Like Water For Chocolate Winner!

I’m back to blogging after a busy family-filled weekend. My brother got married on Saturday. The bride was beautiful, and it was a wonderful day (and weekend) overall.

I wanted to write a post with the BBAW meme, among other things, but I just spent more than two hours going through Google Reader and reading and commenting on blogs. Instead of staying up later, I’m going to dispense with the meme for now and give you a winner.

The winner of Like Water for Chocolate is….

Brittany of Deckled Edges!

I’ve sent you an email; please send me your address and I’ll get that to you this week.

Author Spotlight: Margaret Wise Brown + Giveaway Winner

I’ve got a winner to my contest!

No one guessed the most popular book searched for on Rebecca Reads. The book that I get the most searches for is a children’s book. It is one that I think almost everybody has read at least once: Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown. I wrote a post about it here last August, and it has always gotten the most hits on my site. In connection with the contest, I thought I’d take this chance to read some others of Margaret Wise Brown’s picture books.

As for a winner for my giveaway, I chose a winner, then, from all those who did make a guess. (It pays to make a random guess, sometimes!). I’ll send the winner a copy of any of the books I reviewed in the past year.

Out of the twenty people who made guesses, the winner is …… Continue reading »

Really Old Classics Mini-Challenge Round-Up

A number of people got some Really Old Classics read by the end of February. I’m sending a lucky winner a book of your choice. But first, here’s who participated in the first half of the Really Old Classics Challenge. I’ve formed it like a mini-blog carnival so you might get an idea for your next Really Old Classics read. Continue reading »

Winner of Anthem + Swamped

The winner of my copy of Anthem is … Continue reading »

A Meme, A Farewell, and A Giveaway Winner

Bookshelf Meme

Eva at A Striped Armchair created a fun meme about the books on our bookshelves. Continue reading »

Spooktacular Winners

With 27 entrants to the Spooktacular Hatchette Book USA giveaway, there are three winners of boxes of books. Each person was assigned a number, and using a random number, I selected three winners. They are: Continue reading »

Harry Potter Giveaway Winner

There were 37 comments on the post, 36 of which were entered into the contest. I assigned everyone a number (in the order you commented, excluding the person who didn’t want to be entered.) Using a random number generator, the winner is….. Continue reading »

BAFAB Week Winner

The winner of the Buy a Friend a Book week giveaway is Alessandra! Alessandra wants to read Henry James’ Portrait of a Lady. I’ll send you an email, Alessandra.

For the rest of you, I’m sorry I can’t buy you all a book. Happy reading, all the same!

HTR&W Winner + BAFAB Week

Today I have a winner and another giveaway. (My budget won’t let me do this every week, though.) Continue reading »