June 29, 2009 | Contests
I am at this very moment headed towards the campground where we’ll spend most of this week. We are loaded up with camping supplies, food, and—of course—books. I don’t know why books are better when read outside, but I’m pretty sure it’s a proven scientific fact that they are. I have a giant bin of excellent camping books with me, but maybe you are headed to the beach and need some beach-appropriate reading. I have it on good authority that today’s contest offers up a trio of books that are “as dishy as books can get!”
Sound good? Five lucky Want Not readers are going to win three fabulous books by Elin Hilderbrand: A Summer Affair, Barefoot, and her brand-spanking-newest release, The Castaways. It’s everything you need for a perfect beach getaway! Except the beach. And the food. And the rest of your stuff. Okay, fine, you probably still need reservations and a suitcase and stuff, but these books will make your trip even better.
For a chance to win one of the five Elin Hilderbrand bundles, first go read the contest rules and regulations, then come back here and leave a comment on this post by 11:59 p.m. Eastern (8:59 p.m. Pacific) on Wednesday, July 1st, 2009 to be entered into a random drawing. Winners to be determined via random number generation and overall dishy-ness.
Ready? Go!
June 29th, 2009 at 12:14 pm
I would love to win this prize!!
June 29th, 2009 at 12:15 pm
I love books!
June 29th, 2009 at 12:19 pm
me me me!
June 29th, 2009 at 12:22 pm
Oooo, me! I love me some books!
June 29th, 2009 at 12:22 pm
Please please!
June 29th, 2009 at 12:24 pm
I need a few good reads to help pass the time at the pool while my daughter swims!
June 29th, 2009 at 12:24 pm
I always need new books!
June 29th, 2009 at 12:24 pm
Huzzah! More books!
June 29th, 2009 at 12:26 pm
It must be destiny, we are headed to the beach in July.
June 29th, 2009 at 12:26 pm
Pick me, please!
June 29th, 2009 at 12:26 pm
I need some books for the beach! Thanks, pretty Mir.
June 29th, 2009 at 12:30 pm
Don’t know that I’ll actually get to read them at the beach…but I have declared this the summer of the book!
June 29th, 2009 at 12:32 pm
not going to the beach (boo hoo) but being dragged to the mountains instead. 10 hr drive up and back! Would love a book blessing! ♥
June 29th, 2009 at 12:33 pm
Thanks Mir!
June 29th, 2009 at 12:33 pm
I need some good, escapist reading. Thanks!
June 29th, 2009 at 12:34 pm
Really jonesing for some good reads right now, and I can’t wait for Joss’ new book to keep the gears greased. (Sorry, Joss.) Would love to try a new author as well!
June 29th, 2009 at 12:36 pm
I would love to win some beach reads – maybe then I will get to go to the beach? Thank you!
June 29th, 2009 at 12:38 pm
Would love some new reads!
June 29th, 2009 at 12:38 pm
I don’t have a beach, but I do have the backyard and a lounge chair next to the kiddie pool. Close enough..
June 29th, 2009 at 12:42 pm
I love books!
June 29th, 2009 at 12:43 pm
Ohhh! Pick me! Pick me!!
June 29th, 2009 at 12:47 pm
Count me in!
June 29th, 2009 at 12:48 pm
I am ever so dishy! Thanks for the contest, Mir.
June 29th, 2009 at 12:49 pm
platters, bowls, plates, and ramekins: that is as dishy as i know how to be.
June 29th, 2009 at 12:55 pm
yay!
June 29th, 2009 at 12:55 pm
Ooh! books!
June 29th, 2009 at 12:56 pm
<3 books!!
June 29th, 2009 at 12:57 pm
Books! Oooh, how I do love a good book at the beach.
June 29th, 2009 at 12:58 pm
I’m an avid reader!
~K!
June 29th, 2009 at 12:58 pm
i would love to pull out my blanket and read in my park.
June 29th, 2009 at 12:58 pm
I heart BOOKS!!!
June 29th, 2009 at 12:58 pm
Dishy books especially love me.
June 29th, 2009 at 12:58 pm
Count me in, I love to read!!
