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Free Books (and a Puzzle) for December

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Leave a comment, tell me which book or puzzle you want and I’ll get it to you for FREE either by mail or personally if I’ll see you soon.  The first one to request each book or puzzle wins.  Once you’ve ‘won’ I can get your shipping address if I need it.  Also, you can come back and get a free book every month if you want.  These have all been read a few times.

1. Silent Partner by Jonathan Kellerman – Alex Delaware novel.  Mass Market. Published 1989. 484 pages. Review here.  for Word Lily

2. Kiss Them Goodbye by Stella Cameron. Mass Market. Published 2003. 461 pages. Review here. for Calila

3. Comfort Woman by Nora Okja Keller. Trade Paperback. Published 1997. 213 pages. Review here.  for Em

I love jigsaw puzzles.  I’ll probably offer one a month through the winter months.  I chose this one for December because I think it would be a great one to do with kids home on break.  It has all of the Presidents, even our current one 🙂

4. United States Presidents jigsaw puzzle.  1000 pieces. 24 x 30 inches.  It’s been put together once.  for Jenny

What goes around comes around

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“You know who you are? Even Steven.”
– Kramer, to Jerry, in Seinfeld’s “The Opposite”

I can usually find a way to reference a Seinfeld episode every day and when I found out I had won another book giveaway on October 31st, I felt like Even Steven.

In October I gave away 11 books, pens, and gels for my birthday on the 11th.  Here’s what I gave away…

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Word Lily won the last giveaway and chose to receive a copy of A Confederacy of Dunces.  And then do you know what happened?  You can probably guess by the Seinfeld reference, since I’ve never been that great at a punch line.  These books came into my house through giveaways…

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As you can see I’m still waiting for two books that will bring the total to 11 books won in October.  So, I’m feeling like Even Steven and that is not a bad thing these days 🙂 

Here are the blogs that contributed to this wonderful selection of books that I now have at my fingertips… Bermudaonion (two came from Kathy), Thoughts of Joy, Pudgy Penguin Perusals, Musings of a Bookish Kitty, Girls Just Reading, Find Your Next Book Here, He Followed Me Home, Bloody Bad, Savvy Verse & Wit, Hallie Ephron.  Thank you ladies!

So, what do you think?  Does what goes around come around?

Free Books for November

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Leave a comment, tell me which book you want and I’ll get the book to you for FREE either by mail or personally if I’ll see you soon.  The first one to request each book wins.  Once you’ve ‘won’ the book I can get your shipping address if I need it.  Also, you can come back and get a free book every month if you want.  These have all been read a few times.free nov 09

1. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (mass market paperback) – It’s a classic! (B&N review)  For CeeCee

2. The Presence by Heather Graham (well read mass market paperback) – Romantic Suspense (B&N review) for Linda B

3. Tender Triumph by Judith McNaught (well read mass market paperback) – Romance (B&N review)  for Guatami

4. The Hottest State by Ethan Hawke (trade paperback) – First novel by the well know actor (B&N review)   for Nicole

As always, Happy Reading!

And the winner is…

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Star Shaped Balloons - Vendor: …Word Lily! 

It was Hannah’s entry in Quiz # 2 that gave her the win (I used the randomizer and #83 was the winner).

 Congratulations!  She has won her choice of any one of my 100 Favorite Books.  Looking forward to seeing what she chooses.

Thanks to all of you who entered my birthday giveaways in October.  I’ve got a post coming up about that.

Favorite Book Giveaway

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Click to viewI love lists.  Last year I decided to waste many hours compiling a 100 Favorite Books list.  This is certainly not a perfect list.  I rarely re-read books, so I relied on my memory.  Some are on the list because of the way they made me feel, some for the way they made me think, some for pure fun, and some for the way they shaped my childhood.  The list will forever be changing, but that’s part of the fun, right?

So, for my 11th and last birthday giveaway I will be choosing one winner on October 31st.  And what that winner wins is up to them.  The winner will choose any one book from my 100 Favorite Books list!!!  I’m pretty sure that everyone can find at least one book on that list that they want.  A few clarifications…I will choose the BRAND NEW edition you win and if there is a series of books listed you still only win one book, but which one is up to you.

To enter-

*Leave a comment with your email address on this post.

**If you would like an extra entry you can Tweet about it or add it on your blog.

***I will have 3 Monday quizzes before I pick a winner (QUIZ 1 – QUIZ 2).  For every question that you answer correctly first, you will earn one extra entry (so for 10 questions there are 10 extra entries up for grabs).

Open internationally.

