Our five winners will receive a complimentary copy of Jacqueline Carey's
Naamah's Blessing, courtesy of the nice folks at Grand Central Publishing. For more info about this title:
Canada, USA,Europe.
The winners are:
- Emily Lehmann, from Forest Lake, Minnesota, USA
- Kellie Dotson, from El Cajon, California, USA
- Kristen Alldredge, from Sunderland, Massachusetts, USA
- Rebekah Kati, from Morrisville, North Carolina, USA
- Kaylan Senour, from Graniteville, South Carolina
Many thanks to all the participants!
Clearly women like this book.
ReplyDeleteSo it seems, perhaps because men tend to read books written by men and about men?
ReplyDeleteJarred, I had the same thought. Does this point toward the stereotype that "man on cover = fantasy for general audience" and "woman on cover = fantasy for female audience?" Do (male) readers see a "female on cover" book as "chick lit?"
ReplyDeleteAs one of the contest winners, I was shocked when a copy of Naamah's Blessing showed up on my doorstep, given that I haven't been online at all recently. One day later, I'm almost finished with the book - thank you so much for hosting this contest!
ReplyDeleteAnd to answer the previous commentators on this post, I only got into Jacqueline Carey after her writing was referred to me by a number of people whose book opinions I trusted - the majority of whom were men. I'm not saying that sample is necessarily representative, nor does it address the stereotype itself, but I do think it's safe to say that there are a lot of men these days who don't think twice about picking up a book with a female protagonist.