Announcing ~ Our Winners!
Emma did just fine with the drawing. Okay, her lack of opposable thumbs made name plucking tricky, so in the end, Ben had to help.
And the winners are:
1) Alli from Knitosaurus, who had 3 contest entries and nominated the books Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman, Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold and Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones. I haven't read any of these!
2) Star Rabinowitz who didn't leave a blog address. Star had just three contest entries as well. She left awesome commentary on her book suggestions The View From Castle Rock by Alice Munro, In Pursuit of Love // Love in a Cold Climate by Nancy Mitford and The Nine Tailors by Dorothy L. Sayers. Nope, haven't read these, either.
3) Catsplay from Rickmananalysis, who had the most contest entries (26) and won on a referral entry. She recommended the Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon; some I have read, and the rest I will read.
4) Mel from Mel Knits & Lives in the Emerald City, who had 6 contest entries and won on her original recommendation. Mel suggested Ill Wind (Weather Wardens, book 1), by Rachel Caine, Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea by Charles Seife and Reefer Madness by Eric Schlosser. I've never even heard of these books!
Congratulations to all the contest winners and to everyone who will be enjoying our Reading List this summer!
I have emailed each winner regarding prize distribution, so please respond ASAP. I will ultimately post to let everyone know who gets what.
There it is ~ the first OSOH contest completed and it was a success. Emma is thrilled. Can't you tell?
yay! congrats to the weiners!!
and kudos to Emma, good job! :)
Posted by:Sandra | May 15, 2008 at 12:00 PM
Congrats for hosting such a successful contest!
Posted by:Veronique | May 15, 2008 at 12:46 PM
Emma looks SO thrilled. Probably because she didn't win anything.
Posted by:Nathalie (Spacedlaw) | May 15, 2008 at 03:08 PM
Emma looks thrilled indeed! Thank you for the contest and sharing the wonderful resulting reading list! I'll be checking it twice!
Posted by:Stacey | May 15, 2008 at 04:35 PM
I wuz robbed!
Thanks to Emma and you for a fun competition:)
Posted by:grigorisgirl | May 15, 2008 at 05:19 PM
Hurray!!! Thanks so much, it really was fun to read all the book recommendations and try to think of ones people might not have read. Yay!
Posted by:Alli | May 15, 2008 at 05:30 PM
Well done winners, and Emma!
Posted by:Lin | May 16, 2008 at 09:42 AM
Just had to say that my namesake, Alli, is right on. Anansi Boys is a great, absorbing book! I listened to the audio book, which is read by Lenny Henry, who is amazing at all the different accents required. Enjoy!
Posted by:Allison | May 16, 2008 at 11:06 AM