What did you snag in March?

Apologies if I missed an already-established thread!

Looks like The Lost Summer Of Louisa May Alcott is on its way to me -- and I'm ridiculously excited! I have a thing for fictionalized memoirs of famous female authors. I'm reading Romancing Miss Bronte now and enjoyed The Lost Memoirs of Jane Austen a few years back.

Edited to fix a touchstone!

The Whole World by Emily Winslow will be heading my way. cool.

I just got notice that I will be receiving The Exile of Sarah Stevenson by Darci Hannah. I love when I get books from the Random House imprints because they usually come incredibly quickly and tend to be really quite good.

I will be getting The Vanishing of Katharina Linden, the one I wanted most!

I'm getting The Left Hand of God! Looking forward to it - thanks, Sonya and the mighty algorithm.

I'm getting A Historical Tour of the Holy Land by Beryl Ratzer.

I am also getting The Exile of Sara Stevenson by Darci Hannah. I am looking forward to reading and reviewing my selection. I have enjoyed all of my ER selections.

Audition by Ryu Murakami. It's my first ER book and I was really hoping for it.

I am soooooo excited to be getting God of the Hive by Laurie King!! I just love her Holmes/Russell series.

I have not received any notice, one way or another ?

10 > they are still being sent.

#10 - Me either. I hope the algorithm doesn't skip whole bunches of us again like it did that other time. :o/

#11 - Good to know!

ya, but the longer we wait for our notice, the more likely we are getting a 'sorry not this time' message...

fingers still crossed...

Ack. I thought the 'sorry's went out first!

Rooms by James L. Rubart
I thought his one sounded really good and I am so happy I got it.

A Vintage Affair by Isabel Wolff (Bantam Dell) 2nd in two months. Loving this!

14 > Not always I think they switch it around.

Oh boy, you'r brave. I was too chicken to rent the film. Somehow, I imagine reading that story will be even more creep-tastic.

Broken: A Novel by Karen Slaughter. Love her books, can't wait to read this one.

The Left Hand of God. I'm nearly finished my current book, so this one will seamless skip my TBR pile if it doesn't take too long in the mail.

From small experience I've found "sorry" messages sent second. So . . . guess I'm not getting anything this time. Nothing, if I am correct, since November 2008. Can't believe I do not fit any book since then. But then again . . . do not have that sorry message yet. :)

I'm getting The Exile of Sara Stevenson. I am very excited about this one!!

I'm getting The Vanishing of Katharina Linden, too....

I wonder how fast after you've won that your 'books you've won page is updated? because mine hasn't updated yet, so another tick against me... :(

I'm getting Lisa Gardner's new book. I'm excited. I have read every book she's written, so I'm sure I will just inhale this one as soon as it arrives.

Woohoo! I got An American Type by Henry Roth.

#24 - Mine either, but I never checked it before a notice, or right after one, either. I'm not going to be too sad if I don't get anything this time. I got six in a row over the last half year. That was a record for me!

27 > If I don't win, I can't really complain either, I've won 10 in a row, I was sorta hoping to make it a full year though.

#25 - I'm getting Lisa Gardner's new one too!!! I have to run out and get The Neighbor since I try and wait until they come out in paperback but this time I can't wait. I need to be up to speed. Paperback isn't released until 6/22 and the new one is coming out on 7/13 -so excited to be getting such an advanced copy!

I just got a message saying I am to recieve The River Between by Jacquelyn Cook. This will be my first ever ER book, so I'm excited. It's too bad that so few books are available outside the USA and Canada though.

#28 - *SSSSHHH* Someone is sure to get out the torches and pitchforks. ;o)

I won 11 over the last 12 months, so I know I am due for a 'sorry.' (One of those was a bonus book, BTW.)

>24 readafew:/27, Mine was updated with my win, but no idea whether that happened before or after I got my notification.

No message yet for me. I guess I'm on the "no book" list.

The Lost Summer of Louisa May Alcott--hooray!

On the question of how we announce, it's ... alphabetical by username!

So, if I'm a 'c' and haven't heard yet, then it's a 'sorry, but there is still hope for readafew?

I snagged a copy of God of the Hive. My second win with the ER program!

