Category: Giveaways
Giveaway: Catnip by Valerie Tate
Today I’m lucky enough to be hosting a giveaway for Catnip by Valerie Tate, a mystery set in Canada involving cats, heiresses and seemingly crazy old ladies. This is my first Rafflecopter giveaway, so please bear with me here. There might be some bugs to work out. However, I’ll do my best to get everything done on time and announce the winners on Monday, August 26 (3 weeks from today).
Just click the link below to get started on entering the giveaway, which includes prizes of 2 internationally shipped paperback books and 10 ebook copies of Catnip!
The Oracle of Delphi Blog Tour Kick-Off and Giveaway
Well folks, I’m excited to announce I’m one of the many bloggers participating in Diantha Jones’ four week long book tour which will include interviews, reviews and guest posts on various blogs. I’ll personally be posting two reviews on July 22 and July 30 and was going to do an interview but had a serious case of brain fog and completely forgot about it until the last minute. Moving on…
As part of the blog tour Diantha Jones is also hosting two giveaways with absolutely amazing prizes. I’m so jealous! So here are the giveaways for everyone to enter:
Oracle of Delphi Giveaway
Prizes are listed
a Rafflecopter giveaway
Prophecy of the Author’s Genius Contest Solve the prophecy, win a $25 Amazon Giftcard (must guess the classic book title and author) a Rafflecopter giveaway
Blog Tour: The Path of the Fallen by Dan O’Brien
As a side note, those of you who want to see my review of The Path of the Fallen can do so here. I loved the book so much that when Dan O’Brien contacted me to ask if I’d be interested in the tour, I agreed to help out!
Giveaway: Starlet’s Web & Starlet’s Run by Carla J. Hanna
Well, it’s now my first giveaway of the new year! About time, right? So let’s jump into things:
PRIZES
One prize pack consisting of print copies of Starlet’s Web and Starlet’s Run, the first two books in the Starlet series by Carla J. Hanna. These will be shipped directly from Amazon.com, Amazon.ca and Amazon.uk. Sorry guys! Print copies cost money and authors aren’t exactly made of it, so I’m limiting entries to those three countries.
RULES
1. This giveaway will run from 12:00am CST on April 15 until 11:59pm CST on April 28. Winners will be announced on Monday, April 29.
2. The winner will be picked by Carla J. Hanna based on their answers to both of the questions below. Yes, this is completely subjective. She may pick winners based on how thoughtful, funny, serious, etc. their answers were; it’s completely up to Carla.
3. If the winner does not respond to Carla’s email within 5 days, a new winner will be picked.
4. All you have to do to enter is answer both of Carla’s questions below! Make sure your profile has your email address included so that I can contact you if you win.
THE QUESTIONS
1: The Heavy: The film and publishing businesses say they reflect the escape the audience wants from reality, that successful fictional romance stories have violence and sex because that’s what the audience wants to feel emotions during the escape. Do you think either industry has a moral obligation to limit the “steam” or violence when targeting teens?
2. The Fun: With what young actress would you like to spend a day? Would you like to spend it on set or at her home?
The Mad Reviewer Reading Challenge
Yes, it is very narcissistic to name a reading challenge after myself, but frankly all the good names were taken and I’m not one to plagiarize. So what’s my challenge for myself and for anyone who wants to participate? Well, here it is:
The Mad Reviewer Reading Challenge is to read and review (either on Goodreads, Amazon or your own blog) 104 books in one year starting January 1, 2013 and ending December 31, 2013.
Yes, this is an insane amount of books and I know that not many people may be able to achieve it. That’s why there are different levels you can strive for:
1. Mad Reviewer: 104 books in one year. (2 books a week all year.)
2. Crazy Reviewer: 52 books in one year. (1 book a week all year.)
3. Slightly Sane Reviewer: 26 books in one year. (1 book every fortnight all year.)
4. Sane Reviewer: 12 books in one year. (1 book every month all year.)
Got that? So, of course, there are some rules to go along with it:
1. Self-published, independently published and traditionally published books are all completely acceptable. You can even read them on an e-reader.
2. No audiobooks. The point is to read books, not have someone reading to you.
3. I don’t have a sign-up form like many reading challenges, but if you have a blog you can copy and paste the code below into a text widget:
Goal: 104 books read and reviewed<br>
Current: 0<br>
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(A huge thanks goes to Stacking Pennies for the initial format of the progress bar.)
This is the one I used, but you can of course modify it to fit your goal. Don’t have a blog? Don’t worry. Just keep track of all the books you read somewhere and comment on my year-end post on December 31. I’m trusting you guys to stay honest, but if I need to I’ll check out whether you actually posted reviews.
4. Everyone who achieves their goal will be entered into a draw for a grand prize, provided by me. What that prize is I’m not sure yet, but it will obviously be book related. If you have any suggestions for a possible prize, please let me know!
5. You can review your books on any site. Your own blog, Goodreads, someone else’s blog, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, etc. The point is just to review the books you read!
So who wants to sign up? Just post your intentions in the comments below and what level you want to aim for. Personally, I’m going to go for ‘Mad Reviewer’ because I really should earn my name.
It would also be great if you could publicize this in any way possible because I want as many people in my draw as possible. Obviously being Freshly Pressed would be too much to hope for, but I can still dream, can’t I?