It’s the eighth and final night of the Extrava-Hanukkah giveaways!
I hope you’ve had as much fun as we have with all the mayhem and merriment. It’s just delightful for me to celebrate all of you and to party for eight straight days.
The eighth night of Hanukkah is pretty special for me, too. We can probably heat the whole house with the warmth from all the candles, and we can definitely make s’mores. It’s bright and warm and beautiful while the  are lit, too.
On to the giveaway! I know you like the handbag giveaways – I try to pick patterns that go with everything and shapes that are both useful but not too overwhelming. And I have one more bag in the strangely-shaped prize closet!
Today’s giveaway is:
A Kate Spade Blake Avenue Margareta tote in Diamond Dot!
This bag is 11.3″ high, 15.6″ wide, and 6.2″ deep (27.9cm x 39.5cm x 15.24cm), and the handle drop is nearly 10 inches (25cm). You’ll definitely be able to put it over your shoulder.
It’s an open tote with a recessed zipper closure, and it has two inside slide pockets and a zipper pocket as well. You can carry just about everything you need in this bag.
And, since you’ll need to get some new books and possibly other treats for yourself, we’re adding a $25 gift certificate to Amazon as well! Woo hoo!
Ready to enter? All you need to do is tell us about a book you really want to read next year. Maybe it’s a title or a series you’re anticipating, or maybe it’s a book that hasn’t been written yet but you still want to find it? What book are you looking forward to, real or imagines?Â
Standard disclaimers apply: I’m not being compensated for this giveaway. Void where prohibited. Must be 18 years of age. It’s totally okay to mix patterns while carrying this tote. Honestly, wear whatever you want. You’re going to look fabulous either way! Open to international residents where permitted by applicable law. Comments will close at or near 12pm ET on Sunday 1 January 2017 and winners will be announced shortly afterward.
Happy Hanukkah everyone! Thank you for being part of the Smart Bitches community!
Update: Our final winner of our Extrava-Hanukkah giveaway is Jill L.! Big thank you to all the comments and to every one of you who make the community so awesome! Here’s to great things in 2017!
Also can’t wait for the next Nalini Singh – and would *love* it if there was a new Julia Spencer-Fleming.
So many books! The next in the Kate Daniel series/ Nalini Singh archangel series/ The next in the Amanda Stevens Graveyard Queen series…..
Definitely Silver Silence by Nalini Singh. Also, I am hoping for the next in her contemporary series to come out next year. Rebecca Zanetti’s Lethal Lies is another one I can’t wait to read.
I am most looking forward to Kleypas’Devil in Spring and Hoyt’s Duke of Desire.
Passage of Power by Robert Caro has been staring at me for over a year on my bookshelf. I want to read this.
I want to read the next death in series book by JD Robb and other books with gini Koch
no TBR for me – I go to the library each week looking to be surprised. I read a lot and so I am always looking for something new, a new genre, a new author, best sellers, library selections, and, of course romance. it is a pleasure to pick up a book and realize I know the characters from an earlier novel in the series, and I am delighted anew. happy Chanukah and happy new year to all – looking forward to a year of good reading. (p.s., I think I may change my pattern and start reserving the books listed above!)
Besides the next 2 books in the In Death series by JD Robb, the book I’m looking most forward to reading next year is Twist by Kylie Scott! It’s the next book in her Dive Bar series, and I’m really, really pleased that it takes place in the Stage Dive series universe.
“Devil in Spring” by Lisa Kleypas. Please, please, please make Sebastian receive his just rewards from his life as a rake before meeting Evie.
I am super excited for Sally Thorne’s next book, The Comfort Zone, which comes out this summer, and the sequels to a Promise of Fire! Also, A Crown of Bitter Orange by Laura Florand, Pretty Face by Lucy Parker and whatever Courtney Milan writes next. All of this excitement comes courtesy of you, Smart Bitches, I learned about all of these authors here! Thank you, and have a wonderful 2017!
I really want to read the entire Outlander series. I always get stuck at number 4, Drums of Autumn. This year I want to read them all.
I keep on waiting for Laura Kinsale to write another book…
The next Mercy Thompson book, already on the waitlist at the library!
I want to read over the Jane Austen shelf, only as an adult. No movies allowed during the reading.
I haven’t read historical romance in a while. However, I’m am anxiously waiting for Devil in Spring by Lisa Kleypas.
The next book in the crows series. Looks like paranormal is on the upswing again judging by other comments here.
I am waiting with bated breath for Kate Daniels and the Others novels.
I’m looking forward to Rachel Vincent’s Brave New Girl, due out in May 2017. Plus reading the books I got for Christmas and haven’t read yet 🙂
I can’t wait for, Into the Fire by Jeaniene Frost. She is one of my favorite authors and is an auto buy for me. I hope everyone has a safe and happy New Year!
The usual suspects:
Eloisa James – check.
Lisa Kleypas – check.
Tessa Dare – check.
Julia Quinn – check.
Elizabeth Hoyt – check.
Excited for all. But there’s a few MIAs I could really get jazzed for:
Cecilia Grant. Isobel Carr. Jackie Barbosa. Evangeline Collins, who I just found out is also Ava March (m/m historicals), so both of them.
Happy (end of) Hanukkah, Happy New Year’s,
and extra special thanks, SBSarah, et al., for providing a safe haven after Election Day.
Any plans to meet up in DC on January 21? I’d carry a Smart Bitches banner in a heartbeat.
I’m waiting for White Hot by Ilona Andrews.
I’m waiting for White Hot by Ilona Andrews.
The next in the Sebastian St Cyr series. Love those Regency Mysteries.
I’m looking forward to Full Mountie by Ainsley Booth & Sadie Haller. I was unaware that Canadian Romance novels with Royal Canadian Mounted Police a.k.a. Mounties as the main characters was a thing- it is. And it’s spec-tac-u-lar!
I’m looking forward to reading the second book in Amanda Bouchet’s Kingmaker Chronicles, Breath of Fire which is being released January 3rd!
I am looking forward to Bianca Sommerland’s Diminished, the sequel to Backlash!
I am anticipating the last book in the Outlander Series.
Echos In Death is probably the top of my list right now. Less than 2 months away!
I desperately want to pick up “Falling for Them”, a reverse harem anthology.
I want to read the last two Merit and Ethan stories… I can’t wait!
I am looking forward to Feversong by Karen Marie Moning and the new Julie James. Happy New Year!
I’m really looking forward to Devil in Spring in the coming year. Also the new Julie James.
White Hot and Wildfire (books #2 and #3 in the Hidden Legacy Series) by Ilona Andrews – I loved Burn for Me and can’t wait for the final two books in the trilogy!
Etched in Bone by Anne Bishop is #1 on my list. Silence Fallen by Patricia Briggs is a close second.
I’m looking forward to The Choosen by Jr Ward and Etched In Bone by Anne Bishop plus soooooooo many more!
The new JD Robb, Echoes in Death!
I’m really looking forward to Karen White’s next release which I pre-ordered. Women’s Fiction with a tiny bit of a romance. The Guests on South Battery.
There’s a couple series I’ve been trying to set the time aside for including Courtney Milan’s Brother’s Sinister (I finally have all of them!) and Diane Duvall’s Immortal Guardian’s series (also finally have all the ones she’s put out so far)! Then there is everything Grace Burrowes will ever write…
I am desperately waiting for THE WINDS OF WINTER by George RR Martin. Come on George.
OH and Happy Hanukkah! and Happy, Happy New Year!!!