Well, let’s start the year off right. Your Choice. Any book. Comment below with the name of a book you want, and come back Monday to see if I’ve pulled your name from one of my hats.
Fine print: it has to be a book I can purchase readily for $25 or less (I’ll throw in the shipping). Contest open to anyone on the planet who has access to regular mail service.
Good luck! Let’s start the year off right — by making long lists of books we want to read.
January 5, 2009 at 7:36 pm
Change of Heart by Jodi Picoult. It’s one of my lust-after books. haha. xD
Happy New Year to you and your family. =)
January 5, 2009 at 7:37 pm
OMG
FIRST TO POST!!! <3
I’m soo happy that you’re still doing this and will continue to do this..I think and hope :]
Anywayyy, a book that I would love to get?
FADE by Lisa McMann
it’s coming out Feb. 10 so I am definitely looking forward to it
Thanksss,
Stephanie
January 5, 2009 at 7:38 pm
…beat agan
**Edited by Katrina to add: Dang! And you were sooo close too! She beat you by less than a minute. But yes, I’m definitely still doing the giveaway. I won’t stop (even if I did take an unplanned week’s vacation). I love doing it!**
January 5, 2009 at 7:50 pm
I’ve been really wanting to read The Cairo Trilogy: Palace Walk, Palace of Desire, Sugar Street (Everyman’s Library) by Naguib Mahfouz; my library doesn’t have it, though!
January 5, 2009 at 8:03 pm
I’ve been wanting Capote in Kansas: A Ghost Story. It’s one of those that I do want, but for some reason keep pushing down on my wishlist!
January 5, 2009 at 8:39 pm
cool giveaway!
I’d like Raspberry Girl by Selene Skye
January 5, 2009 at 8:47 pm
I’m sticking to Beautiful Americans by Lucy Silag, hopefully I’ll get my hands on it!
Thanks a lot
January 5, 2009 at 8:49 pm
I’d love Flatbreads & Flavors: A Baker’s Atlas by Jeffrey Alford and Naomi Duguid.
January 5, 2009 at 9:00 pm
Hey! New Year’s Eve was great fun, thanks!
I’m entering the contest for Jerk, California. If I don’t win can I borrow it?
January 5, 2009 at 9:22 pm
I’m lusting after Lords of Misrule by Rachel Caine right now
January 5, 2009 at 9:23 pm
One of the many books I have been wanted to read is APPARITIONS
by Raven Bower.
January 5, 2009 at 9:27 pm
I would like Magic Study by Maria V. Snyder. It is just such a great book!
January 5, 2009 at 9:44 pm
Where’ s your hat? I really only come here for the hats you know. lol
I really want a copy of American Jewish Fiction Guide by Josh Lambert. Thank you for having this generous giveaway.
January 6, 2009 at 12:10 am
Whee! Shannon Hale’s Book of a Thousand Days!
Thanks Katrina!
January 6, 2009 at 2:51 am
Your contests are SO much easier than mine!!!!!
But there’s nothing I particularly want right now; I just wanted to say that.
January 6, 2009 at 2:53 am
I don’t normally buy cookbooks so that might be why I’ve hesitated with buying this one, but I’ve been thinking a lot about this one since I tried some of the recipes that were posted on the internet with great success.
Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day: The Discovery That Revolutionizes Home Baking
January 6, 2009 at 3:54 am
Ooh, Sue, that’s a good one. It’s been on my wishlist for a while too. I’d love either that one or the newest Southern Living Annual Recipes.
Thanks!
January 6, 2009 at 4:16 am
Wow! What a great giveaway. Over the past several months I entered several contests hoping to win Michelle Moran’s Nefertiti, alas w/o any success. I would love to receive this book.
If having a long list of books one wants to read is starting the year off right, then I’m really starting off right — a pretty sizeable TBR from 2008, and adding to it (so far) at the rate of better than one a day.
January 6, 2009 at 4:27 am
Where do I even start?????
I really want to read The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein!
January 6, 2009 at 5:13 am
HAPPY NEW YEAR, Katrina! I wanna win Lenore: Noogies (Issues 1-4) by Roman Dirge! Thank you so much!
January 6, 2009 at 5:13 am
I’ve been wanting to read Clown Town by Lou Macaluso. It takes place where I grew up in the same era I was a kid.
