‘Twas the night of the Hootenanny and all through the back
the elves were all dancing and digging through Santa’s pack
looking for the books that they’d sure give away
to all who join in for the next twelve days
the elves, they were ready to bring all good cheer
and they mixed all their sugarplums in with their beer
then fired up the cider and put up the tree
for the giant massive giveaway…the HOOT-UH-NAN-EEEEEEEEE!
OMG! Here it is! The Holiday Hootenanny at Women and Words!
HOLY CANNOLI, people. We have a giant cornucopia o’ authors and publishers joining us for the next TWELVE DAYS in our giant extravaganza o’ holiday cheer n’ book giveaways!
So let’s get into this, with our first day of fun. All of us here are SO excited to do this. MANY, MANY THANKS to all the authors and publishers who donated books to get in on the fun!
Okay, here’s how this here Hootenanny thingie works. Each day, we will offer up a list of books. At the end of each day, we will draw winners for that day and post them on that day’s blog. Then we’ll post a whole new list of books the day after that. And so on, for twelve days. TWELVE DAYS, people. And YES, you can enter each day. But please, friends, just enter once on each day. Let’s show some luv and fairness, ‘kay? The elves thank you, because it’s crazy enough back there without trying to sort through all a’ that.
All right, today’s offerings are listed below, in the order they’ll be given away. So the first name we draw will win Lea Santos’s book, the second will win Clare Ashton’s, and so on. To be listed for the drawing, leave a comment on this blog. Include your email address at the comment prompt. It won’t be seen publicly, but we and the merry elves can see it in the back and we’ll thus be able to contact you. To help us help you avoid spam-bots, don’t include your email in the body of your comment.
You have until 10 PM EST (US time) to enter. Here’s the world clock link, for those of you who are not in the US. We will close the drawing at 10 PM EST and do the drawing right after that. Then we notify the winners soon after that. We will also post the winners on each day’s blog. So if you check back and you’re listed on the blog but you haven’t gotten an email from us, please check your spam filter.
Remember, every day is a new contest. That means you need to enter each day to play. Otherwise, the elves get confused. One entry per person per day, friends. There are plenty of opportunities to win. Share the luv. 🙂
And a reminder to authors: if your book is featured today, please don’t participate in the drawing. Cuz it’d be weird to win your own book, y’know?
Have fun and good luck!
LEA SANTOS – Winner Larry Garrett
Lea is giving away winner’s choice of her work in ebook format. Looking for romance? Check out Lea’s list RIGHT HERE.
CLARE ASHTON – Winner suzihautaniemi
Clare’s put up a paperback copy of her Goldie-winning After Mrs. Hamilton, a tale of sex, secrets, and obsession. Clo is a high-class escort for women, but there’s no love in her life. Mrs. Hamilton, meanwhile, wonders why she thinks a night with an escort will make a difference in her cold, numb life. But her night with Clo does. For both of them. And it uncovers a lot more.
DOREEN PERRINE – Winner Kathleen Knowles
Winner gets either a paperback or ebook copy of Doreen’s latest, Clara’s Story. Claire loves the New York art scene, but she’s got a new fascination in the form of Italian artist Isabelle. Is anything there beyond a mutual love of art? If you win this, you’ll find out!
TRACEY RICHARDSON – Winner Sandi Humphries
Winner gets 1 paperback copy of Tracey’s latest, Last Salute. Pamela Wright’s sister has died in Afghanistan, and Pam can’t forgive her for doing that, can’t forgive the country for sending her to die. Trish Tomlinson, who lived Laura long ago, surfaces in Pam’s life, searching for her own answers. Brought together by grief, can love grow between these two?
LAURIE SALZLER – Winner jess2380
Winner gets 1 paperback copy of A Kiss Before Dawn. Can country girl Chris Martel manage to forge a bond with veterinarian Mary Jo Cavanaugh? Or has Chris built up way too many walls for love ever to find its way in? If you win, you’ll find out.
YOLANDA WALLACE – Winner nancy

Winner gets 1 paperback copy of Murphy’s Law, featuring mountain climbing guide Samantha Murphy, who is charged with leading an expedition up Annapurna with surgeon and philanthropist Olivia Bradshaw. Danger lurks at every turn, but so, too, might attraction.
DILLON WATSON – Winner Cole Armocida
Winner’s choice of either Dillon’s latest, Back to Blue, about a woman struggling with her past in order to claim a future or Keile’s Choice, about a woman faced with her own difficult choices to find happiness.
