Sunday, July 31, 2011

SUMMER GIVEAWAY BLOG HOP----Aug 1-7th

Summer Giveaway Hop 
Thanks to Inspired Kathy at http://iamareadernotawriter.blogspot.com/p/giveaway-hop_17.html
and Mary at http://www.maryinhb.blogspot.com/
for co-hosting this hop.

Winners will be chosen by Random.org.
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. Hope you'll take the time to look around, make a comment or two and offer any suggestions. 

(Going to use Rafflecopter for the first time, if you entered earlier before it was functioning correctly, I will use the comments as your entries or should it quit working I'll use the comments. Bare with me as I'm not real sure what it's going to do. )
What one thing did you NOT do this summer you wish you had taken the time to do?






I am number 42 and Logan E. Turner (Intl) is in front of me and Backseat Reader is behind me. Click here for the full list of participating bloggers on the hop. This is a great way to meet more bloggers, win books, gift cards and more!
Giveaway Details from the Grandbuns!
 --MUST ANSWER QUESTION
---INCLUDE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS ON EACH COMMENT SO
I HAVE A WAY TO CONTACT YOU IF YOU ARE A WINNER PLUS YOUR GFC handle!

EXTRA ENTRIES
---FOLLOW ON GOGGLE FRIEND CONNECT 
---COMMENT ON UP TO 5 POSTS FOR EXTRA ENTRY
All comments left from start of hop till end will count as entry as long as you leave email and GFC handle.
--MAY ALSO TWEET OR POST TO FACEBOOK FOR EXTRA ENTRY.
Be sure and leave link in a comment.
--ALL COMMENTS MUST BE SEPARATE 
TO COUNT AS MORE THAN ONE ENTRY! 
Maximum of 6 entries! 









This contest runs till Aug 7th at 12 PM EST.
Be sure and check out my THE EYES HAVE IT contest .
You can watch for these covers and come back later to fill out the form. This one is open till Aug 10.

148 comments:

  1. GFC Follower

    snifflykitty@gmail.com

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  2. I totally wish that I had taken time to visit my cousin, we're totally close and she's just moved away and I wish I'd seen here before she left!

    Jade! - jade-walker@hotmail.co.uk

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  3. Go on a road trip! I think I'm going to a couple weeks from now, but I wish I had taken one earliere.

    Amanda - wolfbauer3(at)gmail(dot)com

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  4. I wish I had made the road trip to visit my best friend :(

    reflectionsofabookaholic[at]gmail[dot]com

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  5. I wish I took my son to visit my mom.

    Sarah - helpersarah2009@gmail.com

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  6. I wish I had taken the time for a proper vacation. I'm exhausted!

    whatinabox at gmail dot com

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  7. I think I would have liked to take the kids on more outings. I had to work most of this summer break and wasn't able to do a lot with them.

    Good reading ~ Escape by Fiction :)

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  8. Tweet: http://twitter.com/#!/bookishinabox/status/97826366707335168

    whatinabox at gmail dot com

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  9. Thanks for the giveaway!
    I wish I had taken more time to do stuff besides read and work on summer school homework, like help out in my mom's garden and hang out with friends.

    susanna DOT pyatt AT student DOT rcsnc DOT org

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  10. I wish I had taken the time to talk to my friends this summer, this is the first summer I didn't go on vacation, so that left all summer to hag out with them but, no I sat here on the computer like a little book freak.....
    Thanks for the giveaway!
    GCF- Shyia Magan
    shyia@msn.com

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  11. I tweeted!!
    http://twitter.com/#!/mylifeismymuse/status/97829514205347841

    GCF- Shyia Magan
    shyia@msn.com

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  12. I was going to start writing. However, I just spent most of my free time reading.

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  13. I wish I had read a little more. I don't know what I've been doing lol. I also wish I had gone to the beach, but there's still a whole month left for that!

    Bekka
    prettydeadlyreviews(at)yahoo(dot)com

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  14. I wish I had gone to a beach and soaked in the sun.

