It’s official. Verastically Livin’ is now celebrating its fourth birthday. My baby is four years old! Soon I’ll be hooking my blog up with another blog for marriage. These blogs, they grow up so fast these days. If I have not said it often enough, I really am grateful to everyone for their continued support. You have no idea how good you have been to me. I am most thankful to God for giving me the strength to keep going, so here’s to Verastically Livin’ becoming bigger in 2010! Now, without further ado, let the giveaway begin.
What You Get: The Thing Around Your Neck by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
This book has twelve short stories that are sure to keep you turning the page. I liked some of the stories more than the others, but overall, I loved the book. Chimamanda just has a way with words.
How To Win:
- Leave a comment.
- Leave more comments — as many as you want to. The more you leave, the better your chances of winning.
Yes, but read the fine prints:
- You will have till 11:59 pm (U.S. Eastern time) of February 6th to comment, and after that, comments will be blocked.
- The winner will be chosen randomly by a random selector, so leave as many comments as you can and want to. It will increase your chances of winning.
- You can comment as an anonymous person, however, you have to e-mail me first and tell me which anonymous person you will be. Example: you could be “Anonymous 222,” and then, for all your comments, you have to comment as Anonymous 222. Why? That way, I’ll be able to know who when Anonymous 222 wins. If all the anonymous people comment as Anonymous – without specifying which Anonymous they are – I won’t know who to contact, or how to contact them. E-mail vera@verastic.com
- Follow me on Twitter.
- Follow me on the Google Network
- The following people will not win this giveaway – even if they participate: Funmie, Busola and her husband, Uju, Deola and her husband, Ibukun, Timbo, Vera Ezimora’s parents (who, hopefully, don’t even read this blog), Yar’adua and his wife, Mr. Shoes, and of course, one Miss Vera Ezimora.
Note: The preceding list (number 6) is subject to increase.
First first first
second second second
third third third
you guys are slacking oh this is the fourth comment
and yes its mine
vera
i better get this book
i so love chimamanda
just give me the book
and i will give you purple hibiscus i might even throw in half of a yellow sun
*wink*
u know now vera
enough for now
be back in a while
okbye
BBB, warn yourself o!
Okay, I'm technically second!
And I will not change my name from Anonymous. I will be Anonymous – the original.
I won't send you an email either, so if I win, please send the book to a someone who hasn't read it. I have
No, send it to one of Fabulola, Chinny, Ishilicious_9ja, Lohi_O, Leggy (sexy voice), or Temite.
I guess this means that if I win, you will have to do another lucky dip to decide which of my beneficiaries to get it.
I'm happy.
And I'm out.
PS: I aint gonna follow you on twitter
Last words: Happy Anniversary.
Jeeeeeezzzzzzzzzzzz…me self enter ooo..lol
again….
and again..
and again ke..
and again ke..
by the way where is everybody?
Not yet thru….
I gotte get this book…so I will stick around till comment page get blocked…
lol…now im getting excited..
I think im on the edge now…
Humnnn… will tarry a lil'bit more..
Happ Anniversary…wuld do some more dip and I'll be gone to come back laters..lol
I want thizz…
I gotta have dizzz..
Give me dizzz….
I gotta have dizz…
Can't wait to read yu know…
And I sincerely hope BBB and Anonymoous stay off thiz for moir…okay?!!!lol
Will be bak…
Just one more…
Okay..just thiz last…
And I will be back…
Thiz last one now…
The nineteenth post now…and then…
Will be lurking around in the corner… and will be bak…xx
Now this is where i come in…
Congrats Veralicious…
I hope i do win..
Don't mind all those children ahead of me…
dem no dey look face?
Will be back… just so y'all know who's name's on d book.
Yea u guessed rite. Mine!
No…mine…
And mine only…I dont share…
So I will keep lurking around..will be ryt back…humnnn!
Still lukn…
Just checkin in…
This comment spamming racket feels kinda silly..
Not planning on stopping anytime soon tho. Lol.
Haba all of una wan clog Vera's cyberspace with una comments? no fair! lol!
Ahhhh Vera..that leave as many comments is not a good idea!!
