Ok, it's giveaway time. In honor of the Kindle rolling out my e-book this week (I love the irony that the e-book tagged in at last place in getting the book published), I'm giving you some love from the motherland. You'll get a China Starbucks mug, a Mexican Vanilla candle from Johnston Family Farms, fresh Jasmine Tea and a copy of "Redefining Home" (either Kindle or paperback).
If you:
Facebook about the book,
Tweet it,
post it on your blog,
subscribe to this blog,
comment on this here post,
tell your grandmother's craft circle,
or if you have done any of these since the book came out, then that's an entry.
Each time you do one of the above, tell me in a comment on this blog post, and you will get your name thrown into a box. So telling your grandma AND Facebook means two entries and you can just stick those both in one comment. Are you trackin' with me here? This really isn't hard, but to make this feel official I need to make the instructions complicated.
The Giveaway will end on March 21st at midnight ET, so start procrastinating on other things and get yourself entered to win.
By the way: if you don't have a Kindle, you can get the Kindle app for free! You can also follow along at @carrieahudson on Twitter or Carrie Anne Hudson on Facebook.
I'm commenting, I'm commenting! Pick me! :-) So excited about getting this on my kindle!
ReplyDeleteI subscribe to your blog *already*!
ReplyDeleteI facebook-ed about it *already*!
ReplyDeleteI am commenting...right this very second...about how excited I am to read it on my Kindle.
ReplyDeleteJust passed it along to my pastor's secretary, with an urging to add it to our ch.rch's bookstore. When we're back in the States, i'll urge them again!
ReplyDeleteAlina-So, in between packing, saying good-bye, doing laundry and homeschooling, you can read. Maybe it will be a good excuse to procrastinate?
DeleteAmen and amen. I can call it "very-important-preparatory-measures-for-re-entry." How's that for making it official business?
DeleteShared on FB! I'm glad it's on Kindle now. :)
ReplyDeleteLKH- I hope you enjoy it. Us expats and all our craziness have to stick together.
DeleteI've been looking for the Kindle version. A free book would be awesome, but man, that Chinese Starbucks mug would make my day. But really, I can't wait to read the book!
ReplyDeleteThere is just something wonderful about chai and a new book :)
DeleteI'm pretty pumped about reading this book! I plan to spend most of my life overseas and this will be fun to read and reminisce on my own experiences in China. I shared this on my facebook as well :) Hope more people hear about your book!
ReplyDeleteDeb- Awesome! This book should give you a pretty good picture as to what real life looks like over here. The good, the bad, and the embarrassing :)
DeleteI would love to win your book!!!
ReplyDeleteI'm commenting to say that I already got it on kindle...because I'm so awesomely patient. :) ha! I started reading the "preview" and got hooked and couldn't keep my finger from clicking the "buy here with one click" button. oops. :) So you don't have to toss my name in the drawing...because I'm already reading it! yay! loving it so far.
ReplyDeleteApril-You rock. That is all.
DeleteWoot! Woot! Free stuff? Hook me up...or at least enter me. Let's make that three entries cuz I posted it on the Book of Face, I subscribe to your lovely blog, and I'm commenting, too.
ReplyDeleteI'm off to cross my fingers...not that I believe in that sort of thing...but, you know what I mean. And just because I am so not cool, I'll need the paperback version of your book should I win. Kindle who? :)
Looking forward to reading your book.
ReplyDeletePosted to facebook, too.
You definitely shouldn't put my name in the box, but I still wanted to comment and let you know I am loving reading your book! I am so proud of you. Additionally, I can relate to just about every word ;-) You are gifted, sis, and I'm so happy you wrote Redefining Home!
ReplyDelete"what's up with that but could you still enter me for the givaway? I can't WAIT to read your book, however I get a hold of it. :-)"
ReplyDelete-Laura Stein
Shared on my own fb page. I can't wait to read it and have a few good laughs about the squatty potties and much more I"m sure.
ReplyDelete-Lori Gatlin
Like Carrie Anne Hudson on FB!
ReplyDelete-Lori Gatlin
Fellow China expat here. I've been waiting for the Kindle version to come out so I could get my hands on your book. I'm excited to read it!
