And the winner is....... Me!

http://www.jennsylvania.com/jennsylvania/2011/02/and-the-winner-is.html

I just won a contest held by my favorite author and make-believe best friend, Jen Lancaster. A friend of mine loaned one of her books to me a couple years ago and I was instantly hooked. A fellow Purdue grad, Jen has a direct line to my funny-bone. Her surley satire and snarkey whit destroy me with laughter everytime I pick up her work. She reminds me so much of my sister Jenn. Conincidence? Perhaps not.

Jen Lancaster recently had "Name your favorite holiday" contest on her blog and while some entries were original and interesting (Festivus, Drinking Day) most were boring (Christmas times 2000). I thought I would utilize our mutual love for all things Simpson's and choose the fictional "Whacking Day" as my holiday entry. The prize is Jen's intire winter reading list.

Skipping a Beat by Sarah Pekkanen

Amaryllis in Blueberry by Christina Meldrum

The Amateurs by Marcus Sakey

It's Not Me, It's You by Stefanie Wilder-Taylor

Backseat Saints by Joshilyn Jackson

This Is Where We Live by Janelle Brown

The Dead-Tossed Waves by Carrie Ryan

Here Lies Bridget by Paige Harbison

and, from previous season's Reading Lists

Good Enough to Eat by Stacey Ballis

Not Ready for Mom Jeans by Maureen Lipinski

It's All Relative by Wade Rouse (signed)

My Fair Lazy by Jen Lancaster (signed)

I suppose since my sister Jenn spent about three (edit; four. Jenn Foster says it was more like four) hours of her Friday evening at a signing last year to score me a personalized, signed copy of My Fair Lazy I should pass the new copy (the one that might or might not have been dropped in the bathtub in a fit of laughter) on to her. So I guess we're both winners to some degree. Anyway, between close-out prices thanks to poor management at Borders and my most awesome-y-awesome cache of brand new books soon to head my way I should be set with reading material for the next few months.