Book Carnival Giveaway of Claire LaZebnik’s Novels

lol, I’d much rather be the smart one. Then again, I’ve always been quite a geek… Thanks for the giveaway!

Hmmm….probably pretty because 1) it works if you work it, and 2) I do believe ignorance (read also “not smart) can be bliss. Politically incorrect no matter how you slice it, but it’s the hard truth.

PS The post looks fantastic!

Great giveaway! I’d like to be the smart one because beauty fades.

Oh, please enter me in this giveaway! I guess I’d like to be the smart one. Much rather rely on my brains than how I look.

the smart one because you can always buy beauty but can not buy brains thanks for the giveaway

I think i’d rather be the pretty one, even though it’s not right alot of people will excuse your lack of things when you’re pretty. Please enter me in this awesome contest.
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I’d like to be the smart one, because I think beauty only gets you so far.

Please enter me! vvperesk@gmail.com

I would definitely rather be the smart one! To start, being “pretty” is subjective — and, as everyone knows, beauty fades. And it can only take you so far! You’re not going to become CEO because you have a pretty face.

Thanks for the chance!

Megan — writing.meg [at] gmail.com

Smart all the way! Pretty will get me a hubby… I have 5 kids, I don’t need any extra!lol!

The smart one b/c I could “fix” my looks, but dumb is pretty hard to fix.
Thanks for the giveaway!
Kimspam66(at)yahoo(dot)com

I am the smart one and I am happy so I’ll stay right where I am.

i have always been the smart one and maybe I would like to trade that in to be the pretty one for a few days but nothing permanent. I like being the smart one

Much rather be the smart one, looks fade hopefully the brain stays active. It has a better chance of it than looks at least.
Please enter me in the drawing. florida982002[at]yahoo[dot]com

I think the smart one…altho the way I look today, a little pretty could go a long way! Thanks for the chance for this giveaway!

The smart one. Pretty fades and will only get you so far.

smart one= looks fade and men go on and leave- breains are more important

I’d love to enter. I’d pick being the smart one so I could learn how to do well in business and become rich

I would like to be the pretty one cause I have never been.

Thanks

Love you giveaway! Thanks so much for participating and enter me, the books looks terrific! I would be the smart one too, pretty is from the inside anyway.

I would be the smart one. Pretty is in the eye of the beholder.

Whichever nabs me Brendan Fraser – no, really.

I would rather be the smart one. Beauty gives out WAY before your brain does!
kmanfredini AT GMAIL DOT COM

Definitely the smart one, although pretty has it’s advantages you get farther being smart

The smart one! No wait, the pretty one! I know, why not both?

I would like to be the smart one as well!:) Love the giveaway by the way!:)

I would love to be the pretty one, I have always been the smart one, and would love to try out the other role.

Both would have there advantages. But, I would rather be smart. Intelligence will last a lifetime and beauty fades.

I would want to be the smart one b/c that lasts.
Thanks for the giveaway!
Kimspam66(at)yahoo(dot)com

I’d love to be entered. I guess I’d rather be the smart one because those will likely last a lot longer. Great giveaway!
bj19662001 (at) yahoo (dot) ca

I would totally be the smart one. Witty rejoinders and discussions over blank, drooly stares any day.

I much rather be the smart one, pretty fades.

I would like to be the smart one. Now if was the difference between the smart one and the STUNNING ONE! I might have to change my tune. Both have their benefits and their curses.

Thanks so much!

enroutetolife(at)gmail(dot)com

I’d rather be smart and good looking but smart most of all

I’ll take being the smart one, because you can get a better haircut and cute glasses, but you can’t makeover your brain!

Thanks

velocibadgergirl at gmail dot com

I’d like to be BOTH, frankly – no need for them to be mutually exclusive! That said, if I have to choose, I’ll go with the smart one. If I’m gonna be smart, I’m gonna be smart enough how to figure out how to make myself presentably pretty, too!

Cute giveway. Even if I don’t win, I’ll check the books out!

suburbansweetheart [at] gmail [dot] com

I would most definitely love to be the smart one You can always be smart with your looks
bunnybx at gmail . com

I’ve always been the smarter one, but I’d like to be the pretty one for a day or so. In the name of science, just to be fair, haha.

Don’t enter me in the giveaway since I’ve read them all and LOVED them! But, just to weigh in, I’d want to be the smart one, of course!