I'm getting The Vanishing of Katharina Linden too! Yay! Thank you LT!

I'm getting A Vintage Affair! :)

Thanks Sonya I'll keep hoping then, there's a long way to go before the S's

Whoot! I got my first choice pick, The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet! Now to wait for it...

Halloween: New Poems YAY!

I hate to be a buzzkill for those at the end of the alphabet who are still hoping, but the person who started this thread has a username that starts with 'w'

Still no message one way or another.

Yea same, the suspense is killing me!! lol

Nothing here yet, either. :o)

I'm getting The Swimming Pool by Holly LeCraw and I'm super excited about my 2-month streak. I am currently reading the book I won in February (it arrived a week or two ago).

The God of the Hive! *Does a Happy Chair Dance* I'm still waiting for my February book, so it's going to be twice the fun. :)

Not a single person has posted that they've heard that they aren't getting anything yet. I wonder when/if the SORRY's will be going out.

Has anyone benefitted from the new rule allowing 2. If we have been told about 1, does that mean it will definitely only be 1 or might we still hear about a 2nd?

I'll be getting The River Between by Jacquelyn Cook.

Edited because the darned touchstone works in composition mode, but not after I post the message. Resorted to good, old-fashioned HTML instead.

>51 ark76:,
Sonya said on another thread that they did have to pick some people to get two this month, but I don't know how the notifications work.

I'm getting The Exile of Sara Stevenson

Uhoh I guess I got skipped!

No message at all for me. My user name starts with "A."
Mess-up again?

No notice at all here either.

Usually when I really, really want a book, I don't get it, but this time, I got it!

God of the Hive is the next Mary Russell mystery and I can't wait to get it and read it!

**I wonder if it helped that Laurie R. King is my friend here at LT?**

I'm an "a" an haven't received notice one way or t'other. Guess it's no book for me, then. Sigh.

On the question of how we announce, it's ... alphabetical by username!

So am I first or last?

Still no message either way.

Yeah! I only asked a book this month and got it :o) Since I haven't received the book from February yet, I wonder which will get here first ;o)

oops, almost forgot, I got The Seven Year Bitch by Jennifer Belle

Yeah no word here either way either.

Getting The Exile of Sara Stevenson by Darci Hannah. Thank you. I am looking forward to it.

Quite pleased to be getting The Emergence of Memory: Conversations with W.G. Sebald by Lynne Sharon Schwartz.

Oh, I am so excited to be getting Live to Tell by Lisa Gardner!!! She is one of my favorite authors:):):) Thanks LT!

I'm getting An American Type by Henry Roth. Would have been my first choice if I had to rank them, so I'm super excited!

I'm getting The Vanishing of Katharina Linden by Helen Grant, and really excited about reading it. Thanks, LT and publishers.

No word here either way. At least there is still the possibility of good news, I suppose.

No word here yet.

I'm getting Talking Tails: The Incredible Connection Between People and Their Pets which sounds like fun! Two in a row, my dry spell is definitely over. (Although my February book isn't here yet)

Alice In Wonderland and Philosophy for me- really wanted it, never dreamed I'd get it! Better get to catching up on my other reading....

Hmmm ... I haven't heard anything one way or the other about March's books ...

 

73 > many of us haven't there is some speculation that the 'winning 2' books has thrown a monkey wrench into the works and hosed it up.

Same here-I didn't get a message either way!

Posted this in the 'March Batch' thread and will post it here, too:

"I sent email to both Sonya and Mike this morning. This seems eerily similar to what happened in January when the Algorithm only sent out about 1/3 (1/2?) of the notices and then mysteriously stopped. It took days for them reset/rerun everything. Still, there's a chance it sent out all the actual 'you won' notices and just didn't send the 'sorry, you're a LOSER' notices this time. ;o) Although the 'What did you snag' thread seems a bit shorter than it should be. Either way, something isn't right and I'm sure they'll fix it in the next couple of days."

Want to add that I emailed Tim as well. Haven't heard from any of them yet. My guess is that they are all still asnooze.

I'm getting Fundamental Weight Training by David Sandler. This is my eleventh win.

