Welcome to the 2016 edition of the Midsummer’s Eve Giveaway Hop, hosted by BookHounds.
I checked out the Google Doodles for today. While it is the Summer Solstice in the Northern Hemisphere, it is the Winter Solstice south of the equator. Looking at the two doodles, those poor rocks are obviously way happier being up north today. On December 20, I’m sure it will be the other way around.
The winter version shows those poor rocks blinking and shivering under a blanket of snow!
But whether you are basking in the sun or shivering in the winter chill, a good book or two always helps to wile away the hours.
For my part in this Midsummer’s Eve Giveaway Hop, I’m giving away the winner’s choice of a $10 Amazon or B&N Gift Card or a $10 Book from the Book Depository. This giveaway is open to all!
For more fabulous bookish prizes, be sure to visit the other stops on the hop!
Inside, preferably with an cold alcoholic drink and some icecream!
I’m in AZ, we’re hit the 120s this year. Outside is NOT an option, lol.
My favorite way to stay cool is my sassy sunglasses. JK
Staying cool meaning staying inside or being in the water.
Thanks for the giveaway! I would go to the beach for sure. 😉
I love cooling off with ice cream and reading at the beach!
I like to eat ice cream. 😀 (of course, I like to do that when its cold out too)
I hate the heat lol (I get uncomfortably hot in mild temps lol). To stay cool I use a fan, drink lots of cold water and juice and stay out of the sun
No sun for me. Ever. But to beat the heat, I use a water spray bottle, a fan, and ice cold water to drink. Or some lovely unsweetened iced tea.
Wear comfy clothes (possibly pajamas) air conditioner on and eat some ice cream 😛
Cold showers and watermelon.
Mostly going to the sea! Thank you for the giveaway!
Staying right near a fan if I can and lots of iced tea.
I love turning the aircon on during those hot summer days and staying in to enjoy a great book!
Relaxing under a tree with a good book and something cold to drink.
thanks for this awesome giveaway…and for the hop :-)the beach is the best place to spend summer 🙂
By going to the beach and eat ice cream
It’s winter in South Africa, but I am in Indonesia at the moment and on the equator so it’s summer all year round. The best way to keep cool is sitting on the steps of the swimming pool – the only way to safely keep cool and read in the pool!
As a family, we love going to beach!
Cold showers, ice cream and a trip to the swimming pool once in a while.
To stay cool I drink lots of cold water. I have a glass sitting next to me and I take my water bottle everywhere, even if I’m only going to be gone for 10 minutes lol.
Three things I need to stay cool aside from going to the cold springs or beaches are Water. Ice Cream. Frapp. 😄
My favorite way to stay cool on a hot summer’s day is by wearing a hat and having a sprayer mist bottle with me!
I love lounging by the pool! (Or swimming in it, of course.)
I like to have a nice cold drink of water 🙂
I really can’t stay cool. I’m going through menopause and it’s horrendous!
Inside with A/C on with a good book
Swimming is always my favorite way to stay cool.
My favorite is to stay in the house with the air conditioner going and read, read, read.
I love a large, cold glass of lemonade or some very yummy ice cream!
My daughters and granddaughter got the sprinkler out and filled up the baby pool. Played outside with the granddaughter until she was tired and then had watermelon fruit chillers (non-alcoholic)
reading by the pool 🙂 thanks for sharing!
I love to go kayaking!
Having air conditioning and just chilling out with a good book.
I like to lounge in the shade with an ice cold drink, ice cream, and a good book.
My favorite thing to do when it’s hot is stay indoors. lol
I am definitely not a hot-weather kind of person, and those scorching-hot summer days can make me just miserable. I try to stay cool by staying in the shade when I’m outside, and waiting until the after the temperature has peaked to do any kind of outdoor work (e.g., gardening, mowing the lawn). I also drink lots of water (as I do year ’round). And just last year I started making my own popsicles. (Woohoo!)
Sitting outside in the shade in the backyard with sparkling water and a great book.
Stay cool by staying indoors during the hot summer day and soak up some a/c
A nice day out on the boat or sitting by the pool. Of course, sipping on a nice cold drink and reading a book.
I stay cool with a large glass of iced lemonade and air conditioning.
Reading and drinking lots of water 🙂
A cold iced coffee and a good book!
Stay inside in the A/C, eating a popsicle 🙂
eating ice cream and drinking lots of tea
Stay inside with the a/c on
Stay inside in the ground floor because there is a bigger cold then inside because of our walls 🙂 Our dog loves it too – and she love to lying on the tiles.
Staying somewhere with an a/c.
Air conditioning and a lot of cold drinks. Thanks for the giveaway!
Oh we love to swim or the kids love to run through the sprinkler!
ac and ice cream! 🙂
Cold drinks and icecream!!
I like getting in a pool.
I will get one of my books and a nice cold drink and get on my back patio and read away!!
I like to sit under the umbrella in a comfy chair and dip my feet in the kiddie (my dogs) pool.
My favorite way to stay cool on a hot summer’s day is to spend the day at the beach 🙂
Being in the pool is most fun way to beat the heat.
My favorite way is to be where there is air conditioning and drink lots of water.
I like to sit in the shade.
Cold drinks, stay in the shade and if in the house have a fan on and the windows open but to be honest we don’t get enough warm weather here in the UK.
Stay in the air conditioning.
A tall cool lemonade. Well, and air conditioning.