June 29th, 2009 at 12:58 pm
cool giveaway!
June 29th, 2009 at 12:59 pm
My kids are actually old enough now that I might be able to actually read a whole book!!! Pick me!!!
June 29th, 2009 at 1:00 pm
yeah! more books!!!
June 29th, 2009 at 1:07 pm
ooooh this is one I’d love to win, thank you random number generator thingy
June 29th, 2009 at 1:08 pm
“She who dies with the most books wins.”
June 29th, 2009 at 1:08 pm
Oh those sound like fun!
June 29th, 2009 at 1:09 pm
Oh, I’d LOVE for a few new books to read!
June 29th, 2009 at 1:09 pm
Yay for summer reading!
June 29th, 2009 at 1:09 pm
Yea, contests! Yea, books! Yea Mir! Yea, Random Thingy!
(Ok, now that I’ve sucked up enough: Pick ME!)
June 29th, 2009 at 1:11 pm
Looks like perfect beach material!
June 29th, 2009 at 1:11 pm
Thanks, Mir!
June 29th, 2009 at 1:14 pm
Yes please
June 29th, 2009 at 1:17 pm
books please!
June 29th, 2009 at 1:18 pm
I’ve read (and reviewed) A Summer Affair, but I’m sure I could handle a reread. She’s a great author: count me in!
June 29th, 2009 at 1:19 pm
I would love some good new books!
June 29th, 2009 at 1:20 pm
This would be exceptionally perfect to win – I have a week at the beach house coming up!
June 29th, 2009 at 1:20 pm
Ooh, books! I love books! Count me in…
June 29th, 2009 at 1:23 pm
Camping in a few weeks (no internet access for me) and I love to read outdoors. Actually, I love to read anywhere, but outdoors is especially nice.
June 29th, 2009 at 1:24 pm
I wanna win!
June 29th, 2009 at 1:31 pm
me please
June 29th, 2009 at 1:32 pm
Fun stuff! Thanks! Jessica
June 29th, 2009 at 1:37 pm
Definitely needing some beachy reads!!
June 29th, 2009 at 1:38 pm
Sounds good to me!
June 29th, 2009 at 1:38 pm
Sounds great – thanks for the chance!
June 29th, 2009 at 1:39 pm
We love to camp in the summer and just got back from a week at the lake………thanks for the chance!!!
June 29th, 2009 at 1:43 pm
Awesome, books, pretty please!
June 29th, 2009 at 1:45 pm
I love a good book!
June 29th, 2009 at 1:49 pm
I haven’t read any of her books…but they sound great. Thank you for the chance to win them.
June 29th, 2009 at 1:49 pm
I’m not sure that I need more books, but I’m sure I might find some time to read them.
June 29th, 2009 at 1:52 pm
Me, please, I need some good reads…
June 29th, 2009 at 1:55 pm
I need new pool books!
June 29th, 2009 at 1:57 pm
Did someone say “book contest?”
Count me in!
June 29th, 2009 at 1:59 pm
Oh, books! For when I’m sitting on the couch nursing a newborn all summer long…
June 29th, 2009 at 2:01 pm
Great prize for the summer. I love books….thanks.
June 29th, 2009 at 2:01 pm
I’d love some books! Count me in.. thanks.
June 29th, 2009 at 2:04 pm
books, books books, sounds great!
June 29th, 2009 at 2:05 pm
I would love some new books that I did not have to worry about returning quickly to avoid a late fee!
PS. Congratulations for a) leaving MA before the Turnpike tolls skyrocket to cover the gaping budget deficit and b) thank you for not linking any Michael Jackson deals!
June 29th, 2009 at 2:11 pm
I’d love them!
June 29th, 2009 at 2:12 pm
I would love a new book.
June 29th, 2009 at 2:13 pm
books are great. Books are good. Books keep us from getting bored.
June 29th, 2009 at 2:15 pm
I need some new beach reads!
June 29th, 2009 at 2:17 pm
I am an avid reader. Count me in please.
June 29th, 2009 at 2:20 pm
Hope it’s me…
June 29th, 2009 at 2:21 pm
I’m always looking for a new author!
