Thanks so much to all the authors, publishers, and publicists for all of the awesome giveaways! They are so much fun to host and I know my readers appreciate them!!
Thanks to everyone who entered the following giveaways! Winners, please reply to the email I sent you today within 48 hours to claim your books. After 2 days you will be disqualified and a new winner will be picked. Rafflecopter picks all winners using Random.org.
A Hundred Pieces of Me by Lucy Dillon
The winner is Anita Y.
Unexpected Gifts by S.R. Mallery
The winner is Marjorie T.
The winner is Anne S.
And All That Madness by Joan Merrill
The winner is Denise D.
To See the Moon Again by Jamie Langston Turner
The winner is Carl S.
HOUSE OF WONDER by Sarah Healy
The winner is Kara S.
The winner is Kara S.
HARBOR ISLAND by Carla Neggers
The winner is Marjorie T.
Prisoner of the Queen by E. Knight
The winner is Eliza P.
The winner is Anita Y.
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving
The winner is Marjorie T.
The Captive Queen: A Novel of Mary Stuart by Danny Saunders
The winner is Denise D.
The King’s Curse by Philippa Gregory
The winner is Denise D.
The Children Act by Ian McEwan
The winners are:
Sharon B.
Anita Y.
Kara S.
Beth V.
Carl S.
THIS IS HOW I’D LOVE YOU by Hazel Woods
The winners are:
Anne S.
Darlene
ISLAND OF A THOUSAND MIRRORS by Nayomi Munaweera
The winner is: Kara S.
MY MOTHER’S SECRET by J. L. Witterick
The winner is Courtney W.
Tower of Tears by Rhoda D’Ettore
The winners are:
Rhonda L. = Print
Marjorie T. = ebook
Sandy M. = ebook
The Rescue at Dead Dog Beach by Stephen McGarva
The winner is Denise D.
Congratulations!
Thanks, Teddy. And congrats to all the other lucky winners. Happy Reading!
Congratulations everyone!
Thanks Teddy!
Congrats to all the winners!
Thank you, Teddy!
Yes, thanks to all, including you for hosting the giveaways.
To my fellow regular reaaderw, commenters & positively fierce giveaway contenders here in Teddy Rose’s golden world:
This blog is distinguished in my mind (how accurate this conclusion is, I won’t hazard to guess) by its impressive core of readers whose engagement with this blog is frequent — and steadily so — and who I see also engage with a variety of other book sites. I’ve come to recognize several of your names from the staggering quantity of giveaways you win here and elsewhere. I totally respect that — and am grateful for the ever-collegial discourse you maintain and solidify here and everywhere you engage with the blogosphere. Thank you.
I am particularly in your debt on the occasion of this set of giveaway results. Teddy contacted me a couple of times in the days after this post originally appeared to let me know of another book I’d won thanks to one or another of you fellow readers declining your original win because you had already secured a copy through other means. Thanks to your savvy and diligent attention to giveaway opportunities (I assume), I have the good fortune to engage with more books that excite my interest. More good books = more good times. Thank you all and good luck to you! Cheers, Kara S
Your welcome to everyone. I feel very fortunate to have the relationships I have with publishers and authors to be able to offer all of the giveaways I have. However, they wouldn’t be very meaningful if I didn’t have so many wonderful readers!
Kara, I have read many of your comments since you started leaving them. I seriously think you should consider being a writer yourself. You know what I would like to see that I think you could do well is a book on the art of leaving unique comments on websites. Most of us, including myself leave the same kind of comments. Yours are always fresh. Thanks you so much for your support and insights!
I hope everyone who won enjoys their books and if you didn’t win, I always have more giveaways.
Wow Teddy, I just happened upon this now. I’m quite touched, to say the least. What wonderful people readers (readers = Teddy Rose in this specific instance) with minds and hearts to find so much to appreciate in so few printed words! I think this rare ability is so often found among people who are passionate about books; I think we should take pride in it as a community.
As it happens I am having a tough week, so I have been anxious and melancholy. What a perfect moment to receive such kind attention from you, Teddy Rose! You’ve really made my life better today — know that.
Best wishes to all, Kara S
That is so sweet to say Kara. I wish I could make someone’s life better everyday! I’m so sorry you are having a tough week. Hang in there and it will get better. Life is a course of ups and downs. I have suffered from depression but have been well for several years now. I have chosen to live with ups and deal with the downs. I wish that for everyone. Hugs!
I’m feeling your words! 😉 Seriously, support like this makes a real difference I have always found (both giving and receiving). BTW, Kudos to having the courage to share that you are a survivor of the black dog, as it were. I’ve given a lot of thought to this particular subject as mental health advocacy is an activist interest of mine. It seems to me when facing a significant trial in life of any kind, and especially depression, finding community with others of similar experience — and thereby hearing from survivors of walks in the torment shoes they now find themselves wearing provides a source of hope that no other support can possibly provide. Does that make sense? Depression is perhaps the most dramatic example. People can gain strength other ways, but given that the very problem brings with it such particular feelings of isolation there’s just no help that can compensate for the unique contributions of peers/allies IMHO. Wow, that was a ramble! This is a favorite topic of mine!
Cheers. Kara S
In re gross error in my comment above —
Please know the verb “are” was set in the appropriate place to make my lofty expression of reader-ly sentiment a complete sentence. I don’t know why “are” went AWOL rather than complete the mission; how does anyone work with such slippery creatures? These words could drive a person to madness! 😉
I knew what you meant. 🙂
Hi Teddy and fellow readers,
I am doing some library organization presently, and I see that I received each of my prize books from this giveaway period with the exception of The Children Act by Ian McEwan. I am particularly eager to read my first McEwan novel, so I don’t want to sleep on this matter. Have any of the other winners received this book? Do you know anything, Teddy — if you see fit, can you find out the status? I don’t know when it’s worth poking the publisher…
Thanks and cheers, Kara S
CORRECTION: My beautiful little hardcover of Ian McEwan’s latest arrived today in a huge box with a pointedly absurd quantity of bubble filling to protect it on its journey 🙂 False alarm yesterday…thanks for that amazing contest, Teddy! Cheers, Kara S
I’m glad it arrived however, I hate it when they pack books like that. A bubble wrap pack or card board usually do the trick and at least have less waste. I especially like the small card board packs because they can at least be recycled. My environmental rant over. 🙂