Showing posts with label Winner. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Winner. Show all posts

Friday, June 05, 2009

Friday Winners!



We have some winners!

That's raight! My lazy butt forgot to draw last Friday! I would say there has been a slow start on my part to the challenge. So sorry!

I'd like to talk with you about sum maintenance. In the sidebar you can see the SRCIII button and "Sign Up" and "First Review" underneath which are highlighted. Click the highlight and go directly to that post. Don't feel like you cannot participate because you missed a post. I made it easy and will continue with the contests in the same manner until the end of the challenge. This way our first contest "Haiku Review" can be entered multiple times during the summer for a chance at a hardback Mudbound signed by the lovely Hillary Jordan. Please visit fellow southern bloggers and Good Luck!

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17 JMNLman @ Strategist Personal Library

29 Amelia @ Books Love Us
Timestamp: 2009-06-05 14:45:24 UTC

Saturday, May 23, 2009

First Week of Southern Living



Southern Reading
and the Livin' is Easy!

Hope you got a chance to start on one of your chosen books this week. Stella at Growing with Stella discovered Harry Crews' Blood and Grits this week and is enjoying her cross country 70s tour. Blood and Grits is a collection of nonfiction essays written for magazines like Playboy and Esquire. She now knows why Harry Crews is called the Father of the Rough South. A genre that is also known as Grit Lit or Dirty South. :D

I read Classic Crews: A Harry Crews Reader and loved it, but will say his writing is an acquired taste. He likes to shock and awe in a quite unnerving way. Others in this genre include the late Larry Brown, Tim McLaurin and Daniel Woodrell. My mouth was fly appealingly open after finishing Woodrell's The Death of Sweet Mister. A book I read but choose not to write about for the newspapers.

In the south, Sundays are spent at church and then eating lunch with the family. Growing up our routine was early church followed by Sunday school then a quick trip home where we changed clothes and headed to Sweetheart and Papa's house for dinner. If we decided not to have dinner we would show around 3:00 p.m. for a visit.

I challenge y'all to go on a visit this Sunday. Visit at least five other Southern Readers and get to know them. Tell 'um Maggie sent ya!

This Week's Winner!
8
Vasilly at 1330v!

Tuesday, September 09, 2008

Mule Time!



Hubby blurted out, "Five!" on his way to the volunteer fire fighters meeting tonight!

Congratulations, Wisteria of A Bookworm's Dinner! You are the winner of a slightly read, first edition Dirty Work by Larry Brown.

When hubby gets back we will draw for Southern books! Stay Tuned!

Monday, August 11, 2008

Four More Days!

Awraight people!
Time to get busy and give away some pecans and a southern book!

April at Cafe of Dreams won the autograph copy of Finn by Jon Clinch in the Name Your Blues contest with this entry Moody An Lovin Mama! Congrats Gurl!

The last time my hubby drew names for the pecans was July 11, so I'm way behind. Shame! I need to draw four names, and I thought I would go ahead and draw for this coming Friday's too.
  1. #46 Jmnlman at Strategist's Personal Library
  2. #12 Becky at Becky's Book Review
  3. #35 TX Mommy at Too Many to Count
  4. #37 Patti at Books Make Life Better
  5. #24 Mary at Bookfan

Congratulations Y'all!

Friday, July 11, 2008

Friday Night Pizza and Winners!



Friday, June 27, I was sick.

Friday, July 4, I was lazy.

This Friday I have no excuse!

I owe you 3 new pecan winners!

Lena of Reading Obsession, IceDream of Reading in Appalachia, and UnfinishedPerson of Just a (Reading) Fool have won the weekly pecans!


Please, visit and congratulate them.

Sunday, June 22, 2008

Way 2 Go - Amanda!

Amanda - the newbie challenger and voice of Scarlett in the Bell Jar - is the winner of the autographed copy of Mudbound!


Congrats Gurl!


I'm still not sure why that man is hugging the buoy! Is he trying not to blow away or pulling the boat back to the dock?!? What's up with his madness!?!