I will be getting The Seven Year Bitch by Jennifer Belle! I hope it is a good read. This will be my first Early Reviewers book. I'm very excited.

I haven't heard either way and my username starts with 'C'... I don't know what to make of it..

>42 DanaJean:: Oooo envy!

Just got email from Tim, so I expect Sonya and Mike will be working on this soon-ish.

I'm guessing those of us who haven't heard aren't getting anything.

The first person in the thread starts with a "w" indicating must of the congratulation notices went out.

I suppose it's possible that the notifications got stuck midway through the w's, but I doubt it.

It is also unlikely that it got stuck for the two book people. I doubt I won two as I didn't request an e-book this batch and most of the physical books I wanted were in high demand.

Still it would be nice to hear something.

Hey all! Sorry for all the confusion. We'll update you on this thread:
http://www.librarything.com/topic/87890

So yesterday, I peeked at the end of the script (or so I thought), which had run alphabetically, and had finished. (_zoe_ was the last person).

Turns out, what I was looking at was the "Inform everyone that the March batch is up" script from the beginning of the month. I peeked at the wrong script.

So, Mike's looking at where the "Inform everyone if they won or not" script stopped working. I have to leave to go close on the condo I'm buying (in a FEMA-declared flood disaster county -- more paperwork!) but will be back in a few hours to update you if Mike hasn't already. Again, we're going to update on the thread linked to above (it's called "March Batch").

Yay I'm getting Descent into Dust
by Jacqueline Lepore.Historical fiction plus vampires gotta love it!

Thanks to everyone for reporting the missing notifications. The script that notifies winners/non-winners/publishers (in that order) simply died midway through notifying winners. Sorry, my fault, it's resuming now. -Mike

Thanks Mike. Just got my 'you aren't getting anything' message which was pretty much what I figured I'd get this month anyway :-)

I still haven't gotten mine but I figured I was getting a no this month. I will check again after this post.

Haven't gotten mine yet either.
Mike/Sonya, are they going REVERSE alphabetically? LOL

Hi clamairy, there is no message for me yet either so maybe the order is random :)

I just hope it is the news I want.

wow i am surprised and excited i thought for sure i lost out this month but I am getting
"The Language of Secrets"

Odd, some winners weren't notified. I'm researching it now. Non-winners are still sending . You can check the winner page if you haven't received a notice and are curious.

http://www.librarything.com/er/winnings

-Mike

#90 - That's what I always thought, but yesterday somewhere in here Sonya said it was alphabetical. Then again, she never said in what order. :oD

And it is almost April Fools' Day!

#92 - Thanks. Still nothing here, but no new book on the winnings page either. I'll take some of your mom's chocolates in lieu of a book, though. ;o)

>94 clamairy: Same: no message either way, nor any email in my listed account.

#94,95 -- Same here. Odd indeed.

I signed out and then signed in again only to get the comment that there is no ER book for me this month. :(

I haven't received a message either way nor is it listed on my winnings. I wasn't expecting to win one but I would like to have the message... :)

> 97 Sign out / sign in made no difference for me, still no message. Will check later today, imagine ltmike and Sonya are working at it.

Oh seriously!! #$@#^! Duplicate non-winner messages sent :( Starting to become one of those days.

-Mike

Hmmmm -- not even ONE non-winner message here. No message.

100: also see http://www.librarything.com/topic/86886#1885246

Yay for the Mike and Sonya! I got my notice today.

I'm getting Her Vampire Husband by Michele Hauf.

Wouldn't have been my first pick but was my second. I bought my first pick anyway. So I'm happy.

Still nothing. Signed in and out.

Got my copy of Successfully Surviving a Brain Injury: A Family Guidebook, From the Emergency Room to Selecting a Rehabilitation Facility by Garry Prowe from Member Giveaways and posted my review almost immediately, as I read it as soon as I got it. Many thanks.

Still working on the people who got no message. I was wrong, some people were both not informed and not added to the master winner list so if you haven't been notified you probably won something (let's wait and see though). Stay tuned... -Mike

Thanks, Mike! Hope is springing --

It's been quite a dramatic ER month, hasn't it?

