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Young House Love » Giveaways » Fab Freebie: Book Worms Rejoice

| By John Petersik | November 5, 2012 | 10,008 Comments

Fab Freebie: Book Worms Rejoice

***This giveaway is now closed – see who won below!***

So many book-hungry people out there! This giveaway hit its 10,000 cap within 24 hours, so we’re already back with a winner. The lucky worm is… Melissa (who keeps her favorite books in a bedside cabinet, a living room end table, and on a special display shelf in the family room. She believes “all good book nerds have them in all parts of the house!”). Congrats Melissa!

Our book release is officially here! Woo hoo! And we’re celebrating by giving away books this week. But not just our book. Lots o’ books. In fact, some of them will even come signed by some pretty awesome people. Woot! We’ve been gobbling up so many design, decor, and home books lately that we thought it’d be fun to share some of our recent faves from our library. So in addition to a signed copy of our new book, you’ll also be getting copies of the following (marked with an asterisk when signed!):

  • The Things That Matter by Nate Berkus
  • The Handbuilt Home by Ana White*
  • Design*Sponge at Home by Grace Bonney
  • Home by Novogratz by Robert & Cortney Novogratz*
  • Style Me Pretty Weddings by Abby Larson* (which releases next month)
  • Happier at Home by Gretchen Rubin*

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  • PRIZE: Copies of all of the books shown above, including signatures from us, Gretchen Rubin, Abby Larson, the Novogratzes, and Ana White!
  • TO ENTER: Comment on this post with the words “BOOK ME!” and tell us…
  • BONUS QUESTION: … what special place in your home do you keep your favorite books? Do they get a prime spot on your coffee table? Or do you have a large collection of faves that fill a bookcase somewhere? Maybe your top pick at the moment just lives cozily on your night table?
  • GIVEAWAY CLOSES: Wednesday, Nov 7th at 8pm EST or at 10,000 entries (whichever comes first)
  • NUMBER OF WINNERS: One
  • PRIZE SHIPS: The United States (although we try to wrangle as many international giveaways as possible – more on that here)
  • USUAL STUFF: One entry per e-mail address is permitted. The winner will be selected using random.org and announced on Thursday as an update to this post. That’s right, come right back here on Thursday for the announcement of our winner. Good luck…

Note: We aren’t paid or perked for hosting these giveaways, we just do ‘em to thank you awesome folks for stopping in. See our Giveaway FAQ page for more info.

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Comments

  1. Rebecca Melton says

    November 5, 2012 at 3:08 pm

    I keep my books in a closet away from little hands that can rip the pages out! :)

    Reply
  2. Ali Broom says

    November 5, 2012 at 3:08 pm

    BOOK ME!

    Reply
  3. Cassie says

    November 5, 2012 at 3:08 pm

    Book me! I keep all my books on a nice big bookshelf, but sometimes I hide some less impressive fiction on my kindle :)

    Reply
  4. Lisa says

    November 5, 2012 at 3:08 pm

    BOOK ME! I keep a stack that I’m reading, or plan to read, on my LR end table and incorporate it into my decorating. Others are put onto bookshelves in the family room.

    Reply
  5. Kim says

    November 5, 2012 at 3:08 pm

    BOOK ME!

    Whatever I’m reading currently lives on my nightstand. All my other books live on our overflowing bookcases in the office.

    Reply
  6. Hemma says

    November 5, 2012 at 3:08 pm

    “BOOK ME!” !!

    Can’t believe this giveaway: your book JUST arrived. Heard a ‘thud’ on the porch and yeeeeh there it was. Thrilled and… mad as I have sooo much to do and really want to curl up with the dogs and a blankee and read it. Books live all over our house. They add so much to any room.
    Btw if I win this giveaway I’ll gladly pass on my copy to a friend : )

    Reply
  7. Alex says

    November 5, 2012 at 3:08 pm

    BOOK ME!

    I have a bookcase next to my bed and it holds all of my books.

    Reply
  8. Lynds says

    November 5, 2012 at 3:08 pm

    BOOK ME! This is a great give-away! We keep most on built-in book shelves but rotate a couple (truthfully using color as our primary deciding factor!) on the coffee table/side tables.

    Reply
  9. Lizzie says

    November 5, 2012 at 3:08 pm

    BOOK ME!

    My favorite books are either on my kindle or on a dresser in my bedroom. Thanks for the chance to win these awesome books!

    Reply
  10. Becky F says

    November 5, 2012 at 3:08 pm

    BOOK ME! Y’all give a lot of love to your readers, and this one truly appreciates it. I use a bookshelf as my bedside table, so this special stack would either go there or on my entry way table.

    Reply
  11. Elise says

    November 5, 2012 at 3:08 pm

    BOOK ME!

    We just moved, and it was so wonderful to get our books out of boxes and into even a little normal bookcase. Hopefully in the future they’ll get nicer digs!

