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Win-It Wednesday: Losers by Matthue Roth
The winner of last week's copy of Meg Cabot's How to be Popular is... BookBegger! Send me your address, BB. And, everyone should come join the chatting with Meg on the readergirlz forum.
Now, on to this week's contest. I'm giving away a copy of Matthue Roth's Losers, which I read in an afternoon and just adored! Matthue is a really cool, energetic guy, and his hyperness comes through in the book in the best possible way as he tells the story of Jupiter, a smart/funny/off-beat foreign student who seeks popularity with a high school crowd that doesn't quite understand him. The quirky world Matthue creates is one I wanted to keep spending time in--so much fun.
To enter to win this contest, you must buy someone a book for the upcoming holiday season. Seriously, books are the best gifts--how else can you buy someone a whole world for under $10? I'm getting a book for every single person on my list this year, which will mean lots of money saved and happy friends!
Comment below about a book you're gifting this year. You can also list your purchases here and help booksellers sell a million books. That will get you an extra entry--just tell me you also commented at When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Buy Books.
I'll choose a winning commenter next Wednesday, and you can have one more book to read and wrap up this winter!
Good luck.
PS-Something else to know about today, per my friends at The N: This awesome rock you like a Unicorn pin. Unicorns are all around these days!
Comments (28)
I'm getting a few people copies of my all-time favorite short story collection DOGWALKER by Arthur Bradford. Such a quirky collection that ANYONE is certainly likely to enjoy it!
Posted by scott neumyer | December 3, 2008 4:03 PM
Sounds like a great christmas gift! count me in,
sara
Posted by Sara | December 3, 2008 4:07 PM
I'm getting my daughter the newest Magic tree House and all of the Franny K Steins. I'm hoping to make her a reader for life.
Posted by Carol | December 3, 2008 4:20 PM
So far I've bought my niece two sets of Elmo books. She's only 2 but she already loves books and has us read to her all the time! I'll probably get my nephew a couple little books to start off his library as well (he's 6 months! haha).
Posted by Amee | December 3, 2008 4:33 PM
I will be getting my 14yo daughter Brisingr and Inkdeath. And probably a new bookshelf (no kidding...this girl READS!).
Posted by stacey @ book:thirty | December 3, 2008 4:53 PM
Oh, I'm definitely buying books! Tomorrow I'm buying the Bettle the Bard book by JK Rowling for my best friend. It's a story talked about in the Harry Potter series so now it's for every one to read. My friend is a Harry Potter nut and I can't wait to get it for her. A nephew is getting Junie B Jones and Goosebumps, another nephew is getting construction books but I haven't decided on my kids yet. Books are the best!
Posted by Wrighty | December 3, 2008 5:01 PM
OH My Gosh. You're a fan of The-N? That used to be my life. I can't even remember the last time I signed in or my ID and stuff. I miss those crazy games and message boards.
=)
TruBlu
Posted by nadine-stella | December 3, 2008 9:34 PM
I bought so many books, and I listed most of them on that website!
Posted by Melissa Walker | December 3, 2008 9:38 PM
I am not sure, what books to buy yet. I plan to buy books for Six People.
I also commented on The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Buy Books.
I didn't know you go on The-N. I need to catch up on Degrassi.
Posted by Sarah W. | December 3, 2008 10:04 PM
I just bought 'Writing Magic' for my niece. I'm leaving for Florida tomorrow to see her.
She caught me writing and wanted to help. She came up with some really funny stuff for an eleven year-old. Then she started writing her own story. I'm also going to get her a nice journal. My parents and sister are not very creative so I foster every creative bone in her body.
Posted by Heather Waghelstein | December 3, 2008 10:16 PM
My sister is getting The Hunger Games for sure. How about a nice dystopia for Christmas?
Posted by Laura | December 3, 2008 11:43 PM
I bought my sister the collectors edition of Twilight. I also bought books for the local children's home; some of the books go to individual children and some go into their library. I think one of the best ways for children without the best life circumstances to grow is to read so every year I make a point to donate books to them.
Posted by Nikki | December 3, 2008 11:59 PM
I agree with you, books are best gifts ever!!! Me and my closest friend always buy books for each other on every special occasion. We'll "exchange" some YA novels this Christmas too.
I just bought some books today: Victoria and the Rogue for my god sister Debbie, And if it were true by Marc Levy for my guy friend Nicolas and Will you be there? by Marc Levy for myself. I'm gonna save up and buy some more in the next two weeks.
Hope you'll give and receive lots of books this holiday season ^^ thanks for the great giveaway.