I think that’s it.  Easy and fun.  I’m so glad to get to share one of my favorite books with you.  So, leave a comment and hope for a win 🙂

For a list of my 10 earlier winners, check here.

Birthday Winners!

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I’ve had a great 38th birthday.  Diner breakfast, church, apple picking, dinner and shopping at Joseph-Beth Bookstore, and opening up my present from my hubby, a pair of Adidas tennis shoes that he designed himself!  I’m the only one on the planet with these shoes – how cool is that?  Anybody can do it through the Adidas website if you are looking for an extra special gift.  Mine even say Go Bucks!

Anyway, on to what you are all really looking for, WINNERS!  I’ll be sending all winners an email, but if you want to email me your snail mail address, please do.  stacybooks@yahoo.com  I chose all winners from drawing names out of a hat (Seriously.  My apple picking hat).  Thanks for entering and congratulations to the winners!

 Travel Writing by Peter Ferry – #11 madwoman-doing-cartwheels

Transparency by Frances Hwang – #5 Rebecca Cox

Mary Kay Eye Gel – #9 Margot

Fancy Pants by Susan Elizabeth Phillips – #8 CeeCee

Fortune Cookie Chronicles by Jennifer Lee – #2 Wordlily

Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman – #1 Carol

Heaven & Hell by Don Felder – #4 Heather

Bookmark Pens – #45 Trisha

The Red Siren by ML Tyndall – #2 Julie H.

Wifey by Judy Blume – #16 Rosa Maria

I promised you an 11th birthday giveaway.  When I get the post done.  I’ll link to it here.

Book Giveaway – Wifey by Judy Blume

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This is a used mass market paperback, read twice.  Originally published in 1978, 276 pages.  Here’s the B&N synopsis–

With more than four million copies sold, Wifey is Judy Blume’s hilarious, moving tale of a woman who trades in her conventional wifely duties for her wildest fantasies-and learns a lot about life along the way.

Sandy Pressman is a nice suburban wife whose boredom is getting the best of her. She could be making friends at the club, like her husband keeps encouraging her to do.

Or working on her golf game.
Or getting her hair done.

But for some reason, these things don’t interest her as much as the naked man on the motorcycle…

To enter to win leave a comment with your email address. 

To earn one extra entry you can post this on Twitter or post it on your blog.  Leave me a separate comment telling me you did.

Open internationally.  Winner will be picked on October 11th.

WINNER – ROSA MARIA

Book Giveaway – The Red Siren by M.L. Tyndall

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Today’s giveaway is a trade paperback read twice- gently.  Published in 2008, 318 pages.  Here’s my reiew and the B&N synopsis-

You’ll find it hard to come up for air once you dive into this suspense-filled historical romance where a lady pirate meets her match in a God-fearing naval captain.

To enter to win leave a comment with your email address. 

To earn one extra entry you can post this on Twitter or post it on your blog.  Leave me a separate comment telling me you did.

Open internationally.  Winner will be picked on October 11th.

Giveaway – Bookmark Pens

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Today’s Freebie is a set of 7 Bookmark Pens.  They are slim ballpoint pens with clips to attach to your book and they each have a different quote on them.   The quotes include

“Hope is a waking dream.” – Aristotle

“All the sounds of the earth are like music.” – Oscar Hammerstein II

“Everything you can imagine is real.” – Picasso

“Wish not so much to live long as to live well.” – Benjamin Franklin

“A good laugh is sunshine is a house.” – unknown

“Nature does nothing uselessly.” – Aristotle

“All art is but imitation of nature.” – Luciuas Annaeus Seneca

These are great for book reviewers or as gifts. 

To enter to win leave a comment with your email address. 

To earn one extra entry you can post this on Twitter or post it on your blog.  Leave me a separate comment telling me you did.

Open internationally.  Winner will be picked on October 11th.

Book Giveaway – Heaven and Hell: My Life in the Eagles (1974-2001) by Don Felder

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Today’s FREE book is a BRAND NEW hardcover.  Published in 2008, 332 pages.  Here’s the B&N synopsis–

The Eagles are the bestselling, and arguably the tightest-lipped, American group ever. Now band member and guitarist Don Felder finally breaks the Eagles’ years of public silence to take fans behind the scenes. He shares every part of the band’s wild ride, from the pressure-packed recording studios and trashed hotel rooms to the tension-filled courtrooms, and from the joy of writing powerful new songs to the magic of performing in huge arenas packed with roaring fans.

To enter to win leave a comment with your email address. 

To earn one extra entry you can post this on Twitter or post it on your blog.  Leave me a separate comment telling me you did.

Open internationally.  Winner will be picked on October 11th.