Chronicle Books Happy Haul-idays Giveaway

Hi Everyone! I am participating in the Happy Haul-idays contest by Chronicle Books. Up for grabs: $500 worth of books!

How to participate:
Bloggers: Write a blog post with a list of books from Chronicle valued at up to $500. Also, choose a charity that you would like to receive $500 worth of books from Chronicle.

Readers: If I win, I get to choose one lucky reader who comments on this post to win all of the books on my list! So leave me your comments for your chance to win!

Here is my list of books:

1. Cake Pops by Bakerella

$19.95

2. Cake Pops Kit by Bakerella

$19.95

3. Perfect Pops by Charity Ferreira

$16.95

4. Quick and Easy Mexican Cooking by Cecilia Hae-Jin Lee

$22.95

5. Boo by J.H. Lee

$12.95

6. Best Friends Forever by Rachael Hale McKenna

$14.95

 7. Creature by Andrew Zuckerman

$60.00

8. The Space Between Trees

$17.99

9. Keys Journal by enormouschampion

$9.95

10. Bike Journal

$9.95

11. Evolve Eco-Journal by Nikki McClure

$10.95

12. Stuff on My Cat Journal by Mario Garza

$10.95

13. Fat Journal by Oh Boy

$12.95

14. Curious Cats by Mitsuaki Iwago

$16.95

15. The Kittens of Boxville by Ryosuke Handa, Yoneo Morita, and Tracy Sunrize Johnson

$14.95

 16. Kittenwar Card Game by Fraser Lewry and Tom Ryan

$10.95

17. Kittenwar by Fraser Lewry and Tom Ryan

$9.95

18. Funny Bunnies Notecards by Laurie Frankel

$13.95

19. ASPCA Complete Guide to Cats by James R. Richards

$24.95

20. ASPCA Complete Guide to Dogs by Sheldon Gerstenfeld

$24.95

21. The Art and Making of Stars Wars: The Old Republic by Frank Parisi and Daniel Erickson

$40.00

22. The Art of Toy Story

$18.95

23. Paul Frank: Rock Out with Julius! Journal

$12.95

24. The World Almanac for Kids Puzzler Deck: Dinosaur Science by Christine Economos

$9.99

25. Vunce Upon a Time by J.otto Seibold and Siobhan Vivian

$16.99

26. Cath Kidston Masking Tape: Yellow Stars by Cath Kidston

$8.95

27. Cath Kidston Cupcake Liners by Cath Kidston

$9.95

28. The Sock Knitting Kit by Alyce Benevides and Jaqueline Milles

$19.95

TOTAL: $494.82

For my charity I have chosen The Book Bus. This is a great charity that is helping young children explore the wonderful world of reading. Here is a little bit of info about this organization:

The Book Bus Foundation (Charity number 1117357) aims to improve literacy rates in Africa and South America by providing children with books and the inspiration to read them. The Book Bus currently provides a mobile library service for children from disadvantaged communities and families in Zambia, Malawi and Ecuador. Our Book Buses tour schools, hospitals and orphanages to promote reading and storytelling to children who would otherwise have little or no access to books. There's no doubt that stories can make a difference to children's lives and with story tellers onboard, the Book Bus can help maintain the link between local society and its own stories as well as providing inspiration with new stories from afar.

The idea of using a bus to bring books to children is not a new one but our Book Buses are more than simple mobile libraries. Our onboard volunteer crews engage with children and their teachers, promoting reading in a way that is creative, inspiring and above all, fun. By mixing books with enjoyment, our volunteers can encourage an early interest in reading. Through repeat visits, regular book donations and help with developing library spaces, they are working hard to sustain that interest.

Awesome Contest!

Leilani from Leilani Loves Books is having a 100 Follower and Birthday Bash!! Lots of contests and prizes. Info taken straight from her blog:

Hey Guys!!
Yes! I am super close too 100 followers and my birthday is coming up!
So, in honor to this I am having a 100 follower Birthday Bash!
Here's how it works:
Starting June 11th to August 13th (my birthday) I am going to have a list of contests. On August 13th I will have the names of all of the winners.
I will have separate posts for each contest and their will be rules there.

So Click the Button below to join in the fun.

Amazing Contest at Bloody Bookaholic

You don't want to miss this one!


As of now there are going to be 7 winners and up to 28 books. It is big, it is weird, it is awesome!


Winner number 7 gets 1 book.
Winner number 6 gets 2 books.
Winner number 5 gets 3 books.
Winner number 4 gets 4 books.
Winner number 3 gets 5 books.
Winner number 2 gets 6 books.
Winner number 1 gets 7 book.


This one is the biggie. When we get all the way to 7 YOU get to choose your books and not from the list, but from either The Book Depository or Amazon. (There's a limit of 10 dollars per book).


And there's more! If I get to 800 followers I will add books (the amount will depend). Same as if I get to 850 or 900.


http://bloodybookaholic.blogspot.com/2010/02/ridiculously-awesome-contest.html

Win a Nook!

Enter at: http://shilohwalker.com/excerpt_broken.htm

Shattered


Quinn Rafferty is working as a bounty hunter and bail bondsman in St. Louis when a new neighbor catches his eye. He’s tempted by her beauty—but he knows from experience that anyone desperate enough to live in his building is damaged goods. Besides, he has his own soul to mend before he can worry about anyone else.


Desperate


Sara Davis is on the run, but not for the usual reasons a woman goes on the lam. She’s not an abused wife, and she’s not a criminal. But she does have a plan for her future. And as much as she finds herself attracted to her gruff, tough neighbor, she can’t risk telling him the secrets she’s hiding. There’s just too much at stake.


Driven to desire…


But Quinn must get closer to Sara when she turns out to be the target of his new missing persons case, and he discovers that there is something more complex and dangerous to her than he thought. Now, both Quinn and Sara will have to expose their true feelings—as well as their fragile hearts—if they hope their love will survive…

EXCERPT
He opened the door—

And stopped dead in his tracks as somebody all but fell into his arms. Somebody…a woman. And not Theresa.

He caught her just above her elbows, automatically steadying her.

“I’m sorry,” she said, her voice soft and low.

Then she lifted her face and Quinn found himself gazing into the biggest, brownest eyes he’d ever seen in his life. Feeling a little dazed, he studied her face while she stammered out another apology.

Quinn barely heard it.

He was too busy staring at her mouth. A very pretty mouth, a cupid’s bow mouth slicked with deep, vibrant red. Under his hands, he could feel silken smooth skin and unable to resist, he stroked a thumb along her inner arm.

Her skin was soft, soft and warm. He was also pretty sure she had the creamiest, most flawless skin imaginable. Her shoulder-length hair was a shade caught between blonde and brown, nondescript, but for some reason, he found himself thinking about tangling his fingers in that hair and holding her head still while he kissed that red-slicked mouth.

Well, hello…