Ok – so I’ve decided to celebrate random holidays each year. Last year it was the Chinese/Lunar New Year. This year, after a quick and random, totally unscientific twitter poll… it was decided 2010 I’d highlight Earth Day.
Being green is very popular now. I’m all for that. I’ve been accused of being a tree hugger, but I’m definitely not on top of everything. I don’t turn off all my electronics, etc – anyway there’s more I could be doing.
I’m not going to give a little Earth Day lesson, because you can find all the information online. I do like that it’s such an international holiday – more than 175 countries celebrate it each year!
I’ve been meaning to give away an ebook as well, so… what’s the prize? A copy of Maya Banks’ new and improved Colter’s Woman. That’s how I plan to celebrate Earth Day this year.
My question is then – what do you think about Earth Day? Did you ever celebrate it? Do you? And… if you read them, what book would you most like to see as an ebook? If you don’t read ebooks, why not?
Personally, I most want As You Desire by Connie Brockway to be released as an electronic book.
And because I’m always for more frivolity…well, me being me I’ve forgotten – so I’ll put it on you! Tell me something lighthearted and fun, that is relevant to this post! (Earth Day, ebooks…)
*NB: As usual, the winner will be announced in the comments. Contest closes a week from Friday.
I do read ebooks. As to what I would like to see in ebook? Everything that is released in print. I would love to have the choice as to which direction I’m going to take. I don’t want to have to wait months for the ebook…I want it when I would be able to get the print.
Thanks for the opportunity to win a book!
Sandi – heh COP OUT ANSWER!!! PFFFTTT. 😀
We have really tried to reduce our “footprint” over the last handful of years! Our biggest area of improvement has been the amount of trash we generate (family of 4 plus 1 dog and 1 cat), some weeks I am blown away by the amount of trash that goes out to the curb for pickup! We’ve really started to recycle and waste less!!
I would love to have Mackenzie’s Mountain by Linda Howard on eBook! My copies are so worn through because I read this book all the time!!
Don’t enter me………I have Colters’ Woman in every format, the original and the new and it is my favorite book!!
I have celebrated Earth Day in some way since the first one.. which was the biggest for me.. walking a young elephant thru our zoo with a crowd of 35,ooo what a day. I try to keep to the reuse/recycle/renew thinking when ever I can.
As for books to be honest I have no clue.. the majority of mine are ebooks. I’ve only bought print in the past 3 yrs since I share my books w/ my sister & best friend , and bff doesn’t read ebooks [yet] + the don’t share them fuss.
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The majority of my reading these days is electronic format, and I am waiting patiently (sort of), Maya’s, Sweet Temptation to be released as an ebook.
Must admit that we celebrated Earth day more when the kids were in school. More discussions and projects that hit home about the importance of conservation. Today is a no driving day for us, and even had my hubby taking his bike to pick up a couple of groceries for dinner.
Interesting fun fact:
•A highlight of the annual Earth Day ceremony at the United Nations is the ringing of the Peace Bell that was given to the UN by Japan. It is made from coins given by school children to further peace on our planet.
I celebrated Earth Day today by going over to my parents house & moving some hostas for my mom, so my dad would stop running over them with the lawn mower. I not only saved the hostas, made another area of the landscape look pretty, but I averted World War III. 😮 )
I would love to see Zenna Henderson’s books as ebooks!
Woot! Ebooks! Earth Day! 😀 Hmm… no huge celebration this year, although our kids’ school is having waste-free lunch week, urging everyone to pack lunches in only reusable containers and utensils. Thankfully we basically do that already 🙂 And DH biked to work–yay, him! (It’s no mean feat, considering it’s about 25 mi round trip).
Maybe I’ll read an e-book tonight in celebration…
LOL .. glad I’m not a writer.. i would be shot by the editors.. that is suppose to be ‘the first one ..celebrated at our zoo’ lol I’m not that old..
thanks for the chance..
I like the idea of having an Earth Day to promote the idea of being more green, more sustainable; hopefully it’ll lead more people to practice being green for more than one day of their lives.
I don’t read ebooks, because I’m old-fashioned and love the feel of a book in my hands. xD
Today, I took a walk in the woods and visited a rose garden! 😀
I was in high school when the first Earth Day was celebrated and I remember it well. I try to reduce waste and recycle especially plastics. I love my ebooks. Historical romance is my favorite genre. The ebooks I would love to see are some of the first authors I started reading – Bertrice Small, Virginia Henley, Kathleen E. Woodiwiss. These are some of my favorite authors to re-read.
Since I got my Kindle, I buy about 75% of my books in electronic format ~~ so I’m being VERY earth friendly!! And much friendlier to my book shelves, which are burdened to the max!! I also car pool in my long commute to work ~~ which saves me gas, and saves the air from the extra emissions!!
I don’t celebrate Earth Day specifically as I try to recycle and reduce etc when I can anyway. The only paperbacks or hardcovers I buy are either books I need for university or for gifts. All of my personal reading material are eBooks – I don’t buy prints books at all even if I am desperately waiting for the eBook version to be released and the print book is already available.
Like Cathy M, I am (im)patiently waiting for Maya Banks’ Sweet Temptation to be released as an eBook and I would love to have Johanna Lindsey’s backlist, Julie Garwood’s historical romances and Elizabeth Vaughan’s Chronicles of the Warlands trilogy as eBooks.
Oops – just wanted to let everyone know that from [today] until Sunday I won’t have internet access, so the winner will be chosen a bit later. Thanks for understanding!
Sharon K – congratulations! You’ve been selected by my official contest person as the winner 😀 Please email me at limecello@tgtbtu.com with what format you’d like. Enjoy!