BOOKS AND BLOGGING PHILOSOPHY

Philosophy is defined as a theory underlying or regarding a sphere of activity or thought. Well, my theory is if I can add at least 10 new books to my Wishlist and move at least 5 older Wishlist selections to my TBR list every month, then life is a ice cream sundae. And if I can find those 10 books from at least 5 new blogs each month then that's the cherry on top.

NEW VISITORS AND OLD- WELCOME!

NEW VISITORS AND OLD- WELCOME!
Well, I've made it almost 5 years now, so for better or worse, I continue on. I tend to blog in spurts as the urge to be creative erupts. As I don't have an artistic bone in my body, you will see very few changes in the layouts. Hey, I'm a reader not an artist like so many of the awesome bloggers I follow. I know you don't always have the time but if you stopped and looked, take a half a minute and say your piece. Recommend a book that you have enjoyed or hated for that matter. Thank you to all who visit.
Oh, and I moved my Google Friend Connect info and share this buttons to the top, as without our friends, who are we?


Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Gift Card Giveaway Hop-Dec 9th- 13th

The Gift Card Giveaway Hop is just in time to help
 with with last minute holiday shopping!! 

Hosted by
The Gift Card Giveaway Hop will run from Dec. 9th to 13th.  
Thanks to Peep and Kathy for co-hosting. 
Winners will be chosen by Rafflecopter.
YOU MUST COMMENT/ANSWER THIS QUESTION TO ENTER

What last minute gift, you looked for this year or 
 in years past, was the hardest to find?


Contest will be open internationally.
I will be giving away a $10 Amazon/Barnes and Noble Gift card or
I'll let you chose a book from Book Depository
up to $10 and as long as they ship free to you,
you can enter.
Just make sure they ship to you. If not sure,  check here.
I love to win Gift Cards and these are the simplest and the best as far as I'm concerned.
For every 50 brand new followers, I'll give away another $10 Gift card or
book from Book Depository.
AmazonGiftCard
B&N
Book Depository
Hope you'll take the time to look around,
make a comment or two.
I am number 22.

Pretty Opinionated  is in front of me 
 is behind me.
WOW! There are over 100 blogs participating! How awesome is that!
Click HERE for the full list of participating bloggers on the hop.
This is a great way to meet more bloggers and win  gift cards for the holidays!

ENTRY INSTRUCTIONS PER THE BUNS!


Click on the "Read More" to take you to Rafflecopter--
If you have any problem getting Rafflecopter to come up,
generally refreshing the page will fix it.
Read "Click for Instructions" before answering the question!
                               


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Kerry said...

My husband wanted the Baseball series on blu-ray and I had trouble finding it!

alsatia23 at hotmail dot com

Grace Matthews said...

Well it wasn't last minute but I had a hard time finding a Tickle Me Elmo one the year they came out and that is all my son wanted.

Unknown said...

My nephew wants a skylanders character called Slam Bam, which I can't find.

Trasina said...

I think that would have to be Black Ops for X Box last year for my son. EVERYONE was sold out and people were selling it online for way more than it cost!

ChiKittie said...

I would say something for my Dad. He is always so picky with gifts.

- beckie
ChiKittie(at)gmail(dot)com

Lover of Paranormal said...

I hate to admit it, but it was one of those creepy Elmo dancing dolls for my daughter when she was younger.
Jessica
JessEmilyZack(@)yahoo(.)com

JessS said...

A cheap bag for one of my friends. I don't mean cheap as in crappy or anything, it was just that I was trying to find something that was maybe less than $30 - $40, and I eventually found a really pretty pink flower bag at this market thing in the city for only $10. Thanks!

jessicamariesutton(at)msn(dot)com

Perk11 said...

The most difficult give for me to find was a fountain pen in my price range for my nephew..oh I found plenty for $300 and up. Eventually I did find a really nice one I could afford.

grand.prix@live.ca

Michigan_Mom said...

Tickle Me Elmo was by far the hardest thing to find many years ago when my daughter was little!!

Kelly Burroughs Crowell - kjb1977 at live.com

Perk11 said...

I posted a comment on the article "Perception by Kim Harrington, Coming March 1 2012!"

grand.prix@live.ca

Crazylicious85 said...

I really haven't had trouble finding any gifts before, I guess I'm lucky!

thanks for the giveaway!

Allison Lancaster
crazylicious85 at suddenlink dot net

Unknown said...

My father in law is so hard to buy for so I always wait until last minute to buy his gifts & then it's a nightmare! I do not know why I do this every year, but of course I do!!!! Still haven't gotten his yet!

Thanks for the chance to win!!

