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 


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Booking in Heels' First Blog Birthday: GIVEAWAY

I swear it feels like it's my actual birthday - a whole year of blogging today! 

So addition to the posts that have been going up all weekend, I thought we'd have a giveaway to celebrate!

Just to make it easy, you can win your choice of books from The Book Depository, as long as the total is under £10 or $15.

Open to everyone, as long as The Book Depository ships to your country.

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UK Giveaway of Mum in a Million by Judith Holder

Orion Books have once again been nice enough to host a giveaway for Booking in Heels readers! This time, four lucky, lucky people can win a copy of Mum in a Million: For the Stressy, Know-it-all Mum I Couldn't Do Without.

There is no-one quite like your mother - but along with the unconditional love and understanding, this also means that there is no-one else who always knows when you're fibbing, or where you keep your diary, or the terribly amusing thing you once said at a family wedding when you were five. In an affectionate, amusing and mischievous book, Judith Holder's tribute to motherhood covers everything from mothers through the ages (it's not only the Virgin Mary who we wish had had an immaculate conception), to maternal anxiety, to those little things she says and why she says them: "You're not going out like that", "What are you doing inside on a lovely day like today?", and the classic: "because I said so". Using interviews and testimonies from mothers and daughters of all ages, this will be beautifully woven together to produce a humorous look at motherhood and everything that goes with it, with beautifully illustrated and funny line drawings integrated into the text. 


Judith Holder has a great deal of experience with humour, having worked with some of the funniest people on television - Victoria Wood, Billy Connolly, Lenny Henry and many more. She is also the author of books like The Secret Diary of a Grumpy Old Woman and It's Not Grim Up North.

Looking at the book in front of me, it's easy to see that her sense of humour shines through. Everybody can find something to relate to in this book. For me, it was the section headed 'Shopping with your Mother.' It brought back memories  of many trauma-filled hours shopping for school shoes with my Mum - it  always, always ended in tears and a pair of shoes that weren't high enough for me (I started early!) and too shiny for my Mum.

I started reading this on the train earlier, and so many parts made me smile and nod. Then I immediately rang my Mum and told her how much I loved her.

Mother's Day in the UK is the 18th March, and there honestly doesn't exist a better gift. Like I said, four lucky winners will get hold of a copy, which means four lucky Mums will feel extra specially loved on that day :)

UK Giveaway of The Crown by Nancy Bilyeau

Orion Books have been nice enough to offer three lucky readers of Booking in Heels their very own copy of The Crown by Nancy Bilyeau!

It's easily the best historical fiction I've read in a long time - read my review here.

London, May 1537: When Joanna Stafford, a young novice, learns her cousin is about to be burned at the stake for rebelling against Henry VIII, she makes a decision that will change not only her life but quite possibly, the fate of a nation. Joanna breaks the sacred rule of enclosure and runs away from Dartford Priory, but when Joanna and her father are arrested and sent to the Tower of London, she finds herself a pawn in a deadly power struggle. Those closest to the throne are locked in a fierce fight against those desperate to save England's monasteries from destruction. Charged with a mission to find a hidden relic believed to possess a mystical power that has slain three Englishmen of royal blood in the last 300 years, Joanna and a troubled young friar, Brother Edmund, must seek answers across England. Once she learns the true secret of her quest, one that traces all the way back to Golgotha and the Relics of the Passion, Joanna must finally determine who to trust and how far she is willing to go to protect her life, her family and everything she holds dear.  


Giveaway ends in a week's time, after which three winners will be contacted. They then have 48 hours to respond before a new winner will be picked instead.


UK only, I'm afraid!

Winner of the Summer Giveaway Hop

This was my first giveaway, so I want to give a massive thank you to everyone who participated. I've had some great new people stop by for a chat and I've found some fantastic blogs along the way, so it's been a wonderful experience.

But you don't care about that I'm sure - you want to know the winner!

Lisa @ Lisa Loves (Books of Course)

She's won a copy of Mermaid by Carolyn Turgeon. I've sent her an e-mail and will be posting that off in a few days.

The other good news is that I've had such a great time composing this giveaway that I can't wait to do another one. Stay tuned for the next one, same book time, same book channel!