11/28/09

Everyone Loves a CONTEST!!!

Everyone loves a contest, I know I personally do, and with all the bad stuff going on right now, I thought why not do something – to make not only myself happy – but someone else too!

I mean come on, I know buying books gives me a smile – I just now hit “buy” for a few new one's that were recommended – Ash, Strange Angels, Betrayals and The Seven Rays, plus a few for my “Christmas book buddy!”

So now it's your turn, to win something fun! And it's ALL about you picking what you want to win!

For our grand prize winner - head over to the Book Depository – and pick a book (or two) (up to 20-25 bucks), and I will buy it (or them) and have it shipped to you! Just in time for Christmas, our little Christmas present to you! (I will not make you pick the book yet, since if your like me, in a week you could already have the one you want RIGHT now! LOL! So be on the look out for the email from me, when you win – so you can pick your book!)

In addition to our one “grand prize” winner – We will be having 2 “other” winners – for some fun stuff yet to be determined – books, probably (though they might be “read” hope that's OK) – and other fun “holiday” gifts to be sure! (Leave a message in the comments about what you think might be in the 2 other winner's boxes – and get 2 extra entries!)

- PS if we get 100+ followers to our blog, we will be adding 2 more "regular" winners!!! (Guess what we MADE IT!!!! WOOT! Thank you all soo much!)

So now, what do YOU have to do to enter? That's pretty easy -
* You don't have to be a member of our blog here – but we would LOVE it if you did, so you will get +10 entries if you join our blog.
* If you twitter about the contest, you will receive +3 (for up to 3 extra entries)
* If you follow us on Twitter +5
* If you post about this contest +10 (leave a link)
* If you put a link to the contest on your side bar +3 (leave a link)
* Add what you think might be in the "other winners" boxes for +2
* Tell me one of your fav. Christmas memories (need something to make me smile) +5

Now the contest will run from now, until the 4th of December! Join in the fun...you know you wanna!

Be sure I have your email address - either in your google info or please leave it here. :) Thanks!
Posted by Book Crazy Jenn at Saturday, November 28, 2009

83 comments:

  1. What a great contest idea! I am a follower of your blog and on Twitter!

    MsM
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  3. Sorry Elizabeth - the link should be working now! :)
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  4. Great contest! The layout looks great!

    +10 Member of the blog
    +3 I twittered about the contest
    +5 I follow you on twitter
    +2 (I think the other winners boxes will have an ARC or christmas treats)
    +5 Christmas Memory...I'm going to make you laugh. My very first cat had issues with tinsle..aka she would eat the tinsle then run around the house with it, umm hanging out of her other end. I haven't looked at tinsle the same way since!
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  5. Ohh awesome contest!! Thanks for not making us choose just yet - completely agree, a book I'm yearning for right now might make it's hot self into my hands tomorrow! :)

    +10 New follower!
    +3 Tweeted - http://twitter.com/peacelovevegan/status/6166726778
    +5 Following on twitter (@peacelovevegan)
    +2 Umm... candy canes! Christmas treats, bookmarks.. uh, I really don't know. I'll throw a guess for one of the books as Beautiful Creatures because you mentioned it in your "best book you ever read" post - though I don't think you'd be willing to give it up if that's the case! LOL
    +5 Well the one that stands out the most is when I was 5 years old- leading up to Christmas I disappeared on mum in the department store (naturally she freaked out because she couldn't find me). When she finally did, there I was cooking up a storm in this oh so wonderful toy kitchen centre thing... it had a microwave, fold out table, fridge, sink, stove, etc. I LOVED it. Every time we went to the shop, I continually ran off on her to go play with it. Come Christmas morning you can safely say I had the biggest grin on my face when I woke up to find she'd bought it for me, stocked full with the yummiest play food you could ask for. I was a very happy little chef! :D
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  6. Great contest! I'm having a similar contest on my blog, go check it out if you wanna! (You can't get enough books, can you?) Here's the link fot that one: http://yavampirebooks.blogspot.com/2009/11/international-giveaway-buy-books-for-16.html

    +10 FOLLOWER of your blog
    +5 FOLLOWER on Twitter
    +2 I think there will be Christmas Candy in the secret box; Candy canes, Hershey chocolate, chocolate covered Santas etc.

    Sara
    sosarora_11(at)hotmail(dot)com
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  7. +10 follower
    +2 Bookmarks

    bkwhisperer(at)bluemarble(dot)net
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  8. Sara - I made sure to enter yours too :) Love the contests!
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  9. Please enter me in. This looks great.

    +10 follower of the blog
    +2 In the other box I think there will be candy
    +5 favorite Christmas memory is my cat jumping on the Christmas tree.

