Well since we have a thread about contests maybe we need a thread where winners can celebrate!

And by now you probably guessed that I have a little piece of good news to share...
*happy dance*
I got this in my email this morning:

"It is my pleasure to announce that you were randomly selected as one of the five Grand Prize Winners in last week's Beach Bag of Books contest on Bookreporter.com. Congratulations!

The gift bags of summer items as well as a copy of SISTER MINE by Tawni O'Dell will be shipped to you in the coming weeks.

Thanks for entering and don’t forget to keep checking Bookreporter.com and your Bookreporter.com newsletter to stay updated on special contests, features and promotions."


*YAY!*

Message edited by its author, Jul 17, 2008, 12:08pm.

Hey, Congratulations! Sister Mine was one I was hoping to win too. I've got it on my wish list now though.

Congrats! I thought that one looked good too. :)

Oooh that's really exciting! Congrats!

In the past few months I've won Audrey Wait from Elizabeth Scott's Blog, Secrets of My Suburban Life from Melissa Walker's Blog, and The Elite from The Book Vault Blog!

http://elizabethwrites.com/blog/
http://www.melissacwalker.com/blog/
http://the-book-vault.blogspot.com/

I'm hoping to hold my own contest sometime soon, just need the right book!

#2 - I'm guessing it will be a while for the shipping and for it to reach the top of my TBR pile, but if you still haven't read it by the time I finish, I'm always happy to share!

Congratulations! I won one of the Hot Flash books last summer, along with a beach bag, beach towel, and all sorts of other fun goodies!

Ha - I was always wondering if "real" people won those beach bags of books. Maybe because I always enter and never win...

It is nice to know that someone we actually know won one of the weekly drawings. I read the lists every week hoping I have won, now we know we have to get an email as well. Great for you. Enjoy.

Congrats!

I won of the Hachette Group 14 book giveaways a few weeks ago - SO exciting!

wow, that's awesome! there's a lot of reading!

Ooh, I'm so jealous skrishna. I've been trying for those all summer.

I did win The Iron Hunt by Marjorie M. Liu from Lynn Viehl's blog a few weeks back (still waiting for it to arrive).

Message edited by its author, Jul 17, 2008, 4:54pm.

I love Lynn Viehl's blog! I've never read one of her books, though, lol

10- that's awesome!!!!!!!

Just a hint about the Hachette fourteen book group giveaway, check my website on Sunday the 20th ( wink wink )
http://www.bookroomreviews.wordpress.com
Oh and I also won a book from Wendy at Musings of a Bookish Kitty, and she has the big Hachette book going on right now too!
http://www.literaryfeline.com

Thanks of the hint, nktk. I've added your blog to my list of favorites on my blog, http://jennsbookshelf.blogspot.com/

jen, Thanks so much:)

I just won an ARC copy of Garden Spells from Marie at the Boston Bibliophile. Thanks Marie!

http://www.bostonbibliophile.com/

I won a book at Musings of a Bookish Kitty (and she also sent me a second book I was lusting after!):

Leftovers by Laura Wiess
Dervishes by Beth Helms

Congrats all around!

Not really a "win" but I was quoted in the feedback of Random House's reader's circle newletter which I guess means I have a shot at winning more free books.

I love those words: More. Free. Books. :)

I just won a copy of The Host from Dar at Peeking between the pages! Check out her great blog as she is going to have another giveway soon. http://peekingbetweenthepages.blogspot.c...

You can also check out my new blog also!
http://redladysreadingroom-redlady.blogs...

It's fun to win free books! Although, my bookshelves are starting to overflow and I just need more time to read the great books that I have!

I won a signed copy of Lisa McMann's Wake at cynsations http://cynthialeitichsmith.blogspot.com/

If you don't know it, you should check it out - she's the author of several YA books (including Tantalize) and she always has great giveaways. I've been entering for months and months and it's finally paid off :)

I won Rabbit in the Moon from Author buzz! yay! I also won Maybe Baby last week.

I feel lucky! ;)

23-I'm so jealous! I want that book!

23 - congrats, lovemybooks!

what was the ad with the tag line "ya gotta be in it to win it!" ?!

I won First Daughter by Eric Van Lustbader from Bookish Ruth (thanks!).

You're going to enjoy that one! I'm nearly finished with it and it will be the next giveaway on my website.

I won a $10 Borders gift card from theKoolaidMom at Mt. TBR - yea!

Not a book, but my lucky streak continues...I just won Season 1 of Army Wives from the TV Addict!

(sorry, just excited by all the favor bestowed on me this week and had to share!)

