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Falling For MeBy Anna David   This is going to be a big week on MaNiC MoMMy as we’ll have THREE books for you (one will be the debut of my short story ebook on Thursday)! Make sure you come back to enter to win all three of them this week! The first one is a memoir, and I love the memoirs I feature on here because, well, I only choose the best of the best when it comes to memoirs! Falling

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CongratulationsYour Invisible PixiePlease send your mailing address to stephanieelliot@gmail.com so you can receive your copy of A Promise of Safekeeping! A Promise of SafekeepingBy Lisa Dale Surprise, I’ve got ANOTHER book for you this week. I thought this might happen - I think there will be many weeks where I'll feature more than one book! (Please don't forget about yesterday's book,

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Congratulations toCChristyWPlease send me your mailing address to stephanieelliot@gmail.com so you can receive your copy of Beautiful Disaster! Beautiful DisasterLaura Spinella This week’s book is one that I’ve started but haven’t finished, and it’s not for lack of trying. Have had a couple of personal issues going on, and sometimes I don’t get a chance to read as much as I’d love too. (

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 Congrats to Dani in Chicago!You've won The Underside of Joy!Please email me at stephanieelliot@gmail.comwith your mailing address so you can receive your book! The Underside of Joy By Sere Prince Halverson I knew I would love The Underside of Joy by the title alone. I mean, come on, what IS the The Underside of Joy? This is a book that I read in record time, and for me, finding time to

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Sunday morning our family got up and it was a typical winter day in Scottsdale. Absolutely stunningly beautiful. I don’t want to make you guys mad or anything but it was just gorgeous. I said to the kids, “How about we all walk to Starbucks?” There was no complaining from anyone. McK had a friend sleep over and she came along, and then we stopped to pick up another one of her friends. AJ and Luke

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Loved hearing about your BFF stories! Congrats to: BrendaL71 You have won the copy of MWF Seeking BFF! Please email me at stephanieelliot@gmail.com with your address so I can send you your book! MWF Seeking BFF My Yearlong Search For A New Best Friend by Rachel Bertsche Now this is a memoir I can TOTALLY relate to! I have BEEN that Married White Female seeking the BFF. When we moved from

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I don't know what's happening but I've had a big old urge today. To do lots of things. First of all, a little backtracking -- many of you might know that my dear Little Granny died in December so we went to the funeral in Ohio in between Christmas and New Year's. She was 99 years old. It was the most absolute wonderful funeral/memorial/celebration you could ever expect to experience. You can't

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Winner of The Bungalow~Congrats to:Karen K!(kmkuka) Please email me at stephanieelliot@gmail.com with your address so you can receive your book!  INTRODUCING ... 2012 MaNiC'S WeeKLY ReaDS ... A book a week ALL YEAR LONG! Hi guys! I’m so excited to bring a new feature to MaNiC MoMMy – along with regular posts about writing, my family, gripes and the usual manic goings-on, I’ll also be featuring

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Merry Christmas Eve to all of you and thank you to all who took the time to enter the giveaway for Outside the Lines. Random.org chose a winner and that person is: cata63@hotmail.com Please send me your full name and address and you'll be receiving the ARC of Outside the Lines and some goodies courtesy of Amy Hatvany and me! Congrats! And everyone, beginning on January 1 or 2, come back as

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This is one of my bi-monthly posts where it’s hosted by Subway and I get to talk about traditions, family, celebrations and holidays so this time I’m going to take this space and talk about my dear Little Granny. My Little Granny died on Sunday. We all expected to attend her birthday in July, where she would turn 100 years old. The little stinker fooled us all and got outta dodge before we could

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When we first started our family’s Christmas tree tradition, we lived in Pennsylvania. There was a gas station down the street where we would all pack it up in the car and go down to the Christmas tree lot and pick out the best tree we could find. You couldn’t smell the gas there, only the strong scent of pine, which I loved. The kids would run in between the trees and of course, Tukey would

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 WINNER WINNER WINNER! Thank you all for reading and participating in my little blog and book reviews! I'm always soooo soooo very happy to share tidbits about my life and also especially excited to bring exciting authors and books your way. As you know, over the fall, I hosted an extreme book giveaway where the first grand prize winner never showed up to claim her 25 books. We had to choose

