Winning Drought

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It has been forever since I won anything. Of course the biggest thing I've ever really won is books. I win lots of books. I haven't won any in awhile, which I guess doesn't matter since I've got a whole book case of books I haven't read yet, including a bunch I won. I received two notices from Goodreads a couple of months ago advising that I had won a) On The Up by Shilo Jones, and then b) The Last Time I Lied by Riley Sager. After several weeks of not receiving these I notified the publisher, as instructed by Goodreads. In the first case I tweeted Penguin in the U.S. and in the second case I tweeted Penguin Canada. They did respond to both my tweets and I did receive the first book. I am, however, still waiting for the second one. I should probably contact Penguin U.S. Oops, just double checked, though different Twitter accounts, they are both Penguin Canada. As Goodreads is a U.S website I'm wondering if I contacted the wrong "company". I received a book in the mail last week. I thought it was one of those books but I just checked the title - In The Shadow of the Lighthouse by Pamela Ann Cleverly. I just took a look at the emails and the books I received. This last book I have no email saying I won it, which leads me to believe it may not be from Goodreads. When I looked inside I found the book to be signed by the author and a bookmark. I have no idea where this book came from. I checked my Goodreads shelf it is not marked as "want to read" which you must do when you enter giveaways. So it came from somewhere else... A little research and I see it is a book listed on the giveaway list from Writerspace.com. I didn't think I was ever successful in winning from there even though I kept entering. So I guess I won it from there. It sure would have been nice if they had put a note in the book or sent an email. For all I know I may have won other books from this website. So 3 books won in the last couple of months after probably over a year drought. Not too bad. Now to find time to read all these books. I recommend if you want free books and you want to research new authors and/or genres without spending money, enter the giveaways at these two websites. Now where is that trip to Hawaii I've been trying to win?