29- That's pretty awesome! i'm going to have to look TV Addict up!

lovemybooks--like you're going to have the time to watch it, with that great pile of ARC's I'll bet you have!! ;o)

you know, i totally forgot to thank Meagan at medieval bookworn for the lovely copy of Surviving Ben's Suicide that i won at her site.

Thank you! i like winning something ... :-)

Awesome, just found out I won one of 4 signed copies of The Last Queen by C.W. Gortner! Thank you Author Buzz =D

So much fun to win things!

23-I was so suprised to see The Rabbit in the Moon waiting for me at home yesterday, even though I didn't win the contest! One of the groups I belong to on Shelfari is reading this in September and I mentioned that, so perhaps that's why I received it? There was a nice handwritten note thanking me for my support inside the cover.

Okay, this wasn't a contest, nor are they ARCs, but I had to find somewhere to share. On the way to dinner tonight, I dropped by The Green Apple's free book bin and hit the motherlode! Scored, all for free: Lady Oracle by Margaret Atwood, The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien, Sons and Lovers by D. H. Lawrence, Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis, The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon (this is the only one that I've read already and the only one that was initially an ARC), Saturday by Ian McEwan, 3 by Flannery O'Conner, Utopia by St. Thomas More, Letters from the Earth by Mark Twain, The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester, Visions of Cody by Jack Kerouac, and Remembrance of Things Past: Volume 1 by, of course, Marcel Proust.

If that's not winning, I don't know what is. Score! I guess I can live with not receiving any new ARCs for a little while longer. . .

Rock on!! I'm jealous! (what's the Green Apple?)

I know! So lucky! The Green Apple is a bookstore in San Francisco, or rather, a triumvirate of entertainment procurement locales. I find the used book annex a tad overpriced and am too broke/cheap to buy CDs in the music department but the new book store (which includes a ton of super-cheap overstock books) is awesome and filled with many wonderful books, toys, and other miscellanea. Plus, as their crowning glories, they have four free book bins out front that people are welcome to use to deposit old books or snag new ones AND intermittent mega sales wherein one can buy some great books for less than a dollar. Anyone visiting SF should totally check it out, if only to browse.

I know, funny, right? Just browse in a book store . . .

That sounds fabulous!

By the way - my blog post this morning is about great bookstores. I'd love it if you came over and put yours on the list.

http://aliveontheshelves.blogspot.com

Thanks Dawn (Too Fond of Books blog contest) for The Genizah at the House of Shepher. It arrived today and I look forward to reading it.

mcna217 - you're welcome! I hope you like it as much as I did!

LisaLynne - I'm popping over to check out your post. I've been working on a post about our local bookstore, planning to turn it into a series ... great minds think alike (check out my SOBs tab)

I won the set of 14 books from Hachette at Bookroomreviews. (thanks Tracy) can't wait to read!

You luck lady! I have been dying to win that set of books-enjoy:)

41- Lucky you! Congrats - enjoy!

41 - so jealous. arggggggh. (congratulations!)

Thanks guys! I honestly can't believe my luck! I've been so lucky this month...

Yeah Amy!! Random.Org loves you this month! I was happy to see someone I know win:)

I won littlebookworm/Medieval Bookworm/Meghan's contest for Marie-Therese. Hooray!

I got Breach of Trust by Kimber Chin from a FreshFiction.com contest (always wondered if anyone ever won those).

Wow Devourer, this is a good day for you!

May I ask the group if it's worth my while entering the contests for books on blogs? I'm happy to support other bboo bloggers, but typing, creating links, etc.,it's all physically difficult for me and I've never won a book in two years of trying at Booklounge,Randomhouse, 5 places like that altogether. I'm careful about the rules. I have entered for 5 or 6 books on book blogs in the last two weeks. I even want to have some book contests myself.
Realistically, how often does anyone win a book that way? Anyone ever keep track or notice a trend, one in ten,twenty,fifty? Thanks in advance.

I've won 3 books in about 5 months or so. Two of these times I was a runner up, either the winner already had the book or never claimed their prize!

Edit: Actually I've won 4 books! Whoops!

Message edited by its author, Aug 21, 2008, 8:06pm.

I've won in at least 3 places in the last 6 months. I definitely don't enter every one I see, just the ones I'm really pretty interested in. Your chances will vary depending on the readership of the blog and the interest level in the book.

>48
congrats, I've started to enter a few of those myself.

I never won anything until I entered Blog contests. I had a great week a couple of weeks ago!