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  15. If I had had time off from work, I would have read more books and watched more movies. :D

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  16. I really wanted to exercise more but I haven't.

    GFC Spaz
    zsaz1029.at.yahoo.dot.com

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  17. I wish I had gotten more reading done.

    abbydillon16 AT yahoo DOT com

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  18. Thanks for the giveaway.

    Because it is now winter over here not summer I don't think I can really answer the question except to say that I wish I had spent more time at the beach last summer.

    Thanks.

    Carol T

    buddytho {at} gmail DOT com

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  20. I hope the raffle thing works for you

    =)

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  21. From Sri Lanka where it is perpetual summer (almost). No distinct seasons

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  22. Wish I went on a road trip with my friends! but we've been so busy we didn't even get to do it and it's not summer here anymore.

    amaterasureads At gmail dot com

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  23. Wish I had taken the time to loosen up. And just be me not worrying about anything. klearboredom@yahoo.com
    kati lear

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  24. I wish I would visit some country with sea because I love sea♥

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  25. Thanks for the giveaway!!:)

    i wish i'd read a few more books!

    GFC-Janhvi Jagtap
    justjanhvi at gmail dot com

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  26. i tweeted-

    http://twitter.com/#!/justjanhvi/status/97966617845178368


    GFC-Janhvi Jagtap
    justjanhvi at gmail dot com

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  27. I wish I had planted more cucumbers. We've got plenty of everything else, but the cucumbers were sad this year.

    mrsethjones at yahoo dot com

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  28. I wish I had visited my aunt.

    musmekipi at gmail dot com

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  29. I wish I had went to the beach. My family wanted to go but I have been so sick. I wish I took just a little bit of time to go. I still can, it's only 15 minutes from me.

    truebloodfan(at)rock(dot)com

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  30. Definitely visit my friends and have a bbq. My hubby is sick with c diff now, so we can no where.
    I would love a chance to win.
    Books help me from being lonely.
    cenya2 at hotmail dot com

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  31. GFC

    Hope I win :D I've got my eye on ome great book :D

    leanne_gag[at]hotmail[dot]com

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  32. I wish I had of taken the time to go to the wolf howl at Algonquin Park not too far from my home. That would have been an amazing experience.

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  33. I wanted to go to a vacation. (not my fault, my parents')
    And I wanted to work.. I guess I wasn't looking for one so much and I wasn't sure I should.

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  34. Thanks for this amazing giveaway! I wish I had been able to go to the beach!

    susanw28 (at) mindspring (dot) com

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  35. Hm. I wish I would have taken more time to actually get caught up with my reviews LOL! I have all day to finish them but I always seem to get distracted. Oh well... summer's not over YET. Thanks for the giveaway!

    Sonia
    thestoryqueen(at)hotmail(dot)com

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  36. Thanks for the chance!

    i wish I had taken my time to sun-bathe more, as there's little sun this summer over here.

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  37. thank you for the giveaway!!! :)))

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  38. I wish I had taken my family to a water park when it was so hot. Lately it's been crummy weather. :(

    kathy
    kathyreadsthis (at) gmail (dot) com

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  39. I wish I would've traveled somewhere. I've been stuck at home instead :(

    daniellesaunders1984(at)hotmail(dot)com

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  40. tweet: http://twitter.com/#!/Dani_Nguyen/status/98106891443507200

    daniellesaunders1984(at)hotmail(dot)com

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  41. The one thing I did not do this summer that I wish I did was hang out with my cousins and do the road trip we were planning for so long.

    lilazncutie1215[at]yahoo[dot]com
    jeanette8042

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  42. A getaway with my husband. Ahh well, there's always next year. Thanks! geschumann at live dot com Gloria

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  43. GFC follower: Thais

    I wish I could have gone to the beach.

    thais_rpc(at)hotmail(dot)com

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  44. i wish i could have gone to the beach

    mariannguyen16(AT)gmail(DOT)com

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  45. I wish I had gone skydiving with my husband.. it is not too late he is going again in two weeks, hmmmm.... My email is cerievans1 at gmail dot com. Thanks

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  46. Read more books I need to make a dent in my TBR book pile, but it seems I am only adding to it.

    jmesparza821(at)gmail(dot)com

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  47. Wish I would have spent more time OUTSIDE just doing nothing :)

    darlenesbooknook at gmail dot com

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  48. Thanks for the giveaway!

