Winner of Blindness by Jose Saramago

Congratulations to Riki of Reading Challenged, who has won my copy of Blindness by Jose Saramago.

And thank you to everyone who entered the giveaway and especially to my new followers.

My health has been poor these last couple of months but I am reading some very good books and will post about them in the next few days.

Summer Giveaway Hop Aug 1-7, 2011

Summer Giveaway Hop  Hosted by Kathy at I am a Reader Not a Writer, and Mary at Bookhounds.

This Giveaway runs from Aug1-Aug7. I am offering an already read copy of Blindness by Jose Saramago, a Nobel author. Simply follow me through Google or Twitter in the sidebar, or tell me that you already follow and which you do, and leave your email in a comment. One entry per person and it's open worldwide. If you've already read it, here are more than 300 other giveaways being offered this week during The Summer Bloghop:     1.I am a Reader Not a Writer     2. BookHounds (Int)

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