And through my dahlink Saz I found this place, where A Whimsical Bohemian lives...
How magical! And once a year this talented artist and illustrator hosts a world-wide competition for bloggeros and bloggeristas to get to know one another and to have the chance to receive a sparkling giftette across the miles, winging its way from the hands of one creative blogger to another...
I love pressies, me! Ever the Only Child... One can never have too many presents!
Well you can, but you know what I mean... I'm really not going all Material Girl on your ass!
I could never afford all that plastic surgery!
So, what do you need to do for a chance to win a little something? Patience, my pets, I'm getting to that!
I love the idea of magical moments, traces of serendipity in life... So I am drawn to this Magic Carpet and its promise of delightful pleasures at the end of an air-borne journey...
I am currently reading A.S. Byatt's latest novel, The Children's Book. For me, it comes very close to her previous spell-binding novel, Possession...
Et alors, if you want to have a chance to win the novel, (Fhina shall offer an arty-crafty alternative, if you are the winner of this competition, as selected at random, (does he ever do anything that isn't done at random??!), by my man-child Grizzles, but have already read The Children's Book), please feel free to leave a comment down below, and the winner shall be announced on 15 February, provided you have left a link to where I can contact you for your addy, and so on...
And if you'd like to participate in One World One Heart, then please go and say hello to Lisa and all those wonderful people who are travelling on this year's Magic Carpet Ride!
Go on, go on, go on, go on, go on! You know you want to!
So, what do you need to do for a chance to win a little something? Patience, my pets, I'm getting to that!
I love the idea of magical moments, traces of serendipity in life... So I am drawn to this Magic Carpet and its promise of delightful pleasures at the end of an air-borne journey...
I am currently reading A.S. Byatt's latest novel, The Children's Book. For me, it comes very close to her previous spell-binding novel, Possession...
If you love art and history, writing and literature, theatre, high-drama and the bustle of Edwardian skirts, and you're not afraid of a surfeit of historical research detail and a bit of gore, incest and rumpy-pumpy, you might want to sit a while on that Magic Carpet and allow yourself to float away in the reverie of dreams that can only come from losing yourself in a book...
Helen Dunmore wrote in the Times, "This is a long, packed novel, deliberately discursive and crammed to the gills with knowledge about subjects as diverse as the foundation of the Victoria and Albert Museum, the firing of a kiln, the requirements of an MB degree in 1903 or the content of the Grande Exposition Universelle in Paris in 1900. Byatt can seem almost floridly informative, but there is a backbone of purpose in it. She anatomises the era's conscious, willed dedication to the idea of progress, while never slighting its real achievements. (...) The panoramic quality of The Children's Book is achieved at some cost to brilliance of characterisation and narrative drive. Its success is as a novel of ideas, forcefully and often memorably expressed, while the story follows darkening fortunes into a chastened postwar world."
Et alors, if you want to have a chance to win the novel, (Fhina shall offer an arty-crafty alternative, if you are the winner of this competition, as selected at random, (does he ever do anything that isn't done at random??!), by my man-child Grizzles, but have already read The Children's Book), please feel free to leave a comment down below, and the winner shall be announced on 15 February, provided you have left a link to where I can contact you for your addy, and so on...
And if you'd like to participate in One World One Heart, then please go and say hello to Lisa and all those wonderful people who are travelling on this year's Magic Carpet Ride!
Go on, go on, go on, go on, go on! You know you want to!
Rub that lamp and leave a comment - Please?
132 comments:
I did indeed rub the lamp and I made a wish too!! I have not read either of these books and I love to read so put my name into the hat please. LOL!
Hugging you
SueAnn
Count me in dahlink!! Gad youve joined the party!!
I am too just about to read The Childrens book...and havent ever managed to read Posssession...
we have the same tastes non??
love you
saz x
Great giveaway! Please enter my name! Pop over to my blog (#92 on the magic carpet) for a chance to win, too! :)
Your writing is so full of life! I love it! I am so glad you jumped onto the carpet ride with this wonderful giveaway!
Swooping in from Alabama on my magic carpet ride. Isn't this just the most wonderful adventure that Lisa has sent us on? So many new friends to meet...so many talented artist works to see and oh yes...all the kindred spirits finding their way.