Ha, as soon as I posted the above, I got my notice. I'm getting Time Among The Dead, making this my first two month in a row streak, I think. Thanks!

108- Definitely!

I just this moment received a notice that I won Dead End Gene Pool and I'm delighted. So, there's still hope!

After a long delay I just heard that I'll be getting The Confessions of Catherine de Medici by C.W. Gortner. I'm two for two!! (although I'm still waiting for my Feb book to show up...)

Sorry for the drama/chaos/bullcrap. I take full credit for issues this month. -Mike

yay! I'm getting Seeing Stars- this makes for two successful months in a row after an 11 month drought!

I was wrong about the alphabetical -- I was looking at the wrong script (the "it's the beginning of the month and ER is up!" script). Mike said the order is winners/nonwinners/publishers.

I'm getting The Tricking of Freya. Looks wonderful!

Wow what a nice surprise!!! Work let out early today and when I left I still had not received my message and I was figuring I didn't win anything. I come home and decide to check to see if I have any messages and I see 'new message' in yellow and figure here is my 'you didn't win anything this month' message but I was wrong. I won The Broken Blue Line by Connie Dial.

I now need to finish my current ER read so that I can be ready for this book. First time I have won books in consecutive months. Doing happy dance and smiling from ear to ear. This has been a wonderful day for me!!!!!

How about that -- a congrats message! Broken Blue Line.
Thanks for all the hard work, Mike!

Woohoo! Just got a notice that I'm getting Out of Mind by Stella Cameron. Yay! Thanks Mike & Sonya!

Wow, lucky me - two snags in a row.

In March, I'll be getting Ribbons for Their Hair.

>115 Oregonreader:- I thought The Tricking of Freya was absolutely fantastic- I actually got it when the hardcover was offered through ER about a year ago.

Sorry for the diversion- back to regularly-scheduled programming.

I'm getting Her Vampire Husband. Yay! I haven't won an e-book before - will the publisher just send me an email with instructions on where/how to download the book?

w00t!
I'm getting Dead End Gene Pool by Wendy Burden, so my streak continues!

Many thanks, Mike and Sonya!

Yeeha! I'm getting Time of Terror by Seth Hunter.

I'm getting Shapeshifter by Holly Bennett :)

I'm getting Heart of Stone by C.E. Murphy. Looks like a good read! Thanks a bunch Mike and Sonya.

Has anyone been notified of getting a second book?

I'm getting Secret Daughter from the March line-up and still waiting for my February ER, In the Company of Angels. No worries...I have plenty to read in the meantime.

> 112 No sweat, ltmike, I can only imagine the complexity of this process and the coding of it.

I ended up getting a comment and a win message for Critical Care, and the entry in my winners page includes it. However, the message in the ER module on my Home page still indicates 1 book received and reviewed (referring to February). Perhaps that refreshes overnight?

Anyway, FYI, and thanks not only for the diligent corrections, but also keeping us posted on developments. Made all the difference, even if I'd not won anything.

I'm getting The Map of True Places by Brunonia Barry.

Thanks, LT!

>127 elenchus:
I don't think it counts the books until you have marked them received, actually.

I haven't won an e-book before - will the publisher just send me an email with instructions on where/how to download the book?
Yes -- you'll receive an email from the publisher with instructions.

I'm getting Critical Care:A New Nurse Faces Death, Life, and Everything in Between, by Theresa Brown.

> 129, thanks -- it just occurred to me it might mean that, and came back to amend my post. Thanks for clarifying.

I'm getting The Sword: Chiveis Trilogy by Bryan Litfin and I'm really hoping it will be good. I'm looking forward to all of you all's reviews on The Exile of Sara Stevenson to see if I ought to break down and buy it.

I'm thrilled to be getting Broken by Karin Slaughter.

I am getting The Language of Secrets by Dianne Dixon.

I am getting Rooms by James L. Rubart.

In reference to Message 92, Mike, this is the second month in a row I've been awarded a book. NOT COMPLAINING. However, I haven't received a message for those last 2 books that I was awarded. The yellow "Comment" banner shows up at the top, but then there is no comment to read. I've just started automatically going to my "Books Received" page to check if a new book shows up there since I'm not receiving awards or denial messages.

