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Showing posts with label contests. Show all posts
Showing posts with label contests. Show all posts

Monday, November 3, 2008

We Have A Winner

Congratulations goes out to fbartlett!!!
Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers: 27
Timestamp: 2008-11-01 17:22:54 UTC

She was out lucky winner ....
unfortunately we had to exclude "4cope" as there was no email or blog to follow, sorry!

Confirmed:

fbartlett.................. yes and mailed

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Bloggy Givaways Carnival Contest Scary Readers Bloggy Giveaway

Bloggy Giveaways Quarterly Carnival Button

This is "Carnival" week for the "Scary Readers Bloggy Giveaway". I will be giving away "3" yes "3" scary books this week in honor of Halloween. Remember, you don't have to be a blogger to win.

So, how can you win these Scary books? You must enter the giveaway in three ways

These are "3" scary books, Terry Brooks, Running with the Demons, and Jay Brandon's, Predator's Waltz, and the 3rd one Marissa Piesman's, Unorthodox Practices. Each one a little has some mystery, thrills, and scare tactics involved in the plot. You will love them or be scared by them...

3 ways to win......You MUST do #1 to be eligible to win the prize. After that, #2 and #3 are optional ways to gain extra entries. Please leave a separate comment for each entry. Each person can earn up to 3 entries.

  1. Leave a comment below and tell me if you are going to go out "Trick or Treating" this year and what your costume will be or was? Then leave a comment with your name, link, and/or email.
  2. You may also leave a comment below about one of the most scariest books you ever read and why you liked it and who is your favorite scariest author. Be sure and leave a link to you or your email. Feel free to grab one of "DaBookLady's" buttons from the sidebar if you like.

  3. You may enter a second time by posting about this giveaway on your blog by linking to DaBookLady's Reading Life and be sure to leave a comment below with the link

Good Luck! Giveaways open all week till October 31st 12:01 PST.

Random Drawing:
This contest will be closed on Friday, October 31st, 2008 at 11:59pm EST. A random number drawing will be held shortly after. The winner will be announced here and will be contact via email or through their blog. If the winner does not respond within 48 hours, a new number will be drawn.

For even more fun giveaways this week, visit the Bloggy Giveaways Canival.

Limitations: This giveaway is for anyone with a mailing address within the U.S. and Canada. You do not need to be a blogger to enter, but you must have a valid email address. If you enter anonymously and do not include a valid email address in your comment entries, I will not be able to notify you should you win this random drawing.

If you'd like to receive reminders about our giveaways, you can subscribe to DaBookLady (for free!) in the right sidebar or via e-mail. You can also learn more about the DaBookLady here.

Have fun!

Tuesday, April 1, 2008

April's Contest "Read it and Comment"



Here's April's "Read It and Comment" contest. This one is a simple one. All you need to do is read the posted story, comment here about it, and then post on your blog linking to this contest. That's all!!! The winner will be picked by the Random Selector. Each comment will be considered a number and then entered into the generator and the number selected will be the winner. But remember only those that follow the rules will be entered.


The contest ends April 30th at 12:00pm.

The winner will be announced sometime during the 1st week in May.
So, hurry up ......Here are the rules;
  • read the story below
  • comment here on it
  • and post a link on your blog to this contest
  • And be sure and add your blog or name link to the comment here

That's it.....Simple......fun....and easy ......

The Story:

"Pawnshop owner Daniel Greer is losing everything. In the seedy and rapidly changing Houston neighborhood where he built a solid business, a new Vietnamese competitor is stealing his customers. Desperate and too trusting, Greer and his wife Carol are thrust into the thick of a bloody Asian gang war-- a clach that's seeping into the city's corridors of power and wealth. But not until Carol is kidnapped does Greer guess the scope of the dark, vicious game he has entered, and the frightening prize he must pay for victory. Trapped between warring factions, terrified by the senseless violence exploding around him, Greer reluctently prepares himself for battle. He'll risk anything to save his wife--and exact a very personal revenge."

The prize will be a new book called "Predator's Waltz" by Jay Brandon.


Now comment and post on your blog....good luck!!

Wednesday, March 5, 2008

March Contest "Books in the Tub"




New Contest for the month of March,
"Books in the Tub"
starting now. Win this fantastic Mystery book! "Malice Domestic" by Nancy Pickard. It is an anthology of original traditional mystery stories. Nancy Pickard is an acclaimed "Agatha Christie" type award-winning writer of wonderful mystery stories. This is a brand new paperback book.
Its fun and easy! All you have to do is leave a comment here and post a link on your blog to this contest.

This month is another guessing contest.......

Guess how many books are in the tub????
That is an easy one...look at the photo and take your guess, the last 2 contests we have had guesses that were exact. Now I will give you a couple hints.....

  1. The tub is 12" square
  2. There are probably less books in there than you would think
  3. They are all paperback books, but they are different sizes

So hurry now and post those comments and DO NOT FORGET to leave your blog addy so I can find you and also post a link to this contest on your blog.

Contest ends 12:01am April 1st!!!

The winner will be chosen by the closest guess to not go over the # of books that are actually in the tub. If there is a tie then names will be drawn out of a hat.

So what are you waiting for take a guess, what do you have to lose? You could be the next winner of "Books in the Tub" contest!!!

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