Chronicle Book's Happy Haul-iDays Giveaway

I'm sure you've seen this fabulous holiday giveaway sponsored by Chronicle Books. I just love their books and have reviewed several of their cookbooks as part of my Weekend Cooking feature.

Here's how the giveaway works: I simply make a list of Chronicle Books that I'd like to own -- up to $500 in value -- and submit my link to the Chronicle site and I and one of my readers will then have a chance to win every single book listed here in this post.

How's that for a holiday treat! Here are the books I'm hoping to win. Look over the list and see how you too can be entered to win all of these books and journals and stationary.

For more information about each title, click the links.

Michael Chiarello's Bottega ($40), Skinny Dips ($19) The Commonsense Kitchen ($35), The Country Cooking of Ireland ($50)

New Vegetarian ($20), Slow Cooker ($25), Wine Lover's Cookbook ($25), Savory Baking ($25)

Cooking for Two ($20), Sunday Soup ($20), Big Night In ($25)

Lace Knitting to Go ($17), Gift of Wine (this is a craft book; $15)

Beatles Anthology ($60), The Life and Love of Trees ($50)

Repro Notebooks ($13), Mini Journals ($15), Book Journal ($11), Mix and Match Stationery ($9)

There you have my list -- a whooping $495 worth of books and notebooks and one craft kit. Wow!

Here's how you can have a chance to win these books. First the contest is sponsored by Chronicle Books and is open only in the United States (full rules here). Second you must leave a comment here (Chronicle will pick someone from the comments) -- I'd love it if you told me if you will keep all the books yourself or will give some away as gifts. Third you must provide a valid email address (or make sure it's in your profile). Winners will be announced on December 13.

Good luck to us all! And thank you to Chronicle Books. Oh and don't forget to look around at other blogs for different books and more chances to win.