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 BIG BIG BIG BOOK NEWS Did you enter to win any of the books that were given away during the Fall Fab Book Giveaway? If so, you DEFINITELY WANT TO READ THIS POST! The Grand Prize winner who was SUPPOSED to win 25+ books NEVER got in touch with me. I didn't have her email or ANY contact information and she's had a week now to get in touch with me. I figure if you're playing along with MaNiC and

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I had a friend who had her toenails infected once by what she said was a pedicure gone wrong and she then refused to go back to ever get another pedicure. I always shook my head at her thinking she was nuts and that her infection couldn't have possibly been from a pedicure. Now I have my own nightmare pedicure story to tell. Complete with pictures. And after you hear it and see the accompanying

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Well everyone, we've got a GRAND PRIZE BOOK WINNER! For those of you who have been hanging around here on MaNiC MoMMy for a while, you know that my passion is books, and I love doing book reviews and sharing fabulous authors with you and being able to give away great reads. Since last March I've been fortunate enough to hold some really fun book promotions ... there was the March Madness one

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OK, I’m back from Vegas and wow, what a trip! I never expected to have such a great time. Yeah I expected to have a blast with two of my best friends from forever but just CRAZINESS. We went for three nights and everyone says two nights in Vegas is all you need. Not true. We could have handled even one more night in Sin City. We got there on Thursday around 11 am and went out for lunch drinks

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I’ve been a little MIA from this blog because stuff in life has gotten in the way, like that migraine I talked about a couple of weeks ago (my back is still outta whack because of it). And then there was a case of strep (Tukey caught it but thankfully didn’t pass it to anyone else), and now Ajers is recovering from having his wisdom teeth removed. We thought he’d be better in time to go to school

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Hey everybody! I've just listed the final winners for the last six books and your name could be one of the winners! So check back and see if you've won any of the previous books that were featured. They were: MICE MISTRESS'S REVENGE COUNTERFEIT FARM GIRL THE VERY THOUGHT OF YOU PARTY THINGS WE DIDN'T SAY Your name could be on one of those books. BUT, if it's NOT on one of those books

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This morning I woke up and it felt like I was back in Chicago. My room was completely dark, it was obvious there was no sun out. Lately I've been having those dreams again where we move back to either Chicago or Philly. Like we move back to our old neighborhood, but not on our same street, so it's like we're back home, but it's different, not the same. Rain brings me back to nostalgia because I'm

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Congratulations! Robyn78 Please email me at stephanieelliot@gmail.com with your full name and address and I'll get your book to you! Last book in Fab Fall Book Promo! Things We Didn’t Say By Kristina Riggle Well, here it is! The very last book of the Fall Fab Book Giveaway and I’m proud and honored to feature Kristina Riggle’s third novel Things We Didn’t Say. I’ve featured both of her

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Congratulations! Shannyn (Toni) Please email me at stephanieelliot@gmail.com with your full name and mailing address so I can get your book to you! PARTY by Tom Leveen When I first heard about this author and his YA book called PARTY, well, what do you think? I had to get my hands on it. I haven’t had time to finish it yet, but I'm almost done and the chapters that I have read are amazing.

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Congratulations Lindsay Elizabeth Please send me your full name and mailing address to stephanieelliot@gmail.com and I'll get your book to you! The Very Thought of YouBy Rosie Alison Well, we are down to the wire this week with only three books left in the Fall Fab Book Promo on MaNiC MoMMy! I want to thank all of you for sticking around for so long! Today’s book is a historical fiction

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Congratulations toButtah!Please email me your full name and address to stephanieelliot@gmail.comand I'll send you your books! Confessions of a Counterfeit Farm Girl  and 500 Acres and No Place to Hide  by Susan McCorkindale Today we’ve got two for the price of one! Which basically means BOTH OF THE BOOKS ARE STILL FREE! Many of you may have already heard of the fabulous counterfeit farm

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Congratulations Melissa tmd636 Please email me your full name and mailing address at stephanieelliot@gmail.com so I can send you your book! The Mistress’s Revenge By Tamar Cohen Well, the books are back and today’s book up for grabs is The Mistress’s Revenge, which Bookseller had called “A cracking debut … very Fatal Attraction with a clever twist at the end.” When Clive decides to end his and

