Yummy Chatter - Giveaway winners & good books list

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Giveaway Winners and Results
The Butterfly's Daughter by Mary Alice Monroe

(Giveaway Deadline was 3 pm CST, May 13) 

BIG THANKS to Gallery Books of Simon & Schuster
for sponsoring this Giveaway!

Congratulations to these 3 Giveway winners (they were chosen from 29 entries via a random number generator). Here are the winners and their comments about the last good book they read:

• Steffani -Recently read The Noticer by Andy Andrews.  Great book!  I've never read anything by Mary Alice Monroe, but am looking forward to reading this one.  Would LOVE to win a copy!  Thanks for the opportunity!
• Barbara - The Help was the last best book I read. Actually I listened to the audio version recorded by 4 different actresses - great for imagining these wonderful characters.
• Shell - Misguided Angels and Bloody Valentine by Melissa De La Cruz.

Please email me your addresses ASAP (monica@theyummylife.com), so the publisher can get your books on their way to you! (I need to hear from you within 48 hours; otherwise, another winner will be selected.)

Thanks to all my yummy readers who entered the contest, left comments, and shared the Giveaway on Facebook, Twitter, and Stumpleupon! I had so much fun reading all of the comments and have added a number of your book suggestions to my reading list. I loved seeing what you've been reading. 

Here is a list of recent good reads compiled from your comments:

• Sweet Grass by Mary Alice Monroe
• The Ape House by Sara Gruen
• The Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins
• Bel Canto by Ann Patchett*
• South of Broad by Pat Conroy
• These Things Hidden by Heather Gudenkauf
• The Divide by Nicholas Evans 
• Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides* 
• Caramelo by Sandra Cisneros
• Friendship Bread by Darien Gee
• Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt*
• Shanghai Girls by Lisa See*
• The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein*
• Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese*
• Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver*
• The Noticer by Andy Andrews 
• The Secret Holocaust Diaries by Nonna Bannister 
• Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand 
• Annie Freeman's Fabulous Traveling Funeral by Kris Radish
• Misguided Angels and Bloody Valentine by Melissa De La Cruz
• Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foher
• Buddha: A Story of Enlightenment by Deepak Chopra
• They Cage the Animals At Night by Jennings Michael Burch
• anything by the author Alisa Kwitney
• Looking for Alaska and Paper Towns by John Green
• The Help by Kathryn Stockett (Several people listed this wonderful book--one of my recent faves, too!)*

*These are books that I have also read and can recommend. 

As mentioned in my recent post about my Book Club, I will share some of our favorite books through the years in an upcoming post.

Make it a yummy day!

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