I Need Your Help!

Hey guys, I have some exciting news: I've entered the Independent Book Blogger Awards! 

This is an contest held by Goodreads to determine the best book blogger from 4 different categories: Adult Fiction, Adult Non-Fiction, Young Adult & Children's, and Publishing Industry.  And the great thing is that the readers get to decide!!

The prize for each of the 4 winners is a paid trip to BEA (Book Expo America).  This is one of the biggest expos for book bloggers and I'd just die if I won!

So what I need help with is votes!  Voting starts on April 10th and runs through April 23rd.  You can only vote once in each category, and I would be honored if you voted for me!

And I've made it easy!  All you have to do is click the button at the bottom of this post or the one on the top of my blog.  Easy Peasy!

Without all of your support I probably wouldn't have made it past 3 months of doing this, so I thank you all for supporting me a second time!  And as always, don't forget to be awesome!

Vote for this blog for the Independent Book Blogger Awards!
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Giveaway of Hunted by Cheryl Rainfield

Hunted by Cheryl Rainfield is one great book!  I had the chance to read it as part of a book tour through A Novel Reading, and I couldn't put it down.  

And as part of the tour, I want to share it with my followers!  

What better way than to give away a finished copy?

Here's the dealio, fill out the rafflecopter below.

The giveaway ends on March 31st at midnight.

The winner will be emailed, and have 48 hours to respond.
This is INTERNATIONAL, so that's fun.

I'm using The Book Depository, so they must deliver to your country.

Please check out the book tour and my stop on March 31st!!

HAPPY READING!

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In My Mailbox (33)

In My Mailbox is a meme hosted by Kristi of The Story Siren and inspired by one of her friends, Alea of Pop Culture Junkie where we get to post about the books we receive each week through publishers/authors, our own purchases, contests won, and libraries.

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Check out these links!

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Mastiff Review: http://dft.ba/-tpm

Random Buzzers: http://dft.ba/-rbuzz

Girls in the Stacks: http://dft.ba/-stack

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It's the HAUL-iday Season

Hey guys! Chronicle Books is doing a really awesome thing for this holiday season.  Pretty much they are inviting bloggers to go on the Chronicle website and pick $500 worth of books that they'd love to have.  And not only does the blogger get all of the books if they win, a lucky commenter gets a set of the books as well.  PLUS, this year, in the face of the hard economical times, Chronicle is also donating $500 worth of books to the blogger's choice of charity.  Definitely a GREAT way to spread the holiday joy!

I've picked some awesome books, running the gamut of art books to humor books.  A little something that I think incorporates all my interests! You should all check out the list, leave a comment if you like the books, and enter to win!!!

The HAUL: $499

ART/PHOTOGRAPHY/CRAFTS
The Art of Pixar By Amid Amidi  $50.00 
Shakespeare’s Love Sonnets By Caitlin Keegan 18.95
Pinhole Cameras: A DIY Guide By Chris Keeney $16.95
Open Studios with Lotta Jansdotter: Twenty-Four Artists' Spaces By Lotta Jansdotter $24.95Roadstrips: A Graphic Journey Across America Edited by Pete Friedrich $22.95 
The Small Object Labels and Stickers By Sarah Neuburger $10.95
Labels & Stickers By Lotta Jansdotter $10.95

HUMOR
All My Friends are Dead By Avery Monsen & Jory John $9.95

F in Exams: The Very Best Totally Wrong Test Answers By Richard Benson $9.95

LIFE/STYLE

1,001 Ways to Live in the Moment By Barbara Kipfer $9.95
52 Things to Try Once in Your Life By Lynn Gordon  $6.95

52 Ways to Celebrate Life By Lynn Gordon $6.95

STATIONARY/BOOK STUFF/MISC.

