Really Random Tuesday: More Bookstore Pics, Saving Up for BEA 2012 and Giveaway Winner!

I have a couple of fairly random photos to share with you this week, both taken in bookstores during my recent trip to Vermont. (Click on them to enlarge.) The first is of me on the staircase leading up to the children’s section in the Northshire Bookstore in Manchester:

Me inside the Northshire Bookstore in Manchester, VT

The second is of a beautiful tabletop inside the Briggs Carriage Bookstore in Brandon (where we stopped briefly on our way home but I didn’t buy any books):

Tabletop at Briggs Carriage Bookstore in Brandon, VT

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In other news, Cindy, Tina and I have all decided to start saving money for our Book Expo America trip next year. This is the piggy bank I’m using, which is actually a cow bank called Bessie (isn’t she cute? I’m going to have to fill her several times over!):

Bessie, my BEA 2012 cow bank

My ticker counter is at the very bottom of my blog; unfortunately, I couldn’t find a cow to mark my progress (they had turtles and trains and twins, but no cows, so I settled for a camel instead).
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Finally, it’s time to announce the winner of my latest giveaway: Teresa from Teresa’s Reading Corner won a copy of The Pleasing Hour by Lily King. I hope we both enjoy this book (since I haven’t read it yet) and thank you to all of you who entered my giveaway!
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