    GFC (Darlene)
    darlenesbooknook at gmail dot com

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  49. I wish I could have gone to the beach more...only went once :(

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  50. Wish I could have gone on an Alaskan Cruise.
    Laurie
    Laurie's Thoughts & Reviews
    lauriej170 at gmail dot com

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  51. Im not doing much this summer I want to have some extra reading time other then that Im boring! Thank you great giveaway!

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  52. Thanks for the giveaway!

    GFC Caitlin

    email: cheekychik22@yahoo.com

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  53. Nice question, hm...
    There's so many things I wish I could've done... I wish I went to a concert of my favorite band...

    Gabi - gaabii.costa@hotmail.com

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  54. I wish that I go to other places more.
    boohoowoo[at]rocketmail[dot]com

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  55. Great giveaway!
    Victorique boohoowoo[at]rocketmail[dot]com

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  56. I didn't go to the beach much at all :(

    quixoticdreamer(at)hotmail(dot)com

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  57. New GFC follower
    Great giveaway:)
    Thank you so much,I love gift cards
    elliott2668(at)yahoo(dot)com

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  58. I live in Indoensia in which there is no summer here, so i have no holiday at all! I wish I could have saome days off from my office just for wasting time at home and maybe read books (I have a LOT of TBR books) and maybe goiing vacation with my husband. Sounds interesting, isn't it?

    arblossom [at] gmail [dot] com

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  59. I wish I had gone to a theme park and made homemade salsa

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  60. Forgot to mention I wanted to visit alcatraz this summer.

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  61. Hi
    I wish I had gone to the beach. No time this year.
    Thanks for the giveaway!

    Daniela.
    dany7578@hotmail.com
    GFC follower - DANIELA

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  62. I wanted to get my room cleaned up, but I so still have time for that.

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  63. Have a BBQ, I always want to have one and it just never seems to happen :)

    kate1485 at hotmail.com

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  64. Take more time off from work to relax and recharge.

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  65. I wish I had taken a day off work to just sit outside and read...

    GFC follower
    eyrsofblueice(at)gmail(dot)com

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  66. Best wishes and thanks for a chance to win this fantabulous giveaway!
    Chanticlear1(at)gmail(dot)com
    Go on a spur of the moment trip with my next door neighbor! They had a blast.

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  67. GFC follower: June M.
    manning_j2004 at yahoo dot com

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  68. I would like to go on a road trip
    manning_j2004 at yahoo dot com

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  69. Thanks for the giveaway.
    manning_j2004 at yahoo dot com

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  70. I totally wish I got to go on holiday somewhere!

    smileess_ox at hotmail dot com

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  71. I wish I watched more movies but summer is not over yet so I think I still have time for it.

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  72. I wish I had exercised more. Also, I wish I had gotten further into reducing my magazine pile.

    monagarg@yahoo.com

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  73. Thanks for the giveaway :)
    I love gift cards too but the only problem is deciding what to spend them on.

    Hope you gain many more followers!

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  74. I wish I'd eaten more ice cream! :D

    situationswhereyoumayneedit at gmail dot com

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  75. I actually wanted to go to the beach but I couldn´t u.u

    -Mariana S
    sarima89 AT gmail DOT com

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  76. I wish I had visited sea this summer.
    xlacrimax[at]gmail.com

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  77. I wish I had taken some more time to just relax.
    amandarwest atmgaildotocom

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  78. I wish I had gone to that U2 concert on Magnetic Hill last weekend. Looks like it was a blast.

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  79. Thanks for the giveaway!!


