Black History Month bookpile

I don't want to knock John's cool all your covers toy off the top of the blog (quick, everyone who hasn't already, go read that post), but it is February 1st, so I have to announce the winner of the Black History Month book pile contest.

So, congratulations to lilithcat (mojosmom on Flickr) for this fantastic music themed pile, which wins in my eyes for having both Eartha Kitt's Confessions of a Sex Kitten and the Amistad opera libretto.* I mean, that's range.

I've also made up a page showing all the past book pile contests (an archive, if you will), so go take a peek at that. And as always, we're looking for suggestions for future contests.

The next one is going to be a presidents vs. lovers one—President's day? Valentine's day? All-in-one grand pile (lovers of presidents?)? You choose! As always, post your pictures to Flickr, and tag them "LibraryThingPresidents" and/or "LibraryThingLovers". Get them in by February 21st at 3pm EST.**

*My sister was a shipwright at Mystic Seaport when they rebuilt the Amistad, but I didn't know there was an opera until just now...
**UPDATE - deadline and contest has slightly changed. See this blog post for details. Basically, the prizes got better, and your photos have to be tagged LibraryThing10mil.