CLOSED: Once in a Blue Moon (Book) Review and Giveaway

October 8th, 2009 · 49 Comments

Welcome back to the Spooktacular Soiree! Are you ready for the next item on the line up? This one is a bit different, but I was so impressed that I didn’t want to wait to bring it to you!

Sisters Lindsay and Kerrie Ann have known hardship from an early age. Without guidance from their neglectful mother, their only aid came from an unlikely source, a retired exotic dancer by the name of Miss Honi Love. When the girls’ mother was sent to prison, Miss Honi tried unsuccessfully to save them from being separated and sent into foster care.

Thirty years later, Lindsay is still trying to reconnect with her sister. The owner of a bookstore in the sleepy California seaside town of Blue Moon Bay, she was lucky enough to have been adopted by a loving couple. Unbeknownst to her, Kerrie Ann has suffered a very different life. Bounced from one foster home to the next, she ran away as a teenager before becoming a drug-addicted single mother. Now, newly sober, Kerrie Ann is fighting to regain custody of the little girl who was taken from her.

Neither sister’s expectations are met when they’re finally reunited. But as the two sisters engage in the fiercest battles of their lives, they are at last drawn together despite their differences, restoring belief in the unshakable bond of family.

Mom Says: OMG! I was already crying before I made it to chapter one! It tells you their history on the back of the book, so I knew the sisters would be separated before I ever started the book. But, reading the Prologue – I forgot it was a book! Eileen Goudge writes so well that her characters come alive and you feel as if you are in her scenes, not just reading about them! Bravo, Eileen!

Bottom Line: I received the book around 4 on a Friday evening, started it after supper and was finished before bed! I really enjoyed it… so much that I passed it on to my mom to read. She loved it so much that she immediately got on the internet, found 13 other books written by Eileen Goudge, and ordered them!

We had never read her books, but I have read a few books for reviews and have not been overly impressed. This was GREAT and I can’t wait to read more by her.

I know you want this book, too! Thanks to the One2One Network, I was able to review this book and offer one to my readers. Wait, you not only get Once in a Blue Moon, but they are also providing you with Eileen Goudge’s best seller Woman in Red! REQUIRED: Follow Eileen on Twitter and tweet this review!

BONUS #1: Follow Eileen on FaceBook!

BONUS #2: (3 entries) Visit my partner in the Spooktacular Soiree, Mission Mommy and sign up for her Spooktacular Soiree post for the day!

Other bonus entries:

#1. Spread the word about this review by: email, forums, blogging, twitter, Digg, or putting the link in a meme. (one entry per thing done)

#2. Follow my blog.

#3. Subscribe to my RSS feed.

#4. Follow me on Twitter

#5. Fave me on technorati

#6. Put my button on your blog.

#7. Leave a comment on any other post (excluding giveaways!)

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49 responses so far ↓

1 Randa // Oct 9, 2009 at 10:18 am

I follow her and I tweeted the review http://twitter.com/bewitchinkitch/status/4736667767
Randa´s last blog ..Snow…Already?

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2 Randa // Oct 9, 2009 at 10:19 am

I follow your blog
Randa´s last blog ..Snow…Already?

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3 Randa // Oct 9, 2009 at 10:19 am

I follow on twitter

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4 Randa // Oct 9, 2009 at 10:20 am

I tech fave
Randa´s last blog ..Snow…Already?

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5 Randa // Oct 9, 2009 at 10:20 am

I have your button on my blog

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6 Carole // Oct 10, 2009 at 10:45 pm

tweet tweet! http://twitter.com/carolem/statuses/4776705863

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7 Carole // Oct 10, 2009 at 10:46 pm

subscriber on RSS feed

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8 Carole // Oct 10, 2009 at 10:47 pm

I follow you on twitter (carolem)

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9 Patti Bright // Oct 11, 2009 at 6:52 am

I follow Ellen on twitter & tweeted
http://twitter.com/plb8156/status/4782684995
plb8156@aol.com

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10 Patti Bright // Oct 11, 2009 at 6:53 am

I am a fan of Ellen on facebook
Patti Connors Bright
plb8156@aol.com

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11 Patti Bright // Oct 11, 2009 at 6:54 am

I entered quite a few giveaways at Mission Mommy – just entered her little pony giveaway
Love her blog & from hers I found yours – its great!
plb8156@aol.com

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12 Patti Bright // Oct 11, 2009 at 6:55 am

I follow you on twitter
plb8156@aol.com

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13 Patti Bright // Oct 11, 2009 at 6:55 am

I follow your blog
plb8156@aol.com

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14 Patti Bright // Oct 11, 2009 at 6:55 am

I subscribe to your blog
plb8156@aol.com

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15 Bev // Oct 11, 2009 at 9:53 am

I am following Eileen on Twitter and I tweeted the review

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16 Bev // Oct 11, 2009 at 9:53 am

I follow you

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17 Tweets that mention Once in a Blue Moon (Book) Review and Giveaway | 3 Boys And A Dog -- Topsy.com // Oct 11, 2009 at 9:53 am

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18 Bev // Oct 11, 2009 at 9:55 am

I visited your partner in the Spooktacular Soiree, Mission Mommy and signed up for her Spooktacular Soiree post for the day