    Judy
    magnolias_1[at]msn[dot]com

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  80. I wish that I had read a little more. I have some time now though, so I will definitely be working on that!
    twigerina@hotmail.com

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  81. i wish I would have gotten more exercise this summer.


    eileen at booksrusonline.com

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  82. I wanted to go to the beach... or maybe read more books. But since I started a new job I really don't have time for much stuff.

    xjustakidx(at)hotmail(dot)com

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  83. Wish I would have been able to go on another vacation!
    allison.ziff(at)gmail(dot)com

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  84. I didn't make it to the beach.

    lillieblue613(at)gmail(dot)com

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  85. I wish I could go on vacations, but I had to work. :(

    universo_literario@hotmail.com

    International

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  86. I wish I had had more energy and a better AC to really clean my house. I also wish the family could have gotten together more. It seems that summer vacations are not what they use to be.

    koonie2888 at yahoo dot com

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  87. I wish I had been able to take a girls road trip vacation this summer. We have the best times when ewe do that

    Mandy B. - m-boyer@comcast.net

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  88. gfc follower as cjabdelnour. Cheryl cjabdelnour@hotmail.com

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  89. I wish I would have read more!

    Alivia

    lehtoa92@gmail.com

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  90. I wish I'd have gone to the lake this summer.

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  91. I wish I'd gone to an amusement park with my friends when they went some weekends ago...

    thanks for the giveaway!
    -andrea b
    cheesybread(at)gmail(dot)com

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  92. I wish I had gone to visit my friend more often because he is moving 8 hours away and I wont be able to see him as often; the next time will be christmas :(

    hannahtwinn_415(at)hotmail(dot)com

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  93. I"m not sure if you wanted us to post here what we wish we'd done (i wrote mine also in the rafflecopter comments).

    I wish i had gone to the water slides. Love that.

    GFC (jennifer)

    jennifer.kalman at gmail dot com

    Thanks.

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  94. Thanks for the chance to win!

    Mary_Reiss @ hotmail.com

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  95. I wish i wrote a book!
    k_anon[at]hotmail[dot]co[dot]uk

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  96. wow,this is so amazing and generous of you.we didn't go to the sea,hope to go by the end of the summer.

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  97. I wish I had taken a vacation. :) I took time off but didn't go anywhere.

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  98. I can't believe how many books you read through! But it's a lovely contest and I'm very glad to be a part of it. <3 ! fbg . clh @ gmail dot com

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  99. Thank you very much for the great giveaway!

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  100. I wish I had time to take off work and take a real vacation with my girls!

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  101. "What one thing did you NOT do this summer you wish you had taken the time to do?"

    England :(

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  102. I wish I had continued with my dancing. Sad that that is the one thing that got left by the wayside.

    cstsang98@hotmail.com

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  103. Thank you for a wonderful giveaway!

    books4me67 at ymail.com

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  104. I wish I sat down and wrote instead of thinking about it!

    books4me67 at ymail.com

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  105. I have my eye on some great books! *wink. wink*

    books4me67 at ymail.com

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  106. I wish I had been able to go on some sort of vacation! That would have been lovely... maybe I can do an Autumn vacation instead. :)

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  107. I wish I would have went on a vacation.
    mizztuts AT bellsouth DOT net

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  108. I wish I had gone to the beach more. Its raining here now so I pretty much indoors all day.

    Thanks for the giveaway.

    claroxide@yahoo.co.in

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  109. I wish I would find time to go and see 5D movie
    kapranova.sofija@gmail.com

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  110. First off, thank you so much for letting me know my comment entry was accidentally deleted!
    And the thing I wish I took the time for this summer was to go see the new Pirates movie.

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  111. Thank you for the giveaway!!!
    GFC Shannon Johnson
    shannonjean14(at)gmail(dot)com

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  112. I wish I would have taken a vacation this summer.

    kamwh1207(at)att(dot)net

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  113. great giveaway
    follow via gfc
    drakebdog@gmail.com

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  114. Thank you, so much for this amazing giveaway. I am definitely following your great blog! :)

    I wish I would have gotten that series of books read this summer, that I was going to and caught up with my older series. Written a few more reviews than I have lately.

