So what do you do when one of your all-time favorite books comes out in paperback? Um, duh! You beg the author to share her 5 Do’s and a Do-Over!
It was love at first sight when we read Love in Mid Air last year. In fact, Liz named it as one her fave books of 2010. Kim writes masterfully about the complexities of marriage and friendships and what could happen when you meet a hunky stranger on a commuter flight. And we weren’t the only ones who loved it. People Magazine said, “Astute and engrossing, this debut is a treat!”
Here’s the scoop on Love in Mid Air: A chance encounter with a stranger on an airplane sends Elyse Bearden into an emotional tailspin. Suddenly Elyse is willing to risk everything: her safe but stale marriage, her seemingly perfect life in an affluent Southern suburb, and her position in the community. She finds herself cutting through all the instincts that say “no” and instead lets “yes” happen. As Elyse embarks on a risky affair, her longtime friend Kelly and the other women in their book club begin to question their own decisions about love, sex, marriage, and freedom. There are consequences for Elyse, her family, and her circle of close friends, all of whom have an investment in her life continuing as normal. But is normal what she really wants after all? In the end it will take an extraordinary leap of faith for Elyse to find—and follow—her own path to happiness.
Sounds fab, right? We have FIVE copies to give away! Just leave a comment here and you’ll be entered to win a copy. We’ll choose the winners on Sunday, August 7th after 6pm PST.
And we think you’ll love her 5 Do’s too…we definitely agree with number three!
CHICK LIT IS NOT DEAD PRESENTS…KIM WRIGHT’S 5 DO’S AND A DO-OVER
5 DO’S
1. Do dance. I took up ballroom dance three years ago and it quickly zoomed from hobby to obsession. Now I dance six days a week – tango, waltz, quickstep, and rumba – and it’s the primary joy of my life. Next to writing, that is.
2. Do try lots of things. Life may not be long, but it’s wide, and we can sample many experiences in the course of a single day. I think it’s especially important to try new things as you get older, whether it’s learning to speak Italian, make the perfect crepe, get certified in scuba, or even just drive to work via a different route.
3. Do cut your hair whenever you feel like you need a change. It’ll grow back.
4. Do go straight to Trader Joe’s and get the truffle cheese ($7), Epicuro red table wine ($6), and Dark Chocolate Covered Almonds with Sea Salt and Turbinado Sugar ($5). Eighteen dollars and eighteen million calories, but I promise you’ll be a happy camper. In fact, if you want to rip open the almonds and start eating them on the way home, I won’t tell.
5. Do read books you don’t expect to like. Give them a chance. If you’re a romance girl, check a mystery out of the library. If you’re into self-help, read a thriller. Or go back and tackle one of those classics you missed in school, like Moby Dick or David Copperfield. Reading a book is a chance to be, for an hour or two at a time, completely outside of daily reality. It’s the most accessible form of magic, so don’t be afraid to use reading as an escape chute that heads straight into some part of yourself you’ve forgotten, or even leads someplace that you’ve never been at all.
DO-OVER
I don’t regret many things in my life but one that’s definitely in the what-the-hell-was-I-thinking category was my decision to follow some sorry-butt boyfriend to another city. He had a good job offer there, but I ended up waiting tables at a medieval-themed fondue restaurant located off an interstate exit. I had to wear a lace-up bodice and short frilly skirt and greet people by saying “Hi, I’m Kim and I’ll be your serving wench.” Why do women put their lives on hold to follow men all over the place – especially men who aren’t worth the sacrifice? Thirty years later I still can’t bear the sight of those awful little fondue forks.
Thanks Kim! xoxo, L&L
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I would love to win a copy!
I would love to win a copy of this book!
I read this book when it came out (won it from this site, actually! Yay! ) and for those who haven’t yet, do it! It’s a great summer read! :)
I once had a job where I traveled via plane every week and thought surely I would meet my future husband that way. It never happened but would love to read about this chance encounter!
Sigh. We have no Trader Joe’s in Canada. It’s almost worth giving up health care and moving to the States. Almost….
Love this post! And I also love the almonds, in a huge way. Agreed on the books, too. As a rule I shun romance novels, but I read Tawna Fenske’s Making Waves and LOVED IT! Never expected to have so much fun reading the book, and now I can’t wait for her next one.
Medieval-themed fondue restaurant? Had to be near a theme park, but not too near. I’m thinking a random suburb outside Orlando.
Congrats on the paperback, Kim!
Wow, I HAVE to read this book … I’ll try to be patient and see if I can win a copy, but I am tempted to d/l it to my Kindle right now!!!
This book sounds GOOD!!!
Beautiful cover! Love her Do list. Hoping to win the book!
Love the advice on trying a book you don’t expect to like! As hard as it can be to resist some of my favorite genres, I love to broaden my book reading horizons!
I love all you do’s and the do-over is hilarious :) You sound like a really neat lady – hopefully I’ll win this but I think it has to go on my must read list regardless. Thanks for sharing!
I am going to Trader Joes TODAY with this terrific shopping list. The book sounds great !
sounds like it will be fun to read and see how it turns out for elyse! thanks for a chance to win…love your do’s. i try to do 1,2,3 @ 5…don’t think there’s a trader joes around here…
This does sound like a great book!! LOL #3 I do I usually let my hair grow till it is too heavy and driving me crazy then cut and donate then back to growing!! over and over!! and I love #5 you never know what you’ll find if you pick up all different books!!
I’ve had some great conversations on planes, and some really weird experiences, but I’ve never met a potential soul mate. I did once sit next to a guy who meowed at me.
That aside, I’d love to win a copy of this book!
