Saturday, October 1, 2011

Weekend Book Giveaway; Popularity Rules by Abby McDonald


What if there was a rule book on how to be popular? That's the cute premise of Abby McDonald's first novel for adults "Popularity Rules. Want a chance to win? Leave your email address in the comment section. One will be chosen randomly by Sunday evening after six.

Rule 1: All’s fair in love, war and popularity…

Kat Elliot is no social butterfly: she’s spent her life rebelling against phonies – and it’s led her nowhere. Just as she’s ready to give up her dreams and admit defeat, in steps Lauren Anderville. One-time allies against their school bullies, Lauren and Kat had been inseparable. Then Lauren returned from summer camp – blonde, bubbly and suddenly popular, and Kat was left to face the world alone.

Lauren finally wants to make amends by teaching Kat the secret to her success: “The Popularity Rules”. A decades-old rulebook, its secrets transformed Lauren that fateful summer.

Tempted by Lauren’s promises of glitzy parties and the job she’s always dreamed of, Kat reluctantly submits to a total makeover – only to find that life with the in-crowd might have something going for it after all. But while Lauren has sacrificed everything to get ahead, is Kat really ready to accept that popularity is the only prize that counts?

Here's an excerpt

The Popularity Rules is sure to please readers far and wide. Fans of Helen Fielding’s chick lit classic Bridget Jones’s Diary and Sophie Kinsella’s Shopaholic series will adore this one.” **** RT Reviews

“Readers will relish the ride. A gleeful skewering of pop culture, modern femininity, and female bonding.” Publishers Weekly

“An entertaining modern take on the classic myth of Pygmalion.” Booklist

Glamour Magazine MUST-READ

Attention women fiction authors and publishers: If you'd like to be featured as a weekend read on the GBC, please contact Karin at karin.gillespie@gmail.com. If you're a good fit for us, we'd love to spread the word.


CONGRATS to Amy Bromberg for winning. Thanks to all that entered.

20 comments:

  1. This book sounds very good! I would love to read it thank you!

    Margaret
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  2. Ahhh...if only this rule book was out when I was in school. lol...looks like a fun read for vacation. :)

    joelle.cottrell@gmail.com

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  3. This looks like a very fun read! Thanks for the giveaway!

    Laura Kay
    anovelreview(at)yahoo(.)com

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  4. Sounds like a fun read. Glad those days are behind me.

    Tricia
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  5. It sounds like a lot of fun! Count me in!

    mryward(at)yahoo(dot)com

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  6. Great premise for a book!! Please enter my name in the drawing. Thank you.
    Penny

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  7. Sounds fun!

    jbrooxd(at)comcast(dot)com

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  8. Wouldn't it be nice to be clued into a few of the rules instead of finding things out the hard way? . . .

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  9. Sounds like an interesting book. Thanks for the contest.
    Mrsalimashai@yahoo.com

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  10. Fun, carltonandson@aol.com

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  11. I would love to read this book :)

    It's always fun and entertaining reading books (and watching shows) where a character gets a head to toe makeover.

    Thanks for this great giveaway.

    amyrbromberg(at)gmail(dot)com

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  12. Yeah... a rule book... where were you when I was in Jr. High?

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  13. I wouldn't mind reading this, it sounds like a fun read...I hope I win...

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  14. would love to read this :)

    kewalker1972@gmail.com

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  15. sounds like an interesting read.
    moss.febe9@gmail.com

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  16. This book sounds great. My e-mail address is tessa.bamberg@kolumbus.fi

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  17. this sounds really good! :)
    r.m.haigh@hotmail.co.uk

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  18. Count me in.

    kris.reichartanderson@gmail.com

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  19. Hope I'm not too late!!! I'd love to win.
    acozyreaderscorner@gmail.com

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  20. Abby McDonald's first novel for adults "Popularity Rules" it has been so much successful among my friends, they have read that book many times and they are friends

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