Over the Influence

Over the Influence

Sunday Book Giveaway!!!!!

All the books, all the time!

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Jo Piazza
Jan 28, 2024
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So many of you (300!) messaged me and said you love the idea of a Sicilian retreat. How can I possibly not explore this?

I figured out this week that I’ll have to head to Sicily for one last podcast reporting trip in March. We are SO CLOSE to solving this murder of my great, great grandmother Lorenza that The Sicilian Inheritance is based on, SO CLOSE. But there are things that are impossible on the phone or online so I’m goin back without the kids, digging into some archives and trying to get into her old house. While I am there I will scope out retreat venues and report back.

Now let’s give away some free shit! First I want to tell you that I am giving away TWO copies of the Sicilian Inheritance (I managed to find the LAST two galleys) to full subscribers next week. So get your preorders in and take advantage of the lifetime substack offer.

Over the Influence is supported by readers like you. But I know these things get expensive. You can buy a paid subscription here OR pre-order The Sicilian Inheritance (the best novel to read while ignoring your kids on Spring Break) and DM me the receipt on the Instagram and you will get a lifetime paid subscription this month only. It’s an $80 value PER YEAR!

When I started doing book giveaways on here I didn’t know it would be every Sunday but they have been so popular I figured, what the hell. Let’s do it. Also I have so many great guests on UTI with books that I want to share with you.

Act fast, they go quick. You guys get up real early on Sundays.

So what books am I giving away? For the first ten people to email me their preorder receipt for Sicilian Inheritance FROM TODAY I am offering up one of my books (Charlotte Walsh Likes to Win, How to Be Married or You Were Always Mine) OF YOUR CHOICE. OR, an advanced copy of Sheila Yasmin Marikar’s crazy rich person thriller Friends in Napa (I only have one…so first one to ask gets it).

For paid subscribers, the life-timers on here :) We have Jami Attenberg’s 1,000 Words, Sara Read’s Principles of (E)motion AND Danielle Friedman’s Let’s Get Physical. If you sign up today and one of these is left you can grab one too. But they do go quick!

Also don’t worry….we do this every week.

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