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Win a 32GB WiFi iPad 2! [closed]

To celebrate Caitlin Moran winning this year’s Galaxy Book of the Year, with How To Be a Woman, (and Christmas of course!) Bookhugger has teamed up with the Galaxy National Book Awards to offer one reader a fantastic opportunity to win an iPad2…

To enter you have to review the Galaxy National Book Awards content on Bookhugger and its sister websites, Bookdagger and Bookdiva, and answer some simple questions. The deadline for entries is 14th January 2012.

Note the questions below, find the title and check out the extracts from the various shortlists… then return to this page to enter your answers.

The Questions

  • Question 1: In My Dear, I Wanted to Tell You, by Louisa Young, where do Riley Purefoy and Peter Locke fight for their country?
  • Question 2: In A Tiny Bit Marvellous, by Dawn French, what does Oscar consider his only worthy companion?
  • Question 3: Who is not to be trusted in SJ Watson’s Before I Go To Sleep?
  • Question 4: Who is Caitlin Moran’s heroine?
  • Question 5: In When God Was A Rabbit, where had Elly Portman’s mother been shopping just before she was born?
  • Question 6: What kind of tree spooks Connor in A Monster Calls, by Patrick Ness?
  • Question 7: How many egg yolks are required in Simon Hopkinson’s recipe for grilled lamb cutlets with minted hollandaise?
  • Question 8: What is the name of Charles Dickens’ father?
  • Question 9: What is the third of Sasha’s goals, in A Visit From The Goon Squad?
  • Question 10: In The Stranger’s Child, what is Daphne’s favourite Tennyson poem?
  • Question 11: How many bugs did Jack count last time, in his Room?
  • Question 12: Galaxy Book of the Year Winner Caitlin Moran is less Zola Budd, more…?

This competition is supposed to be a little bit harder than usual – that’s because the prize is so amazing. So please, please don’t post the answers on competition forums – it spoils the fun for everyone.

No more submissions accepted at this time.

Galaxy National Book Awards Competition Terms and Conditions

  1. No purchase necessary to enter the competition.
  2. This competition is open to UK residents aged 18 years or over, with the exception of employees of the Promoter, their families, agents and anyone else connected with this promotion.
  3. Entries must be received by midnight on Saturday 14th January 2012. The Promoter accepts no responsibility for any entries that are incomplete, illegible, corrupted or fail to reach the Promoter by the relevant closing date for any reason. Proof of posting or sending is not proof of receipt. Entries via agents or third parties are invalid. Entries become the property of the Promoter and are not returned.
  4. Only one entry per person. No entrant may win more than one prize.
  5. The prize is an 32gb wifi ipad.
  6. Bookhugger will judge the entries and nominate a winner.
  7. The judges’ decision is final. No correspondence will be entered into.
  8. The prizes are non-transferrable and no cash alternative will be offered.
  9. Prizes are subject to availability. In the event of unforeseen circumstances, the Promoter reserves the right (a) to substitute alternative prizes of equivalent or greater value and (b) in exceptional circumstances to amend or foreclose the promotion without notice. No correspondence will be entered into.
  10. The winner will be notified via email or post by 31st January 2012. The winner must claim their prize within 30 days of the Promoter sending notification. If the prize is unclaimed after this time, it will lapse and the Promoter reserves the right to offer the unclaimed prize to a substitute winner selected in accordance with these rules.
  11. To obtain details of the winner please email us via our Contact page stating the name of the competition in the subject heading 4 weeks after the closing date.
  12. The Promoter will use any data submitted by entrants only for the purposes of running the competition, unless otherwise stated in the entry details. By entering this competition, all entrants consent to the use of their personal data by the Promoter for the purposes of the administration of this competition and any other purposes to which the entrant has consented.
  13. The winners agree to take part in reasonable post event publicity and to the use of their names and photographs in such publicity.
  14. By entering the competition each entrant agrees to be bound by these terms and conditions.
  15. These terms and conditions are governed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales.
  1. Marie-Anne Mezec Says:
    December 23rd, 2011 at 12:38 pm

    Oh dear, I now have added 5 more books to my must read list!

  2. sharon payne Says:
    December 24th, 2011 at 4:56 pm

    PHEW lots of reading there, but some good books, worth reading.

  3. amelia avossa Says:
    December 28th, 2011 at 7:20 pm

    amazing competition but more than that some amazing books im gonna have to buying :) ….read all :)

  4. S Says:
    December 29th, 2011 at 11:58 am

    Why would anyone be foolish enough to post the answers on the internet? That would mean less chance for you to win.

  5. The Bookhugger Crew Says:
    December 29th, 2011 at 12:11 pm

    You’d be surprised!

  6. Aneta M Says:
    December 29th, 2011 at 7:38 pm

    ufff, took me a while, job done:)

  7. Lorraine Rose H Says:
    January 2nd, 2012 at 12:26 am

    Well it’s now 25 minutes past midnight but I have just finished the questions! Yay! (and came across some fab books to read next year too!) Mmmm got to find out what happens in Before I Go To Sleep first I think x

  8. glori hammond Says:
    January 2nd, 2012 at 6:11 pm

    Cool competition which required thought + time.

  9. lynette Says:
    January 4th, 2012 at 12:23 pm

    Took time and thought but I enjoyed the reading.

  10. Rebecca Says:
    January 4th, 2012 at 5:47 pm

    Sigh – I thought I had enough books waiting to be read but I’ve just added another 2 that I have to have NOW!!! ;)

  11. Annie Says:
    January 5th, 2012 at 12:11 pm

    Enjoyable – though the extract from ‘Room’ is disturbing, it’s quite compulsive. Really enjoyed the extract from ‘Before I go to sleep’.

  12. EJ Says:
    January 5th, 2012 at 2:04 pm

    Really enjoyed this and have added several books to the TBR pile :)

  13. Kevin Says:
    January 7th, 2012 at 2:22 pm

    I like that you have a choice of answer, makes it easier with clues!

  14. Anne Cater Says:
    January 7th, 2012 at 7:04 pm

    Great competition!

  15. claire jones Says:
    January 13th, 2012 at 7:39 am

    really enjoyed reading those. Fabby competition! x

  16. Steve Johnson Says:
    January 13th, 2012 at 10:16 am

    Nice competition…I loved the extracts but was gutted when they ended…I was left feeling incomplete :P I need more.

  17. Arlene Says:
    January 13th, 2012 at 12:36 pm

    Great competition!

  18. Alan Says:
    January 13th, 2012 at 2:30 pm

    Good competeition and a bonus of finding some good audiobooks to make my daily commute more enjoyable

  19. Lynda Sanderson Says:
    January 14th, 2012 at 9:55 pm

    I love this site and competitions, wealth of knowledge and inspires me to read new books, authors and styles …………… so great for a ‘book-alcoholic’

  20. samantha Says:
    January 19th, 2012 at 3:54 pm

    who won?

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