This week we’re spotlighting SISTER MINE by Tawni O’Dell, a story about a woman forced to take on past demons and all-too-present dangers in a Pennsylvania coal mining town. In a lime green and turquoise beach bag, winners will find an oversized pink towel with a flip-flop pattern, a floating hammock, a set of beach bag-shaped candles, dive sticks, a lime green and turquoise beach blanket that is great for picnics and a blue EZ-Freeze water bottle, as well as a copy of SISTER MINE. We have five to give away, as well as five additional prizes of copies of SISTER MINE.

To enter, fill out this form and answer the following question by Thursday, July 10th at 11:59PM. You can find the answer by reading the excerpt here.

What is the name of the young girl in the narrator's cab?

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Winners will be chosen in a random drawing from all correct responses received.

If you wish to snail mail your answer and address, please send to:
Beach Bag SISTER MINE Contest
The Book Report
250 W 57th Street - Suite 1228
New York, NY 10107

All entries must be postmarked by Thursday, July 10, 2008 and received by Tuesday, July 15, 2008.

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ELIGIBILITY: he contest is open to all residents of the United States (excluding Puerto Rico) over the age of 18. Due to customs and shipping restrictions, Canadian entrants (excluding those living in Quebec) are eligible to win book prizes only. The following persons and their dependents are not eligible to enter or win: employees of Bookreporter.com or The Book Report, Inc. and their affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising and promotion agencies, and the immediate families (spouse, parents, siblings, and children) of each of the above.

HOW TO ENTER: The contest is open from 9AM on Friday, July 4, 2008 thru Thursday, July 10, 2008 at 11:59PM. While the contest is posted on Bookreporter.com, you can enter by filling out form and answering the following question based on the excerpt, which you can read here.

What is the name of the young girl in the narrator's cab?

Winners will be chosen in a random drawing from all correct responses received.

If you wish to snail mail your answer and address, please send to:
Beach Bag SISTER MINE Contest
The Book Report
250 W 57th Street - Suite 1228
New York, NY 10107

All entries must be postmarked by Thursday, July 10, 2008 and received by Tuesday, July 15, 2008.

HOW TO WIN: Total number of eligible entries received determines odds of winning. One entry per e-mail address. From all eligible entries received, Bookreporter.com will randomly select five (5) Grand Prize Winners. Winners will receive a lime green and turquoise beach bag, an oversized pink towel with a flip-flop pattern, a floating hammock, a set of beach bag-shaped candles, dive sticks, a lime green and turquoise beach blanket that is great for picnics and a blue EZ-Freeze water bottle, as well as a copy of SISTER MINE (Approximate retail value: $100). Five (5) runners-up each will win a copy of SISTER MINE. (Retail value: $14.95).

POSTING OF PRIZE WINNERS: All prize winners will be listed on Bookreporter.com by first name and city/state by Friday, July 18, 2008.

LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY/RESERVED RIGHTS: Neither the Sponsor, nor the parent, subsidiary or affiliate companies, nor the promotional agencies shall have any obligation or responsibility with regard to (i) entries that contain inaccurate information or do not comply with these rules, (ii) entries, prize claims or notifications that are lost, late, incomplete, illegible, unintelligible, damaged or otherwise not received by the intended recipient, in whole or in part, due to computer or technical error of any kind, (iii) telephone, electronic, hardware, software, network, Internet or computer malfunctions, failures or difficulties, or (iv) any damages or losses of any kind caused by any prize or resulting from acceptance, possession or use of any prize. The Sponsor, in its sole discretion, reserves the right to disqualify any person tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Web Site or otherwise violating these rules. The Sponsor further reserves the right to cancel, terminate or modify the Sweepstakes if the Sweepstakes cannot be completed as planned because of infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention or technical failures of any sort.

June 20th

BEACH HOUSE by Jane Green

Beach Bag Winners

• Barbara from Cape Coral, FL
• Diana from Budd Lake, NJ
• Kathryn from Portland, OR
• Patricia from Pollock Pines, CA
• Trish from Hopewell, VA

June 13th

MURDER AT THE BAG GIRL’S BAR & GRILL by N. M. Kelby

Beach Bag Winners

• Beth from Beavercreek, OH
• Bridget from Cape Elizabeth, ME
• Christine from Pompano Beach, FL
• Mary Ann from Spencerport, NY
• Susan from Aurora, CO

June 6th

OUTTAKES FROM A MARRIAGE by Ann Leary

Beach Bag Winners

• Barbara from Union, NJ
• Deanna from Reno, NV
• Nadine from Merrimack, NH
• Patti from Lake Bluff, IL
• Phyllis from Florence, SC

May 30th

DOMESTIC AFFAIRS by Eileen Goudge

Beach Bag Winners

• Brenda from Sabina, OH
• Linda from Severn, MD
• Lisa from Danbury, CT
• Stephanie from Vinton, VA
• Terri from Culleoka, TN

May 23rd

DYING BREATH by Wendy Corsi Staub

Beach Bag Winners

• Allison from Hollister, MO
• Heather from Saint Louis, MO
• Linda from Peoria, IL
• Pamela from Chino, CA
• Sharon from Greeneville, TN

May 16th

LOVE THE ONE YOU’RE WITH by Emily Giffin

Beach Bag Winners

• Elizabeth from Frisco, TX
• Ellen from Guttenberg, NJ
• Jean from Davenport, IA
• Julia from Shakopee, MN
• Mary from Lancaster, PA