Wednesday, January 28, 2009

My Very First Contest!!!

Yeah thats right, today is the official 1 Week Anniversary of my blog and I'm celebrating with an ARC giveaway! I'm so excited!!!!! Be sure to check out my previous informational blog about this upcoming book here.

Wintergirls By Laurie Halse Anderson

“Dead girl walking,” the boys say in the halls.
“Tell us your sec
ret,” the girls whisper, one toilet to another.
I am that girl.
I am the space between my thighs, daylight shining through.
I am the bones
they want, wired on a porcelain frame.

Lia and Cassie are best friends, wintergirls frozen in matchstick bodies, competitors in a deadly contest to see who can be the skinniest. But what comes after size zero and size double-zero? When Cassie succumbs to the demons within, Lia feels she is being haunted by her friend’s restless spirit.

In her most emotionally wrenching, lyrically written book since the multiple-award-winning Speak, Laurie Halse Anderson explores Lia’s descent into the powerful vortex of anorexia, and her painful path toward recovery.

So I am currently waiting for my copy to get here for myself to read, but in the mean time I am giving away THREE copies to all of you amazing book lovers! Yeah that's right, I said three!

All you need to do is leave me a comment with your name and e-mail address.
Here's how the points go:
+1 for posting below (LEAVE YOUR E-MAIL!!!)
+2 for adding me to your blogroll (let me know and I will add you as well!)
+3 for linking to my contest and showing me
+3 for following my blog (make sure to mention it in your comment below!)
+5 for trading ARC's with me, (e-mail me if you are interested!)

The book comes out in March so this contest will run until February 15th! GOOD LUCK!!

-Taylor

109 comments:

  1. I'd love to be entered! I'll add you to my blogroll and post up contest on my sidebar as well as following you :]

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  2. hey, ill love to enter! *glares at yan*
    i added u to my blogroll and im following you...as of right now :D

    stephanie

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  3. Celebrating your one-week blog anniversary? That's great! I am too, sort of, except, um... there's no real celebration occurring, but I'm celebrating by spreading the love! :)

    I'd like to be entered for this one as well. I've put your contest in my sidebar on my blog, and I'm following you. Can't wait to read what you have to write in the future!

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  4. Hello!

    I posted about the contest at my blog: http://reviewsbybrooke.blogspot.com/
    I'm also a follower. :)

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  5. Hey, I'd love to be entered in the contest.

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  6. Please enter me! I'll also be happy to add you to my blogroll.

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  7. I'd love to be entered. I added you to my blogroll.My contact info is in my profile.

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  8. Hey there Taylor! Well, you know my email. You're on my blogroll. I'll post about this soon. And I just emailed you about the ARC's.

    Thanks!

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  9. Please enter me. I am also following your blog.

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  10. I followed you and added you to my blogroll.
    Thanks for the super cool conests : D

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  11. Please enter me in the contest. I follow your blog. The background & colors of your blog are a great combination, very appealing.

    (jchaborek[at]hotmail.com)

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  12. I've posted this contest on Win A Book. No need to enter me.

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  13. I'd like to be entered as well (= I'll be following your blog too.

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  14. I have started following your blog. Please enter me, then?

    Sara

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  15. Congrats!
    You are added to my blogroll, there is a link to your contest in my sidebar, and I have followed your blog.
    A7Xlvr0440@aol.com

    ~Lizzie

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  16. This book looks really good! I can't wait to read it.
    bball11kt (at) sbcglobal (dot) net
    -I added you to my blogroll
    -I posted a link to this contest in the sidebar of my blog
    http://katiesbookshelf11.blogspot.com/
    -I'm a follower
    -I have an ARC of Zombie Queen of Newbury High by Amanda Ashby, and after I read it I wouldn't mind trading.

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  17. I would love to be entered, i really want to read this book.
    I added you to my blogroll
    I am a follower
    I blogged about it here
    http://kissmybook.blogspot.com/2009/01/another-week-of-contests.html
    thanks!

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  18. Great contest!