I've won 2 blog contests, but I've only received the book for the second one. I only enter contests for books that I would ordinarily read.

Interesting. I've won about 3 in the last 4 or 5 months or so. I'm not sure how many I entered. I only enter contests where I'm really interested in the book (usually there's more chance that I'm interested in the blog doing the giveaway that way too).

You have a pretty good chance of winning Joy Nash's Immortals: The Crossing that a few of us here on LT are involved in (including me), based on the amount of entries so far.

I've won once, only started trying about two months ago, though. I also only enter contests for books I'm actually interested in, otherwise I let it go to someone who is more excited about it than I am.

I have won mostly blog contests, but I did win one book from Yummy Mommy and one from TeensReadToo. It took me about 2 months before I finally won and then I won like 5 in the space of 2 weeks.

There are a lot of contests out there where there are only 13 entries or so - and those are good odds.

I've won several book from blogs - your odds go up if there are not many entries (obviously!!). I don't often do the "blog about the contest" thing (which usually increases one's odds by giving you additional chances), but just leave comments. I figure it is simple and quick and if I win a book - yahoo!

#48 I also won Breach of Trust. My copy was pdf though. Was yours an actual book? I've also won one other Fresh Fiction contest but it was collectable figures not a book or gift card.

Yeah, it was an e-book. I don't mind the occasional one.

I had good luck this past week! I won the book What Happened to Anna K. by Irina Reyn from a giveaway on the blog The things we read. I also won One Fifth Avenue by Candace Bushnell from a giveaway by Dar at her blog Peeking between the pages.

Message edited by its author, Aug 26, 2008, 3:24pm.

I won a book this morning! Talk about good timing - I was checking my feeds and there was a post at Read Street giving away 5 free books for foodies. I snagged a copy of The Spice Merchants Daughter...and it looks like there's one book left!

Posthumose, I have won one book on a blog and on another occasion I received the blogger's copy (very generous of them!). I think it's perfectly possible - there are surely fewer entries on blogs than on the contests sponsored by publishers, so I think your chances are better. I usually just post a comment, although I sometimes post a link, if there are several interesting contests going on.

LisaLynne - I tried to nab that last book, but the site messed up. I got a nice email from them offering me Home by Marilynne Robinson, The Other Queen by Philippa Gregory, or Ms. Hempel Chronicles by Sarah Shun-lien Bynum.

Message edited by its author, Aug 28, 2008, 5:58pm.

I tried to snag one of the foodie books as well but there were problems with the site. I also got a nice email like bermudaonion and was offered the same ones listed and Sweetsmoke by David Fuller so I asked for that one as I definitely want to read it. Bermudaonion, which book did you choose?

I chose Home by Marilynne Robinson. I'm excited about it and I was very impressed by how they handled the whole thing.

That's super! They do moderate comments, so I wasn't sure when I posted mine if there were any books left. I think it's great that they offered you another choice!

I won a CD audiobook set of Dorothea Benton Franks Bulls Island from a random drawing through Reading Group Choices. I get their free newsletter which qualified me for the drawing.

Check out the site:

http://www.readinggroupchoices.com/

Woo Hoo! I won a copy of First Daughter from Traci's Book Blog today. lovely!

I've won my first book! I got So Long at the Fair by Christina Schwarz from iubookgirl at Reader for Life. And it's the one I really wanted of the two given away. Cool beans! Thank you T.

I won Lydia Cassatt Reading the Morning Paper from Meg Waite Clayton's web site.

Oooh, lucky you, bermudaonion, I was hoping I'd get lucky with that one! (I loved Someone Not Really Her Mother.)

I won a copy of Off Season by Anne Rivers Siddons from Book Finds

Message edited by its author, Sep 7, 2008, 4:13pm.

Wow! I got an email today from Bookfinds.com saying that I won the Hachette back to school giveaway bonanza! Ten Books! I almost fell off my chair, I was so exicted!

Bookshipper informed me that I won the Hachette 10 book giveaway today. Yippee!!

Feeling all kinds of love for Hachette right now.

virginiahomeschooler ---- wtg let us know how they are.

I simply have to share. I just won my second blog contest for the week. I'm getting Tomato Girl thanks to bermudaonion and The Heretic's Daughter from tara35. Thanks again and again to both of you. These books look fabulous. Since I was bit by a pit bull last week I was in need of some happy news.

Bit by a pit bull!!! Hope you're okay Becky!

Ouch! Are you okay?!