All i have to say is that this is WRONG on all levels. Even if i participate i can"t win ke? this is mean!!!!!! I am mad (in advance) at whoever wins.
am back
see sassy trend and quagar
ur not serious
u think u can out-commnet me :p
for where
am winning this book at all cost
i must win oh
aunty vera are u hearing
lets rig the machine now
will be checking this space
just to be sure sassy and quaggar arent back
cos the book is mine mine mine
did u hear that mine mine mine
ok am leaving now
but i will be back
peeking, watching
ok bye
na wa oh.
na lie oo….lol
BBB and Quaggar…abeg make una go siddon…
That book is exclusively for moi….
Ok seriously…
haven't u guys heard?
yeah…just myn…and not yours Quaggar…
lol… sassy n bb…
Heard what?
Werrin we neva hear?lol
the race is not unto d swift..
nor to him that willeth..
nor to he/she that commenteth vigorously…
or even to those that claimeth…
Meanwhile.. vera's comment count is gettin to 100!
Nack us tory….lol
Veralicious baby, u just might set a record for the most comments on blogger u know?
well..all I know be sey..dz is myn…where da heck is BBB?
Her comment will probably get a count of 200…lol
*dancing*dancing*
Imma get thizzzzzzzzz
I want Thizzzzzzz
I gotta have thizzzz
*singing* the book is mine
The book is mine…
Ima gonna savor all the pages and relish the spicy sassy moment…taptaptaraptarap….
I want thizzz…
I gotta have dzzz…
Where is everybody by tthe way?
and im bak…
and i aint leaving….lol
Happy 4 yr anniversary!!!!!
Cheers to bigger n better things to come!
I can't compete with this
It only takes one entry to win, Rene! Maybe you'll show up all these multiple commenters and claim the prize!
Vera don't test me…I want the book!!!
Vera don't test me…I want the book!!!
Vera don't test me…I want the book!!!
Vera don't test me…I want the book!!!
Vera don't test me…I want the book!!!
Vera don't test me…I want the book!!!
Vera don't test me…I want the book!!!
@GNG…& is the number!!!lol
Veraaa…make it happen!
ill put in one comment
no kidding im down
vera u sure abt this
maybe if u had made it one comment per person
must we leave diff comments
or can copy and paste like no limit
dis gonna get real
im not yarddy's wife
nor ur mommma
i want this bookie
i want this bookie
i want this bookie
ohh lah lah
i want this bookie
i want this bookie
i want this bookie
i want this bookie
ill be bizack
Hello Verastic
I sooooooooo love Chimamanda!!!
Have all her books except Thing around your neck!! and since its free better save my cash
I gotz to win ooooo!!1
@Koolaries, you gotta win with just one entry?!!!..lol
You never sabi anyriiinnn…lol(anything)….
@Yinkusloslo…get ur self off thizzz..lol
Dah bookie is mine..lol
and I gotta have the bookie..for myselfonly…
and guess how ima gonna get thiz for myself….
by sitting my fyne arse here all day…humnnn…
oh yeah…all day longgg……..
Its 11:43 am naija time..so will start my wait….lol
Its 11:43 am naija time..so will start my wait….lol
till 12noon….
downside 1pm….
to 2pm….
and then we'll slope to 3pm..lol..oh yeah ima gonna get this book gaskia…chei!
But Feb 6th is still about 10days away….jeez!
I hope I wont get tired before then…lol
Oh God plss…..let me get thiz for myself…
Dah book is mine…
Stilll lurking around….
Anyone in here?
Alryt I take a short nap…but hey…
I'LL BE RYT BAK!
Ok.. seriously.. sassy, go get a life. lol
or a job…
To claim my CHIMAMANDA…yeah my CHIMAMANDA….
Yea.. or sleep, or sum'n
Or else…
Hhahahahaha…now you're threadn the biffing lane…lol
Maybe you shuld take a nap…lol
Cos you aint winning nada in this race…lol..hahahhahaha
dah bookie is mine….
so you all shuld not even boda…
cos im winning dah bookie….lol
Vera if I no win thiz book ehn!!!
Ehn!!!1 katakata go burst ooo…
Infact wahala go dey…
But let me go get a lyf as Quaggar suggested..but believe me…I WILL BE RYT BAK….
Lol.. sassy, abeg o! i aint treading no war path…
in fact, u can have all d comments…
…as long as i get d book
ok, its back to work for me
But really Quaggar, I just read the post over again…
Vera said…
How To Win:
Leave a comment.
Leave more comments — as many as you want to. The more you leave, the better your chances of winning.
