Chronicle Books is generously giving away $500 worth of books to a lucky blogger. Not only that, but they are going to give an equal amount to ONE commenter on that blog post! What better way to kick off my new blog? For those who don't know me, I LOVE books, especially free ones, so I headed over to their website to see what I would choose. My list looks like this:
By Fred Dust and IDEO
6 x 6 in; 160 pp ; 300 color photographs, concealed Wire-O binding
Paperback
Published in February, 2008
ISBN 0811861732
ISBN13 9780811861731
Paperback
Published in February, 2008
ISBN 0811861732
ISBN13 9780811861731
$22.95
By Gregory Dicum
5-1/2 x 8 in; 176 pp ; 67 color aerial photographs and 18 line drawings, 4-page gatefold map
Paperback
Published in August, 2006
ISBN 0811851516
ISBN13 9780811851510
Paperback
Published in August, 2006
ISBN 0811851516
ISBN13 9780811851510
$14.95
3. The Kittens of Boxville
By Ryosuke Handa,Yoneo Morita, and Tracy Sunrize Johnson
7-1/2 x 10 in; 72 pp ; 100 color photographs
Paperback
Published in April, 2009
ISBN 9780811866880
ISBN10 0811866882
Paperback
Published in April, 2009
ISBN 9780811866880
ISBN10 0811866882
$14.95
4.Curious Cats
By Mitsuaki Iwago
7-1/8 x 6-5/8 in; 96 pp ; 100 color photographs
Hardcover
Published in April, 2010
ISBN 9780811870047
ISBN10 0811870049
Hardcover
Published in April, 2010
ISBN 9780811870047
ISBN10 0811870049
$16.95
5. Tea & Crumpets-Recipes and Rituals from Tearooms & Cafés
By Margaret M. Johnson
Photographs by Leigh Beisch and Margaret M. Johnson
By Margaret M. Johnson
Photographs by Leigh Beisch and Margaret M. Johnson
7 x 8 in; 168 pp ; 50 color photographs
Hardcover
Published in April, 2009
ISBN 9780811862141
ISBN10 0811862143
Hardcover
Published in April, 2009
ISBN 9780811862141
ISBN10 0811862143
$19.95
6. Deep Dark Chocolate-Decadent Recipes for the Serious Chocolate Lover
By Sara Perry
Photographs by France Ruffenach
By Sara Perry
Photographs by France Ruffenach
6 x 8 in; 196 pp ; 40 color photographs
Paperback
Published in August, 2008
ISBN 9780811860895
ISBN10 0811860892
Paperback
Published in August, 2008
ISBN 9780811860895
ISBN10 0811860892
$18.95
The Listography books are the best! I'm giving one to my Mom for Christmas. BEst of luck in the contest!
ReplyDeleteReally nice selection! Cookbooks, Friend or Faux, Witch's Brew -- fun!
ReplyDeleteLove your choices! This is such a fantastic giveaway.
ReplyDeleteGood luck!
Great choices! Good luck!
ReplyDeleteMollydedwards AT yahoo DOT com
Good start...you better max out your list. :-) Good luck!
ReplyDeleteGreat list - I have a few of the same books and wish that I could add some of yours to my list. I particularly like the books on herbs and flowers, travel, and cookbooks and journals.
ReplyDeleteI love Chronicle. This is such a generous giveaway. Thanks for the entry.
gaby317nyc at gmail.com
wonderful list, any list that has "cats" in it is going to be good for me.
ReplyDeletejhbalvin at gmail dot com
Excellent choices! I see some great gift potential here too! Good luck!
ReplyDeleteshetreadssoftly(at)gmail(dot)com
I love your list! I hope you win!!! Stop by my blog to check out my list too!
ReplyDeletejamie.l.torres at gmail dot com
Great list...great giveaway.
ReplyDeletekatklaw777 at yahoo dot com
Good luck!
A wonderful list--mine came out to $497.33 so you did better than I there. Very different--for the most part--from the ones I selected See My List Here but a really delightful list nevertheless. I would absolutely love to win either one.
ReplyDeleteTeresa [AT] LadySilk [DOT] Net
Smiles,
Teresa
This is a great list of books!
ReplyDeletejowanjowan73@yahoo.com
LOL I could have probably had $800+ on my list too. I got a little hung up in the humor section. I could have gone way crazy with the cookbooks. Happy Haul-idays and good luck! :) You can comment on my list here.
ReplyDeleteAlways love food books and journals! You can check out the list I made HERE and comment for a chance to win mine!
ReplyDeletemunchiema (at) yahoo (dot)com
Great list!
ReplyDeletealxmhenry@gmail.com
amazing list! good luck to you!
ReplyDeleteOHHHH I love this contest. Thanks so much for the chance to win too! :)
ReplyDeleteThe curious cats books looks sooo cute.
Good luck!
ReplyDeleteWhat fun! Isn't this the coolest contest?
ReplyDeletenfmgirl AT gmail DOT com
Good selection of titles. Good luck to both of us. And Thank You to Chronicle Books.
ReplyDeletejcamp2020 at aol dot com
Wow!
Fabulous choices, especially the moleskin books!
ReplyDeleteLilyhoot at gmail dot com
It would be SO easy to go way over $500 on Chronicle's site .. there's books for every taste. It's awesome! I love your list, as it's so eclectic. Oh! And I ordered that Books are my Bag tote with my last order - it's cute AND huge! Good luck!
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