Any gift made or given from one person's heart to another is so special...please enter me in your giveaway.
When you take flight again, please come on down and stop by my place, Southern Ooaks (#760) There will be a fresh glass of Sweet Iced tea waiting on you....a fun and whimsical world inside and a chance to win some of my treasures from the heart.
Hugs,
Regi
Ummmmm....even us insane, quirky ones like to commment too. ^_^
Nice! Please count me in. I would love to be the keeper of your giveaway.
Lovely giveaway! Please throw my name in the hat!
blog: http://www.createdbyrisa.com
email: createdbyrisa@gmail.com
OWOH #554
they are all new to me
please count me in
my magic carpet number is # 397
What wonderful prizes! The books look fabulous!~~XXOO, Beth
Thanks for offering this great giveaway and Thanks so much for a chance to win! chiggerlane@aol.com
Sounds like a great give away
I am having a lot of fun flying from blog to blog on the magic carpet. it will take me forever to get thru all the entries since i am spending time on each one enjoying everyones creativity
carolyn h
carolyn003@centurytel.net
http://mindlesswonders.blogspot.com/
What a wonderful and clever creation! I am a book lover! Thank you so much for your giveaway!
Amy, OWOH #680/681
artsyrockerchick@aim.com
BackseatWriter.com
Please include me in the drawing for the book. It sounds wonderful.
jodaeodesign@gmail.com
ook ok stop being so cool and pushing i rubbed the lamp so count me in
A good read is always welcome! But I was actually charmed by your style coming through in writing! Great blog, Blessings, Theresa #421
Greeting from Massachusetts!
It's a pleasure visiting your blog and getting to know you. That books sounds wonderful.
Have a wonderful day, xo Cathy
Great,count me in please!~~Becky
What a fun post, you are a fabulous writer. I have rubbed the lamp and I would love to be entered in your giveaway.
debby
Your post was delightful....Meeting so many lovely blogs and wanting to read each one line by line. I would love to be included in your drawing and hope you will stop by in your travels to sign up for my beaded bracelet giveaway.
Enjoy your flight,
Sharon (#52)
http://shardonexclusives.blogspot.com
So wonderful! I'm #736 so hop e you visit my blog too.
Your fab description of this book would make me wild to own it . . . were it not already sitting on my bedside table (waiting patiently to be read).
Happy February to you, Fhina! It's been too long, dahling.
Fabulous giveaway!!! Love books!!! I would love to be the winner! Please include me and come enter my giveaway too!
(#185 A Vintage Cottage Home)
oooh what a fabulous book it looks - sounds like it would improve my general knowledge too! Please do count me in, i love finding new things to read :)
#822 sewgorgeous.blogspot.com
isn't this fun??
Nothin' like a good book -- can never have too many books as my daughter & I say -- I haven't read either of these - yet. Thanks for joining the ride. Delightful getting to know you. Visit me (#874) for my Angel Card Reading giveaway.
How wonderful! It was such a pleasure to visit your beautiful blog and have a chance to win your lovely giveaway!
Have a lovely day! I am a now a follower and a fan
Joanna #507
One of my favorite authors! Read Possession and have recently bought the Children's Book.
Come visit my blog for a giveaway prize, too.
Kathy V in NM
Artful Muse (#513 OWOH)
I loved learning about you.
I’d love to be entered in your drawing. Stop by my blogs to be entered in mine.
WW
http://www.thefrogprincess-ww.blogspot.com/
http://www.weinkswonders.blogspot.com/
I'll read anything that someone else loves. That's the best recommendation! Thanks for the chance to win! uffda_68787@yahoo.com
Quite a riot you are, I'll be following to see what you come up with next :) Great background on your blog too!
Lovely,lovely! I would love to be entered to win your wonderful gift!
http://wondrousstrangedesigns.blogspot.com/
Please stop by and enter my give away as well! I'm number 290. Possession is in my top ten favorite books!
Great giveaway! I adore childrens books. Please enter my name in your drawing and come see me too.
Count me in as well. If you like kid's books or cake I am #926 & #927. Stop by.
