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Hootenanny 2014 – Day 1

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HOLY FREAKIN’ MOLY, peeps! HERE IT IS! OMG did you even think December would roll around again and we’d throw ourselves into the fray like crazed mud wrestlers at a four-by-four derby?

Obviously, you misjudged us. BECAUSE OF COURSE WE’RE GOING TO DO THAT!

Tucker the merry elf is bringing in supplies for the festivities.
Tucker the merry elf is bringing in supplies for the festivities.

WELCOME to the 2014 oh, no they di’n’t Hootenanny at Women and Words! Before we give you all the particulars n’ all of that, BIG SHOUT-OUT to all the authors and publishers who agreed to enable our yearly madness by graciously and generously putting books up for the holiday goodness and cheer. We could not do this event without you, and we hope you realize how much fun and luuuuuv you manage to share through this here nutso crazy time blow-the-roof-off-everything giveaway. Because you do. Thank you so much.

This year, quite a few authors have put up 2-packs or 3-packs. What that means, darlings, is ONE lucky winner will be inundated with 2 or 3 books from one author. Some authors went even crazier and are offering up more titles than that to a winner. So put THAT in your stocking and dance around! So keep your eyes open for those.

And now, dear readers, you will be subjected to TWELVE DAYS of giveaways, craziness, and whatever hijinks the merry elves get up to.

To play, make sure you enter each day because each day is its own special drawing. Don’t just enter today and think “oh, yeah, I’m golden for the whole thing with this one comment on this one day and soon I’ll have so many books stacked up in my house or on my ereader that the sheer weight of the glorious-ness will cause my virtual and actual floorboards to sag.” No, sugarplum, that’s not how we do this here shindig.

You need to enter each and every day to be considered for each day’s drawing, because each day’s list of books are good only for that day.

And we draw the winners in the order the books appear below. So if we draw your name first, you win the first book. Second name drawn wins the second, and so on. That keeps it from getting super confusing and driving us to consume extra (spiked) eggnog.

So come back every day and hang out with the WaW crew, elf posse, and nutty reindeer for a chance to win some groovy, awesome books. We’re pretty sure there’s bound to be SOMETHING up in here that you’ll like/be intrigued by, so keep coming back and enter the drawings.

To enter today’s most righteous book luv drawing, leave a comment on this blog. Please, friends, ONE entry per person per day. Let’s share the luv.

Make sure you include your email address in the comment fill-out form (do NOT put your address in the comment body — the merry elves only have so much time to chase spambots around the interwebz to protect you). Don’t worry! Only the WaW crew and the elves will see your address and we lock it in the peppermint vault to make sure it’s safe n’ sound.

The drawing closes at 10 PM EST US (world clock linkie) and we do the drawing as soon as we close it. We will contact you via email if you win and we will post the winners’ names on this blog. If you see your name on the blog but you haven’t received an email from us, check your spam filter. We notify as soon as we have our list of winners.

And authors, if your book is featured today, please don’t enter today’s drawing. Because that would be super weird if you won your own book. I mean, you already know what happens in it, after all.

NOTE: Unfortunately, it has become prohibitively expensive to ship paperback books out of the country from the U.S. Because of that, paperbacks are not always available to non-U.S. readers. We’ve specified that on the entries and we do apologize in advance that we and U.S.-based authors and publishers simply can’t always accommodate non-U.S. readers with regard to shipping paperbacks.

So howsabout we get this party started?

(hint: “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree”)

Readin’ around the Christmas tree
at the Hootenanny hop
Merry elves hiding where you can’t see
all the books up to adopt

Readin’ around the Christmas tree
let the holiday spirits ring
the elves ate all the pumpkin pie
so we’re stuck with caroling

You might need some spiked eggnog when you hear
the elves all singing let’s be jolly
deck the halls with books, not holly

Readin’ around the Christmas tree
hope you win a book today
everyone loves the Hootenanny
it’s the nuttiest give…a…WAAAAAAY!

