WINNER ANNOUNCED!
Congrats to Laura Kay of A Novel Review!
(Note to those entering the Book-A-Day Giveaways: If you leave an email when you enter, I will try to notify you that you've won, otherwise, winners will be announced on the page of the book listings like so. The winner of SPIN and ARRANGED still has not contacted me.
Check to see if you have won those books!)
Book: Amazon
Author: http://www.jennynelsonauthor.com/
Winner: LAURA KAY of A Novel Review!
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Read the first chapter.
What could be more fun than a book that has the trifecta--Food, Romance, Italy? Sounds pretty good right? Well in Jenny Nelson's debut, Georgia's Kitchen, you'll find it all and more. Georgia seems to have it all, a top job in one of Manhattan's best restaurants, great girlfriends and a great guy. But when her fiance calls off their wedding and a restaurant review destroys her reputation, the only thing Georgia can think to do is run off to the Italian countryside, where she plans on licking her wounds.
There, she finds work at a trattoria and discovers all that Italy has to offer. But is it enough to heal her broken heart and make her forget about all of her dreams she left behind in NYC?
Those who love travel, food and cooking, and romance will delight in Jenny Nelson's Georgia's Kitchen, and you can win your very own copy here simply by leaving a comment!
So, here’s how this works. Please leave a comment, and all those who do will qualify to win Georgia's Kitchen by Jenny Nelson! I’ll draw the winner on March 4 (always TWO days after I post the daily book, unless it’s a weekend, I may allow for more time), and I will post the winner’s name at the TOP of this post, in the highlighted area.
PLEASE be specific with your name in the comment section, and IF YOUR NAME is listed as the winner, you must email me at stephanieelliot@gmail.com in order to claim your prize. Email me with your full name and address so I can have your book(s) sent to you.
Come back and read about each book every day in March. Choose the books you'd like to win. Enter for any or ALL the books. Each entry will count as an entry toward the grand prize of winning ALL 31+ books at the end of the month. You can win the book of the day and still qualify to win ALL the books at the end of the month!
Thanks, and GOOD LUCK! And come back tomorrow to see what book I’ll be giving away then too!
It’s MaNiC MoMMy’s March Madness Book-A-Day Giveaway! Read ALL the Rules and Details Here!
Sorry, only U.S. and Canadian residents only!

Who hasn't had the fantasy of running away and leaving it all behind?! Sounds like a fun read. Ronit W
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ReplyDeleteI just finished Promises to Keep and this looks like it might be my next book! Better to read about food than to eat it, lol.
ReplyDeleteI have attempted to escape to Italy but the ambien/wine based amnesia is causing a whammy’d teleportation of my comment.
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Tressie Moondoggie2442
would love to read this one, looks like a fun read.
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Love books about food and travel..great selection!
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Italy! My dream vacation...
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ReplyDeleteKayo
This looks really good. I want to start stocking up for the summer.
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ReplyDeleteSounds like a great book!!
ReplyDeleteJess Heady
Escape to Italy sounds perfect...
ReplyDeleteLiked the first chapter and want to read more! :) ktmixon315
ReplyDeleteMmmm....I can just imagine living in Italy with all that yummy pasta. Except I'd be the size....well, that I am now.
ReplyDeleteI love food, travel and cooking. I'm sure I will love his book also.
ReplyDelete-Donna W.
This sounds like a good book!
ReplyDeleteFood, romance, Italy? I'm there!
ReplyDeleteSounds like a great read!! Debydew110
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ReplyDeleteWould love it read it!!
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ReplyDeleteI've been looking for new books, and this one sounds great.
ReplyDeleteBri H.
YAY!!! Day 2!!! and this book sounds great! Love the idea that the woman in this book (from your description) had the courage to pick up and move on...
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I need to read this! :)
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it sounds like perfection to me!
ReplyDeleteI would love to travel like this! Christin Greb
ReplyDeleteMy budget doesn't allow for international travel at this time, so an escapist book will have to suffice!
ReplyDeleteI agree with previous commenters ... this sounds like a fun read!
