Welcome to the Ultimate Blog Party! Book GIVEAWAY!! CLOSED

This giveaway is now closed. Congratulations to Shonda for winning.



The Ultimate Blog Party has finally arrived! Yahoo!

Welcome to my book blog where I indulge my obsession with the written word. Oh how I love books!

I should probably be saying

"Hello, my name is Tara and I am a bookaholic."

Of course I really don't want to change... I can't help it. I adore books.

So come on in and join me in my world of overflowing book shelves and books-to-be-read piles ready to topple over with the slightest provocation. Grab a cup of something delightful, a tasty snack, your favourite book and find a cozy place to sit and relax... my kind of party!

My love affair with books started young... I really have no idea when because as long as I can remember I have loved to lose myself within the pages of a book. My mom and I moved a lot when I was a kid (like once a year or more a lot) and books were a good friend to me. A good story can be wonderful company!

I am a huge fan of the story- what could be better than spending an afternoon cozied up with a good book- and so I started this blog in an effort to share the wonderful books I read with the world. I give away as many as I can afford to mail out and I donate a whole lot of them to our local library... I believe in sharing :).  And on weeks when parenting and such dwindle my reading time to next-to-nothing I share the book-treasures that others have found.

And now I would like to share a few treasures with all you party-goers... thanks to the amazing folks at Hachette Book Group I have a wonderful book to giveaway today!

Mommy Power

Discovering Your Mommy Strength
by Dr. Sheila Schuller Coleman

-description taken from the Hachette Book Group website

Many women struggle with being mothers. The great joys of parenting are hindered by harsh self-doubt and a chronic lack of physical and emotional energy. In MOMMY POWER, Sheila Schuller Coleman helps women understand that while they really don't have the power or strength to handle the demands of motherhood alone, they don't have to. Mommy strength, Sheila says, comes from asking God to lend some of His, knowing He will never fail to provide. God will enable anyone who asks to become a powerful mother who loves strong, forgives strong, and models a strong faith.

Sheila Schuller Coleman has a doctorate in educational leadership and administration. For over a decade she has worked in both the public and private school arenas, mentoring schoolteachers, principals, and preschool directors. Sheila is currently senior pastor of the Crystal Cathedral. She lives in Southern California with her husband, Jim, and they are the parents of four children. You can contact Sheila and read her column at www.crystalcathedral.org/Sheila.

I haven't read this book yet but I think it looks fabulous!

Would you like to win a brand new copy of this book?

* just tell me about a book you are reading right now- easy!

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This giveaway is open to readers in Canada & the USA. I will choose a winner on April 16, 2010.

Winner will be chosen with random.org and notified by email. Winner will have 48 hours to reply to my email or I will choose a new winner.

Be sure to stop by my other blog party post too! I am giving away a $150 spa gift certificate over there!

Don't forget to enter my other giveaways while you are here:

1. Win a $150 WaySpa.com Gift Card HERE. (ends April 17, open to Canada/USA)
2. Win $100 in Gift Cards HERE. (ends April 27, open to CANADA ONLY)
3. Win How To Grow Practically Everything HERE. (ends April 9, open to CANADA ONLY)
4. Win What's In The Bible? DVD's by Phil Vischer HERE. (ends April 15, open to Canada/USA)
5. Win a $25 box of surprise hair accessories HERE. (ends April 22, open WORLDWIDE)
6. Win a $100 GC to Tea Collection (kid's clothes) HERE. (ends April 29, open to USA ONLY)
7. Win a $75 GC to Novica HERE. (ends April 26, open to Canada/USA)
8. Win Sworn to Protect by Diann Mills HERE. (ends April 24, open to Canada/USA)
9. Win Admit One: My Life In Film by Emmett James HERE. (ends April 23, open to Canada/USA)
10. Win a Circus Play Tent HERE. (ends April 22, open to Canada/USA)
11. Win a 4-pack of aden + anais swaddles HERE. (ends May 1, open to Canada/USA)
12. Win Mommy Power by Sheila Schuller Coleman HERE. (ends April 16, open to Canada/USA)
13. Win Heart of My Heart Devotional HERE. (ends April 18, open to Canada/USA)
14. Win God Never Blinks HERE. (ends April 19, open to Canada/USA)
15. Win The Cook's Herb Garden HERE. (ends May 2, open to Canada ONLY)