Okay, it’s official. It’s finally December, which means that I can go around humming “Silver Bells” with impunity for the next 25 days, and Sailor Boy can get peeved (because he claims it’s his least favorite of all the Christmas Carols, while it is in my top three, easy) and in retaliation, sings the Pogues’ “Fairytale of New York,” which has these heartwarming lyrics:
You’re a bum
You’re a punk
You’re an old slut on junk
Lying there almost dead on a drip in that bed
You scumbag, you maggot
You cheap lousy faggot
Happy Christmas your arse
I pray God its our last
Nice, huh? I tell you, I adore that man.
ANYWAY, the point of this post is that in honor of this fabulous holiday season, I am holding a month of giveaways. Let’s call it the NINETEEN DAYS OF XMAS — that’s right, every (week) day, from now until December 25th, I’ll be doing a giveaway here on the blog! And it’s all kind of different fun stuff, too. A sampling:
- Signed Books
- ARCs
- Boxes (yes, whole boxes!) of mystery books in a variety of genres
- My books
- And other special prizes!
And there’s a special prize on December 15th for fans of the Secret Society Girl series — one that everyone is eligible to receive just by signing up for my newsletter. (Please note: you do NOT have to be a member of Yahoo to sign up for the newsletter. There is a “mailing list” option.) Sign up before December 15 to be eligible!
Today’s giveaway is a signed copy of the National Book Award finalist, THE RULES OF SURVIVAL, by Nancy Werlin. Oooh…. Aaaaaaah.
Comment now to enter! Come back tomorrow for more prizes! Yay, December!
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In other news, check out the auction going on right now to benefit author Jo Leigh, who lost her husband to cancer earlier this year. Leigh is an extraordinary author and woman, and some of the items up for auction would make fantastic Xmas presents. Go now and bid! (I already have.)
December 1st, 2008 at 10:33 am
Yay for holiday giveaways! Commenting now.
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December 1st, 2008 at 10:49 am
Giveaways make me happy! Hope your feeling better, Diana!
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December 1st, 2008 at 11:13 am
Giveaways and holidays are both fantastic!
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December 1st, 2008 at 11:23 am
I was going to comment about how great book giveaways are when all my spending money is to go towards Christmas gifts, then I saw that my anti-spam word was Bugaboo. I assume you set it up that way rather than it being a big coincidence, but still, that’s just so cool. Your blog has just made my day.
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December 1st, 2008 at 11:24 am
I have to look up that Pogue Song. I love Nancy Werlin. And I really enjoy your blog.
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December 1st, 2008 at 12:17 pm
Happy Holidays, Diana – glad you’re feeling better.
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December 1st, 2008 at 12:25 pm
The final verse of that song is this:
Him: I could have been someone
Her: Well so could anyone
You took my dreams from me
when I first found you
Him: I kept them with me babe
I put them with my own
Can’t make it all alone
I built my dreams around you
It’s a song about messy people in a messy kind of love who have shared many Christmases, both good and bad. Diana hears this verse less often because I have trouble getting through it without my voice shaking.
Silver Bells would be closer to my juvenile heart (and more accurately described in its quality) if it had kept its original title, Tinkle Bells.
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December 1st, 2008 at 12:31 pm
Hooray, thanks for the contest! This sounds like a great book!
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December 1st, 2008 at 12:37 pm
Wow. SB on my blog?!?!?! Darling!
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December 1st, 2008 at 12:38 pm
Awesome idea, thanks for the contests. And the Pogue Song is hilarious! That made my day!
I read Impossible earlier this year and loved it…Nancy Werlin is totally awesome.
Yay for the holidays!
TCR
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December 1st, 2008 at 1:17 pm
Love free reads, sounds great!
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December 1st, 2008 at 1:45 pm
Yay books! And giveaways! And Christmas!
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December 1st, 2008 at 1:50 pm
This book is amazing. I would love to win it.
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December 1st, 2008 at 2:37 pm
Glad you’re feeling better, Diana. Sounds like your blog will be the place to be this season.
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December 1st, 2008 at 2:57 pm
Thank you for doing this… it is a great way to celebrate the holiday season!!
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December 1st, 2008 at 3:19 pm
I’m so glad that you’re feeling better! Also the fact that Christmas is almost here is an added bonus.
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December 1st, 2008 at 3:50 pm
I think I’m a fan of Sailor Boy, because that’s one of my favorite holiday songs, along with “Oi! To The World!”
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December 1st, 2008 at 5:12 pm
My favorite Christmas songs are “I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas” and “I’m Gonna Spend My Christmas with a Dalek”. My family thinks I have weird tastes.
And yay for giveaways and Christmas coming!
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December 1st, 2008 at 6:23 pm
I thought I would live my life happily as a lurker—and then “Happy December”, your blog got even better. Hope to see you soon.
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December 1st, 2008 at 7:03 pm
I love book giveaways!
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December 1st, 2008 at 8:06 pm
[...] unknown wrote an interesting post today onDiana Peterfreund Blog | Happy December!Here’s a quick excerptHappy Christmas your arse I pray God its our last. Nice, huh? I tell you, I adore that man. ANYWAY, the point of this post is that in honor of this fabulous holiday season, I am holding a month of giveaways. Let’s call it the NINETEEN … [...]
December 2nd, 2008 at 4:06 am
yay! December and giveaways!
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December 2nd, 2008 at 7:15 am
Hey there, people from the Netherlands eligible too? (And I’ve been listening to christmas cd’s for a month now, so it can always get worse
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December 17th, 2008 at 3:07 am
Very exciting
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