Happy Haul-idays! (giveaway contest!)
November 13, 2010
My very cool friend Lara works at Chronicle Books and posted this fun giveaway. “Post $500 worth of Chronicle books you’d like to haul in this holiday season, and one of your commenters could win, too!”
It’s book-related, and who doesn’t love free books, right? So, without further ado, my $500 Chronicle Books haul that I would LOVE to win. And it would make me *really* happy if one of you won as well! So comment away.
(and if you’d like to do this on your blog, here’s the entry form)
(PS: Chronicle Book is a very neat publisher in San Francisco. Their books are Made of Awesome).
- Paper + Craft: 25 Charming Gifts, Accents and Accessories to Make From Paper: $19.95
- DIY Fashion: Customize and Personalize: $24.95
- Penny Saving Household Helper: $12.95
- Garden Anywhere: $24.95
- The Commonsense Kitchen: $35.00
- Birdsongs Bible: $125.00
- Same Place, More Space: $24.95
- Curious Lists: A Creative Journal for List-Lovers: $12.95
- Home Economics: Vintage Advice and Practical Science for 21st-Century Households: $14.95
- Apartment Therapy Presents: Real Homes, Real People, Hundreds of Real Design Solutions: $27.50
- The Personal Organizing Workbook: Solutions for a Simpler, Easier Life: $24.95
- The New Color Book: 45,000 Color Combinations for Your Home: $24.95
- Homeowner’s Record Keeper: The Perfect Place to Keep Track of Home Repairs, Maintenance, Plans, and Dreams: $18.95
- Curiosities: Vintage-Inspired Adornments for Gifts and Correspondence: $24.95
- Tea and Crumpets: Recipes and Rituals from Tearooms & Cafés: $19.95
- Macaroni and Cheese: $16.95
- A Beautiful Bowl of Soup: The Best Vegetarian Recipes: $19.95
- The San Francisco Chronicle Cookbook: $19.95
Grand Total: $493.75
Sound like a list you’d like to win? Please leave a comment!
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Works for me, but I’m gonna check into it and see what ELSE might be listed :). FUN!!!
yes please. what fun. i may have to do this later!!!
That sounds like fun! I might have to do this; thanks for the link. 🙂 (Also, the video of the winner and her b/f shopping for books was adorable.)
Good luck on the contest! They all sound like great books but I’d have to say my favorites on the list are #’s 6, 7, 11 and 14. 🙂
Isn’t the Chronicle cookbook where the gnocchi recipe is from? Yum, yum, yum. Also I’m imaging an entire cookbook of mac and cheeses, made with awesome.
I hope you win Daphne! I love the Apartment Therapy books. They have such clever ideas for small spaces in them.
I hope WE win (two of us). Thanks, everybody!
Of course I want to win! I mean, who doesn’t love books?
i’d love Curious Lists. 🙂
The last part of your list made me HUNGRY!
Veggie soups, home organizing, tea & crumpets — I love this list!
Mmm, winning books! Fun! That veggie soup cookbook sounds great. All I want for Christmas is a small immersion blender so that I can make yummy blended soups.
My daughter and I would have fun with the Birdsong Bible and the Paper Craft books. Fantastic list! Good luck!
Thanks! foxsquirrelrabbit at gmail dot com
Love your choices. This is such a fantastic giveaway.
This is a list of books I would love to win! Good luck!
Mollydedwards aT yahoo DOT com
A book devoted to macaroni and cheese?! Awesome.
How the heck did I miss the mac & cheese book?! Good luck!
That Birdsongs Bible would keep me occupied for hours!
Good luck, mangosteenkate at yahoo dot com
Good luck on winning your great list! I’d love to get a copy of all of these for myself too!
Jules
Great list – so many interesting choices! I could certainly use books on getting organized.
I love Chronicle – this is such a generous giveaway. If you’d like to see my list (many cookbooks and children’s books), drop by
http://www.startingfreshnyc.com/2010/11/chronicle-book-giveaway-500-worth-of.html
Thanks for the entry.
gaby317nyc at gmail.com
I love your selection ~ Thanks for the chance to win with you!
bamagv at aol dot com
Who doesn’t need an entire book on mac-n-cheese? Great list!
Here’s a link to mine: http://blog.nolawest.com/2010/11/happy-haul-idays.html
Good luck!
Excellent list! Good luck!
shetreadssoftly(at)gmail(dot)com
this is a list of books I would love, especially the bowl of soup right now.
Great list! I must have missed the mac’n’cheese book too 🙂
Love this lisT!
ncnguyen514 [at] gmail [dot] com
I heart Chronicle Books so much. My own list! At a minimum, I’m grateful for this giveaway because there are a whole bunch of new blogs for me to get to know!
Wow Wonderful list
Would love to win too 🙂
Cheers
Catie
Best of luck!
Please comment on my list for another chance to win:)
I absolutely adore this list. Very different–for the most part–from the ones I selected See My List Here but a really delightful list nevertheless. I would absolutely love to win either one.
Smiles,
Teresa
what a great list! here’s hoping we win!
k_sunshine1977 at yahoo dot com
Same Place, More Space and the Apartment Therapy book sound like good reads to me.
Nice list! thanks for letting me have the chance to win it 🙂
Great list! Best of luck.
If you’d like to comment on mine: http://ticklemebrahms.blogspot.com/2010/11/chronicle-books-contest.html
pmathers at jps dot net
lovely list! 🙂
Um please please PLEASE win. Wow I seriously think I would cry if I won all these books!
happy_haylee_3(at)hotmail(dot)com
good luck!
great list! best of luck!
good list and variety
I would like one of everything – good luck!
What a great list! I hope we both win 🙂
What fun! Isn’t this the coolest contest?
nfmgirl AT gmail DOT com
Good selection of titles. Good luck to both of us. And Thank You to Chronicle Books.
jcamp2020 at aol dot com
good job!
What a great list of books!
jowanjowan73(at)yahoo(dot)com
Fabulous choices, especially the DIY book!
Lilyhoot at gmail dot com