Wednesday, June 01, 2011

June Blast-O-Books!

Update! We've added MORE books ALREADY!!!


I'M DOING IT AGAIN!
June Blast-O-Books!


OK, I didn’t think I’d be doing this again so soon after the March Madness Book A Day Giveaway, but what better way to kick off summer than with a bunch of fun book reviews, features and giveaways, right?

RIGHT!

So, here’s what we’re going to do for the first part of June: Let’s start giving away some books next week, shall we? Every day until the book offers stop coming through, I’ll give away a book to a lucky reader. And same as last time, if you enter every day, I’ll put your name in to win a grand prize at the end, which will be a batch of books. This time the grand prize will be a random batch of books – some will be a selection of those that I’m giving away in June, and some will be some random extra books I have here. Plus I may toss in a Target gift card or a Starbucks card, and some other fun stuff; we’ll just have to see what I’m in the mood for giving away.

One thing that many of you were confused about last time was that some of you thought that you were not all included as many times as you entered daily. You were. If you leave a comment on EVERY post every time I offer you a book, your name will be entered in the final grand prize drawing THAT many times, whether you win a book or not. Guaranteed. So rest assured that even if you don’t win any of the books for the next 15 book giveaways (or however many I give away), your name will go into the ‘hat’ that many times to be eligible to win the grand prize.

This promo is called the June Blast-O-Books, and for now I’ve got these books committed, and there are possibly more to come, so stay tuned, and we’ll kick this bad boy off on Monday June 6th! However, unlike in March, I will be taking the weekends off! Some of the books being offered this time around will be e-books!

Got Milf? The Mordern Mom’s Guide to Feeling Fabulous, Looking Great, and Rocking a Minivan by Sarah Maizes

Parents Behaving Badly by Scott Gummer

Best Kept Secret by Amy Hatvany

Where’s My Wand? by Eric Poole

Skinny by Diana Spechler

Priceless by Nicole Richie (yep, THAT Nicole Richie)

Night Road by Kristin Hannah

The D Word by Liz Fenton and Lisa Steinke

A Pug’s Tale by Allison Pace

The Silver Boat by Luanne Rice

Momfriends by Ariella Papa

The Little Women Letters by Gabrielle Donnelly

Missing Persons by Clare O'Donohue

Chicken in the Car and the Car Won't Go: Nearly 200 Ways to Enjoy Chicagoland With Tweens And Tweens by Melisa Wells

Last Night at Chateau Marmont by Lauren Weisberger

Maine by J. Courtney Sullivan

The One That I Want by Allison Winn Scotch

Here are some of the rules we played by from last time:
Sorry, but if you live outside of the U.S. or Canada, we can’t deliver books to you. You’re the lucky one who gets to live somewhere exotic, so that’s the one downfall you’ve got to suffer by not being able to win here.

Enter only once per book, but remember, if you don’t win that day, you will still be entered to win whatever the ‘grand’ prize I choose to make grand at the end of this June Blast-O-Books!

Use a unique identifying name when leaving your comment (JEN is NOT UNIQUE, but JEN36 IS UNIQUE – get it?), and preferably please try to leave a way for me to contact you if you can. Usually I will announce the book winner 3-5 days after I post the book review at the TOP of the post, so it’s important to COME BACK to the post to see if you have won.

You must contact me at stephanieelliot@gmail.com to claim your book. For the most part, I won’t come looking for you to give you your prize.

I use random.org to choose the winners.

Any questions, feel free to ask them in the comment section!

36 comments:

  1. I hate to admit this, but "Priceless" wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be...

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  2. Anonymous12:16 AM

    Yay!! I can't wait!! Thanks for doing this again!

    SPepper22

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  3. Anonymous3:24 AM

    I hope I win this time! TaraUB in IN

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  4. Woot! I am excited! How are you handling the heat? Tucson, is actually decent for this time of year!

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  5. Woo Hoo! So excited!

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  6. So excited for the June Blast-O-Books! Manic, thanks for arranging this and giving us the opportunity to not only read about but win some more amazing books!

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  7. yay for June Blast-O-Books!

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  8. Weeeeeee! Here we go again.

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  9. absolutahnie6:41 AM

    you are so generous! you're also my favorite "blog & coffee" moment
    before a long stretch at work

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  10. Anonymous7:40 AM

    HoOrAy for June Blast-O-Books! I could use a few good books to read during maternity leave in Sept.

    xx(fingers crossed as always, even though it didn’t help in March)
    ~Nattygirrl

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  11. ohhhh, crazy excited!

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  12. *fingers & toes crossed* So excited!

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  13. CAnative8:06 AM

    Woo Hoo! This is so awesome and generous of you. Love checking in everyday to this blog. It's a bonus with all the give-aways.

    Nicole

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  14. awwright! Can we start on Sunday, June 5th? My 40th birthday? Please, please? I can use a book.... ;)
    Amanda (AAAmmmaaannndddaaa)

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  15. Love Manic's book picks!
    Thanks!

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  16. Wow! Great giveaway! I just discovered your blog recently and look forward to the reviews. Thanks so much!

    Margaret(singitm)

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  17. Yea, more books! A couple on your list are on my summer "put on hold at the library" list so I won't do that until the contest is over.

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  18. Lizett349:34 AM

    I am super excited that you are giving away so many book again, YAY! Thank you very much!

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  19. BrendaL0612:03 PM

    Clap, clap, Clap. Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Jump, Jump, Jump...all a the same time. I love to read. Can't wait. Thanks Manic.

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  20. DaphneSFL1:21 PM

    LOVE IT!!!!

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  21. Ohh yay!! I can't wait! I love al the book contests you do! :)

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  22. michelle m5:35 PM

    you are most generous..thank you

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  23. I would like to say that I am doing the happy dance at this particularly awesome piece of news on my feed today! Whoo hoo! :) Thank you for doing this! ktmixon315! :) P.S. My word verification is "heakin" which I don't think is actually a word...but perhaps it should be. :)

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  24. Nearl6:20 PM

    Sweet!!! I really enjoyed reading about the books in the March giveaway. I added so many books to my "must read" list. Can't wait have some more chances to win!

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  25. thanks for hosting another giveaway, stephanie (and diva, too)

    karenk
    kmkuka at yahoo dot com

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  26. This is awesome - thanks for doing this again - so much fun to read about the new books & to read everyone's posts!

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  27. erinb2:22 PM

    yahoo!!!!!! what a fabulous kick off to summer :-}

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  28. Yippee for June Blast-O-Books! You rock, MM ~ thanks for keeping us in good reads. :)
    xo Heidi

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  29. Um, hoping that posting a comment is how to enter? I'm so loving the book giveaway! Awesome.

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  30. Um, hoping that posting a comment is how to enter? I'm so loving the book giveaway! Awesome. Remember me! Ginamjrn

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  31. Gina, you will have to post a comment under each individual book that I post when I do each feature and review of the individual books! Sorry that was not clear! : )

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  32. Anonymous7:27 AM

    I look forward to the next set of giveaways.

    Jencey The Booksigning Queen.

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  33. Wonderful! Yay! So excited!!
    CozyReaderTiff

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  34. Stefanie Rico1:00 PM

    How fun!

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