    Thanks!
    stephaniet117@yahoo.com
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  10. +3 tweeted: http://twitter.com/bookgoil/status/6172988695
    +5 following on twitter (@bookgoil)
    +10 following your blog
    +2 I think there's bookmarks in the other winner box
    +5 Well, every Christmas my dad's family gets together and we play Christmas carols. No, I did not say SING, we play. We're talking flutes, clarinets, trombones, piano, sax, and so on. I play - the glockenspiel. My great grandmothers to be precise. It's a bells set, set up like piano keys and hit with mallets. So, I have to admit - we're not all that great. Most of us are out of practice or at least didn't practice together more than once. My dad composes all the music for us and it's mainly done for my grandfather - who is going deaf anyways. It's probably the most hilarious and fun thing to participate in and watch as well. Always makes things a bit fun around the holidays.

    Hopefully that is cheering! :-D

    dragonzgoil at gmail dot com
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  11. +10 following blog
    +2 books and christmas candy
    +5 At Christmas time we always get together at my great grandmother's house. She's 90 years old now, and her house is filled with relatives. We eat, and share presents.

    Travis
    spongyman1026@yahoo.com
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  12. +10 I'm a proud follower! :)
    +5 I'm a follower on Twitter (YABookQueen)
    +3 tweeted http://twitter.com/YABookQueen/status/6175602741
    +3 sidebar
    http://yabookqueen.blogspot.com (Lower righthand side, under Giveaways)
    +2 A book & candy ;)
    +5 I'm always sick on christmas (seriously, I'm about 7 years and running), and so I'm usually not in the best mood. Last christmas, when I opened my gift from my brother, it was a picture of the inside our hallway closet and it said that I had to find the gift. So I went through a series more of clues until I found that he had hid the gift in my room, behind my TV! Needless to say, his scavenger hunt really made me feel a lot better (and totally cracked me up that my gift was right in front of my nose the whole time)!

    Thank you so much, this contest is incredible! :)

    yabookqueen@yahoo.com
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  13. Awesome contest!

    +10 Following!
    +3 Twittered- http://twitter.com/sophisti_katied/status/6176008126
    +5 Following you on Twitter. (@sophisti_katied)
    +3 Posted on sidebar- http://www.sophistikatied.blogspot.com
    +2 Maybe some classic Holiday DVDs, some Christmas candy and maybe some swag such as bookmarks?
    +5 One of my fave Christmas memories .. well, this happens basically every year. But my twin brother and I always sneak into each other's room on Christmas morning and we plan out our "convenient" arrival into the living room to open presents so our parents don't think we're THAT excited. We did it last year and we were eighteen years old .. :D

    Good luck with the contest!
    skellington28210@yahoo.com
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  14. +10 Old follower!
    +3 Tweeted it!
    +5 Following on Twitter (mindfulmusings)
    +3 Sidebar Link
    +2 Hmmm...I'm going to guess maybe a few ARCs, and some sway, and maybe candy? lol. I hope.
    +5 My Dad once tried to put up the Christmas tree all by himself for the first time. We left the house to go out to eat and came back, but couldn't get in the front door. The tree had fallen over and was barricading the door!

    ~Natalie
    n_monzyk_27@yahoo.com
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  15. Ya another contest!
    +10 New follower
    +5 Following you on Twitter
    +3 Tweeted it!

    Thank you!

    Mar
    mramos1516@gmail.com
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  16. I tweeted about the contest.

    http://twitter.com/eheinlen/statuses/6186767120
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  17. Great giveaway, love your blog.
    +10 new follower
    +3 tweeted http://twitter.com/EllzReadz/status/6186924373
    +3 sidebar http://ellzreadz.blogspot.com/
    +2 I think the other two prizes will include some swag, candy and a book by Stephanie Meyer
    +5 I used to live in the North in the snowbelt. Now I live in the South, in the rainbelt. The last time I went home for XMas,(I was really homesick and missed the snow-yes really) it was a blizzard and we were snowed in for two days. We had a blast sled riding and drinking coco.

    zenfoxflowerATyahooDOTcom
    Elie (Ellz Readz)
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  18. +10 entries if you join our blog.
    If you follow us on Twitter +5
    If you put a link to the contest on your side bar +3 (leave a link)

    shutupjessicasreading @ gmaildotcom
    Jessica Secret
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  19. Wow what a great contest,
    +10 I am a new follower
    +5 I am following you on twitter @bloodybad
    +3 I tweeted http://twitter.com/BloodyBad/status/6193722025
    +2 I think the other boxes will have a bookmark and a candy cane
    +5 I love decorating cookies for Santa on Christmas Eve, I am doing it with my niece and nephew this year! YAY
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  20. * +10 I just became a follower!
    * +5 I just became a Twitter follower (@afewmorepages)
    * +2 Maybe bookmarks, christmas ornaments, etc in the other boxes?
    * +5 My favorite Christmas memory: The year my brother and I got our first bikes. I was so excited that I had to sit on my bike in the living room. Then the bike fell over into the tree and knocked the tree over. LOL
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  21. Just tweeted the giveaway: http://twitter.com/afewmorepages/status/6193901635
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  22. Great contest! My birthday is in Dec so this would be a great birthday/Christmas gift!

