My publisher, Chronicle Books launched a fun Give Books campaign yesterday. They are partnering with authors, artists and blogs to encourage people to give books for the holidays and I’m helping them spread the word. Books are a perfect gift don’t you think. There’s one for everyone. For every age, for every interest. They are personal and the right one can really show the recipient how much you care. They feel good to hold and they make you feel good to give.
I know because I’m giving away 10 books courtesy of Chronicle Books.
I stuck with all cookbooks and I tried to find a good mix for keeping or gift giving. It’s up to you.
Want to see which ones I picked from their website?
Good… let’s check out some sweet reads! I think these would all come in pretty handy for holiday baking.
Now since I’m an equal opportunity eater,
here’s another set of 10 books you might want more.
These are less sweet and much more savory.
Want a chance to win one of these groups of ten?
You choose which one.
- Just leave a comment on the blog and let me know which group of ten you’d like to win. Sweet or savory?
- The deadline to enter is
6:00 pm ET on Thursday, November 15, 2012SORRY, TIME’S UP! Winner announced below. - One winner will be chosen at random and announced sometime Thursday evening on this post.
Good luck guys!
P.S. Here’s a post on Chronicle’s blog if you’d like to try and win one of the other sets of ten books chosen by others.
And now through December 31, enjoy 30% off + free ground shipping on all holiday orders at ChronicleBooks.com! Just enter discount code GIVEBOOKS at checkout.
Give Books artwork created by the amazing Julia Rothman!
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We have a winner!
Yay Redheadwriter! I think I might have picked savory, too. Those covers all look amazing. Enjoy!
definitely has to be sweet!!
The sweet set, without a doubt!
Sweet
Savory! Yum!
What a hard choice! I think I would choose the savory collection though, I have so many sweet cook books already. The Tru Blood book looks so fun!
I usually choose dessert first and it seems to work out well for me, so I choose the sweet selection. :) good luck to ME :)
I was going to say Sweets…but then I saw the cheese book!! Now I just don’t know!! I would be happy with either set really!
Thanks Bakerella!
What awesome books! It’s a hard choice, but I’ll have to go for the savoury ones. :)
Sweet. Definitely sweet. ESPECIALLY since I have a sister who is GF and have a hard time finding dessert recipes I can make for her!
Savory. These books look great…
savory because there is a book dedicated to true blood …..be still my heart XD
I’d like to win the savory collection.
Ooooooh savory!!!!! (although both sets looks delish!!)
I would love the set of Sweet books!
I have a pretty intense sweet tooth so there is no way I could say no to the Sweet set! Everyone needs a little extra sweetness in their life!
Sweet for sure!!!!
Sweet!! Love them all :)
i would prefer the sweet one :3
I’m torn! They both look so fab! I’m thinking sweet, though…am loving the one on Cookie Exchange hosting!
Sweet for sure!
I love the sweet books!
The sweet set please.
Sweet would be an awesome treat!
Savory! I never seem to have a problem with sweets, they always find me ;-)
Sweet for sure! Or maybe savory… No, sweet. :)
Forvsure, the sweet set. Awesome giveaway!!
I’d have to say sweet. Tough choice though.
I have to pick the savory set.
Fingers crossed!
Hard decision but because we are trying to cut back on sugar I will have to choose savory.
the sweet set definitely. although i’d be happy with either… Eat like a Man looks good!
It’s very hard to pick one set, but I’ll go with the “Sweet” one.
Thanks for the opportunity!
Sweet all the way!
Savory all the way!
Sweet set please!
Great idea :)
I just got married and would like to have the newlywed cookbook :) thank you
Sweet! It’s not even close
While sweet is yummy, savory is definitely where it’s at.
Hard to decide but I have to go with savory!
Tough decision!! But I’d have to go with sweet, those books look fantastic. Thank you for the giveaway!!
So hard to decide! But since I already have sooo many sweet books, I would go with savory :) Not that I’d say no to either!
Sweet! Totally!
SOOO hard to choose. I love all of them… but if I have to make a choice it would be SWEET!!!!
Sweeeetttt!! :) Ohhh, this is such a great giveaway! And just in time for Christmas! Thank you for sharing these with your readers. Happy Thanksgiving!!
Both sets look awesome, but I’m going to have to go savory!
Sweets for me! Chocolate, cupcakes, pies-oh my!!
Savory, especially The Newlywed Cookbook! Just got married in October :)
I’m definitely more of a baker than a cook, so I’d prefer the sweet set, but really, I’d love to have both sets in my collection!
This is a hard choice…but I have to follow my heart….sweets!
I love giving/getting books as gifts! No matter how popular the Nooks and Kindles get, I will always love the feel and smell of a good book. In fact, I just bought my stepdaughter one of your Cakepops books as a Christmas gift. ;)
my sweet tooth doth object, but my library already leans sweet – i choose savory!
