Happy 4th & Summer Book Giveaway
July 4th is always a lot of fun at our house. As you can see, my wife is very patriotic and likes to dress up in her finest red, white, and blue while parading around the neighborhood waving sparklers and handing out laminated copies of the Declaration of Independence to all the boys and girls.
No, actually, this is a figure skater from one of the ice shows at Silverwood Theme Park just up the road. My wife only dresses like that for President's Day.
To celebrate the 4th of July holiday, I have another
huge book giveaway, courtesy of the Hachette Book Group USA.This time it's a "Summer Beach Bag" packed with ten new and best-selling titles, sure to keep you busy reading through the lazy days of summer:
1. The Secret Speech by Tom Rob Smith
2. Julie and Julia by Julie Powell
3. Swimsuit by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
4. Obama's Blackberry by Kasper Hauser
5. A Summer Affair by Elin Hilderbrand
6. When You Are Engulfed In Flames by David Sedaris
7. Any Minute by Joyce Meyer & Deborah Bedford
8. The Book of Lies by Brad Meltzer
9. Kill For Me by Karen Rose
10. Miscarriage of Justice by Kip Gayden
Five of my readers will win this book package, and all you have to do to be eligible is leave a comment on this post telling me how you're celebrating the 4th of July weekend.
Oh, and you have to live in the USA or Canada (once again I apologize to Dan, who feels left out of all these wonderful contests but is probably far too busy planning his next big walk to sit down and read a book).
I'll pick the five winners next week! Have a fun, but safe, holiday weekend.
This contest has ended. Thanks!
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59 Comments:
We are hosting our 5th Annual R. Family 4th of July Extravaganza. It's always fun to have a bunch of friends over to play and eat. Then we go over and park on the road and watch Silverwood's fireworks. It's great since it's only a few miles from home.
I'm hoping we'll head to the lake and then stay for the fireworks celebration later at Lake Coeur d'Alene.
rsgrandinetti@yahoo(dot)com
We will be pretty quiet this weekend. Our dogs freak out with fireworks, so we stay at home to care for them. Maybe some grilling, watching golfers walk by in the hot sun, and catching a nap. Not too exciting.
Chatterbox
I'm celebrating with my family! We always have a big family shin dig at a local park!
heatheranne99 at hotmail dot com
Eatin' burgers and refinishing our new-to-us dining table. I just finished the Sedaris book, but if I win, I promise to donate to some worthy cause.
We are still undecided about what to do. We usually head downtown for the big show but with a new baby, I am not sure that's the greatest idea. We did get invited to a BBQ..so maybe.
My husband and I will be watching the fireworks over the Husdon River--thanks!
lesleymfan(at)gmail(dot)com
hahaha I really thought it was your wife until you said it wasn't.
I'm hanging out with my sister and brother in law who I don't get to see as often and some other family members. We're all having a movie night then hopefully lighting up some fireworks if they don't ban them where she lives since there has been talk of that :(
lc_intocable[a]yahoo[d]com
I wish I was celebrating what I'll actually be doing is working. No day off for me.
jessica(at)fan(dot)com
sagebrush days in buhl idaho. this year's theme "blue jeans and country things". parade. bbq. chocolate-tasting. fireworks. friends. family. ...these will all be part of the fun.
We are having the annual family Bar-B-Que and then as it gets dark we go in several cars and pickups to the local fairgrounds where there are fireworks.
rubymoonstone at gmail dot com
7/3:
8:00am back out of camping trip
my clean house, weeded garden, homemade pie
10:00pm dole out exactly 1 box sparklers, 5 firecrackers to 13-year-old who worships fireworks.
7/4 10:00 am bike parade for the children in the morning around the neighborhood then watermelon, hot dogs and lemonade.
12noon at the river with the family making sand castles and relaxing.
4pm Downtown for the festival an parade
6pm Party with many families to watch the fireworks at the top of the hill.
7/5 LONG morning rest
Ahhhh.
We spend the 4th at my mothers. She always has a big swimming party, cookout and then fireworks in the evening. Please include me in your giveaway.
Thanks
Carlene
iluvreading(at)verizon.net
i will just be home nothing much doing thanks
We are going to my parents for BBQ and fireworks!
Thanks
Sarah
believedreamcourage (at) gmail.com
We are celebrating the 4th of July with cookouts and going to fireworks. We have 3 different cookouts to go to and there are 2 sets of fireworks we would like to go see.
We will be celebrating the weekend by staying home as a family, (its not very often my husband is off on Saturday's). We were going to BBQ but with a storm and rain, and no shelter over our porch, We are going to just cook up some BBQ chicken in the oven!
SamantharaeM at gmail dot com
im very addicted to ols,,fornums,sweeps,contests,ect,so i will be sitting at my computer desk all day on ols with a few mixed drinks of vodka and oj!!! at the end of the day i will call family to bring me a plate of food from the cookout i cant attend bc of my ols addiction!!!
shannpf1977@yahoo.com
We were going to have a picnic and go watch the fireworks. But it's raining so we are just staying home.