    +10 I'm a follower
    +3 Tweeted http://twitter.com/Loriimagination/status/6211608087
    +5 I follow on Twitter!
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  23. Great contest! Count me in :D

    +10 blog follower
    +3 tweeted
    +5 following you on twitter (@thebookvixen)
    +3 sidebar link
    +2 I'm going to guess that there might be some candy in the other winner's box :D
    +5 My favorite Christmas memory is the one year when the Christmas tree was in my room. I got to decorate it with my toys. I was so excited.

    thebookvixen at gmail dot com
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  24. I just have to say...I LOVE the layout of your blog! It's gorgeous! And thank you for offering such a wonderful contest!
    +10 I just became a follower of your blog.
    +5 I follow on twitter (@celialarsen)
    +3 posted to my blog sidebar (here)
    +2 you'll probably put candy canes in the other winners' boxes? and maybe books and $5 dvds? or a box of cute Christmas lights...
    +5 favorite Christmas story:
    My dad was on strike one year from September to January, and we had to make serious cutbacks to our lifestyle. All of us kids quit playing sports to save on fees and equipment costs, and we burned wood instead of turning up the heat, and we only used power for cooking and necessary light. My mom even had to go to the foodbank, which I know almost broke her heart. I was pretty young, so I probably don't know the extent of it. So we were looking at a really spare Christmas. My mom tried to prepare us all, telling us that it was going to be a really small thing, and we were really lucky to be together and eating good meals.
    And then the weeks went by, and boxes just kept turning up at our door. Boxes and boxes and boxes! And it was like a miracle, because half of them were full of oranges and hams and nuts and sausages and candy - chocolate! We'd laugh every time we opened a new one. My grandmother knew how my parents were really struggling, and she called the family and told them that we needed a big Christmas. So they sent food, they sent gifts, they sent money! I remember looking into the living room on Christmas morning in absolute awe because it was the biggest pile of gifts I'd ever seen. Bigger than those displays in Macy's! Us kids just laughed and told my mom that she said it was going to be the smallest Christmas ever, and here it was the biggest we'd ever seen. I know she must have had some emotional moments, but the only time we knew about was when we wrote thank-you notes. Those were elaborate, and we made artwork for everyone. People really can be wonderfully generous if you give them a chance - that's what I learned. And we all tease my mom a bit every year now that we're grown, and ask her if this is going to be our smallest Christmas ever. Of course, it never is... :)

    celialarsen(at)gmail(dot)com
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  25. Woah very generous awesome contest! I love it:)

    +10: Follower/Joined Site!
    +5: Follow on Twitter- @Danidlion
    +3: Tweet- http://twitter.com/Danidlion/status/6215421950
    +3: Sidebar- http://danidlion.blogspot.com/
    +2: I think holiday themed books will be in the "other winners" box. Possibly Ex-Mas by Kate Brian.
    +5: Fave holiday memory- Well my fave thing about the holidays is when my aunt brings over her deviled eggs, I'm serious I live for htose babies!!! :)

    -Dani.
    lightningstreak123@comcast.net
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  26. Great Contest, thanks!

    +10 for being a follower (star shadow)
    my fav christmas memory was shopping with my dad to get stuff for my mom and nana, then heading home with tons of bags, and sitting in the room with him trying to show him how to wrap presents.
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  27. +10 Follower
    * +3 Tweet: http://twitter.com/parajunkee/status/6224199922
    * Twitter +5
    * +5 Fav Christmas memory is when I was trying to find my presents and got locked in the attic because I had snuck up there when my mom wasn't looking. It was scary at the time, but they tell the story every christmas.

    xoxo - Parajunkee
    parajunkee (@) gmail.com
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  28. wow great giveaway :)

    +10 just became a member/follower. yay! :)

    +5 i'm following you on twitter (chelleyreads)

    +2 i think the other winners are going to get a book that you've already read and loved (gave 5 stars to on goodreads) like lament or evermore

    +5 well, i don't celebrate christmas but my family does make a big deal about new years eve, so my favorite new years eve memory was when we were still living in the Philippines and i was seven. my grandma had me help her the whole day with the preparations: from food shopping, to cooking, to serving my whole family--i felt very grown up that day helping my grandma. i was very scared of fireworks then too so she kept her arms around me the whole time my uncle lit up the fireworks. it was all the more special because that was our last new years with them--the next year we moved to the US and haven't spent the holidays in the Philippines since that year.
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  29. sorry i forgot my email on my comment above. it's

    bookmakeupreview AT gmail DOT com
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  30. GREAT contest - and great blog too - first time here..