June 29th, 2009 at 2:21 pm
Camping is our family time. Luckily we have a 30ft camping trailer (no tent thank goodness). With three kids you need distraction…Books Books….
June 29th, 2009 at 2:23 pm
Pick me (please)!
June 29th, 2009 at 2:25 pm
I love new books! Thanks!!
June 29th, 2009 at 2:25 pm
Always love a good book!
June 29th, 2009 at 2:27 pm
Me, Please!
June 29th, 2009 at 2:27 pm
Oh, I love her books! Please!
June 29th, 2009 at 2:28 pm
She is a great summer beach read author….hope I win!
June 29th, 2009 at 2:38 pm
I LOVE to read and need some new books! Pick me, pick me & you are very pretty
June 29th, 2009 at 2:38 pm
I’m in!
June 29th, 2009 at 2:39 pm
Books! Yay!
June 29th, 2009 at 2:48 pm
I’m very random — pick me!
June 29th, 2009 at 2:49 pm
I need a few new summer reads, pick me please!
June 29th, 2009 at 2:51 pm
Sounds great.
June 29th, 2009 at 2:52 pm
It’s finally summer in Boston, I could use something to read!!!
June 29th, 2009 at 2:54 pm
Love books!
June 29th, 2009 at 2:56 pm
Mir, I’m leaving Friday MORNING for the beach! Can I win and then have them overnighted to Oklahoma on Thursday? Just kidding. I guess if I win, they’ll just have to be for later. But going to the library is on the pre-vacation list for this week’s lunch hours. (I hear you don’t get those when you work from home, is this TRUE?)
June 29th, 2009 at 3:02 pm
Good books make the summer so much nicer. I need more good books!
June 29th, 2009 at 3:04 pm
Moms need their summer reading, too!
June 29th, 2009 at 3:07 pm
I love books!
June 29th, 2009 at 3:07 pm
We are going on a 2 week camping trip in August! Those books are exactly what I need!
June 29th, 2009 at 3:08 pm
If I win, it’s the perfect excuse to make reservations!
June 29th, 2009 at 3:13 pm
Books rule. Of course, we knew that.
June 29th, 2009 at 3:14 pm
Oh, yummy, summer reading!
June 29th, 2009 at 3:18 pm
Winning would be the cat’s pjs!
June 29th, 2009 at 3:19 pm
I love books so much I could eat them, but I won’t!
June 29th, 2009 at 3:22 pm
I am so in need of some beach reading!
June 29th, 2009 at 3:22 pm
yay! books!
June 29th, 2009 at 3:24 pm
I want the books, if only to learn the true meaning of the word “dishy-ness.”
June 29th, 2009 at 3:25 pm
yay books!
June 29th, 2009 at 3:35 pm
My best friend RAVED about Barefoot. Please, please pick me, oh random number generator thingy!
June 29th, 2009 at 3:42 pm
Me, Me Me!
My library doesn’t have ANY of Elin’s books and I’m dyin’ here!
Thanks for the great contest, Mir!
Have fun in the woods!
k
June 29th, 2009 at 3:42 pm
pick me please
June 29th, 2009 at 3:44 pm
Thanks!!
June 29th, 2009 at 3:48 pm
Man, my mom is a voracious reader! Help me set her up!
June 29th, 2009 at 3:50 pm
LOVE books– thanks!
June 29th, 2009 at 3:51 pm
Always looking for more books!
June 29th, 2009 at 3:51 pm
Me, please!!
June 29th, 2009 at 3:53 pm
I LOVE books and reading on the beach! Thanks Mir!
June 29th, 2009 at 3:55 pm
I need a new book!!!
June 29th, 2009 at 3:58 pm
sign me up!
June 29th, 2009 at 4:01 pm
Sounds good to me!
June 29th, 2009 at 4:05 pm
Reading outdoors is so much better! Thanks!
June 29th, 2009 at 4:06 pm
Sounds great!
June 29th, 2009 at 4:10 pm
I hope you have a blast at the beach and I hope I win!
June 29th, 2009 at 4:14 pm
I have my beach trip planned for August but will be through with the books I have now by then – so please pick me to win some more!
