I am so glad you were able to come! Grab a party hat and join in the festivities! This party after all is to celebrate you – the ones who come and read my rambling on about books, book events, authors and such. Thank you! I have so much fun just hanging out with you!
Starting now you are welcome to join in the 24 hour Giveaway! I have 4 giveaway sets that by leaving a comment on this blog you will be eligible for. US and Canada only please and no PO numbers. Please be sure that I have a way to contact you if you are a winner! I will announce winners on Thursday and send your package out yet this week.
So ready to see what you can win? I am so glad you asked!
Package #1 (Grand Prize) Consists of: In honor of this movie release; My Sisters Keeper by Jodi Picoult, Dandelions in a Jelly Jar by Traci Depree, and The Necklace (read through once) by Cheryl Jarvis. Also included is chocolates from the Chocolate Ox In Nisswa Mn, and a cool magnetic book mark from Rainy Day Books, also in Nisswa. Colored post its to make notes in your books without making notes in your books, coffee from my time in Honduras this past February, and a copy of our recent church cook book.
Package #2 consists of: In honor of this movie release; My Sisters Keeper by Jodi Picoult, in honor of the Jane Austen Challenge going on right now; a copy of Emma by Jane Austen, chocolates from the Chocolate Ox in Nisswa Mn, the super cool magnetic book mark from Rainy Day Books in Nisswa, Crumb Cake Gourmet Coffee from Bookworld in Baxter, Mn, and the colored post its to make notes in your books without making notes in your books. 🙂 (*Note: Emma is from The Rainy Day Book Store)
Package #3 consists of: In honor of this movie release; My Sisters Keeper by Jodi Picoult, The Bronte Project by Jennifer Vandever, chocolates from The Chocolate Ox in Nisswa MN, fun seasonal book plates from Rainy Day Books also in Nisswa, yummy Heavenly Carmel Gourmet Coffee from Bookworld in Baxter Minnesota, and the color post its to make notes in your books without making notes in your books. (*Note that the book The Bronte Project is also from Bookworld in Baxter Minnesota).
Package #4: A fun read, Doing Good by Pamela Morsi, and (not pictured) a copy of our recent church cook book (see a pic of it in package #1), the always amazing chocolates from The Chocolate Ox in Nisswa Minnesota, Almond Toffee Gourmet Coffee from Bookworld in Baxter Mn, and (say it with me now….) the colorful post its for marking in your books without marking in your books!
You may notice by the Blogoversary widget that I am no where near my Blogoversary date…. but this is not my original blog… see here for the story and a link to my very first post! Click here
Have fun everyone!

Special thanks to the great Chocolate Ox in Nisswa as well as the super friendly staff at Rainy Day Books. Thank you also to the great assistance of the ladies working at Bookworld this past Tuesday afternoon as we chatted about local authors and book reviewing.