Shari
A Good Book is always a welcomed Guest in my home..I love you blog..please enter me..
Please stop by my Blog on your Magic Carpet Journey and enter my Giveaway...#280
Hugs,
CJ
this book is at the top of my book wish list. Please make it mine! Thank you for the chance--
Vicki
My roommate is getting me into this whole OWOH thing, and this is great! Thank you for this giveaway.
Sarah (musicalhobbit@aol.com)
looks like a terrific book. please include my name into your drawing
Lelia
OWOH #888
"Possession" is one of my all time favorite books EVER! It's one of the few books that I've read more than twice because I love falling into the world of those academics and their passion for every little thing about their subjects. Sigh....
That sounds like a book I'd like to curl up with!
Please come visit my musical giveaway at # 585
http://artisticallydesigneddiversions.blogspot.com/2010/01/one-world-one-heart-drumroll-please.html
Hugs,
Jen
i love books and would love to read this one!!! Please enter me in your drawing and enter mine as well!
Beautiful work - I'm amazed at the wonderful items on all the sites. This is my first time I've taken part and am having a blast.
Please include me in your contest
Sue
#834 & #835
Sane? Me? ROTFLMAO!
I love books, so I love your gift and hope to win it :-)
I love the quote on your background, and I like the name of your blog, even though I have to tell you a story that might make you want to change it.
In Swedish "overweighed" is "överviktig" - "viktig" also means "important".
Now, a mother was taking a quiz about her health and was speaking to herself while filling in the questions... "Am I normalweighed... (normally important)"
Her son came to the table and said "Mommy, you're not normalweighed, you're VERY important!"
I know the story doesn't work properly but in Swedish, but I suppose you get it :-)
What a wonderful giveaway you're offering! I'd love to enter and you can enter on my blog as well. #227 on the magic carpet.
I'd love to add this book to my library. My OWOH giveaway is #79 on the magic carpet.
Oh yes, I rubbed your lamp indeed. Please add me to your drawing list. I would enjoy curling up with a warm cup of java and enjoying the journey.
Vikki
vikki@wickedstones.com
Yohoooo! I like it!!! Wish to all Big Good lUck!!! ;)
Thanks so much I could always use another good read and would be delighted to win
Tanya #904 on the magic carpet ride
tanyainjville@yahoo.com
Love to read...Please enter my name. Please stop by my blog to sign up to win my crazy girl bracelet. ticket holder #807
http://www.polymerclayetc.com
Both new books to me, and I do love new books! I enjoyed my visit with you.
gpc490[at]gmail[dot]com
http://grandmagogreen.blogspot.com
OMG I just got this from the library (monday actually) it looks promising I have not read any of her work yet. Pleased to visit you on One world one heart, Please enter me into your draw :-)
56 comments, Fhina??!! I'm not used to being so far down the queue! If there's any space left on that carpet, budge up a bit!
I love books with historical nitty-gritty! They're the only way to tour lost countries, at least until magic carpets become more affordable for the working masses.;) Glad you joined the Ride!
carapacenator(at)gmail.com
www.caramakes.blogspot.com
OWOH Ticket Holder #21
Nothing compares to a good book that sweeps you into another world. Some lucky reader will have a more enchanted springtime for sure.
What a great prize! Your books will get a good home here! Please enter me in your drawing and stop by my blog to get a chance at one of my beautiful hand dyed scarves!
Beth
QuiltersStitchTogether #224
I'm rubbing, I'm rubbing..am I winning????
Count me in!
Awesome giveaway!
Awesome blog!
Cat
#560
I wish I could find a better novel than Posession....need I say more?
lovely choice of a prize.... my fingers are crossed oh so very tightly.
thanks for the chance!
gera
Hi,
I have so enjoyed meeting you and seeing your blog.Thanks for entering my name for a chance to win your fantastic prize...
Hop on the Magic Carpet and come over to my blog for a chance to win my beaded bracelet. I am #362 on the list.
This is such a fun time....
Thanks again
xoxo
((((hugs))))
maggie
thank you #690 come on by. XD
what a nice giftaway!
Thanks for a chance to win!
