Fellow Blogger Contest!

I don't usually advertise contests but when asked nicely I definitely have no problem doing it. In fact, I thought this would be a great way to point you all to some great book blogs. I won't do it too often, but when I do you will know that the blogger is one that I regularly visit and enjoy reading. 

So here is the first:

Sassy Brit of Alternative-read.com has a few contests going on right now. One that ends today so go by and check them out!

Dying for Mercy by Mary Jane Clark (x 2 copies – closes Sept 19th) 

SIGNED hardcover copy of Michelle Moran’s Cleopatra’s Daughter! (Closes TODAY!)
Also, a Brit/UK only competition you may be interested in- Closes September 30th!
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Show Me Your Bookmarks Contest Winners!

Thanks to everyone who entered. I had a lot of fun visiting everyone's blogs and seeing all your lovely bookmarks. There are some really great ones out there. 

18 lovely people participated with a total of 58 entries. I used the Random Number Generator to choose the winners for me. Here they are...

Kristi

You get to choose a book from the two shown here and Austenland by Shannon Hale. You also get one of the lovely bookmarks. Be sure to let me know which book you would like me to send you out of the three choices.   

Creative Mom

You will be getting one of these bookmarks.

I have also chosen another winner from those who posted pictures. There were 9 of you who shared. Thank you, thank you!

Naida

You will get to choose a book from the two not chosen and a handmade bookmark from me. It is not quite finished but it will be soon. 

Congratulations to all the winners!

Please email me your addresses and I will get those in the mail to you as soon as possible!

Show Me Your Bookmarks Contest!

 

Come over and check out my current contest at MariReads. Go here to see the prizes. You have until May 1st to enter!

Prizes! Want to see?

I have come to entice more people to enter my Show Me Your Bookmarks Contest going on right now. How else, but with pictures of the prizes! Some of the prizes, anyway. 

You can win Bookmarks! 

      

You can win Books!

Click on the link (above or below) and go enter! It's easy. Just show me or tell me about your bookmarks.

Bookmark love: Nymeth pointed me to Ma Petite Papeterie's when I gushed over one of her bookmarks. I absolutely love all of the bookmarks in her shop Go take a look! 

Also, make sure to go take a look at all the really beautiful handmade bookmarks Nymeth has made.


Be sure to check out my current contest. You have until May 1st!

Show Me Your Bookmarks Contest!

I mentioned in the meme on Sunday that I have a multitude of bookmarks but forget to use them. I wasn't kidding. Here they all are. Actually, that is not all of them! I found a few more after I took the picture. I love bookmarks and every one of these has a story behind them. Some came from giveaways, some are gifts from online friends from all over the world, and some I purchased on my travels. The Riviera Maya one is a favorite and a nice reminder of our trip to Mexico.

Underneath all of these is one I got for Christmas this past year from my brother-in-law. It is a collage of family pictures and on the bottom (which you can see if you click to enlarge the picture) he wrote a very nice note, "For your 100th book and the 100 more next year... Merry Christmas." What a great gift!

So, are you sentimental about your bookmarks? Do you have a collection? Any favorites?

I showed you mine now its your turn to show me yours. 

Post a picture on your blog, say a little something about them, leave me a link here and I will give you 3 entries in a little contest. If you don't have a blog send me an email. 

Other ways to enter:

1. Comment with your answer. (1 entry)

2. Follow Me. (1 entry)

3. Mention the contest on your blog. (1 entry)

Just be sure to let me know in the comments. :)

Prizes? Of course there will be prizes. Bookmarks! Books!

Depending on how many enter, it may be one grand prize or lots of smaller gifts for more winners. I will share those with you very soon so come back to see what you can win.

You have until midnight(CST) on Friday, May 1st to enter.  

Contest is now closed!

I can't wait to see your bookmarks!

book giveaway

An Advanced Reader's Copy of Any Given Doomsday is up for grabs on my reading blog. Leave me a comment here before Friday for a chance to win my extra copy.

FireFly's Haiku Review Contest

This is a very cool contest.
Go to Firefly's Book Blog and give it a try.


Here is my try at a haiku review. Two haiku's, actually, for Coraline.

