First, congratulations to random number 68, Lethea – you won the autographed copy of Anya Bast’s Witch Fire! Thanks to everyone who participated. Sad that you didn’t win this contest? Read on for another chance to win free books…
In an email exchange with dixygirl yesterday, I coined the term BABLE (Book Acquisition Beyond Life Expectancy, obviously riffed from SABLE, Stash Acquisition Beyond Life Expectancy), then promptly modified it to BABEL (Book Acquisition Beyond Expected Life)… although I quite like BABBLE (Book Acquisition Beyond Believed Life Expectancy), too. What do you think? (Beyond realizing that I’m obviously not knitting very much, eh, Marina?)
Anyway. Getting back on track, that email exchange gave me the idea for a contest. I have this ginormous stack of books that I’ve accumulated through various means: being at the library’s withdrawn store or the thrift store without an inventory of my library, accidentally buying a duplicate, receiving a duplicate, or intentionally buying a duplicate because I liked the book and hoped to pass it on to someone.
Comment on this post before 7 pm CDT, Thursday, June 18, for your chance to win some of the books pictured below. I’ll randomly select at least three winners (maybe more, depending on whim and response). Most of the books are used. Unsurprisingly, should you win, your books will likely include some amount of cat fur. 
“My goodness. This new area rug is sort of lumpy.” -Mayhem
*sniff sniff sniff* -Chaos
Categories of books include those by local authors (Strawberry Shortcake Murder, Unplugged), knitting related (A Deadly Yarn, How to Knit a Wild Bikini, At Knit’s End: Meditations for Women Who Knit Too Much), Nathan Kamp cover (Hot Spell), miscellaneous abs (You Don’t Know Jack, Dark Embrace), straight up romance (Summer Pleasures, I’m in No Mood for Love, Just Like Heaven), urban fantasy (Memory and Dream, The Devil You Know), mysteries (One for the Money, Murder by the Glass), darn good paranormal romance from a series but not the first book of said series (One Foot in the Grave, Passion Unleashed, Lover Unbound, Lover Revealed), not so great paranormal romance from a series but you need to read it anyway to continue with the series (Lover Enshrined), ok paranormal romance (Dogs and Goddesses), and paranormal romance I haven’t read yet (Darkling, Moon’s Fury, Immortals: The Darkening).
“Hey, there’s yarn on this book! Will chewing the book cover be like chewing yarn?” -Mayhem
*sniff sniff sniff* -Chaos
“Hmph. Chewing on book cover yarn is very unsatisfying. I shall lie here and sulk.” -Mayhem
*sniff sniff sniff* -Chaos
I like the morphing of your acronym.
Neatnik recently declared a desire to read all the books in the world. A discussion on the need to learn nearly every language on the planet ensued…
yay! Books!
Yes, I noticed we haven’t seen the black sweater for quite a while! Wow! I actually read one of those books. No prizes for guessing which one.
I just want to snorgle your kitties! Love the new acronym.
I still haven’t read the last books you sent from the contest I won, so I’m all good with not being entered.
Great contest, I’d like to be included!
I am all for passing along a good book. Please count me in!!!
I like BABBLE. There’s something about that word that makes it fun to say. Babble.
Can we win your toes for spotting them in the second photo?
Okay, for the mathematically challenged how does one calculate BABBLE? And how do you handle the gender life expectancy variation? Or do you know you have achieved BABBLE when even the tiny bathroom allocated to the cat’s litter box now needs shelves?
What a nice looking cats
My sister used to have a black cat.
I’d love a chance to win some of those interesting books!
I would happily read these books (just like that). Just in time for passing along books of my own (if I win)!
What a wonderful contest and an awesome selection of books. Please throw my name in the hat for the drawing.
M
Chris- Babble- very good.
I like Babble.
The kids look SO cute next to the books!
Sweet babies, so cute! Cool contest, please enter me.
Dottie
I like Babble too. I don’t think I’m quite there, although I have been donating a fair amount of books to my local library for their charity book sales, so that has helped to contain the madness.
Count me in! Always willing to read new books.
Gwen
There are some books there that I’d definitely love to get my hands on. And I don’t mind cat fur at all. It will fit right in at my house.
Hey you should let me know when you’re having contests I could cross promote over at Fang-tastic Books!
Anyway count me in you know I am always ready for books! I wish I would have known about the Anya Bast contest, I love author signed books. You never know, someday they may be worth a lot, plus I love the novelty of it (ha get it, novelty) anyway I am an author stalker so signed books are one of the things I just love to collect.
Yae fur! Please count me in
I do that with knitting needles!
However, they always get used!
I have my own pile of books to read, but I am always looking for new additions.
Have I mentioned I love books?
