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Friday, September 18, 2009

Win a signed harcover copy of Willow by Julia Hoban

Hi there fellow bloggers!

If you hadn't heard already, I went and saw Julia Hoban in Indiana last weekend (See this post).

So, I nabbed an extra copy for a contest and Julia signed it for one lucky winner. I loved it, so I hope you guys are excited to read this one!

I'm going to make this fairly simple (I hope!). Sorry, but I'm a little bit feverish right now so I may screw up this post in some way.. most likely will.


The Rules:

1. Open to US and Canada (sorry! I'm poor for a while here).
2. Please include your email address with your comment(s).
3. Contest ends Saturday, September 26th at 8 pm CST
4. How to get points:


Answer this question:

What is one of the best books that you've read recently?

+1 for answering the question above
+2 for following my blog (whether it's through google connect, email, or RSS)
+1 add my blog to your blogroll
+1 for commenting on my review of Willow HERE
+1 for every time you advertise this contest - You MUST leave a link


Good luck! :)

75 comments:

  1. Hey! Great contest!

    +1 Best book I've read recently is North Of Beautiful by Justina Chen Headley :)
    +2 follower :)

    -audrey
    mangoes_7@hotmail.com

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  2. Cool contest!!!

    +1 One of the best books I have read recently is The Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare
    +2 for following 8D
    +1 having your blog on my blogroll

    ~Lindsay
    JABA
    justanotherbookaddict@yahoo.com

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  3. +1 Blood Promise by Richelle Mead

    +2 follower

    +1 blogroll
    http://throuthehaze.blogspot.com/

    throuthehaze at gmail dot com

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  4. +1 Recentley, the best book I've read is Legacy by Cayla Kluver :) You should check it out! The author is 16 years old :D
    +2 I already a follower
    +1 Your blog is already on my blogroll!
    lizdoglover.blogspot.com
    +1 I commented on your awesome Review
    +1 I put it on my Sidebar (Same website as the one above)
    +1 I Tweeted about @LizLizLiz16
    +1 I posted it on Facebook!
    My facebook email is doglover112976[at]wmconnect[dot]com
    +1 I put it on my Myspace
    My Myspace email is
    sassy12395546273[at]wmconnect[dot]com (I think you need it to find me)
    LOL as you can tell, I REALLY REALLY want this book!!
    -Liz

    Now for my blog email...
    liztapioka14[at]yahoo[dot]com

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  5. One of the best books I read recently was the first two Vampire Diaries books! I'm a follower and your on my blogroll.
    Adrienne
    adrienne2093(at)comcast(dot)net

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  6. +1 Probably The Kommandant's Girl, about the Holocaust. I have always been really into book about World War's I and II.

    +2 I follow the blog via email (bekki1820cb@yahoo.com)

    +1 I left a comment on the review you did of Willow!

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  7. +1 The latest would be Shiver or actually Willow!
    +2 for following my blog (whether it's through google connect, email, or RSS)
    +1 add my blog to your blogroll
    +1 for commenting on my review of Willow
    +1 for every time you advertise this contest: sidebar- http://crystalreviews.blogspot.com/

    crystalreviews[at]gmail.com

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  8. +1 I've read so many good ones lately. I'm in the middle of The Name of the Wind, which I think I am going to love. But The Hunger Games I read straight through, and I loved Catching Fire, too, so they probably top the list at the moment.
    +2 been a follower since the beginning
    +1 ditto
    +1 pretty sure I commented when you posted it, but I'll double check.
    +1 blog sidebar (@ Book Rat

    So, 6 total.

    ~Misty (mbradenwf@gmail.com)

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  9. +1Kinda read it a while back but it has stayed on my mind is Jerk California by jonathan friesen.
    +2 old follower
    +1 commented on willow review
    +1 added to blogroll
    +1 advertised on blog http://yabookgeek.blogspot.com

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  10. doh!
    i forgot my email sorry
    weirdpanda3@gmail.com

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  11. +1 Best book I've read recently is The 19th Wife by David Ebershoff.

