Happy Hanukkah, 2019! It’s the fourth night of Hanukkah 5780, and we’ve got another giveaway!
Ready? Let’s do this!
Today’s prize is: a Withings Steel HR Collector Watchbox in either White & Rose Gold, or Blue and Rose Gold.
The retail value is $299.95 full price.
Here are some additional specs about what this tracker can do:
- Smartphone compatibility with Android and iOS.
- Receives smartphone notifications.
- Water resistant up to 50m.
- 25 days of battery life.
- Heart rate and other fitness monitoring.
- Compatible app for fitness tracking.
I really like doing giveaways for Withings trackers because they’re gorgeous and, more importantly, I love mine. I know what time it is (which I NEVER know on my own) and I know about how far I have to go to reach my step goal. The tiny window is hecking useful for notifications, too. I love that feature.
And! We have a Withings Coupon! I know many of you have taken advantage of the Withings discount coupons in the past, so if you’ve been waiting for one, here we go!
Use Coupon Code SBTB to receive 20% off orders greater than $100 on withings.com. Coupon applies to all products except Move ECG and BPM Core. This code cannot be used in combination with existing offers. Coupon valid in the US and in Europe and is valid until February 29th, 2019.
Want to enter this giveaway? Yay!
Just leave a comment saying what book you recommended most this year!
Standard disclaimers apply: I am not being compensated for this giveaway. Void where prohibited. Open to international residents where permitted by applicable law. Must be over 18 and ready to walk, run, skip, jump, swim, or completely relax in the pursuit of self-excellence. Not responsible for how many times you may switch up the band because they’re all so great.
Comments will close Thursday 26 December 2019 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: Congratulations, Susan! We have halfway through our Hanukkah giveaways!
Getting Played by Emma Chase. Hands down the most fun, enjoyable read of my year and a welcome change from some of my DNR historicals.
All Systems Red (Murderbot) by Martha Wells
Sarah MacLean’s Wicked and the Wallflower – renewed my love for historicals after a long hiatus!
This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar, Max Gladstone
Slow Horses by Mick Herron, and The Billionaire’s Wake-Up-Call Girl by Annika Martin!
Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
Block Shot by Kennedy Ryan. This book worked for me in so many ways. It’s essentially competence porn. It’s enemies-to-lovers and second chance rolled into one. The main characters are imperfect – messy in all the ways real people are. And most importantly, the heroine was a character I respected, even at her lowest moments. Also, the audiobook is pretty phenomenal. It’s on Hoopla, if anyone has access to that through the library.
The Bookish Life of Nina Hill. I borrowed this from the library and loved it so much I bought my own copy, then proceeded to do everything but force other people to read it! Rarely do I read a book and just want to start again at the beginning all over again but this was one of those books. I read at least 150 books this year and this was my favourite!
Ayesha at Last by Uzma Jallaludin. It’s a great book and all my friends heard about it!
In Other Lands by Sarah Rees Brennan
It’s a funny fantasy novel about a boy who goes to a magical world and tries to make peace. His relationships with boys and girls are more realistic than any other YA book I’ve ever read and his endgame romance is sweet.
Includes a hilarious take on gender essentialism, where elves take the same biological facts and come to opposite conclusions. For example, they think women are more sexual than men because they can come more times in a day and they don’t have a problem getting it up when they get older.
A Madness of Sunshine by Nalini Singh!
The Kingmaker trilogy by Amanda Bouchet! I read all three this year and have not stopped raving about them to anyone who will listen.
The Art of Theft by Sherry Thomas
My Sister the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite. It’s not a romance but it’s a fantastic dark comedy in a fresh, interesting setting. There’s murder and dark themes but nothing explicit, if you’re on the fence about reading it.
I got my mom hooked on ebooks and recommended many Nora Roberts to her.
Romance – The Art of Deception. – Sherry Thomas (I even managed to get my book group to pick the First Lady Sherlock novel
as our February read next year).
Nonfiction – She Said – Jodi Kantot & Megan Twohey
The book I recommended Mist is definitely not a new book: A Beekeeper’s Apprentice by Laurie King, which I discovered through this very site. Lots of lovely backlist to work through.
One of my faves from this year is Toni Anderson’s “Colder Than Sin.”
Let’s Get Textual by Teagan Hunter
A Useful Woman by Darcie Wilde (third book is due out soon!)
Burnout by E&A Nagoski (even bought it for a friend)
The books I recommended most in 2019 are all pre-2019 favorites:
Act Like It by Lucy Parker
Family Man by Jayne Ann Krentz
and
Murder in Thrall by Anne Cleeland
Happy Chanuka Sarah and crew! Book I recommended this year: I’m Fine and Neither Are You. I mean, I didn’t like love it love it, but it sparked some really great conversations.
Sweep of the Blade by Ilona Andrews.
Happy Hanukkah!
Definitely My Sister, the Serial Killer for me.
I read Grandma Gatewood’s Walk by Ben Montgomery earlier this year & could not stop thinking about it & recommended it to everyone I know! Very interesting biography of a woman who walked the Appalachian Trail by herself when she was in her 60s.
A Clean Sweep by Ilona Andrews.
The book that I recommend the most to everyone is “Genius Foods” by Max Lugavere. As a fitness instructor, I am in love with this fitness tracker watch!
Burnout by the Nagoski sisters
A Princess in Theory by Alyssa Cole
In Other Lands by Sarah Rees Brennan
And always, anything by Lois McMaster Bujold
Happy Hanukkah, Merry Christmas, solstice blessings, peace, joy and love to all of you book friends!
Lady Daring Takes a Lover by Julie Ann Long
Sweep of the Blade
Absolutely my highest recommendation this year was The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison. So much integrity.
I’d have to say Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Halbert. It was funny, sweet, relatable, consuming, and entertaining. It had me wrapped up from beginning to end.
The Hollow of Fear by Sherry Thomas. I have book four waiting to be read right after boxing day. I love this series.
Biased by Jennifer Eberhardt. It’s a hard book to read but very powerful. Eberhardt is an African American social psychologist who works with police forces to learn about hidden bias.
American Dreamer by Adriana Herrera. All the books that have come out in the series, actually, but starting with that one.
Sherry Thomas’s The Art of Theft
I probably recommended How Long Til Black Future Month by N.K Jemisin most often, but quite a few others as well.
Get A Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert to romance readers and the Hidden Legacy series by Ilona Andrews to everyone else.
The Calculating Stars was my favorite this year.
Thank you, bitches, for that rec!
If you too enjoyed this book, the TV show For All Mankind (apple+) has a similar revisionist and alternate history involving lady astronauts.
First, let me say, thank you, thank you for this giveaway! I decided I wanted a Withings watch this year, and I remembered that you usually have a coupon code whenever you have a giveaway, so I’ve been waiting for this so, so much! (Of course, let’s be honest, I hope I win! But, coupon code! Yay!!)
Add me to those listing Sweep of the Blade by Ilona Andrews as their most recommended book. (Although it’s not necessary, you may want to read the first three books in the Innkeeper series first, so you can savor the whole experience. And, if you are an Innkeeper fan, go to the authors’ website and read their serialized novella, Sweep With Me, which they are currently posting.)
I’ve been recommending Burnout to everyone I know. It was life changing!