Gayle
January 6, 2009 at 5:57 am
Wow, Katrina ~ awesome giveaway! I’d LOVE a copy of Patricia Briggs’ Bone Crossed (Mercy Thompson, Book 4), coming out Feb 3rd.
January 6, 2009 at 6:55 am
you are the best! simply the best! i’d like to read “the christmas sweater” by glenn beck OR ina garten’s barefoot contessa’s back to basics.
January 6, 2009 at 7:08 am
My choice would be Looking for Class by Bruce Feiler – thanks so much for this!
January 6, 2009 at 8:00 am
Hi there!
I’d love, love, love to join too! My choice: Inkheart by Cornelia Funke. I’ve just read an article on Funke in my local newspaper and decided to put Inkheart on my list of books to read.
Thank you for holding this giveaway!
josettebooks[at]yahoo[dot]com
January 6, 2009 at 8:07 am
I’m still working on winning The Madonnas of Leningrad.
akreese (at) hotmail (dot) com
January 6, 2009 at 8:31 am
I’d love to win Nourishing Traditions!
January 6, 2009 at 8:36 am
What a great contest. My choice would be A Veiled Deception by Annette Blair.
January 6, 2009 at 8:40 am
Just here to say hello and thanks again for the nice email!
I’ve bookmarked your site!
January 6, 2009 at 8:45 am
Happy new year! I just found your blog. This is great! I am coveting The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie.
January 6, 2009 at 8:58 am
Great giveaway! I’d like to be entered to win Janeology by Karen Harrington. milou2ster(at)gmail.com Thanks!
January 6, 2009 at 9:03 am
and again another lovely giveaway, so i’m in again with mckillip “The Bell at Sealey Head “. and ooh can’t wait to see hats!!!
January 6, 2009 at 9:25 am
I finally got The Book Thief so I have a different top to-read book now: If You’re Reading This, It’s Too Late by Pseudonymous Bosch.
Thanks!
January 6, 2009 at 9:45 am
There are so many to choose I never know what to ask for. But this time I’m going with Circumference: Eratosthenes and the Ancient Quest to Measure the Globe by Nicholas Nicastro. Thanks!
January 6, 2009 at 9:57 am
You are so gracious to your friends, thank you! I have been wanting to read Ted Dekker’s book “Black/Red/White (The Circle Trilogy 1-3)” in a USED version, other wise I think it probably is to expensive new.
Yet then again (just in case I am picked, I want you to have a choice to!),
I am so anxious to read Kevin O’Brien’s new book “Final Breath”, ever since I read JK’s review!
Thanks so much for your awesome offer and where’s the hat?
Darby
darbyscloset at yahoo dot com
January 6, 2009 at 10:08 am
I would LOVE to have “White Witch, Black Curse” by Kim Harrison. Thanks for the awesome giveaway!
bridget3420
January 6, 2009 at 10:19 am
Happy New Year!:) My Choice would be The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga. Thanks!:)
January 6, 2009 at 10:41 am
Well.. I am halfway through with Eclipse and I am wanting to read New Dawn by Stephanie Meyer…. so I am going to put in my request. Thank you.. this rocks!
January 6, 2009 at 10:58 am
I would love to have In The Woods by Tana French! Thank you for the giveaway!
January 6, 2009 at 11:12 am
I really want Fourth Comings by Megan McCafferty or Dead Witch Walking by Kim Harrison!
January 6, 2009 at 1:25 pm
I’d love to read Change of Heart by Jodi Picoult
*Thanks* for the giveaway!
January 6, 2009 at 1:34 pm
I would like the Double the Pleasure anthology, with stories by Lori Foster and Jacquie D’Alessandro.
January 6, 2009 at 2:21 pm
If it’s not too late to enter, I’d like a copy of “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight” as translated by JRR Tolkien. I found you site linked from Wendi’s Book Corner. Great site! Looking forward to reading more!
http://quambrevetempus.wordpress.com
January 6, 2009 at 2:24 pm
I want Bulls Island by Dorthea Benton Frank.
This is a great giveaway!
Thanks!
January 6, 2009 at 2:46 pm
ohh i really want Wondrous strange by Lesley Livingston!!! I really love this contest and it is a great way to start the year!