June 29th, 2009 at 4:22 pm
Oooh, I’d love some new reading material!
June 29th, 2009 at 4:28 pm
I would love some new books, although I’m not planning a trip to the beach. After spending the last few weeks in the Louisiana heat (97-103 degrees every day), I just might plan a trip to Alaska!
June 29th, 2009 at 4:34 pm
Fingers crossed!!
June 29th, 2009 at 4:39 pm
I. Love. Books.
June 29th, 2009 at 4:41 pm
I almost got one of her books out of the library last week but figured I should wait, since I already had a pile to borrow. This would be great!
June 29th, 2009 at 4:42 pm
Beach trip planned with Grandma…I can picture it already…Grandma and my son can enjoy some time together and I could enjoy some precious reading time! Sounds like a dream!
June 29th, 2009 at 4:44 pm
Yes Please!!!!!
June 29th, 2009 at 4:50 pm
Ooooh! Sign me up!
June 29th, 2009 at 5:05 pm
I love books of any sort!
June 29th, 2009 at 5:06 pm
Me please!
June 29th, 2009 at 5:09 pm
Books Rock!
June 29th, 2009 at 5:16 pm
Please pick me!!
June 29th, 2009 at 5:23 pm
Me!
June 29th, 2009 at 5:23 pm
I would love some good books for vacation.
June 29th, 2009 at 5:25 pm
Books!!! Yay!
June 29th, 2009 at 5:27 pm
If I enter at least 300 of your contests, bound to win one of them, right? I love reading, especially lounging in the sun with a bottle of beer and the kids playing in the firepit nearby.
June 29th, 2009 at 5:43 pm
I second what Nicole say… i will eventually win…riiigh? Reading.. good way to step into a diff world for a bit. =D
June 29th, 2009 at 5:43 pm
Summer reading, I love it, now if it will only stop raining…
June 29th, 2009 at 5:45 pm
Reading outdoors is the best!
June 29th, 2009 at 5:48 pm
YOHOO!!! Something fun to read!
June 29th, 2009 at 6:08 pm
Gotta love books! Thanks, pretty Mir.
June 29th, 2009 at 6:17 pm
The way to my heart is through books (which my husband knows fully, lucky man), so I can’t resist this one!
Thanks, Mir!
jess
June 29th, 2009 at 6:18 pm
Yes! Books! Please
June 29th, 2009 at 6:20 pm
This would be great!
June 29th, 2009 at 6:32 pm
awesome giveaway!
June 29th, 2009 at 6:33 pm
Have the pool, sprinklers and slide set up for the kids this summer….. what about me…(slightly whining)
June 29th, 2009 at 6:44 pm
Ohh How Cool.. Hope this is my lucky day!!
June 29th, 2009 at 6:57 pm
I’m going camping soon…this would be perfect!!
June 29th, 2009 at 7:02 pm
I love books!!
June 29th, 2009 at 7:06 pm
I absolutely love to read!! pick me!!
June 29th, 2009 at 7:06 pm
Love reading those summer beach books, and my daughter just moved to Navarre Beach in Florida, so I need something to read on my next trip. I might even share with her!
June 29th, 2009 at 7:23 pm
I love books!!
June 29th, 2009 at 7:25 pm
Great giveaway! I’d love some new reading material for summer vacation!
June 29th, 2009 at 7:33 pm
Bring it on!
June 29th, 2009 at 7:36 pm
Yeah, my kids have a summer reading program, I need some new books to help me along, too! Thanks for the chance to win!
June 29th, 2009 at 7:42 pm
pick me!
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June 29th, 2009 at 7:45 pm
Oh, I love a good book!
June 29th, 2009 at 7:55 pm
I could use a few good summer reads! Thanks for the chance!
June 29th, 2009 at 7:55 pm
Please count me in – I can always use more good books!
June 29th, 2009 at 8:03 pm
Oooh…bookies! Although Joshilyn has about ruined me for finding authors who can develop characters as AWESOMELY as she does. (sigh)
June 29th, 2009 at 8:27 pm
hi!
June 29th, 2009 at 8:40 pm
I love her books! Thanks!
