Courtesy of the publisher, we have a copy of The Girl Who Stopped Swimming by Joshilyn Jackson to give away!

Here’s how to enter!

1) Agree to participate in the Group Discussion if you win the third week of June and leave a comment. (one entry)

2) Blog about the Group Discussion and invite your readers to join in with a link back to this giveaway! (two entries)

By the way, I’m reading it now and it’s unputdownable. Thanks everyone! I’ll leave this open for a week.

Hi everyone!

 In June, we will be having a group discussion on the site.  We (Sally, Leah, Amy) will all be reading The Girl Who Stopped Swimming by Joshilyn Jackson and then discussing the book over three days.  We would love to have you join us!  Think of it as a virtual book club and be sure to bring some virtual snacks!

 Please note that this book probably has a PG-13ish rating.  More details to come!

The winner of The Moon in the Mango Tree is Carole!  Carole please email thefriendlybooknook At gmail dot com with your address!

And just a reminder that if you link to The Friendly Book Nook and would like a reciprocal link please  let me know via email or leave a comment.  Thanks everyone!

….is Deborah! Congratulations, Deborah, I’ll be emailing you for your contact information.

If you didn’t win, don’t despair, there’s a book giveaway starting tomorrow and another contest in the works! Thanks so much for entering and linking everyone, we really appreciate it!

By the way, I added a bunch of books to my TBR pile after reading your comments…if you’re looking for something to read, check out the comments on the contest thread.

The March Contest winner of a 25 dollar gift certificate to Amazon is ABookBlogger! Please email me at thefriendlybooknook at gmailDOTcom with the email address you want your certificate sent to!

The runner ups (winners of suprise books) are:

Bunny B

Krista

A Snodgrass

Please email me your snail mail address and I’ll get your surprise books in the mail!

There is an April Contest!

I (Amy) obtain books at a rate faster than I can read them. I’ve bought books in lots off eBay, get them in mass amounts through freecycle for my students, and of course, well, buy them. I sometimes get duplicates (and triplicates) and I sometimes get books I’m not interested in or can’t use. So the grand prize winner of the April contest will get a box of books! A box of surprise books! These books will be in varying condition, I may or may not have read them and I can’t guarantee you will love them all. But I bet you will like some of them!

The rules are simple!

If you are an email subscriber you are automatically entered!

If you leave a comment on this post and tell us about a book that surprised you, you get an entry!

If you blog about this contest on your blog you will get two entries! You must link back here.

Finally, you must have a US mailing address to keep postage costs manageable. Thank you so much and good luck!

If you link to the Friendly Book Nook please leave a comment to let us know and we’ll add you to the blogroll!

There’s just one week left to participate in the March contest. Read more here.

Welcome to our party! We are three women in different life stages with a passionate love for books! Here at the Nook we offer reviews, book news, and tips for reading with your children. We are:

Sally–the mom, granny, and second grade teacher who gave us our love for books!

Leah–the stay at home mom and wife who also lives in Costa Rica!

Amy–the single girl who teaches reading improvement to adults

We are all voracious readers and if you are too, I think you’ll love hanging out with us here. So treat yourself to some coffee or chai and settle in for a cozy time in the Nook! If you like what you see, be sure to check out our March contest!