And now, your list for Day 1 of the 2014 Hootenanny! Have fun and good luck!

LOIS CLOAREC HART – Winner Mary Perry

Canadian author Lois Cloarec Hart is offering up a 3-PACK to one lucky winner! That’s right, she’s giving away THREE ebooks in her Calgary Chronicles series. Winner gets 1 ebook copy of each of the following titles: Coming Home, Broken Faith, and Walking the Labyrinth.

RENÉE BESS – Winner Kriszta

2-PACK ALERT! Renée is offering two print titles to one lucky winner! In Breaking Jaie, a Ph.D. candidate wants to win a prestigious writing grant, and she’s willing to do anything to get it, including taking advantage of one of the judges who soon finds out that the candidate might have something to do with the death of the judge’s partner. Intrigue and emotional webs ensue. In Butterfly Moments, parole officer Alana Blue is ready to retire, but she’s given the task of supervising a hotheaded junior officer. But then a murder leads detective Johnetta Jones to one of Blue’s parolees and Blue finds herself increasingly attracted to her. Win these two and find out what happens! Paperback (U.S.).

ANDREA BRAMHALL – Winner Kris

So. Would you like a copy of Nightingale, in which culture, faith, and duty conspire to tear two young lovers apart? Or perhaps Andrea’s Ladyfish is more your speed? No? Clean Slate, maybe? Or her forthcoming (January) Swordfish, the follow-up to Ladyfish? Well, pick the one you want! Andrea is offering winner’s choice of any of her four titles, paperback (U.S.) or ebook.

EMMA WEIMANN – Winner D Henninger

2-PACK ALERT! Emma is offering 2 ebooks to 1 winner. Her debut novel, Heart’s Surrender, about two women totally not looking for more than a fling when they hook up. After all, they’re so different…things could never work. Or could they? Win and find out! Emma is also giving a winner a copy of When the Clock Strikes 13, an anthology of spooky stories.

JEANINE HOFFMAN – Winner onamarae

2-PACK! To one lucky winner! Jeanine is offering an ebook copy of Strength in Numbers (four women on a collision course of the heart) and an ebook copy of Lights and Sirens (a firefighter meets a dispatcher. Will sparks fly? Win and find out!

VK POWELL – Winner Beth Gais

A reclusive forensic artist agrees to do one more case in the hopes it will solve a mystery that’s haunted her for years. The only problem is detective Leigh Monroe, who reminds her a bit too much of her past. But who is really wearing the mask? One winner gets an ebook copy.

MJ WILLIAMZ – Cheryl

A resident playboi swore off all relationships after college. She’s pretty sure that’s the best thing for her. Until she meets Samantha, who is still grieving the loss of her partner and is also pregnant. What could they possibly have in common? Win Escapades and find out! MJ is giving away one print copy (U.S.).

CINDY RIZZO – Mary

Cindy is offering WINNER’S CHOICE of either her Goldie-winning Exception to the Rule, in which two women of very different backgrounds attend the same college (will they or won’t they manage to make something work?) OR her latest, Love is Enough, in which a promising politician is set up on a blind date with a woman who runs with the country-club set. Sparks fly, but the past might derail that train. If you pick that one, you’ll find out! Winner’s choice, ebook.

ALI SPOONER – Winners Lee Fitzsimmons and Sheila

2 WINNERS ALERT! Ali is offering 1 ebook to each of 2 winners! Winners get to pick. Will it be her latest, Cowgirl Up, with ranch hand Coal Bryan? Or perhaps Bayou Justice, in which hell hath no fury like a woman scorned? Or maybe Bailey’s Run, which deals with a serial killer? 2 winners could find out.

DOREEN PERINNE – Winner Karen Cross

Join New York-based Claire as she has to take a job she doesn’t want in her father’s bank and not in the art world she loves, deal with her nutty family, and reminisce about her whirlwind affair in Italy with quirky artist Isabelle. What’s a girl to do? Well, when Isabelle shows up in New York, there might be a little heat left in that flame…winner’s choice, print (U.S.) or ebook!