To stay inside in the cool with a good book and a cold sweet tea!
Thanks for the chance to win!
My favorite ways are staying inside in the a/c, or hangin’ out in the water.
I sit by the fan with an iced tea.
My country is near the equator so hot summer days are really, really hot. On those days, I just stay inside where there’s airconditioning. 😁
Nothing better than sweet tea in a cool room to read to stay comfortable in the summer!
I make sure to hog the shade and if I’m sitting outside on my deck, I use a portable fan to keep air blowing over me.
Eating halo-halo!
Ice cream and a swimming pool is all I need!
Hair up, sunglasses, a tee and shorts. Oh, and a cold drink. Thanks for the great giveaway! 😀
I’m not that exciting, I just stay inside, or i’ll drink nice cold drinks 😊
A nice cold ice cream always works for me! 🙂
I sit in front of the fan
Well, try to keep the fan on me at all times and load up the glass with ice… 🙂
By drinking iced tea 🙂
I love to go swimming at my parent’s lake!
Cold showers and crushed ice drinks. 🙂
To stay inside with some Iced Tea :3
A large iced mocha with 4 shots of espresso is my favorite way to stay cool in the heat of summer :).
A nice swim!
Staying indoors in the AC, LOL. I don’t venture out in the summer too much, I hate the heat!
Swimming and staying inside!!
Drinking Iced tea or Ginger ale under a tree 🙂
I like to sit under our covered porch with a large iced coffee and a good book!
Ice cream and ice cold drinks are a great way to beat the heat!
Swimming or an ice cold glass of water!
Drinking a lot of water, wearing pretty fresh dresses, and staying inside.
My favorite way to stay cool on a hot summer’s day is to have a cold shower, then sit in front of the fan with a ice cold bottle of water to drink.
in my house with the air on
Sitting in my air conditioned house reading.
ice cream and lots of ice water
swimming and ice tea!
Stay indoor under the air conditioner with a glass of ice water
Love it if I can swim, but if that is not possible then inside in a good A/C!!! And either one with a good book!!!!
Sitting in front of the fan.
I like to drink diet cola soda’s and stay inside in the air conditioning to stay cool.
Swimming, or sitting in my air conditioned house!
Air conditioning is my favorite way to stay cool in the summer 🙂
Hanging out at the lake on our boat 🙂
Reading near some cool water I can take a dip in when needed! 😉
Ice cream, for sure 🙂
Thanks for the chance to win!
Enjoying a cold cup of sweet iced tea is a great way to stay cool in the summer.
Drink cold drinks under the parasol… 🙂
Ice creams are great for summer (;
Enjoying some ice ream and reading a great book 🙂
I go over to my grandparents’ house. They live partially in the woods, so their house is usually ten degrees cooler than my house.
Ice creams and cold drinks. If its really hot a swimming pool or sprinkler. Thanks for the giveaway!
I like swimming in the lake or staying home watching movies.
Honestly being indoors with the airconditioning on. But going to the beach is also fun as long as its only occasionally.
Stay inside and read!
drinking lemonade and watching the kids
Reading poolside or on the beach.
I like to swim in my pool
Stay inside in the a/c!! I live in FL, and the heat is no joke!!!
I love to go swimming.
Cold shower and eat ice cream!
By staying in lol I don’t do well with heat
Staying inside in the a/c! I live in Florida, with the heat index it feels like over 100 degrees outside!
Being in the swimming pool all day (:
By going to the beach or staying inside where it’s air conditioned.
stay in the air conditioning
My favorite is a nice dip in the pool.
My favorite way to stay cool is to go swimming.
I am going to have to say my favorite way to stay cool is with a shake from Sonic.
It rains often here during the summer so I don’t have to think hard about how to stay cool.
My daughter and I stay cool by running through the sprinkler a few times! Cools us right down! 🙂
From April though October, I wear sundresses and sandals to stay cool. And, I drink lots of water.
stay in air conditioned room or eat lots of ice cream and drink lots of chilled beverages
Staying cool isn’t a problem for my, I get stupidly cold very easily.
Eating icecream!
It is windy where I live so staying in the shade helps keep you cool. I also like a cold glass of ice tea.
I like to sit in the shade reading and sipping iced tea.
I like to drink ice tea or eat ice cream.
Having ice cream 🙂
Iced coffee!!
I like to sit on my front porch with a glass of lemonade and a good book.
Word searches and a slushie on the back porch.
Sitting on the patio with some iced peach tea and my kindle.
Air conditioning, a ceiling fan and a nice, cool drink works for me.
Stay inside with the Ac on
Stay inside my air-conditioned home.
Thanks 🙂
I like to hang out with a good book in the air cpnditioning!
Sitting in front of a fan usually works, or sitting outside in the shade on a breezy day is good too. Thanks and God bless!
Relax at the beach
The best way to stay cool in the heat is to stay in the water.
Inside with a big glass of ice water is my best way to stay cool.
I love to go swimming to cool off.
Thanks for the contest.
Going to the beach or the swimming pool! 😛
Thanks for the giveaway! ^^
My favorite way to cool off is to have some ice cream!
I love to swim on hot summer days to cool off.
Take a cool shower, then sit in front of a fan.
The pool and an audiobook. Thanks for the giveaway!
The two best ways to stay cool this time of year is by going swimming and enjoying ice cream.
My favorite thing to do is go swimming!
I stay indoors until the sun goes down.
I like to stay cool by shopping at the mall