    +2 follow you in google reader

    +1 commented on review

    melacan at hotmail dot com

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  12. I thought Wake was fantastic!

    +1 for answering question
    +2 for following blog
    +1 for having you on blogroll

    infinitemusic19 at gmail dot com

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  13. Count me in !

    +1 Secret Desires of a Gentleman by Laura Lee Guhrke

    +2 Follower

    delilah0180(at)yahoo(dot)com

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  14. Enter me! I'm a follower.
    Meridian by Amber Kizer was excellent.
    katiesbookshelf@ymail.com

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  15. I really liked Lipstick Apology by Jennifer Jabaley! Have you read it? :)

    - Wendy (omgitswendy at gmail dot com)

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  16. First of all I saw you won one of the awesome Catching Fire giveaways! Congrats!

    I think the book I have been most pleasantly surprised with is The Summoning by Kelley Armstrong. I wasn't expecting much when I picked it up, but I loved it.

    I saw someone mentioned North Of Beautiful which makes me excited. I just bought a hardback of this for $2!!!

    Oh, and I am already a follower via RSS reader.

    jennifermorrill(at)att(dot)net

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  17. Great contest! I've been wanting to read this for a while :D

    +1 So many! CATCHING FIRE, FROSTBITE, SHIVER, & BRAN HAMBRIC, even though I haven't quite finished the last one :)

    +2 Follower

    Chloe
    lookaftermyheart1901(at)gmail(dot)com

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  18. Hi!
    +1 one of the best books I've read recently (for the 100th time) is "A Hat Full of Sky" by Terry Pratchett. Crivens!

    poledra_3@hotmail.com

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  19. +1 The last thing I read and couldn't put down was the Shifter series by Rachel Vincent loved it!

    +2 follower

    zenfoxflowerATyahooDOTcom

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  20. Hello, Kristen!
    +1 Mariana by Susanna Kearsley
    +2 Google follwer & subscriber
    +1 left a comment on your great review of WILLOW
    gcwhiskas at aol dot com

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  21. +1 the last book I read and couldn't put down was 13 Reasons Why by: Jay Asher
    +2 already a follower
    +1 already on my blogroll
    +1 linked on sidebar

    thanks

    teensatthelibrary[at]yahoo[dot]com

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  22. +1 We both agree Fire by Kristin Cashore is one of the best books we've read recently, or maybe ever. :D
    +2 following
    +1 you're on our blogroll

    Alex & Lauren at aflightofminds(at)hotmail(dot)com

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  23. The best book I've read recently is an old classic: East of Eden by Steinbeck. It's so great!

    +2 follower
    +1 tweeted: http://twitter.com/fitz12383/status/4102912106

    amanda n.
    fitz12383(at)hotmail(dot)com

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  24. One of the best books I've read recently was Rampant by Diana Peterfreund.

    +1 answered question
    +2 follower

    Kelsey
    kelseythebookscout at gmail dot com

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  25. +1 The best book, I would have to say that I've read this YEAR would be Bad Girls Don't Die by Katie Alender!
    +2 Following :)
    +1? I don't really have a blogroll, but you're on my Links page: http://booknerds.net/links
    +1 Link in sidebar (http://booknerds.net)

    Thanks for the awesome contest!!
    booknerdsnet@gmail.com

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  27. Great contest!
    +1 one of the best books I've read recently is Perfect Chemistry by Simone Elkeles.
    +2 I'm already a follower
    +1 You're already added to my blogroll
    +1 This is linked in my sidebar at http://eatsleepdanceread.blogspot.com/

    readanddance@aol.com

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  28. Best book? When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead - awesome book!