January 6, 2009 at 3:17 pm
The Quest of the Fair Unknown (The Squire’s Tales) by: Gerald Morris
I read all the other books before it and I have yet to read this one.
Thanks!
January 6, 2009 at 4:38 pm
Yay! i looked for a post yesterday, but must have gotten here too early.
well, anyway, how was your holidays??? I hope they were amazing
for some reason, i didn’t get this book for christmas, but i really wanted it (instead i got Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness-VERY good. and Graceling-haven’t read it yet)…. well if i could win a book i’d go with Secret Circle : The Captive Part II and The Power by L. J. Smith. It’s a sequel, and its my favorite author.
have an awesome week!
January 6, 2009 at 6:27 pm
I see someone else would like this book too: Flatbreads & Flavors: A Baker’s Atlas by Jeffrey Alford and Naomi Duguid .
January 6, 2009 at 6:49 pm
I would love to win a copy of Midwife of the Blue Ridge by Christine Blevins!
I blogged about your awesome giveaway here:
http://teddyrose.blogspot.com/2009/01/this-weeks-giveaways-galore.html
January 6, 2009 at 8:25 pm
Feeling slightly guilty since I won the last one but these contests are great – how can I not enter them?
I’d love to win “The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society” by Mary Ann Shaffer. Thanks!!
January 6, 2009 at 10:55 pm
My head it doth explode from the possibilities…
The Hidden World by Paul Park (in hardcover if possible, used is completely okay! only because the other 3 are in hardcover and I’m rather OCD about these things…)
January 6, 2009 at 11:32 pm
So many books to think of….ok but most of all I would love to get is Renegade’s Magic by Robin Hobb. I have finished the two previous books and now the end is left
January 7, 2009 at 1:34 am
I would love to get The Otherworldlies by Jennifer Anne Kogler. I’ve wanted to read this book for months, even before it was out in bookstores! It’s in my top 5 in my list of books to read, and that list contains over 300 books!!! That means I REALLY REALLY REALLY want to read it!
January 7, 2009 at 2:02 am
I would like ‘All The Windwracked Stars’ by Elizabeth Bear. I started to read her recently (through discovering her on Livejournal – http://matociquala.livejournal.com/ – and she’s well worth reading for her writing stuff.) And her books her very, very good…
January 7, 2009 at 3:02 am
Sweet Love by Sarah Strohmeyer.
P.S. Heard the New Year’s bash was a hoot! Unfortunately I had to work and there must have been a full moon or close to it! Yikes!
January 7, 2009 at 4:31 am
I missed your hat too.
I would like to win a copy of Plum Spooky by Janet Evanovich. Then I wouldn’t have to wait through my WL — I’m 212 in line LOL! Might be quite a wait.
Thanks!
January 7, 2009 at 5:07 am
Awesome giveaway! I’d love How to Read a Poem: And Fall in Love with Poetry by Edward Hirsch. I’ve heard so many great things about it…
January 7, 2009 at 5:09 am
Hi !
I would like to enter for 2666 from Roberto Bolano – After seeing this book all over the Best of 2008 Lists, I’ve aded to my wish list !
Thanks!
January 7, 2009 at 6:06 am
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January 7, 2009 at 6:11 am
Thanks for having a giveaway. Obviously, it’s very hard to choose just one book…I would love to have A Voice in the Wind by Francine Rivers. I read it for the first time last year and I know it’s one I want to own. Thank you for this opportunity. I posted info about this giveaway on my blog: http://savingmoneyideas.wordpress.com/2009/01/07/giveaway-links-2/
January 7, 2009 at 6:40 am
A Voice in the Wind by Francine Rivers — I wasn’t aware of that one of hers…
January 7, 2009 at 6:55 am
I would LOVE anything by Jodi Picoult. I have recently found this author (Change of Heart) and I can’t wait to read her again!
January 7, 2009 at 10:40 am
We just saw Jimmy Carter: Man from Plains (a fantastic movie if you haven’t seen it), and my husband and I now really want to read Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid by Jimmy Carter. Wow! I’ve never entered a “you choose” book giveaway. Awesome. Thanks for the chance!
January 7, 2009 at 11:05 am
Hey! I’d love a copy of Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy!