June 29th, 2009 at 8:43 pm
Free books! Free books! Free books!
June 29th, 2009 at 8:45 pm
I love books, and free ones are awesome!
June 29th, 2009 at 8:52 pm
Beach Books Rock!
June 29th, 2009 at 8:53 pm
Ooh. Nothing better than books, no question! Hope I win!
June 29th, 2009 at 9:03 pm
I’m in!
June 29th, 2009 at 9:08 pm
Maybe reading these will make up for not having a beach vacation this year.
June 29th, 2009 at 9:10 pm
Books are great!
June 29th, 2009 at 9:19 pm
I’m leaving in 6 weeks to go to the beach.. I have room for one more book
June 29th, 2009 at 9:23 pm
me I’ve got a long flight to CA coming up in Aug!!
June 29th, 2009 at 9:26 pm
New to the blogs, love em’. Love em’ even more if there was a book involved
June 29th, 2009 at 9:41 pm
Choose me!!!
June 29th, 2009 at 9:55 pm
I’m in! Thanks Mir!
June 29th, 2009 at 9:59 pm
I love books! Your prizes are always so fun! Thanks for the opportunity, Mir.
June 29th, 2009 at 10:20 pm
Books! Books! Books!
June 29th, 2009 at 10:23 pm
Sign me up! Sooner or later the random number generator will pick me… Thanks Mir!
June 29th, 2009 at 10:47 pm
summertime and the reading is easy…
June 29th, 2009 at 10:49 pm
My birthday is Wednesday so maybe I will be a lucky winner!
June 29th, 2009 at 10:50 pm
Love to read….randomly pick me!
June 29th, 2009 at 11:19 pm
Have I told you how pretty you look lately?
June 29th, 2009 at 11:23 pm
Books … summer … bliss
June 29th, 2009 at 11:24 pm
OMG – free beach reads!!!! I am so excited at just the thought of free books. Especially escaptist fiction.
My dish? That I so need an escape – my job is hell. Oh wait – that isn’t interesting to anyone but me and my poor family who is suffering. Also? Not funny. Sorry.
June 29th, 2009 at 11:28 pm
ooooh….summer reading! Love it!
Pick me oh random one.
June 29th, 2009 at 11:58 pm
I can never have too many books!!
June 30th, 2009 at 12:28 am
Looking for some good books after finishing the Twilight series! Sounds like great summer reading!
June 30th, 2009 at 12:31 am
Books I don’t have to give back to the library? Sign me up!
June 30th, 2009 at 12:32 am
I read “Barefoot” last summer and I loved it, and I’ve reserved “A Summer Affair” at my library.
I’d love to win this contest!
June 30th, 2009 at 5:51 am
Not sure if they’re my style, but I love reading and . . wait! Free IS my style!
June 30th, 2009 at 6:42 am
I would love these books!
June 30th, 2009 at 7:06 am
Call me book-ish.
June 30th, 2009 at 7:06 am
Would love to win these books!
June 30th, 2009 at 7:24 am
Pick me please!
June 30th, 2009 at 7:40 am
You think label makers make us excited? Try free books!
June 30th, 2009 at 8:06 am
Summertime reading is the best!
June 30th, 2009 at 8:10 am
These sound great!
June 30th, 2009 at 8:15 am
Sounds great!
June 30th, 2009 at 8:21 am
i would love to read them!
June 30th, 2009 at 8:24 am
I need beach books!
June 30th, 2009 at 8:30 am
Yum!
June 30th, 2009 at 8:36 am
You can never have enough books to read in the summer…or winter
June 30th, 2009 at 8:45 am
Sound like great beach books!
June 30th, 2009 at 8:47 am
Can always use more books!
June 30th, 2009 at 8:55 am
I love to read and need a new book! Please pick me!
June 30th, 2009 at 8:55 am
I’m with you – books outside are just better!
June 30th, 2009 at 8:59 am
Please pick me, thanks!
June 30th, 2009 at 9:06 am
Great reads for the porch swing on a nice summer day !!
June 30th, 2009 at 9:13 am
These will be perfect for my stay-vacay! Hope I win!