    I'm a follwer.

    bridget3420(at)yahoo(dot)com

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  19. I would love to be entered! AND I'm following your blog as well. Thanks!

    smilkovits AT gmail DOT com

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  20. Congrats on your blog! I'd love to be entered please. Thanks!
    unforgetable_dreamer_always AT hotmail DOT com

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  21. I love your header and background! It's sooooo classy :)

    Please enter me! I am following and posted this contest on my sidebar @ epicrat.blogspot.com

    cecilia // cecpham(at)gmail.com

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  22. I'd love to be entered :)
    And I'm following you're blog.
    i love your background by the wayyy

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  23. oh, and my email:
    emilyruth@gmx.com

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  24. Hi there! Congrats on the anniversary!

    1. I'm following you
    2. I've posted on my blog about your contest http://martasmeanderings.blogspot.com/2009/01/wintergirls-give-away.html
    3. I added you to my blogroll...please add me to yours!!

    martasmeanderings.blogspot.com

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  25. Great contest. I really enjoy Anderson's writing.

    I'm now following you and would love to be entered in the contest. Thanks.

    okelberry dot chris at gmail dot com

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  26. Awesome. I have been eying this book for so long. Please do enter me.

    I follow you through google reader.

    email id - elizascott2005[at]yahoo[dot]co[dot]in

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  27. Please enter me in the contest. Thanks.

    avalonne83 [at] yahoo [dot] it

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  28. Hello,

    Please enter me in the drawing. I have added you to my blog roll and follow your blog!

    kherbrand at comcast dot net
    http://booksandneedlepoint.blogspot.com

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  29. I would love to be entered!

    I also added you to my blog roll and am following you on my google reader :)

    adw7984 at gmail dot com

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  30. Oh I would so love to read this book!!!
    Thanks so much,
    Darby
    darbyscloset at yahoo dot com

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  31. I am now a follower!!!
    Thanks so much,
    Darby
    darbyscloset at yahoo dot com

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  32. I want Wintergirls so baddd. :D

    I now follow you and a link of this contest will be in my sidebar here:

    http://bookishreviews.blogspot.com/

    Great contest!

    -Liv

    livey12@excite.com

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  33. I really want this book! I've been trying to get it forever! I hope I win!

    I'm a follower! You're on my blogroll! AND I have a link on my right sidebar!

    Booklovergal12 @ hotmail . com

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  34. p.s. I posted about the contest: http://creativitygone.blogspot.com/2009/01/day-55-wintergirls-giveaway-laurie.html

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  35. I'm a new follower and I'd love to win this book!

    ecolins@scils.rutgers.edu

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  36. Please enter me
    I am a new follower
    Megan
    bookworm8675309@yahoo.com

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  37. This book looks sooo good!
    schcassandra@gmail.com

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  38. Happy 1 week anniversary! I would love to be entered and i am now following your blog!

    jenniferduttle@hotmail.com

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  39. Happy 1 week anniversary! I would love to be entered and I added you to my blogroll and I am now following you. Also I posted a link to your contest on my blog.

    katie
    katieb206@gmail.com
    http://katiesbookblog-katie.blogspot.com/

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  40. Hi hi :) Great blog!

    I'd love to add you to my blogroll, want to do a link exchange?

    http://lookatthatbook.blogspot.com

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  41. I'd love to read this :) *Thanks* for the giveaway!

    Your blog is in my blogroll :
    http://luckyladybug.wordpress.com/blogroll/

    I blogged about the contest :
    http://luckyladybug.wordpress.com/bloggy-giveaways/more/

    I'm following you on Blogger :)

    lucky[dot]ladybug[at]verizon[dot]net

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  42. I Really like your site....I'm a follower now
    thanks for the contest.

    -Meredith
    Flaunt_m@yahoo.com

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  43. Hey, I love your blog...the background is awesome. I started my own blog this week. I added you to my blog roll and became a follower of your blog. I also mentioned your contest in my contest section. My e-mail address is poptart675@att.net and my blog is located at http://www.carriesyabookshelf.blogspot.com/

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  44. I would love a chance to win.