Please count me in for the books, as well as, the fur. It will go with the 3 fur balls we have currently in the house. Have a great day.
house_mouse at yahoo dot com
BABEL! I love it. I don’t think I’m quite in BABEL territory yet. I have high hopes for kicking up the reading pace over the summer.
I love love this contest. Your kitties are so cute. How is it possible they don’t bite the book covers?
Cute cats! I would love to win. Thanks.
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If I win a book your cat hair with mingle with my springer spaniel hair and look lovely. Pet hair is definitely an “accessory” to be proud of. Please count me in for your great giveaway
Ooo great stack of books! Some i’d love to read. Count me in!
Great contest! I have two of those black devils *ups* – I mean cats. Right now they are calling me to give them something to eat (4th time today, they are two very big cats
)
Please count me in.
I like BABBLE although BABEL is very Samuel Delaneyesque.
Quite a lumpy area rug. The Devil You Know? You’re parting with it?
I may need to try to do this with some of my books. Lots of good titles, too. I kind of like BABEL, but I’m not really sure why. It just appeals to me.
I like BABBLE–I can pretend I’m going to live to 150 at least!
I know May’s curiosity never quits, but does Chaos’s nose ever get tired?
Your post reminds me to finish getting all our books into Library Thing. I have one huge bookcase (of heavy cookbooks and cocktail books) to go. Except I just remembered 2 crates of books in the back of the closet. Dang!
Cool what an awesome prize pack (some great books there)!
Good luck everyone and thanks for a chance to win books!
I like both BABEL and BABBLE. They’re both nice acronyms. I would like it very much if I was entered
Your cats are adorable!
Great idea with BABEL & BABBLE. Sounds like a great contest. Love the fur babies. Funny the way kitties always want to see the books and have to get their noses in it.
Great contest with great books, count me in please! Thanks!
Bring on the books, cat hair and all. I’ll just add it to the hair my three shed!
Double B “BABBLE”! Great acronym. Please enter my name. I see a few titles that I’d love to win! And we don’t mind the cat hair. With five of my own, what’s a few more hairs?
Count me in! But only if you send them with extra cat hairs… gotta get the girl dogs in a tizzy…
“BABBLE” is sort of cute, but belief is included in ‘expectancy’.
Wow!! Thanks for the giveaway:)
Your acronym totally described my ever growing collection of books. I buy them faster than I read them. And I have some that I’ve owned for over a year without touching because I just haven’t gotten around to them.
While some of the books in the giveaway don’t necessarily appeal to my tastes, there are a couple that I would love.
Id love to be included in ur drawing i love the acronym
YAY!! free books.Please include me in the giveaway.
Hey Chris!
You always make me laugh!! I’ll take the cat fur…
Sure, I’ll through my hat in the ring and pimp your contest in my blog’s sidebar too.
Your acronym rocks by the way – I think it should be added to the Urban dictionary!
HAAW (Have An Awesome Weekend)
L
Books – Used Books even better because they are loved.
BABEL nice acronym.
Not that I probably need more books, but hey, there’s stuff in there that I haven’t read!
Thank yoU!
(macbeaner at gmail dot com)
I’ve got my own large stack of fur-filled unread books, so I think I’m okay on books for now.
BABBLE and BABEL are both good, but I think I like BABBLE better.
Love the pictures of the cats!! They are hiliarous! ~ Please throw my name in the box! And cat fur would be a wonderful mix with my two dogs and albino ferret.
Tip for M&C…. if you see her take out the knitting needles.. you may want to do the hiss thing we pracitced earlier… she may decide to make you guys matching sweaters for the Christmas… lol… remember, hiss, arch back and hell… throw up a paw!!
Oh and the cats have made it to my place again! Right side bar!
Books are better with cat fur – at least that’s what I tell myself as I read my own cat-furred books.
LOL, your cat fur will go well right along with mine! Terrific stack of books! Thanks for the chance to win them.
I agree with everyone about the cats. They are absolutely adorable and I do not mind the at fur at all. What a great selection. Please enter me.
Oh yes, I’d like some cat fur, erm, books please
Your glamorous assistants are too kind.
Poor kittehs. Given such an un-comfy and un-tasty new area rug. I do hope you provided them with something yummy to compensate.
(No need to send me more books… I’m still working on that last batch! =) )
Please enter me in the contest! Thanks.
Great contest. I’d love to be entered!
Please enter me. I think I will enjoy the books more than the cats.
Cats that love books to cute, please enter me.
Oh I se several books I want to read or want to own! That Strawberry Shortcake Murder is high on the list!