June 30th, 2009 at 9:15 am
Love, love, love books!!
June 30th, 2009 at 9:20 am
I hope this is entry is my lucky number.
Thanks for such a great contest!
June 30th, 2009 at 9:25 am
Going camping myself soon and DESPERARTELY need some good books to read, while I enjoy the mountains!! Thanks for doing this!
June 30th, 2009 at 9:26 am
Pick me!! Headed to Key West in a few weeks and I need a good book or a few
!!
June 30th, 2009 at 9:31 am
Thank you!
June 30th, 2009 at 9:37 am
I agree. Books are better when read outside. Beside water is even better. Please give me a new book for my summer reading.
June 30th, 2009 at 9:38 am
We would love some new books. Thanks.
June 30th, 2009 at 9:42 am
oh how i would love to have some new books!
mandysavesatgmaildotcom
June 30th, 2009 at 9:48 am
Me please!
June 30th, 2009 at 9:55 am
Summer book reading is awesome–as is Mir!
June 30th, 2009 at 10:16 am
Finally, my children are old enough that I can read without having to be interrupted every 5 minutes. I would love to have some new books to read!
June 30th, 2009 at 10:28 am
Count me in!
June 30th, 2009 at 10:34 am
I agree with you completely……books are always better when read outside!
June 30th, 2009 at 10:43 am
I love to read and what better way to spend the hot summer days!
June 30th, 2009 at 11:06 am
Books are great!
June 30th, 2009 at 11:07 am
advid reader!!!
June 30th, 2009 at 11:19 am
Will be camping in a month and need reading materials!
June 30th, 2009 at 11:39 am
I hope these are as good on the sofa as the beach
June 30th, 2009 at 12:14 pm
Please. and thank you.
June 30th, 2009 at 12:36 pm
Can always use new, fun reads! Thanks!
June 30th, 2009 at 12:58 pm
I would love to win a prize
June 30th, 2009 at 1:19 pm
I love to read!
June 30th, 2009 at 2:01 pm
Need….more….books…..
Hubs forcing me to “weed my collection” this summer, will need replacements so the shelves don’t look empty!
June 30th, 2009 at 2:06 pm
Who doesn’t love books? No one, that’s who. At least no one at our house. Thanks for the chance to win.
June 30th, 2009 at 2:15 pm
I would love to have some new reading material!
June 30th, 2009 at 2:18 pm
Pick me! Thank you.
June 30th, 2009 at 3:51 pm
I’m in!
June 30th, 2009 at 3:51 pm
Count me in for this one! Thanks
June 30th, 2009 at 3:52 pm
Me please!
June 30th, 2009 at 4:26 pm
These are on my paperbackswap wish list, so if I win, someone else can have my spot and I will post them to help a second person…see, three people win if I do (per book, total of 7 since I can’t count thrice).
June 30th, 2009 at 7:52 pm
I can always use new books.
June 30th, 2009 at 9:02 pm
I can always use a new book.
June 30th, 2009 at 11:12 pm
Thanks for counting us in!
July 1st, 2009 at 1:04 am
I am always interested in finding new writers…pick me not your nose…tee hee
July 1st, 2009 at 10:09 am
Pick me please….
July 1st, 2009 at 8:16 pm
Ooh yes! I would love some good beach reads.
July 1st, 2009 at 8:26 pm
Me please…
July 1st, 2009 at 8:52 pm
It’s true, books ARE better when read outside. I would love to win these!!
July 1st, 2009 at 8:52 pm
I REEEALLY NEEEED (read with a nice whine) some new reading.
July 1st, 2009 at 8:53 pm
I love books…free books are better…plus it’s always nice to win something!
July 1st, 2009 at 9:06 pm
Love some books!
July 1st, 2009 at 10:31 pm
oooh, i need new books!!!! count me in.
July 1st, 2009 at 11:06 pm
A little escape reading sounds nice! Thanks.
July 1st, 2009 at 11:25 pm
I’d love these!
July 1st, 2009 at 11:33 pm
Thanks for the chance to win these!
July 2nd, 2009 at 4:37 pm
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