    +1 for answering the question above
    +2 for follower
    +1 add my blog to your blogroll (http://owlforya.blogspot.com)
    +1 for commented on review

    foltzsfantasticbooks at gmail.com

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  29. Slights by Kaaron Warren

    danielleeloko78@aol.com

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  30. Hmm...I recently read a lot of good ones but none popped out to me. I guess I'll have to choose Plan B by Jenny O'Connell :)

    +1 answered question!
    +2 following your blog!
    +1 posted a link on my sidebar at http://endlessbooks.livejournal.com

    Justine :)
    justeena_25(at)yahoo(dot)ca

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  31. +1 The best book I've read lately is Hush, Hush! I just read it early in the week and I can't seem to pick anything else up!
    +2 Follow :)
    +1 On my blogroll
    +1 Tweeted: http://twitter.com/SamanthaLeAnne/statuses/4110203036

    HarlequinTwilight@gmail.com

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  32. +1 best book I've read lately is Poison Study by Maria V Snyder
    +2 am a follower
    lilychild713AThotmailDOTcom

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  33. Thanks for the giveaway.

    +1 Talking to the Dead, by Bonnie Grove.
    +2 I follow - google connect and via email.
    +1 You're on my blogroll at:
    www.libslibrary.blogspot.com
    +1 Commented on your review.

    libneas[at]aol[dot]com

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  34. Great contest! Thanks for hosting it. :)

    +1 I just finished Kindred today by Octavia Butler. It was amazing! It tells the story of this black woman Dana who lives in the mid 1970s and goes back to her ancestors time-slavery. The book gives a really sad view of a slave's lives and how their days are. I thought it was a brilliant book.
    +2 I follow your blog
    +1 Added you to my blogroll
    +1 Commented on your review
    +1 Posted this on my sidebar, here:
    http://limericksbookspot.blogspot.com/

    Thanks!
    Sarah
    two_of_hearts_101 at yahoo dot com

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  35. +1 One of the best books that I read recently was Ballads of Suburbia by Stephanie Kuehnert

    +2 Follower on Google connect

    +1 Commented on review

    jen4777[at]hotmail.com

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  36. Please enter me. dasuzuki at yahoo dot com.

    +1 I just finished Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer. Great book!

    +2 I follow you via Google Reader and Connect

    +1 you are on my blogroll(http://debbiesworldofbooks.com)

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  37. Great contest (and blog!). Let's see....one of the best books I've read recently would be Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick! It was really good!

    grgenius(at)go(dot)com

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  38. Count me in! I really want to read this book!


    +1 best book so far hmm.. this is a tough one. I think Jinx by Margaret Wild. It's super awesome book.
    +2 following your blog :)
    +1 you were always on my blog roll :)
    http://the-bookologist.blogspot.com/
    +1 commented on your review
    +1 on my sidebar
    http://the-bookologist.blogspot.com/
    +1 tweeted about it
    http://twitter.com/thebookologist/status/4121789293

    Thanks for this awesome giveaway!

    bookreviewsya@yahoo.com

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  39. The best book I've read recentlyy? Probably A Little Friendly Advice by Siobhan Vivian. it was brilliant.
    I follow your blog. :]
    I shall comment on Willow review now(ith.)

    i've wanted to read this book FOREVER!
    *fingers crossed*
    ~robby
    runningforamsterdam@hotmail.com

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  40. Great contest! I really look forward to this one now. Thanks for the offer!

    +1 Santa Olivia by Jacqueline Carey was really good!
    +2 already follow
    +1 commented on review
    +1 added to sidebar
    www.wrightysreads.blogspot.com

    5wrights1[at]verizon[dot]net

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  41. +1 One of the best books i have read recently would be The Vampire Diaries by L.J. Smith

    +2 I follow through google reader

    lovestoread0708(at)yahoo.com

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  42. thanks for the great contest. The best book I read recently was Ash by Malinda Lo.
    +1-commented on the Willow review

    findjessyhere at gmail dot com

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  43. One of the best books that I've read recently is The Hunger Games and I am one of your followers! +3

    -Linda Grace
    l_storlie@yahoo.com

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  44. Just this weekend I finished Genesis, by Beckett. Definitely a thinker book - my review is on my blog (see below). Thanks!

