A Day in the Life . . .

A day or two ago, I was digging through a pile of papers on my desk and discovered a gift card for a $10 iTunes download. Time for a new contest! If you follow this blog, I assume you love books as much as I do. Think about one of your favorite books. Wouldn’t it be fun if you could step into that book and become one of the characters for a day? After thinking it over, I settled on Claire in Diana Gabaldon’s time travel series, The Outlander. Why? Because Claire, a nurse in World War II, goes to Scotland with her husband and, while wandering around a group of standing stones, finds herself whisked back in time to the 1600’s where she meets the true love of her life, Jamie Fraser. Why would I choose Claire? Think hunky Scot in kilts. Any more questions?    
                             

                                                     

Remember, this contest is not limited to works of fiction. Nonfiction and biographies work too. As for me, I was tempted to be Eleanor of Aquitaine for a day. This remarkable woman was married to two kings, the mother of three kings and lived to the ripe old age of 82 in the 12^th century. What fun it would be to go back in time and see the world through Eleanor’s eyes.

                                           

If you’d like your name in the drawing for the $10 iTunes gift card, here’s what you have to do to enter: Click on the comment button and tell me the name of the book and which character you’d like to be for a day. That’s it! Good luck.