DEJAY TWO BOOKS, TWO WINNERS! – Winners Anita Bradshaw and Mary
DeJay is giving away TWO copies of her novel Redemption, in ebook format. So two lucky winners will get 1 ebook each. Here, architect Mackenzie Taylor is trying to rebuild her life following the deaths of her wife and daughter. Widow Emily O’Brien is struggling with raising her orphaned three grandchildren. Renee McVee lost her partner, Emily’s daughter, to a drunk driver and now seeks solace in a bottle. This is an unflinching look at issues like domestic violence and human heartbreak, and the quest for love in us all.
KATHLEEN WHEELER – Winner freckles3
Winner gets a copy (print or ebook) of Kathleen’s debut novel, Changing Shape, a story about three women and how their lives intersect.
KARIS WALSH – Winner Erin Saluta

Karis is offering 1 paperback of any of her fabulous books (Sea Glass Inn was JUST announced as a 2013 Rainbow Award winner!). So click THIS LINK to see what she’s got going on. That’s right. Winner’s choice, 1 paperback. Have a look.
AND!
BEDAZZLED INK PUBLISHING – lynettemaeauthor
Winner’s choice, one print or ebook. Hit the link to check the catalog.
BLUE FEATHER BOOKS – Barbara Gosz
Winner’s choice, one ebook. Hit the link to check the catalog.
BOLD STROKES BOOKS – Gwen OBrien
Winner’s choice, one print or ebook! Hit the link to see the goods!
BYWATER BOOKS – Tami
Winner’s choice, one ebook! Click the link to see the goodies.
SAPPHIRE BOOKS PUBLISHING – Mary B
Winner’s choice, one ebook. Check out the link for the goodies.
YLVA PUBLISHING – Terry Fountain
Winner’s choice, one ebook! Hit the link to check out the fun.
This is great! Happy Holidays.
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I love hootenanny! Good luck everyone!
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DIBS, I guess. This is exciting!
Now where’s the email addy supposed to go? :0
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When you fill out your comment form, it asks for an email address. Did you include it?
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Go Hootenanny! Happy holidays and good luck everyone.
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Love this time of year
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Woohoo. It’s finally here
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Sugar Plums in Beer? Now that will confuse the elves . This is great! Thanks for creating 12 days of fun.
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Hoot!! I knew it was Day One because the first thing I heard when I woke up this very dark AM morning was an owl hooting! Even they love a good ol’ hootenanny!
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Awesome list!
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Whoo hoo! The Hootenanny has begun!!
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Day 1 of Hootenanny … I love to read!!
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Love this idea, thanks for Hootenanny!
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Sign me up!!! Fingers crossed!
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Merry Christmas with new book!
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Yay! I love books! I love winning books! Pick me!
Thanks!
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I love giveaways! Happy Hootenanny!
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I love A great giveaway! Especially in my favorite genre! Thanks to all the publishers and authors who are participating. I now have a whole new list of must reads! ♡♡
Erzabet Bishop
[edited to remove email address, even though it was spelled out. We’re trying to save you from whatever lurks on the interwebz. –Andi]
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Reblogged this on erzabetbishop and commented:
This is great!
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HOO HOO HOOtenany! Awesome job, guys!
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I love this time of year ONLY because of the holiday hootenanny. Count me in please.
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Am I doing this right? Happy holidays!
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Yep. 🙂
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WHOO HOOTenanny! Love it.
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Thank you for putting this together.
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Wonderful list of interesting titles. Looking forward to checking them out. Hope my chances are high.
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Woo Hoo! What a list of books!
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Thanks great idea
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I really appreciate all the effort and work this hootenanny takes. Thank you!
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Happy Hootenanny! Wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy and Safe New Years
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These all look so very interesting. Glad you all decided to do this again.
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Oh, how I love a hootenanny.
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love a hootenanny, thanks so much for your hard work. count me in
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Happy holidays to you 🙂
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I love to read!
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Hootenwho?
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Oh, what fun! Thanks for doing this again. Feeds my book addiction!
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I can only receive ebooks… I figured it was worth a shot entering anyways though. 🙂 Thanks!
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Love the Hootenanny. Can’t wait to see who gets picked.
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Holy Cannoli is right! What a kick off for this crazy exciting event.
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Wonderful list.
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Wow, 12 days of giveaways! Great list of books. Please sign me up.
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That’s an awful lot of books and it’s only the first day! Cool!
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Oh Elves…I have been kinda naughty this year, but in a really good way so some new books could only assist in being naughty again next year!
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Christmas starts, with Hoot en nanny! Yeah!!
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Please sign me up! What a great idea. Thanks
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This is so awesome!!
