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Monday, January 28, 2008

Bloggy Giveaway Carnival~ Winter '08

Bloggy Giveaway Carnival I know you're just here for the free stuff, but I'd love for you to stick around or visit again. This is my place to write about stamping, crafts, prayers, my family, and my journey as I try to simplify my life in 2008. I have two other blogs, also- one is my cooking blog, Too Many Recipes, and the other is my weekly meme for all kinds of paper crafts, Sunday Scrappin. I think that one of the best things about blogging is finding new people with shared interests. Bookmark me and come back sometime when you're not out frantically entering a zillion giveaways! ;)

So, on with the show. I'm giving away a copy of the mystery book "The Crossword Connection" by Nero Blanc. It's a neat book if you enjoy crossword puzzles. The cover says "Solve the puzzles, solve the crime!"


The fine print: To enter, leave me a comment below about the best book you've read lately. I love to read, and I'm always looking for new books that will inspire me or make me laugh. I'll be looking forward to your comments! (*If your comment only says "enter me" or something like that, it won't count as an entry!*) Sorry, but I'm only able to ship within the USA. Also, if you don't have a blog, be sure and leave your email address with your comment. Entries will close Saturday, February 2nd, at 11am.

Have fun this week with the Bloggy Giveaway Carnival- I know I will! :)

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  1. aliJanuary 28, 2008 at 2:32 PM

    i've been mostly reading detective stories which aren't usually inspiring. but they are usually fun

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  2. MeganJanuary 28, 2008 at 2:44 PM

    Thanks for the giveaway! The book sounds awesome. The best book I'e read lately was the final Harry Potter book...couldn't put it down!

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  3. AnonymousJanuary 28, 2008 at 4:46 PM

    The best book I read this past year was The Choice by Nicholas Sparks. I love all of his books but this one quickly moved to my favorite. Thanks so much for the giveaway.
    Dyani19@aol.com

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  4. DorianJanuary 28, 2008 at 5:53 PM

    I'd love to read the book. The book I've read most recently is The Preachers Daughter by Beverly Lewis. I love the Amish stories!!

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  5. SarahJanuary 28, 2008 at 7:19 PM

    While I wait for the new Brunstetter and Lewis book to come out, the best book is a tie for either Passionate Housewives Desperate For God or By Faith Alone. I can't remember the authors right now. Great books. Thanks for the giveaway, oh I am not here just for the free stuff :) LOL

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  6. Queen BJanuary 28, 2008 at 8:03 PM

    The best book I've read recently is Healing Stones by Nancy Rue & Stephen Arterburn. It as great!! Thanks for the great giveaway. I can't wait to check out all your neat sites!!

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  7. dawn224January 28, 2008 at 10:13 PM

    The Wonder Weeks - I’d love a chance to win! Thanks! Dawn :)

    (contact info - dawn at kaiseralex.com)

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  8. KaraJanuary 28, 2008 at 10:14 PM

    This book looks interesting. Thanks for the give away!

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  9. United StudiesJanuary 28, 2008 at 11:35 PM

    I am always on the lookout for new books because I love to read! Thanks!

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  10. The Chatty HousewifeJanuary 28, 2008 at 11:58 PM

    The best book I have read lately is "A Woman After God's own heart", I love it! It is by EElisabeth George.

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  11. AnonymousJanuary 29, 2008 at 12:07 AM

    The best recently would have been Reluctant Smuggler by Jill Elizabeth Nelson.


    Count me in please.

    Thanks for the giveaway!

    Stop by my place to win a bath set & candles or one of two copies of a book I'm giving away.

    Laura @ Laura Williams' Musings

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  12. AnonymousJanuary 29, 2008 at 1:24 AM

    I love word puzzles! Enter me, please!

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  13. HilLesha O'NanJanuary 29, 2008 at 1:44 AM

    I've been reading Splitting Harriet by Tamera Leigh. :)

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  14. ErinJanuary 29, 2008 at 9:58 AM

    Cool! I've been reading lots of kids books lately. "Moo, Baa, La La La" :)

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  15. JeniJanuary 29, 2008 at 10:57 AM

    I just finished Charleston, by John Jakes. Historical fiction at its finest!

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  16. BritniJanuary 29, 2008 at 12:34 PM

    I just read Eats, Shoots, and Leaves and loved it!