January 7, 2009 at 1:33 pm
I would love a copy of Dirty Laundry by Daniel Ehrenhaft!
Please enter me!
January 7, 2009 at 1:40 pm
Medicus: A Novel of the Roman Empire by Ruth Downie <3 I’ve read part of it at Barnes and Noble and it’s sooo good.
January 7, 2009 at 2:19 pm
Awesome count me in.
January 7, 2009 at 3:47 pm
I would love to win Tomato Girl. Thanks for the contest!
January 7, 2009 at 5:05 pm
so many to choose from thanks for the contest
January 7, 2009 at 5:43 pm
i would love to win any cookbook that’s under $25 and has super easy and healthy recipes – you can choose!
January 7, 2009 at 8:52 pm
I’d like Need by Carrie Jones.
Great contest!
January 7, 2009 at 9:00 pm
i’d love new moon! in the twilight series!
January 7, 2009 at 9:06 pm
i’d love to read nineteen minutes by jodi picolt! Thanks so much!
January 7, 2009 at 9:08 pm
i’d love Uncle John’s Gigantic Bathroom Reader! i love books liek that!
January 7, 2009 at 9:32 pm
I’d love to win When the Duke Returns by Eloisa James. Thanks for the chance!
January 7, 2009 at 11:17 pm
I’d LOVE Barefoot Contessa Back to Basics: Fabulous Flavor from Simple Ingredients
Ina Garten.
January 8, 2009 at 12:33 am
I would love Bone Crossed by Patricia Briggs or the Wolfsbane & Mistletoe anthology.
Thanks! :0)
January 8, 2009 at 9:01 am
I would like Just Past Sunset by Stephen King or Locke and Key by Joe Hill.
January 8, 2009 at 10:54 am
Well, our library did order it but DRAT if they didn’t put the only copy on the rapid read list! Should lady luck shine on me, I’d love to win the book: Your Sad Eyes and Unforgettable Mouth by Edeet Ravel.
January 8, 2009 at 11:11 am
Howdy!
I’d love to win The Book With No Name by Anonymous…I think. There are a lot of books to choose from :p but I think I’ll go with that one.
Thanks!
~ Popin
January 8, 2009 at 11:13 am
What a great giveaway! Thank you!
Things I’ve Been Silent About by Azar Nafisi
OR
2666 boxed set
(I know they’re under $25 at Powell’s, and I assume elsewhere as well.)
January 8, 2009 at 12:48 pm
Scarpetta by Patricia Cornwell. Thanks for the giveaway.
January 8, 2009 at 12:52 pm
I would love to have Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day: The Discovery That Revolutionizes Home Baking. Thanks!
January 8, 2009 at 1:33 pm
There are so many books on my wishlist at the moment it is ridiculous! But the first that pops into my mind is Company of Liars by Karen Maitland.
January 8, 2009 at 1:58 pm
Sign me up please, I would still like Nefertiti. Hope you’re all high and dry and no bad effects from the flooding
January 8, 2009 at 2:51 pm
anything by jackie kessler
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January 8, 2009 at 3:54 pm
My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult. Thanks.
January 8, 2009 at 6:57 pm
Lore of the Ghost: The Origins of the Most Famous Ghost Stories Throughout the World by Brian Haughton and Daniele Serra.
January 8, 2009 at 7:37 pm
I would love a copy of:
Starting With Stories: Engaging Multiple Intelligences Through Children’s Books by Pamela Byrne Schiller (Author), et al.
Thanks!
January 8, 2009 at 9:27 pm
I would love Angels + Demons by Dan Brown
January 8, 2009 at 10:06 pm
Sign me up! I’ve been lusting after Sew What: Skirts by Francesca DenHartog for two years now. Thanks for a great giveaway!
January 9, 2009 at 2:57 am
If I was so lucky as to win I’d love to read Wolfsbane and Mistletoe, the anthology. Thanks!
January 9, 2009 at 7:05 am
A book that I really have been wishing to get my hands on is Messages from your Angels by Doreen Virtue..
http://www.amazon.com/Messages-Your-Angels-Doreen-Virtue/dp/1401900496/ref=pd_sim_b_9 this is the link for it or at hayhouse.com
THANK YOU!!!!
