Saturday, November 13, 2010

Happy Haul-idays from Chronicle Books





Now you can win a haul of your favorite Chronicle Books!

"Post a list of Chronicle Books valued at up to $500 that you’d like to haul in, and you’ll be automatically entered into a drawing to WIN your list of books! And, one of your readers who comments on the post will win the list too!"

Here is my list:




The Life & Love of
Trees By Lewis Blackwell






Bloom a Day By Ron van Dongen






Bird So
ngs Bible: The Complete, Illustrated Reference for North American Birds By Les Beletsky, Cornell Lab of Ornithology






Extreme Encounters: How It Feels to Be Drowned in Quicks
and, Shredded by Piranhas, Swept Up in a Tornado, and Dozens of Other Unpleasant Experiences By Greg Emmanuel






Small Town Odds By Jason Headley





Any Bitter Thing
By Monica Wood







Mental_Floss Presents MBA Degree in a Box





How to Sur
vive a Horror Movie: All the Skills to Dodge the Kills By Seth Grahame-Smith






Mastering the Art of Chinese Cooking By Eileen Yin-Fei Lo, Susie Cushner



The Punch: A Novel By Noah Hawley






Soup's On! By Leslie Jonath, Frankie Frankeny, Frankie Frankeny
and
Braises and Stews By Tori Ritchie, Ben Fink



Sunday Soup: A Year's Worth of Mouthwatering, Easy-to-Make Recipes By Betty Rosbottom, Charles Schiller








The Big Book of Easy Suppers: 270 Delicious Recipes for Casual Everyday Cooking By Maryana Vollstedt





The Big Book of Soups and Stews: 262 Recipes for Serious Comfort Food
By M
aryana Vollstedt




What's Next?: Follow Your Passion and Find Your Dream Job By Kerry Hannon




Craft Inc. Business Planner: The Ultimate Organizer for Turning Your Crafts into Cash By Meg Mateo Ilasco







47 comments:

Jane said...

Oh cool!
Looks like a great list of books to win!
Hope you win!!!
Love,
LJ

Lori L said...

The fun part was working on the list of books!

Lori L said...

Oh, and did you notice all the soup cook books? LOL!

Anonymous said...

Oooooh, thank you for posting about this! I made a list too :) Lots of lovely books to choose from.

Lori L said...

Oh, I know! It was hard to limit myself to just $500 worth of books, especially for gifts!

creativegoddess said...

"To Each His Home" is absolutely on my list!

Beth F said...

OOOOh you picked some great ones.

Lori L said...

creativegoddess - I missed that one, but it was so hard to narrow a list down!
Beth F - Thanks! You did too!

Shooting Stars Mag said...

how to survive in a horror movie would be fun!

lauren51990 at aol dot com

Lori L said...

It does look like a fun book, doesn't it? I have someone I'm planning to give it to whether I win or not.

Lori L said...

We love soup year round, oona, but especially when it gets cold!

Fourth Musketeer said...

please enter me!
margo_tanenbaum(at)yahoo(dot)com

Lori L said...

Your comment enters you, Margo! Let's hope we both win!

Molly said...

Here's my entry comment! Hoping for a win...you have a great selection there! Good luck!

Mollydedwards aT yahoo DOT com

corrin said...

Great cookbooks. Good luck!

Kate said...

What a great selection of books!
Good luck, mangosteenkate @ yahoo . com

Unknown said...

Great list. I'd love to win all of these myself.

Good luck,
Jules

Gaby317 said...

Great list - such an interesting mix!

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

Nancy said...

Soup's On! sounds delish!

Nancy
allibrary (at) aol (dot) com

Lauren said...

Great list! Good luck!

Here's a link to my slightly less diverse list :)
http://blog.nolawest.com/2010/11/happy-haul-idays.html

Bri Ahearn said...

Look at all those soup cookbooks! I'm game for soup anytime.

briheartsbooks at gmail dot com

My list (NYC, Disney, art, etc): http://brimeetsbooks.com/?p=2785

Thanks for the chance to win!

Unknown said...

Such great books on your list! The MBA Mental Floss kit cracks me up! I was tempted to put the Law version on my list!
Chronicle's contest is amazing and fun!

Good luck to you! (and me!) lol
My post will be up this week.

~ Amy
Aimala127@gmail.com

alana said...

Good luck!

Jamie said...

I love your list! I hope you win!!! Stop by my blog to check out my list too!

jamie.l.torres at gmail dot com

Donna Joy said...

Nice selection of books. Learn to cook Chinese, love trees, my mom loves birds, it's so cold here, we need soup
And other quick delious meals. Goodluck.

TRAN! (www.thinktran.com) said...

Fun list.. good luck!

Audra said...

MBA in a Box?! That is hilarious!! I made my own list if you're curious!

I heart Chronicle Books so much. At a minimum, I’m grateful for this giveaway because there are a whole bunch of new blogs for me to get to know! :)

vvb32 reads said...

soups and stews sound perfect for this time of year.
vvb32 at yahoo.com

Andrea said...

"The Life and Love of Trees" calls out to me... And of course soup - what is better on a cold winter's eve? A wonderful list - thanks for sharing!

Anonymous said...

What a great list! Good luck!

carolsnotebook at yahoo dot com

Reniazen said...

Excellent choices! Feel free to comment on my blog for another chance to win:)

Best of luck!

Lisa said...

I think this is the best list I've seen yet. I can't seem to make my own, but I really wouldn't mind winning yours.

Teresa Thomas Bohannon said...

A wonderful list. Similar--in eclectic spirit--to the ones I selected See My List Here A really delightful list. I would absolutely love to win either one.
Teresa [AT] LadySilk [DOT] Net
Smiles,
Teresa

Broche Fabian said...

Oh man, that Trees book has totally stolen my heart. Wonder if I could swap out a book on my list? Good luck!

joolee said...

Oooh, that tree book is doin it for me:) Thanks for the chance!

malleycc said...

WOW I love this contest. Thanks for giving us a chance to win.

I love your list. I love the Bird Song Bible.

Haylee said...

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

shastas said...

good luck!

Ginny said...

Fun books, good luck!

moonsword said...

great list! best of luck!

nfmgirl said...

I'm lovin' it!

nfmgirl AT gmail dOT com

sewspun said...

Great list, I sure hope one of us will win that bird songs bible!
Good Luck!

jcamp2020 said...

Good selection of titles. Good luck to both of us. And Thank You to Chronicle Books.

jcamp2020 at aol dot com

good job~!

Joanne said...

What a great list of books!

jowanjowan73(at)yahoo(dot)com

Lisa said...

lovelovelove books!

Lily said...

Fabulous choices, especially the soup books!
Lilyhoot at gmail dot com

nicolesender said...

Awesome list of books!
nicolesender@yahoo.com