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what a great idea this is. a big “thank you” to publishers and authors!
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What a great list of books!
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Loved the gif, loved the rhyme, but most of all – love lesfic, y’all!
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So many books! Yay!
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Great idea, and thank you to whoever came up with it. Have a great day, folks!
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That would be Jove, me, and the merry elves here at Women and Words. This is our third Hootenanny. 🙂
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Thanks for all the hard work!
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It’s my favorite time of the year and one of my favorite events!! Thanks to all who put this together!! Thanks to all who donate books!! Let the winning begin!!
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I’m in! Thanks for doing this and thanks to the authors and publishers. :::fingers crossed:::
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Love discovering new books! Thanks to all who participate!
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This is very exciting. Please pick my name
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Awesome!!! Thanks for great hootenanny!!!!
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I am So pleased to be a part of thus exciting giveaway. Luck to all Annette
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What a great idea! Is it too late to donate some books?
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Yes. It is. We closed the list around December 1st. We start asking authors and publishers in September. Sorry. But check with us next year. 🙂
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This is a great way to introduce the joys of women writers on women and their lives. A big shout out to the publishers and authors who have who have been very generous. (I’m not posting to be considered for a prize, please don’t consider me. Thanks)
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Hootenanny yyiiipppeee wait all year for this!! Good luck all and let the fun begin…..
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Okay, consider me entered! Woot!! Thanks so much to you and all the authors for your generosity!!!
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count me in
thanks
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Holiday celebrations can now begin! Hootenanny time! Yay! Thanks Andi and Jove and everyone at W&W!
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Oh darn and here I thought I was going to be one of the first to leave a comment.. sigh.. Might have known all those folks on the East Coast would be here first. Well shucky darn. anyway Andi and company.. thanks for a great idea. Never been to a Hootenany before.. This should be fun.. and oh.. the chance to win a book! Yippeee
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Hi, Kathy! The Hootenanny posts go up at 8 AM EST. So if you want to set your alarm if you’re on the West Coast… 🙂
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Com’on a my house, lady luck. Please let them pick me.
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What a fantastic time of year!
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Woot! Love this competition, I hope I win something! 😀
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Count me in. It’s always fun to win a book.
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I love free book giveaways! Include me in drawing please.
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Woohoo!!! The Hootenanny is here!!!
Think this is now my favorite time of year!!
Thank you Andi, Thank you Jove, Thank you to the numerous elves endlessly on the go. You make our season bright and full of glee, with 12 glorious days to win so many wonderful books for free!!
Cheers and Good Luck to All!!
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Heh. Aren’t you getting into the spirit? 😀
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wow…looks like a lot of good books to add to my “need to read” list.
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12 days of giveaways…just like Ellen!!! Thanks for making this happen again!!
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I have died and gone to readers heaven. Dear Santa I want all of the books on this list. Please!
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GIRL. We have 12 more days! Over a hundred authors! 7 publishers (or thereabouts!) WE ARE JUST GETTING STARTED up in here!
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Love this time of year. Thanks to all the authors.
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Wow, what an amazing line up of books. Please count me in and thank you.
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It’s that time again!! This time it’s a good thing! Unlike the monthly visitor, where I groan “It’s that time again …” Good morning to all!
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LOL
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My first time to Hootenanny! Thanks to all the authors, publishers and organizers.
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Yay! Thank you elves and authors.
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Thanks for this opportunity!
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How exciting!! The Hootenanny marks the end of a year long bet with my best friend on who can read the most authors. I read 48 lesfic authors and there was no need to count any mainstream. My wife thinks I’ve lost my mind! But three steak dinners and bragging rights until she beats me…. I’m okay with that! Besides, I could have worse addictions. So thank you for keeping this site up and running. Not only did it play a part in winning a bet but what I’ve read (books/blogs) from here has affected me in some way or another. Now… please draw my name so I can get started on this years bet…
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Well, there you go! WE HELPED WIN A BET! WOOO HOOOO!
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Yea! Been waiting with baited breath for the Hootenanny! 😀
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This is an awesome! Merry Christmas one and all.:)
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I’ll sit here saying Hootenanny for the rest of the day!
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Yay for Hootenanny! Andi, Jove, and the rest of the Women and Words crew are awesome all year ’round, but when the Hootenanny comes around they absolutely rock! Woohooo!
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Wow! Great turnout! Thanks to all the “elves behind the scenes”!
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HOOOOT!! Add me
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Great list of book!! Many thanks to the authors and publishers.
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You are the best elves ever! I’m entering today even though I know there are at least 94 people more deserving than I am. 😉
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Count me in!
