Reading Local: Portland

Congratulations to Gilion (aka Rose City Reader) who has returned to the victors circle by claiming the top prize in Reading Local’s October Contest!  Gilion has decided to take the $25 gift certificate to a bookstore of her choice provided by Reading Local and the $10 gift certificate provided by our newest sponsor Second Glance Books.  I would like to send out a big thank you to Gilion for not only being an active participant on the site, but for the terrific reviews of books by Portland authors she so graciously provides.

The other randomly drawn winners of the remaining gift certificates include some new faces:

• The $25 gift certificate provided by Annie Bloom’s was won by Sheila Deeth!
• The $25 gift certificate provided by Broadway Books was won by Helen!
• The $25 gift certificate provided by Title Wave Used Bookstore was won by Melanie Reaves!
• The $10 gift certificate provided by A Children’s Place Bookstore was won by Cara Holman!

Check out July’s post for a look at my Luddite techniques for determining the winners of each gift certificate.  Also, please see the contest page for further details on how you can participate and win this month’s or future contests.  One hint…it’s really simple, just leave a comment on this or any other post to earn a point.  The person with the most points at the end of each month gets to choose one of the $25 gift certificates and one of the $10 gift certificates as the spoils of their victory.

As always I would like to send out a big thank you to the contest sponsors, Broadway Books, The Title Wave Used Bookstore, Annie Bloom’s Books, A Children’s Place Bookstore, and our newest sponsor Second Glance Books!  Please remember to support these wonderful neighborhood indie bookstores, by shopping there whenever you are looking for your next book.

Thanks to everyone who participated in October’s contest and good luck with the November contest.

Author: Gabe Barber

Founder and publisher of Reading Local. I am an avid reader, primarily of non-fiction, and am ever curious to discover how local literature fits into the increasingly volatile literary landscape.

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