January 9, 2009 at 8:20 am
I have a hard time deciding. There are a lot of great books that I’m dreaming of having!
I’ll make it simple and just pick something.
She Can’t Even Play the Piano by Joyce Williams
http://www.familychristian.com/shop/product.asp?prodID=33329
What a fantastic contest!
January 9, 2009 at 8:47 am
I would love to have a copy of:
Mean Street by Jim Butcher, Simon R. Green and et al.
Thank you.
January 9, 2009 at 12:03 pm
I’m going to go with: “What Can Be Found in LOST?” by John Ankerberg and Dillon Burroughs. Just in time for the new season to start!
January 9, 2009 at 12:44 pm
Such a fantastic giveaway! Thank you. I would love to have the book The Host: A Novel by Stephenie Meyer. I have just recently discovered Stephanie through the Twilight series (yep I am just a little behind LOL) and I love her style of writing. This book seems like a really good read.
Thanks so much!
January 9, 2009 at 2:17 pm
I’d love to read The History of Love by Nicole Krauss, I read the first couple of pages and was hooked! I’m excited to read more
I’d truly treasure it.
January 9, 2009 at 2:26 pm
How about the first book in Camy Tang’s series- Sushi for One.
January 9, 2009 at 4:25 pm
The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly
January 9, 2009 at 7:45 pm
Ooooh, this is awesome!! Um… I’d like to have… um… haha wow, my mind has gone COMPLETELY blank. But how ’bout Laurie Stolarz : Deadly Little Secret.
Love your blog!
January 9, 2009 at 9:08 pm
I would love to add:
The Collected Works by Kahlil Gibran
to my library
Thanks for the opportunity.
January 10, 2009 at 4:16 am
OUTLIERS, by Malcolm Gladwell
January 10, 2009 at 11:39 am
Hmm, I have tons of books I want to buy and read, but I’ll pick one:
Lori Handeland – Any given doomsday
January 10, 2009 at 4:39 pm
i’d love The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. i havent read it yet, sadly
January 10, 2009 at 6:43 pm
I would love to have A Rush of Wings by Adrian Phoenix. Thanks for the wonderful contest!
January 10, 2009 at 8:15 pm
I would love to win a copy of Stephanie Kallos’s new book, “Sing Them Home.” Thanks for the contest – very generous!
January 10, 2009 at 8:18 pm
I really want a copy of Good and Evil (Perfect Paperback)
by Michael Pearl (Author), Danny Bulanadi (Illustrator)
ISBN-10: 1934794376
ISBN-13: 978-1934794371
Thanks for the contest.
January 10, 2009 at 8:53 pm
I would love to win House of Dark Shadows by Robert Liparulo. This would be amazing! Thank you for the contest. I h ad a great time just reading all the other requests.
Kelly
January 10, 2009 at 9:37 pm
Eragon by Christopher Paolini would be great. My brother bought me #2 for Christmas but I haven’t read the first one.
That was a hard choice. I have several books I’d love to read.
I usually ask for the Artisan Bread book but I got it for Christmas. Yay!
January 10, 2009 at 9:52 pm
I would love to get the upcoming Ted Dekker release. BoneMan’s Daughters RELEASE DATE: April 2009
ISBN #: 978-1-59995-195-9
Thanks for your giveaway!
January 11, 2009 at 5:50 am
Oh I really want a copy of Theodosia and the Serpents of Chaos for my granddaughter!
January 11, 2009 at 8:56 am
would love to win
January 11, 2009 at 10:30 am
I’m anxiously awaiting the February 24 release of Terminal Freeze by Lincoln Child.
January 11, 2009 at 1:11 pm
I’m looking forward to reading Ectasy by Jacqueline Frank!
January 11, 2009 at 4:33 pm
Stephen King’s Nightshift Had it a long time ago, gave it away, and would love to have it again. Thanks for the chance.
January 11, 2009 at 5:58 pm
I’ll push my luck, bend the rules even, but I’ll try for the Maus I and II Paperback Boxed Set. It’s technically 2 books, but under $25 for the set. Great contest!
January 11, 2009 at 6:59 pm
A Man’s Worth by Nikita Lynnette Nichols or Up Pops The Devil by Angela Benson