August books read and contest entry

I'm happy to be able to offer 3 books for a giveaway in August.  As with the others, if you read a book from the same publisher/line you can get an extra entry.  

May giveaway winners

I'm terribly sorry I'm getting this info out to you so late!  It's been a very hectic for me the last three weeks both at home and at work.   Without further ado....


The lucky winner of Flowerbed of State is Julie E.!

I was thrilled when I found out I was able to giveaway several copies of Following Polly by Karen Bergreen. The lucky winners are:
Stacie A.
Lori M.
Yvonne H. and  Yvonne H.  (What are the chances of this happening? Two different participants with the same first name and last initial.)
Carol O.
Rebecca
Julie E. (time to play the lotto Julie!)
Nancy G.
Kelly S.

June Reads and Giveaway

Please use this form to let us know what book(s) you have read for this challenge in June. The giveaway is only for June, so please enter by midnight June 3oth (central time) for a chance to win.

I have one giveaway this month and I'm excited about it.   The giveaway is for 1 copy of Hexes and Hemlines by Juliet Blackwell.  This is the 3rd in the Witchcraft Mystery Series.  I have a copy of this one at home and I can't wait to get to it.  If you like a bit of paranormal in your mysteries then I suggest you check out this series (if you haven't already).   This is another Berkley release and since the publisher is offering this book for review, I'm once again allowing readers an extra entry if they read at least one book for this challenge (for this month) from the same publisher.  So..get out your Berkley Prime Crime, Signet,  and Obsidian series and get reading! 

Only the first two pieces of the form are required, the rest are optional.  However, if you do enter the giveaway please include a mailing address so I can give it to the publishers once a winner is selected.

Mourning Gloria by Susan Wittig Albert - Winner!

Thanks to everyone who submitted the form with the books read in April.

I just went through the list and used Random.Org to pick a winner!

The winner is....Books n'Whatnot!  Congratulations!!!!!

May Reads and Giveaway

Please use this form to let us know what book(s) you have read for this challenge in May. The giveaway is only for May, so please enter by midnight May 31st (central time) for a chance to win.

I'm happy to report that I have two giveaways this month!  Anybody who reads at least one book is ellligable for both giveaways.

The first one is for Following Polly by Karen Bergreen. I haven't read anything by Karen Bergreen before but Following Polly sounds good and I thought cozy readers would enjoy it.  

The second one is for Flowerbed of State by Dorothy St. James.  This is another Berkley release and since the publisher is offering this book for review, I'm once again allowing readers an extra entry if they read at least one book for this challenge (for this month) from the same publisher.  So..get out your Berkley Prime Crime, Signet,  and Obsidian series and get reading! 

Only the first two pieces of the form are required, the rest are optional.  However, if you do enter the giveaway please include a mailing address so I can give it to the publishers once a winner is selected.

Cozy Mystery giveaway's on my other blog

Good afternoon everyone!  I wanted to do a really short post to let you know I have 2 giveaways on my other blog, Not Enough Books, for 3 cozy mysteries.   If you are interested..please head on over!

Beaglemania by Linda O. Johnston

Fruit of All Evil by Paige Shelton and  A Touch of Gold by Joyce and Jim Lavene

We have winners!

Thanks again to everyone who participated in this challenge!  You all did so great and I'm so happy to see so many cozy mystery lovers out there.

I finally have the winners for the books.  Congrats to everyone who won!

Beth C.won Souther Ghost.
Trudy M.won Bookmarked for Death
Carol A.won Death of a Party.
Vickie B. won The Christie Caper and Last Writes.

I'm hoping to mail the books this weekend, along with the bookmarks.

Giveaways for the challenge participants

As promise all participants who complete the challenge will receive a bookmark (which still hasn't been designed or made my yours truly).

However, I also have several books I'm offering as well!   I hope you like them.  I acquired all of these at a huge used book sale that was in my town in May.  A couple of them I bought because I thought I needed them for series I'm reading, only to find out I already owned them.  A couple I bought because I thought cozy readers would enjoy them and they were the right price for a giveaway.  I can't promise that they didn't come from smoke free or pet free homes though, so please keep that in mind if have you any major allergies.  I don't notice any smoke or pet smells, but that doesn't mean they aren't there.  I also have a dog, but these books have been in my library since I got them and the door is always closed so my dog is rarely in there.  Most are in like new condition, only 2 of them have enough wear to them that you would know automatically they were used.

If you are interested in any of the following books, please fill out the form (after you have completed the challenge).  I'll use random.org to pick the winners once the challenge is over.  You can pick more than one book and you are eligible to win more than one book.

(I ask for the first and last name so that if you win, I can find your address from when you submitted the completed challenge form.  I don't want there to be any confusion if I only ask for first name and last initial)