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?
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!
I’m really looking forward to Kristen Ashley’s Honey Series!!!
Looking forward to the new Penny Reid and Sarina Bowen books in 2017.
1) Day of the Duchess – Sarah MacLean
2) Pretty Face – Lucy Parker
3) Finally finishing the Naples Quartet by Elena Ferrante*
4) Read all the TBR books in the stack by my bed*
5) Actually read the books assigned for my book club all the way through ahead of time, instead of reading the first 50 pages and the last 50 pages the night before (like I normally do).*
* Numbers 3-5 are actually New Years Resutions. Writing them down helps with accountability.
I’m looking forward to the next Sebastian St. Cyr book by CS Harris.
I am eagerly awaiting the newest installment in Dana Stabenow’s Kate Shugak series. She just announced that it will be coming out in May. Hooray!
I want to read Mary Balogh’s Rose Red!
Etched in Bone by Anne Bishop! The next installment in the Others series.
_Down Among the Sticks and Bones_ by Seanan McGuire comes out in June, and I can’t wait!
The newest Margaret Atwood book (Hagseed) has been travelling with me over the holidays, but I haven’t had a chance to crack it open yet – I’m looking forward to that!
I’m really looking forward to The Chosen by JR Ward! She writes crack books and I’m totally addicted!! Love the BDB!!
I’m looking forward to reading a Perlious Undertaking the second book in the Veronica Speedwell series. I really enjoyed the first book in this series and I’m excited about the next one.
Anything by Nalini Singh, Ilona Andrews, or Shelly larenston
I’m really hoping that next year I find a book that renews my membership in the BDBC.
The secret history of wonder woman! I finally got a copy for a present this year (hardcover yay!)and I’m so looking forward to it!!@
I really want the next book in Virginia Kantra’s *excellent* Dare Island series. There’s no sign of it on her website, but I hope, hope, hope it will come in 2017. She is an auto-buy, one of my favorites, in a rather limited list. Speaking of 2017, how about it, Jennifer Crusie?? I miss you.
The secret history of wonder woman! I finally got a copy for a present this year (hardcover yay!)and I’m so looking forward to it!!
I’d love to read Devil in Spring by Lisa Kleypas. (secretly, I’d also love to read the book that I’ve been working on for…ever in print. this is the year, I swear.)
the next in ada palmer’s terra ignato series! I CAN’T WAIT FOR IT! WHAT AN AMAZING world she’s created in Too Like the Lightning! I can’t wait for the story arc conclusion in Seven Surrenders!
I love middle school and YA books as well as romance. Stephanie Burgis has a new book coming out in February. The Dragon with a chocolate heart. A young dragon is turned into a girl and discovers the glories of chocolate. Sounds so much fun.
so looking forward to the next league book by kenyon, more maiden lane by hoyt & dragons by aiken (you didn’t really think there could be just one did you?) 😉
I really want to read the new Courtney Milan new adult book!
White Hot by Ilona Andrews and Dragon Blood by Eileen Wilks!
I’m excited about the next book by Amanda Bouchet and the next book in Sherrilyn Kenyon’s League series.
Really looking forward to White Hot by Ilona Andrews.
Crosstalk by Connie Willis
I want to read the newest Amanda Quick works! She is one of the first authors to hook me into romance.
I’m looking forward to third book in the Darker Shade of Magic series. I actually haven’t read the second yet, but I know that once I do, I’ll be dying for the third.
The next Mercy Thompson ‘Silence Fallen’ and the next Sarah Maas book A Court of Wings and Ruin!
I have been waiting for years for Highland Ever After (The Montgomerys and Armstrongs, #3) from Maya Banks. I hope it is finally released this year…and I hope it is worth the wait.
Devil in Spring for sure. And I’ve never read the Beyond series by Kit Rocha even though I have all the books. Now that the series is done, I can glom them all at once.
I’m also looking forward to discovering new authors to love. This year I discovered Elizabeth Hoyt, Amanda Bouchet, Lucy Parker and Shelly Laurenston. All because of the SmartBitches!
Thanks everyone for all you do! Best wishes for a Happy New Year.
It’s winter, and I’m thinking about Clare Fergusson / Russ Van Alstyne, Will there be a book out in 2017? I hope so.
I am most excited for all the Penny Reid books scheduled for 2017!
I am going to buy and read the three Madeline Hunter medievals not available at my library. I don’t think the ebooks will ever go on sale.
Just finished Sherry Thomas’ Study in Scarlet Women really enjoyed it. Looking forward to the next in the series.
The next Nalini Singh Psy-Changeling, but that’s been true for the past several years. And… I don’t even know. There are so many good books already out that I haven’t read and even more I will buy as soon as I can. And probably more I’ve never heard of.
OOH! Polka dots, my favorite and it will hold so many books. It’s a dream come true.
Sarina Bowen never fails to please, and I am looking forward to the next in her Brooklyn Bruisers series, “Hard Hitter.” Happy New Year, everyone!
Lots of books on my list, but the top ones that I’m (not so) patiently waiting for are White Hot and Wildfire from Ilona Andrews. It seems like forever since the first book was released (but it’s only been a year and a half).
Kristan Higgins, Lori Foster and Jill Shalvis all have new ones coming out.
“Breath of Fire” by Amanda Bouchet Thw first book was one of my favorites of 2016, so I can’t wait for the next one. Thankfully it’s a short wait!