Polaroid Notes: 20 Different Notecards and Envelopes $14.95
This Book Belongs To: 30 Pages of Bookplates and Stickers for the Book Lover $10.95

Pocket Plain Moleskine Cahier $8.95
See the World with Chronicle Books Tote Bag $2.99

FICTION/NON-FICTION/POETRY
Fanzines By Teal Triggs $40.00

A Simple Plan: Poems By Gary Soto $14.95

Bitten: Dark Erotic Stories Edited by Susie Bright $16.95 

Wanderlust By Troy M. Litten $14.95 

Window Seat: Reading the Landscape from the Air By Gregory Dicum $14.95

A Year in Japan By Kate T. Williamson $19.95
Dante's Divine Comedy Boxed Set By Sandow Birk and Marcus Sanders $100.00

The Doorbells of Florence: Fictional Stories and Photographs By Andrew Losowsky $18.95

Swimming With Strangers: Stories By Kirsten Sundberg Lunstrum $22.95
Everyday Matters: A New York Diary By Danny Gregory $14.95

The Little Book of Saints $19.95

You can check out the specifics of each book at the Chronicle Books website.

For my charity, I am picking The Book Bus, which is an organization based out of the UK that  provides a mobile library service for children from disadvantaged communities and families in Zambia, Malawi and Ecuador.  Not only does the organization maintain 3 book buses, they also work to replenish and refurbish local and school libraries.  I think this is a really great cause, and very appropriate charity since I love books and children!

And remember,

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Waiting on Wednesday (23)

Waiting On Wednesday is a weekly meme, hosted at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we seriously can’t wait for.

 Here's my pick for the week, that I seriously can't wait for:

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There still isn't a summary up yet, but who cares?  YOU KNOW IT'LL BE GOOD BECAUSE JOHN FREAKING GREEN WROTE IT!!  He just released the cover today on his YouTube channel: VlogBrothers (check the videos out! they rock!).  To be honest I've been WAITING AND WAITING AND WAITING since he talked about writing a new book almost a year ago.  If you pre-order a copy it wil be signed by John himself,  You can order a copy at your local bookstore http://dft.ba/-tfiosindie or at Amazon http://dft.ba/-tfios or at B&Nhttp://dft.ba/-tfiosbn or anywhere else.  SO GET EXCITED BOOK WORLD!!

P.S. Due to all the amazing fan-made book covers for TFIOS, Penguin has decided to let the fans of John design the NEW COVER of An Abundance of Katherines!  Find out more info HERE!!

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Nearly New Books Giveaway!

I Am a Reader, Not a Writer hosts this awesome feature each Tuesday.  I too love to receive books in the mail, and to buy the books I want to read. And while I might not get rid of the books I read (I re-read them all the time), there are some books that don't have a place on my shelves.  I figure giving them away would be nice!  This won't be a feature every Tuesday, like at I Am a Reader, Not a Writer, but it'll pop up now and then.
So without further ado, here's the books I have to giveaway!

Nightshade by Andrea Cremer

OR

The Other Side of the Island by Allegra Goodman

I should clarify, there will be ONE winner.

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CLOSED (5/31/11) Awesome ARC Giveaway!

I have a ton of ARCs lying around my room, and unfortunately not enough time in the day to read all of them, plus the other books I have.  Because of this I am going to giveaway FIVE SIX awesome ARCs to TWO lucky winners!

The 1st winner wil get their first choice of THREE books and the 2nd winner will get the other TWO THREE books!  Hopefully everyone will get what they want!


Contest will run until May 30 and I will pick the winners May 31.  I'll email the 1st winner and after they email me back with their choices the 2nd winner will be notified.


FORM is found below and good luck to everyone!! 

The books are as follows:

Blessed by Cynthia Leitich Smith

Famous by Todd Strasser

Kat Incorrigible by Stephanie Burgis

Leverage by Joshua C Cohen

Wildcat Fireflies by Amber Kizer











UPDATE:  I've added a 6th book!!!

Cryer's Cross by Lisa McMann











TO ENTER:


Must be a GFC follower to be eligible
Must be 13 years of age or older
US residents ONLY
Extra entries are possible
Fill out the FORM
Contest Ends May 30!

THIS CONTEST IS CLOSED WILL BE ANNOUNCING WINNERS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!

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Goodbye to 2010 Giveaway!

Taschima at Bloody Bookaholic is hosting one of the most generous giveaways! 

 

Taschima:

"2010 was such a great year for YA!! I decided to celebrate the new year with a fantabulous giveaway!!! I have them stashed on a box, they need a new home and someone who will take care of them and read them. "

There are 3 winners that are receiving 10 books each.  SO I hope I win.  Like, I REALLY hope I win!
All my followers should check the contest out if you haven't already.  Link is the picture above!

Good luck (but I hope I win more LOL)

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