One Plus One just came out in paperback the end of last month and Penguin Books is offering one of my readers the opportunity to read this wonderful book. To enter, just leave a comment with your email address. For an extra entry, leave me the name of your favorite book from 2014. I'll draw the winner on Sunday.
Suppose your life sucks—a lot. Your husband has done a vanishing act, your teenage stepson is being bullied, and your math whiz daughter has a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that you can’t afford to pay for. If you’re Jess Thomas, you do what you always do—make it work.
Jess and her family (including their giant, smelly dog Norman) begin their doomed-from-the-start adventure stranded on the side of the road next to a dilapidated Rolls Royce—sans license, sans insurance—having just been pulled over by the police for a missing headlight. And the unexpected knight in shining armor who rescues them? Geeky Ed, the obnoxious tech millionaire whose vacation home Jess happens to clean. With big problems of his own, Ed, in perhaps his first ever unselfish act, offers to drive Jess and her dysfunctional brood to the Maths Olympiad and a prize that could turn everything around for Jess’s family.
This unlikely cast of characters is easy to fall for: Nicky, Jess’s stepson, wears mascara, doesn’t fit in at school, but is fiercely protective of Tanzie, Jess’s precocious math prodigy daughter; Jess and Ed are the kind of opposites you love to watch attract; and pungent Norman, the immovable mascot of the back seat, is the best guard dog you’ll ever find drooling on your shoulder.
“Bridget Jones meets Little Miss Sunshine in this witty British romp from bestseller Moyes… Wryly romantic and surprisingly suspenseful.” —People
“ONE PLUS ONE adds up to a delightful summer read… Moyes is masterful at creating characters … You don’t need to be a math whiz to figure out this book is one worth adding to your summer reading list.” —USA Today
“A funny and engaging road-trip…ONE PLUS ONE shimmers with both unyielding warmth and canny incisiveness.”—The Boston Globe
I'm not entering as I've already read and enjoyed this book. I just wanted to pop in and say how good it is!
ReplyDeleteI read some awfully good books in 2014 but I think the best was The Good Earth by Pearl Buck, which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1932.
ReplyDeleteIf you mean a book published in 2014, Sweetland by Michael Crummey was also a 5 star read.
I really liked Me Before You and I would love to read this one. Thanks for the giveaway.
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My favorite book from 2014: Ade by Rebecca Walker
I love her books! This is on my to-read list :-) bloomin.chick@yahoo.com - bloomin(DOT)chick(AT)yahoo(DOT)com My favorite book of 2014...? Ghost on Black Mountain by Ann Hite.
ReplyDeleteThanks for this great feature and giveaway. My favorite book from 2014 was The Heist by Daniel Silva. saubleb(at)gmail(dot)com
ReplyDeleteThanks for the chance to win One Plus One. Email is momssmallvictories{at} Gmail {dot} com. My favorite books of 2014 were This Dark Road to mercy and the Harry Potters I finally read. Stopping by from Lost in Books blogger shoutouts!
ReplyDeleteI'll bite. :) I've read Me Before You and The Girl You Left Behind and really enjoyed them both. My email trishsreadingnook at gmail dot com.
ReplyDeleteFavorite book of 2014. I'm trying not to look back at my list but how sad that I'm drawing a blank as to what exactly I read! Ok, I remember now--I think The Sparrow ended up being the best of the year. Loved Tiny Beautiful Things, too, but didn't technically finish it until 2015.
Just one year by Gayle Forman was my fav one! :)
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