The Amazing Adventures of a Nobody by Leon Logothetis
★★★★★
Leon decided after watching Motorcycle Diaries to change his life
drastically. He decided to go to New
York and travel to California and touch the Hollywood sign. He planned to
travel with only five dollars a day and without a car or phone or anything else
other than his backpack. To do this he had to depend on the kindness of
strangers in a world where we are taught at a young age not to talk to
strangers. In a world where every time we turn on the news there is a new
person or child missing, someone found dead or abused. We learn to fear what
and who we don’t know. Trust a stranger? Yah right! That said, somehow Leon did
it. It wasn’t easy but somehow he found a way to convince people to trust and
help him. A person who kept to himself was forced to talk to all kinds of
people and forge new relationships that changed his life as he knew it.
I’m a blogger so I was excited to get
contacted to hold a contest for this book. I couldn’t say no to this new opportunity
even though this book was different from what I normally read. I said to myself,
“well, it won’t kill me to branch out.” I’ll
tell you about the contest in a bit.
This book amazed me. I was very
impressed and it surpassed my expectations. I was in awe of the people Leon
came across and that were so willing to help him. The author wrote his stories
in such a way that I couldn’t help but laugh. I loved that aspect a lot. He is a very good story teller and deserves high praise
for capturing my attention. The story was inspirational. Leon was very brave
to go on this adventure. It was fun going on this journey though his writing, while
I stayed safely in my room because I couldn’t do what he did.
Win a Copy of this book!
Beginning today you can enter to
win a copy of this book below. The contest will go until December 24, 2011. A
great way to begin your Christmas by winning a book! This contest is only open
to the United States. I will notify the
winner by email and announce it on my blog. Please respond within 48 hours
after I contact you or I will have to choose another winner.
I’m excited that I get to use
Rafflecopter for this contest making it a lot easier for both me and the
contestants. Click on each section which tells you to do something, like Follow Christie’s Book Reviews. Each one
will give you a certain amount of points for your entry. The more you do the
better chance you have to win.
Great review and great giveaway! I LOVE being surprised by a book that's different from what I normally read. Those can be the best! ;D
ReplyDeleteGood review! It's definitely different from my normal read. Going on my TBR list for sure.
ReplyDeleteA book I recently enjoyed was Matched by Aly Condie. It's dystopian YA book but awesome!
Chels Bells Thank you for being the first person to enter! Going out of my comfort zone scares me honestly. I like to enjoy what I'm reading and it's not fun when I don't like a book. I was very happy when I ended up loving this book! :) Thank you for the compliment on my review and giveaway also :)
ReplyDeleteKara thanks for the compliment on my review! If you enjoy a good adventure and enjoy laughing this is a great book for you! it's way different then what i read too but the book was great! Thanks also for the book recommend that one has been on my TBR list for a while! Glad to hear good things! :) Thanks for showing interest in my review and contest!
ReplyDeleteYeah! I'll definitely put it on my TBR list :D I definitely enjoy a book that makes me laugh xD No problem, you got a good blog ^^
ReplyDeleteThank you very much! It is a lot of work and am continuously trying to improve it. I have learned a lot and have a lot to learn! :)
ReplyDeleteLooks like a WAY fun read :D
ReplyDeleteIt was! I was really impressed :)
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