    Okay, I now follow the blog +10
    And I follow you on Twitter +5
    I tweeted (actually, retweeted) about the contest +3

    +5 My favorite Christmas memory (so far) - at Christmas in 2004, my daughter (aka Diva) was 3 and just about old enough to get really excited about Christmas. Wanted to know when it would start snowing and I explained that here in Houston, we don't get snow very often at all. We get it about every 10 years, and then it comes in January or February. I told her she'd be 7 or 8 before it snowed again here.

    It started snowing late at night two days before Christmas. Driving home from her great grandmother's house on Christmas Eve, it snowed steadily - wasn't fun to drive in, but it was gorgeous. When we got home we played in the backyard - we got more than an inch, which is a lot for us - she made snow angels on the trampoline. It actually snowed again last year as well, but only faint traces, nothing like 2004. Now every year she hopes it will snow, and I won't argue with her cause who knows?
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  31. Here are my entries:

    I'm a follower of the blog.

    Follow on Twitter, my username is @LHartness.

    I don't know if this counts for anything, but I did tweet about the contest: http://twitter.com/lhartness/status/6224417783

    I posted about the giveaway: http://calicocritic.blogspot.com/2009/11/giveaway-hello-technorati.html

    I put a link on my sidebar on my blog: http://CalicoCritic.blogspot.com in the Giveaways section.

    Things that might be in the other two winners boxes: A copy of Beautiful Creatures, and a gift card to the local movie theater to go see "New Moon" (for the 4th time for some readers).

    A recent favorite Christmas memory: Although I don't live there anymore, Winston-Salem, NC was my home for a few years. In the winter we would always attend the Tanglewood Festival of Lights. If you don't get there early to drive through the park to see the Christmas lights, you'll be stuck in a traffic jam. So we would frequently get there an hour before the park opened and park our cars at the main entrance. We'd bring tailgate food (eaten inside the warm cars), but we'd also bring our instruments to play as well. My dad would play trumpet, my father-in-law was on accordion, my brother would play trumpet, my husband would play trombone and I would play the French Horn. We'd walk up and down the line of cars also parked there early, entertaining their riders as they waited for the gates to open. The bored faces would transform into smiles, happy to hear the music on the cold evening. While I didn't enjoy the cold gold mouthpiece on my lips, I loved playing at Tanglewood the few years we did it.

    Here's some video of the park on YouTube, which I didn't shoot: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u35eLUNTu3o

    Thanks for the chance to enter!

    Laura Hartness
    CalicoCritic@gmail.com
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  32. +10 Member of the blog
    +5 following on twitter (@Dimloep)
    +3 Tweet http://twitter.com/Dimloep/statuses/6226414206
    +2 for what's in the other two winners' boxes: Schroedinger's cat (simultaneously in both boxes until they're opened)
    + 5 for favorite Christmas memory: Decorating the tree on the rare night my dad was home from work, dancing around in the living room to Mannheim Steamroller and Tom Chapin.
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  33. +10 new follower :)
    +3 sidebar link http://books-a-la-carte.blogspot.com/
    +2 Some cool bookmarks? :D
    +5 Used to take pictures next to the Christmas tree in PJs (did it for several years so it was fun to compare photos from one year to next, lol)
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  34. +10 follower:)
    +3 tweeted: http://twitter.com/AnyaKapllani/status/6234173175
    +2 some swag..like bookmarks, maybe even books, some candy, some jewelry maybe
    +5..hm..when I was little and still believed in Santa my parents used to send me and my sister outside so "Santa" could bring our gifts lol. On that special night me and my sister were supposed to go ahead to church but we didnt..instead we stayed in front oh the porch window hoping we might see Santa...the only thing I saw though was my mom rushing to the xmas tree and hastily putting our presents under it! I was soo shocked! Santa didnt exist?! Poor little me couldnt believe she had been lied to all this time:( My little sister didnt really understand what had just happened...yeah she was lucky..She could still believe in Santa peacefully while I had to bare this terrible truth all alone:( LOL
    I hope I didnt crush your beliefs in Santa too haha

    Oh and I love decorating the christmas tree:)

    Great contest:)
    Anja_Kapllani@web.de
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  35. +10 for following
    +3 for contest notice at the top of my blog : )
    +2...Christmas music maybe?
    +5 When I was young, I used to tie plastic horses to my cat, so as he walked they followed. I guessed i had that one a little backward, huh? : )

    RamblingAsh@gmail.com
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  36. Wow! The title is right, everyone DOES love a contest and during the holiday season it just rocks even more.

