Giveaway: Sleep is for the Weak!
This contest is now closed. Congrats to all five winners: Megret, oona, Sky, Maureen, and Eloise C. We will be notifying all winners by email. Thanks to everyone who entered!
Allow me to introduce you to my new favorite book, Sleep is for the Weak, a collection of hilarious, poignant, and insightful stories from the best of the mommybloggers! This treasure of a book is a real page turner, delighting readers with honest re-tellings of motherhood’s most joyous (and sometimes terrifying) moments. You will laugh, you will cry, but most of all, this book will reaffirm your love and appreciation for the hardest working people in the world – moms!
I am beyond excited this week to be giving away 5 copies of this amazing book to 5 lucky readers! Here’s how you enter:
To win your copy of Sleep is for the Weak, edited by Rita Arens with a forward by Stacy Morrison, editor of Redbook Magazine, check out a few or all of the blogs from which the book was inspired:
- Amalah
- Binkytown
- Birdie’s New Mexico Time Machine
- Cheek
- CityMama
- Finslippy
- Friday Playdate
- Fussy
- IzzyMom
- Laid-Off Dad
- Mom-101
- Mommy Needs Coffee
- Mommy Track’d blogger Risa Green
- Motherhood Uncensored
- Not Calm (dot com)
- Paper Napkin
- Rancid Raves
- Redbook editor Stacy Morrison
- State of Grace
- Surfette
- Surrender Dorothy
- Sweetney
- The Modernity Ward
- Three Kid Circus
- Woulda Coulda Shoulda
- Then, leave us a comment telling us which blogger you are most excited to read more of in Sleep is for the Weak.
- You have until midnight PST Sunday October 19th to enter. 5 winners will be chosen at random using random.org and announced on our site on October 20th.
- Good luck and thank you Chicago Review Press for sponsoring this giveaway.
October 13th, 2008 at 8:19 am
Well I love reading the blogs of many but would have to say three kid circus…but they are all great, looks interesting
October 13th, 2008 at 9:08 am
Mommy Track’d blogger Risa Green
October 13th, 2008 at 12:22 pm
I think this would be a great book.
October 13th, 2008 at 12:56 pm
Woulda Coulda Shoulda (could be my motto!)
October 13th, 2008 at 1:10 pm
Three Kid Circus, perhaps? I think they’d all be fun to read.
Thanks so much!
Megret
musesofmegret (at) gmail (dot) com
October 13th, 2008 at 1:35 pm
Woulda Coulda Shoulda But all all good.
October 13th, 2008 at 2:44 pm
I’d love to read what Risa Green has to say!!
October 13th, 2008 at 2:56 pm
laid-off dad!!!
October 13th, 2008 at 3:12 pm
So many of them are great, but Mommy Track’d blogger Risa Green was funny and so was Woulda Shoulda Coulda.
October 13th, 2008 at 3:57 pm
can’t wait to win this one
October 13th, 2008 at 5:31 pm
Thank you for having this. This looks like a great read. Its hard to choose but Risa green is a funny funny gal. Thank you!
tatertot374@sbcglobal.net
October 13th, 2008 at 5:41 pm
Three Kid Circus
October 13th, 2008 at 5:54 pm
I’d love to hear more from Mommy Needs Coffee.
October 13th, 2008 at 6:52 pm
I loved reading Amalah ,she is so funny. Great blog
October 13th, 2008 at 7:24 pm
My wonderful disabled wife of more than 38 years has the worst problems trying to sleep and stay asleep. She has insomina and sleep alpea and she tosses and turns all nite.
Thank you for this great contest and prize!
October 13th, 2008 at 10:09 pm
I know it’s not specified but can Canadians enter this contest.
October 13th, 2008 at 11:45 pm
I would like to read more of three kids circus.
October 14th, 2008 at 2:41 am
I am a big fan of Finslippy’s blog, and I would love a copy of the book!
Thank you for the giveaway!
foxsquirrelrabbit(at)yahoo(dot)com
October 14th, 2008 at 2:42 am
This ought to be good. I’m interested in what CityMama has to say.
October 14th, 2008 at 2:27 pm
Enter me please
October 14th, 2008 at 6:20 pm
Risa Green
October 15th, 2008 at 2:22 am
I enjoyed the blog Woulda Shoulda Coulda. Thanks for this lovely giveaway.
October 15th, 2008 at 2:23 am
Mom 101. She’s incredible! I’ve read her blog for a while now…and love it!
Thanks for the chance to win!
seeryusfam@msn.com
October 15th, 2008 at 2:30 am
Friday Playdate – she cracks me up!
October 15th, 2008 at 2:31 am
Woulda Coulda Shoulda would be my choice. I think they are all great! Thank you!
October 15th, 2008 at 2:33 am
Three Kid Circus… will be my life in a few years I’m sure!
October 15th, 2008 at 2:40 am
risa green!!
October 15th, 2008 at 2:41 am
Cheek!
October 15th, 2008 at 2:46 am
Three Kid Circus is right up my alley! I think they all are funny and inspiring to read though. Thanks for the giveaway. Hope I win!
October 15th, 2008 at 2:52 am
I loved reading Binkytown.
October 15th, 2008 at 3:52 am
I’ve been a big fan of Kristen’s writing for a while now, so I’m excited to see Motherhood Uncensored on that list.
October 15th, 2008 at 5:04 am
Hello, I have read many good things about this book. I could use some humor in my life! I would like to read more of “Mommy Track’d” blogger Resa Green. Please enter me in your fabulous book giveaway drawing. It is much appreciate. Thanks, Cindi
October 15th, 2008 at 10:45 am
I love what I read of so many of them, but PaperNapkin really hits home as her kids are just like mine. Thanks!