ReplyDeleteWould love to lose myself in a trip to Italy!
ReplyDeleteNicole Harper
Food, Romance, Italy- sign me up!!
ReplyDeleteI've been reading about this book for months and would love to win it.
ReplyDeleteI'm trying to come up with something witty and creative to say and then I remember, you're the writer. I am just an avid reader, so wish me luck!
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ReplyDeletethis sounds absolutely awesome!
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ReplyDeleteSounds like a fun read! Going to Italy is on my bucket list.
ReplyDelete-Lauren Louise
Sounds like a fun read! But maybe not on an empty stomach.
ReplyDeleteI just finished reading Eat, Pray, Love(similar concept here on theme)which by the way I thought was fantastic. I still have a personal fantasy of visiting Italy, although I am more interested in the art than the food. Another good choice MM!
ReplyDeleteNow I want to read all of these books that are being posted everyday. How will I ever have time to read all of them?!
ReplyDeleteOooh - sounds great, my mom and I would both love to read this.
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ReplyDeleteHally Hoots
Sounds good, but what's a "trattoria"?
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boxer_grl21(at)yahoo(dot)com
I love Italy and this book will make me want to go back!
ReplyDeleteCLaughery
This one is on my wishlist! Thanks!!
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jen161 at hotmail dot com
this book has been on my tbr list so long! Can't wait! Shannon J.
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Melissa Black
ReplyDeleteYes, please!!!
You had me at "food" and "Italy."
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ReplyDeleteamypackster
Sounds like an interesting read!
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What more can a girl want? Food and Italy! Thanks for the opportunity to win, Manic! :)
ReplyDeleteKrystal Dyer
Another great book that I'd love to win
ReplyDeletethere can never be enough books out there involving travel, food, and romance! CariL
ReplyDeleteEverytime I read a review/about this book, I get hungry, hehe :o)
ReplyDeleteA broken heart and life saved by food? Sounds good to me!
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Sounds like a great read! Lauren M.
ReplyDeleteFood and a broken heart, sounds like a great book! Melissa Rem
ReplyDeleteI would love to own this one!
ReplyDeleteThanks for reminding me to put this on my to read book list.
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ReplyDeleteThere's Italy and cooking. I'm so in!
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ReplyDeletePick me! Pick me! Pick me! :) This book sounds amazing!!
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ReplyDeleteThis sounds like the perfect escape! When your reality bites....soothe it by getting lost in a book!
ReplyDeleteLove her website! Hope to read her book next! jennyfromthecube@yahoo.com
ReplyDeleteI love food and cooking and especially books that incorporate it all! ;)
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ReplyDeleteThis looks like a good read. Thanks for the fantastic giveaway!
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like a book I need to read!
ReplyDeleteStefanie Chase
Since I won't be getting back to Italy anytime soon, this book could definitely indulge my desire for some gelato. :)
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ReplyDeleteSeriously, "who wouldn't want to read about food, romance and Italy?". Sounds like a great read!!
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ReplyDeleteI've always wanted to go to Italy --- and if I can't get there in person, what better than through a good book!
ReplyDeleteJennifer I.
This one sounds great! yay books!
ReplyDeleteI've picked this up in the bookstore but didn't buy it since I had already outspent my book budget. Would love to get it and read about escaping!
ReplyDeleteLizzyBethDJ
had me at "food" :)
ReplyDeleteFood and travel... sounds like a great book!
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ReplyDeleteAmanda ME
Ah, Italy...sounds great!
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ReplyDeleteMy favorite type of food: Italian! I so know I would love this book! Thanks MaNiC MoMMy!
ReplyDeleteChristine
Sounds like a great book!
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ReplyDeleteThis sounds like an amazing read! Thanks for the suggestion. Angelini197
ReplyDeleteThis book sounds like a great read, can't wait to read it!
ReplyDeleteFood and romance- what's more to want in a book! Rachael M
ReplyDeleteI love all things Italian and this sounds like a gem! Wouldn't we all just like to chuck it at least for a bit and have a grand adventure? Hope I win!! Thanks, MM :)
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I love books about cooking!