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You might think I'm the biggest slacker ever but truly, I have legitimate excuses for not posting a single book this week. And I do feel really horrible about it but there were many obstacles that got in the way. Finally, FINALLY I can laugh about them, but this past week was NOT a very good one! First of all, I had to visit the rectal and colon doctor, and seriously, when I walked in there, OMG

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CongratulationsChristina L Please send me your full name and address at stephanieelliot@gmail.comso you can receive your book! MICEBy Gordon Reece Here’s another book that I would have never found on my own and am really excited to bring to you. Full disclosure here, I’ve only gotten through the first couple of chapters (WAIT! You ask? You mean YOU HAVEN’T HAD TIME TO READ ALL OF THESE

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Congratulations Katie from Noblesville! Please email me your full name and address at stephanieelliot@gmail.com so I can send you your book! I'm Not The Biggest Bitch in This Relationship  Here’s a book I know a lot of you are going to love because I’ve done doggy books before and many of you go crazy over them! And what an adorable cover, and oh, yeah, did I mention that many of my favorite

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Congratulations Faithspage! Please email me your full name and address at stephanieelliot@gmail.com so I can send you your book! First of all, I PROMISE to have winners chosen for previous books by Wednesday of this week. Thank you for your patience! In the meantime, here's another great book for you to enter to win! BED By David Whitehouse  Here’s a book I have been waiting for a chance

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For those of you who've missed some of the last couple of books in the Fall Fab Book Giveaway, here are the links so you can easily click to read about them and enter to win ... One Flight Up What Came First Falling Under Pinch Me Dogs, Dogs, and More Dogs There's still a few more days to go and enter on each post above to win those books, and remember, if you enter each post, that

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Congratulations TaraUB! Please email me your full name and address at stephanieelliot@gmail.com so I can send you your book! One Flight UpBy Susan Fales-Hill Susan Fales-Hill is an accomplished writer who has  not only written novels but I was surprised to find out she also wrote for some of my favorite TV shows back in the day – The Cosby Show and A Different World. I’m excited to bring

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Congratulations Sherry V! Please email me your full name and address at stephanieelliot@gmail.com so I can send you your book! This is the third book in a blast of four in a row this week. Make sure to enter to win them all! What Came First Carol Snow I don’t know how I JUST discovered author Carol Snow but I’m so glad that I did. Her latest novel, What Came First (out last week!) is a

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Congratulations Emma S! Please email me at stephanieelliot@gmail.com so we can let you know how you can get your ebook! This is the second of four books in a row this week. Make sure to check them all out! Falling Under By Danielle Younge-Ullman Falling Under is a fiercely intense book; it takes hold of you and demands that you keep reading. Danielle Younge-Ullman's debut absolutely does

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Congratulations julia_maranan! Please email me your full name and address at stephanieelliot@gmail.com so I can send you your book!  I’ve got four books in a row coming your way this week so be on top of it and check back every day! You can always go back to make sure there’s not a winner highlighted on the top of the post. If not, go ahead and enter to win that book! Pinch Me By Adena

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Not a book title. A feeling. Of homesickness. It's what I have currently. I don't know if it's because if I was back in Illinois right now, the weather would be brisk and clean, I would be watching the tree in my front yard turn the colors of red, then orange, then yellow. I remember being in my living room, year after year and thinking how it would look if I took a picture of that tree every

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Congratulations Eloisepeaches aka Megan! Please email me your full name and address at stephanieelliot@gmail.com so I can send you your books! Dogphoria by Jim Dratfield The Best of Today's Dogg by Guy Gilchrist Okay, we're taking it down a notch and bringing some puppy love your way with these two adorable books for you to win. Yes, this is a TWO-FER for you! First up is The Best of

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CongratulationsCANative!Please email me your full name and address at stephanieelliot@gmail.com so I can send you your book! Men, Women & Children By Chad Kultgen This one will get you talking. And I’m coming right out there and saying it’s not for the faint at heart, or however that saying goes. There’s a lot of sex in this one, and it’s a bit on the pornographic side. The first line is

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Congratulations Stereo Queen Bee! Please email me your full name and address at stephanieelliot@gmail.com so I can send you your book, and wow, you won two books in a ROW! This one and Damn Honeymoon, thanks to Random.org (and yes, I double/triple checked)! Talk about lucky! With a Little Luck By Caprice Crane “Romantic, poignant and funny—this book is a lucky find for lit fans. Caprice

