Sunday, 15 May 2011

500 Posts Contest Winners

Winners, come on down!



I couldn't rope Frodo into picking winners tonight, so Random.org did the honours:



On 7, 8 and 9 May, there were 17 commenters and the winner is Theresa!

On 10 May there were 3 and the winner is Liz!

On 11 May there were 2 (counting Carrie's, which Blogger ate, but is in my Gmail) and the winner is Carrie!

Blogger was out on the 12th, and yesterday, there were 2; the winner is J. L.!

The winner for today by default is Rach!

Plus! Bonus Prize! To Jill, for commenting more than once!

And... The winner overall out of 23 commenters is Susan! Your prize is 20$ at Amazon or Paypal.

All you other winners get to choose a book from the following list - let me know which one you'd like (reviews are linked in the post below), and please email me your address:

Ariana Franklin's Mistress of the Art of Death
Diana Gabaldon's Brotherhood of the Blade
Gabriel Garcia Marquez's Love in the Time of Cholera
D H Lawrence's Lady Chatterley's Lover
Marsha Moore's 24 Hours London
Nicky Schmidt's Naked in Knightsbridge
Muriel Barbery's The Elegance of the Hedgehog
Kait Nolan's Forsaken by Shadow
Susan Bischoff's Hush Money
Marte Brengle's Closed Circuit
Linda Gerber's Trance
Alan Silberberg's Milo: Sticky Notes and Brain Freeze
Regina Brooks' Writing Great Books for Young Adults
Kait Nolan's Devil's Eye
Jill Murray's Break on Through
Talli Roland's The Hating Game
Helene Boudreau's Real Mermaids Don't Wear Toe Rings
Kate Kaynak's Legacy
Deborah Kerbel's Lure
100 Romances Project, where I have a number of reviews
Tatiana de Rosnay's Sarah's Key
Steve Fuller's The Sickness
Lisa Hendrix's Immortal Champion

Thanks everyone for playing! Here's a gratuitous shot of Frodo anyway:

19 comments:

Jillybean said...

Kyaaa! I NEVER win prize drawings. [g] So cool! Thank you so much!

Jillybean said...

PS - give a scratch to dear Frodo for me, if you will. He reminds me of my sister's cat Jasper, who has been with her since he was a kitten (and since I was a little girl) -- the guy is now older than Methuselah in cat years but still a total lovebug.

Rachael Harrie said...

Woot, default or not, I'll take it :D

I'd love to read Trance by Linda Gerber - may I have that one? Will email you with my address :)

Hugs,

Rach

Zan Marie said...

Great! I'm glad Blogger's snafu didn't derail all your fun. Though my commenting and posting has been a bit messed up to say the least. Congrats to all the winners.

L'Aussie said...

Congrats to the winners. So great. And congrats again Deniz for so many posts.

Denise

Theresa Milstein said...

That's awesome. Thank you! I'd love Real Mermaids Don't Wear Toerings. I'll e-mail you.

Liz Fichera said...

Wow! I never win anything! I'd love Sarah's Key. Will email you directly w/my email info. Thank you!!!

Melissa Bradley said...

Congratulations to all the winners! What fantastic prizes you've offered. Have a great, productive week. :)

Nas Dean said...

Congratulations to all the winners! Great giveaways you have offered. Books are everybody's favourites!

J.L. Campbell said...

Thanks a lot! I seem to be in luck lately. I've emailed you with my preference and my address.

Naina Gupta said...

Aww cute cat :)
Well done to all of the winners.

Susan Fields said...

Woo hoo - I won! Thank you, Deniz!!!

And congrats to all the other winners, too!

Tara said...

Congrats to all the winners!

Deniz Bevan said...

Congratulations Jill! I wonder if Frod0 - and Sam - will live till 40? The oldest cat on record lived to 39, apparently...

Congratulations Rach! I loved Linda Gerber's book, can't wait to share it.

Thanks Zan Marie - I tried to revisit some of the blogs I'd commented on, but I lost a lot of my original thoughts :-( I save way too much, though; snafus or not, there's no way I can start saving all my comments eveywhere.

Thank you Denise!

Ooh, you won't be disappointed, Theresa (I hope)! I love that book!

Congratulations Liz!

Thanks Melissa and Nas!

Congratulations J. L.!

Thank you Naina!

Big congratulations, Susan!

(so many exclamation marks...)

Thank you Tara - does this mean your pc troubles are over?

Gina Blechman said...

Hiya. Guess what? You're invited! I am starting up a networking community for supporters of the LGBT community, as well as readers and writers of LGBT fiction and nonfiction, called Everything LGBT. The blog will discuss LGBT novels, movies, music, rights/issues, current events, etc. I would love it if you would join and share the link with whomever you can. I believe that media will bring the next big change, and I want to help to make that happen. Thanks.

http://everythinglgbt.blogspot.com/2011/05/forming-network.html

<3 Gina Blechman

Medeia Sharif said...

Woo hoo, congrats to the winners.

Julie Dao said...

ARGH! I missed the contest! Congratulations to ALL of the winners :)

Deniz Bevan said...

Thanks Medeia and Julie!

Deniz Bevan said...

Good luck Gina! I'll go check it out...

