Take a quick trip to Greece

By Mir
July 5, 2010
Category Contests

Is this thing on?

Hey, I just figured out that most of the country is likely still on vacation, today. I know, I’m terribly swift. Yes. So I’m going to take the opportunity to slack off a bit, myself, but first I thought I’d leave you with a contest.

Our generous pals at Hachette are stepping up once again, this time in celebration of Anne Zouroudi’s brand-spanking-new novel, The Messenger of Athens. Set in Greece, one review characterized the book this way: “This powerfully atmospheric mystery embraces Mediterranean passion, mythic meddling and patriarchal persecution.” I don’t know what that says to you, but to me that pretty much says “Perfect summer read.”

Five lucky Want Not readers are going to receive a copy of The Messenger of Athens just for being pretty. And for entering this contest. Want to play? First go review the contest rules and regulations, then come on back here and leave a comment on this post by 8:00 a.m. Eastern (that’s 5:00 a.m. Pacific) on Thursday, July 8th, 2010 to be entered. Winners to be determined by random number generation and general mystique.

Ready? Go!

129 Comments

  1. Lori on July 5, 2010 at 12:18 pm

    I could use a new book and this sounds great!

  2. glittersmama on July 5, 2010 at 12:20 pm

    I’ve been looking for a good read.

  3. lifeasamama on July 5, 2010 at 12:23 pm

    heck yes!

  4. Tammy on July 5, 2010 at 12:29 pm

    I love free books.

  5. Becky on July 5, 2010 at 12:31 pm

    Ooh, me me me! Sounds intriguing!

  6. kris on July 5, 2010 at 12:35 pm

    Books are always fantastic!

  7. Renae on July 5, 2010 at 12:38 pm

    Perfect book for upcoming vacation – pick me please!

  8. Emily on July 5, 2010 at 12:39 pm

    I love free books!

  9. Mittany on July 5, 2010 at 12:43 pm

    My Mediterranean Passion quota is quite low these days. Perhaps this will solve the imbalance! Pick me RNG!

  10. Stacy on July 5, 2010 at 12:43 pm

    I need a good summer read!

  11. LizD on July 5, 2010 at 12:49 pm

    The Greek half of me really wants to read this book (and the Swede/Scot half will come along for the fun.)

  12. TheresaK on July 5, 2010 at 1:04 pm

    Thanks!

  13. Katherine on July 5, 2010 at 1:04 pm

    Sounds like an excellent summer read! Sign me up, please.

  14. Brunette on July 5, 2010 at 1:15 pm

    yes, please!

  15. Mandy on July 5, 2010 at 1:19 pm

    would love to win it

  16. MamaChristy on July 5, 2010 at 1:23 pm

    First of all, GO HAVE FUN NO WORKING! And lastly, you had me at “novel”. 🙂

  17. Jessalyn on July 5, 2010 at 1:23 pm

    Sounds like a good read!

  18. Sarah on July 5, 2010 at 1:25 pm

    Sounds great!

  19. Jess on July 5, 2010 at 1:25 pm

    Me, please! I need more books this summer!

  20. pam on July 5, 2010 at 1:26 pm

    I’d like to go to Greece if only in a novel. Take me away………………

  21. Lori on July 5, 2010 at 1:27 pm

    I need some summer reads!

  22. lisa on July 5, 2010 at 1:33 pm

    Indeed . . . a new book to read would be fantastic!

  23. Jennifer B on July 5, 2010 at 1:40 pm

    Can always use a new book.

  24. mamabird on July 5, 2010 at 1:43 pm

    Love books, I do!

  25. Joanne on July 5, 2010 at 1:45 pm

    Can’t have too many books!

  26. Emily on July 5, 2010 at 1:46 pm

    Me please!

  27. Christina on July 5, 2010 at 1:51 pm

    I never turn down a good book! Hope you had a great 4th!

  28. Helene on July 5, 2010 at 1:55 pm

    Hope I win!

  29. Kate on July 5, 2010 at 1:59 pm

    Sounds like a good read! Thanks for the contest.

  30. Jenn on July 5, 2010 at 2:11 pm

    I’m starting to stock up on vacation books. This sounds good!

  31. Lexi on July 5, 2010 at 2:23 pm

    Totally good stuff.

  32. Daisy on July 5, 2010 at 2:27 pm

    I’d love to read this!

  33. Rebekah on July 5, 2010 at 2:29 pm

    Books!

  34. Lynne on July 5, 2010 at 2:33 pm

    sounds wonderful

  35. lisabug on July 5, 2010 at 2:43 pm

    Count me in!

  36. Tonya on July 5, 2010 at 2:50 pm

    Oh I’d love a free book. I never have time while I’m at the library with my 2 littles to look for something for me!

  37. Kelley J on July 5, 2010 at 3:00 pm

    Sounds interesting. Count me in.

