Monday, February 21, 2011

Revelations

Before I announce the contest winners from my Borders book giveaway, I need to reveal what my lie from yesterday's post was. Here's the part where I described my lie:

I wore a nice sweater, jeans, and loafers; she, a gem-studded dress and heels. When we shook hands, she looked up at me...

I'm five foot even. About the only heel-wearing adult who would have to look up to me would be Dr. Ruth, and I think even then it might be close.


Anyway, thanks to everyone who commented on Wednesday's post and who started following me. Yay for reaching 200 followers on Sunday night! Saturday night, my family and I went to one of the Borders that is being closed. The cafe was no longer open, but there was a long line of people waiting at the checkout. One of the clerks told my husband it had been much busier earlier in the day. While the shelves still looked pretty full, the selection did seem poorer than I'd expect. It was a little sad. Still, with prices at 20% off, I bought a couple things for myself:
















And for the giveaway, there were twelve comments on the contest post besides mine. I said I'd give away one book per five comments, but I decided to be a little more generous and bought an extra book. I chose three books I really enjoyed, although only one author was listed in my post. (I didn't notice any books by Patricia McKillip, Julie E. Czerneda, or Robert J. Sawyer.) The winner of Soulless is...



anicagrey!

















The winner of The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (written by a member of OWW) is...


jys!


















And the winner of Connie Willis' To Say Nothing of the Dog is...



sheila!


















Congratulations to all the winners! Please e-mail me at sandra@sandraulbrich.com with your snail mail addresses. I'll try to send the books out by Saturday at the latest, depending on my work schedule.

2 comments:

Tony Benson said...

Congrats to the winners. It's such a shame about Borders. Much as we love a bargin we hate to see a bookshop close!

Julie Musil said...

Congratulations to the winner! And I've heard great things about Across the Universe. Happy reading.

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