Giveaway! The Man from Beijing by Henning Mankell 2010

In honor of the Scandinavian Reading Challenge below, I'm doing a giveaway of a fantastic new crime thriller by a Scandinavian author, Henning Mankell.  The title of the hardcover is THE MAN FROM BEIJING and it's a wild ride.  To read the review, you can click on the link on the left column under "previously reviewed books".  This giveaway is to encourage visitors to join the Scandinavian Readers Challenge (scroll down for details).

The rules:
To enter, you must be a follower, and leave a comment to this post that you are interested in the giveaway.  Please add your email or a way to contact you if you win.  One entry per comment. To up your chances of winning, consider the following options:

• If you join the Scandinavian Reading Challenge, you get an extra entry (total 2).
• If you link to the Scandinavian Reading Challenge on your blog and promote it somehow by mentioning it, you get an extra 3 entries. (just send me a link)
• If you copy my entire post regarding the Challenge with all the details and refer it back to my blog, you get an extra 4 entries.  (just send me a link)
• If you leave a comment in the comment box with your favorite Scandinavian author or title, you get an extra 2 entries.

I anticipate alot of interest as this title is hot right now.  Email me if you have any questions.  Ones who have already signed up for the Challenge are already entered in the giveaway.

On April 7, 2010, a random generator will select a winner.  Additionally, another Scandinavian title will be offered as a giveaway next week, so stay tuned!

I hope this isn't too complicated!

Scandinavian Reading Challenge, updated

The Black Sheep Dances is challenging you to its first

Scandinavian Reading Challenge 2010!

Updated to answer questions from participants.

Explore new locations and new cultural traditions, from the land that brought us LEGOS, Ikea and Carlsberg beer, among other essential treasures:

This challenge starts now and runs through December 31, 2010.

Don't know where to start?  Scandinavian authors are hot right now (even if the temperatures might be chilly).  Stieg Larsson, Per Petterson, Dag Solstad, Hakan Nasser, Henning Mankell, Linda Olsson, Arnaldur Indridason and Knut Hamsun all have great books to get you started.   Email me for titles if you get stumped.  Once a month I'll throw out some titles and some interesting trivia.

Reading goal: 

"Skal"  6 books before year end

Redo?

Leave a comment to sign up with your email address and goal.  Sign up as a follower as well.  I'll contact you and provide a badge for your blog if you wish (just ask).  Additionally, I'll have a sidebar widget listing participants by their name or blog name. 

Redo!

There will be prizes to all who complete the 6 book challenge.  Prizes not selected yet, but most likely a new book by a Scandinavian author.  Maybe a jar of herring.  Suggestions accepted!

EDITED TO ADD:  You can count books that you were already reading as of March 1, 2010 and any books started since then that fit the criteria of Scandinavian fiction   Please make sure your name is on leftside bar of particpants.

Some titles to get you started:

• Out Stealing Horses, Per Petterson
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson
• Astrid & Veronika, Linda Olsson
• Shyness & Dignity, Dag Solstad
• Suggest via email your own favorite titles

      Email me with your titles as you complete them.  I'll keep a file of participants and titles read and if anyone wants to have a discussion or share thoughts on a title, let me know.