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  17. Jennifer BeaverJanuary 29, 2008 at 1:56 PM

    A Thousand Splendid Suns

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  18. ErinJanuary 29, 2008 at 3:00 PM

    If you haven't already read Noel Piper's Faithful Women and Their Extraordinary God, you might give it a look. I found it encouraging. Thanks so much for the drawing.

    emhagedon at gmail

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  19. AnonymousJanuary 29, 2008 at 3:17 PM

    The best book I read recently was A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. Beautiful story!

    rookiem at live dot com

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  20. ReJanuary 29, 2008 at 4:58 PM

    Great contest! I want to win!! Best book was gift of fear!

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  21. BreeJanuary 29, 2008 at 5:00 PM

    The Glass Castle! Great read!

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  22. KierraJanuary 29, 2008 at 5:30 PM

    Skipper's Revenge!

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  23. JaniceJJanuary 29, 2008 at 7:24 PM

    I love all books, but lately I have been reading mysteries, the last one was The Tooth of Time by Sue Henry. Thanks for the giveaway!!

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  24. Deborah in AtlantaJanuary 29, 2008 at 7:53 PM

    I love the Janet Evanovich books - they are so, so funny and make me laugh. But it's good that they have a mystery/murder theme.

    If I win, please contact me at dmj53 at hotmail dot com. Thank you.

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  25. KatyJanuary 29, 2008 at 9:14 PM

    I am on the last book of the lancaster heritage series by Beverly Lewis. I am really enjoying it!!! They are great reads!

    Your blog is really cute! Please feel free to stop and say hi on my blog if you want! :)
    Also..thank you for this opportunity! I love to do crosswords...although, i am not always very good with them! LOL but i would love to win! Have a great week! :)

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  26. TeriJanuary 29, 2008 at 9:35 PM

    Please enter me! I love crosswords & I have never tried one like this! My favorite book of late is the Paula Deen memoirs - she is so candid, it just makes me want to give her a big old hug! :)

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  27. Kara JoyJanuary 29, 2008 at 9:56 PM

    Hi Amy! I've been reading Embrace Grace, which is what I'm giving away over on my blog. I like the way Liz Curtis Higgs writes, as if she's talking directly to you instead of a faceless, nameless person.
    I like mysteries and crosswords, but if I were to win, I'd have to hide it from my family! They all love them too!

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  28. SnowbirdJanuary 29, 2008 at 10:14 PM

    The best book I've read lately is Spy by Ted Bell. I'm also into a local author, Randy Wayne White. But--I do like Crossword puzzles too.

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  29. AnonymousJanuary 29, 2008 at 11:05 PM

    The best book I have read lately is "Wandering Through Winter" by Edwin Way Teale. It's wonderful nature/travel writing that won the Pulitzer Prize in 1960-something. It's that good.

    Oh, and King James Games is good, too: I'm mostly doing the crosswords. :)

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  30. WhitneyJanuary 30, 2008 at 1:51 AM

    The book sounds cool! The best book I've read lately is "The last summer (of you and me)"

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  31. AnonymousJanuary 30, 2008 at 2:54 AM

    A Thousand Tomorrows by Karen Kingsbury
    Please enter me. ernestsgirl82@yahoo.com

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  32. TX MomJanuary 30, 2008 at 7:32 AM

    I like the Diane Mott Davidson Goldie cooking series. Thanks!

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  33. sweetsueJanuary 30, 2008 at 9:01 AM

    The book I just read was Nora Jane by Ellen Gilchrist. I promise you'll love it.

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  34. BebemiquiJanuary 30, 2008 at 9:52 AM

    "Moveable Feasts"...fascinating read on food history.Great giveaway! Count me in.
    bebemiqui82(at)yahoo(dot)com

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  35. HannahJanuary 30, 2008 at 11:52 AM

    Her Fathers Daughter by Gene Stratton-Porter is the BEST book I have ever read!!!

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  36. JendeisJanuary 30, 2008 at 12:43 PM

    The best book I've read lately is Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver. I am, however, in the middle of The Year of Living Biblically so that might take over.

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  37. Tracy DeLucaJanuary 30, 2008 at 3:49 PM

    The best book I have read LATELY is probably... Darkle Dreaming Dexter. Very fun read and funny! The Dexter tv series is based on these books.

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  38. AmyJanuary 30, 2008 at 3:52 PM

    The best book I've read lately was A Passion Most Pure by Julie Lessman, come visit my blog, I'm doing a giveaway right now. It's such a fantastic read.