Books I'm Reading and Finished Books

  • Sandman: Dream Country by Neil Gaiman
  • The Return of the Shadow - Book 6 in the History of Middle Earth series by Christopher Tolkien and J R R Tolkien (reread)
  • ***Reading At Intervals***
  • Stories in Words by C S Lewis
  • Poison by Bridget Zinn
  • Medieval Comic Tales (Folio Society edition)
  • Moby Dick by Herman Melville
  • Lessons for a Sunday Father by Claire Calman
  • Shadow Show (Anthology in Honour of Ray Bradbury, including Neil Gaiman!)
  • Looking Backward by Edward Bellamy
  • The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan
  • Warriors (anthology) edited by George R. R. Martin and G. Dozois (featuring a new Lord John story by Diana Gabaldon)
  • The Jerusalem Bible
  • ***Finished Books***
  • Acquainted With the Night by Rober Frost (read by Amanda Palmer) (here: http://amandapalmer.net/blog/20120510/)
  • The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (reread)
  • Star Trek Book of Opposites (board book)
  • Alligator Baby by Robert Munsch
  • Causeries: l'Etat Civil du Comte de Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas (essay)
  • Le Comte de Monte-Cristo par Alexandre Dumas
  • About the B'nai Bagels by E. L. Konigsburg
  • Parragon's Encyclopedia of Animals a Family Reference Guide (skimmed)
  • Throwing Shadows by E. L. Konigsburg
  • The Devil on the Staircase by Joe Hill (short story)
  • Horns by Joe Hill
  • Altogether One at a Time by E. L. Konigsburg
  • Orders From Berlin by Simon Tolkien
  • The King of Diamonds by Simon Tolkien
  • Quick Fix by Linda Grimes (arc!)
  • Jack Absolute by C. C. Humphreys
  • The Lost Road - Book 5 in the History of Middle Earth series by Christopher Tolkien and J R R Tolkien (reread)
  • The Roots of Betrayal by James Forrester
  • Leaf by Niggle by J. R. R. Tolkien (short story) (reread)
  • The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien (reread)
  • Sandman: Doll's House by Neil Gaiman
  • secret beta read!
  • An Easter Walk by Zan Marie Steadham (reread)
  • Celtic Myths and Legends by Mike Dixon-Kennedy (reread) (skimmed)
  • Rainy Days with Bear by Maureen Hull
  • Down to a Sunless Sea by Neil Gaiman (short story) (http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2013/mar/22/down-sunless-sea-neil-gaiman-short-story)
  • Sandman: Prologues and Nocturnes by Neil Gaiman
  • Uncle John's Bathroom Reader, the Music edition
  • The Circus by Emma Trevayne (short story) (http://the-cabinet-of-curiosities.blogspot.ca/2013/03/the-circus-by-emma-trevayne.html)
  • Ghost Stories of Canada (compilation) (read a few)
  • Red Shoes and Doll Parts by Claire Legrand (short story (available at: http://the-cabinet-of-curiosities.blogspot.ca/2013/02/red-shoes-and-doll-parts-by-claire.html)
  • In A Fix by Linda Grimes
  • A Calendar of Tales by Neil Gaiman
  • It Came from the Far Side by Gary Larson
  • Boy O'Boy by Brian Doyle
  • Mary Ann Alice by Brian Doyle (so sweet! I wish there was a sequel)
  • The Man Who Loved Flowers by Stephen King (short story) (reread)
  • Celtic Myths and Legends by (forgot) (skimmed)
  • Night Surf by Stephen King (short story) (reread)
  • On This Day I Complete My Thirty-sixth Year by Lord Byron (poem)
  • 11/22/63 by Stephen King (brilliant)
  • When Summer Comes by Brenda Novak
  • All My Life Before Me - the diary of C. S. Lewis (finally! after 15 years!)
  • The Franchise Affair by Josephine Tey
  • The Cake Made Out of Teeth by Claire Legrand (short story) (READ IT! Here: http://the-cabinet-of-curiosities.blogspot.ca/2013/01/the-cake-made-out-of-teeth-by-claire.html)
  • Brat Farrar by Josephine Tey (wonderful!)
  • Real Mermaids Don't Need High Heels by Helene Boudreau (ARC)
  • The Great Explorers (Folio Society edition) (skimmed)
  • The Shaping of Middle-Earth - Book 4 in the History of Middle Earth series by Christopher Tolkien and J R R Tolkien (reread)
  • Medieval Civilisation by Jacques le Goff (skimmed)
  • A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson (sooo many questions!)
  • Highland Moonlight by Teresa J. Reasor (skimmed very fast)
  • Not So Funny When It Happened (a travel humour anthology; I read a few of the essays, specifically by Douglas Adams, Dave Barry, Bill Bryson, Anne Lamott, etc.)
  • Over Sea, Under Stone by Susan Cooper (reread)
  • Greenwitch by Susan Cooper (reread)
  • The Magician's Nephew by C. S. Lewis (reread)
  • Emerson (bits and pieces of his essays on his travels through England and Scotland; read aloud to me)
  • The Long Dark Tea Time of the Soul by Douglas Adams
  • Old Man's War by John Scalzi
  • The Cove by Ron Rash
  • see the 2012 list and statistics here http://thegirdleofmelian.blogspot.ca/2012/12/the-hobbit-review-and-year-end-books.html
  • see the 2011 statistics on http://thegirdleofmelian.blogspot.ca/2012/01/books-read-in-2011-statistics-fourth.html
  • see the 2011 list at http://thegirdleofmelian.blogspot.ca/2012/01/books-read-in-2011.html
  • see the 2010 list at http://thegirdleofmelian.blogspot.com/2010/12/books-read-in-2010-listed-here.html
  • see the 2009 list at http://thegirdleofmelian.blogspot.com/2009/12/books-read-in-2009-part-ii.html
  • also in 2009 at http://thegirdleofmelian.blogspot.com/2009/12/books-read-in-2009-part-iv.html
  • see the 2008 list at http://thegirdleofmelian.blogspot.com/2008/12/books-read-in-2008-part-ii.html
  • also in 2008 at http://thegirdleofmelian.blogspot.com/2008/12/books-read-in-2008-part-vi.html
  • also in 2008 at http://thegirdleofmelian.blogspot.com/2008/12/books-read-in-2008-part-iv.html