This week was sooooo much fun! Thanks to everyone for contributing to my drastically overgrown wishlist…I think 🙂 We have a lot of reading ahead of us! Woohoo!
Time to indulge my inner stats nerd (who knew she was lurking inside of me for all these years?!) I tallied all the books mentioned on the 3 specific genre days and came up with the popular pick for each one and here they are:
And now for the rest of this Reader’s Week winners!
But wait, it’s not over yet. The Vanity category has become a blog tradition. It’s where a book is actually judged by its cover and I choose my favourite cover art per genre and then draw from a pool of readers who requested that title. Here are COVER LOVE winners!
I think this is such a pretty Christmassy cover! The pop of read in her clothes, the stars in the background and the light from the lantern leading the way. Perfect anticipatory ambiance.
I might be biased because of the world ‘Irish’ on the cover but there’s also a castle! And a moody sky. And Celtic knots. And the lure of an Irish setting. Cannot resist!
I’m surprised I like this cover so much. It’s stark, plain even, but the way the words pop out against the atmospheric background totally captivates me.
WAIT! Don’t go away ’cause we’re not through yet. We have another Reader’s Choice tradition of picking a random number which becomes a ‘just because giveaway’ on the genre specific days. If that doesn’t make sense, all you need to know is that it means more book giveaways. Woohoo! This time the number is 75.
And let’s not forget our Conversations with Kav Winner!
That’s another RC wrap up. I’ll send winners an email stating their book win, publication date and requesting contact info so that I’ll have everything ready for release day. Then I’ll email you once again once the book has been ordered. Oh — and if you didn’t include your email in your comment it’s up to you to contact me.
LOOKING AHEAD TO NEXT WEEK:
I’m computer cross-eyed after this week plus it’s Canada Day weekend (official day is Tuesday but some of us are getting festive early!) so there won’t be any conversationing tomorrow but the rest of the week looks like this (without the graphics because eyes are soooo tired.)
Monday June 30 – Carol Awards – novellas
Tuesday July 1 – Happy Canada Day and Hello July – time to check your updated lists for a July release to enter in the giveaway!
Wednesday July 2 – These Blue Mountains by Sarah Loudin Thomas
Thursday July 3 – the official start to Christmas in July at Best Reads. At least one Christmas book will be featured every week and one every day between July 21 – 25. This week it’s Snowed in at Silver Lake by Stephanie Fowers.
Friday July 4 – Happy Fourth of July! – For Duke’s Sake by Donna Andrews – 37th Meg Langslow mystery!!!!!
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I. Am. So. Excited. to win Splendor of the Land!!! 📚
Here’s me happy dancing!!! 💃
Happy reading to all of today’s winners! 🎉🎉🎉
Thank you so much Kav! 🌻🌻🌻
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I’d happy dance right along with you but it’s stinkin’ hot again! So strange, it was cloudy and cool this morning and then we had thunderstorms followed by hot, humid weather. Isn’t that backwards?!
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In light of your hot humid temps I feel a bit guilty sitting inside with the a/c set at 73°. My husband just came in from watering the tomatoes, cucumbers, squash and peppers in the 102° heat index heat. There isn’t A good time to get that hot.
Thank you for doing all that calculating today.
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Congratulations and happy reading!
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WOOHOO!! I turned my a/c down so I could happy dance with Tracey & the other winners! 💃 Love Michelle Shocklee’s dual-timelines! Thanks so much, Kav! I know there were boocoos of entrants & this was a lot of work. Hope Sunday is a nicer, cooler day for you! Blessings!
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Yay for happy dancing around the air conditioner.:-)
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For sure!! 🌬💃 lol
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Thank you so very much! Now to be patient until September. LOL
Congratulations to the other very fortunate winners!
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Yes…September does seem far away. Time flies though, especially with books to read in the meantime.
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Reader’s Choice Weeks are so much fun! Thank you for giving us the opportunity to add to our TBR lists, and super excited to win a fabulous new book! Happy reading!
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I love this week too. So much fun to anticipate new releases with like-minded readers.
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Congratulations winners. Happy reading.
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Congrats to all the lucky ducks! Happy reading!
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This is such fun! I love reading through all the comments, suggestions, etc., and I love winning books! Thanks so much for your generosity, Kav! This is one of my favorite bookish sites! Hugs and try to stay cool this summer!
Winnie
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I always find it fascinating to see what books prove to be the most popular.
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Congrats to all the winners! Thanks, Kav, for RC Week…….you put a lot of work into it, and we readers are grateful!
jacsmi75 at gmail dot com
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You’re welcome, Jackie. It’s a fun Best Reads tradition.
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I love all your nerdy stats and learning about new books! Thanks so much, congratulations to all the winners!
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Yay! Book nerds unite! 🙂
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I’m guessing you’re cross eyed by now after all of those tabulations! Congrats to the winners and thank you for a fun RC week. I’m whittling down my TBR list…..I’m under 4K. 🤣🤣🤣. Have a good week and I hope the heat lets up. We’re supposed to be UNDER 100 F this week which is highly unusual (and very welcome). Hopefully the Sahara Desert dust that is coming our way won’t be too bad for my fellow asthma suffers.
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