Savory, please!!
Ordered cakepops holidays yesterday – cannot wait for it to come in!!!
I probably eat enough this already, but Sweets! I love all things cookies, cake, and candy! YUM! I think that’s a good idea about giving books as gifts as well. They’ll remember you everytime they cook or bake. I’m excited about this contest.
Its all about the sweet side of life!
I’m a sucker for sweets for sure!
Would be great to win the sweet group!! :-)
Savory looks pretty good!
I’d love to win the ‘savory’ group of books.
Thanks for hosting a great giveaway!
Sweet!! Definitely sweet!
I’d love to win the savory batch of books!
im a sweets kinda gal :)
I have much more luck baking than I do cooking savory dishes, so I pick sweet! Though the savory ones might help me in that area lol.
S-W-E-E-T!!! :)
gaaah such a tough choice but i gotta go with sweet!
Sweet…pretty please, with a cherry on top!
I’d love to win the sweet selection. Mmmmmm!
Wow…. this is so hard to choose. I think I would definitely have to pick savory. Although, man those ‘sweet’ cover books are so appealing!
Sweets for the sweet please!
sweet definitely. I have yet to find a way for my cakes not to crack in the middle. I need help with that.
I have a weakness for breads and cookies, but I think I’d still like the Savory cookbooks.
Either would be great, but I think I would choose savory.
I’m so tempted by that Pasta book – but I will have to go with Sweet! Thank you!
Sweet…absolutely!
Both look great, but I’d have to say the savory set!
Would love the chance of the Sweet collection! Although I’m sure my dentist would say otherwise!!!! Eeekkk fingers crossed!!
Sweet! Naturally.
Savory please! Yum!
I would love to win Savory! Thanks to you and Chronicle for all the great choices!
Savory would be my choice. Hubby says I’m sweet enough!
I love to bake, so I would choose the sweet set. Thanks!
Savory please
Sweet Sweet Sweet!
What a tough decision!! I would love either set, but if I HAD to choose, I would go with the Sweet. Thank you for doing this giveaway!
Since I have a bunch of the sweet style cookbooks, the Savory Group looks enticing
Sweet please!!!
I would love to win the sweet collection. I love love love your site!!! It makes my week!
Such a hard choice, but I would go with the savory and share the books with my kids! My daughter is a newlywed and my son pretty much eats out every day, so he needs a good cookbook. Thanks, and I hope I win!
Sweets would be sweet, no doubt about it!
But winning Savorys would be a hit!
SWEET!!
I would love the sweet set! Thanks for the giveaway!
The Sweet books.
Awesome! I’d pick the sweet stash. While I prefer EATING savory, I prefer baking to cooking.
Savory for me pls :D
Those look amazing. I have a very limited selection of cookbooks and would love either set, but have to go with my gut and say sweet!
Sweet set of course! Thanks for redirecting me!
Hey they look so… “SWEET”:)
Love all of them, but the sweet set is nicer actually…
Oh my goodness, I’d be thrilled with either set! But, if I had to pick, I’d go with the sweet set…just in time for holiday treats :)
I’m a sweet girl.
Definitely sweet! Although I’m sure my husband would appreciate the man cookbook. He does love to eat manly man food!
SWEET, of course!!!! Just in time for holiday baking – sweet!
Oh, sweet definitely!
I know some wonderful people who would love these – that’s right, I already know who I would give them to!
I would love, love, love the SWEET books!
Definitely sweet! What a great selection of books all around though!
Love, love, love cookbooks! I would love to win the sweet set for sure. :)
I would definitely have to go with savory. That True Blood recipes book is calling my name…
Savory ~ it’s time for me to start cooking my husband some yummy food (it’s now been 10 years ~ no better time than the present!)!
Let me try again! =) The sweet set for sure! You can never have enough recipes for good homemade sweets!
Oddly enough my cookbook collection contains none of these. Hmmm…will go with the sweet.
Sweet! I love both, but those sweet books look fantastic!
All of those books look like a lot of fun, but of course I would have to choose Sweet! Thanks for such a nice giveaway. I’ll definitely be checking out chronicle for holiday giving. Happy holidays!
Definitely the sweet one. :)
Nice selections, I’m definitely in the SWEET category!
Thank you!
I would love to win the “Sweet” set of books!
Well I would love the sweet, but the savory looks just as wonderful!
I’d love the Savory ones :)
SWEET SWEET SWEET!!! It doesn’t get any better than sweet!
It’s a hard choice, but…sweet for me!
SWEET!! :)
Sweet trumps the savory!
