It’s the sixth night of Hanukkah! The menorot have enough candles to qualify has a heating source, and there’s wrapping paper and gelt foil everywhere.
Perfect time for more giveaways, right? Of course it is!
Today, we have a special prize: a $50US gift certificate to The Ripped Bodice bookstore. Woo!
And, Bea & Leah, aka My Favorite Koch Siblings, have generously offered up a Fitzwilliam Waffles 2018 Calendar, so you can track the daily success of your year under the wise and clever gaze of one Fitz-Waffles.
There are many things you can find to tempt yourself at The Ripped Bodice, even if you can’t get there in person (though you totally should make the trip). They have terrific clothing and accessories, signed books, and lots of options by genre, too.
To enter to win, just leave a comment and tell us what book you’re looking forward to reading in 2018!
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 ready to plan ahead, or at least peek at cute pictures of Fitz. Designing calendars for your furry companions is absolutely encouraged. Comments will close Monday 18 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 six of our Hanukkah-palooza is Chris Alexander! Please check your email inbox and spam folders shortly!

Looking forward to the next book in Gail Carriger’s Custard Protocol series. And maybe Anne Bishop’s new series set in The Other’s world.
Hot and Bothered by Shelly Laurenston
Hurts To Love You by Alisha Rai
Brooklynaire by Sarina Bowen
The next Vi Keeland & Penelope Ward collab, as well as their individual releases.
The list is long.
I’m looking forward to Marriage of Inconvenience by Penny Reid!
I’m excited to revisit the world of my favorite pre-teen book series with Tempests and Slaughter by Tamora Pierce. I think I read her Song of the Lioness and Wild Magic series 10 times each.
I’m looking forward to Lisa Kleypas’ latest Ravenels book, “Hello Stranger”!
Burn Bright by PTricia Briggs. I absolutely love the Alpha & Omega series, and this book comes out in March – can’t wait!
Jaci Burton’s next play by play book
I want to make a dent in my TBR, just a dent. I am overwhelmed by the volume of books on my tablet and phone, to the extent that I feel guilty for having so many. And then I’m paralyzed by the prospect of choosing one. This is ridiculous. Thanks for
askingthe giveaway.I’m looking forward to finally reading some Alyssa Cole and Alisha Rai.
Magic Triumphs by Ilona Andrews
Burn Bright by Patricia Briggs
Ocean Light by Nalini Singh
And everything else I discover by reading all the comments in this post. So, help me, Obi-Wan Bitchery! My TBR pile is not nearly big enough.
The next In Death book by JD Robb although I am a few behind. The next Kristen Ashley series (do not read them until most of them are out). And probably several new to me books I find they sites like SBTN
There’s a whole stack of books I’m looking forward to, but if I have to pick only one, I think Lake Silence by Anne Bishop. I’ve already prebought it (and several others!)
Courtney Milan’s After The Wedding 😀
Alyssa Cole’s A Princess in Theory, already pre-bought! Woooooo
A Princess in Theory by Alyssa Cole and The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory are at the top of my very long wish list.
Wee Fitz is so handsome!! Wouldn’t it be a pleasure to look at his face every day? Now I’m off to check The Ripped Bodice’s website…
What a great give-away, thank you!
I always—always!—look forward to the next Nalini Singh. And the next Patricia Briggs. And I really want to know what Anne Bishop will do next with The Others. And Alisha Rai, Alyssa Cole, Kit Rocha, Ilona Andrews, Wen Spencer—I hope she gets back to Elfhome!—and Lucy Parker and [insert all the names of my favorite authors here]…
I’m very excited to read Hello Stranger by Lisa Kleypas. It’s the 4th Ravenels book and the heroine is Dr.Garret Gibson. I really liked her in the previous books, and look forward to learning more about her!
As usual, the new BDB book from JR Ward!
The next book by Ilona Andrews (doesn’t matter what series) and Nalini Singh (again, whichever series).
I’m really looking forward to several books next year. On top of my list are Hello, Stranger by Lisa Kleypas, Marriage of Inconvenience and Dr Strangebeard by Penny Reid and A Court of Frost and Starlight by Sarah J Maas.
Probably most excited for new books by Ruthie Knox? Very hard to choose!
I’m looking forward to Courtney Milan’s “After the Wedding”
Anything by Seanan McGuire and Ilona Andrews!
Hamilton’s battalion
Either The Wedding Date or Mamrie Hart’s new book. Can’t wait!
I didn’t know until I came to this thread, and now I can safely say – Tamora Pierce for sure!!!! I’m so excited to discover that she’s coming out with a new book!
Looking fwd to reading aloud to my children the book they’ll get for X-mass 😀
The new C.S. Harris mystery
Magic Triumphs by Ilona Andrews (mic drop…)
And Fitz is soooooo adorable!
Alisha Rai’s Hurts to Love You.
I’m looking fwd to reading A Princess in Theory by Alyssa Cole, can’t wait!
Hasn’t Lauren Dane promised us the 3rd Diablo Lake book in 2018? That’s the one for which I am chomping at the bit!!!
Bellwether by Susanna Kearsley, Psycop 9 by Jordan Castillo Price, Riven by Roan Parrish, and anything and everything by Josh Lanyon.
I went based on my pre-orders… which is surprisingly slim right now. Robots Vs Fairies (anthology) and The Armored Saint by Myke Cole.
when you love a scotsman by hannah howell
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Susan Meissner’s new book which comes out February 6
Any new Jill Shalvis book.
With excitement and sadness, I’m looking forward to Darynda Jones’s final Charley Davidson book.
I can’t wait for Magic Triumphs, After the Wedding, Hello Stranger or Burn Bright. And making this list just got me SO excited for good reading in the coming months!
The wedding date. When will I finally be able to put a library hold on it??