Tonight is the first night of Hanukkah 2017 (or 5778) and it’s time for our annual eight days of giveaways and fun!
This year, each day we’re going to be giving away items that we hope will give the lucky winner some joy and delight, comfort and solace, and of course, happy reading.
It’s been A Year for many people, and I hope our annual Hanukkah celebration lifts the next eight days and nights for you, however you celebrate.
Today’s prize is:
A kate spade Chantilly Charm mini pendant! This necklace is 32″ long with a 3″ extension lobster clasp.
And a red kate spade On Purpose nylon tote!
Details? Of course! This tote is 13.5″ wide by 16″ high and 6″ deep. It has a handle drop of 11″, so it’s easy to put over your shoulder.
Want to enter? Yay!
Just leave a comment saying what book of 2017 you want to recommend most.
Standard disclaimers apply: I am not being compensated for this giveaway. Void where prohibited. Open to international residents were permitted by applicable law. Must be over 18 and open to the option of fried food and candles. Toting all your favorite things is recommended for maximum enjoyment. Comments will close Wednesday 13 December at or near 12pm ET, and winner will be announced shortly afterward.
Good luck, Happy Hanukkah, and thank you for being part of Smart Bitches!
WINNER UPDATE: And the winner of night one of Hanukkah-palooza is Rachel! Check your email inbox & spam folders shortly!
Alexis Daria’s Take the Lead! It’s the Dancing with the Stars romance with richly characterized protagonists I didn’t know I needed. But oh, did I.
WildFire by Ilona Andrews is by far my most beloved book this year. That whole series really made me happy dance all over the place.
Joanna Bourne’s Beauty Like the Night. My only “complaint” is that I’ll be reading/re-reading this until her next release 😉
I loved Julia Quinn’s Girl with a Make-Believe Husband – perfect comfort reading for the current climate!!!
Alyssa Cole’s An Extraordinary Union–definitely my favorite book of the year.
The Devil in Spring Lisa Kleypas made me ridiculously happy.
Alyssa Cole – An Extraordinary Union. I’m usually not a fan of American Historicals, but I loved this Civil War romance. Can’t wait to read more of her books!
I would recommend Lucy Parker’s “Pretty Face.” The first book in the series is also great.
I really enjoyed Dating You, Hating You by Christina Lauren.
I loved Devil in Spring! Also, for a non romance, The Stone Sky by N.K. Jemisin just rocked my world.
Living to See You, a WWII romance by Bee Johnstone. It’s incredibly old fashioned in its writing style, but has one of the sweetest love stories I’ve read in years.
Sarah MacClean’s Day of the Duchess was the feminist romance I needed in 2017.
Got to go with one of my fave authors – Lisa Kleypas’ Devil in Spring
Wildfire by Ilona Andrews!
Loved The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden. I’ve recommended and even gifted it a few times.
Devil in Spring
Lucy Parker’s Pretty Face. I liked it more than Act Like It and I freaking loved that book!
Wildfire by Ilona Andrews was my favorite. So fun!
“Most” is tricky, but if I can pick a trilogy of which at least the last book was published this year, I’ve been recommending KJ Charles’s Sins of the City trilogy.
Most, way too hard. But…Gather the daughters by Jennie Melamed cos it was so effed up
The Obsession bu Nora Roberts
I know this is probably a really well known book because – Roberts – but this book seriously helped resolve my reading block. Its a bit of a ‘not for Sarah’ because it is heavy on suspense but it seriously brought me back to the love of books.
Giant Trouble, by Ursula Vernon. (It’s not a romance, but it’s fun!)
I loved, loved, LOVED Good Boy by Sarina Bowen and Elle Kennedy.
The Duchess Deal by Tessa Dare was one of the very few five star reviews I gave this year. Another book I loved was Rich People Problems, the final book in Kevin Kwan’s Crazy Rich Asian’s trilogy. It’s not technically a romance, but I feel like the trilogy really could be considered a romance when taken together.
I loved Wildfire by Ilona Andrews
Hard to pick… maybe Lucy Parker’s Pretty Face!
My recommendations for this year would be Penny Reid’s Dating-ish and Beard in Mind, Ilona Andrew’s Wildfire, Lisa Kleypas Devil in Spring, Sarina Bowen’s Bountiful and Kristen Callihan’s The Hot Shot.
Pretty Face, by Lucy Parker. But I also loved An Extraordinary Union by Alyssa Cole and The Duchess Deal by Tessa Dare, and I still have Joanna Bourne’s Beauty Like the Night and Loretta Chase’s A Duke in Shining Armor in my TBR pile.
I’m torn between The Hating Game (Sally Thorne) and The Rebel Prince (Molly Jameson). Loved them both with all the love.
I’m repeating one that many have already mentioned, but An Extraordinary Union was wonderful.
I have to recommend The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas. It’s not a romance, but it’s a powerful and important read with some beautiful relationships at the core.
I really liked Silence Fallen by Patricia Briggs.
Wildfire by Ilona Andrews
Wildfire by Illona Andrews (although that whole series and the Innkeeper series were both new to me this year and much loved!).
I read several graphic novels this year, so I’ll recommend Jessica Jones: Uncaged. If you like the TV show, you might want to check out the comics too.
Karen Rose’s “Monster in the Closet”, definitely didn’t feel long enough, but it also brought together several characters’ storylines from other books which was awesome.
The Scotsman Who Saved Me by Hannah Howell
I loved Silver Silence by Nalini Singh. Love love love the series.
“The Bookshop on the Corner” by Jenny Colgan. It is a love letter to books and reading, and a gentle romance.
Hamilton’s Battalion! It was just what I needed this year!