I love the Do-over, but you know what’s worse? When you leave town to get away from someone and don’t tell them that’s why you’re going, and then they follow you :)
Love Kim! Would love to win a copy of her book!
i’ve been wanting to read this one for a while. it sounds great!
too crazy about the fondue waitress story.
Thanks, ladies! Isn’t it funny that sometimes the things that suck at the time end up being our funniest stories? And the arrival of a Trader Joe’s to my neighborhood was one of the happiest days of my life…
I’d love to win this!!
I love leap of faith stories !
I am going to have to check out that selection at my local Trader Joes (though they don’t sell wine :( . I hope I win a copy of the book!
I’ve heard great reviews of this–loved the Trader Joe’s advice!
YIKES! This sounds like a good book!
Sounds awesome…always something sexy about men & airplanes!
I’m on my way to Trader Joe’s right now!!
I loved Kim’s do-over!
I would love to win a copy!! Sounds good!
Looks awesome!
I would like to read this book. Thanks for the chance to win a copy.
Sounds great. And I loved her saying that Life is short but wide.
Carie
Sounds like another great read!
I would love to read this book!!!
I would love to read this book!!!
I would love to read this book.
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I cannot wait to read this! Sounds so awesome!!! I love this list:-)
Sounds like a fun read! Hope I win it! Thank you CLIND!!
Love the Trader Joe’s do!
I am obsessed with trader joes (the best turkey meatballs!!) and these glazed walnut things-made for salads but I could just eat the entire bag no lettuce needed :-}
I discovered this book recently and have tried to win it ever since. Here’s one more try! Thanks!
Margaret
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this sounds really interesting! i read recently of a woman who said she didn’t want to regret the things she had said “no” to (i.e., the things she didn’t do). i would love to read about what happened when this woman said “yes”!
This book sounds awesome!! I’m a hopeless romantic and I totally envision myself falling in love with some handsome stranger EVERYTIME I go on vacation..doesn’t matter if I’m single or not!! Haha I will definitely read this.
I would love this book.
And now I wish I had a Trader Joe’s by me.
Sounds like a good read, would love to win a copy!
Love the idea of one moment changing your life!
this book sounds fab, the perfect summer read – hot hunks, steamy affairs, friendships, love, sex, marriage and freedom! what more could a girl ask for in a book!
Like the “what as I thinking” The book sounds great
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this sounds like a great book.
Definitely want to give this book a try! & I love Kim’s “do’s”! I’d love to take dancing classes one day and I already have learned to speak Italian! I’d definitely recommend it as a “do”! It’s so much fun!<3
This looks like SUCH a good read.
This book sounds really interesting. I would love to win this
This book looks good. Thanks for the chance to win!
I can vouch for reading books that you don’t think you’ll like. When I picked up “Mid Air”, I was convinced it wasn’t a good match for me, but I was sooooo wrong. It’s been a year since I read it and I still occasionally find myself thinking about the characters.
I’d love to win a copy!
I couldn’t agree more with #3! Sometimes we need to express ourselves, live a little, let loose. We make mistakes, and as woman I find that we’re often thankful the hair grows back, no matter how slow.
What a very intriguing book! Oh the struggles in life, knowing when to take the leap of faith, and when to be okay with the constant hum of every day life.
Ooooh, too cool … gotta either win myself a copy or buy one soon!
This one is on my to read list. Always good to get in touch with that what if side of my life and take a chance or at least pretend to.
Would love to win this for my wife, she would really enjoy this novel
Great article! I have heard a lot of good things about this author. I would love to win a copy. :)
Love her dos! And Trader Joe’s! I love their butter cookies, they look like a piece of waffle cone, yum. Thanks for the chance to win!
I would LOVE to win this :)
So, I went to France when I was 27, stayed at a place that a girlfriend I was traveling with selected (in Evian where the spring water comes from), met a tall handsome Austrian who asked me to marry him after our first — and only — date, married him 5 weeks later, and today is our 39th wedding anniversary.
Love sometimes does happen in Mid Air. Or mid vacay. I loved the book & rec it highly.
I am so going after that truffle cheese this afternoon! I also heartily agree with the “do” about reading books you don’t think you’ll like. I’ve seldom branched out and been disappointed. I would love to win!
Sounds like a great book…
Great giveaway – thanks!
Sounds like such a fun read, especially after the glowing endorsement. Please enter me in the contest. Thanks!
Congrats go out to allie.smith@xxx.net, elvisonvelvet@xxx.com, ASLacey@vxxx.net, Kbran827@xxx.com, JHolden955@xxx.com. They’ve each won a copy of LOVE IN MID AIR! Thanks to all who entered! xo
Thanks so much for the comments, guys! I hope the winners enjoy the book! Kim
I just finished the book (that I won, yay) … WOW … I actually am inspired to start a book club just because I want to discuss this book with my friends (or maybe I just wanna find out if they think they’re ‘happily married’) … seriously, this book make me ask myself questions about my own marriage … I’m happy to report that my husband and I are STILL together … but seriously, I think there is a moment or a seasone or God Forbid an entire marriage when a woman questions … it this it? Am I being noticed? Is this all there is? Is this what I was told happily ever after would be? … I found the ‘affair’ in this story to be so insignificant … it was about as damaging to the existing marriage as a woman who is bored in her marriage so she either: watches soap operas, reads Harlequin Romances or maybe reads/watches too many dramas by Nicholas Sparks … there are times/seasons in a marriage where some people feel inviseable … this book showed that it’s okay to want to be SEEN! Okay, I’ve sorta gone overboard, but still … GREAT BOOK, great reflection and though provoking material … and great FICTION! Will recommend to friends (well maybe not friends on the verge of separation, but everyone else!)!!!