It's funny, but there are people finishing the challenge while others such as Amanda are just getting started. There are also all kinds of levels going on within participants' readings such as only Christian, pure Literature, just mysteries, or sticking strictly to modern voices. I Am Having A Blast!


On a house cleaning note, those of you just joining can get back to 1st review, 2nd review, etc. through the link underneath the SRC 2008 button in the sidebar. The challenge doesn't end until Aug 15, so do not panic! Just remember Pretty Pecan Easy!

Author Jon Clinch offers two signed paperbacks of Finn for more contest! Those of you finishing early might want to keep checking back for chances to win these and a couple more Mudbounds. The Dead Mule Contest will feature Larry Brown's first edition of Dirty Work worth $100. Mr. Brown died early in his career and his works are creating a stir in the collecting world. A signed first edition of Dirty Work is currently selling at $500! This copy was donated by my wonderful boss at NWCC.


Guys, you do realize I am a librarian. I do not accept money to promote any books I talk-up! I purchased Mudbound after reading a Jackson, MS bookstore's blog reviewing an ARC. It sounded so good I ordered it off Amazon.com that day and read my own copy - I have the receipt - when it arrived around the first week of May. Hillary Jordan contacted me through LibraryThing after reading my booktalk. I then had the brass to ask for an autographed copy to give as a prize for the SRC. Not only did she say yes, she donated five! That's a nice lady! Please, I'm not hyping a book. It deserves every word of mouth praise or not it generates. The BIGGEST social problem in the South is racism, and any story that gets the discussion started in such an honest manor is number one in my book!

Saturday, June 21, 2008

Sense of Place Ends Today!

That's
Right Folks!

12am
the Contest is officially Over!

It wouldn't be fair to those who have finished to extend the time. If you don't get a chance to enter, do visit those who participated. There's some good stuff out there!

Congrats,

SusiQ at
Blogging My Books!

You are this weeks winner of the Pecans!

The Artwork is by Ouida Touchon and is titled Fourplay - Pecan.
Click here for more of her work.

Saturday, June 14, 2008

Um, Staurday Night Pecan Winner!

First the pecans flew to Canada, then on to New Zealand,
took a turn at England, and zoomed down to Portugal.
This week they are going to my own state! Pshew!

So, who really has the largest pecan?!?

Saturday, June 07, 2008

Southern Haiku Winner!

run away, bees buzz
girl needs a momma, and love,
worship Black Mary

Friday, June 06, 2008

This Pecan Harvest Ale's For You!

This week's winner is Nymeth at Things Mean a Lot!
Are you ready for Pecans Nymeth?!?
Southern Haiku Contest ends tomorrow!
Don't Miss Out!

Friday, May 30, 2008

Snail Bait Estate!


And the first autographed Mudbound goes to J. Kaye at J. Kaye's Book Blog for (Don't spill your morning coffee J. Kaye!)
Snail Bait Estate!

I wish to thank everyone for participating. It has been a blast reading these entries. All Y'All deserve a book!

For another chance, compose a Southern Haiku based on one of the books reading for the challenge. In this contest you may enter everytime you write a Haiku! Good Luck!

Another International Winner!

Oh My!
I'm pleased to send you a little sumtin from the South.
Pecans are the perfect snack while reading Gone with the Wind.

Friday, May 23, 2008

All the Way to Zealand!

We have a Winner!
Congratulations Maree of Just Add Books!

Pecans will be going all the way to New Zealand! Enjoy Maree!

Picking Pecans by artist Chris Clark!

Friday, May 16, 2008

Friday Night Pecan Winner!

Congratulations Nicola of Back to Books!
You won a magnolia tin chocked full of delicious Pecans!

Don't worry your shipment will be much smaller
than this giant pecan in Brunswick, MO, but the taste will prove HUGE! :D

Instead of Bon-Bons you will be able to read Tobacco Road
by Erskine Caldwell with Bon-Pecans!
Congrats Girl!