Coraline goes through
door to find other mother
with buttons for eyes.

The rats are talking.
They are singing in the walls.
She hears them in dreams.


Fun, fun!

Books, books and more books

I am finally reading Breaking Dawn! I got my friend's copy last night. Stayed up until 2:30am reading despite knowing that I had to get up early for my first day back at work today. I am about half way through.

Got a couple books in the mail today. I won them back earlier this month but have been out of town all of August until yesterday.
Thanks, Liviana for my copy of Violet in Private by Melissa Walker and thanks also to The Compulsive Reader for my signed copy of The Summoning by Kelley Armstrong.

Thank you, thank you!

another contest

or two.

Go over quickly because it ends tomorrow.
Liviana is giving away three fantastic fashion forward books for Fashion Week. Go to her blog In Bed With Books for a chance to win Violet in Private, The Elite, and How I Found The Perfect Dress.

Thanks, Liviana, for letting me know about it. :)


Also, I know I really want to read The Gargoyle (amazon link a few posts below). If you do too, head on over to Bookish Ruth's for a chance to win a copy.

Change of Heart contest

Head on over to Peeking Between the Pages for your chance to win a copy of Jodi Picoult's book, Change of Heart.
Jodi Picoult has such a wonderful way of weaving controversial subjects into a highly entertaining, thought-provoking read and this one is no different.

inspiration

Children eager to learn.



Community coming together.



The world and all its beauty.




What inspires you?

This is the question that Phoe is asking for her Pink Contest.

Go find out how to enter.

win books!

Click on the BookRoom button and you will be directed to a great chance to win 14 books or Breaking Dawn. How awesome is that? That is a lot of books, and 5 people have a chance to win!
Anyway, head on over.

almost back

I am actually not home yet. I am sitting in a Panera in Needham, MA waiting for the hubby who is in a meeting for work. The wedding weekend was wonderful. Lots of fun, beautiful setting in Marion. Right on the water. Lots of the hubby's family to visit with. We had a great time. We dropped his parents off at the train station in Mattapoisset early this morning so they could get out to Logan. Our flight is after 5pm. Hubby should be done with his meeting here around noon. Not a problem. Love places that have free wi-fi. I turned on the comp to find many emails and over 150 posts to read through on Google Reader. I also had a lovely surprise of winning Aunt Kathy's contest from last week. Yay! What a great thing to find when I got mack online.

Some Tour knitting got done, but unfortunately not as much as I would have liked. There will be some definite uphill knitting tomorrow. It is going to be a long mountain stage.

Getting to Know You Questionnaire

Getting to Know you Contest Questionnaire:
For KnittyOtter's contest. Go check it out!

1.) How long have you been knitting?

My mother-in-law taught me to knit during our yearly trip to Sea Ranch back in 2003 or 2004. There were lots of stops and starts and garter stitch scarves until I really got into it.

2.) How long have you been knitting socks?

I started my first pair of socks for a KAL in the Summer of 2006. They were knit on 2 circulars using the Cat Bordhi basic sock pattern.

3.) What do you do with a problem like Maria?

You don't. You just let her do her own thing.

4.) What is your all time favorite sock yarn?

So far, I have really loved my Sunshine Yarns Merino Sock yarn.

5.) Toe Up or Cuff Down?

I have only tried cuff down, so cuff down.

6.) What's your favorite color (this week or for all time)? Do you have a color family/season/palette you prefer? Any colors you just can't stand?

All time favorites: periwinkle, green

7.) Do you have a pet(s)?

Yes, a very cute kitty named Joey.

8.) Babies: Oven Roasted or Barbecued?

uh? neither.

9.) Besides socks what is your favorite type of thing to knit?

Hats! I like small projects.

10.) What's your favorite scent?

Lavendar.

Red Currant scented candles by Votivo

11.) What music are you really loving right now? Like a song or a band?

MUSE

12.) How many pairs of socks have you hand knit?

8 pairs

13.) What's your favorite treat? Salty or Sweet?

The saltier the better


14.) What was the most interesting thing you smelled yesterday. Not good or bad necessarily, just the thing that stuck out most so that you actually took notice of it.