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19 Patti Bright // Oct 12, 2009 at 8:52 am

tweeted
http://twitter.com/plb8156/status/4808862932
plb8156@aol.com

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20 Bridgette Groschen // Oct 12, 2009 at 4:13 pm

I follow Eileen on Twitter and tweeted your giveaway. Thanks for the giveaway!
http://twitter.com/joeandbridge/status/4817620633
Bridgette Groschen
joeandbridge@aol.com
@joeandbridge

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21 Bridgette Groschen // Oct 12, 2009 at 4:28 pm

I am a Facebook Fan of Eileen. Thanks!
Bridgette Groschen
joeandbridge@aol.com
fb name: bridgette.groschen

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22 Bridgette Groschen // Oct 12, 2009 at 4:35 pm

I Dugg your giveaway. Thanks!
http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=200&winname=addthis&pub=&source=men-200&lng=en&s=digg&url=http%253A%252F%252F3boysandadog.com%252F2009%252F10%252Fonce-in-a-blue-moon-book-review-and-giveaway%252F&title=Once%2Bin%2Ba%2BBlue%2BMoon%2B%2528Book%2529%2BReview%2Band%2BGiveaway&ate=AT-unknown/-/~/aa8d4afb7949ad/2/482c3bdc99eace81&adt=1&CXNID=2000001.5215456080540439074NXC&pre=http%3A%2F%2F3boysandadog.com%2F2009%2F10%2Fonce-in-a-blue-moon-book-review-and-giveaway%2Fcomment-page-1%2F%23comment-12648
Briedgette Groschen
joeandbridge@aol.com
Digg id: joeandbridge

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23 Bridgette Groschen // Oct 12, 2009 at 4:36 pm

I posted a link to your giveaway on my Facebook page. Thanks!
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/posted.php?id=100000184415722&share_id=182859036350&comments=1#s182859036350
Bridgette Groschen
joeandbridge@aol.com
fb name: bridgette.groschen

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24 Bridgette Groschen // Oct 12, 2009 at 4:37 pm

I follow your blog. Thanks!
Bridgette Groschen
joeandbridge@aol.com

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25 Bridgette Groschen // Oct 12, 2009 at 4:37 pm

I subscribe to your blog. Thanks!
Bridgette Groschen
joeandbridge@aol.com

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26 Bridgette Groschen // Oct 12, 2009 at 4:37 pm

I follow you on Twitter. Thanks!
Bridgette Groschen
joeandbridge@aol.com
@joeandbridge

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27 Bridgette Groschen // Oct 12, 2009 at 4:38 pm

You’re a Technorati Fave. Thanks!
Bridegette Groschen
joeandbridge@aol.com
Tech id: joeandbridge

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28 Patti Bright // Oct 13, 2009 at 6:40 am

daily tweet
http://twitter.com/plb8156/status/4832925259
plb8156@aol.com

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29 Elizabeth // Oct 13, 2009 at 11:34 am

following on Twitter and tweet: http://twitter.com/groach

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30 Elizabeth // Oct 13, 2009 at 11:37 am

signed up at mission mommy #1

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31 Elizabeth // Oct 13, 2009 at 11:38 am

signed up at mission mommy #2

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32 Elizabeth // Oct 13, 2009 at 11:38 am

signed up at mission mommy #3

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33 Elizabeth // Oct 13, 2009 at 11:39 am

blog follower

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34 Elizabeth // Oct 13, 2009 at 11:40 am

rss follower

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35 Elizabeth // Oct 13, 2009 at 11:43 am

following on twitter (http://twitter.com/groach)

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36 Elizabeth // Oct 13, 2009 at 11:45 am

Techno faved!

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37 Heather McD // Oct 13, 2009 at 12:41 pm

I follow her on twitter and tweeted the review and giveaway http://twitter.com/HeatherMcDougle/status/4840139582
Heather McD´s last blog ..Getting better

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38 Heather McD // Oct 13, 2009 at 12:42 pm

I follow her on facebook

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39 Heather McD // Oct 13, 2009 at 12:43 pm

I signed up at Mission Mommy 1
Heather McD´s last blog ..Getting better

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40 Heather McD // Oct 13, 2009 at 12:43 pm

I signed up at Mission Mommy 2
Heather McD´s last blog ..Getting better

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41 Heather McD // Oct 13, 2009 at 12:43 pm

I signed up at Misson Mommy 3
Heather McD´s last blog ..Getting better

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42 Heather McD // Oct 13, 2009 at 12:44 pm

I’m a follower
Heather McD´s last blog ..Getting better

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43 Heather McD // Oct 13, 2009 at 12:44 pm

I’m a subscriber

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44 Heather McD // Oct 13, 2009 at 12:44 pm

I follow you on twitter

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45 Heather McD // Oct 13, 2009 at 12:45 pm

You are a favorite on technorati

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46 Heather McD // Oct 13, 2009 at 12:45 pm

I have your button

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47 Heather C // Oct 13, 2009 at 9:46 pm

I follow eileen and tweeted – http://twitter.com/choochoo428/status/4852439733

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48 Heather C // Oct 13, 2009 at 9:46 pm

I follow your blog.

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49 Heather C // Oct 13, 2009 at 9:47 pm

I follow you on twitter – choochoo428

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