:: a winner! ::

I pulled three names out of a blue ceramic bowl this morning, and here is the winner for my lil' giveaway:

-Laura Leigh Dobson!
[Home to Holly Springs, a Netflix 1-month-free trial card, a few tea bags, a simply photo postcard, and a set of Lotta Jansdotter sticky notes]

Two runners-up:

-Crystal,
-and Megan.
[a Netflix trial card, a few tea bags, and a simply photo postcard]

[photo by Jen Causey, from her simply photo Etsy site]

Congratulations, y'all! And thanks to everyone for playing along. Laura, Crystal, and Megan ~ please e-mail me your addresses:

jennisimmons at gmail dot com

FYI, I have one more blog entry for pages 180-222, then I'm moving on to other pages. I hope to read your comments!

:: giveaway ::

I'm finally feeling better, thank the good Lord! Stomach viruses might be more evil than mean ole Valdez. I'm working on a few Peace Like a River posts today (and/or tomorrow) for tomorrow, but in the meantime, how about a giveaway contest?

I love all kinds of novels, and an author I do enjoy is Jan Karon. She writes the most charming, lovely, comforting stories. I read the entire Mitford series, and when it ended, I was bummed. So, I was thrilled to hear about the Father Tim novels. I read Home to Holly Springs and I believe it is one of Karon's best books; maybe the best she's ever written.

It's a long story, but I have an extra hardback copy of Home to Holly Springs. Basically, instead of returning it to Amazon, I let it sit in our front hall closet since Christmas. I thought one of you might love to read this book. If so, please leave a comment here and I'll do a drawing on Saturday, 5/17. I'll throw in a few tea bags, too (I usually do). And a 1-free-month trial card from Netflix (unless you already belong). Actually, I have two extra Netflix trial cards, so I'll stick those + tea bags in the mail to the two runners-up, OK?

It's just my little way of thanking y'all for hanging in here, w/my weakened health and slow (but avid) reading & blogging. Good luck!