Yes, but read the fine prints:
You will have till 11:59 pm (U.S. Eastern time) of February 6th to comment, and after that, comments will be blocked.
The winner will be chosen randomly by a random selector, so leave as many comments as you can and want to. It will increase your chances of winning.
so its rily not the number of comments that matters..lol
I wan go sleep…lmao!
Lol, sassy. I know. Was kinda bored at work..so..
hmnn..same here anyway…
hope u pple read d part of follow me on twitter and follow me on d google network… uhm, i am just being nice o, since i can't get d book…..mschewww whoever made d freaking rules….
i saw the book over the weekend at a bookshop…was gonna get it but realise i wont have the time to read, just like i never finished Half Of a Yellow Sun
oh my, Vera! u shldn't have let pple comment more than once…look what's going on…LOL.
Anyway, I realllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllly
want the book, but I'm not on Twitter, n I don't want to get on it yt, so I guess, except by some stroke of fortune, I ain't gonna get the book…
"makes puppy face and leaves… sad"…
vera, im bizack with more qualiications,
ive been ur friend on fb, ive followed u on twitter, ive listened to ur radio show.
umm, icve commmented. i follow ur blog obv, abeg choose me
Back with a bang…
now following u on twitter…
..and on google network…
..left a gazillion comments already
beeen so busy at work
but i realize i have till 6th of feb to do this
i can keep coming back
and back
sassy and quaggar
i bet u were happy i stopped
oyo for all of u oh
see even yinkuslolo is trying me
and nolimit
its not even funny
why u guys wasting ur time when i know am winning
am the owner of the book
any other person is counterfeit
soooooooooooooooo
yesssssss ohhh
its mine mine mine
so obviously u believe me by now
winner
owner
dont mess with me
the book is mine
mine mine
dont envy me
i will be back on monday
if u like spam till i get here
quaggar and sassytrends yes am referring to u
and yinkuslolo and nolimit too
yes
i got the 200th
THEY WERE RIGHT!!!!!
There really is no point to continue.. is there?..lol
Haba, me sef, I want!!!
I want now…abeg, verascoco…give us us free!
Still here begging away.
I am a pauper. My fada is not a rich senator in abuja.
abeggi…lemme have it.
Please naaah… ejo
dan allah kibani adichie book. god go bless you wellu well.
if i win this book…kai wallahi, i will take you to disney faris por pree!
ok…is this annoying yet? I am very desperate to have that thing around my neck fa. wallahi, the desperation is feri feri serious.
I just may be lucky!
wow..
Shuo! See me scrolling down and all I see is BB BB BB BB BB and quaggar and quaggar and sassy trends and sassy trends!
U pple shud warn urselves o!
Oya Vera i am puttin in my entry. I berra win
LOOOL! Who is that anonymous? I like u already jere.
Wait when is feb 6? Has it passed already?
These commenters no de play o! ahn ahn..! Loool
Chimanda? I love her!
lol…here cums the 6th…
and cant just wait for thiz random thingy…lol
If i dont win…ehn!!!
Okay make I wait first…
By the way, BBB what is that you were saying self?
Go and sleep oo..BBB!
And dont let me c your legs waka cum here again till further notice…lol
So ima go have a good rest now…
and keep dreaming of my CHIMANDA…lol
I'll be ryt bakkkkkkkkkkkk!!!
vera, ur too much. i hope i win with this sole comment! LOL!
lOL.. Tehila, dat'll just make all of us spammers look a tad silly..
but then, anything could happen..
the best one can do is…
..to reduce the chance of that happening..
and that i intend to do..
like this..
and this..
and yet this…
hey.. don't forget this one..
or even this one..
sassy n bb, u watchin?
and no limit, and yinkuslolo…
y'all got nuthin on me..
having said that..
its a friday night..
and a brother's got to do wot he's got to do…
gotta get my swag on..
hit d road…
cos its lagos party tonite!!!!!
Madame verastically veracious vera
i raise my glass…
u too much [sic]
i'd have said more..
but d fear of Mr Shoes..
so i'll sign out for d nite..
with the 250TH POST!!!!!!
Ka emesia..
wow! this is serious! i am putting only one comment n one comment alone. If it was meant to be, it will be
wow! this is serious! i am putting only one comment n one comment alone. If it was meant to be, it will be
Congratulations on four years!
Happy Anniversary!!
Oh… and happy "the other anniversary" in advance *wink*