GIVEAWAY: Happy Haulidays with Chronicle Books

Chronicle Books is holding a contest where you can win $500 worth of their books. To enter, you can post a list of books you'd like to win on your blog . . . . or simply comment on this post to be entered in the drawing. Get the details here. Last day to submit entries is December 10th. Winners will be announced on December 13th. GOOD LUCK!

This is my wish list:

Cookbooks
Of course I have to start with cookbooks (and they have a great selection--I own several already and love them!)

D.I.Y. Delicious Recipes and Ideas for Simple Food from Scratch by Vanessa Barrington
Fast, Fresh & Green: More Than 90 Delicious Recipes for Veggie Lovers By Susie Middleton
Anna Getty's Easy Green Organic: Cook Well-Eat Well-Live Well by Anna Getty
New Vegetarian by Robin Asbell
The New Whole Grains Cookbook by Robin Asbell
Farmers' Market Desserts by Jennie Schacht
Luscious Chocolate Desserts by Lori Longbotham

Art and Craft Books

Amy Butler's In Stitches More Than 25 Simple and Stylish Sewing Projects By Amy Butler
Lotta Jansdotter's Simple Sewing Patterns and How-To for 24 Fresh and Easy Projects by Lotta Jansdotter
Knitting Pretty Simple Instructions for 30 Fabulous Projects by Kris Percival
Mastering the Art of Beading by Genevieve A. Sterbenz
Squiggles A Really Giant Drawing and Painting Book by Taro Gomi

Fiction (Cause I just plain LOVE to read)

Duck! Rabbit! by Amy Krouse Rosenthal $16.99 (We keep checking this out of the library--clearly we need our own copy!)
Chicken Big By Keith Graves $16.99 (Love the premise!)
Day and Night by Teddy Newton $14.99 (Another library favorite)
The Space Between Trees by katie Williams
Sparky The Life and Art of Charles Schulz by Beverly Gherman
Noonie's Masterpiece By Lisa Railsback
The Kid Who Named Pluto And the Stories of Other Extraordinary Young People in Science by Marc McCutcheon
Cats Are Weird And More Observations by Jeffrey Brown
Ivy + Bean Gift Set
Ivy + Bean Boxed Set 2
Erika's Story Creative Editions by Ruth Vander Zee

And I just can't resist this game:
Haikubes by Forrest-Pruzan Creative

Added 11/27/10: To sweeten this great deal for my wonderful readers. If you win the Chronicle Books giveaway AND you are a follower of my blog, you can get an additional prize of your choice of any one of my cookbooks (US residents only). (New followers are eligible as well as long as you are a follower on Dec. 13th when the winners are announced--so become a follower now to qualify.)

Foodie BlogRoll

My blog was just accepted by the Foodie BlogRoll . . . . the place to go for foodie blogs--plus lots of giveaways and stuff.

Book Giveaway Contest

Check out the Vegan Nutritionista blog her special July contest -- submit your favorite vegan recipe and you have a chance to win a copy of Lick It! Creamy Dreamy Vegan Ice Creams Your Mouth Will Love -- as well as her ebook A Fresh New Vegan You!

Interview and GIVEAWAY

Check out Exhale for an interview with yours truly -- plus a giveaway for my new nondairy ice cream cookbook Lick It!

Lick It! Giveaway

Check out the Vegan Appetite blog to enter a giveaway for Lick It! Creamy Dreamy Vegan Ice Creams Your Mouth Will Love.

PETA Giveaway

PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) is doing a giveaway of products from Victoria's Secret's new body care line. For more info, go to this link.

Blog Contest Winner Announced

The Winner of the preorder/spread the word contest is . . . . .  Tiffany DeGough!

Thanks for all of you who ordered and helped spread the word . . . and feel free to keep doing both!

Last week to enter giveaways!

Okay -- both giveaways will be held at 5 p.m. this Friday--May 15th. So this is your last week to enter.

Giveaway 1:

This is simple -- just become my fan on Facebook!

Giveaway 2:

Buy my new book Lick It! Creamy Dreamy Vegan Ice Creams Your Mouth Will Love and send me proof of your purchase! Or post a review on amazon or other book selling site or your blog. Or post a link to my blog giveaway on your blog, facebook, myspace, etc.. Post the link in the comments here so I can check it out.

For each giveaway, I'll draw a name on May 15th. You can win a copy of my new nondairy cookbook Lick It!  or choose one of my other cookbooks.

Get Lick It! 32% Off

Amazon.com just lowered the price of Lick It! Creamy Dreamy Vegan Ice Creams Your Mouth Will Love to an amazing $10.17--32% off. If you're planning to buy a copy, this is the time to do it -- maybe even get a second copy for your mom for Mother's Day! (And Father's Day is coming up soon as well . . . )

Don't forget, there's still time to enter the giveaway too--just email me proof of purchase.

GIVEAWAY--Drawing for free cookbook!

Okay -- here's the deal. My new cookbook Lick It! Creamy Dreamy Vegan Ice Creams Your Mouth Will Love will be out in a couple of weeks. Here are some online stores where the book is available for preorder:

Powell's Books

Amazon

Indie Bound

Barnes and Noble

Borders

Now for the giveaway part -- email me proof that you preordered the book and I'll enter you in a drawing to receive another copy of Lick It! (Don't you have a friend that you want to get a copy for?) or one of my other books--your choice. A random drawing will be held on Friday, May 15th--if you get a copy from a physical store or somewhere by that time -- email me a picture of you with the book or the receipt or whatever kind of proof you want and I'll enter you as well. If you post about the book on your blog or Facebook or online book review site--anything like that, email me the link or put it in a comment on this post and I'll give you an entry for that as well.

Spread the word -- for every 25 entries I get, I'll pick an additional winner!

Don't forget--if you become my fan on Facebook and you'll be entered in another drawing -- that's two chances to win.