    +1 for answering the question above
    +2 follower
    +1 already have your blog on my blogroll
    +1 for every time you advertise this contest - see side bar, twoandahalfbooklovers.blogspot.com

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  45. ps. email is rae_sunshine4(at)yahoo.com

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  46. Please enter me. Hope you are feeling better!

    +1 One of the best books I have read recently has got to be The Forest of Hands and Teeth
    +2 I'm a follower
    +1 I commented on your review
    +1 Contest is on my blog sidebar
    (http://redhousebooks.blogspot.com)

    WilowRaven[at]yahoo[dot]com
    Thanks!

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  47. +1 Definitely The Season by Sarah MacLean.
    +2 Follow you! FIRST FOLLOWER. :D
    +1 Your blog is THERE.
    +1 Commented!
    +1 Twittered! http://twitter.com/SekritEmuSister/statuses/4159227669
    +1 Sidebar! http://bookingthrough365.blogspot.com/

    sekritsister@hotmail.com

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  48. I just finished reading Willow, and at the risk of being cheesy, It's one of the best books I've ever read. It just hit me at a personal level and it kind of made me feel bad for the people who just won't get it.

    cath2day@comcast.net

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  49. +1 I've recently read Going too Far and it's really good:)
    I've heard lots of wonderful things about Willow and I've been dying to read it for awhile now so I really really hope I win!:) Thanks a lot!!:)
    +2 I follow:)

    sylvia_uy4@yahoo.com

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  50. Great Contest. Willow is the name of one of my cats, so I have to enter! One of the best books I've read recently is King by Right of Blood and Might by Anna L Walls. It's a great young adult read and the author is wonderful too.

    I follow your blog and subscribe by email. I've been trying to get your button on my page but I'm techi challenged. I love the way your button looks and I will get it on their soon.

    Carter
    cartermartina@rocketmail.com

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  51. What is one of the best books that you've read recently?

    I have read some really great books lately, but my favorite has to Wake by Lisa McMann.

    +1 for answering the question above
    +2 for following my blog (
    +1 for every time you advertise this contest -
    http://neverendingshelf.blogspot.com

    neverendingshelf@gmail.com

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  52. +1 Best book I've read lately is Soul Survivor

    +1 I follow your blog via google friend connect!

    I also follow you on twitter! Would you please follow me back? I am @Sparkleglow

    Thanks so much!

    imsosweepy { at } gmail { dot } com

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  53. This book is to pine for.

    Email: thebookshopaholic(at)hotmail(dot)com

    What is one of the best books that you've read recently?
    Blue Moon by Alyson Noel

    +1 for answering the question above
    +2 for following my blog (whether it's through google connect, email, or RSS)
    +1 add my blog to your blogroll
    +1 for commenting on my review of Willow
    +1 for every time you advertise this contest - http://thebookshopaholic.blogspot.com/2009/09/contests.html

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  54. I have read so many great books, its hard to just pick one. One of the best books I've read recently would have to be Prophecy of the Sisters by Michelle Zink. That book just blew me away.

    +1 answered question
    +2 follow your blog
    +1 added to blogroll
    +1 commented on review
    +1 link to sidebar (http://casey62588.blogspot.com)

    Casey
    paranormalfanatic@gmail.com

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  55. Please enter me. Thank you!

    +1 Best book I have read recently would be Branded by Fire by Nalini Singh

    +2 Following your blog

    +1 Commenting on Review

    cherierj(at)yahoo(dot)com

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  56. I've really been wanting to read this book. The best book I've read recently was generation dead. I'm following & your in my blogroll.

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  57. +1 The best book I've read lately is Scream For Me by Karen Rose.

    +2 I am a email subscriber.

    ayancey(at)dishmail(dot)net

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  58. The best new book I've read recently is The Manhattan Prophet.
    +2 follower through Google Friend Connect

    Thanks for the great giveaway!

    gevin13{at}gmail{dot}com

    ReplyDelete
  59. +1 Impossible by Nancy Werlin! (seriously, read it if you haven't)

    +2 I'm a follower

    +1 I commented on your Willow review

    pepsivanilla14(at)hotmail(dot)com

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  60. I would just love to win this book!

