Some of you long-time readers might remember when six years ago, my best friend Angie Smith and I launched a book club called Bloom. Since that time, thousands of women have joined us as we have read encouraging, life-changing books.
Today marks a special day because we are announcing our final Bloom study. We have prayed for many months and feel that it is time to step down from leading studies. But this last study is a pretty special one. Take a few minutes to watch this video of our announcement (yes, we cry) and about the last selection.
What a joy to end such a beautiful chapter going through The Fringe Hours with women from around the world. What I especially love about this particular Bloom is that we invited three friends of mine to join us around a table to discuss the book's chapters – my friend Sarah, a married mom of 4 (we went to college together); my friend Tobi, a married mom of 2 and pediatrician; and my friend Leigh, a single working professional.
Their perspectives really make this study well-rounded and fun.
For all the details about Bloom, click here.
AUTOGRAPHED COPIES
Also, if you haven't pre-ordered The Fringe Hours yet, you might want to do so from DaySpring because they have 500 autographed copies for sale! Yes, in-between newborn nursing sessions, I sat on my couch, autographed books and prayed for the women who would read them.
DaySpring has the book competitively priced at just $10.99 and you can get free shipping when you buy two and use the code BLOOMBOOK. Think about a friend who might be blessed by the message of making time for her, or maybe even your Mom for Mother's Day. A signed first-edition of a book is sure to be a special gift!
GIVEAWAY
In honor of Bloom launching today, we are going to continue the Book Launch Party fun by giving away three Kindle Fires to three lucky winners.
In the research I conducted, the number one activity women wanted to do in their fringe hours was read. When I got a Kindle, I found I read more because I always had a book with me.
Enter using the Rafflecopter below. (Also, if you missed it, yesterday we kicked off an amazing giveaway from ePantry, so be sure to check it out.)
About the only time I get to myself is when I read!
I read, or watch one of my favorite shows (but that usually means I’ll fall asleep during!)
Sarah M
I love to read! I’m horrible with my self control though. Once I start a book, the whole world comes to a stop until I finish it. Hubby and the kids can cook their own meals and wash their clothes. Right? LOL
Karen
Actually, I enjoy scrapbooking, which surprises me, but a few years ago I stumbled upon your Project Life posts and found a method that works for me. I LOVE looking back at the pages I have made and have memories come to life because I took the time to document. Thank you!
Can’t wait to read the book. Thanks!
I love to read. I cannot wait to read this book!! 🙂
READ!
Read or crochet/knit while catching up on shows.
I love to read and journal in my free time.
My favorite thing to do in the fringe hours is to just be with myself… to be still and quiet… to read or write… to pray. Just decompress from all the world around me. 🙂
Catch up on blogs!
I love to read and craft!
The fringe hours find me doing watercolor painting or practicing my new instrument – the violin! I’ve always wanted to learn, and am taking it up at age 32! 🙂
I love to read in the fringe hours. I want to be able to get back into scrapbooking and paper crafting. I miss it so much! I also need to fit exercise in there, too. And did I mention I would love a Kindle???
I love to read but just never have the time. I love to bake and cook too. However with a 5 year old, 1 year old, career and husband with a busy career, sports, church, etc, etc – my favorite thing may just be taking a nap! I would love a kindle!
I really like to read. That’s been my go to for awhile but I’d also like to reawaken my inner maker/creator. Back in the pre/one child days I think I actually made things. I vaguely remember that being fun.
In the fringe hours… I love to create :))
I love to read but never seem to have the time. Would love to have a Kindle to make that easier!
I love to sit and be still. enjoying the quietness of my house. thanking God for my blessings, my family and thinking about our future!
my fringe hours are 5 am with a hot cup of coffee while the whole house sleeps 🙂
I like to read as well!
I would love to win a Kindle edition!! Reading more was a New Year resolution and I’ve been good so far! I’d love to add this book to my list!
I love to read and craft! As a working mom I can’t wait to read your book! 🙂
I love to be creative whether with scrapbooking or crafting!
Read and crafts!
Definitely reading!
i actually need a new fire mine is having trouble
Kate
Love to read, I read until I fall asleep every night.
Paint and blog!
I would love to have a Kindle Fire!
Love to read in my down time, so this would be perfect.
I tend to watch tv with my husband or read/post in some of my groups (FB & Proboards).
