Inaugural Giveaway! (AKA “When I Think About Books I Touch My Shelf” …)

“When I think about books I touch my shelf” …

You can call that true confessions of a bookish kind. I should also tell you that I’m wearing a T-Shirt emblazoned with those words as I sit here and type this. And that I’m not planning on changing before I leave my house. For the bookstore. With my brother’s girlfriend. That’s not awkward, right?

Anyway, the word house brings to mind the word home … which leads me to think about this blog, my new casa—albeit a virtual one. I hope that you’ve found me to be a hospitable host, as I’ve found you to be most well-mannered guests.

To thank you, I’d like to offer a door prize of sorts.

You see, my mother bought me this T-Shirt. (The story just gets better and better, right?) But, in her haste to order, she accidentally double-clicked somewhere along the line. And voila! When the package arrived, there was an extra. Rather than sending it back, I decided it might be nice to share.

So … back to that door prize.

In order to claim your virtual ticket for entry, you need only do the following three things:

• Follow this blog (if you haven’t already)
• “Like” my John B. Valeri / Hartford Books Examiner Facebook page (again, if you haven’t already)
• Leave a comment below

If you complete each task on or before tomorrow evening—Sunday, July 24^th, 2016—at 11:59 PM EST, I’ll place that virtual ticket in a virtual hat and select one entry at random. The winner will receive his or her very own “When I think about books I touch my shelf” T-Shirt. (For the detail-oriented: the size is adult large and the color is black.)

You can order your own on Amazon.

Easy peasy, right?

And now if you’ll excuse me, I’ve got books to fondle …