Update: Contest Closed. Inquiring readers.How fabulous! Avon books is donating a copy of Syrie James's fabulous new book, The Secret Diaries of Charlotte Bronte to the lucky winner of our drawing on Tuesday, July 14th. All you need to do is leave a comment on this post. We will draw the winner on July 14th at midnight.
Only those who live in the Continental USA and Canada are eligible to win the book. Leave a comment or observation about The Secret Diaries of Charlotte Bronte in the post below or in this post for a chance to win the book! Deadline to leave a comment is July 14th.
Ohh!!!!!! How awesome!!!!!! I would love it!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteI've been waiting for Syrie James to write another book! Count me in!
ReplyDeleteYes, please. I would love to win this book.
ReplyDeleteI thoroughly enjoyed The Lost Memoirs of Jane Austen and am looking forward to this one!
ReplyDeleteOh, I would love to win a copy of this book - I read the excerpt on Syrie's website and was absolutely hooked! Please enter me in the drawing. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteSyrie -- I would love a copy of the book! And I am very interested in how you prepare yourself to "become" the characters. Do you have a special room with period furnishings? Dress like the character? Put on special music?Use a quill pen? Tell!
ReplyDeletePlease add my name to the draw! I was on holiday in London this May and stopped by The British Library to view a letter written by Charlotte to the professor but it was not being displayed at the moment, sigh. Oh well, there's always a next time.
ReplyDeleteI'd love to read this, being both an Austen & Bronte lover. For Ms. James: How did you overcome the intimidation at writing two highly iconic literary figures? Was it difficult not to deify these characters--people, really--as you wrote?
ReplyDeleteI would love this book! It sounds so interesting and I look forward to reading it! :) Thanks so much for the chance to win.
ReplyDeleteHaving just started "The Brontës' Web of Childhood", I find myself captivated by Charlotte and her siblings' imagination. I'm dying to find out how Ms. James conveys Charlotte's inner life!
ReplyDeleteI'd love to read this! For Ms. James: Besides Charlotte, which of the Bronte sisters is the most interesting to you-- Emily or Anne?
ReplyDeleteIt is always to good to read something about a Bronte sister!
ReplyDeleteLove the Bronte sisters and would enjoy reading this book!
ReplyDeleteI love to win your book, Syrie. I am currently in my second read of Jane Eyre. I'm falling in love with the book all over again. It makes me more than ever curious about Charlotte.
ReplyDeleteI'll be teaching Bronte this fall (at least I think so...still putting curriculum together), so this seems like a fun little book to go along! :) Thanks for the great offer.
ReplyDeleteOoh, I would love to win this! I'm looking forward to reading it either way!
ReplyDeleteCB is one of my ultimate favorites. I named my most important cat in honor of her, a beautiful Abyssinian.
ReplyDeleteI would love to win!
Having just ordered 'Charlotte Bronte's Sampler' to stitch, I think it would be lovely to read this book as I'm stitching the sampler.
ReplyDeleteI'd love a chance to win this book! Thanks.
ReplyDeleteThis would be so wonderful! I just finished Jane Eyre by her. I think the Bronte's are fascinating....
ReplyDeletePlease enter me in your giveaway! I'd love a chance to win this book.
ReplyDeleteThis book sounds so exciting!
ReplyDeleteI have yet to read a book from this author but I adore all things Bronte and
I would love the chance to win a copy!
How fun and what a great bunch of prizes...I think it would take a ton of work to channel Charlotte Bronte...not the easiest character to assimilate so applause to you Syrie...how did you do it ???
ReplyDeleteWhat a clever idea for a book that must be read for sure ! Count me in too !
I just found your site and am enjoying looking things over. I, too, would love to have this book, so enter me in your drawing, please!
ReplyDeleteI absolutely loved Syrie James' first book on Jane Austen, it is definitely one of my all time favorite books. How I wished that the story was true! I have had her second book on my wishlist ever since I finished the first one and I cannot wait to read it. I love reading/watching anything by, on, or about Jane Austen and the Brontes. I am very curious to learn more about Charlotte Bronte since I have not read a biography on her, although I have seen this DVD called Bronte Country that discusses about the Brontes life, books, and homes. Jane Eyre is a very special book for me because it was my first classic and made me fall in love reading classics. I can't wait to see how Syrie James used it in her novel!
ReplyDeleteI love the Brontes! Please enter me in your giveaway. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteThank you! I would love to win this book.
ReplyDeleteA dear friend is a Bronte scholar...this book would give me more to converse with her about!
ReplyDeleteOh dear, I've found another blog I *must* follow! And a contest too, lovely! Perhaps if I win the book I'll take a break from blog reading and transfer my attention to it's pages. :-)
ReplyDeleteOh, how lovely! Please enter me in the drawing!
ReplyDeletePlease enter me for the drawing, and thank you
ReplyDeleteHaving found my way to this blog from Bronteblog, I am very excited to see this book featured here! The more I learn about it, the more anxious I am to read it. Ms. James seems to have done some thorough research and put a lot of heart into her book. I would love to win it!
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed Syrie James book about Jane Austen and I can't wait to see if this one is as good. Thanks for the opportunity!
ReplyDeletebecause I can never ever ever read enough about the Brontes.
ReplyDeleteSuch fun! My list of summer books to read keeps growing and growing. Thank you for this opportunity!
ReplyDeleteThis seems just the kind of book I would like to read. Thanks for organizing the giveaway!:)
ReplyDeleteI'm slipping in under the wire! I love Charlotte Bronte, and I'm looking forward to seeing how Syrie portrays her in this book.
ReplyDeleteI just read the interview at Jane Austen's World. I'm really impressed with the amount of research Syrie James did to capture Charlotte Bronte's voice. I would love to read the book.
ReplyDeleteI love Charlotte Bronte. I'm reading her SHIRLEY at the moment and I hope to post about it soon. I actuaaly don't hope to win, I've never won anything in my life! Anyhow I think I'll read this book as soon as I can get it.
ReplyDeleteSooo glad I just saw a tweet about this! I loved Syrie James's The Lost Memoirs of Jane Austen and would love to read this one, too. Thanks for the chance!
ReplyDeleteMeg
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I've never read books by Syrie James but would like to and have enjoyed books by Miss Bronte.
ReplyDeleteWhat an interesting title -- Please enter me in the contest! Thank you.
ReplyDeleteI've never even heard of such a book. It looks wonderful!
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Mrs. White
I love Charlotte Bronte and would really love to read her "secret diary." I was just thinking the other day how much I enjoy all of the Jane Austen afliated books there are these days and wishing there were more such books for the Bronte sisters.
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Please enter me in your contest!!! This sounds like fun!!
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