Read & pray 🙂
Scrapbook, read
Read or Photography
I love to enter contests!
I love to read and to make photo gifts for people. Have loved being on The Fringe Hours Launch team!!
I read books and blogs.
Hmm. Read. Eat. Hang out with girlfriends – and my husband!
READ!!! Books, blogs, research.
Spend time with my hubby and read.
Always have been a reader! Raising two girls to do the same.
Read and scrapbook are up there. I also love lunching with friends.
I love to read or do something “crafty” when I get the chance.
I love to spend daytime fringe hours on a walk by the lake or just outside in the sun. At night I love to paint or snuggle in bed with a good movie.
I usually choose to read during my fringe hours. I check out lots of books from the library, and I have the kindle app on my phone. I haven’t splurged and purchased a kindle yet, but I’ve had my eye on one for quite a while! Winning a kindle would be pretty special!!
I’ve already ordered a copy of your book and two extras for friends. When I have fringe time, I LOVE to read. I also love when I have time to take pictures – being able to capture special memories for my family and others.
I love to read or write during my Fringe Hours!
I love to make (just about anything!) something with my hands. This year I have challenged myself to also use some of that precious time to read, and I’m starting book #4 today, which is only 1 lass than I read all of last year!
I love to read in my Fringe hours…or curl up to watch a good movie (Netflix is a wonderful thing!)
Project Life…but reading is a close second! 🙂
Outside the house I like to kayak or do photography. Inside (since it’s cold for so long up here in Canada) I love to bake or read.
Read and sew
I, too, love to read, but feel it is a lost love. I almost always choose to scrapbook with any fringe moment!
Reading 🙂 CHOOSE JOY! Love that!
I love to read during my fringe hours, so a Kindle Fire would be perfect! I also like to surf Facebook. 🙂
Would love to try out a Kindle! I have been loyal to paper books so far, but keep seeing great e-books that I would like to read. A Kindle would help me with that!
Whoops. Didn’t see the question. I love to read! Or workout!
Reading…. and going to bookstores, but that is two sides of the same coin. 🙂 Thanks for the giveaway.
I love to read or crochet during my Fringe Hours!
Hope to win!
I like to cook/bake in my free time.
Write & read! Looking foward to #FringeHours
I love to read in my fringe hours! And journal 🙂
Imagine….I could read ALL THE BOOKS!
I love to learn, Bible, natural health, gluten free cooking, child rearing love it
In my fringe hours, I like to cook, read, and catch up on my favorite shows.
I love to read!
I’m a reader, but if the weather is really nice I’ll go play on the swings!
I love to work on memory keeping projects.
I love to read and write during the #FringeHours.:)
Definitely read books – and blogs! 😉
Lately, my favorite thing to do in my fringe hours is bake. I love to read, too! So excited that this big day is finally here for you, finally! Congratulations, Jessica!
When I am alone I like it quiet. I love to read and learn about photography, nutrition, wellness, parenting and self-improvement. Congrats on your book! Just ordered my signed copy and one for a friend! 🙂
Love to read!
I agree with reading!
I agree with reading!
I like to read in infringe hours.
I love reading, crafting and spending time with family and friends. Thanks for another great giveaway, Jessica!
I love to read or watch a non-kid movie. 🙂
Reading is definitely my favorite “me” activity!!
I’ve been wanting one of these to make it easier to read on the go!!
Definitely read preferable while I’m getting a pedicure!
Listen to an album on vinyl, light a candle, and open the windows.
I love crafting in my fringe hours!
yeah, reading. in total silence:) >>>>is there such thing??
Read, sew,quilt, embroidery and I am trying to learn Latin. But sometimes the best is a nap
Sorry to see you go. I can’t believe it has been 6 years! I have always enjoyed the Bloom book club since it’s inception. It has been a blessing to have been a part of it. I pray success in your future endeavors and am glad the club will remain
I usually stay up late to watch general hospital 🙂
This sounds so fantastic. Thank you for the opportunity.
I love to watch drama or romance movies on Netflix. I also love to read and paint in my fringe hours.
I read and create!
Read books, meditate and browse the internet
Loving the book. I use my fringe hrs to read and create. Love these little monents to myself.
i like to read and enter giveaways!
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I love to read. I’m really looking forward to reading The Fringe Hours!
