{"id":7681,"date":"2011-11-17T11:11:15","date_gmt":"2011-11-17T16:11:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theseasonforromance.com\/wordpress\/?p=7681"},"modified":"2011-11-17T11:11:15","modified_gmt":"2011-11-17T16:11:15","slug":"tell-me-your-favourite-book-author-cover-of-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/2011\/11\/17\/tell-me-your-favourite-book-author-cover-of-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"Tell me your favourite book, author &#038; cover of 2011!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Is it just me or does Christmas seem to sneak up on us every year like a stealth bomber? I swear, it feels like yesterday I was stifled by the oppressive heat of Georgia&#8217;s August sun, and now Thanksgiving is a week away and in only 38 days 2011 culminates in the biggest holiday of the year: Christmas.<\/p>\n<p>So as we&#8217;re staring down the end of the year, I want to hear from you:<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Favourite book of the year (first release copyright in 2011)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Favourite author of the year<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Favourite cover of the year.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\nI&#8217;ll post the results of the top 10 from each category and have a vote off in December.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Commenting will also enter you to win an advance copy of one of the following December 2011 reissues from Avon. 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