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Congratulations Stereo Queen Bee! Please email me your full name and address at stephanieelliot@gmail.com so I can send you your book, and wow, you won two books in a ROW! This one and With a Little Luck, thanks to Random.org (and yes, I double/triple checked! Talk about lucky! If It Was Easy, They’d Call The Whole Damn Thing A Honeymoon Living With and Loving the TV-Addicted, Sex-Obsessed,

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The winner of The End of Everything is: ludy2288 Congratulations!Please email me your full name and address at stephanieelliot@gmail.com so I can send you your book! The End of Everything By Megan Abbott The End of Everything is another one of those books that I read about and I KNEW in my gut I just had to read ASAP. There are very few books like this that I just feel in my soul when I read

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The winner of The First Husband is: MamamicheleTN Congratulations!Please email me your full name and address at stephanieelliot@gmail.com so I can send you your book! The First Husband By Laura Dave *this is #4 of four books in a row I'm blasting to you this week in the Fall Fab Book Giveaway- be sure to enter them all! This one is a repeat, but it's sooo worth it to have Laura Dave back in

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Winner of In Malice Quite Close is:Beth C.Please email me at stephanieelliot@gmail.com with your full name and address so I can get you your book! Thanks! Congrats! In Malice Quite Close By Brandi Lynn Ryder *this is #3 of four books in a row I'm blasting to you this week in the Fall Fab Book Giveaway- be sure to enter them all! When I was first asked to review In Malice Quite Close, I

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Winner of What's Your Number is: AC MORRISPlease email me your full name and address at stephanieelliot@gmail.com so I can send you your book! What’s Your Number? By Karyn Bosnak *this is #2 of four books in a row I'm blasting to you this week in the Fall Fab Book Giveaway- be sure to enter them all!I KNOW many of you are already excited about seeing the movie What’s Your Number, but I’m

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The winner of The Whole Package is: Lynnbelo Congrats! Please email me at stephanieelliot@gmail.com so I can send you your book!    The Whole Package  By Cynthia Ellingsen Today, I’m excited to bring you a fun romp of a book and a guest author blogger to tell you about it! Author Cynthia Ellingsen is guest blogging about her book, so I’m going to turn it over to her and she’s going to fill

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 Nicole aka CANative, you must be hungry cuz you're getting a sandwich! Send me your mailing address and full name and I'm sending you to Subway! Thanks everyone, and look out for more entertaining info from Subway coming soon with your chance to win $50 and also YOU and your family can be featured on the site when you share your OWN family tradition videos and stories! More soon! In between my

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Winner of The Winters In Bloom is: Lesley Davis, ESQPlease email me your full name and address so I can get you your book! Thanks! Congrats! The Winters In Bloom By Lisa Tucker I absolutely love it when I discover a new author by hosting these book promotions and I’m thrilled to have found Lisa Tucker! I’m sure many of you have already read one of her five books, which include Shout Down the

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Winner of It's Hard Not to Hate You is: Logan CollinsPlease email me your full name and address so I can get you your book! Thanks! Congrats! It’s Hard Not to Hate You By Valerie Frankel From the author of THIN IS THE NEW HAPPY comes a hilarious new memoir about embracing your Inner Hater. In the midst of a health and career crisis, Valerie uncorks years of pent up rage, and discovers you

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September 11, 2001 my third child was just nine days old. I remember very clearly thinking, "Why on earth was I having babies, bringing children into a world like this? How could I have a baby around all this horrible danger and pain and hurt?" Last night, that 10-year, nine-day-old child and I snuggled up on the couches outside and the two of us slept under the stars, together, cuddled up,

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Winner of The Violets of March is:Ncsuloges Please email me your full name and address so I can get you your book! Thanks! Congrats! The Violets of March By Sarah Jio Our next featured book in the Fall Fab Book Giveaway is Sarah Jio’s The Violets of March. I’ve not had a chance to finish this one (am close, but can you IMAGINE my TBR pile??), but there has been much buzz all over the 'net

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Winner of Definitely Not Mr. Darcy is: Jenn3128  To receive your book, please email me your full name and address to stephanieelliot@gmail.com. Thanks, and I loved everyone's answers! Remember, every time you leave a comment for each book, you're all entered to win the grand prize at the end of the giveaway to win the prize package of ALL OF THE BOOKS! So keep coming back to try your luck and

