This is so! Much! Fun!
Ahem. Lemme put down this latke (curried sweet potato – YUM) and set up a giveaway, since it’s the middle of Hanukkah and we’ve got candles, latkes, chocolate to spare!
Time for the fourth night of our annual eight straight days of giveaways to celebrate Hanukkah!
Today?
A Kate Spade tote big enough to hold everything you need for an excellent reading day in any season, any weather!
The Kate Spade Grant Street in Jules is a large striped tote bag. It’s about 15.6″ long, 11.3″ high, and 6.2″ wide (~39cm x 28cm x 15cm), and has a handle drop of about 9.1″ – so you can put this over your shoulder, no problem. It has a recessed top zipper that goes the length of the bag, so your necessities stay inside.
And you might need to put some books in it, so we’re adding a $25 gift card to Amazon!
You should be able to fit most of the books you buy in the bag, too. WOO!
Plus, we have some creative ideas, too!
Included with the bag we have:
- A spiral bound copy of the What Lifts You: Uplifting Designs to Color and Create coloring book by Kelsey Montague
- A limited edition lined hardcover journal celebrating the Psy-Changeling series by Nalini Singh.
- I Laughed, I Cried paper bookmarks
Ready to enter?
Just leave a comment below and tell us what book you like to have nearby, or with you at all times? Is it a romance? (I bet it might be. There’s a good chance, right?) What book goes along with you?
Standard disclaimers apply: I’m not being compensated for this giveaway. Void where prohibited. Must be 18 years of age and ready to shop and save. Open to international residents where permitted by applicable law. When in doubt, read. Secondary uses for handbag include shopping, toting, and mobile library management. Comments will close at or near 12pm ET on Wednesday 28 December 2016 and winners will be announced shortly afterward.
Update: And the winner is….Mary, who would bring whatever book she’s reading at the moment!
Thanks to all who participated in the comments, and don’t forget to have a book with you wherever you go.
I always have my Kobo with me, and the do-not-delete titles on it are the complete works of Laura Florand, Tiffany Reisz, J.K. Rowling, and Guy Gavriel Kay. I can survive any long road trip, flight, or family get-together with those.
The China Garden by Liz Berry stays with me. It got me through my parents’ divorce, and earned a special place on my shelf.
I got an ereader for my birthday so I finally get to carry all my books with me always!
Dragonsinger by Anne McCaffrey. I read it for the first time when I was about ten and have read it dozens of times since. My beat up copy (which was my mom’s) comes with me wherever I move.
I always have an Ilona Andrews book on my kindle app!
My phone with kindle app or overdrive & hoopla. Dead tree format it’s got to be Every Grain of Rice by Fushia Dunlop- it’s a Chinese cookbook & I’m slowly working my way through it but I don’t think I’ll be adventurous enough to try the recipe with Century Eggs <>.
Pride and Prejudice. Always.
I have the Harry Potter books in hardback, paperback, audio, and e-books. And now, my sister started a collection of the illustrated editions.
Next to me right now is Lisa Kleypas’ It Happened One Autumn. It’s always nice to have a wallflower book within reach.
The beauty of a Kindle is not having to make these kinds of choices! I guess I would say Jane Eyre is probably my most re-read book of all time, so let’s go with that 🙂
Beauty by Robin McKinley. I still have the Scholastic Book Fair copy I bought when I was 10.
The book I have with me at all times is “Pioneer Girl” because I received a copy for the holidays and it’s a very thick book so I’m slowly making my way through it when I have a few minutes.
love being able to “carry” several of my fave books with me on my cell phone (as well as some I’d like to start) just in case i have a few minutes to kill
I need to have a copy of the Harry Potter books in my house at all times 🙂 I keep wanting to buy new versions of the covers, but I’ve (mostly) managed to hpld back 😉
My “keep with me” book was A Room with a View by EM Forster for yeeeeeeeears (I may have misspelled his name. I’m running on no sleep today.) Then it was Jane Eyre. Then, Harpo Speaks by Harpo Marx. Today? The Governess Affair by Courtney Milan.
A journal with my favorite recipes; you never know when you need to cook something special.
Devil in Winter by Lisa Kleypas in both e-book and audio.
I always have a book or two, plus my Kindle with me wherever I go. I love to read Christine Feehan, Julia Quinn, Eloisa James, Love inspired Suspense/Historical, plus many others that is too long to name. I make sure that if I finish reading a book that I have a backup plan. Either another book to read or books on my kindle.
No particular book – usually the one I’m currently reading.
My go to book is Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman.
Ovid’s Metamorphoses. It’s the first book I can remember my father reading aloud to me. Seriously. 🙂 I was probably ~5 years old!
No particular book, but I always have a book on hand.
Anne of Green Gables
Jane Austen anthology (in e-book form).
(also, e-book readers have been amazing in terms of carrying around books).
I don’t have a specific book, but I do have one with me at all times! Whichever book I’m currently reading.
“Discovery of Witches” by Deborah Harknes
My Judith McNaught books are the ones I’ve always kept around. I now have them both digitally and in paper, but they were some of my earliest romance reads and even though my paper copies are worn and old I keep them around. Almost Heaven is probably my favorite.
“The Swamp: The Everglades, Florida, and the Politics of Paradise”. and I always have at least one Tessa Dare book with me. I have broad interests….
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell – By Susanna Clarke. I love this book so much that I own in both in digital and hardcover so I can always have it with me!
Now that most titles come out in ebook I can have any book I want instantly through my Kindle or Overdrive app. And since I am not a big re-reader this is perfect for me.
Jane Eyre and To Say Nothing of the Dog are always on my bedside table, just in case I need them…
Does my Kindle count as a book? I have that with me almost always, so I always have something to read.
Nope. Not going to choose just one book. Unless it’s the bullet journal I started at you guy’s recommendation. The Kindle lets me tote around a whole library’s worth of books to suit any need.
My kindle, and therefore my entire e-library, goes everywhere with me. Other than taking out the garbage, it’s literally always with me when I go out the door. I get very anxious if I don’t have access to my books–and I couldn’t possibly narrow that down to just one! 🙂
Keeper books that I always have is The stand and celestial seasons by Judy Mays
One that has made it through many moves over many years is I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith. A classic and a comfort read.
I used to have a special books bookshelf. Mercedes Lackey’s Diana Tregarth among others
I love the Outlander series, but in particular I love the first book. I often just re-read certain passages or scenes if I need a pick-me-up. Lately I’ve read a lot of Christi Caldwell as well, they are sweet books that make me smile, something I’ve needed a lot of lately!
I always have to have my Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice within reachable distance.
I always have my kindle with me in my rereads collection I have Anne Bishop Others series, Patricia Briggs Mercy series and the Outlander series
angela