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Winning Wednesday

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Well, I said that Wednesdays would be “Wordless” and “Winning.” You’ve seen the “wordless” each week, and the winning will happen by either posting a new giveaway, giving a surprise giveaway, OR announcing the winners from the previous week.

Today, I’m going to do all three!

First, in honor of the Bloggy Giveaways carnival, I’m jumping in and offering another giveaway late in the game–a $14 amazon gift card. Why $14? Well, I recently got sent an amazon gift certificate from my associates account, and I’m going to pass it on to you. $14 is enough to buy a book, so I hope that will do. To win, simply leave a comment here and I’ll draw the winner on Friday at the conclusion of the Bloggy Giveaways carnival.

Speaking of amazon associates, as you can see, I don’t get rich from it, but if you are enjoying our site, and especially if you decide to buy a book that we’ve recommended, if you click through the link and put the item in your shopping cart on that trip, we’ll get a small little commission. I would love to be able to pass on some of these rewards in the form of prizes to you, OR in appreciation to my reviewers who are doing such a great job reviewing a wide variety of books here.

Another way you can help me is by keeping an eye on those Google ads. If I’m logged in, I don’t see them, and they change often, so if there is inappropriate content on the ads, please let me know. I need the url that is usually at the bottom of the ad to be able to block it. You can email me using the contact link above giving me the url and the company being advertised, and what offended you about the ad. I’d like to run the ads (and again, they aren’t going to make us rich either), but I don’t want to have offensive content on this family-friendly site.

Second, I’d like to reward a surprise giveaway. You all have blown me away with your excitement about this site in general, and specifically our new community events: What’s on Your Nightstand? and the Classics Bookclub. So, I am drawing from among all participants in “Nightstand” (53 when I drew) and those who left a comment on Classics Bookclub giving a suggestion for a future month, or just being excited for this month’s read of Pride and Prejudice (15 when I drew). I added them together with the Nightstand being the first 53, and used random.org where I got #21–Jen at MommaBlogsAlot.

She will win all of these books which were recently reviewed here:

Danny Gospel
From a Distance
Winter Haven
Meghan Rose
The Mommy Diaries
One 30 Minutes a Day workbook
Kung Fu Panda Fact Book and Create-a-Story

Third, to announce the winners from the last couple weeks:
#12, Corrine is the winner from the “Info and Input” post.

The 30 Minutes a Day workbook winners are: #15 #4 Amanda D., #34 Kristan, #19 Annie at Savor this Moment, #10 Jackie @ Our Moments, Our Memories, Shelia at Dodging Raindrops

#8, Cynthia is the winner of the Kung Fu Panda books.

#16, Casey is the winner of Shop Your Closet.

If you’re a winner, you should have already received an email from me (and I’ve already gotten most of your responses–thank you).

Finally–I need to ask your opinion, again. I’m rethinking the weekly participation in Wordless Wednesday and Booking Through Thursday. I like the sense of community, but since we are only posting twice a day (which I agree with), and with monthly features on Tuesday, and regular features on Thursday, Books on Screen, and Sunday, On Reading, which I don’t want to give up–we are falling short in actually publishing book reviews. So let me know your thoughts.


Remember, leave a comment before Friday afternoon if you want to be eligible to win the $14 amazon gift certificate. I’ll be happy to reward all you faithful readers out there. And if you want to try to win more stuff, click on over to Bloggy Giveaways to see the hundreds of offerings.

Comments

  2. I can’t believe I won a contest without trying! That’s so exciting! 🙂

    I think if you were going to drop a meme, that WW would make the most sense, since there is already a WW website somewhere else, it’s not like people would be lost without it – and you can still participate in it on your own blogs… But what do I know? 🙂

  5. I agree with Jen…dropping WW would make the most sense to me. Or, you can always just add an extra post that day if you need to do a review…I don’t think anyone would mind if there were 3 reviews on that day.

    Thank you so much…I am excited to be chosen as a winner!

    And…at the risk of sounding greedy, I’d love to be entered into the drawing for the Amazon card. Yay, more books!! 🙂

  6. Being able to participate is key to our blogging communities so I’d keep Booking Through Thursday. However Wordless Wednesday almost seems wrong for a blog on books so it could probably go.

  12. I could REALLY use this to help buy some things for my daughter’s upcoming first birthday. THANK YOU!

  20. This is great! I just found your site the other day and subscribed. Keep up the good work!

  21. I’m not even sure I understand what Booking through Thursday is??? 🙂 But I agree that dropping that one and WW, will probably be fine. Thanks for this site… I am really enjoying it!!

  37. How amazing to find so many book lovers in one place. Thank you for the giveaways that spice up our lives!

  47. Amazon is the best thing since sliced bread. Thanks for the giveaway!
    mommyof3inva(at)yahoo(dot)com

  49. I agree with dropping WW. You don’t want to burn yourself out. It would give you extra time for other things.

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