October 15th, 2008 at 11:34 am
I like the The Kid Circus,made me giggle,thanks
October 15th, 2008 at 12:38 pm
I’d like to read more about Motherhood Uncensored, but the other blogs are pretty great reads too!
October 15th, 2008 at 1:21 pm
I want to read them all, of course! But my favorite? It’s a toss up: Sweetney vs. City Mama.
October 15th, 2008 at 2:14 pm
Woulda Coulda Shoulda is my fave. Great blog!
October 15th, 2008 at 2:54 pm
I love Three Kid Circus!
October 15th, 2008 at 3:08 pm
Laid-off dad…
Thanks,
Maureen (jnomaxx at hotmail dot com)
October 15th, 2008 at 3:22 pm
Binkytown.
October 15th, 2008 at 6:56 pm
I’d love to read what Risa Green has to say!! Thanks!
October 15th, 2008 at 8:07 pm
Woulda Coulda Shoulda is hilarious! I might have lost a little latte on my keyboard while trying to choke down the sip I took right before busting into laughter
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Thanks for all the fun contests!
October 15th, 2008 at 10:04 pm
This looks like a really fun book to read and one that would be great now that I have a newborn daughter and know what lack of sleep feels like again! I am looking forward to reading Mommy Needs Coffee. Thanks so much for such a great giveaway!
furygirl3132[at]comcast[dot]net
October 15th, 2008 at 10:21 pm
I would love to read this book! I read Surrender Dorothy, Mom 101, Friday Playdate regularly (and link to them on my blog) however I would love to continue discovering all of these amazing blog writers out there (Like Laid Off Dad and Woulda Coulda Shoulda…). Thanks for the opportunity to win this book!
October 15th, 2008 at 11:22 pm
Motherhood Uncensored for sure!
October 15th, 2008 at 11:59 pm
I follow Motherhood Uncensored faithfully so she’s my pick.
October 16th, 2008 at 2:01 am
I’ve recently started following Surrender Dorothy and I’m really enjoying reading that blog right now.
October 16th, 2008 at 9:05 am
Finslippy! Alice rocks my world.
October 16th, 2008 at 12:29 pm
I enoyed reading Paper Napkin.
October 16th, 2008 at 2:36 pm
I’d love to read more about Finslippy because her work space looks like mine right now!
October 16th, 2008 at 4:01 pm
I love Mom 101! But, they are all great blogs! I’m always in need of a new mommy book!
October 16th, 2008 at 4:56 pm
They are all fabulous! My top two (was hard to even whittle down to that but we have a tie): Mommy Needs Coffee and Surrender, Dorothy.
October 16th, 2008 at 5:00 pm
I regularly read amalah, Mom-101 and motherhood uncensored but I’m eager to read someof the others.
October 16th, 2008 at 5:04 pm
Surrender Dorothy is the most creative author!
October 16th, 2008 at 5:28 pm
Woulda Coulda Shoulda.
October 17th, 2008 at 1:32 am
Citymama, of course!
October 17th, 2008 at 1:33 am
I read most of them already so I decided to pick one that I don’t already follow faithfully and have to with The Modernity Ward.
October 17th, 2008 at 2:00 am
Fun blogs! I especially liked reading Surrender Dorothy.
And the book would be wonderful for me to give my daughter-in-law (who spends alot of sleepless nights with my 1 year granddaughter)
October 17th, 2008 at 5:06 pm
I read a lot of these blogs already, but I’ve just discovered Surrender Dorothy, which is a very fun read.
October 17th, 2008 at 8:32 pm
Surrender Dorothy is so fun and with it. Loved it!
October 17th, 2008 at 9:27 pm
I like the looks of the Fussy blog and I’d like to keep exploring that one.
October 17th, 2008 at 11:56 pm
I love most of those bloggers. I guess I look forward to reading Amalah the most.
October 18th, 2008 at 8:03 pm
Three Kid Circus
October 19th, 2008 at 1:03 am
I would like to read more from Three kids circus.
October 19th, 2008 at 1:11 am
Funny stuff.
October 19th, 2008 at 8:28 am
I love both Mom 101 and Surrender Dorothy – I can’t pick a fav between the two. They inspired me to start blogging!
http://tylosmom.blogspot.com/
October 19th, 2008 at 10:26 am
IzzyMom seems so exciting
October 19th, 2008 at 1:18 pm
Friday Playdate
October 19th, 2008 at 2:55 pm
I would love to hear from Motherhood Uncensored..I’ve been reading her for a LONG time.
October 19th, 2008 at 2:56 pm
Three Kid Circus
October 19th, 2008 at 5:59 pm
Three Kid Circus
October 19th, 2008 at 7:18 pm
Kristen Chase
October 19th, 2008 at 8:02 pm
Woulda Coulda Shoulda,
October 19th, 2008 at 9:58 pm
I just started blogging and think this book sounds quite interesting. Love to read what Surrender Dorothy has to say.
October 19th, 2008 at 11:52 pm
Three Kid Circus is my favorite to read. I have another one but she isn’t on the list.
Thanks for the giveaway!
October 20th, 2008 at 1:37 am
You know, I’ve never read any of these blogs I don’t think. I’m definetly going to check some of them out. Three Kid Circus sounds like it’ll be a humerous blog though. Would love to read that one and making my way over there now.
October 20th, 2008 at 6:58 am
I would love to read more of Redbook editor Stacy Morrison!
October 20th, 2008 at 1:01 pm
Motherhood Uncensored is a good one!
October 20th, 2008 at 4:28 pm
this looks good. i do need some sleep…and time to read!