    +10 - new follower!
    +3 - tweet tweet (http://twitter.com/GRgenius/status/6238148883)
    +3 - adding to blog sidebar under contests (http://insatiablereaders.blogspot.com)
    +2 - I think the other winner boxes will have a gently used book previously read and reviewed on your site! ...and perhaps a bookmark....
    +5 - One of my favorite Christmas memories would have to be ...wow, that's hard. Every Christmas there is something to remember. I guess if I had to choose, I'd say the ones when I was really young and my mom was taking care of me all by herself. There was never a Christmas that I didn't have like a gillion gifts beneath the tree and yet she still had time for me. =0)

    Happy holidays and happy reading!

    grgenius(at)go(dot)com
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  37. Hi.
    New follower here.
    Blog follower.
    Follow you on Twitter.
    Tweeted about the contest.
    Christmas Memory. - Let's see. Not sentimental but funny. When I was 5 me and my cousin found some money in a can that my older cousins were saving to buy my grandmother a christmas present. We went to the story and brought $50.00 worth of penny candy. Grandmother went to the store and cussed out the owner for allowing two young kids come to the store and spend 50.00 in penny candy.
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  39. +10 became a follower
    +3 Tweeted: http://twitter.com/Jullysay/status/6250804169
    +5 Twitter follower (@Jullysay)
    +3 Added to sidebar: http://jennys-books.blogspot.com
    +2 Bookish swag, candy
    +5 When I was little my family spend Christmas at my grandparents place. All the kids would sleep in the living room right in front of the Christmas tree so that in the morning we would have easy access to our presents.

    jen4777[at]hotmail.com
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  40. Great contest!
    +10 follower
    +5 Twitter follower(DebWorldofBooks)
    +3 I posted about the giveaway here: http://debbiesworldofbooks.com/other-giveaways/
    +2 Bookmarks, Christmas candy, books

    dasuzuki at yahoo dot com
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  41. This is great, please enter me!
    Weell I would love to read Girl in the Arena, Beautiful Creatures or The Maze Runner.. a lot more!

    +10 entries if you join our blog.
    +3 tweeted
    http://twitter.com/Sheeredry/status/6284331534

    +5 If you follow us on Twitter (sheeredry)
    +3 sidebar
    http://todoesfacilsi.blogspot.com/

    +2 Some great swag (bookmarks..) and maybe a book of their choice of 10$ or some candys (yumm!)

    sheere.dry@gmail.com
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  42. Just signed up to follow your blog
    What will be in the box? Christmas candy, bookmark and maybe an arc or book you have already read.
    Favorite memory? The year we got Mischief. This kitten disappeared and we couldn't find her. We were searching for her and heard something rattling. We looked up and she was walking along the top of the curtain rods. Had to climb the lace curtains to get there.
    librarypat at comcast dot net
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  43. +10 blog follower
    +3 tweet: http://twitter.com/senaslc/status/6297494488
    +5 twitter follower @senaslc
    +10 posted on blog: http://senalovescandy.blogspot.com/2009/12/books.html
    +3 sidebar: http://senalovescandy.blogspot.com
    +2 I think there will be books, cute xmas ornaments/baubles, and candy canes in the "other winners" boxes.
    +5 My favorite xmas memories would be playing with my brothers and sisters in the snow -- sledding, snowball fights and making igloos!

    sena.sagani [at] gmail [dot] com
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  44. Great contest!

    +10 New follower
    +3 Sidebar post
    +2 In the other boxes--maybe some bookmarks and a book you've already read and a Christmas card
    +5 A good Christmas memory--our first Christmas together (we'd been dating about 6 weeks), my husband and I bought each other the same thing without planning it--an aftermarket CD player for our cars. In the words of one our friends--It was a sign!

    theintrovertedreader AT gmail DOT com
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  45. Count me in!
    +10 Follower
    +5 Follower on twitter (@beleth22)
    +3 tweeted (http://twitter.com/beleth22/status/6308509753)
    +3 posted on the right sidebar of my blog (http://beldevoradoradelibros.blogspot.com)

    battyaboutbats@gmail.com
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  46. I love the Christmas connection... just thinking about my favorite Christmas memory made me smile.

    +10 entries if you join our blog.
    + 2 Add what you think might be in the "other winners" boxes for: I think the boxes will have tea, hot chocolate, a cute bookmark. At least that's what I would want. :)
    + 5 Tell me one of your fav. Christmas memories: My favorite memory is from when I was a kid. My little sister and I woke up super early, around 3am, and snuck downstairs. "Santa" always sat out the presents, unwrapped, so we could see them all. We were so worried about being caught that we touched nothing, just silently gaped at our toys. Then we went back upstairs and played quietly in our bedroom until our parents allowed us to get up at 6am. I just remember it as being one of those times I really felt a "spirit" of Christmas.

    tiasbook AT gmail DOT com
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  47. Thanks for such a great giveaway!