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Update: Since yesterday! Two more books added! See below! Here it is!   The Fall Fab Book Giveaway!  Here's your chance to win 23 books by amazing authors! For those of you not familiar with how the MaNiC MoMMy Book Giveaways work, let me explain! Every time I feature an author, you'll have a chance to win that book by simply leaving a comment on that post. I usually give 3-5 days to comment

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I forget sometimes that I tell you stuff that goes on in my life and then things get better but I don't tell you that things get better. I don't consider that there are people out there that care what goes on. That anyone out there wonders, "Is MaNiC doing OK today?" Because I think that would be vain of me to do so. But then I read all these nice comments from you all and then it makes me feel

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That's what I've been having ... moments. And they haven't been great. I've been going through a rough spot lately, and it hasn't been exactly a fun time in my life but I'm trying to work through it by realizing what's been going on has nothing to do with me, but with others. That what's been going on is nothing that I can control. That if I want to make things better, I have to make things

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Hey guys, I’m gearing up for another big book promo coming in just a few weeks, beginning in September with lots of new authors I haven’t even featured yet. But in the meantime, I want to tell you about a great new short story you can pick up on amazon.com for just 99 cents beginning Tuesday, August 16! It’s by Lisa Tucker, who some of you may already be familiar with and it’s called

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I’ve been in a funk the past few days. By now, if you’ve been reading this blog for a while, you know I’ve written a novel, two actually, and the second one is what they call “on submission” with editors at publishing houses. The rejections are coming in. While they are expected (heck, JK Rowling was rejected, and even the author of The Help was rejected like 50 or 60 times), they sting. They’re

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I have a third child. When he was a baby, he was often shoved in a corner. I didn’t realize it, but later on, when watching home movies, I noticed he spent most of his babyhood swinging away in the baby swing. When he was born, he had a three-year-old brother and a two-year-old sister who demanded much of his dad’s and my time. Who am I kidding? His brother and sister demanded ALL of our time

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Apologies! It's been a very long time but I have the names of the two winners of the bunch of books promised for the June Blast-O-Books contest! I also want to try to get a couple more goodies to add to the prize if I can swing it but here is the list of books that I have collected and two of you will be sharing them! Dreamland Social Club by Tara Altebrando Emily Hudson by Melissa Jones What

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I DID NOT FORGET ABOUT ALL OF YOU WHO ENTERED!!! And I have a bunch of books to give to TWO winners who commented on all the books featured in June! You're still out there right? I shipped a bunch of books back from Chicago that were still being sent to my old house. It's a random surprise collection that you'll be winning, plus a few of the books that were already featured in June. I'll be

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... And it feels that way. I wasn't sure it it would. Coming home to Scottsdale. Our trip was wonderful. We had so much fun. It was better than I could have ever anticipated. The kids had such a great time seeing their best friends, spending every single moment with friends, having sleepovers, laughing, going into the city, swimming, staying up way too late every single night, doing things I

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One week of our trip is over. Read This If You Want To Know about Grand Prize Info and the last of the book winners have been announced! It could be YOU! I will need you to send me your address, but you may not get your book until I return. Read This if you want to know what's been going on since we headed to Chicago. Also, please note, my email, if you need to get in touch with me, is spelled

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We've been here almost a week. I'm at a B&N right now. I wrote this first part the second day we were here, the part that's italicized down below. Then I'll recap some other stuff. I'll also try to choose the last of the winners while I'm able to do so right now, and promise when I get home to do the grand prize drawing. I've got a huge stack of great books that I got from my old house here that

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Hey everyone, am heading to Chicago but I still have to pick the winners of the last three books. I'll keep the post open through the weekend in case you didn't get a chance to enter yet so go back to the previous post and enter to win any one of the three great books listed! Make sure to check to see if you've won a book throughout June by checking the tops of each post - some people didn't let

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WINNERS FINALLY! (But everyone who participated this month, please read this notice!) Missing Persons: DENISESkinny: MICHELLE M.The Little Women Letters: MARGIE Congrats winners! Please email me at stephanieelliot@gmail.com NOT with TWO Ts ... there is another stephanie elliot out there who has been getting my emails. If you put Two Ts at the end of elliot you will be sending it to the WRONG

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Winners: Night Road: Colleen Turner Last Night At Chateau Marmont: Krystal who roasted marshmallows Please email me at stephanieelliot@gmail.com so we can get your books to you. Also please note: my email has ONE T! There happens to be another Stephanie Elliot out there but she spells her last name with TWO Ts and she's been getting some of my emails and I've been getting some of her emails!