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ReplyDeleteLaura Kay
anovel review
Looks like another great pick!
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ReplyDeleteRebeccaErin
Sounds great!
ReplyDeleteKristen Y.
Someday I'll make it to Italy!
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Snarky Mommy wants to win!
ReplyDeleteFood Romance & Italy sound amazing to me :)
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looks like a fun read!
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Dawn MG
I love romance abroad novels! When you add in cooking, there's nothing that tops it off better. Would love to read this book :)
ReplyDeleteKatrina Swiney
YAY!!!! Fun EVERY DAY! Thanks
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ReplyDeleteA book with the food theme is my favorite!
ReplyDeleteI love anything that combines food with Italy. EBrokaw
ReplyDeleteDay 2! Here I come!
ReplyDeleteDani Patarazzi
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Sounds like a good read. Would love to win it!
ReplyDeleteI wish I could run away to Italy.
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FOod, romance and Italy! How could you go wrong!! Patticol
ReplyDeleteIt sounds great. I have read a couple books recently about withdrawing to the Italian countryside - unfortunately the names escape me. This sounds like a fun read.
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Oohhhh...sounds delish!
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Hally Hoots
Ooh, this sounds like a great read! It's going on my Amazon wish list, just in case I don't win it.
ReplyDelete- Amanda Leigh
139! you know too many damn people, Manic.. Now I have to back to facebook and stalk you with the number 139! wait, maybe the '9' is going to be my number....
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(Amanda, again)
This book sounds FANTASTIC! I was just telling my husband that he may come home and the kids are with a sitter and I've excaped to Italy. lol
ReplyDeleteYummy book! Italy, food, romance... sign me up for an escape, please, even if just for the length of the book. Mary F
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ReplyDeleteThanks again for this awesome give-away!!
Sounds like a really great read!
ReplyDeleteI'd love to read this book. I'm pretty familiar with working in restaurants and I can't wait to see her take on being a chef. And can I just say Italy is too much!
ReplyDeletePamela Hoffman
croppergirl@tx.rr.com
This sounds like a fabulous book! Thank you so much for the opportunity to win so many great reads!
ReplyDeleteItaly is my most favorite place on Earth! I love books that bring me back there. Thanks for another fun opportunity to get great reads!:)
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ReplyDeletePennygirl, Manitowoc
Already have this one so don't pick me ... its great though!!!
ReplyDeleteTiffany - "Cozy Reader"
I would love to win.
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Yum! I'd love to win this book!
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this book reminds of one I just read with the concept of food, romance & travel. I'm sure that is everybodies dream. I would love to read this. Brenda L B
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Looks like a good read!
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Sounds terrific!
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ReplyDeleteOoo I like this one. And so much easier to enter a contest than drive to 4 vacant bookstores. :-) thanks for the referral.
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Sounds like fun read!
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Please pick me!
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ReplyDeleteEmily Riley-Berghorn
Well I like food, that's for sure!
ReplyDeleteKirsten R.
Sounds like a great book!!!
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I'd love a mental vacation in the ofrm of...this book! Bernadette Smith7
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ReplyDeleteLove books, love this contest! LeslieGC
ReplyDeleteSounds like a good read. I'd love to go to Italy some day. I'd also love to cook like a real chef, but I guess I'm just a little to lazy for that one! LOL
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I love books and winning, so this contest is awesome!
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ReplyDeleteKassie H.
Ciao Bella, ora ho fame! Doesn't that sound dirty???? Too bad it only means "now I am hungry" in Italian......Mangia!!!
ReplyDeleteI can't think of ANYthing better than food, romance, and Italy!
ReplyDeleteSounds good! Dawn Nelson
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ReplyDeleteThis sounds great!
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sounds like a good book!
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Excited about the contest!
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ReplyDeleteAnother awesome read!
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ReplyDeleteBeing of Italian descent, this book sounds like a great read! Hope I'm the lucky winner!
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This is a really cool post. I love this kitchen. It is completely the style that would fit me.how to unclog bathtub drain full of hair
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