    I blogged you here:
    http://morbid-romantic.net/2009/01/26/book-giveaways-0126-0201

    I am also now a follower. :)

    Valorie
    morbidromantic@gmail.com

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  45. Looks great - love the cover! Please count me in the drawing! ~ :) Thanks!

    sounders68 [at] gmail.com

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  46. hi, i'd love to win this.....
    theodoragroger@yahoo.com

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  47. Please enter me - I would be thrilled to win.

    hurdler4eva(at)gmail(dot)com

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  48. I would love to be entered!

    And I blogged about the contest here:

    http://purplg8r-somanybooks.blogspot.com/2009/01/book-contest-wintergirls.html

    purplg8r@aol.com

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  49. Hey! Enter me please!
    I added you to my blog list and I am now following you.

    -Ashley
    caspertroll@hotmail.com

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  50. 1. I would like to be entered in this contest, thus I have posted :)
    2. I am now a follower, does that make me sound like an evil minion?
    3. I have posted about this contest on my blog
    (side Bar)
    http://lushbudgetproduction.blogspot.com/
    my blog
    curlyshoe(at)gmail(dot)com

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  51. +1 for a comment -

    um - hi!

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  53. +2 for linking (in the footer under Biggie Links)

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  54. +3 for linking to the contest (sidebar)

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  55. +3 for following!!

    Aerinblogs AT aol DOT com

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  56. Ohhhhh . . . please enter me! I absolutely LOVE Laurie Halse Anderson and so do my kids at school. We would LOVE to have this book in our classroom. Thanks for entering me!
    Ane

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  57. I'm a new follower. This book sounds great, and I'd love to be entered. Thanks!

    ayancey(at)dishmail(dot)net

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  58. I would love to be entered. I added you to my blogroll, am now a follower, and here's a link: http://wwwsimplymegan.blogspot.com/2009/01/january-contests.html

    swimmer1430@aim.com

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  59. I'd love to win this! Thanks!
    bunnybx at gmail . com

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  60. Blogged: http://bunnymoney9.blogspot.com/2009/01/more-more-more_30.html
    bunnybx at gmail . com

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  61. Blogroll: http://bunnymoney9.blogspot.com/2009/01/more-more-more_30.html
    bunnybx at gmail . com

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  62. Count me in plz!! Sounds great
    Thanks Taylor ^^

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  63. Here's my email: hardoka2010 at hotmail . com

    and i added you to my blog roll and i'm following your blog now ^_^

    have a nice week end

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  64. Here's the link to my blog with the contest
    http://the-word-freak.blogspot.com/2009/02/book-giveaways.html

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  65. Hey, my blogs new too!

    I've linked to your contest at
    http://underagereading.wordpress.com/2009/01/29/free-books/
    and added you to my blogroll; I'd love it if you would also link to

    http://underagereading.wordpress.com

    And I've followed you as well.
    -- Elizabeth, ewrigleyfield AT gmail DOT com

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  66. Thanks for the giveaway and I am following :).

    fmd518@inbox.com

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  67. This sounds interesting!! I wanna win!
    sena.sagani[at]gmail[dot]com

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  68. I follow you!
    sena.sagani[at]gmail[dot]com

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  69. I have you on my blogroll
    http://senalovescandy.blogspot.com/2009/02/sweet-treasures.html
    sena.sagani[at]gmail[dot]com

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  72. I have linked your giveaway at
    http://senalovescandy.blogspot.com/2009/02/sweet-treasures.html
    sena.sagani[at]gmail[dot]com

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  73. I'd love to win! thanks for the chance!

    areallibrarian[at]gmail[dot]com

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  74. Happy anniversary! I can't accomplish in a week what accomplish in a day! I just saw this book yesterday and thought it sounded interesting. Please include me. Thanks!
    -I'm a follower.
    -I've added you to my blogroll.
    -I've added your contest to my blog.

    (I thought The Hunger Games was a great book!)

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  75. I would love it if you entered me, please! And I just got finished adding you onto my following blogs. Thanks!

    behapppppppy[at]hotmail.com

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  76. Congrats on the blogaversary! I would love a chance to win this one! It looks and sounds sooo good! I just added you to my following list!