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WINNERS:Maine:Beverly Victoria The Silver Boat:Katie from Litchfield Beach in SCPlease email me your mailing address at stephanieelliot@gmail.com so that I can send you your book! Please go back to the previous posts and enter to win if you have not yet had a chance to do so. As long as a highlighted winner's name has NOT been listed at the top of the previous posts, you can enter to win! TWO

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WINNERS: The Orphan Sister:Qweska8402 The One That I Want:JDSTEC Please email me your addresses at stephanieelliot@gmail.com so I can get your books to you! Congrats! The One That I WantBy: Allison Winn Scotch The Orphan Sister By Gwendolen Gross TWO separate winners will win ONE book each. However, you only have to post ONCE and you will have the chance to win each of the books. Allison is

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WINNERS: Parents Behaving Badly:Gwendolen Gross (who just happens to be the author of The Orphan Girl! I think it's so cool that she won a book!) Long Drive Home:Joelle who said Jim Higley was her fave male author!Please email me your mailing addresses so we can get you your books! Congrats! NOTE: I am posting more frequently or doubling up books because I have many to get through by the end of

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Winner: SPepper22Please email me your address at stephanieelliot@gmail.com to claim your book! Chicken in the Car and the Car Won't Go: Nearly 200 Ways to Enjoy Chicagoland with Tweens and Teens  By Melisa Wells Before I get to today's book, I've got some update info to share. I have TWELVE more books to feature and give away for this month and there are only FOURTEEN days in June left. I'm

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Winner: Lizett34Please email me your address at stephanieelliot@gmail.com so you can get your book! Where’s My Wand By Eric Poole What’s a Blast-O-Books Giveaway without some Memoir in the mix? We’ve got Eric Poole’s Where’s My Wand? One Boy’s Magical Triumph Over Alienation and Shag Carpeting coming your way today, and already I’m loving the first few pages because yes, I have a bit of

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There were TWO winners drawn for this book: Brantly's MomEmily116You both have won e-books of The D Word! Please email me at stephanieelliot@gmail.com and I will let you know how you can get your copies of The D Word!  The D WordBy Liz Fenton and Lisa Steinke I’m really excited to introduce you to you Liz Fenton and Lisa Steinke, who are the founders of CHICK LIT IS NOT DEAD. If you’ve

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Winner: Stefanie R. who loves a Chiweenie!Please email me your address at stephanieelliot@gmail.com to claim your book! A Pug’s TaleBy Allison Pace I’ve always gotta bring a puppy page-turner into the mix for you guys, and this one is the long-awaited charming follow-up to Allison Pace’s Pug Hill! But not to worry, if you haven’t had a chance to read Pug Hill, you’ll still be able to follow

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Winner: Emily who wants to go to Sienna, Italy with a tutor!Please email me at stephanieelliot@gmail.com to claim your book! Identity: LostBy: Pascal Marco So let’s move away from Milfs and into Mystery-thrillers shall we? I have a really unique story to tell you about this next book. Earlier this week I was out with two friends from high school when a gentleman approached our table and asked if

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Congratulations Melissa A (mbamster0720)You are the MILFy Winner!Email me at stephanieelliot@gmail.com to claim your book! GOT MILF? The Modern Mom’s Guide to Feeling Fabulous, Looking Great, and Rocking a Minivan By Sarah Maizes Here’s a fun book for you MILFs out there. It’s called: GOT MILF? The Modern Mom’s Guide to Feeling Fabulous, Looking Great, and Rocking a Minivan. We already know

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Winner: Melissa tmd36Please email me at: stephanieelliot@gmail.com to claim your book! Priceless By Nicole Richie When I heard that Nicole Richie had a book out, I had to admit, I thought it was a tell-all memoir. Imagine my surprise when I learned that Nicole is not only a philanthropist, a designer, a fashionista, an actress and a mother of two, she’s also a talented fiction writer and a New

