Book giveaway - 'The Reincarnationist' and guest post by author M.J. Rose

Here's another book giveaway! The book is 'The Reincarnationist' by M.J. Rose. I started reading a few chapters last night and it's very interesting. It's about a photographer named Josh, who is injured in a bombing while on assignment in Rome. Afterwards, he begins to have very clear memories of things that happened in Ancient Rome around 390AD. He begins researching reincarnation and his past life.
Author M.J Rose submitted the following guest post to accompany the giveaway, to tell you a little more about her book -

"When I was three years old, I told my great grandfather things about his childhood in Russia that there was simply no way I could have known. He became convinced I was a reincarnation of someone in his past. And over time, after more incidents, my mother, a very sane and logical woman -- also came to believe it.
Reincarnation was an idea I grew up with that my mom and I talked about and researched together. For years, I wanted to write a novel about someone like my mother, who was sane and logical, who started out skeptical but came to believe in reincarnation. But I was afraid if I did people would think I was a weirdo.

I tried to start the book ten years ago after my mother died but I was too close to the subject and missed her too much to be able to explore it objectively. Every once in while the idea would start to pester me again but I still stayed away from it.
Then a few years ago on the exact anniversary of my mom's death my niece, who was a toddler at the time, said some very curious things to me about my mother and I, things she really couldn't have known -- and the pestering became an obsession.

Josh Ryder, the main character has my mom's initials, her spirit and her curiosity and like her, he's a photographer. But there the similarities end. When Josh starts having flashbacks that simply can't be explained any other way except as possible reincarnation memories, he goes to New York to study with Dr. Malachai Samuels -- a scientist and Reincarnationist who works with children helping them deal with past life memories. In the process Josh gets caught up in the search for ancient memory tools that may or may not physically enable people to reach back and discover who they were and who they are.

Rather than me tell you anymore about it, let me pass on what a wonderful author, New York Times Bestseller Douglas Preston, says about it: "The Reincarnationist by M.J. Rose has got to be one of the most original and exciting novels I've read in a long time, with a premise so delicious I'm sick with envy I didn't think of it myself. The novel's exhilarating story sweeps the reader across the centuries, from ancient Rome to the present day, with stops in between. It will open your mind to some of the incredible mysteries of the past and the greatest secrets of existence. The Reincarnationist is more than a page-turner, it's a page-burner. Don't miss it."
The book has garnered stars from both Publisher's Weekly, Library Journal and is a BookeSense pick for September. People magazine gave it 3 1/2 out of four stars and said it had "Rose's ninth novel has intricate plotting, erotic tension and a didn't-see-it-coming denoument."

I think of all my books, this is the one my mom would be the most proud of this one, it's really the one she inspired. Please visit my website: http://www.mjrose.com/ for an excerpt, an interview with me about the book, a booktrailer and more." - M.J. Rose

Also check out M.J's blog - http://www.reincarnationist.org/wordpress/

Anyone is welcomed to sign-up for the drawing to win this book. You can sign-up by posting a comment below (please make sure to include an email to contact you) or you can send me an email at carol@dandelionvintage.com
Shipping to the winner will be free to anywhere in the world. No purchase neccessary to sign up and you will not be put on any mailing list. I will not share or sell your contact info (it will be deleted after the giveaway is done)
A winner will be chosen on 9/24/07




**** Thanks to all who signed up for the drawing! The winner is Kelli woo-hoo! Watch for more giveaways in the future. If you have an item that you'd like to promote, book or otherwise, please let me know. I'd be very interesting in doing more giveaways, the free publicity benefits you and I like having stuff to offer to my blog readers and vintage customers.