Oh and, I just commented at The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Buy Books too.
Posted by ambear | December 4, 2008 12:07 AM
I've been listing my purchases on "When the Going Gets Tough". One of the books I've purchased as a gift is A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle. Thanks for this contest.
Posted by Kathy | December 4, 2008 6:55 AM
I am giving someone a book for christmas! My cousins and I always get to draw out a name for who we're suppose to get a present to. I drawed one of my favorite cousins and I'm going to get her a horse enclypdia, of horses. Just don't tell her that.
Please enter me:)
Posted by BookBegger | December 4, 2008 9:05 AM
I'm buying one of the Post Secret books for my best friend, and a few of the No, David! series books (by David Shannon) for my friend's baby. (I LOVE THE DAVID BOOKS!!) That's all I know of for now... I need to start Christmas shopping! :)
Posted by Stephanie Wade | December 4, 2008 11:08 AM
I haven't got everyone's present yet ... but too good to pass up for my friend Jace a high school film teahcer a 60s paperback of Robert Sheckley's The Tenth Victim with a Mastrioni/Andress painted cover. You can't get much more 60s pop fiction than that. Ha!
I love to haunt used bookstores for Christmas presents...
Posted by JoeKinski | December 4, 2008 2:40 PM
I have been buying books like a crazy women for the holidays and of course the same applies to books as to all holiday gifts...one for you and one for me!!!
My most surprise book gift buy is "Hi, I'm Lucy, The Story of a Young Bambeo", by Jane Goodall. I purchased this for my neice and it is web interactive as well so she will really be able to adopt a baby bambeo!!! We are all animal lovers and world savers in my family so this should be a big hit with everyone!!! : )
Thanks so much
Darby
drabyscloset at yahoo dot com
Posted by Darby Lohrding | December 4, 2008 11:16 PM
I have been posting purchases (not all) on "When the going gets tough.....".
I also wanted to let you know that your perfect skin shows up in every picture!!
Thanks
Darby
darbyscloset at yahoo dot com
Posted by Darby Lohrding | December 4, 2008 11:23 PM
I bought my nephew the whole set of Tintin Graphic Novels.
I would like to win the Losers!
Thanks..
gautami.tripathy[at]gmail.com
Posted by gautami tripathy | December 5, 2008 7:55 AM
Sounds like a cute book. I'd love a copy!
Posted by Wanda | December 5, 2008 2:18 PM
I buy books for everyone! My son will be unwrapping "Merry Xmas Curious George", a set of four Dr Seuss board books, and something by Matthew Van Fleet (he already loves "Tails".) My hubby will be getting "Just in Case" by Kathy Harrison and probably other books as well, ...ok, and let's adnit it, I'm even gettting books for myself, so far "What to Eat" and "The Fortune Cookie Chronicles".
Posted by thriftygrrrl | December 5, 2008 2:41 PM
As a slight funny gag I'm giving my cousin a book about poop [yeah I know but there's a story to it!]. He didn't believe me that there was actually a book that made you talk about your poo and draw it, its like a poo diary.... plus he's 9, they get so fascinated with the silliest things. He thought it was hysterical, so I'm indulging him a little in his hysteria.
As a running gag I've been buying my friend Dr. Seuss books every year...its a joke from a time we had a conversation about Dr. Seuss. This year I got her my favorite one, "The Foot Book".
I also got another person Coraline, which the movie is going to come out soon-ish... she really wants to see the movie so I told her, read the book too!
And there's probably more but I'm slightly brain-dead from finals.
Posted by Stephanie {theDizzy} | December 9, 2008 12:42 PM
I'm excited to start sharing books I loved with my five year old daughter. I'm starting simple, with Little House in the Big Woods. Think I'll read this one myself, then pass it along to my nephew :)
Posted by amanda @ www.kiddio.org | December 9, 2008 4:11 PM
I don't have an exact list yet, but I am getting books for at least three people this holiday. Especially for my best friend, who loves fantasy and LOTR.
I posted about the contest on my blog:
http://paradoxrevealed.blogspot.com/
Posted by Paradox | December 9, 2008 7:46 PM
I picked up a copy of the last Harry Potter book for my 13 year old son.
rsgrandinetti@yahoo (dot) com
Posted by Renee G | December 9, 2008 9:59 PM
I gave my friend the Violet books!
Posted by Ink | December 10, 2008 12:46 PM
I haven't read Twilight yet, so I "encouraged" my teen daughter to purchase it for me as a Christmas gift. I also purchased the 3rd book, Eclipse, for her!
Posted by Beverly Clark | December 14, 2008 9:01 AM