50 Shades of Blokes - GIVEAWAY

THIS GIVEAWAY HAS ENDED! CONGRATULATIONS EFFIE! Stay tuned everyone! There's another opportunity to win this trilogy coming up! 

Guest Post by the husband - Steve East

One day, as I was walking through a department store, I came across a display of that book which it seems every lady, sister, mother, grandmother and Aunty twice removed have been reading, Fifty Shades of Grey.  I was a little curious so I decided to pick it up, open to a random page and have a quick read.  Well...what I read was like something from the Scout’s Handbook of Knot Tying... and they weren't using ropes. I put it back down and haven’t given it much thought since.

Until now... 

The other day Ange handed me a book and asked me to review it for her Blog.  She told me that it was the bloke’s version of '50 shades' titled Fifty Shelves of Grey.  I knew I was onto something good when I read the author’s (L.O.L James, of course!) thank you at the beginning.  When someone thanks The Todd from TV show Scrubs, who is the inventor of the 'I’d Double Her Entendre High Five', you know exactly what you’re going to get.

The ‘story’ revolves around two characters; Christina Grey- a well to do home owner whose place has fallen into quite a state of disrepair; and Dave Woode, the Handyman whom Christina has hired to fix her, sorry, the house up.

I read each page with that naughty schoolboy grin and every so often I couldn’t help but release a hearty chuckle as the lonely Christina endeavoured time and time again to seduce the ever helpful and innocent Dave using the language she thinks he might understand- good ol’ DIY jargon.  Needless to say there are many jokes referring to fixing up her plumbing and working on her backdoor and as such this book may not be up everyone’s alley.  But if you like a good double entendre about screws, butts and hot wax then this book could be your perfect Christmas gift.

What’s more it’s slim so that it can fit neatly in an inside pocket of a tool bag. No, I really mean an actual tool bag.

Just like the original this parody has spawned two sequels: Fifty Spades of Grey  for those who enjoy getting a little dirty in the garden; and Fifty Shades of Grass for the sporty bloke who knows the importance of having good ball handling skills.

Fifty Shelves of Grey is perfect for the bloke on the go.  Including an interruption or two, I had it finished in about 45 minutes.  You don’t have to worry about unimportant things such as character or plot development.  Each page is an episode unto itself and the characters are set in stone.  Oh, and don’t worry if you don’t have a thorough knowledge of the DIY language, Dave is quite a patient teacher, just ask Ms. Grey.

Fifty Shades- Erotica for classy blokes.  Enjoy!

The books are available online at www.bigskypublishing.com.au (or any online bookstores), nationally in department and bookstores, Ebooks online on amazon and Ibookstores.

You can also check out the author chatting with Kochie recently on Sunrise

http://au.tv.yahoo.com/sunrise/video/-/watch/31104005/fifty-shelves-of-grey/

GIVEAWAY: Want to WIN this Trilogy for your man?? Well, my husband has requested that you do the following:

LIKE School of Mum and Fifty Shades of Blokes (and check out Big Sky Publishing)

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COMMENT: In 50 words or less share a time where your partner just didn't 'get it' (Keep it clean(ish) though folks) Make SURE YOU LEAVE AN EMAIL ADDRESS so we can contact you if you win.

The person who has completed all of the above and has the most creative answer will win!

Here’s the fine print:
* Entry is open to Australian folk only (sorry!)
* Winner will be posted on the Blog ONLY.
* One entry per person
* A valid email must be provided in the comment so we can contact you if you are a winner.
* Entries close 9pm 16th November, 2012
* Winner has 3 days to respond before another is chosen.

The easiest way to be a winner!

With exactly one week to go until School of Mum’s biggest Giveaway EVER, I thought it would be worth revealing a little bit more and giving you some hints to help you win, win, win!

Introducing....

The 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway Extravaganza (that’s a mouthful!) starts on Monday. Every day for 12 days there will be something reviewed and given away on the Blog, and let me tell you, the last day is MASSIVE. You will not want to miss out. You will only have 24 hours to enter! So what’s the best way to make this part of your daily ritual for 12 days and increase your chances of winning something special for yourself, your children or for someone else?

Here’s two ways you can make it easy for you!

SIGN UP!

Email: Sign up to have the Blog sent straight to your email inbox. It’s easy. All you need to do is scroll down the right hand side of the Blog until you see a box like pictured below. Follow the instructions and within minutes, it’s done! Then everyday all you will need to do is check your email and get entering!

Facebook/Twitter: Like School of Mum on Facebook or Twitter if you haven’t already. ‘Liking’ on Facebook isn’t enough these days as Facebook doesn’t put things on your newsfeed unless you tell it to do so! So make sure you hover over the “Liked” button and click “show in news feed”

If you’ve done either or both of the things above, you’re already off to a head start. And entering on the day will be easy too. I know how busy people are and it can be off-putting when you need to do a million things to enter a competition.