    +10 entries for following your blog

    +5 entries for following on Twitter

    +2 I think there will a Christmas ornament, an ARC, hot chocolate and candy.

    +5 I couldn't find my cat (Mittens) and then I looked up and saw him watching me from almost the top of the Christmas tree!

    mittens0831 at aol dot com
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  48. +10 new follower
    +2 bookmarks and candy
    +5 I was upset over a test and competition I failed, so my parents decided to take me out and lit a christmas tree in my backyard

    yjnlee(at)gmail(dot)com
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  49. Please enter me in this giveaway!

    +10 new follower

    +3 tweeted: https://twitter.com/saemmerson/status/6328550406

    +5 follow on Twitter (@saemmerson)

    +2 I think bookmarks might be in the "other winners" boxes.

    +5 Fave Christmas memories: When my siblings and I were born, my mother started the tradition of giving each of us a theme for a X-mas tree. Then she gave each of us an ornament in our theme every year until we moved out. My sister's tree is full of angels, one of my brothers has all snowmen, etc. We even gave/give each other ornaments every year, and when we moved out, we had some nice decorations for our trees.

    saemmerson at yahoo dot com

    Sarah Emmerson
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  50. +10 I'm a new follower! Cool blog you have here! :D
    +3 Tweet: http://twitter.com/bookbutterfly/status/6329947619
    +5 New Twitter follower (I'm @bookbutterfly)
    +3 On my blog, I have a page of links to contests, and I included this one here: http://bookbutterflyangel.wordpress.com/contests/
    +2 I think the "other winners" boxes probably includes some awesome YA books...definitely swag! I bet there is swag in there, like bookmarks and candy and fun stuff that pertains to a certain novel!

    Thanks for hosting this awesome contest!!! :D

    ~Jacqueline (bookbutterfly, "The Nerdette")
    lady.dashti(at)gmail(dot)com
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  51. +10 new follower
    +3 Twittered it (twolilstarz)
    +5 Following on twitter
    +2 Guessing whats in box...Bookmarks, Gift card to a book store and 1 Book slightly used?
    +5 Christmas Memory- Last Year when my son actually started understanding about Santa and the presents etc...The look on his face was the best memory I could ever ask for.. He is 4 years old now....And I am very much so looking forward to his happy face again when he sees the presents.
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  52. +10 blog follower
    +3 tweeted about it here:
    http://twitter.com/brizmus/statuses/6337982486
    +5 follow on twitter (@brizmus)
    +3 in my sidebar under the contest list:
    http://brizmusblogsbooks.blogspot.com
    +2 I think the other winners will get a book from your read books pile!
    +5 One Christmas, I wanted a unicorn! SO badly. It was all I asked for that year, and I begged and begged and begged my parents. When I woke up on christmas morning, I had a life sized stuffed unicorn waiting for me. I can't even tell you how much my heard filled with joy. It was just wonderful!

    zedster.tbb(at)gmail(DOT)com
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  53. I was just stopping by because Kristen (bookworming...) told me to. Love the site.
    +10 Of course I am a follower now!
    +3 tweeted
    +5 Twitter follower (@DarlingMisty)
    +3 sidebar link @ Book Rat
    +2 I'm thinking maybe some of the books that everyone's been going crazy about (and I have yet to read), like Hush, Hush or Beautiful Creatures, etc.
    +5 Every year (EVERY YEAR!) my dad would guess his present. I started buying things to throw him off, and still! Who guesses snow globe? Who guesses chess set? I think he was secretly unwrapping them in the night. It drove me nuts as a kid, but now it's a family joke.

    ~Misty
    mbradenwf[at]gmail[dot]com
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  54. Awesome contest, count me in!

    +10 follower
    +5 twitter follower (@squiggles87)
    +2 other winners boxes might contain chocolate? (I can hope right?)

    squiggles87(at)aol(dot)com
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  55. I would LOVE to win this!!
    Thankyou!! :D:D:D
    +10 for following

    -Lindsay

    lindsay15photo@gmail.com
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  56. +10 - Following your blog (Rachel M)
    +3 - Tweeted about the contest
    +5 - I'm @rachelle34

    Yeah! Thanks! And Happy Holidays!
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  57. I know it the last day to enter and I probably won't win but I'm going to try..

    I love your Blog The design is great did you do this yourself or have someone else do it ? Thanks for this great Contest !!