~Ola
okj83 at live dot com

Ruth said...

I have never had an issue with searching for a gift for someone and couldn't find it. Actually, I guess I am right now looking for a certain hair straightner for my niece that I cannot seem to find.
ruthaw_1974@yahoo.com

Missie1 said...

Last gift like that was a certain doll that my youngest daughter wanted & sadly I never found it in time :( But she honestly doesn't remember it now...thank God...lol

LisaILJ said...

Anything for my father. He requires some planning, so all too often I procrastinate, and then end up wandering around the mall endlessly trying to come up with something to buy him.

Bex said...

Hmm, I've actually not looked for one I couldn't find. Well, certain audiobook boxes maybe, but they didn't exist in that format at all!

Thanks for the giveaway!

LisaILJ said...

The chins will not sing Christmas in Hollis. Sad.

MommysYAaddiction said...

Lalaloopsy dolls last year. They were sold out everywhere I went. I got them this year though!!

ericka coello said...

I always buy what is on sale throughout the year

Unknown said...

A few years ago it was a Wii for my daughter

Unknown said...

I had trouble finding a pretty patriotic ornament to send my English friend!

mariamusings at gmail dot com

grace said...

Hmm. The most difficult may have been the Sony Reader that I wanted to buy last Christmas for my sister. It took me months.

Ladytink_534 said...

There was this mixer in a specific color my mom wanted and it took me forever to find it since most places don't carry it and the online store was sold out.

Ladytink_534(at)yahoo(dot)com

kristina shields said...

I don't really do last minute shopping. im normally able to find all the gifts i want to buy

D.S. White said...

That is really not an issue for me. I only give checks or gift cards as gifts--that way I know people are able to get the gift they really want and I don't have to do the crowd and shopping thing (which I hate).

anme said...

Right now, I've been helping my mom buy a MP3 player for my brother- but given that none of us had one before, and he has no need for an apple product- we're having a hard time finding one that seems decent and isn't over 100 bucks!

trayche said...

the Hunger Games book HARDBACK.
Damn here, in Macedonia, is hard to find that book in hardback.
i needed to go other town with my father.

Mare/TommyGirl said...

It was probably a few years ago with the Wii Fit. It was impossible to locate. The year before that it was the Wii game Carnival Games - no stores had it.

Terri Martin said...

My grandson is a teenager and he is so hard for me to find gifts for him that he will like.
Thanks for giveaway.
phoenixgrill@aol.com

Anne said...

I am not a last monute shopper. I frequently buy stuff after Chirstmas and put it in the closet for the following year.

ephrielle said...

I haven't had much trouble finding gifts for Christmas. Since I live in such a remote area I do all my shopping online. So I just get what I see and call it good. But I do have a hard time deciding what is just the right gift to give.

Stacey Smith said...

one year Furbies where hard to find but I did get them finly.now this year it's hard to find stuff that fits my mom she is so small may have to look in kids clothing .

sasluvbooks at yahoo dot com

Chantel said...

Last minute gifts? No, I don't think so. I'm usually done my shopping by November 30th at the latest. My family is just too big for me to not be on the ball.

cwilliams127 at gmail dot com

Unknown said...

I always have a problem finding something for my mom.

kayswederski@yahoo.com

Sayeth said...

A particular brand of water bottle for my marathon-running sister.

mrsethjones (AT) yahoo (DOT) com

Patricia @ Lady with Books said...

Every gift is a last minute gift with me. All of my family and friend have the horrible label of “impossible to shop for”! And they don’t ask for anything! Why can’t they make is simple and just ask for something they need? Instead I spend November and December looking around for something they can at least unwrap on Christmas. Ugh!

ladywithbooks(at)yahoo(dot)com

Joanna said...

A gift that I am having trouble finding in stores this year is for my aunt. She loves the football player, Tim Tebow. It's his autobiography I'm looking for, and it seem to be sold out everywhere. I guess I'll now be buying it through Amazon.

Joanna said...

I had the Chins sing Deck the Halls, White Christmas, and Jingle Bells. I commented this on its post as well.

TayteH said...

I always know what to get mom, but it's just finding it. Since we usually shop for her a week before christmas, it's hard to find want she wants.

Anne R said...

I always remember something at the last minute. One year, I was still searching for a gift for my mom (from my dad). She can be challenging to buy for.

Michelle said...

I find it difficult to shop for males. Thanks for the great giveaway. ~Michelle
cmichellehofer AT gmail DOT com

poisnivyred said...

Last year I ended up giving my father-in-law a box of Nutty Buddy bars.. Lol he's the hardest person in the world to buy for! I did a little better this year tho. I got him a wooden soduko set :)

Kelsey d

geschumann said...