Congratulations on the new book!
Read!
I love to read, but generally spend too much time playing games on my phone
I used to be able to read when I had free time, but adding a 3rd kid to the mix, I find myself really distracted when I try, so I normally just watch an episode of a favorite show or play a game on my phone.
Knit while catching up on TV shows.
Probably a close tie between having lunch with a friend and reading a book in QUIET!
Now that my kids are older (7 and 4) it is easier tonfind time to do the special things I like to do with my free time: read, paint my nails, take a bubble bath, dinner with girlfriends, etc.! It doesn’t have to be expensive!
Project Life!
I like to craft and to read in my fringe hours!
Love love love to read. Getting lost in a book is one of my favorite things to do!
Reading, knitting or writing!
I love reading and day trips!
So happy for you and your book release! I like to read and scrap, tend to rotate between the two.
I like to crochet:
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My favorite thing is to read or pile up on the couch with my daughter and the”Good Wife”
So excited!!!!!!!
My fringe hours are spent reading and drinking coffee, with the occasional Gray’s Anatomy episode thrown in 🙂
Over the years, my fringe hours have morphed from more of a focus on reading to more of one on running. I enjoy each activity for different reasons, but I’ve missed the reading aspect so much since my little girl was born. I’ve been working on bringing that back into my routine in recent months.
Scrapbooking, editing pictures. reading, exercise. Thanks so much for the chance to win!
I love scrapbooking and reading.. two things that I don’t get to do much of right now but working on it!!
im so excited for the fringe hours book study on bloom! i just discovered this amazing blog and network of such inspiring women who so deeply love the Lord and it has been so impactful on my own life.
Read, connect with friends/family 🙂
Love to read! However with four kids five and under sleeping is a very close second!
What a great giveaway!! I love reading, so this would be right up my alley! 🙂
Reading or running are definitely high on my priority list!!
I do love to read but I also just started to quill again. I did it long ago when I was a girl in 4-H so it has come back quickly and it feels sooooo good to do something creative with my hands!
I love to read!
Read…or create :). I am sad that bloom will no longer be….you will have to keep us posted on all the great books.
I love to read or knit 😉
I love to read or actually just sit in silence!
Read, read and read some more. I am a book junkie!
I am an AVID Reader!!! I am addicted to books…..and more books!!!
My favorite thing to do is gather my favorite magazines and books with a cup of coffee and just veg out in the bed and read.
I would always take a book or magazine with me in the car and read when I was waiting for the kids to get out of school. Now we live in a busy suburb and I can read at some stop lights due to the time length. Even reading one page is helpful to keeping me sane
I rarely take time to myself so I guess it would be to sleep
Read…no doubt about it!
I love to read and work in my art/faith journals.
I like to read, talk walks and take long bubble baths!
Yep, read! Nothing better….
Reading is my very favorite fringe hour activity. I have to find at least a couple minutes every day to read for fun.
I catch up on reading, put together jigsaw puzzles or watch HGTV.
I don’t have too many fringe hours these days, but when I do I love to read, run, and work on my Erin Condren planner. Thank you for the wonderful giveaway.
Erin
Love to read!
I enjoy reading, writing, exercising, coffee with friends. I have enjoyed learning how to take advantage of the Fringe Hours! Thank you for writing this book, Jessica!
I read or reach out to my friends on social media.
I like to doodle!
Reading, crafting, planning birthday parties, and baking!
I love to read it relaxes me. I still read paper books, which makes it challenging sometimes…. because when I find I have a few minutes to read…. I don’t actually have a book waiting to be read. I would love to have a Kindle Fire!!!!
I love to read,knit and draw.
Read- with writing a close second. Thank you so much for these chances to win!
i love to binge watch and try to read a little
I bing watch TV or try to watch a movie.
Create but napping sometime wins.
I love to catch up on scrapbooks and Project Life
My favorite thing to do is read. I love curling up with a good book.
I like to either read or watch a little TV.
I love to read
I like to read a good book or bake sweet treats for friends and family!
So excited for you and for your new adventures after bloom. I did at least 3 with you all and read Angies books and followed Sara. I attended her funeral as I live in Iowa. Such a beautiful soul Id wished I’d know she was Iowan and could of met her at her window! looking forward to the book Jessica!!!
I love to read books and magazines!
I like to watch TV.
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