Well . . . I guess I have to stop randomly adding "I haven't won a book since November 2008" . . since I am getting The Time of Terror by Seth Hunter.

Quite interesting looking book.

137 > you do have comments turned off...

Hey, I got a message and a book too :) The Confessions of Catherine de Medici by C.W. Gortner.

Thanks Mike and Sonya for sorting it out.

139, OMG, you're right! I have no clue when I did that. Probably messing with my settings after one too many glasses of wine one night. Thank you. The world is becoming so clear to me now. :)

Never mind, Mike.

Yay! I had pretty much given up for this month, but this afternoon I got the message that I snagged Secret Daughter by Shilpi Somaya Gowda! Very happy!!

Happy to be getting Girl in Translation by Jean Kwok

I'm absolutely thrilled to be getting The Confessions of Catherine de Medici!

I'm getting Out of Eden by Beth Ciotta! Yay! I had given up hope for a book this month!

I also am getting Critical Care, and am mighty pleased about it! I had convinced myself I wasn't getting one when I didn't get a comment, so it's like Christmas all over again!

I'm getting Refuge on Crescent Hill by Melanie Dobson.

I also got Critical Care by Theresa Brown.

>138 MikeBriggs:: Mike, while waiting for these notices to come out yesterday, I bought and stayed up late to finish reading Silver Borne. As a Richland Native, I just have to say FANTASTIC Book!

I'm getting Shapeshifter! I'm very excited, as this is my first time jumping back into the ER pool since...um.. last summer, I think.

I'm afraid for April's batch to come out and I know it will have a book I'm absolutely dying to read because I'm 3/3 in 2010 and know my luck won't hold.

I am thrilled to be getting I Thought You Were Dead by Pete Nelson. I can tell by the cover I am already going to like it (yellow lab, my favorite dog;).

I got lucky again this month! I'm getting Out of Eden by Beth Ciotta!

I just got Descent into Dust! Well, notified it's coming to me at least. Congrats Tipsister on getting Out of Eden! That looked interesting.

I'm excited, two months in a row with books received. I think I'm going to continue reviewing my older books and hope this trend continues.

I got Critical Care by Teresa Brown. I was convinced I had reserved and then unreserved any books on the list since I hadn't gotten a message. First one in 9 months - YEAH!!!

I got Expiration Date by Duane Swierczynski. I'm really surprised. I didn't think I'd get one this month.

I snagged The Sword: Chiveis Trilogy by Bryan M. Litfin. Can't wait for it to get here, but you know, if I really, really like it, I'm going to be so impatient to read the rest of the trilogy. :)

I also snagged The Lost Summer of Louisa May Alcott. This is the second month is a row that I will receive a book. Yippee.

I got Try Me by Parker Blue (ebook). I finally took the plunge and requested an ebook...now I have an excuse to get an ereader! :)

SQUEEEE! I snagged Time Among the Dead by Thomas Rayfiel too! *waves at LadyGata* Can't wait! So excited!

So excited I snagged Girl In Translation.

#93 >> I think the order is A-Z with numerals like mine (and special symbols) coming ahead of A. I think this because I got my winner's note early in the afternoon of the day Sonya said they started.

I got By Heart: Poetry, Prison, and Two Lives by Judith Tannenbaum and Spoon Jackson, my first ever ER book. How exciting.

I'm getting Sweet Dates in Basra. I was pretty shocked. It has been ages since I've gotten a book two months in a row! This one sounds really good, too, and quite timely as I recently enjoyed Mornings in Jenin.

I am getting Elysiana by Chris Knopf. Yay!!

Nothing for me. I can't even imagine getting 10 or 11 books in a row! What luck some of you have.

I think the algorithm is psychic. I asked for two, but got the one I really wanted: The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet. Yay!

I was thrilled to check my messages this morning and learn that I snagged Secret Daughter by Shilpi Somaya Gowda . I could not have asked for a better choice and look forward to both reading and reviewing it.

This is the first time I've entered Early Reviewers. I won The Sword: Chiveis Trilogy by Bryan M. Litfin.