I’d rather get a boost in the looks department–I’m already the smart one!
Please enter me!
meh471 (AT) gmail (DOT) com

I would want to be the smart one!

Valorie
morbidromantic@gmail.com

Hi!! I’ve been the smart one all of my life, I’m kind of in the mood to be the pretty one! I KNOW it sounds silly but when your a 20-something, looks can get you places when reciting history facts really can’t.

Thank you for the giveaway! Super super excited!!

I’d rather be the smart one; you can always ‘clean-up’ nicely for special events, but smart girl have that certain charm. Thank you for offering this giveaway! eyeslikesugar [at] gmail [dot] com.

I would much rather be the smart one. Brains and wit can take you a long way.

Smart one…You can always buy some look enhancers, but you can’t buy brains.

Duh. The smart one, of course!

I’d rather be the smart one because beauty fades.

I’d rather be the smart one since beauty doesn’t last (as my grandmother always told me

It would be nice to be both! lol However, hopefully, being the smart one, you would make the right decisions in life. Thanks for a great giveaway!
mittens0831 AT aol.com

Smart can lead to more possibilities in life than pretty.
Great giveaway and question

BevE
merryweatherbookblog@gmail.com

The smart one……my sister was the pretty one…fact is she is also the smart one.

flip (at) tetonvalley (dot) net

I would rather be the smart one, of course. Smarts last but beauty fades.

Thanks! foxsquirrelrabbit at gmail dot com

smart I can always change my looks con5459(at)gmail(dot)com

The smart one – beauty can fade but a beautiful mind lasts forever.

Definitely the smart one. Why is that? Hm…well, I think I AM the smart one, and I am pretty happy with my life, for one thing. Also, I enjoy my brains waaay too much to trade for something that will not really give ME a lot of extra enjoyment. But of course I don’t really know about that, having never actually BEEN the pretty one. =)

I’d rather be smart. Personally I’d rather be able to hold an interesting conversation than be oogled at.

smart one for sure. I mean, if you eat right, exercise-etc you can look pretty too and feel great

I’d rather be the smart one because it takes you further in life.

I would rather be pretty….”pretty smart.” I think that the modern day woman has a duty in today’s society to be able to read a book, comprehend the material, and look good doing it.

I would rather be the pretty one because it’s probably much more fun!
smchester at gmail dot com

My sister and I have the same sort of relationship (and likely related emotional issues) as the sisters in the book you stated above… According to others I fall into the “smart” category, whereas my sister was always the “pretty” one. I don’t know which one I would rather be… I do know that neither labels were fair to us. Please enter me and thank you!

I’d rather be smart because beauty is subjective!

I’d rather be the smart one because beauty fades. Brains last longer, and knowledge is always expanding. And beauty is in the eye of the beholder. It’s harder to debate whether or not someone is smart.

lucidconspiracy[at]gmail[dot]com

Okay I want to beauty and brains. Can’t we as women have it all? I can’t choose but I do want you to choose me!!

I love chicklit so please count me in!!!

Hmm I think I’d rather be the smart one because that leads to a better future. That way you can be smart enough to go to college and be successful. Plus, once you’re older, beauty turns into wrinkles anyways.

michelle.kuool(at)yahoo(dot)com

My sister who’s 16 years younger is the smart and the pretty one both, which is so unfair. And with whats happened in my life the past year with my husband leaving me for a 24 yo, I think I want to be the pretty one.

I prefer to be smart than beautiful because I can find ways to beautify myself using my brains. Besides, being beautiful in its truest sense, should be inside out, not just only by physical appearance.

Hmmm, I think the smart one. After all, beauty is in the eye of the beholder! I’d love to read these books. Please enter me.

The books sound great. And I definitely would want to be the smart one.
Thanks!

Oh, heavens, I need to be the smart one, because if I have to make it on looks, I am definitely in trouble. lol

thanks for sharing

ceashark at aol dot com

Why can’t we be both? I consider myself smart (enough!) and my husband is sweet and always tells me I’m pretty too so I always feel pretty. We can be anything we want, right? These books sound great! Thanks so much for the opportunity!

