Once again it’s Monday afternoon in Kindle Nation, so we’ve got good news and bad news. And then we’ve got some more good news.

For the past week, ON THE RIM OF LOVE author Marie Astor has been helping us all out by sponsoring Week #6 of our Kindle Nation KINDLE FIRE Sweepstakes.

We had a new record of 3,244 entries, and we had hundreds of winners.

Well, of course we had one big GRAND PRIZE winner. Long-time Kindle Nation citizen Michelle Taggart of Parker, CO was randomly selected from all the entries to win a brand new KINDLE FIRE tablet. We connected with Michelle by email and telephone to confirm her identity and shipping address, and there will be a brand new Kindle Fire arriving on her doorstep by November 23. (And if you had any doubt about whether Michelle is a deserving winner, get this: she’s already decided to give it to her Mom! Now that’s a daughter!)

Those who haven’t won a Kindle Fire yet — yep, there’s that bad news we mentioned — will not have to wallow in despair for long. Why? Because we have already opened up our Kindle Nation Week #7 KINDLE FIRE Giveaway Sweepstakes. The Week #7 Sweepstakes runs until noon on Sunday, November 27, and entry details can be found at the end of this post.

But there’s another changing of the guard that we would be remiss not to mention: we have a brand new sponsor for Week #7, and it’s already a winner with 15 out of 16 rave reviews – the highly acclaimed coming-of-age novel THE HOUSE OF SIX DOORS by Patricia Selbert:

The House of Six Doors: Special Illustrated Edition

by Patricia Selbert

4.5 stars – 16 Reviews

Kindle Price: $2.99

Text-to-Speech and Lending: Enabled

Serena, at thirteen, leaves her home on the colorful Caribbean island of Curaçao and her beloved grandmother, Oma, when her ambitious, impulsive, and emotionally unstable mother takes her and her sister to the United States in pursuit of the American Dream. They drive from Miami to Hollywood, where their luck runs out and a 1963 Ford Galaxie becomes their first American home. Compelling and exotic, the narrative weaves together the hard realities of 1970s Hollywood and memories of an innocent past. The story is rich and tangy, filled with images from around the world. The timeless wisdom Serena’s grandmother imparted to her becomes the compass by which Serena navigates the unscrupulous world she confronts. Filled with brilliant and visceral characters from multiple countries that come to life and reveal themselves and their cultures, The House of Six Doors gives the reader an intimate look at the complexities of an immigrant’s journey and a young girl’s coming of age in a multicultural Los Angeles. A pageturner, this story is so distinct and intimate that it becomes universal and leaves the reader with profound insights.