Sunday, June 24, 2007

Think I Need a Forklift

Added today to the Win What PBW Reads This Week box: Double Take by Catherine Coulter, The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards, The Harlequin by Laurell K. Hamilton, Trowel & Error by Sharon Lovejoy*, and Walden, or Life in the Woods by Henry David Thoreau**.

I'm planning to read the Sunday paper, the third Raintree novel and Lori Devoti's Unbound today, but whether I finish them or not I'll add them in as well. So the final manifest for the box will be:

Books

The Damned by L.A. Banks
Raintree: Sanctuary by Beverly Barton
Quantico by Greg Bear
Never Lie to a Lady by Liz Carlyle
Double Take by Catherine Coulter
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens (audio book)
Unbound by Lori Devoti
The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards
Transformers by Alan Dean Foster
The Harlequin by Laurell K. Hamilton
Raintree: Haunted by Linda Winstead Jones
Rage Therapy by Daniel Kalla
Blaze by Stephen King
FreeMasonry and its Ancienty Mystic Rites by C.W. Leadbeater
The Ruthless Marriage Proposal by Miranda Lee
Trowe; & Error by Sharon Lovejoy
Abandon by Carla Neggers
The Kristallis Baby by Natalie Rivers
Unlikely Angel by Ashley Smith
Call Me Wicked by Jamie Sobrato
Walden, or Life in the Woods by Henry David Thoreau
Risking It All by Stephanie Tyler
Mammoth by John Varley

Magazines

American Artist July/August 2007
Cooking Light July 2007
Discover July 2007
National Geographic Traveler May/June 2007
Newsweek June 18, 2007
Quilter's Newsletter July/August 2007
Reader's Digest June 2007
Romantic Homes July 2007
Southern Living June 2007
Veranda August 2007
Waters Edge June 2007
Woman's Day June 19, 2007
The Writer July 2007

You all have until midnight EST tonight to enter the giveaway and a chance at winning the entire pile. Good luck to everyone.

*This is a little nonfic gardening book with amazing advice, remedies and tips for the home gardener.

*I've already read this one, many times, but I needed to look up a passage for a friend, and ended up re-reading several favorite chapters, so it counts.

36 comments:

SheenaJade said...

I would be so in love with winning this contest. I work 12 hours graveyards and this would do me for a month. Not to mention so many authors I've never read. Postage is going to be fairly brutal though.

Jenyfer Matthews said...

All I can say is PICK ME!!

I will be in the US this summer so don't fear the international postage rates to Egypt :)

Jean said...

At least with the list, I could re-create it -- winning this one would truly be like hitting the lottery!

robynl said...

what an awesome list; wow!!! A tremendous amount of great reading.

KatieB said...

I am so impressed with your reading speed. I thought I read fast, but I am in awe. I'd love to win, for the material, but also to get such an awesome package in the mail. It would be like a summer Christmas.

Ann said...

It would definitely be like having Christmas in summer. I am truly in awe by how much you've read this week (and a little jealous). Hope you're having a good weekend, and that the weather is cooperating (have you had much rain lately?)

Gabriele C. said...

Does the packages include bookshelves? :)

Sherry said...

Wow! That is an awesome list.

Several favorites and quite a few new authors I would love to try.

Jude said...

What a wonderful list!

anne said...

I am impressed with this great abundance. Would enjoy reading everything. Fabulous for the summer.

ellie said...

What a wonderful assortment of reading material. Ideal for relaxing the summer away.

sharon said...

This is so great! It is just what I would love to become immersed in. Such a variety and so perfect.

diane said...

That amazing list is unbelieveable. I am crazy about it. For dedicated readers this is heaven.

Anonymous said...

Just curious, but how long did it take you to read the Raintree book (just to get an idea of the speed you are at)?

Man, that whole list is just amazing. I don't think I could read that much in two to three months. And it's super amazing considering how much you write and read during a week. I'm in AWE.

Christina

pearl said...

Your diverse tastes are lovely. The list is delightful and I would so enjoy reading these. This is a holiday diversion,books amd magazines. What more could I want.

Anonymous said...

Oh, which also leads me to wonder how much you spend on books a month? You might be singlehandedly keeping publishers in business!

Christina

tetewa said...

Reading is my favorite thing to do! Would love to win.

annie said...

Books are balm to my soul. I read and have always felt this way about books and reading. The choice is divine.

Jason said...

All I can say is...well...OOH! There are so many authors I either want to read because I've heard of them and like them (Stephen King) or there's books I've heard lots of hype about (Raintree) that I want to read...the Hugh Laurie reading Great Expectations is just too awesome.

My family wants me to win this so they can get a crack at some of the books too.

Fingers crossed.

Rob said...

Maybe this is a Friday 20, but I gotta know...how the heck do you read so fast? Do you use speed-reading techniques, or are you just a savant? :)

Anonymous said...

Wow what a cool list of authors I either want to read because I've heard great things about their books or some of them are my favorite authors!

I would love to win this contest since I love reading!

Terri W.

stephanieb said...

Great contest!!I would love to win!!!I read really fast too. If the book is good I just can't put it down and usually read it in one sitting. I just can't stop!! Then I get frustrated if I have nothing to read after that!!LOL!!These would keep me busy for awhile!! Good luck to everybody!!!

MerylF said...

You'd better stop or you're going to need a sea container just to ship it around the country :)

Jordan Summers said...

Are those jingle bells that I hear? Or the prancing of little hooves? Looks around to see if I can spot Santa. I had no idea his hair was so long...and dark. ;) Terrific list. Quite a variety. There are a few books on there that I've been meaning to buy. There are also several that I've never read. I suppose that's fairly typical. *g*

Alison_C said...

I'm tossing my hat into the ring. Thanks for this contest--it's encouraging to see that I'm NOT alone in my reading frenzy :D

Anonymous said...

Just wanted to say i love your blog. How do you read so much in a week??! I love to read but usually only manage at most a book a day...

Am tosing my name in the hat for the giveaway...knowing it'll take a month to read all the books ob the list (which I plan to do regardless of whether I win or not)

blueskyemoon

Anonymous said...

Dang! The number of books that you read are impressive. I would love to win because I'm a poor college student and my school's library never gets any new fiction books.

elaine c.

applejacks0711 said...

Two words: holy cow!

BTW: placing my name in the hat.

:)

Jaynie R said...

That's amazing. I always thought I was fast but you've got me beat lol.

LadyVampire said...

Wow, what a prize! Thanks for sharing with all us readers, bloggers and fans.

readergirl said...

ooooh diverse books. i am covet your bookshelf.

Lanisse said...

I hope I'm not too late, but I can never work out the difference between EST and GMT so I'm fairly sure I've missed the dealine... as usual :-)

BJ Steeves said...

What a selection!

I have been in such a reading rut, just re-reading a few old favorites I happened to find unpacked from my move 18 months ago. And yes, there are STILL boxes to unpack...someday....one of these days....

Here's hoping!

Margaret said...

I just have to say I'm stunned at what you can manage to read in a week. Incredible :).

Lesha said...

Count me in! :)

Miss Reader said...

Wow, what a list! I always have a book under my nose. This is an awesome contest. Please include me. Thanks.