First, I would like to thank everyone for signing up for and linking to my little Christmas in July giveaway!  Gosh, I now have quite an eclectic reading list to choose from if I could only stop blogging long enough to actually read a book.  And since you’ve all told me about your favorite book, I guess that I should disclose mine—The Autobiography of Henry VIII: With Notes by His Fool, Will Somers by Margaret George.  I clamor to get my hands on anything related to King Henry VIII, and this piece of historical fiction is a gem.

And while I would love nothing more than to give a book to everyone who signed up, I can only draw one winner, y’all!  Drum roll please….

Jenny from Mommin’ It Up you are the lucky recipient of a book valued up to $20 from Amazon.com!  Jenny says that her favorite “practical” book is Baby 411 and its sequel, Toddler 411.  (Hmm…is there also a Young Adult 411?  I could really use that right about now.)  And Jenny’s “personal” favorite is Little Earthquakes by Jennifer Weiner. 

Congratulations, Jenny!

And then on Thursday, I’ll drive to my mom’s house in Tampa to meet GR, Phoo, and Big H for a weekend of Amaretto Sours, crab legs on my mom’s kitchen table, the Go-Go’s, and some much needed debauchery on the beach.  And at the pool.

Anyhow, if you’re here looking for my Christmas in July giveaway, click here.  You can win the book of your choice (up to $20 value) from Amazon.  You have until Friday,
July 27 at midnight EST to sign up.  Move it, people! 

And if you really want something else to do while I’m away, go visit An Island Review.  Kailani will keep you busy signing up for many of the latest giveaways in the blogesphere.  And her personal blog, An Island Life, will make you feel like you’re on a vacation yourself in her beautiful state of Hawaii.

See y’all back here next week with the winner of the Christmas in July giveaway!

Anyhow, if you visited here yesterday, you know that I’m throwing a little Christmas in July party for myself.  And you’re invited.  Because I like you, and I want to give you a present!  Let me explain…

A few weeks ago, I missed out on the opportunity to participate in Buy A Friend A Book Week.  If you aren’t familiar with Buy A Friend a Book Week, it’s merely the opportunity to buy a friend a book for no good reason.  Just because.  For the long version, go here.  So, because I missed the official BAFABW, I thought that I would just buy a friend a book this week.  It’s my party, I can do what I want.  And I want to give someone a book.

So, if you leave a comment on this post and tell me the name of your favorite book, I will put your name into a random drawing to receive your choice of a book (up to a $20 value) from Amazon.com.  And if you would like to go into detail about why it’s your favorite book, then that would be jolly good fun, too.  Oh, and you don’t even have to be a blogger to join in on the fun!  I’m going on vacation next week, so I’ll leave the contest open until Friday, July 27 at midnight EST.

And if the winner doesn’t want the book, then I can always give away my husband’s truck…

It’s a beauty, right?  It even comes with an AM radio and a handmade wooden cup holder.  However, I can’t guarantee that the heat or air conditioner will work.

Oh, and one more thing!  I have to show you the preeeetty, shiny Christmas in July present I bought for myself…

See?  Preeetty!  Shiny!  Hmm…I think that I need the Nikon D80 to go along with it.  (Just kidding, Sophie!)