Lazy Days of Summer Giveaway Hop

Woohoo!!!  It's here!!

Hosted by I Am a Reader, Not a Writer & ME!!!!!!!!!

There's nothin' like reading in summer, is there?

I've been collecting more great places to relax & read. Wanna choose yer favorite spot?  I do!!!

First, choose your book. For this giveaway, I'm offering an up-coming release. The best way to encourage laziness is spice things up with procrastination. These are reads you can get to when they come out!!  That way you can continue meandering thru your TBR list this summer. I know... perfect!!  I'm nearly a professional procrastinator and somewhat of an authority on being lazy!!  (Click on the covers to check 'em out on Goodreads.)

                

Next, choose your imaginary reading nook!!  When imagining where you'd like to read, you can imagine you are anyone and resting on anything with the perfect lighting... and no pressing responsibilities. This is our imagination!!

1. Hidden Cove

2. Poolside Cocoon

3. Ocean Overlook

4. My Window Seat  (Add curtains to hide like Jane Eyre!)

5. Fragrant Mountain Fireside

6. Lost Beaches of Greece

7. Garden Gazebo

8. Highland Castle

This is a small selection from my Pinterest collection. If you're gathering your own collection of treasures, make sure to let me know so I can follow you!! (I can send you an invite if you'd like to start!!)

Giveaway details:

This is an international giveaway. Please make sure you can receive books via The Book Depository before entering!  You must be at least 13 & enter via the Rafflecopter below!  See all my giveaway rules under About Me.


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Friday FUN with pictures!

Welcome to a Very Fun Friday!!  

Set your imagination FREE!!!!

Crazy-For-Books is hosting the dearly-beloved Book Blogger Hop again!!  Woop!!

How many books do you own? This can include books in your to-be-read (TBR) pile(s) and books you have already read that are on your keeper shelf.



Do you ever feel like counting your books is almost... like demanding a Census?!  I got that dreaded letter in the mail the other day, the one that states, "You've been randomly selected for the Census". Sure, random. They randomly want to know how many of us are crammed in our house for State & County services... so they "randomly" chose the house with six residents over the retired couple across the street.



David called for a head-count in the Bible and God punished the entire country for it. (I Chron 21)   Some counting needs to be... not too meticulous. That's how I feel about my books. But since I suspect that I'm over-reacting, I got a general idea, anyway...

Just so my books know, this is not a census!! (Yes. I'm talking to my books. Give us some privacy.) And you're allowed to travel around the house freely or change bookshelves without checking in with me!!  Just... please don't go outside. The elements aren't kind to you!

I have about 500... 10% reference, 10% non-fiction, 30% kids' books (includin' a smokin' hot collection of snakes -n- creepie-crawly books!!)

The rest are harder to break down. I probably only have 25 that are hot-off-the-press hardback beauties, some of which I'll give away. Maybe. Eventually.  I have almost 100 books that I've saved 'cause I loved 'em way back in the day... "childhood fav's". Some of those are still "cool" like two old sets of the Narnia books. I have almost 100 orphans... books gathered from friends & family who were liquidating bookshelves and I "saved" them from some other fate.  I have some classics, maybe 20, that are those gorgeous old books that are too beautiful to touch. Like this little gem, How to Speak Good English from 1931:

Contrast 

- accent con when you say, "These colors contrast nicely." Accent trast when you say, "Just contrast his behavior with John's."

Isn't that priceless?!  I like the tone of voice through-out the book. VERY condescending!!

That's not counting 80+ on my Nook, maybe 1/2 of which are TBRs (which doesn't include those mega-volumes with entire collections, like "All George MacDonald's works" or "Classic Romance"). And 40 on Kindle-for-PC.

And... I love the library. Can I count all the books at the library, please?!  They feel like mine!!  When you start to recognize which shelf everyone is on and notice when they're re-arranged so that you see ones you hadn't noticed before, it feels personal, doesn't it?

How many SIGNED books?!  I have 10 + 1 on the way. *sigh*

Or, what about Journals?! Should we count those?!

What about relatives?!  I married into the descendant married-into-line of Charles Dickens (thrice removed)!!!  HA!!

The wonderful Feature & Follow Friday is hosted by Parajunkee's View & Alison Can Read.

This week the incredibly awesome Featured blogs are:

Tribute Books Mama & Addicted to Heroines

Congratulations!!

Q: Summer Break is upon us! What would be the perfect vacation spot for you to catch up on your reading & relax?

Oh, let me find some pictures!!!

Did you see the button I made for the Giveaway I'm hosting with I Am a Reader?  Oh yea!!  I could read on a tree!!!

I collect Reading Nooks on .  So let's have a vote!!  

Which one do you like best!!

1. Super cozy, curl up -n- read garden nook:

2. Sunny bench, feels like outdoors, but you're indoors for better temperature control:

3. Outdoor room, complete with bookshelves!! Retractable wall:

4. Comfy sprawl under the willow:

5. Rustic bed, tucked in the garden:

6. Surrounded by windows with removable clock:

7. Suspended in the woods!! Near a campfire?

8. The backyard hammock!!

9. Gently swaying near water & table *sigh*

10. A magical outdoor gazebo:

The important thing is to enjoy the sunshine!! A little breeze & a lot of reflected sunlight equal memorable reading!!

These are imaginary, of course. I've been known to climb into the back of the Suburban while "unloading groceries" to steal a few chapters. Or sneak up to the fishnet hammocks in the backyard while "walking the dogs". Most of these places look like they'd take too long to set up. I'd find myself reading on the pile of supplies to create one of these spaces.  Lol. Imagination's nice, though!!

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