~Michelle
http://faeriedustdreams-michelle.blogspot.com/
#877 OWOH
great giveaways!
What a wonderful giveaway! Please enter me in it. I'm such a bookworm! The wish I make is lots of time to read lots of wonderful books!
Thank you and have a lovely day!
Mari
marilavado (at) gmail.com
I love your blog, and your giveaway is awesome..plz add me then come visit my blog I'm #717 on the list...
http://dreamsofpurelove.blogspot.com
I love to read. What a wonderful giveaway prize! Please enter my name into your fabulous drawing for a chance to win.
Also, I would love for you to stop by my blog to enter my giveaway - #548.
Thanks,
Jenn
What? Miss blog diva is having a give away? What, you say? Now it looks like I was leaving a comment just for the giveaway which is soooo far from the truth! (email address: teb41@knology.net) I merely have been looooooong overdue in leaving words of admiration and love for my accented sister over the puddle!!!! I have started a new part-time job, exhibit opens Saturday in a REAL gallery and feeling fat and miserable but I have MISSED you!!!!!!!
Fun! I'm giving away a copy of Possession; I'd love to read The Children's Book. Thanks for the chance.
I loved Possession so this will be great I'm sure...come by #559 and visit!
I would love to win these books, they sounds fab! Hugs Rowena
craftypagan@gmail.com
I'd love to win!
Thanks for an enchanting stop on the magic carpet!
Outrageous joy,
Kathy over at Everyday Bliss
#111 on the blog tour
I love to read and haven't read these. Please enter me into your drawing.
http://barbara-moorewhimsies.blogspot.com
or: lmoore@flippinweb.com
Possession was fabulous, I'd love to read Te Children's Book. Please count me in!
Great generous giveaway!
Bibliophile that I am, I would love to add these to my little library!!!
I am a follower now! Please visit me at #264 on the magic carpet ride!
What a wonderful giveaway, please include me....
Take care,
Donna from Maryland
dwarrington1@gmail.com
Hi...count me in! Hope I'm not too late. Hxx
P.S.: Life is getting a bit more normal.. "normal"...hope to be blogging more. :)
"Kamusta" from the Philippines! I would be thrilled to win this book- sounds like something that will get me stuck for hours! and if you haven't already, do drop by my blog too!
patsy.paterno (at) gmail.com
http://patsypat.blogspot.com
Great giveaway! Please add me to your drawing and thank you for your generosity.
I read Possession years ago and loved it. Would love to read this new one. Please add my name to the hat :o)
I have tried to get The Childrens Book out of our local library, twice, but no luck so far.
Please pop me in your hat
"rumpy pumpy" LOL! I love your sensibilities and sense of humor. :)
Thanks for offering up this generous giveaway! Crossing my fingers....
I invite you to enter the drawing on my blog: http://newport2newport.livejournal.com/222050.html
I have not read The Children's Book yet -- but I am on the waiting list for it at the library!Please enter my name in your giveaway -- thank you!
~martha (#180)
Ahhh, yes PLEASE! 'Possession' is my all time favourite book. I loved the details, the 'literary criticism', the side stories, the poems...they all made it much more delicious. It's the only book I've ever had to 'ration' myself with because I just didn't want to reach the end. I haven't read 'The Children' and would love to win this giveaway! Please count me in and don't forget to drop by my blog and join my giveaway, I'm #592! :)
Exciting books...
Hello from California! :)
Enjoying your blog.
Lovely give away.
Tere Carns
off on a magic carpet ride! * whoosh *
#956 - Delightful Whimsy- emailwhimsy@yahoo.com
http://favoritethings.typepad.com/delightful_whimsy/
Count me in! Thanks for the chance to win!
Donna
sodapop@ptialaska.net
I just want you to know that you are a very important woman! What a lovely idea and post you have. I love the Children's Book. I'd love to win. I absolutely love your gifts. Please take time to visit my blog, too, for a chance to win my book, 16 x MOM: A Mastery of Motherhood. I'm working on getting all the country flags. I promise to revisit your's too.