Clean laundry. Best smell all day.

15.) Needles - DPN's: Wooden, metal or plastic?

bamboo

16.) What is your favorite sock pattern that you've knit? What do you recommend?

Charades by Sandra Park

17.) The last Question: If you were stuck on a deserted island who would you want with you, what knitting would you want with you and would you ever want to leave?

With the hubby, of course, and lots of sock yarn. We would have warm feet.
Would I want to leave? Yes. There are a lot of family we would miss.

stage 6 : rain delay?

Can I claim rain delay?

Oh wait, that only works at Wimbledon. :)

These riders keep on going in the rain. Me, on the other hand, got absolutely no knitting done yesterday on the clapotis. None. I watched the stage with lots of forwarding so I could see the finish before going to a training. Do you think Kirchen really was the one responsible for Shumacher's fall, or is he just making excuses? I will have to see the recap of the finish today. I have yet to watch stage 7. I plan to get a lot of knitting done today. I must "put the hammer down".

In other news...

A ridiculously big prize package, all Twilight related, is being given over at the The Story Siren's blog. I mean big!
I know there are many of you anxiously awaiting the new book , Breaking Dawn, just as I am, so get yourself over to her blog and see how many times you can enter.

contest alert

Do you like books? Knitting? Pets? Contests of any sort?

Well then head on over to Monniblog where Monica is celebrating her 1000th post with a four prize packages! There is something for everyone over there.

here's to the beginning of summer

(archived from mariknits)


Look what came in the mail yesterday. A new, signed book that I won in a contest over at Em's Bookshelf. Thanks Em! I have already started reading and am enjoying it so far.

So, the end of May has come and gone and I am far from being half way through the 100 books. I have read 33. Not bad, but not half.





May books:
26. Chosen by P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast (may)
27. Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead (may)
28. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares (may)
29. Industrial Magic by Kelley Armstrong (may)
30. Second Summer of the Sisterhood by Ann Brashares (may)
31. Girls in Pants: The Third Summer of the Sisterhood by Ann Brashares (may)
32. Forever in Blue: The Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood by Ann Brashares (may)
33. The Host by Stephenie Meyer (may)

Current reading list:
Emma, Jane Austen
Harsh Cry of the Heron, Lian Hearn
House of Dance, Beth Kephart.
Haunted, Kelley Armstrong

Not sure how many of these I will get through before I leave for Italy.

*contest*

Knitasaur is looking for help. She needs your hand measurements to help design some gloves.
Head on over and leave her your numbers, mention I sent you of course. She has some lovely Silky Wool to give away if you do. :)

It is the same yarn I am using on the Tangled Yoke which, by the way, I am now knitting the cables. Yay. I am almost to the end. Kind of.

No pics yet. I will take some when the cables look like something. One little mistake last night, but got it fixed. I have to ball up a skein and I will be ready to get it finished. 15 more rows to go.

i can't be trusted

(archived from mariknits)

I knew I couldn't be trusted at a bookstore to leave empty handed. It is a given: I go in, I leave with a book.

Well, this morning I went to the grocery store to buy some gluten free shark fruit snacks (for sorting and eating at school) and what would be sitting in the book rack by the checkout line? This book that I have been debating whether or not to pick up. Did they know I would have no restraint if it was so conveniently placed and marked down $7 off the cover price?

I can no longer be trusted to go to the grocery store!


BTW, Alana-Knit Wit over at stringsandpearls is having a contest! It is her blogiversary! Go and leave her a comment and tell her I sent ya!

i can't be trusted

I knew I couldn't be trusted at a bookstore to leave empty handed. It is a given: I go in, I leave with a book.

Well, this morning I went to the grocery store to buy some gluten free shark fruit snacks (for sorting and eating at school) and what would be sitting in the book rack by the checkout line? This book that I have been debating whether or not to pick up. Did they know I would have no restraint if it was so conveniently placed and marked down $7 off the cover price?

I can no longer be trusted to go to the grocery store!


BTW, Alana-Knit Wit over at stringsandpearls is having a contest! It is her blogiversary! Go and leave her a comment and tell her I sent ya!