    I'd love to be entered, thanks so much! I'm a book-a-holic!

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  39. AnonymousJanuary 30, 2008 at 4:05 PM

    Thanks. I take it you are also a cruciverbalist. Great to stumble onto your blog. I'll check it out some more. Looks like we have some common interests.

    I just finished reading Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin. It's a great book about how one person CAN make a difference, especially with determination, persistence and bravery.

    Colleen
    colgoo@mac.com

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  40. GinnyJanuary 30, 2008 at 4:58 PM

    I'm trying to simplify my life in 08 as well. I could use the crosswords for something to do while I sit at dance class. My favorite book lately is Subtle Knife.

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  41. MamaGames - Alexa C.January 30, 2008 at 6:13 PM

    I'm currently reading Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson - laugh out loud funny most of the time. I also liked his Walk in the Woods and Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid. Thanks for the contest!

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  42. T'aowynJanuary 30, 2008 at 9:55 PM

    The last book I read was the Golden Compass so I could see the movie.

    taowyn (at) gmail (dot) com

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  43. HélèneJanuary 30, 2008 at 10:29 PM

    Mitten Strings for God. It gave me a new direction for parenting.

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  44. AmberJanuary 30, 2008 at 11:17 PM

    This looks like a neat little book!

    My favorite author is Dean Koontz.

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  45. Tes283January 30, 2008 at 11:38 PM

    Harry Potter series (all of them). Finished the last one in December.

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  46. KarenJanuary 31, 2008 at 3:47 AM

    I just finished the book Reluctant Smuggler by Jill Nelson, and it was great. SO good, that I ordered both preceding books in the series from Amazon. THanks!

    kpuleski at gmail dot com

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  47. ellen z.January 31, 2008 at 1:49 PM

    I've been reading Margaret Atwood a lot lately- I'm currently in the middle of Surfacing, but I've only read good things by her...

    Thanks!
    Ellen
    nerdponyatgmaildotcom

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  48. Shama-Lama MamaJanuary 31, 2008 at 4:10 PM

    I just finished reading Interpreter of Maladies. It was a collection of really great short stories based around people in or from India. So good.

    My email is in my profile. Thanks!

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  49. AnonymousJanuary 31, 2008 at 4:12 PM

    The best book I've read lately is "Piece by Piece" by Tori Amos and Anne Powers :)

    anastasia_falling@yahoo.com

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  50. TanyaJanuary 31, 2008 at 4:53 PM

    I just finished reading "Escape" by Carolyn Jessop - amazing book.

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  51. Jon and SarahJanuary 31, 2008 at 5:45 PM

    I just finished reading I am a Mother by Jane Clayson Johnson. Loved it!

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  52. Tara @ Feels Like HomeJanuary 31, 2008 at 8:08 PM

    The best book I read recently was A Thousand Splendid Suns. Very intense, but very good!

    tgerner at att.net

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  53. KathieJanuary 31, 2008 at 8:40 PM

    count me in please

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  54. BrandieJanuary 31, 2008 at 9:32 PM

    I would love to win this!
    I have read quite a few good books lately ... including Animal, Vegetable, Miracle and Pillars of the Earth. Both I think are great reads =)

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  55. AnonymousFebruary 1, 2008 at 2:27 PM

    This looks like a LOT of fun!

    (thebugsworld at hotmail dot com)

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  56. megret7February 1, 2008 at 4:22 PM

    I just re-read Little Women! Not many books better than a classic! ( meg.wilson@gmail.com )

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  57. c allenFebruary 1, 2008 at 9:27 PM

    thank you for the great contest! i am an at home mom and i love to read w/ my kids. are favorite books are the curious george books.

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  58. AngelaFebruary 1, 2008 at 9:38 PM

    My favorite book lately is actually a children's book called handbag friends.. I gave it away on my blog sadly but it never failed to make me snort with laughter!

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  59. paryjejaFebruary 1, 2008 at 10:03 PM

    The best book I have read lately was The clan of the Cave Bear by Jean Auel. My fiance loves crossword puzzles and this book would be perfect for him!

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  60. BelindaFebruary 2, 2008 at 3:18 AM

    I love the last Harry Potter book

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  61. jennifer57February 2, 2008 at 8:07 PM

    The last harry potter book i guess it would be :)

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