Book Giveaway – My Loss Is Your Gain!

7/31 ETA : PLEASE NOTE THAT THE CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED AND A WINNER HAS BEEN CHOSEN. Thank you for playing and check back on 8/1 for a NEW Mary E. Book Giveaway!

Because I know I have a few dozen bibliophiles who drop by at least, and because I am in the process of de-cluttering my home, I am currently evaluating my personal library and really, it’s shameful. I could be on the Food Network and never get time to cook something from a half-dozen of the cookbooks I own. Don’t even get me started on the adorable but underutilized home improvement, decorating, and assorted other literary lusciousness that I read once and which is now taking up valuable space on my limited bookshelves. I have ten, yes TEN, Christmas books alone. It’s a sickness.

It hurts me to give books away, but it hurts me more that they are not being loved as they should be.

Therefore, I’m going to do a semi-regular book giveaway so you, my fabulous readers, can benefit from my book-acquisition compulsion and add a book that you will lavish love on FREE OF CHARGE.

Free.

Books.

I can hear some salivating out there.

Let’s start off the new tradition with Mary Engelbreit’s Dining Out Cookbook, which is full of recipes of course, and they do look tempting, but more importantly, is filled with ME’s inimitable artwork and style. This cookbook is just fun to read through. The copy I have is hardcover, in pristine condition, and ready for you to experiment with.

The Swag Up For Grabs

Entering is easy. Drop me a comment here between now and Wed. July 30th. On July 31st I’ll find some Interwebz thingy to select a random comment and the book can be YOURS.

With that happy idea, I leave you all to enjoy a pleasant weekend. It is a hundred and seventy-eight degrees here (approximately) so I will be hiding in my house with the A/C cranked up and the Sci-Fi Channel on perma-surf.

7/29 ETA: Since I’ve entered the Bloggy Giveaways Blog Carnival, I wanted to add a few specifics:

• One entry per person, please. Duplicate comments will be deleted. Thanks for understanding.
• I can only ship to the US and Canada. Sorry, International friends, but shipping overseas is out of my budgetary means for a free contest.
• At the end of the contest on July 31st I will e-mail the winner, post the winner’s comment number, and ask that they contact me by August 4th with their contact information. Should the original winner not respond by August 4th, I will randomly draw another winner from comments posted on or before July 30th.
• I will ship the book out via USPS priorty mail to the final winner within 2 business days of receiving their contact information.

Thank you for playing and be sure to visit Bloggygiveaways.com for more great free stuff you can win!

7/31 ETA : PLEASE NOTE THAT THE CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED AND A WINNER HAS BEEN CHOSEN. Thank you for playing and check back on 8/1 for a NEW Mary E. Book Giveaway!