  38. Tammy A. on July 5, 2010 at 3:01 pm

    books are the greatest escape. count me in!!!!

  39. jaime m on July 5, 2010 at 3:10 pm

    would love to win the book!it would be nice to get lost in greece without going there!

  40. Kyallee on July 5, 2010 at 3:11 pm

    Yay books!

  41. Lisa P on July 5, 2010 at 3:13 pm

    Ahh- a good and FREE read- Pick me!!!

  42. Katie F on July 5, 2010 at 3:19 pm

    I can always use another good book.

  43. alison on July 5, 2010 at 3:24 pm

    Sweeeeeet!

  44. Clara on July 5, 2010 at 3:24 pm

    You’re right: “perfect summer read” is written all over this book, and I can’t wait to read it. Thanks to Hachette for the giveaway.

  45. Cass on July 5, 2010 at 3:55 pm

    Desperate for new summer reading!

  46. kristen on July 5, 2010 at 4:03 pm

    pretty pretty please! Thanks!

  47. Alicia on July 5, 2010 at 4:05 pm

    Oooh me!

  48. Christina on July 5, 2010 at 4:25 pm

    This sounds like a good summer diversion. 😉

  49. Corey Bishop on July 5, 2010 at 4:35 pm

    Books are my favorite prize!

  50. Colleen on July 5, 2010 at 4:53 pm

    Hooray for books! Hooray for Greece! 🙂

  51. Lexi G on July 5, 2010 at 5:08 pm

    Thanks, Pretty Mir!

  52. Kate on July 5, 2010 at 5:11 pm

    I always love books!

  53. the celt (jessica) on July 5, 2010 at 5:33 pm

    I’m always looking for more good books! I’ll have to check this out no matter what.

  54. Lindsey on July 5, 2010 at 5:52 pm

    I love new books!!

  55. Janie on July 5, 2010 at 7:39 pm

    What’s not to like about a free summer read?

  56. Christina on July 5, 2010 at 7:51 pm

    Hmmmm. Since I can’t go there, I may as well read about it.

  57. Tina on July 5, 2010 at 7:57 pm

    I’d love to win this, read it and then pass it on to my sister who’s going to go to Greece this fall!

  58. Paige on July 5, 2010 at 8:29 pm

    I hope I’m random.

  59. Diane on July 5, 2010 at 8:47 pm

    I need a new book, this sounds great!

  60. M&M on July 5, 2010 at 9:06 pm

    OOh yeah! I am always looking for a good book.

  61. Stephanie on July 5, 2010 at 9:13 pm

    Good book? Yes! Good, free book? Double-yay-yes!

  62. divrchk on July 5, 2010 at 9:20 pm

    I can’t have enough books.

  63. Erin K on July 5, 2010 at 9:25 pm

    That sounds awesome and this bookworm would love it!

  64. RachelJ on July 5, 2010 at 9:44 pm

    Yay for new books for summertime reading!

  65. Julie H. on July 5, 2010 at 9:57 pm

    I need a good book to read!

  66. Kassie B on July 5, 2010 at 10:06 pm

    always up for a new book!

  67. Annette on July 5, 2010 at 10:07 pm

    Just for being pretty? Really? You are so sweet!

  68. Valerie on July 5, 2010 at 10:27 pm

    I’m always up for a good book!

  69. traci on July 6, 2010 at 1:22 am

    LOVE books!

  70. Grace on July 6, 2010 at 7:18 am

    Sounds like a neat book!

  71. Karen on July 6, 2010 at 7:21 am

    Lovin’ it! Go Hachette, random number thingy and Mir, someone’s gonna have a nice July read.

  72. Valerie on July 6, 2010 at 8:07 am

    This is the closest I’ll get to Greece anytime in the near future!

  73. Robin on July 6, 2010 at 8:20 am

    I need another summer read.

  74. Brenda on July 6, 2010 at 8:24 am

    Love to read!

  75. Cindy on July 6, 2010 at 8:27 am

    I love to read. Thank you!

  76. Jennifer on July 6, 2010 at 8:46 am

    New book. Yum!

  77. Catherine on July 6, 2010 at 8:50 am

    I want to go to Greece in a book, since I am not likely to go to Greece in real life any time soon!

  78. Jackie on July 6, 2010 at 9:08 am

    I am really in need of a good book to read. My stash is getting low.

  79. Kristen on July 6, 2010 at 9:14 am

    I’ve just burned through about 6 books in the last two weeks and would LOVE some new reading material. Thanks!

  80. Missy on July 6, 2010 at 9:17 am

    Thank you!

  81. Theresa on July 6, 2010 at 9:19 am

    sounds great!

  82. Melinda on July 6, 2010 at 9:23 am

    Thanks, Mir!