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WINNER: LESLIE B83!Email me at: stephanieelliot@gmail.com to claim your book. Book: Best Kept Secret Author: Amy Hatvany It’s time for June’s Blast-O-Books and I want to kick it off with one of the best and most thought-provoking books I’ve read in a really long time. Best Kept Secret by Amy Hatvany was heart-breaking and uplifting all at the same time. At the center of this novel is Cadence,

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Update! We've added MORE books ALREADY!!! I'M DOING IT AGAIN!June Blast-O-Books! OK, I didn’t think I’d be doing this again so soon after the March Madness Book A Day Giveaway, but what better way to kick off summer than with a bunch of fun book reviews, features and giveaways, right? RIGHT! So, here’s what we’re going to do for the first part of June: Let’s start giving away some books next

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Well, the end of May brings about a lot of stuff for us. This past Sunday marked our One Year anniversary of us living in Arizona. We DID it. It’s hard to believe we’ve lived here one whole year. I can’t say the day past without emotion, but I don’t think I’m going to harbor on it now. One thing I’ve learned is that this blog is no longer a place where I lay it all out there any longer, but more

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Congrats to Ally of Little Squirts blog who has won the copy of Walt Disney World with Kids! Please email me with your full name and address so we can send you your book! Thanks! Walt Disney World with Kids by Kim Wright Wiley Hi everyone! I have some great books coming up and am going to be doing a June Blast-O-Books where for about 10 days straight it’s going to be book giveaways galore, so

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Happy Friday Everyone! You know what that means by now, don't you? You can still enter to win The First Husband, which is an awesome book by the talented and fabulous author, Laura Dave, and in honor of FIVE DOLLAR FUN FACT FRIDAY, let's ask a question about MY First Husband, shall we? The dude has been my First Husband for almost EIGHTEEN freakin' years, and as he likes to say, it's CHEAPER

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As promised, here is the winning Haiku from the recent contest to win IF YOU WERE HERE, Jen Lancaster's first novel. It was chosen for the knowledge of Jen Lancaster's brood at home. Also Jen's friends, Tracey and Gina, had input on this Haiku being the winner. Congrats to Crystal717 for winning a personalized copy of IF YOU WERE HERE. You guys have been so great about hanging out here and being

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Congratulations to JEN R. who has NO TATTOOS but might consider a shooting star on the top of her foot has won the copy of THE FIRST HUSBAND! Please email me your full name and address so you can receive your book! Laura Dave’s third book hit the shelves last week and it’s one of my favorite books, because Laura’s one of my favorite authors, and she can’t write ‘em fast enough. Laura was so

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IF YOU WERE HERE by Jen Lancaster So sorry that Blogger was sucking and down for like four days so here's the post for today ... And instead of a Five Dollar Fun Fact Friday for you today (not to worry, I’ve got a good one for you next week!), I decided to do something different for you! Since so many of you found me through the fabulous Jen Lancaster, I wanted to do something a little

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Winner Announced!Congratulations to Karen ktmixon315You have won a copy of The Baby Planner!Please email me your full name and address and I'll get a copy sent to you! It's book giveaway time again, but, some blog-house cleaning stuff too! First of all, I hope all of you moms out there had a nice mother’s day and hope all you daughters out there spent some time with your moms. *The

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I wrote this essay a long time ago, May, 2003, and I try to share it on the blog every Mother's Day. I cherish my children so very much and am so thankful for them. On the morning of one of my best Mother's Days, I was greeted by a glorious sound that was rare in a house with three kids. That sound - or lack thereof - was silence. I had slept in, undisturbed by footsteps padding across the

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I almost forgot it's Five Dollar Friday Fun Fact already! Where the heck do the weeks go!? To play Five Dollar Friday Fun Fact, I ask a random question and you answer it in the comment section. Most of the time you get one guess unless I announce later in the comment thread that you get more guesses. The first one with the right answer will win five bucks from me. This is a simple and fun way

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Congratulations to:JMitch!You have won a copy of The Last Letter! Please email me your full name and mailing address and we'll get you a copy! Congrats! Yep, you've got it right, another book for you my friends! But first, check back on Fly Away Home and Here, Hope, Home to see if you've won those books! And then, check out ... Book: The Last Letter Author: Kathleen ShoopIt’s time to give

