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Enter the GoodReads giveaway for The Glowing Hours by Leila Siddiqui. In the summer of 1816, London proves hostile to Mehrunissa Begum, newly arrived from India to deliver her brother’s letter of inheritance before returning to her comfortable life in Lucknow. But her brother is nowhere to be found, and without money for the journey home, she takes refuge in a boardinghouse for Indian housemaids. Determined to survive, Mehr decides to find work and begin saving. She is soon hired at the estate of Mary and Percy Shelley, rising young artists burdened by secrets. Mary, quiet and brooding, takes a particular interest in her new housemaid and invites her to join the Shelleys, Mary’s half sister Claire, the eccentric Lord Byron, and his physician, John Polidori, on a summer trip to Lake Geneva.
Enter the Goodreads giveaway for She Waits Where Shadows Gather by Michelle Tang. Avery and Carlos Tam have built their lives on reason, not myth. Carlos, host of a popular reality show that debunks paranormal claims, has earned his reputation by dismantling the supernatural. Yet when they journey to his ancestral home in the Philippines, unease seeps into every corner. Mirrors are veiled, the housekeeper refuses to remain inside alone, and the tragedies haunting the family are left unspoken. After a devastating car accident leaves Carlos imprisoned within his own body, mute, vulnerable, and unable to move, Avery cares for him as the house awakens. It watches. It listens. And it speaks, in a voice only Carlos can hear, whispering a dark and twisted solace.
Enter the Goodreads giveaway for We Burn Our Dead by Ted Laughton. Seven weary soldiers wander a medieval wasteland of forgotten wars, born for battle, lost without it. But when they encounter a pale beast by the sea, they mistake it for meaning itself, and their pursuit of it becomes a descent into annihilation. Led by their haunted Captain, the company journeys into an ancient forest to confront what they fear most: death, futility, and their own savagery. What begins as a hunt becomes a pilgrimage for men who can no longer live in peace and who must now seek redemption in bloodshed.
Enter the GoodReads giveaway for Only a Little While Here by María Ospina Pizano. This award-winning author captures the deep satisfaction that birders and naturalists experience through close, compassionate observation of animals. With her signature grace and curiosity, Ospina focuses on the lives of four creatures: a migrating songbird dazzled by city lights, an orphaned porcupine rescued by human kindness, a devoted dog mourning the loss of her human companion, and a determined beetle carried into an immense, unfamiliar world. The everyday drama of animal life reveals both the fragility and resilience of belonging, and explores what it means to create or lose a home. Each journey compels us to face the beauty and harshness of the world we build around non-human beings. The book offers a powerful reflection on the attention required to heal the divide between humans and animals, honoring their overlooked role as witnesses to our shared existence.
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Enter the Goodreads giveaway for Mother Mary Comes to Me by Arundhati Roy.
This is Roy’s first memoir, a luminous and deeply personal exploration of how she became both the person and the writer she is. At its heart lies her profound, complicated bond with her mother, Mary, whom she calls “my shelter and my storm.”
After Mary’s death in September 2022, Roy found herself “heart-smashed” and unsettled by the intensity of her grief. To make sense of her feelings, she began to write about the mother she left at eighteen, not out of lack of love, but to preserve it.
The memoir traces Roy’s journey from her childhood in Kerala, where her single mother founded a school, through the creation of her acclaimed novels and essays, and into the present. With the sweep of The God of Small Things and The Ministry of Utmost Happiness, and the clarity and warmth of her essays, Mother Mary Comes to Me is both a tribute to freedom and a testament to thorny love and savage grace, a memoir unlike any other.
Enter the Goodreads giveaway for Next Year in Avaria by Jennifer Paller Girard.
The Jesimi people have lived in exile for centuries, driven from their homeland of Avaria by the oppressive Xhartana. Their faith in El must be practiced in secret, and their magical gifts are forbidden. Yet hope endures, in the prophecy of a chosen one who will reunite the scattered Jesimi and restore their freedom.
Adam, a young apprentice preserver, believes he’s just another ordinary kid trying to stay out of trouble. That changes when he discovers a letter from his mother revealing he may be the prophesied savior. To fulfill his destiny, Adam must travel to twelve Jesimi villages and retrieve a magical key from each, keys that, when united, will grant him the power to liberate his people.
But Adam is untrained, unsure, and completely unprepared. With no clue how to harness his magic or where to begin, he sets out on a journey that will test his courage, challenge his beliefs, and determine the fate of an entire nation.
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One cruise sweepstakes winner will receive a two-day, all-daylight rail journey for two adults in GoldLeaf Service on Rocky Mountaineer’s First Passage to the West (Vancouver–Banff) or Journey Through the Clouds (Vancouver–Jasper), with travel available in either direction. The prize includes gourmet meals, beverages, snacks onboard, overnight hotel stay and transfers in Kamloops, plus roundtrip economy airfare from a major U.S. or Canadian gateway city. Estimated retail value: up to $8,000 USD, including taxes and fees.
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