I got A Voice Called. Stories of Jewish Heroism by Yossi Katz and I am thrilled. Just returned from Israel and Jordan and having been reading about the history of Israel.

I got God of the Hive by Laurie R. King. I'm really excited about this. I'm still waiting for The New York Stories of Elizabeth Hardwick from last month.

Nuffum!

I'm getting The Time of Terror. I'm excited!

The Sword: Chiveis Trilogy for me.

I'm getting Sweet Dates in Basra, which I'm really happy about - it was the only one I requested.

I will be receiving Broken by Karin Slaughter. She is my favorite author!!

My hot/lucky streak continues :-)

I'll be getting A Week in December.

God of the Hive--and I am ecstatic having read all of Laurie King from A Grave Talent on. And the last Holmes-Russell book left us dangling in the middle of the story, which is not my favorite literary device, so I will be especially happy to finish the tale.

I am getting Girl in Translation by Jean Kwok. I am excited because it is one of the books I really hoped I would get. Can't wait to get it and read it.

I'm getting "An American Type" by Henry Roth. . . . and when I took my copies of "Call it Sleep" off of the shelf I found I had newspaper article stashed inside the hardback, and it and the paperback each had different notes about Roth and the book ~~~ so I feel like a one-person seminar!

I, too , got "Elysiana". I"m so excited!!

I am getting The Vanishing of Katharina Linden and I am So Excited! That was my first choice! :)

The Sword: A Novel (Chiveis Trilogy)

I'm excited about it. I already had it pre-ordered from Amazon (canceled, obviously)

I'm getting The River Between by Jacquelyn Cook. This is ony my second ER book, and I'm pretty happy about it!

I'm also getting The Vanishing of Katharina Linden by Helen Grant - it looks very interesting...

I got a notice that I won Out of Mind by Stella Cameron

I got Time Among the Dead by Thomas Rayfiel.

I'm very excited.

I received in the mail today a copy of Rooms by James L. Rubart. I book that I did not win, nor did I request. And to be completely honest I don't really care to read. I really, really hope that I will still get the book I was told I won by Lisa Gardner, which is even a diferent publisher. My thought is to pass this along to someone that will enjoy this book more than I would and/or my local library. Any thoughts as to what I should do, and what happened?

>188 she_climber: This thread may have the explanation for what happened:
http://www.librarything.com/topic/88041

Thanks cbl_tn, that's exactly where I needed to be.

I snagged my second Barry Eisler novel...loved the first one, Fault Line, hoping this one is as good.

God of the Hive on its way. Can't wait!

I'm getting Live to Tell by Lisa Gardner and I am thrilled!!!! She is one of my very favorite authors; I buy all her books in hardcover, and now I am getting an advance review copy! I loved her last book, The Neighbor which I devoured in 2 days, and can't wait to get this one.

I am getting The Sword: Chiveis Trilogy by Bryan Litfin. Now I just need to finish my last ER book. Wish I could stop coughing long enough to sit down and enjoy the read. Very excited about this new book. I hope it doesn't disappoint.

Getting God of the Hive and am rereading the earlier novels in the series in celebration and for context. Brain like sieve.

I received a very nice message from Denise Scarfi at W.W. Norton, letting me know that my March "snag," An American Type by Henry Roth, is on its way. I'm pretty sure that's the first time I've ever heard from a publisher or author before the book arrives.

Broken by Karin Slaughter.

I am so excited to read this!!

@197

Points for best username ever!! :)

I just requested a bunch of the April books. I really want Small Island and have it on my wish list, but so many of the others look good too. What do you think, better to request just one and hope to get it or go with the shotgun approach in hopes of getting something?

I'm getting Time of Terror by Seth Hunter, probably because my library is chock full of Forester, O'Brian, Cornwell, Woodman, and Stockwin.

I got The River Between this March. It is so sad outside USA and Canada ; we get only E-books. I really really want to receive a physical book. Let me keep fingers crossed for April Batch.

I too got The River Between eBook from the March list. I just finished it and will be posting a review probably tomorrow.

Got The Sword: A Novel Chiveis Trilogy by Bryan M. Litfin. Really looking forward to reading.

Then mine (The Sword....) is probably on it's way too. Looking forward to it.