  83. Tink on July 6, 2010 at 9:35 am

    I need to read!

  84. curls on July 6, 2010 at 9:37 am

    Oh mystical number generator, I want this!

  85. Jen on July 6, 2010 at 9:49 am

    please pick me!! 🙂

  86. Marti on July 6, 2010 at 10:21 am

    Sounds like an interesting book!

  87. ajp on July 6, 2010 at 10:34 am

    I’m Greek! And would love to read about Greece since I have still not been there.

  88. Mar H on July 6, 2010 at 10:39 am

    You had me at perfect summer read.
    But I probably need more mystique…

  89. Christine on July 6, 2010 at 11:13 am

    I’m all about mythic meddling!

  90. Tafline on July 6, 2010 at 12:03 pm

    Exactly what I was looking for! Just finished a fun little read and can’t bring myself to read anything too heavy until the winter… this would be perfect.

  91. Michelle on July 6, 2010 at 12:07 pm

    Love me some good summer reading–thanks Mir!

  92. CuriousParty on July 6, 2010 at 12:11 pm

    I could always use a good book

  93. Tree on July 6, 2010 at 12:22 pm

    I can always use a good read for in-flight entertainment.

  94. Laurin on July 6, 2010 at 12:35 pm

    Mediterranean passion, mythic meddling and patriarchal persecution?! Sounds like a great summer read!

  95. Donna on July 6, 2010 at 1:00 pm

    ooh – Greece!

  96. julie w on July 6, 2010 at 1:04 pm

    Free mystery books are always a pleasing summer read!

  97. Julia on July 6, 2010 at 1:32 pm

    Me please!

  98. Susan on July 6, 2010 at 2:05 pm

    Too hot to do anything but read here…

  99. Glory Words on July 6, 2010 at 2:20 pm

    I so need a new good read!

  100. Betty Richardson on July 6, 2010 at 3:57 pm

    I want to go for a read and be pretty!

  101. Elizabeth S. on July 6, 2010 at 5:48 pm

    This would be great!

  102. Courtney on July 6, 2010 at 10:11 pm

    Me! I need a perfect summer read!

  103. lomagirl on July 6, 2010 at 10:11 pm

    And the exchange rate is probably good right now, no? Thanks for the giveaway.

  104. Nancy S on July 7, 2010 at 7:01 am

    Sounds like a good one!!!

  105. Leslie on July 7, 2010 at 8:17 am

    I’m ready for a new book 🙂

  106. Jo on July 7, 2010 at 8:54 am

    Sounds great!

  107. Amy on July 7, 2010 at 9:55 am

    I am always looking for a new book to read. Pick me!!!

  108. Lori on July 7, 2010 at 11:44 am

    I LOVE to read on the beach – thanks!

  109. Crisanne on July 7, 2010 at 4:16 pm

    I’m always in for a free book!

  110. Mary Fran on July 7, 2010 at 4:26 pm

    All right, you talked me into it!

  111. Dawn on July 7, 2010 at 4:33 pm

    Sounds like a great read

  112. Sarah on July 7, 2010 at 4:35 pm

    Sounds like an interesting book! 🙂

  113. Courtney on July 7, 2010 at 4:44 pm

    Sounds awesome! 🙂

  114. Jennifer on July 7, 2010 at 4:55 pm

    Me, me please.
    Thanks for the chance!

  115. Emily on July 7, 2010 at 5:28 pm

    Sounds lovely… thanks for the contest!

  116. Katherine on July 7, 2010 at 5:28 pm

    Sounds wonderful and since I just took a trip to Greece, very appropriate.

  117. Madalene on July 7, 2010 at 5:44 pm

    Yes, please.

  118. Mary Ann on July 7, 2010 at 5:46 pm

    I’m always ready for a new book! (And a trip to Greece if anyone wants to spot me one… ha!)

  119. Melissa on July 7, 2010 at 6:06 pm

    Books! Greece! Pick me!

  120. Marymc on July 7, 2010 at 6:49 pm

    I want a new author to read!

  121. Linda on July 7, 2010 at 6:54 pm

    always up for a good book!!!

  122. elizabeth on July 7, 2010 at 7:54 pm

    Sounds like lovely train reading!

  123. Erin on July 7, 2010 at 8:26 pm

    Lovely

  125. Flossip on July 7, 2010 at 10:12 pm

    Count me in, thanks!

  126. Rikki on July 7, 2010 at 10:14 pm

    I am always looking for a new author to love! Especially one that won’t follow me home and expect brownies!

  127. Selena on July 7, 2010 at 10:25 pm

    You mean I could read something other than my mail? Nice!

  128. Sarah Y. on July 8, 2010 at 6:23 am

    I do love me some books, although lately I don’t seem to have time to read them. Would love to win this!

  129. Heather J on July 8, 2010 at 7:40 am

    Pick me!

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