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  77. No need to enter me in this contest as I absolutely could not read this book. After having nearly lost a daughter to this horrible disease, even the word anorexia gives me heart palpitations. Just wanted to say this is a serious, serious subject. If you know anyone you even suspect of the beginnings of anorexia, please beg them to get help. 2 out of every anorectics die, 2 are saved and the other one just keeps themselves out of the hospital. The two that are "saved" generally stay underweight. It is one of the hardest diseases to deal with, treatment can last for years. Sorry to be such a downer but I just had to get that out.

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  78. Wonderful! A Wintergirls contest :)

    lucidconspiracy(at)gmail(dot)com, enter me please :)

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  79. I'm now following your blog :)

    AND

    I've added you to my blogroll as well, link to blog through profile :)

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  80. This sounds like an emotionally-charged book. I would love to read it.

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  81. So sorry to hear about your daughter Kaye! That is truly devastating. I have a family member who went through it and you feel so helpless. I hope this book handles it in a delicate, truthful manner.

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  82. I've blogged about this contest here:

    http://lucidconspiracy.blogspot.com/2009/02/interview-nora-baskin-contests.html

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  83. Your blog is gorgeous! Please add me to the contest mssjoss(at)gmail[dot]com! I am a huge LHA fan!!

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  84. I became a follower of your blog and have added you to my blogroll, and am linking your contest on my sidebar. I am fairly new to blogging book reviews, how do I get my hands on ARCs? :) Great contest!

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  85. Just found your book blog and would love to enter the contest, I really really want to read this book!

    Great reviews :o)

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  86. Enter me!
    I just posted about your contest on my blog, added you to my blog roll, and am following!
    Check it out here:
    http://cupcakewitch.blogspot.com/2009/02/stalking-internet-for-arc.html

    cupcakewitch AT gmail DOT com

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  87. I would like to be entered!
    sweet.me.lissa818@gmail.com

    I added you to my blogroll and I have posted about this contest!
    http://to-little-time.blogspot.com/

    I'm following you!

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  88. This sounds great thanks!!

    lil_wifey21 at yahoo dot com

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  89. Thanks for the great contest! It sounds like a great book!

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  90. Holy crap, I can get a few entries into this one, can't I? My email's in my profile attached to this name, you're on my blogroll, I'm following your blog and I've linked to your contest from the sidebar of my site. Sweet!

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  91. Happy anniversary!:) Welcome to the YA blogging world-I think we're all a pretty cool bunch of people. (Oh, and I signed up to follow!)
    -Sarah

    greenbeanteenqueen (at) gmail (dot) com

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  92. Hi! This book sounds great! I am also a follower. Thanks for the contest.

    -Senfaye :) email: annieluvsmuffin@Gmail.com

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  93. This sounds like a fantastic read! Please enter me in the giveaway.

    ~ Popin
    proudbookworm[@]gmail[dot]com

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  94. I've also linked your giveaway at my blog, it's off to the side under Giveaway List.

    Thanks

    ~ Popin
    proudbookworm[@]gmail[dot]com

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  95. I would love to be entered in your contest. Love your blog too!! Thanks so much!
    pamelashockley(at)netscape(dot)net

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  96. Enter me please!

    I'm already a follower.

    I posted about the contest here: http://paradoxrevealed.blogspot.com/2008/12/official-contest-list.html

    And here: http://twitter.com/ParadoxRevealed/status/1211751220

    I may like to trade ARCs with you, but it depends on the ARCs.

    paradoxrevealed (at) aim (dot) com

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  97. Yay I didn't miss the contest!

    nhertel85 AT yahoo DOT com

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  98. Follower:)

    nhertel85 AT yahoo DOT com

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  99. grr! computers are making this impossible tonight! I'm commenting now but I will follow you and add you to my blog roll once I'm on my own computer (my computer won'tdo iframe comments and this one's freaking out so I can't log in and do those things) :)

    -Lucile

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  100. Is the contest international? :) (I'm in Aus). If so enter me! If not, welll, ignore me. XD

    I'm following your blog and have added you to my blog roll.

    justlistenbookreviews(at)gmail.com

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  101. OH MAN! I just found out about this giveaway and it's 45 minutes past midnight! So I guess I'm too late? But just in case you let me enter (cause I really want to read this one!):
    michelle.kuool(at)yahoo(dot)com

    And I'm a follower!

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