    +1 I recently finished and reviewed Running on the Cracks by Julia Donaldson and I loved it.

    +2 already follower

    +1 on blogroll

    +1 commented on review

    +1 Posted: http://thebookpixie.blogspot.com/2009/09/awesome-contests-ending-soon-part-1.html

    +1 Book blog sidebar: http://thebookpixie.blogspot.com/

    +1 Photography blog sidebar: http://frombrianaspointofview.blogspot.com/

    +1 Tweeted: http://twitter.com/thebookpixie/status/4363317522

    +1 Blogged on myspace account #1: http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.ListAll&bID=511644413

    +1 Blogged on Myspace accoutn #2: http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.ListAll&bID=511644617

    +1 Blogged on PulseIt: http://pulseit.simonandschuster.com/_Enter-to-win-Willow-by-Julia-Hoban/blog/817797/107649.html

    ~Briana
    thebookpixie[at]yahoo[dot]com

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  61. Awesome giveaway! Please enter me.

    +1 The Constant Princess by Philippa Gregory
    +2 follow blog
    +1 commented on review
    +1 Tweeted: http://twitter.com/utah91960/status/4365183434

    Marie
    utah91960(at)yahoo(dot)com

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  62. Great giveaway, thanks for hosting.
    Here is my breakdown.

    The best book I've read in the last six months is Storm Born by Richelle Mead (Urban Fantasy)

    +1 question
    +2 Follower - Google
    +1
    +1 Sidebar advertise:
    http://parajunkee.blogspot.com/

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  63. I would LOVE to win this!!
    Thankyou!!! :D:D:D:D

    One of the best book I just read is, "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas".

    -Lindsay


    lindsay15photo@gmail.com

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  64. pls enter me into this contest :)

    one of the best books I have ever read would be Contagious by Scott Sigler. (although I recommend reading Infected first)

    thanks!

    sensitivemuse at gmail dot com

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  65. I just finished Three to Get Deadly by Janet Evanovich and it was wonderful.

    lag110@mchsi.com

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  66. +1 The best book I've read lately is Suzanne Collins' Catching Fire.
    +2 for following my blog through Connect
    +1 for commenting on my review of Willow
    +1 I advertised on Twitter at https://twitter.com/jpetroroy/status/4382146699

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  67. Whoops! For the previous post, my address is jpetroroy@gmail.com

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  68. +1 I'm so glad you said recently. um...Fairyville. Or Water Witch. Or maybe The Man Who Loves Books too Much but I'm still reading it. Then again, The Dog Who Rescues Cat was a fun read and so was Casting Spells

    +2 follow

    +1 on my blogroll

    bookdragonslair at gmail dot com

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  69. dang, I forgot to say thank you for picking up a second copy!

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  70. +1 Absolutely adored Catching Fire. I know, I know - kind of a cliche answer, but that one really blew the others straight out of the water!
    +2 Follower
    +1 On the blogroll

    lucidconspiracy[at]gmail[dot]com

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  71. Please enter me, thanks! booksobsession(at)gmail(dot)com

    +1 What is one of the best books that you've read recently? The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins is amazing.

    +2 I follow your blog.

    +1 You're on my blogroll now!

    +1 Commented on the review.

    +1 Posted on my sidebar at http://booksobsession.blogspot.com

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  72. +1 Best book recently is The Night Gardener by George Pelecanos

    +2 I'm a follower

    +1 your blog is on my blogroll

    +1 I commented on your great review of Willow. It's so cool you met the author!

    Thank you for a wonderful giveaway!

    Aimala127@gmail.com

    ReplyDelete
  73. Best book read lately, sea glass by snyder
    brandileigh2003@YAHOO.COM

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  74. I'm 2 late 4 the contest but Willow is a good book 2 win.

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