I expect to live a longgggggggggg time and would be able to read all of the books. Enter me in the giveaway please
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Ohh!! Awesome set of books. Free books are free books and kitty fur is just a bonus. :] Count me in. Thanks!
Please enter me in this awesome contest. Thank you!
I am particularly fond of BABBLE.
Cat fur does not throw me.
LOL! Please count me in–what a lovely idea
looks like a scene from my house (except mine aren’t all lined up; my kitties love to roll amidst them and push them around)
loved the abs-solutely title of the last post btw.. heh heh
Sable has never been a problem for me, but Babble? I’m your girl. Book Mooch has ruined me. I am so out of room. And yet I still acquire…
Give the kitties a hug for me!
My cats would love to win books that smell like other cats! I can add them to my yarn & quilting fabric stashes!
we just need some wee studious looking kitty specs for them! ( as i sit here amusing stalker kitty with cosnip catnip!)
I have gone far beyond SABLE to SABER – Stash Acquired Beyond Reincarnation Expectancy. As for books – can’t get enough of them either!
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I LOVE your cats names and they are very cute! I see several books in the pile that you’re giving away that I have on my wishlist so I’d love to enter!
I’d love to be in one this contest. I also have this up over at my blog. Thanks.
Great selection of books. count me in please.
I love the way your acronym developed! I go off on tangents like that myself.
I would love to be included in this contest. Thanks!!!!
I almost snorted my coffee out my nose when I read your acronyms. Ah…they are so apt!
Anyway, would also love to win some cat fur. Oh, and some books too, of course.
I’m gonna vote for BABBLE – and set my LE at 105 – so I’ve got lots of room on my TBR list with that number
My father used to say “Money spent on books is never wasted.” My husband says, “You already OWN *every* book, you just store them in the library.” I am SO guilt of however you say it: BABEL, BABBLE….Piles of books are what constitutes decor around here. LOVE reading the comments, LOVE the contest, LOVE the concept. And cat fur? It’ll match Evangeline’s, already on all the books here.
Aww, that’s so cute! Though my hubs doesn’t like cat hair. I have doggies and don’t even dare pose them around books.
You’ve got some cute kitties.
What a great contest. I’d love to be included. You cats are precious – don’t mind the transported furs
. I think I like BABBLE best.
Awesome, please enter me!
It is time for reading on the float in the pool; please enter me in the contest
I would love to have books with fur and teeth marks—-count me in.
I commented on how beautiful your kitty was during Anya’s contest, and even showed my 9-year old daughter the post. Now she wants a black kitty…*sigh*. (Me too, but I won’t tell her) We live in Texas and have coyotes. They do a job on our neighborhood cats, so we would be devasted if someting happened to our kitty.
You know, its all about learning responsibility but, we parents are such wimps..I’ll see how she does with a hamster first.
Thank you for your contest. I would love to win a few..not greedy, but I would like if I win….Passion Unleased by Larissa Ione, Hot Spell by Emily Holly, and Summer Pleasures by Nora Roberts. Thanks again and give the kittys a pet and huggy for me and my daughter.
How did I not enter myself for this? Oh, probably because you didn’t remind me to. I’ve gotten so spoiled! Bad Tink. Bad.
Books, you can never have too many. Same way as you can never have too much yarn. Please enter me in the drawing.
Hi,
Please add me into the list. Hats off to you for giving away such a splendid collection of books. Hope You pick me.
Hello! New google reader subscriber and enjoying it so far. Would love to be added to the contest – I think I may have too many books but I can’t stop myself…and refuse to try
Any chance it’s open worldwide?
Cos I wont mind the cats
Wow, great those are surely great books! Anticipating… ;D
I’d love to have one foot in the grave, it’s been on my wishlist for a while =)
Hopefully you don’t mind mailing to canada
All of those look interesting, mainly because I haven’t read any of ‘em! Your cats are beautiful. My husband used to have one who could’ve been their brother.
Thanks for a chance to win!!
What precious kitties. My daughter would love them becasue they look like our “night sky”!!
Looking at your kitties is painful because I miss mine! I see kitties and I imagine petting their sweet little soft heads and covering them in kisses, or letting them sleep in my lap. They’re so precious.
I really like that you took the pictures with your cats! I love how cats won’t take a second look at something until you arrange it and try to take a picture. My cat Wyatt does teh same thing! It’s adorable!
I would love to win some books! Thanks for the opportunity!
Great books. Please count me in.
ONE FOOT IN THE GRAVE, ONE FOOT IN THE GRAVE!!!!!!!
Im So IN!
rockin._.taschima@hotmail.com
Love books – sounds like a fun giveaway.
Wow, very nice giveaway! Hope I win, Hope I win, Hope I win, Hope I win! Did I say hope I win?
Have a great week everyone!
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