    Reply
  12. Beth says

    November 5, 2012 at 3:08 pm

    Book Me! My overflowing bookcase lives in my bedroom with all the leftovers sprawling all over the house at the moment.

    Reply
  13. Meghan C. says

    November 5, 2012 at 3:08 pm

    Book me! (Please!)

    Also, I don’t understand the bonus question. Is your home not supposed to be spilling over with piles of books everywhere? If so, then I may have a problem. :) All of my books are my favorites, and I have bookcases/racks/decorative piles in every room, but my favorite is our little front sun room who’s beveled walls are lined with shelves end to end so I am surrounded by sunlight and books and everything good in the world. It’s such a rejuvenating sight that I don’t even get all that fussy about the sun damage to the book spines.

    Reply
  14. Catherine says

    November 5, 2012 at 3:08 pm

    BOOK ME!

    My husband and I recently moved to a very small townhome to save money and our 300+ books went into storage at my parent’s house. They’ve slowly been making their way back to us 2 or 3 at a time (not to mention the new books we’ve been buying) and are now scattered all over our 1000 square feet. We dream of a library the size of our current home!

    The special ones are stacked on our nightstands!

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  15. angela says

    November 5, 2012 at 3:08 pm

    BOOK ME!
    My favorite books are usually kept stacked in our open livingroom/kitchen area so I can gaze at their pretty covers/spines and peruse often.

    Reply
  16. Deese says

    November 5, 2012 at 3:08 pm

    BOOK ME!

    I am a huge fan of home decor and Books! I have had a love affair with books since before I could read, the library was always my favorite place as a child. Today I have 4 large bookcases filled with books in my living room. One bookcase with books in my bedroom. One bookcase filled to over flowing with cook books in my kitchen (yes in my kitchen!). And two bedside tables in my guest room crammed with books.

    Seriously, I’m a lover of the written word. Most of my books are non-fiction, about women’s rights, memoirs of a “famous” person’s life, or old college textbooks about psychology and criminal justice, as well as a few “coffee table” books like Postcards and Cat books. But I do have quite a lot of Michael Crichton’s books as well. :) So how (I have no idea why) do I not have one single home decor book?…which is crazy because HGTV is my go to channel whenever I’m at a hotel with cable (I don’t have it at home)…hopefully this will soon be fixed because I asked for your book for my birthday, and my partner is generally very good at listening…and a heavy box from amazon arrived a few days ago ;)…so yes, even if I don’t win these books I am going to need to make a trip to Edward McKay to rectify this grievous error.

    Sorry to ramble on…just Books. *sigh*

    :) Deese

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  17. Denise says

    November 5, 2012 at 3:08 pm

    BOOK ME! I love books and have several bookshelves, plus I use them as decor. We have two different height bedside tables and I use a stack of books on the lower one to make the lamps even. My favorite bookshelf is painted white and is color-coded.

    Reply
  18. Jackie says

    November 5, 2012 at 3:08 pm

    BOOK ME! I love to read, so books can be found all over my house, from toilet tops to basic bookshelves.

    Reply
  19. Mitra says

    November 5, 2012 at 3:08 pm

    BOOK ME! Fave books are on the coffee table.

    Reply
  20. Shaina Bielaz says

    November 5, 2012 at 3:08 pm

    BOOK ME!
    We recently renovated the majority of our house (minus kitchen and bathrooms) and built a large built in next to the fire place. I’m always trying to find pretty books and decorations to fill in all of our new display shelves!

    Reply
  21. Sasha P. says

    November 5, 2012 at 3:08 pm

    BOOK ME! I have books everywhere! The majority are in a glass front bookcase, a few favorites are displayed on the mantle, while some of my guilty pleasure murder-mystery paperbacks are stashed under the bed. LOL…guess the secrets out!

    Reply
  22. Tara Figi says

    November 5, 2012 at 3:08 pm

    BOOK ME!!! Almost all of these books are on my Christmas wish list! They would look great on my thrift store coffee table! So excited for this coming weekend. Chicago or bust :)

    Reply
  23. Katy says

    November 5, 2012 at 3:08 pm

    BOOK ME! my favorite books live on shelves in our entertainment center

    Reply
  24. sar mutka says

    November 5, 2012 at 3:08 pm

    Book ME! Fave books are on a bookshelf in the guestroom. :)

    Reply
  25. Mary says

    November 5, 2012 at 3:08 pm

    Book Me! My books are in stacks throughout my house! I need a better system!

    Reply
  26. Anika says

    November 5, 2012 at 3:08 pm

    “BOOK ME!” This is like the best giveaway ever!!

    I have many, many books and until I move into a house and set up my own library (a la beauty and the beast – loved that room!) my books are residing on a traditional bookshelf.

    Thanks for hosting such a great giveaway!

    Reply
  27. Gamble says

    November 5, 2012 at 3:08 pm

    BOOK ME! I love displaying my books on a shelf in the living room.

    Reply
  28. Michelle says

    November 5, 2012 at 3:08 pm

    BOOK ME! I have books everywhere, but I especially love to pile them on my nightstand.