ReplyDeleteI don't think I've ever met you, but we run in the same circle of friends. Hopefully we will meet someday. I'm happy to promote your book on FB (that's where I found you via Bridget G.) and subscribe to your blog and comment here!!! Thanks for writing the book. Looking forward to reading it. -andrea K
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness! I ordered your book the second I found out about it...can't for the life of me remember now how I even found your blog, but I think it was through another American family living in China. Anyway, it came RIGHT before we had to head to Duke for our youngest daughter's open heart surgery. She was born in Guiyang, Guizhou in 2008 and adopted in late October 2010. Anyway, I literally laughed OUT loud in the CPICU (cardiac pediatric intensive care unit) which drew some sharp looks and furrowed brows from the nurses. Ooops. Hey, my daughter was medically sedated and sleeping so what else was I supposed to do for Hours and hours and HOURS on end?! I loved the book. As in BIG PUFFY HEART LOVE! It made me laugh and cry but mostly laugh :) It brought back SO many memories of our times in China. So far we have been to Beijing, Hohhot Inner Mongola, Guiyang Guizhou, and both Guangzhou and Shenzen, which I think are in Guangdong Province. We have also been in Hong Kong but that is a WHOLE 'nother ball of wax ;) I even read (QUIETLY!!) aloud to my husband some of your book to pass the time. He laughed out loud too. The nurses frowned at us frequently. I thought at one point we might get kicked OUT of the CPICU. (that would have been shameful!) When the book ended I was like, "noooooooooooooooooooo!!" I just loved it. I loved how it was all over the place so just when I was about to bawl, the next little jaunt took me to a happy place. I could see that older Chinese man doing the Michael Jackson moves in my mind :) Ah China. There is no place like you :) I laughed in a line of oh 300 people the night before we left for surgery, my 14 yr old daughter and I went to a used clothing sale for children in town. It was packed! but people lined up and waited forever....the check out line was an HOUR long. And I laughed imagining how it would have looked in China..the shoving :) I was tempted to give it a try but I didn't ;) I loved your insights about how the love of Chinese parents looks different and how we shouldn't be so quick to judge just because things are done differently. I really struggle with the thought process that the American ways are right or better. Thanks for that! We will be traveling again relatively soon to China...to the big Western province of Xinjiang :) That will be a new experience to add to our archives :) Thanks again for sharing a part of your life with the world and letting us see China and Jesus through your eyes. If only the parasite issue wasn't an issue...ugh! But if we do indeed end up residing in China down the road, I am going to become a vegetarian and boil EVERYTHING. Mmmkay! ;) PS my daughter is coming HOME today!!! Thank You Lord!
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DeleteWe prayed for you guys this morning after breakfast and are rejoicing that your daughter comes home today! It sounds like it's been a long road for you guys. Would you be open to writing up a quick review on Amazon? I would love for others to get to read your testimony about reading it. Your testimony about the book brought me a ton of joy today. Humbled that I could bring a smile in the midst of all that you have going on.
Done. Wrote the review...it is being reviewed and just wrote a mini review for you on my FB. (The account is used for friends who are adoptive parents or interested in adoption or involved in orphan care in some way) Hope it brings you many more orders :) Thanks for praying for our sweet little girl. I don't have a blog currently for many reasons but would be glad to send you a family photo if I can find an email address for you :)
DeleteCarrie, I'm really looking forward to reading this book, whether I win it or not! But I did post about it on facebook, and I just subscribed to your blog. You've given me lots of food for thought, and you make me smile while you do it. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteHey, friend. Hmm... How many entries do I get? I've blogged about it, facebooked it, subscribe to your blog, leaving you a comment, found you a person to read it, come to visit you, called you for hair product advice, showed up in your dreams. Hmm...how many entries is that?
ReplyDeleteI wrote about your book on Facebook.
ReplyDeleteI have subscribed to your blog (years ago!)
ReplyDeleteI just wrote a blog post. Hurrah!
ReplyDeleteWow, thanks for a chance to win!! hostess {at} host-itnotes.com
ReplyDeleteI told my SIL about your book. She is leaving for china next week to pick up her new daughter!
ReplyDelete~Jenny
So excited about your book!! ...and I subscribe to your blog!
ReplyDeleteThis comment is to say I'm drooling over this book!
ReplyDeleteI subscribed to your blog.
ReplyDeleteI shared on Facebook.
ReplyDeleteI subscribe and read every post. :):)
ReplyDeleteHere's my comment. I don't want to belong to this world. I don't want to fit in. Clearly, nine + children later - transracial homeschooled bus driving family. Can't wait to read your book and know that we aren't alone in seeking eternal truths.
ReplyDeleteJennifer P- I really hope I get to meet you in the real world one day. You and your family is an amazing blessing to me!
DeleteOK - I think I've successfully completed: FB, Twitter, Subscribing to your blog, Posting on my blog, and now I'm commenting on your post! I better win! Ha. Congrats my friend, this is awesome! I look forward to laughing and crying my way through it. :)
ReplyDeleteOk, I'd love to read this via Kindle. I am writing a facebook blurb about it. I also have your blog listed as one of my "favorites" on my blog. I am a facebook "friend" of yours. I am commenting. I told my mom AND my neighbor so far. So maybe 6 entries??? Do they all count??? You decide. But either way, only one can get picked and I sure hope it's mine. =) I'm ready to laugh.
ReplyDeleteCarrie!!! Can't wait to read your book! It is posted on my FB and JFCC FB. XOXOX
ReplyDeleteHolly-Did you see that I'm sending a candle out as part of the giveaway. I love those things, so it was hard to part with. But, I wanted to spread the love!
DeleteLooking forward to reading the book!! hurry up kindle
ReplyDeleteOkay, so I want the book! I homeschool! And I want to live in China! My daughter is from China. My son is from Ethiopia. We have a little in common! :-)
ReplyDeleteAhhh! Almost missed this! Would LOVE to win the book!!! :)
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