I would rather be the smart one cause I think smarts has a natural beauty within itself

I guess the Smart one…If I am smart and make lots of money..I could always spend it on plastic surgery to make me pretty….Nah that would be pretty dumb.
I’ll stick to smart

rhondastruthes at yahoo dot ca

Why can’t we be both smart and pretty? I will say smart then.:)

I would much rather be the smart one. Looks only matter for so much in life and I would rather be admired for my mind than how I look.

shiloki[at]gmail[dot]com

Please include me in your giveaway. I would rather be smart and pretty!
Thanks
Debbie
debdesk9@verizon.net

I would rather be the smart one. Pretty fades.

i’d like to be smart and settle for cute instead of pretty! i’m more intellectual and enjoy using my noggin’!!!!

I WAS the smart one growing up, and it was terrible seeing the guys flocking to my is and ignoring me (unless it was an ill-fated attempt at getting closer to her.) But, I can honestly say it helped me grow into my own skin a lot better. I’m happier with myself now and never have to question anyone’s motives around me!

Wow, it’s fascinating to read the comments. The majority picked smart–is that because this group of women are already ’smart’ (obviously, because they read!) and understand the value of smart? The world values beauty over brains, if magazines, TV and movies are any indication.

As for me, I’d say smart, because beauty is so subjective and personality plays such a huge part in it. But really, most everyone has smarts and looks, they just have to know it.

I guess i would like to be the pretty one, sure it would be nice to be smart too. How shallow I am, yes it would be the right thing to say the smart one, but in certain times of your lifes it’s the pretty ones that get what they want….then again could i be pretty and “normal clever”

Always been smart…skipping grades and such… never “felt” like I was the pretty one. So I guess I would like to be the pretty one, at least for a few years, then I’ll take the smarts back.

I would rather be the smart one… so I can read all these books! Thanks for the contest!

I would choose intelligence over beauty any day of the week. I’ve found those who “think” they’re beautiful tend to be rather empty inside. Yet take a shy intelligent woman and witness the compassion she has for everyone but herself…priceless. I would rather that kind of beauty than the pronounced obvious one. Thanks for the opportunity! Indigo

The smart one because beauty is just skin deep.

I would rather be the smart one, because there’s always plastic surgery to become the pretty one. :}

I’d like to be both, but I’ll go for Smart.

Oh I would always chose the smart one!!! Pretty doesn’t last that long and then you’re saggy & living in some run down roach motel!!!

I’d like to read these books. It’s hard to choose, but I think I’d rather be the pretty one.

I’d rather be the smart one. Outward beauty fades

I definitely would love to win this!

Thank you

calliemist@yahoo.com

I’d like to be the pretty one!

ParkingGoddessFTW at gmail dot com

I would rather be the smart one because beauty doesn’t last forever!

I’d rather be the smart one. Looks fade and are always in the eye of the beholder. (plus I’m a geek anyway!)

Thanks for the chance to win
slcremer at gmail dot com

I’d always rather be the smart one, because even if you don’t have looks you can have personality and be pretty through that, but smartness is something else! I’d love a vacation from life through reading these three giveaways, I certainly need one!

The smart one because most of the things I enjoy require a certain amount of intellect. If I couldn’t appreciate my books, or chess and I was constantly suffering from confusion, then i would have a very sad life.

Oh, I’d definately rather be the smart one! Life is too short to be dumb!

Definitely the smart one – all the better to enjoy life with!

I’d definitely rather be the smart one — because smart stays with you for your whole life. Pretty can fade and then what? Smart leads to interesting conversations and knowing that people are with you because they really care about you and find you interesting — not your looks.

I’d rather be smart.

Just following the herd, here and preferring to be the smart one.

I’d rather be the smart one. There’s just too much of life to be enjoyed to be obsessed with appearances.

I’d rather be the smart one since I think people have more fun in the long run interacting than on simply ogling each other.

I would definitely rather be the smart one. Beauty fades as you get older while the smart ones get wiser as they age. Besides, smart women/men get to change the world and I would love to make a difference in this earth.

I’d rather be smart only because I usually under estimate myself a lot and would be nice to not do that.

I’d soooo rather be the smart one. This is something I am trying to ingrain into my teenage daughter. Teenagers are so focused on the outside rather than the inside. I told her there are many so-called pretty people who are very ugly inside.

I would be the Smart One of course! It gets you more places! Great contest!

I’d rather be the smart one than the pretty one. Prettiness fades; smart just keeps getting smarter.