    Reply
  29. Kelly p says

    November 5, 2012 at 3:08 pm

    BOOK ME!

    Right now my books live….errrrr…. in boxes. But it’s not because I’m some sort of book hating jerk. I’m a total book nerd, I swear! As soon as we’re done renovating (please let it be soon!) they will come out and enjoy prominent places all over the house. And I would love to win that lovely stack of books :-)

    Reply
  30. Martha says

    November 5, 2012 at 3:09 pm

    BOOK ME: since moving over to the kindle, the number of actual books in my house has diminished. However, I do keep my those books which are too pretty or too good to relegate to a black and white screen loving shelved on my bookshelf in the den–the cosiest and most peaceful place!

    Reply
  31. Clare says

    November 5, 2012 at 3:09 pm

    Book me!

    We have a library that we put in a nook in our bonus room. It’s a fun spot to sit and the industrial shelving, dark walls, and old books make me smile.

    Reply
  32. Ali says

    November 5, 2012 at 3:09 pm

    BOOK ME! Mine are stacked I the mud room, ready to grab on my way out the door to work out,I can read on the treadmill and that’s the best chunk of me time I have!

    Reply
  33. Corrie says

    November 5, 2012 at 3:09 pm

    BOOK ME!

    My favorite books with a lot of pictures go on the coffee table and the rest go on the bookshelf in our guest room.

    Reply
  34. Ami Rickson says

    November 5, 2012 at 3:09 pm

    BOOK ME!

    My books live all over the place! They try to make it back the bookshelf, but that doesn’t always happen. They are on the nightstand and coffee table, even in the kitchen!

    Reply
  35. Kristina says

    November 5, 2012 at 3:09 pm

    Book Me! Our new house has an entire wall of built in book shelves that we’re sloooowly filling up with new favorites.

    Reply
  36. Jenna says

    November 5, 2012 at 3:09 pm

    BOOK ME! Books are all over our house… coffee table, built in shelves, nightstands, and bookcases in the office. I think a couple of these books would become our new coffee table books!

    Reply
  37. Katrina says

    November 5, 2012 at 3:09 pm

    Book Me! Our favorite books go on our fireplace built ins.

    Reply
  38. Ashley says

    November 5, 2012 at 3:09 pm

    BOOK ME!

    Reply
  39. Karen says

    November 5, 2012 at 3:09 pm

    BOOK ME! Wow, no posts yet! I must have timed it just right!! My favorite books stay right on the coffee table in the living room where there is a big window letting in lots of natural light to read by!

    Reply
  40. Jackie says

    November 5, 2012 at 3:09 pm

    BOOK ME!!! My favorite books are on a big, beautiful bookshelf that was a gift from my mother. I love it even more now that my favorites are interspersed with my boyfriend’s. Being book worms, they were the first things he transferred we we decided to shack up:)

    Reply
  41. Emily says

    November 5, 2012 at 3:09 pm

    BOOK ME!

    My books are on bookshelves in my office.

    Reply
  42. Meghan says

    November 5, 2012 at 3:09 pm

    Book Me!

    I love books. I would live in a house made of books if I could. I keep my favorite fiction books on bookshelves and my favorite non-fiction/design books in stacks on my coffee table so I grab them easily.

    Reply
  43. Joy says

    November 5, 2012 at 3:09 pm

    Book Me! I’d go buy a coffe table for your pretty book. :)

    Reply
  44. Alison says

    November 5, 2012 at 3:09 pm

    BOOK ME!

    Always at the side of my bed so I remember to read them!

    So syked for your book!!

    Reply
  45. Amy says

    November 5, 2012 at 3:09 pm

    My son is just about two- so as much as I like books on the coffee table it doesn’t happen. So they happily live on our entrance table- much like your own in your hallway and dining room! Can’t wait to go find your book in the store!!

    Reply
  46. Alexandra Schelling says

    November 5, 2012 at 3:09 pm

    BOOK ME! My favorites sit on an end table in the living room :)

    Reply
  47. Tabitha Childers says

    November 5, 2012 at 3:09 pm

    BOOK ME! I keep my books all over the house so I can find motivation whenever needed.

    Reply
  48. Jessica says

    November 5, 2012 at 3:09 pm

    BOOK ME! My favorite books tend to live on my ipad now, with several in two bookcases. We also selected a few favorites to live in our guest room, for our visitors who want something old or new to read at night.

    Reply
  49. Lucinda says

    November 5, 2012 at 3:09 pm

    “BOOK ME!” I have a book case in my living room and usually a stack by my bed!

    Thank you for the generous give a way.

    Reply
  50. NancyY says

    November 5, 2012 at 3:09 pm

    BOOK ME!
    These days there is only one place for ‘special books’ – HIGH. My little ones forget that books aren’t for craft time…. other than height restrictions I like to keep them visible in our living room. I looonnggg for glass fronted bookshelves to keep the dust out. Congrats on the book by the way!

    Reply
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