Sandra at Fresh Ink sent me an email this morning to say that I won her giveaway for Quintet. YAY! You can visit her blog here:

http://freshinkbooks.blogspot.com/

I won a copy of Hannah's Dream from Gayle

Message edited by its author, Sep 13, 2008, 8:22am.

>80
So did I!

I just got a message that I won Breaking Dawn from Bookroom Reviews. There were 354 entries plus all the extras of people who blogged about it and got a second entry (which I didn't do), so I'm feeling really lucky - and grateful.

edited to fix touchstone which still isn't working...hmm.

Message edited by its author, Sep 13, 2008, 7:44pm.

I won a signed copy of House and Home by Kathleen McCleary from Literate Housewife Review!!

Message edited by its author, Sep 14, 2008, 5:52pm.

I won Matrimony from Booking Mama

It's my lucky week! I won a copy of Nefertiti with an autographed book plate from Lezlie

I won a copy of Shoot the Moon by Billie Letts from Michele at Michele – One L! Yay! This is the first giveaway I've won.

Congrats bermudaonion! I just read Nefertiti and I loved it -- you're in for a treat!

This has been my week - I won You Must Remember This: The Warner Brothers Story from Amber. I entered this because I thought my son would like it.

Yay, I snagged me America, America and some extra goodies from http://hollybooknotes.blogspot.com/ =)

Totally made my day!

I won The Lace Reader from Katrina and I'm very excited because it's been on my wish list for a while.

This is my lucky week! I just won a copy of The Professors' Wives' Club by Joanne Rendell from Word to Mouth. (This site is worth checking out as she gives away copies of every book she features on the site.)

This is my lucky month! I won Nothing is Quite Forgotten in Brooklyn from Book Club Girl.

91-Congrats! I checked out the site....it's quite amazing. I added it to my blog roll.

92 - Buy a lottery ticket!!!

Since winning Hannah's Dream (and it showed up already too!) 10 days ago, I've also won Nation by Terry Pratchett from Reading with Monie and Book of Calamities by Peter Trachtenberg from My Friend Amy.

I won Trespassers will be Baptized from My Friend Amy (BBAW) and Shoot the Moon from http://shhhimreading.blogspot.com/

Found out a little earlier that I also won one of the SORMAG goody bags from My Friend Amy's blog... Such an excellent day for me =) =)

DevourerofBooks I won the same thing as you.

Book of Calamities by Peter Trachtenberg from My Friend Amy.

I won War As They Knew It and a to-be-determined book from Amy, the ringleader of BBAW.

I won a copy of So Long at the Fair from Lisa.

Bermudaonion I want you to buy me a lottery ticket! Congrats again!

I know what you mean Twink - it's been a great month for me!

Bermudaonion - nothing is quite forgotten in brooklyn looks so good! I'll look forward to your review!

I won a copy of Mister Sandman by Barbara Gowdy from Fresh Ink!

wow Avis this is your lucky week.

Yes, because I also won a copy of Tomato Girl by Jayne Pupek from montrealgirl2005 at Cindy's Love of Books! Yay!

I got an email from literaryfeline saying I won a back to school give away..woohoo

Message edited by its author, Oct 1, 2008, 1:01pm.

I won a copy of Sweet September by Tricia Goyer over at
http://books-movies-chinesefood.blogspot...
Very exciting!

Yay! I won a copy of The Book of Lies from Bermuda Onion.

I won an ARC of Models don't eat chocolate cookies by Erin Dionne a YA book that comes out March 2009 from Micol Ostow's book launch party for Popular Vote. http://micolz.livejournal.com/ YAY!

Yesterday I received Everything Nice from Reading Group Choices and today I got an email that I won Tantalize from Book Room Reviews. Yeah!!

Eek, I won again! My third book this week! This time it's a copy of The Book of Lies from Nicole at Linus' Blanket. Yay for giveaways!

112- When it rains it pours! I think I few weeks back I won 3 books almost back to back too!

113 - I remember that! You won all the books that were supposed to be mine ;)

114- LOL! :D

I won When Will There be Good News? from Book and Cooks!

Congrats, Lallybroch! That sounds like a great book!

Wow, I won my first blog giveaway book: Mr. White's Confession: A Novel by Robert Clark on Storeetllr's blog, Just One More Page! Oh, what a feeling...

Yay I won my first giveaway ever! Maybe your luck is rubbing off Bermuda Onion!

I won The Glass of Time! from Katherine at A Girl Walks into a Bookstore

I think Bermuda Onion's luck is actually rubbing off on me! I won another giveaway, this one at Bookroom Reviews for The Last Queen! I've won five books in the last two weeks plus Marie at Boston Bibliophile is going to send me her copy of An Exact Replica of My Imagination...