AMY DUNNE – pandabree13

Get your holiday on with Amy Dunne’s BRAND SPANKIN’ NEW Season’s Meetings, in which two women end up sharing a road trip in the Scottish Highlands and just maybe a lot more. Paperback (U.S.).

207 comments

  12. I’m stoked!… Hootenanny is back with a vengeance, Those little Merry Elves must have been pretty busy to be bringing such an “Awesome 12 Day’s of giveaways” 🎁
    Pic me!…Pic me! 😊

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  13. So excited! I’ve got you gals bookmarked! Thank you and the lovely authors for doing this… it’s something I look forward to every year!

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  18. Love me the yearly Hootenanny! Hoping for an e-book, ’cause I’m up here in Canada, and I’m downsizing anyway, so am avoiding the acquisition of print books. Thanks to all the generous authors and the awesome organizers of this wonderful event!

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  21. Ooh this is a great first day!!!! I don’t have any of these authors books but a half of them are on my reading wish!!!

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  38. Thanks guys for all the fun all year round. Love checking this blog when I can and its always full of great info with lots of fun. If I win I’m international so if Iwin a us only please draw again.

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  43. Best 12 days evah!!!! Love adding to my reading list, even when I don’t win any books. This helps me see what releases I may have missed. Thanks WaW and elves

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  58. Count me in….a hooting we will go!! Let the games begin, and may the hoot be forever in your favor!!
    Happy Holidays!!

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  63. Awesome, christmas is just around the corner once the Hootenanny starts. Please count me in. A non-US reader that shivers everytime she sees the crazy amounts it costs to ship paperbacks overseas.

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  65. So stoked and ready for another season of merry bookgeek enabling. So many great authors, my head swims. Thanks for the authors and the merry mayhem.

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  69. How fun! I love rockin’ around and reading books by women. Happy Holidays and thanks for the chance to win a book…or 2:D

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  71. It’s the most wonderful time of the year – Hootenanny away!!!

    Thanks to all of the donors, the WaW ladies and everyone who works so far on this wonderful event.

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  81. Trying to figure out the world time table…. Wouldn’t want to miss a hootenanny deadline :-)). Absolutely fabulous. Gracias merry elves!!

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  85. Reading books, reading books, reading night and day. Oh! What fun it is to read, and drink a glass of wine today! (hint: jingle bells)

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  99. Readin’ around the Christmas tree
    Merry womens’ books come to me!
    It will make my winter bright
    if you draw this right! 🙂

    Thanks to all the contributors … very classy and appreciated!

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  101. Heck, I’d play just to read the Hootenanny hype, a guaranteed grin fest. PS Tucker, we’re over here at Nat Burn’s garage sale. Bring all your friends and some of those chocolate kisses too!

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  111. My favorite time of the year!! Bring it on!! Great authors! Great prizes!! Two weeks of Christmas vacay coming up to read!! Yippee!!!!!

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  114. Thank you again! Just getting back home from having surgery and what better way than to take it easy, per doctors orders, than to have some new reading material? Count me in for sure!!! Yay!

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  116. I love this time of year. Need books, need books …. And thank you to the publishers and authors that made the great give.

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  124. I’m gutted that there’s no shipping to the UK but I totally understand, good luck to the winners and high five to all the authors for getting involved 🙂

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  127. It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Hootenanny time! Thank you, ladies, for your hard work in putting this together every year, and please sign me up!

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  140. So excited that it’s here!!!!! And THRILLED with all the print book options! LOVE LOVE LOVE print books! Sign me up! Ona.

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    • Whoa! Is it me, or is this hootenanny getting crowded! LOL The more the merrier, but those erodes are going to be working overtime. More cookies!

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  167. Complete newbie to lesfic here! So excited to have a chance to read new women’s stories! Thanks Hootenanny!! YEAH!! 😀

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  170. Woohoo! I just want to say a HUGE THANK YOU! to all those who have made this possible. And thanks for the laughs Andi 🙂

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