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Thanks for doing the Holiday Hootenanny again this year, it’s a great way to get people noticing a lot of books and authors.
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Yeah it’s finally here! This will make the next 12 days even more interesting!
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Count me in. Merry Christmas.
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Oh I hope to be lucky enough to win any of one of these books!!!
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Thanks to all, what a fun thing to do.
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Count me in! I love the Hootenanny! Thank you to everyone involved!
I am looking forward to reading one of these books!! 🙂
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This is my first time and I am feelin’ lucky! I just found out about it.
Thanks!
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Put my name in the hat please!!. Been looking forward to this since last year. Happy holidays to all!
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happy hootenanny days to y’all !!!
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LOL! No wonder you are so busy Andi!!! This is awesome! Thank you!
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LOL. Yeah, Jove and I do this every holiday. It’s part of the crazy. But it always makes us feel festive.
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Finally, the wait is over.
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This is by the far the coolest drawing I have ever entered. So many great books and authors!! I’m going to keep my fingers crossed all 12 days.
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Hard to resist a hootenanny!
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Put my name in the hat. Loved it last year and couldn’t wait for this years edition.
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I’m so excited! I have won in past years and it is an amazing experience…just like Santa sending you a new (and free) book in the mail. Good luck to everyone!
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Who knew you are a poet, too? I love the Holiday Hootenanny! Many thanks to all of the generous authors and publishers.
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Reblogged this on Yvonne Heidt and commented:
Day ONE of the Hootenanny! Over at Women & Words where I’m a regular (figuratively, anyway) contributor!
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Yvonne, you are awesome. 🙂
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We are ALL awesome 🙂
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How generous!! How much fun is this?
Elizabeth Davis
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Awesome selection! Merry Holidays for sure!!!
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Hoot Hoot! Thanks to all the authors who have donated- great job!
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Love me a Hootenanny-especially one with elves, with books to give away!
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happy holiday!
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good heavens i had no idea so many people were going to take part in this Hootenany!
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Over a hundred authors. 7 publishers. It gets kinda crowded up in here. 🙂
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Exciting!
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What fun. Thanks Andi, Jove, elves, authors and publishers.
cw
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Hola Holy Hoooooootenannnnnnnnnny!!! May the insanity ensue!
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Great love Christmas
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I wanna win. Pick me
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Yay for the hootenanny! Happy holidays.
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Count me in……books are my most favourite present in the world 😉
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Yay!! Happy holidays everyone!
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I always love finding new books to read!
I hear Clara’s Story is up first!
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She’s up third. We do the drawing in the order the books appear above. 🙂
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A great list of writers. Thank you.
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Super! Happy Holidays.
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I love books. This is fun!
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Yay! My how time flies can’t believe it’s been a year already
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Love Hootnanny! Let’s go!
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They all sound great!
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I hope I win!
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There’s nothing better than an old fashion Hootenanny. Cheers and I’m waiting’ for my cider/
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You all rock!
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Woohoo. Happy Holidays!
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Love to read. Great contest!!! 🙂
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I’ve been waiting for this all year! Let’s get the reading party started! 🙂
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Fabulous!
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Hootenanny!!!! Love that we’re back to commenting to enter!!! Thanks to all of the authors participating today!!!
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Merry Christmas everyone
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Hootenanny is here! good luck everyone. I have been looking forward to this.
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Looking forward to reading some new material!
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Love this season and what it brings! Greetings from Canada!
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Great way to kick off the holidays!
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Now I want a cannoli from Fortunato’s. Happy Hoots!
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Great big thank you to all those who have made this happen. What a great way to bring the holidays!!!!
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After last year I have been counting down the days, I’m so excited for the hootenanny,
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Wow, would love to receive one of these books.
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let the fun begin
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Thanks! It’s fun to play!
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Thanks for hosting the Hootenanny! Here’s my entry for the day!
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WOO HOO!!!! Hootenanny is back! So much fun last year!
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What a great idea! Good luck to all who enter
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Books! Books! Books!
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Books make the best gifts! Good luck everyone!
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Okay, folks! It’s officially 10pm EST. I’ll be drawing the winners…NOW!
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Wow! Please add me Pandabree13@yahoo.com
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Pandabree, you missed the cut off time of 10pm EST. 😦
Come back tomorrow. We have a whole new group of featured authors starting at 8am EST.
Good luck!
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boo hoo…I didn’t read ALL the rules and it’s 715pm here in the West! well…it is almost Friday morning 🙂
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Looking forward to the next 12 days.
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Happy holidays!
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Woohoo thanks 🙂
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