enjoy a cozy bath. It was like that familiar face you know you have seen somewhere, but are not sure where- and then you realize it is a conglomeration of many faces, in many places, that is what Matrimony is like- deja vu.
Julian was the main man, and I enjoyed that he had the many honourable character traits. The remaining peeps were not as strong as I would have liked, but this could have been because I had a hard time with their standards. Mia and Carter seemed too full of immaturity and selfishness to really function in society, however they both separately realised this which made them more enjoyable after their change. Matrimony as a whole was a good read, enjoyable and an all-too-real-account of life, marriage, and the choices that we make coming back to bite us in the butt!
I did keep reading it, and was drawn to it, I think mostly because it was easy to read and entertained me. Joshua's writing style was easy to follow, and seemed to flow effortlessly into my eyes. It was there for me to enjoy and if only to veg-out after a thick-heavy-hard read, it was for sure worth my evenings spent with it.
Here is the review from the New York Times: Matrimony-Joshua Henkin
author's web page: http://www.joshuahenkin.com
If you have read Matrimony and agree or disagree, give me your link and I'll add it to this post!!
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