The holiday season is upon us! At Bookreporter.com, this means it's time for us to share the spirit of the season with you with our Holiday Basket of Cheer Contest. While you are searching for the perfect gifts, we want to remind you that books make affordable, personal and wonderful gifts for EVERYONE on your list --- and are a nice way to treat yourself as well!

From November 13th through January 7th we will spotlight a different title or collection of titles, and readers will have the chance to win one of five holiday baskets filled with winter-themed items as well as a copy of the featured book(s).

For the final contest of our Holiday Basket of Cheer feature, we bring you our special End-of-the-Year Celebration. We’re giving away all 12 of our “Bookreporter.com Bets On” titles, Carol Fitzgerald’s very favorite books from 2009. They include 31 HOURS by Masha Hamilton; CRAZY FOR THE STORM: A Memoir of Survival, by Norman Ollestad; THE HELP by Kathryn Stockett; HOTEL ON THE CORNER OF BITTER AND SWEET by Jamie Ford; HOW SHALL I TELL THE DOG?: And Other Final Musings, by Miles Kington; THE PHOTOGRAPHER: Into War-Torn Afghanistan with Doctors Without Borders, by Emmanuel Guibert, Didier Lefèvre and Frederic Lemercier; RAINWATER by Sandra Brown; A RELIABLE WIFE by Robert Goolrick; ROOFTOPS OF TEHRAN by Mahbod Seraji; SHELTER ME by Juliette Fay; STILL ALICE by Lisa Genova; and THE WEIGHT OF SILENCE by Heather Gudenkauf. Our Holiday Basket of Cheer is a woven basket stocked with holiday-themed items. Along with copies of each of the titles above, winners will receive Ghirardelli Hot Chocolate mix, gourmet hand-cut vanilla marshmallows, Peppermint bark candy, a decorative holiday spatula, a snowman dish towel, cinnamon sticks, and a snowman mini planter perfect for a small tree or single bulb.

To enter, fill out this form by Thursday, January 7, 2010 at 11:59PM EST.

OFFICIAL CONTEST RULES FOR OUR HOLIDAY BASKET OF CHEER END-OF-THE-YEAR CELEBRATION

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.

ELIGIBILITY: The contest is open to all legal residents of the United States (excluding Puerto Rico) over the age of 18. The following persons and their dependents are not eligible to enter or win: employees of Bookreporter.com or The Book Report, Inc. and their affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising and promotion agencies, and the immediate families (spouse, parents, siblings, and children) of each of the above.

HOW TO ENTER: The contest is open from 9AM EST on Friday, December 18, 2009 thru Thursday, January 7, 2010 at 11:59 PM EST. While the contest is posted on Bookreporter.com, you can enter by filling out this form.

Winners will be chosen in a random drawing from all entries received.

If you wish to snail mail your answer and address, please send to:

All entries must be postmarked by Monday, January 4, 2010 and received by Thursday, January 7, 2010.

HOW TO WIN: The total number of eligible entries received determines odds of winning. One entry per e-mail address. From all eligible entries received, Bookreporter.com will randomly select Five (5) First Prize Winners who will receive a woven basket stocked with holiday-themed items and a copy of each of the following “Bookreporter.com Bets On” titles from 2009: 31 HOURS by Masha Hamilton; CRAZY FOR THE STORM: A Memoir of Survival, by Norman Ollestad; THE HELP by Kathryn Stockett; HOTEL ON THE CORNER OF BITTER AND SWEET by Jamie Ford; HOW SHALL I TELL THE DOG?: And Other Final Musings, by Miles Kington; THE PHOTOGRAPHER: Into War-Torn Afghanistan with Doctors Without Borders, by Emmanuel Guibert, Didier Lefèvre and Frederic Lemercier; RAINWATER by Sandra Brown; A RELIABLE WIFE by Robert Goolrick; ROOFTOPS OF TEHRAN by Mahbod Seraji; SHELTER ME by Juliette Fay; STILL ALICE by Lisa Genova; and THE WEIGHT OF SILENCE by Heather Gudenkauf. Our Holiday Basket of Cheer is a woven basket stocked with holiday-themed items. Along with copies of each of the titles above, winners will receive Ghirardelli Hot Chocolate mix, gourmet hand-cut vanilla marshmallows, Peppermint bark candy, a decorative holiday spatula, a snowman dish towel, cinnamon sticks, and a snowman mini planter perfect for a small tree or single bulb.

POSTING OF PRIZE WINNERS: All prize winners will be listed on Bookreporter.com by first name and city/state by Friday, January 8, 2010.

LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY/RESERVED RIGHTS: Neither the Sponsor, nor the parent, subsidiary or affiliate companies, nor the promotional agencies shall have any obligation or responsibility with regard to (i) entries that contain inaccurate information or do not comply with these rules, (ii) entries, prize claims or notifications that are lost, late, incomplete, illegible, unintelligible, damaged or otherwise not received by the intended recipient, in whole or in part, due to computer or technical error of any kind, (iii) telephone, electronic, hardware, software, network, Internet or computer malfunctions, failures or difficulties, or (iv) any damages or losses of any kind caused by any prize or resulting from acceptance, possession or use of any prize. The Sponsor, in its sole discretion, reserves the right to disqualify any person tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Web Site or otherwise violating these rules. The Sponsor further reserves the right to cancel, terminate or modify the Sweepstakes if the Sweepstakes cannot be completed as planned because of infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention or technical failures of any sort.

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