Since it's drizzly and overcast we changed my son's middle school graduation pool party to tomorrow and just stay in today.
This is an awesome giveaway
msboatgal at aol.com
fireworks with kids and grandkids last night, potluck party with our friends tonight! Happy 4th!
going to a local casino tonight to see the fireworks and sunday my daughter and family are coming from California for about 4 days..thanks for the great giveaway
I'm going to see the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra at Riverbend. Thanks for the great giveaway!
We had a cookout and just enjoyed being together today.
Dan aint the only one that feels left out - what if we enter and if we win we let one of our doodle maties receive the prize?
oh Happy 4th - remember we let you win that one ;)
x
I am having a no fun weekend. We noticed a leak in our enclosed front porch ceiling, moved the chest that was under the leak only to find black mold all behind the chest. Evidently it had been leaking for a while. we are now spending our weekend taking down all the walls, taking out all the windows and putting up a railing to make it an outside deck instead. the only way we will be sure all the black mold is gone.
Hope your having a great fourth.
I'm celebrating with a quiet weekend with my son, talking about Freedom!
We stayed home, grilled hamburgers, and watched NASCAR.
jwx4 at yahoo dot com
I had a picnic with my brother who I haven't spent time with in years. it was very special.
rained all day so we watched movies aND PLAYED games..then shot off fireworks about midnight when it stopped
I went fishing with my husband and sons. Actually they fished and I read "The Gardener".
dbarta@cogeco.ca
We had a big 2nd Birthday party at the grandparents farm for Lukas. It was terrific.
Everyone came over for BBQ & pool.
Thanks for the giveaway >^..^<
We had a "tailgate" party in the parking lot where my husband works(and had to work on the 4th). Some of the employees joined in and we BBQ'd and ate and played. We watched the fireworks display that was across the street and had a really good time. Thanks for the giveaway.
We went to a friend's lake house for the weekend and watched the fireworks show from the deck.
It's my son's birthday weekend (July 5th) so we celebrate the birthday of our country and middle son. We cooked tempora outside, roasted samores and lite fireworks. We also saw Transformers 2 - a long movie to watch, but entertaining. Thanks for hosting!
Lisa
We went to a parade in the morning and then bbq at the inlaws and fireworks in the evening.
we had a cookout at my parents house, and we had a great time!
We went to see the fireworks (my kids the first time YEAH)
For the fourth of July some of my friends and I went downtown to watch the fireworks.
y_nia28(at)yahoo(dot)com
I took my family to see fireworks, and went to a BBQ at my parents house. It was great! (although the weather could have been better...)
we go to the cabin up North for my grandpas birthday. We bar b que and have a good time with fireworks. It is pretty awesome
jason(at)allworldautomotive(dot)com
We have a potluck type bbq where everyone brings a dish and the men cook the meat! We rent bounce houses and water slides for the kids then we all pool our money together to buy lots of fireworks.
I worked on July 4th:( For Canada Day though my family and I headed on over to one of the parks to watch the amazing fireworks.
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bluebelle0367(at)hotmail(dot)com
We went and saw a great blues band on the 4th and cooked out the 5th.
Thanks!
1bmore @ gmail . com
I kept my sick grandbaby so my son and daughter in law could take his older brother to see fireworks. So I mostly sat and rocked my poor baby. Thanks for the awesome giveaway.
eswright18 at gmail dot com
We grilled out and went to a fireworks show
We had a BBQ with our parents and then joined the neighbors in shooting off fireworks -- the kids had a great time!
marielay@gmail.com
I spent it doing hours of hard labor in the yard! Not that fun but very rewarding!
We went to the northern California coast and enjoyed the fog (left 108 degree weathe at home)
Fourth of July? Huh? Must have missed it. Maybe next year. ;-)
Steven
www.stevenology.com
I house sat for my daughter & son-in-law, so they could take the crew to the lake. Finished reading "Helilogging in a Sink Hole".
I've been sick, so my parents and I celebrated by staying in:-(
Amanda
catss99@yahoo.com
Watched fireworks from the front window. karen, civ05@yahoo.com
We spent the 4th of July weekend with my parents near Seattle. We had a barbecue and enjoyed the nice weather. On the 5th my parents babysat for us and my husband and I enjoyed a rare night out alone.
I spent it at the beach with hubby and 2 cranky kids
harborlad@optonline.net
Did I miss the drawing? It's past the 4th so I can tell you what we did, not what we planned to do. We spent the day as just a little ol' family of 4 dressed in red, white & blue. Went to a local park, had a bbq and then our son used sparklers and saw fireworks for the first time. It was a good time!
We went to see fireworks at the local park and also had a picnic.
madamerkf at aol dot com
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