    +10 Blog Follower
    +5 Twitter follower @jessicasvision
    +5 tweeted not sure on how to get the status url
    +3 sidebar Link http://jessicasvision.blogspot.com/
    +2 Guessing Here... Gift Card, & a Candle
    +5 memory
    My best All time Christmas Memory is from my dad. He is a carpenter and is very good one at that. Well he decided that he was going to build as a doll house and that Christmas morning was one of the best we loved that doll house and kept it until it was falling apart.. but that's not were it ends. Last Year my dad surprised us again by building my girls a doll house, me & my girls are very luck to have him ..with such memorable Christmases
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  58. Great contest!!

    +10 following of your blog
    +5 following on twitter (raycee3)
    +3 tweet: http://twitter.com/raycee3/statuses/6339988446

    +3 sidebar: http://wickedwalker.blogspot.com/

    booknerdd(at)gmail(dot)com
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  59. PLease count me in ^^
    I am indeed a follower
    I teeted http://twitter.com/Tynga/status/6340504873
    I am following you on twitter
    i think in the box there will be... little red and white candy canes. there need to be ^^
    Best Xmas memory...
    umm I was maybe 4 years old? And a few days before Xmas my grand parents took me to their place by train (they live 3 hours away) and I had miss my parents so much that I remember shedding tons of tears of joy when I saw my parents on Xmas day ^^

    My email is on my profile -=)
    Thank you!
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  60. Thanks for the contest!
    +2-I think Beautiful Creatures, a Santa hat and book swag will be in the boxes.
    +10-Following
    +5-Following on Twitter (emma015)
    +3-Tweeted: http://twitter.com/Emma015/statuses/6343053880
    +5-Happy Holiday memory is when I take my dog to get her picture taken with her velvet dress and santa hat because she looks so cute!

    findjessyhere at gmail dot com
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  61. +10 new follower

    +5 follow on Twitter (@elaing8)

    +2 in the box there will be a book and an christmas ornament

    elaing8(at)netscape(dot)net
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  62. I would love to be entered in your draw. Thanks.

    I am a follower of your blog.

    wandanamgreb(at)gmail(dot)com
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  63. I would love to be entered in your draw. Thanks.

    I am a follower of your blog.

    wandanamgreb(at)gmail(dot)com
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  64. +10 - Follower! <3
    +3 If you twitter about the contest
    - http://twitter.com/nikkinizzle/statuses/6348280245
    +5 If you follow us on Twitter (@nikkinizzle)
    +2 Add what you think might be in the "other winners"
    - Hmm. Impossible, Lament, Evermore, uhhh, I have no idea!
    +5 Tell me one of your fav. Christmas memories (need something to make me smile)
    - My favorite Christmas memories were the times when my family would gather at my grandmother's house for the day. I can still feel the anticipation as we drove up and were getting ready to go inside. Lots of family fun and giving of presents were had in that old house.

    <3!
    - Nikki (nikkinizzle at gmail.com)
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  65. * +10 entries if you join our blog.

    * twitter message +3 (for up to 3 extra entries)

    * If you follow us on Twitter +5 (Gigib88)

    If you post about this contest +10 (leave a link) http://sagis-randomness.blogspot.com/2009/12/what-should-i-write.html

    * Add what you think might be in the "other winners" boxes for +2: others could pick Wicked, The Time Traveler's Wife, and Condor

    * +5: I went to NY for christmas break and one year with my parents and i saw central park with snow :D and the huge christmas tree there with lights, and other christmas decorations and hearing all the christmas songs made me feel happy and is the best christmas memory i have because i'm jewish :P
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  66. What a great contest.
    +10 for being a blog follower
    +5 for following you on tweeter *KatiebMundieMom
    +3 for retweeting the contest
    +5 for telling you something that will make you happy-You're one of our winners on our Mundie Moms Beautiful Creatures give aways!!
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  67. This is such a great giveaway.
    +10 New Follower
    +2 I think some Christmas stuff like candy canes and bookmarks will be in the other boxes.
    +5 My favorite thing about Christmas is that the whole family gets together. We rarely see each other since we all live in different states. We all gather at my grandma's home and have a beautiful family Christmas.
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  68. +10 Follower
    +5 Twitter (yayreader)
    +5 Christmas memory: every year, my little sister and I sleep together and wake up at about six in the morning and wait until seven so that my parents wake up and we can open presents. Even though my sister and I are teens, we still feel like little kids when it's Christmas.
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  69. Great contest! Count me in!

    +10 - Follower
    +2 - I think there will be holiday treats like Candy Canes and maybe some books like Impossible.
    +5 - My favorite holiday memory is every year when I was still at home I would wake up early and wait about an hour and read before going downstairs and waking up my mom. We would make pancakes and then open up our gifts. Then I would head to my dad's and open up our gifts there and then make a nice dinner.

    HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!

    Megan
    Megala872@aol.com
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  70. Thanks for the contest! ;)

    +10 I follow your blog!
    +3 linked in tweet (@thehidingspot)
    +5 I'm a follower on Twitter too
    +3 linked to my sidebar @ http://thehidingspot.blogspot.com
    +5 xmas memory:
    I'll never forget the one time I got a present from Santa that my mom forgot she had bought with my little brother. He was so confused! His eyes got so big, like he was thinking I remember picking that out, how could it be from Santa!? Poor kid... :p

    Sara @ The Hiding Spot
    grochowskis at hotmail dot com
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  71. Thanks for the great contest!!

    +10 Member of the blog
    +3 I twittered about the contest - Jamie_Birdwell
    +5 I follow you on twitter
    +2 (I think the other winners boxes will have your favorite Christmas candy or a Christmas bookmark)
    +5 Christmas Memory - My favorite memory of Christmas is making candy and cookies with my mother every year to give to Santa!!
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  72. Awesome contest!! So excited!
    +5 I follow you on twitter
    +10 Follow your blog
    +3 I twittered about the contest. (WabunGirl)
    +5 Favorite Christmas Memory?
    I don't remember it very well, but I have to say when the tree fell on my brother in the middle of the night. I didn't hurt him, so it was hilarious! Even though I was really young, I found it funny.
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  73. +10 entries if you join our blog.
    +3 Tweeted: http://twitter.com/SabriHorande/status/6353299798
    +5 follow on twitter (SabriHorande)
    +3 Sidebar: http://crystalreviews.blogspot.com/
    +5 Last year my daughter finally enjoyed Christmas for the fist time (she was two and a half and the first 2 Christmas she was still too small) and IT IS PRICELESS to see the look on her face for the first time when she saw her Santa presents! That was my best Christmas ever!

    cryatlreviews AT gmail DOT com
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  74. +10 Memeber!
    +3 Tweeted~ (new at twitter so i dont know how to link
    +5 Following twitter: AMcCullough94
    +5 My favorite memory is whenever i make something for my parents, seeing the smile on their faces makes it worth it.

    amanda.marie22@yahoo.com

    23 entries :)
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  75. Hi! Adding in my LAST MINUTE(!!!) entries:

    +10 for being a new follower...just started today!
    +5 for following on twitter: bekki1820cb
    +5 for fav Christmas memory: baking cookies with my mom and grandma for the annual Christmas gathering and watching my son open gifts Christmas morning (he's two)!

    Thanks for the chance! bekki1820cb at gmail
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  77. (I deleted the previous comment because I forgot to add that I was a follower. Sorry!)

    +10 new follower :)
    +3 linked on sidebar: here
    +5 follower on twitter (@justeena)
    +2 Well, this is just a guess on what may be in the "other winners" box. A gingerbread house? Haha, okay, that was a joke, but that would be really cool! My real guess is Christmas treats/candies!

    justeena_25(at)yahoo(dot)ca
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  78. This is an awesome contest! Seriously, like wow. lol.

    +10 new follower

    +3 Tweeted: http://twitter.com/thebookpixie/statuses/6356260525

    +5 Follow you on twitter @thebookpixie

    +3 Sidebar: http://thebookpixie.blogspot.com/

    +10 Post: http://thebookpixie.blogspot.com/2009/12/awesome-contest-ending-soon.html

    +2 Christmas goodies and book swag.

    +5 One of my favorite Christmas memories is.....wow....um...I really don't know. Most my Christmas memories are pretty much the same except for the bad ones. None really stick out as having been a favorite. Man, that sounds sad. XD

    ~Briana
    thebookpixie[at]yahoo[dot]com
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  79. +10 new follower =)
    +3 twitter: http://twitter.com/angeltyuan/status/6357311748
    +3 sidebar: http://angeltyuan.blogspot.com/
    +2 erm...candy canes?
    +5 I liked putting up the christmas tree and seeing all those horrible hangy things I made when I was a kid that we still kept XD;

    total: 1+23
    thanks!

    ninefly(at)gmail.com
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  80. Yay, a contest! =)

    +10 follower
    +2 There has to be a snow globe in there somewhere!

    scarletamalia@yahoo.com
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  81. Great contest!

    +10 I'm a new follower
    +5 One of my favorite Christmas memories is my first married Christmas :)

    jpetroroy (at) gmail (dot) com
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  82. Great contest. I am a blog follower.

    bacchus76 at myself dot com
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  83. I'd love to play please!

    I'm now following.

    +2 Boow marks and other swag or maybe some ARCs

    lesly7ch(at)yahoo(dot)com
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