#784
http://blog.barbaracagle.com
www.barbaracagle.com
I feel like one of the old gals I see in the casino who rub the machine for luck!! lol! But I did, indeed rub the lamp for luck!!Visit my world at #220
Hello! What a great gift! I hope my rubbing the lamp gives me a bit of luck. Please enter me and then when you have time stop by and enter my giveaway, if you haven't already.
BrendaLea
Magic Carpet #460
Southern Illinois, USA
prpldy@comcast dot net
OMG, you're hilarious (and you can write!). I'm sorry I hover and don't perch.
Now I shall and since I'm a fan I'm putting you up, up, up chez moi.
Where did you learn all that French?
You are a remarkable rambler.
Best regards,
Tish
Oh yes, please, enter my name for your lovely giveaway. I would so love to win that book!! If you haven't already, come over to enter mine, I'm #116. Thank you:-) xox
"Every woman is a rebel, and usually in wild revolt against herself."
I love books.
I am a serious reader and have not heard of either of these books. They sound very interesting- I love the mix of fiction with history. I'm going to put them on my reading list and hope that I win- but there is always the library. Thanks for your participation. I hope you are having as much as I am- so many creative people.
what a great giveaway. thanks so much for the opportunity to enter the drawing. so delighted to meet you through this event. I hope you'll stop by my blog as well.
I am going to add these books to my reading list and hope that one comes my way by luck ;) Please come by and visit my blog giveaway as well.
Heather
OWOH #978
I love a good read and getting lost, please count me in.
When you get a moment, please fly by my blog on your magic carpet and visit me, I am OWOH #907.
It is so wonderful to meet you.
Thank you for taking the magic carpet ride with OWOH.
I love to read, especially a good book one that I can get lost in, get taken to another place and time. This one sounds right up my alley! Fantastic giveaway!
Please be sure to check out my giveaway with this OWOH event at http://calkatthejewelryjunkie.blogspot.com. #475
Bright blessings from Las Vegas, NV
calkat_etsy@live.com
What a great give-away, please count me in!
Reading is my second favourite hobby after tatting - so just made for me! I would love a chance to win please. Thank you for your generosity. Come see me at #1050.
I love reading, so thanks for feeding my addiction. ;)
If a glass bead necklace sounds good, you might want to visit my blog. It would be a pleasure to welcome you there. :)
Greetings from Munich,
Birgit
swappinghowdies@yahoo.de
# 849
I love to read and also know neither of these books, so please put me in your hat!
Greetings from bonny Scotland and enjoy the ride!
I love reading and would be happy to win one of these. Do drop by and visit me if you have a chance at #704
Traveller
What a beautiful giveaway. Thank you for participating in OWOH! Please add me to your hat and feel free to visit mine.
http://scrollswork.blogspot.com/2010/01/one-world-one-heart-give-away.html
Jacque
stamps@scrollswork.com
Flying in from Wisconsin...
Your giveaway is heavenly! I love books. Please enter me to win, and stop by my blog to win my necklace, if you haven't already (#922). Well, I'm off to the next magical destination!
Hugs and Happiness,
Heavenly Humor
hippiehello@live.com
Your gift is lovely....
Please count me in!
And do pop in my home to see what I put on my magic carpet!*wink
I am no.950
Have a safe ride....it's quite far! :)
Please please do count me in. I'd love a chance at winning this great novel from you. It would be a great read I am sure. Please add my name to your drawing! Thanks for participating in the OWOH event.
visionquest2020 (at) msn (dot) com
What a lovely gift! I would love to enter... if you haven't already, feel free to enter my give-away at #135 for a chance to win 1 of 3 prizes!
Thank you, and nice meeting you!
Peace & Love from New Zealand
Hi from Victoria, Australia
I love to read so this to me is such a wonderful giveaway.
It sounds like something I would like to read so
Please enter me into the draw.
Thanks Lynda
http://taylormadeinoztales.blogspot.com/
"Rumpy pumpy"...OMG I about died laughing at that term! Love it! And what a great blog too :) Isn't the Magic Carpet so fun?
I would love to be included in your wonderful drawing.
Sandra
Rubbed the lamp and made a wish. Cant tellya what it is though. But i think you could guess!!!! I'm #601.
Hello from southern California. One World, One Heart. Glad to share the ride with you.