I managed to snag a copy of We Bought a Zoo by Benjamin Mee from The Tome Traveller's weblog.
http://thetometraveller.blogspot.com/

I won a copy of Traffic from Fresh Ink Books.

I won Oval Office Occult in the latest ER batch right here!

I've won a couple of books this week. I won Walking Through Walls from Bookfoolery and Babble and Murder at the Bad Girl's Bar and Grill from Words To Mouth.

I won a copy of Nefertiti, by Michelle Moran, from Reading the Past! (I have no idea how to create a link to the blog). Very excited, since it's the first time I've ever won a book through a giveaway, and I really wanted to read the book.

I won Night of Flames by Douglas W. Jacobson in a giveaway at Shana's
blog.literarily.com

This looks like a very well-researched and well-written book, I'm looking forward to reading it!

#125 I just finished Nefertiti yesterday! Great book! Don't want to give anything away, but the last third of the book is quite sad. Looking forward to reading The Heretic Queen soon.

I was trying to win Company of Liars on Reading the Past! Drats! Missed out!

Nursery Rhymes Old and New: Mother Goose meets Mother Mouse

Its a small book I "won" at Goodreads.

I won Gods Behaving Badly from Sharon.

I'm so excited to have won Tomato Girl from Educating Petunia - this is my first win and I have heard SO many wonderful things about the book!

I forgot to mention that I won Lost and Found from Cindy and the 10 Spooky books deal from Bobbie.

Wow congrats Kathy that is a really nice win week for you.

I won the Imriel trilogy ( Kushiel's Scion, Kushiel's Justice and Kushiel's Mercy ) from Wendi at Wendi's Book Corner.

That'll keep me busy!

Message edited by its author, Nov 4, 2008, 1:22pm.

Cindy - I know. My husband keeps asking me if I'm the only one who entered.

Ungrateful me... I won Dead Boys from Cindy's(loveofbooks) blog. Thanks again, Cindy!!

I won a copy of The Glass of Time by Michael Cox through Goodreads First Reads! This is my first win outside of LibraryThing! :)

136: Congrats about the win! I loved that book. It's one of the best books I've read this year.

Thanks Kasthu! I'm looking forward to receiving it and reading and reviewing! :)

I just won a copy of Lydia Bennet's Story!

I won a copy of Lost and Found by Carolyn Parkhurst from Bethany at B&b ex libris and a copy of The Last Beach Bungalow by Jennie Nash from Meg at 1st Books: Stories of How Writers Get Started. Yay!

Yay, I won a copy of Gods Behaving Badly by Marie Phillips from The Tome Traveller Yay! =)

Message edited by its author, Nov 11, 2008, 11:50am.

I won a copy of A Lion Among Men by Gregory Maguire from Book Club Girl :)

I won so many books last week, I'm embarrassed to list them all - I think I won 6 or 7!

143 - You are seriously the luckiest lady in the blogosphere :)

My win The Glass of Time arrived yesterday! I'm excited to start reading it just as soon as I finish the one I'm reading now.

I don't think I've won anything in a long time. :( Well I did win some credits at paperback swap which will go to immediate use.

144- I agree!!

I know! My husband keeps asking me if anyone else is entering the contests.

I won Gods Behaving Badly from Sheri at Bookopolis. It is my first contest win and I am super excited!

Congratulations on the win quinncx!

After entering heaps of giveaways in the hopes of winning this book, I finally was lucky enough to win The Safety of Secrets by DeLaune Michel from Dawn at She Is Too Fond of Books. Thanks, Dawn!

Edited to fix touchstones

Message edited by its author, Nov 18, 2008, 2:01pm.

wow- I'm on a roll in December! I won:

the grand prize (FOUR books by Jane Porter) in mrsjason's contest
http://books-movies-chinesefood.blogspot...

Amadi's Snowman over at http://hollybooknotes.blogspot.com/2008/...

Message edited by its author, Dec 18, 2008, 2:13pm.

December has been a good month. I won Leeway Cottage and Goodbye and Amen from Velocibadgergirl, Off Season fom J.Kaye Oldner,The Christmas Edition from Wendi's books and Swimming Upstream, Slowly from Brenda Janowitz's blog site. A big thank you to all the contest hosts.

Message edited by its author, Dec 23, 2008, 2:55pm.

Wow momgee! That's awesome! Merry Christmas to you! I had some nice wins too.

Merry Christmas to you too, tootsie. What did you win this month? Don't be shy! Let us celebrate with you.