Definitely sweet! :) I wish every meal could be sweet :)
I’ve always liked baking! so I would definitely choose the sweet packages of books!><
I have an obsession with cookbooks…. ATM I would definitely say I am Interested in the sweet set! This is an awesome giveaway!
It would be really hard to choose, but I think I’d have to end up going for the sweet set!
I am very much a sweet person, but I think I will choose savory this time. Such a hard choice!
I’d be blessed to read and cook from any of them, but the pastas of italy looks amazing!!!
Sweets, definitely sweets!
Savory!
Sweet!
sweet please!
While the sweet is more my thing, the savory is where I need more help! So savory. :o)
Sweet!
Amazing giveaway :-P
Hugs from Sweden
Ooooh I want the sweet set, mostly to get your book of course, but I would be happy with either one!
SAVORY!! Yum.
Sweet! Cookies and cakes!
I would definitely love the sweet set. I love to cook meals for my family, but I can have lots of fun with my kids with baking sweet treats.
Sweet please!
So hard to choose but Sweet wins!!
Savory! Mom and Dad both have type 2 diabetes, so I wouldn’t really be able to do much with sweet..:D
the Savory, to balance my menu with all sweets.
I love savory!
savory all the way!
SWEETS ABSOLUTELY!
I am tempted to choose the sweet, I think I must go for the savory.
Sweet or savory, sweet or savory, sweet or savory?
Ssssavory, for a change.
Would eat them all, in fact.
I think sweet is the way to go.
Oooh they all look fabulous! The sweet set for me though all of those treats look very tasty
Ooooh, what a tough choice, but I think the handpies book does it for me — Sweet!
Ooooh, I would love the savory set!!!
They all look amazing! But i’d pick savory! =)
Ah, hello? Sweeeeeet!!! Haha, thanks for the opportunity to win :)
Sweet please! What is it about cookbooks that I love so much? Let me count the ways…….
Sweets for me! Thanks!
Sweet for me! Thanks!
It is a tough choice. It will have to be sweet. I have a soft spot for all things sweet. Thanks!
SWEET!!
Sweeeeeeet! :)
Savory please! :-)
It’s a tough choice, but it would have to be sweet! (I think that is the front runner!)
although the savory books looks mouthwatering, i’m going to have to pick sweet! =)
100% sweet! the handheld pies one looks amazing.
Just like my name, I gotta go with sweet :-)
In Holland soon there will be “Sinterklaas”. This is a feast for childeren. So to surprise my cousins: SWEET!
Sweet….
I love my sweets, so that’s what it will have to be :)
Although sweet is lovely, savory looks interesting!
Definitely sweet ! :D
I would love to win the sweet set! I love baking and eating!!
I think I’d go with the savouries..
Oh please I want the cookie, and the pasta and the others. I want all of them. They are wonderful
not easy to pick one set…but savory, please?
I would be thrilled to win a set of the sweet cookbooks! Love your website!
Both sets look amazing! I will have to say sweet this time around.
Savory, yum!
SWEET, if i could eat cakes and sweet things for every meal i probably would :-) x
Hmmm, sweet please. I especially like the candy book. I’d love to learn more about candy making.
I just fell in love with the sweet books…!!! <3
xoxo
Wow! Amazing books!
I would go for the sweet…Many of them are already on my wish-list.
love to eat, either look scrumptious!
Sweet!
yummiii!!!
difficult choice… I will say… SWEET!!
Sweet definitely
I usually would said sweet, but today I feel… SAVORY!
Sweet!!!!!!
SWEET4LYFE YEAH!!! LOL, I just really want your cake pops book.. I have searched all the bookstore in my place, but they’ve already sold out.. D:
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WOW!! Sweet Please!
Sweets!!! For sure.
Baking is the best therapy in the world! I’d go for the Flour book and bake away the madness of being a Mom, Housewife and Full-time employee of a small family owned business!
Sweets for the sweet! Those books look amazing, and I want that Cake Pop book! :) Thanks!
Great giveaway! Definitely the sweet!!!
Savory! But i’d be pretty happy with sweet too :-)
I wooed my husband on baking cakes so it would have to be the sweet set for me please. Such a great idea and who doesn’t love a good book.
Beautiful books. I prefer sweet.
Brittle, Barks & Bon Bons – so much fun for the festive season.
I have to say I’d prefer the Sweet Set, just looking at the covers I want to start baking right away.
Sweet! Most definitely :)
I’m sweet on sweets!
So sweets please!
Both look amazing, but I’ll have to go with Savory!
SWEET SWEET SWEET Please :-)
Sweet :))) Amazing books!
great books selections :) SWEET, for sure ….
Wow, this is hard! But even though the sweet selection looks delectable I’d have to go with that savory set, they just sneak in front I think!