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Friday, 1 June 2012

Jubilee Giveaway Hop

So as everybody in Britain knows, this weekend is the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II, which means that she's been on the throne for a whole 60 years. She's only 4 years away from being the longest reigning monarch of all time, after Queen Victoria.

There's a public holiday next week and shops everywhere are closing to celebrate. Street parties are popping up and you just can't walk past a shop window without seeing British flags. Honestly? I love it. I'm a staunch monarchist and it's wonderful to see everybody uniting to celebrate our Queen.

Ellie, from Curiousity Killed the Bookworm, is also doing her part! She's set up the Jubilee Giveaway Hop and Booking in Heels is proud to be a part of that.

Two people will win one of the following books by British authors. If you want a later book in that particular series, that's okay too. Open to anywhere The Book Depository ships.


So, that's - 

We Bought A Zoo by Benjamin Mee
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne
The Prestige by Christopher Priest
How to Be a Woman by Caitlin Moran
Before I Go to Sleep by S.J. Watson
The Pirates! in an Adventure with Scientists by Gideon Defoe
Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch 


To enter, just fill in the Rafflecopter below and then hop on to the other blogs! a Rafflecopter giveaway
Posted by Hanna @ Booking in Heels at 22:25
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30 comments:

  1. Vicky @ A Backpack Full of Adventures1 June 2012 at 23:51

    Thanks so much for doing this guys! :) And thanks for making it international!!

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  2. Unknown1 June 2012 at 23:54

    Thank you for the giveaway!! :D and thanks you for making it international too! Rule Britania! :D

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  3. Melissa (Books and Things)2 June 2012 at 03:03

    What fun! I think it would be wonderful to be there to celebrate!

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  4. Mel2 June 2012 at 09:04

    I'm loving the long weekend and this hop is a great icing on the jubilee cakes! :-)

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  5. Birgit2 June 2012 at 10:07

    I might not be British, but hey, any reason is great to celebrate, right? Especially if it involves a giveaway, teehee!

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  6. Ellie2 June 2012 at 10:26

    Hey chuck! What an awesome idea - I'd have totally joined in if I'd known about it! I watched the most lovely documentary about the Queen last night - the one with Alan Titchmarsh on ITV - then switched over to the news where some Republic guy was blathering on about how it was just sixty years in a job, dudes, nothing to fuss about. SHOW SOME RESPECT, MAN, SHE'S THE FRICKIN' REIGNING MONARCH! I really wish we were closing at some point and not working right through all four days though, it feels like we're missing out on all the fun... *waves Union Jack cheerfully*

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  7. miki2 June 2012 at 11:35

    Thanks you a lot for making this international. I've read a review on "the rivers of London" and i was really interested in this one so thanks you for this opportunity to win it

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  8. Sophia2 June 2012 at 13:30

    Thanks for a great giveaway - I don't think I'd know which to choose if I won!

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  9. Jaedia @ The Dragon Chronicle2 June 2012 at 13:54

    And I shall be working for the next few days - boo! Wish I could celebrate in some way. I suppose entering your giveaway and begging for How to be a Woman, Pirates (bought book 2 in the Kindle Daily Deal the other day), and Rivers of London would do it. /beg. ;)

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  10. Anonymous2 June 2012 at 15:55

    Thanks for the giveaway! :)

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  11. Lilian2 June 2012 at 18:18

    Woah...AWESOME giveaway! I hope I win, so I can score Caitlin Morgan's memoir!

    Lilian @ A Novel Toybox

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  12. Anonymous2 June 2012 at 19:39

    This is a great giveaway :D

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  13. Anonymous2 June 2012 at 23:47

    Thank you for the giveaway!! I love that we have a monarchy and the Queen is kind of great. Plus, she's the perfect marketing asset for Britain, hahahaha ;)

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  14. Szappanbubi3 June 2012 at 09:24

    Thanks You so-so much :)
    and so good for you have at least a Queen :) here we have noone..and it's boring and too modern , ahh.

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  15. Doodle3 June 2012 at 09:57

    Thanks for the awesome giveaway! :)

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  16. Spav3 June 2012 at 18:49

    Thanks for the giveaway.

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  17. Michelle3 June 2012 at 19:07

    Good mix of book there :)

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  18. Shooting Stars Mag3 June 2012 at 20:12

    Wow, awesome choices. thanks for the chance to win though. :)

    -lauren

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  19. anarmchairbythesea3 June 2012 at 22:31

    Your giveaways are always awesome :-) And of course a few of these are already on my TBR as you've raved about them! I like that our reading tastes are similar enough for me to pretty much be sure that I'll... if not love at least have a strong opinion about any book that you like!

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  20. Lit Addicted Brit3 June 2012 at 23:37

    (Ah-ha! I'm commenting again! Watch me fly...)

    I kind of wasn't going to enter because I thought it would be weird if I won...although I don't know why!

    Regardless, you know that I think that you're one of the most generous humans that I know. What a perfect way to acknowledge the Jubilee :)

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  21. selkiereads4 June 2012 at 07:02

    thank you so much for this giveaway! GBU<3

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  22. ArtemisG4 June 2012 at 11:39

    Great hop and thank you for the giveaway!
    Artemis

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  23. Meg @ A Bookish Affair4 June 2012 at 15:16

    This is an awesome giveaway! Hurray for the Queen!

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  24. Kate4 June 2012 at 16:50

    Those are some fantastic books. I love the national pride :)

    Thanks for the giveaway.

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  25. Kat @ NoPageLeftBehind4 June 2012 at 20:25

    Thanks for the awesome giveaway! Good Omens is one of my favorite books!

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  26. AnnaZed4 June 2012 at 21:49

    Wow, how awesome is this. I say rule Britannia too and I love in California!

    The Rafflecopter calls me 'Margot' since it is accessing my facebook where I am 'Margot Core'; the Rafflecopter connects to this

    email: annazed10 (at) yahoo (dot) com

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  27. Isa5 June 2012 at 02:25

    Thanks for the giveaway! :D

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  28. starryabigail5 June 2012 at 14:17

    Thanks for the giveaway-some great books!

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  29. Kristia5 June 2012 at 18:08

    thank you for the international giveaway!
    Kristia Miltiadou

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  30. Shelver5066 June 2012 at 02:10

    Thanks for the giveaway :)

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