Yasmin
y.sabur@yahoo.com
Oh my! I'm quite smitten with your blog and just subscribed. Ironically it was not OWOH that brought me here but rather a google search on Lee McQueen. Even though I too am part of OWOH and might have found you that way as well. I hope you can come by for a visit some day soon. Thanks for a chance to win I'd love to experience this story.
Hi from Minnesota!
Fabulous giveaway! Thank you so much for the chance to win! (I'm #811)
HBKHotie1@msn.com
I could use a good novel or 2 to read. Please count me in on your giveaway.
I'm #818 Studio 64-Chicago on the magic carpet. If you haven’t already done so, please stop by for a chance at my giveaway too.
Hope to see you there!
~Connie
mrscmc7 at gmail dot com
I *heart* reading! Thank you.
Hello from Minnesota!
So nice to meet you and see your blog! Trying to make my way around the blog world on my carpet...
A bit about me...
I am a silly girl.
A dreamer
An Artist...
A MOM,
A wife....
And of course a friend.
Keep in touch.. xoxo
Carrie
This is my first ride on the magic carpet OWOH event! I'm having so much fun visiting all of the blogs. This is one of those "ahhh" blogs that you're just thrilled to have been taken to. Please do me the kindness of entering my name in your give away...I'd be thrilled. ~mary helen
Greetings from Las Vegas!
Your blog is truly lovely. We would be SO excited to win! Thanks for having us over to visit.
Please stop by for a magickal giveaway - #467 http://ametistadea.blogspot.com
Bright Blessings,
Carrie & Kathy
Love your blog! Found you right next to me on the alphabetical list so thought I'd pop in and say greetings from Florida, USA.
Would love, love, love to win your book offering. I'm a confirmed and unashamed bookaholic. I even listen to books while driving!
Heather(at)adagiobeadcrafters(d0t)com
Lovely giveaway! Please count me in. Enjoy your magic carpet ride. #276
How neat! I would love to be entered into you drawing. So glad OWOH brought me to your blog. :-)
Michelle
mouse1996@gmail.com
Please count me in and I think you're of great importance!!! :)
Christina from Manila, Philippines here! Nice to meet you!
I hope you can also drop by #615 on these last hours!
http://calej.blogspot.com
♥ Blessings! ♥
calejbitsvyk(at)gmail(dot)com
Rubbed the magic lamp and hoping to win. onelovelygurl05@msn.com
That sounds exactly like the kind of novel I could lose myself in for hours.
Thank you for hopping aboard this magic carpet ride. I hope you get a chance to visit my blog #258 on your journey.
Hugs from ON, Canada
Heidi
heidig@gmail.com
Sounds like a brilliant read, please include me in the draw :)
What an intriguing sounding book - count me in please!
My OWOH giveaway is for one of my fine art photographs - stop by and see what strikes your fancy.
Love that you're a part of One World this year. Please include me in your drawing!
www.thelightifind@blogspot.com
Please enter my name.:0) I am also having a giveaway and would love for you to stop by if you haven't already. #1025
What a great giveaway
sounds good please count me in
-- **softly rubbing lamp** hoping for some luck.. thanks for the
opportunity.. .. t c
mitz_zee@yahoodotcom
FABULOUS offerings!! Please enter my name in your drawing :) What a FUN event...enjoy the ride!!
Angie--Southeast, Texas #57
www.angiehallhaviland.typepad.com
how many wishes will the genie grant?
count me in :)
misaacmom at gmail dot com
#752 OWOH ticket holder
Made a wish! Please count me in. Happy Valentine's Day! Warmly, Cathy in New York. #1061 xo xo
I hope I made it in time. It's nice to meet you! Thank you for a chance to win your wonderful giveaway! Don't forget to visit all 3 of my blogs as I am giving away something at all of them! My drawing ends at Midnight 2/15.
Monica
http://giddygreetings.com
http://thezenlens.com
And one for the kids at:
http://www.ggcaa.com
giddygreetings at yahoo dot com
it's realy cool and thanks for you giveaway .you have a fantastic mind and fairy thoughts, which give you usual charicteristics. i like your style very much , which i never have.
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