I’ve won four books this week!
Two books arrived in the post
the other day from John Dougherty. I’d entered a book title competition on the AwfullyBig Blog Adventure site during their Litfest 2011 and have won a signed copy of ‘Zeus
on the Loose!’ and ‘Bansi O’Hara and the Bloodline Prophecy’. They both look
like wacky reads and have joined my tbr pile.
Susanna Leonard Hill had a competition on her blog recently and I've won a signed copy of one of her picture books, ‘Can’t Sleep Without Sheep’. It
sounds like fun but I haven’t received it yet as it’s having to travel
all the way from the US.
And this morning the postman delivered a signed copy of RebeccaEmin’s book, ‘New Beginnings’. I entered a caption competition on her blog and
this is my prize. It sounds fascinating.
Here's the sales blurb: Sam Hendry is not looking forward to starting at her new school. Things go from bad to worse as the day of truth arrives and all of her fears come true... and then some. When Sam meets a different group of people who immediately accept her as a friend, she begins to feel more positive. With her new friends and interests, will Sam finally feel able to face the bully who taunts her, and to summon up the courage to perform on stage?
So when I’ve finished here I’m going to settle down with a
mug of tea and a piece of homemade fruit bread and start Rebecca’s books.
[Yes, you did read that correctly... homemade fruit bread. We have a new cooker and it’s amazing. I now know why I haven't been able to bake recently. This new cooker can be set to different temperatures unlike the old one which I now realise was cooking everything on a temperature akin to furnace level.]
Before I settle down with Rebecca’s book I’d just like to
thank everyone again for their support during our virtual Macmillan World’s
Biggest Coffee Morning. We raised £215.50 for the charity. If you missed it you
can still visit the blog post and the JustGiving page that we set up in memory
of our Mum.
That only leaves the fancy dress and coffee morning joke
awards to dish out.
The fancy dress award goes to *roll of drums*
JO for her amazingly outlandish fairy costume.
And the coffee
morning joke award goes to *another roll of drums*
Sarah Pearson for:
Doctor doctor, my right eye hurts whenever I drink coffee.
Well take the spoon out then!
Lucky you! Looks like a fun TBR pile :)
ReplyDeleteI can see all the fun you are having and winning piles of books. Yummm homemade fruitcake.... I too don't know what you mean by a cooker. Perhaps it's just a name the English use for oven or maybe it's something you bake it in on top of the stove. ? So... "Better is Possible".... I don't know either.
ReplyDeleteLove and peace
Manzanita@Wannabuyaduck
Oh my! I never realised that the word 'cooker' was a UK word. I have a cooker in my kitchen and it has an oven at the bottom for roasting, a grill half way up and four hobs on the top for my saucepans. It's the most amazing cooker I've ever owned and I can't believe that you guys have never had one!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on all your winnings! Fun, fun, fun.
ReplyDeleteBe well, and I hope this is just the start of a great new year.
xoRobyn
It's so fun to win books! I just won Judy Croome's book, can't wait to read it.
ReplyDeleteWhat fun! Rebecca's book looks good! I won 2 books this week, too. The stars must have been aligned or something :) Glad your new cooker is allowing you to bake up tasty treats. Our oven has the opposite problem - it's barely warm unless you crank it to 500 :)
ReplyDeleteRoz, Thanks for clarifying the word cooker. It sounds neat and there must be something similar to it in the US that I'm just not aware of. Wishing you many enjoyable meals with your new cooker.
ReplyDeleteManzanita@Wannabuyaduck
Can't sleep without sheep is my kids' favorite bedtime story, it's lovely. Enjoy your books.
ReplyDeleteAww Rosalind, thank you for choosing my terrible joke!
ReplyDeleteI'll be reading Rebecca's book too, I'm looking forward to it.
Hi - four books! How wonderful - that's you sorted for a while, then.
ReplyDeleteAnd to win an award for my virtual fairy costume. I am honoured. I am, you should know, an unlikely fairy. But can just about manage a virtual curtsey to say thank you.
Those books sound great! You'll enjoy Susanna's book. My son and I loved Can't Sleep Without Sheep and I even talked about it on my blog. It's very, very cute!
ReplyDeleteEnjoy that fruit bread - yum!
What fun! Congratulations! Looks like you are on a roll. The books sound great! Enjoy that fruit bread!
ReplyDeleteYou are the one!!!!!!!!!! Congrads. Have fun reading them. Home made fruit bread and great results for your charity. Yay! :-)
ReplyDeleteWell done Rosalind. (Who needs £101million to feel uplifted?) And so pleased to hear that your new cooker is in full production.
ReplyDeleteCongrats on all the wins! And I didn't know what a "cooker" was either. Fascinating!
ReplyDeleteCongrats on all the money raised!
COMMENT FROM HILARY MELTON-BUTCHER
ReplyDeleteGreat books to receive .. fun reads, while the Rebecca one sounds such a good idea as a guiding method for learning to deal with those bullies ..
New cooker and homemade fruit bread .. I’m coming to Oxford tomorrow might just have to divert via Leicester .. oh dear you’ve probably eaten it all by now .. sounds delicious.
Enjoy your read, the tea and fruit bread ... well done on your coffee morning – that’s fantastic raising that much .. the hospice will be so pleased. Congratulations ... Hilary
Hope you enjoy your reading!
ReplyDeleteWow! What fun wins! Books are one of the best things in life!
ReplyDeleteHi Rosalind, I only just noticed this post, thanks for the lovely mention and I hope you enjoy 'New Beginnings'.
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