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Contest Closed! We have a winner!NECKMEAT WINS WITH AN ANSWER OF $24.04Thanks for playing Five Dollar Fun Fact Friday! Note: Read the comment section for clues and to see what the other guesses are so you don't guess what others have guessed that are incorrect : ) And blogger comments might still be messing up! UGH! Hey guys! First of all, if you haven't been able to comment to win the books

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Winner: Kirsten of Notes from a Human Napkin! Please email me at stephanieelliot@gmail.com with you full name and address to receive your book! Thanks everyone for entering! A new book coming tomorrow! Another Book for You! Book: Here, Home, Hope Author: Kaira Rouda Have I got a treat for you all! Here, Home, Hope comes out May 1, and it’s going to be big! I’ve got a feeling Kaira Rouda is

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Winner: KRYSTAL DYER! Please email me at stephanieelliot@gmail.com to receive your copy of Fly Away Home! To those of you who didn't win, I will have an additional copy to give away during Five Dollar Fun Fact Friday this week! : ) Well, well, well what do we have here? A Book Giveaway! Many of you know by now that my first author crush was on Jennifer Weiner when she wrote Good in Bed ten

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Hey there everyone! Happy Monday!?!? Right? Right! Well, I loved doing the Five Dollar Fun Fact Friday and I do have a winner for you, and a funny little fact for you as well, but first, REALLY, Carly Haynes?? Eat, Pray, Love is YOUR COMEDY guess!?!?!? Comedy? hahaha, now that's funny! But that movie was NOT!! You did make me laugh at your guess though! Thanks for that! And there were SOOOO

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Some housekeeping stuff first, then the CONTEST!! Christina L. and Ally asked for Falling Apart in One Piece so I want to make sure the book goes to you both for your mom and your friend so please email me your addresses at stephanieelliot@gmail.com and we'll make sure to get the book to you guys. Thank YOU both also for being sensitive and wanting the book to go to someone you know who needs

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Good morning! I need your designer help today! We have some ugly wallpaper in our kitchen. Well, it's not horrible, but I don't particularly like wallpaper and I'd like to have it removed and painted. Although I'm not sure what color to paint it, and I'm thinking bold red, but then I'm worried what if I hate it six months down the road, but doesn't everyone say red is the color for eating and

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Good Monday morning! I wish I had a book to give away today, but I don’t, not yet, but after Easter I will have some more for you, I promise! I feel like I need to share books with you all or you won’t have anything exciting to read here. Do you really want to hear about how we left the kids home alone Saturday so we could go out for a birthday lunch and then bra shopping and then for a $300

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**Please read my comment in the comment section where I try to explain how EVERYONE who commented every day was entered to win, not just previous winners! Thanks! Happy Birthday to ME! Let's give away some books to celebrate! Thank you all so very much for participating in the MaNiC MoMMy March Madness Book-A-Day Giveaway! Many thanks to the fabulous authors who contributed their books as well:

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The drawing for the book giveaway will be tomorrow morning, my birthday and the 1,001st post of this blog! I've already picked one winner from each day from the list via Random.org. Those winners will be tossed into a bowl and chosen via video for you to view. Some of your names have been chosen TWICE which is what I had planned all along, saying that if you entered daily that would amp your

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Yesterday, I took Ajers to the chiropractor for the first time. He had a basketball injury. I was talking to the receptionist and she mentioned that her son was the doctor, and she and her husband had moved to AZ to be with him, so of course we started talking about how we ended up here, and how long she's been married, how long I've been married, practically our whole life stories, because

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Well, good morning, happy Monday! Hope you had an AWESOME weekend. I had a fun Girl’s Day Out with Diva (for those of you who haven’t followed along in the "way long ago" of the blog, that’s what I call my almost 12-year-old daughter!). We needed some Mommy/Daughter one-on-one time. I’ve finally picked the rest of the winners except for SPIN & ARRANGED (I figured I’d give you guys another day or

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Winner Announced:Kassie H!Congrats - you have won Spin and Arranged! Please email me your full name and address at stephanieelliot@gmail.com and I'll get you your copies of these two great books! Coming up later this week -- the GRAND PRIZE DRAWING, my BIRTHDAY, and my 1,000 post on MaNiC MoMMy! WOW! Is this de ja vu??? Still a chance to win the very two books offered in March! Hey everyone!

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