I guess I'm bad. I don't do the horribly hard to find items. If it's that difficult, I figure they can wait. Thanks for the giveaway! Gloria

maria g said...

My mother really wanted a yellow whistling tea kettle one year and I mustve found every other colored tea kettle under the rainbow. I searched for 2 days until I finally found one a town away.

Patricia Wojnar Crowley said...

A few years back, I had the hardest time finding the Spiderman Web Blaster...finally found it at a KB toy store a week before Christmas...I'm pretty sure the Hallelujah Chorus was playing in the background!

Unknown said...

I have honestly never really had a problem.

Penny Kathleen said...

The year Furby came out, we tried to find one for my daughter and finally found one on Christmas Eve!

pkbw28(at)gmail(dot)com

Sherry said...

I always have a hard time finding something that I think my step-mom will like.

engelsigh said...

Secret Santas are always hard to shop for. Last year I got a coworker who loves dolphins (the sea creature not the sports team) and trying to find a dolphin last minute in a mountain town in Arizona was almost impossible.

Jeryl M. said...

The hardest gifts had to find were new and popular video games. Everywhere we went they were out of them.

icefairy said...

A good moisturizer that would please my mother-in-law.

icefairyisme at gmail dot com

Tabathia B said...

a doll for my daughter that had sold out due to it the ethnicity of the doll

Pat L. said...

A Sopranos calender for my son in law.
patoct@yahoo.com

SnowflakeDay (Audra) said...

I'll never forget the year we were trying to find a Star Wars toy for my stepson. It was sold out everywhere. I can't remember the name of it, some toy that walked and was some kind of robot action figure. It was going for 4 times what it was worth on Ebay. I was calling Toy stores every few days to see if they had new shipments in. We never did find one and had to settle for something else. If memory serves, there were tons of them on the shelves after Christmas.

Anonymous said...

iPhone gloves. it seems like they are constantly sold out- I started looking in August!

nfmgirl said...

Actually it was probably a bike for my mother. It needed to be short enough, cheap enough (she'd never go for an expensive one!). Not easy to find.

Paol Trenny said...

tickle me elmo

Thank you for the great giveaway - (emscout9 at Hotmail dot com)

Unknown said...

It was a golf club for my husband and a certain diary for my daughter. I thought I could wait until payday, but the stores were out. I had to drive to the next town to find them. I now shops all year and hold for Christmas. I leave the one big thing they are after to get and then enjoy the time reading, baking, and laughing! I learned!

kelleynutrition at gmail dot com

IdentitySeeker said...

I'm a last-minute person, so I'm always hunting for gifts at the last-minute. I needed to get a gift for a friend that would hold some significance- I eventually found a snow globe that perfectly represented our friendship:)

Sarah

sarahDOTsetarATgmailDOTcom

Stacy said...

I am having a hard time shopping for someone right now. All my Christmas shopping is done except for her. She is a work friend, so I don't really know her that well. I normally don't buy for people at work, but she already got me a gift.

the imagine tree at aol dot com

Spav said...

One year it took me 4 hours to find the plant my mom wanted.

BLHmistress said...

I think the hardest gift to find was the Wii a couple years ago for my son.

Monja Blue said...

A Mont Blanc pen for my brother, the accountant!
Best wishes and thanks for a chance to win this fabulicious gift card giveaway hop!
MonjaBlue(at)gmail(dot)com

Kristi said...

A Rubik's Cube last year for my son! Was hard to find one of the normal square ones - and this year I see them everywhere! lol

Unknown said...

Zhu Zhu pets when they first came out were the hardest gift for me to find

Susan said...

A few years ago, I had issues finding a video game for my son! I learned a valuable lesson that year...now I do all my shopping earlier in the season!!!!

Susan said...

A Video Game for my son he was really wanting a few years ago! Now I don't put off my shopping till the last minute!!

vadeluna07 said...

The darn Tickle Me Elmo back when it first came out. My niece wanted one so we went just about everywhere to find one.

Nat (Lendo Romances) said...

I usually make most of the gifts, so I never had that issue before =P

Denise Z said...

One year my son really wanted a game and I had to search high and low until I found it :) Thank you for this generous giveaway. Happy holidays.

Arianne said...

i haven't been giving many gifts so i don't really have any hard to find gifts... this year, i just win lots of books or gift card and i just recently requested 2 copies of Hunger Games. one for me, and one as a gift :D
email: cruz042 at cougars.csusm.edu

Anonymous said...

It was the year I was hunting the Wii for my daughter.
lisa.blogs2 at gmail dot com

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