    Oh, and I posted on my blog!

    Blog Post: http://soulunsung.blogspot.com/2011/08/lisas-lovesbooks-of-course-summer.html

    Suz @ A Soul Unsung
    Tweet Me!
    susanhaugland@att.net

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  115. RELAX! I had a stressful summer!

    kpuleski at gmail dot com

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  116. I wish so badly that I could have gone camping. But my husband and I haven't had the time or money to do so.

    mysticsandmoonbeams(at)hotmail(dot)com

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  117. I wish I could have gone to the beach.

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  118. Thanks for the giveaway.

    I wish that I had taken the time to go to the midnight showing of Deathly Hallows Part 2.

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  119. I wish I had cleaned out my garage!

    GFC BookcaseLaura

    BookcaseLaura@gmail.com

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  120. Great giveaway! Thank you!
    It's winter where I am, but I wish I'd been outdoors more last summer.
    samstillreading(at)gmail(dot)com

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  121. I wish I had made time to go to the beach.

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  122. Thanks for the giveaway :)
    juliecookies(at)gmail.com

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  123. GFC follower:0
    I wish I had made time to go to the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium! My goal now is to go sometime before the end of the year, maybe during the Winter Wonderland Lights or Boo at the Zoo!
    jwitt33 at live dot com

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  124. Thanks so much for an awesome giveaway:)
    jwitt33 at live dot com

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  125. Thanks for the great giveaway!:)

    sarahDOTsetarATgmailDOTcom

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  126. I wish I had taken the time to practice my driving and learn how to cook this holiday...

    sarahDOTsetarATgmailDOTcom

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  127. I'm also a big fan of Gift Card giveaways, so I appreciate this one. Thanks:)

    Sarah

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  128. I commented on this post for an extra entry: "BOOKS I'VE BOUGHT, SWAPPED OR WON FOR THE WEEK 8/1 # 46"

    sarahDOTsetarATgmailDOTcom

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  129. I wish we had gone to more summerfests/ carnivals!

    TaraTagli at gmail dot com

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  130. Thanks for the giveaway!!

    I wish I would have taken the time for a good vacation! Instead I had to work and have surgery. Oh well. :o)

    Mickey @ imabookshark

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  131. I wish I had been able to take my son up to Drummond Island, Michigan, for a few days. Oh well, next year!
    Laurie Carlson
    laurieisreading at gmail dot com
    Thanks for the giveaway!
    lauriehere as a GFC follower! I already was! I can't figure out how to follow you on Twitter but I used your button to Tweet this giveaway!

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  132. I also liked you on Facebook! I don't know what send means?
    I like "The Eyes have it". Everyone seems to have that book on their pages!
    laurie carlson
    laurieisreading at gmail dot com
    lauriehere GFC follower

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  133. Nowhere to put this so I'll put it here! I want to read Ruby Red!
    laurieisreading at gmail dot com

    Also, I like your slide show of that is TBR!

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  134. I wish I could have gone on vacation with my family, but I'm taking classes instead.

    Thanks!

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  135. I wish I had the time to learn how to cook.

    xsweeteternityx(at)hotmail(dot)com

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  136. great giveaway
    gfc follower-laurie1993

    laurie1993@verizon.net

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  137. I wish I would have gone to vacation.

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  138. I wish I'd been able to read more books. And get my office more organized.

    Lea Ellen {night owl in IL}
    borg_66@hotmail.com

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  139. I wish I had attended my friend's HS wedding (and taken a vacation). Thanks for the giveaway
    Hendy
    hendymartin1 at yahoo dot com

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  140. I am leaving a blog post comment. :)
    GFC - Anry
    poppy1247(AT) gmail.com

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  141. I wish I could've eaten cheesesteaks from Philly this summer. I was originally from Philly, but never ate an authentic Philly cheesesteak!

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  142. I have not played tennis yet this summer.

    slbastin at gmail dot com

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  143. I wish I read more...but there is still time!

    lauradunks@googlemail.com

    GFC follower

    Laura

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