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Tyger, Tyger – The Giveaway!
Well it’s all been building up to this hasn’t it? Are you excited? I’M EXCITED! Which is funny…because I can’t even win. Ha! Let’s get to it! This giveaway is for two pre-ordered copies of Tyger, Tyger! Winners will receive a confirmation email from The Book Depository, and their copies will arrive as soon as the book comes out! Since the books are coming from The Book Depository, I am happy to announce that this giveaway is International! *sees her International friends doing a happy dance* Thank the Book Depository! Giveaway ends May 31st at 12:00 PM PST. Winner will…
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A Look Back: Kersten Hamilton
If you’ve been around my blog this week, you know that this week is all about Kersten Hamilton! During her interview, I found out that she has written over 28 different books for children of varying levels and topics. So I thought, what better way to celebrate this amazing author than with a look back at some of her past work? Ready? Away we go! ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ A Life of Faith: Millie Keith Series While reading Kersten’s interview answers, I saw her mention of the Millie Keith books and became enthralled. A whole series of books I hadn’t heard of? *gasp*…
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New background!
So, I got tired of how plain my blog was. I decided to spice it up :). I found a great premade background, and then tweaked the header and my grab button. What do you think? I don’t think this will be a forever thing. I still really want to code my own background, but for now I think it looks pretty good :). I also have a new rating system to match my new background! “Keys to My Heart” Cute yes? I will slowly be changing the icons on my previous reviews but for right now you will definitely…
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It’s Kersten Hamilton Week!
In honor of my first ever author interview, I officially declare this week Kersten Hamilton week here on A Fanatics Book Blog! Release Date: November 15, 2010 Here are the events for the week: * Monday 5/10 – Intro Post (you’re looking at it!) * Tuesday 5/11 – Author Interview * Wednesday 5/12 – Tyger, Tyger Review * Thursday 5/13 – A Look Back… Kersten Hamilton’s past books * Friday 5/14 – GIVEAWAY! Two lucky winners will get a pre-order copy of Tyger, Tyger paid for by me! ***Some helpful hints: Giveaway entries will include snagging the widget to the…
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Disqus and a big THANK YOU!
First off, a HUGE thank you to all my followers! My blog has been officially in existence for about 3 weeks and I was so worried no one would want to read what I had to say. Yet, you came, you saw, you followed. YOU ALL ROCK! I know I still have my other giveaway running, but as soon as that one is over I plan to open a giveaway for $15 at The Book Depository to spend on anything your heart desires! That’s my way of saying hey, ya’ll make me smile. Without you, I wouldn’t blog. True fact.…
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NetGalley – The Future of the ARC?
I promised a post on NetGalley did I not? Well, here it is! For those of you who have heard of this lovely website, please feel free to leave your comments. For those of you who have not, let me break it down for you a bit! *** What is NetGalley? NetGalley is a website that offers its readers “galleys” or essentially e-books of up and coming book releases! After a quick and easy sign up process, you can start requesting galleys that interest you, and the publishers will then consider your profile, approve you and allow you to view…
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Oh happy day!
Hello hello to all my new readers! *gasp* Almost 50! I am SO excited! It’s nice to know someone wants to read my crazy rambling thoughts :). I have some news. The lovely Kirthi over at Pages blog interviewed me today! If you’d like to see my silly answers you can go to my interview and leave some love. In fact, I do believe some of you new readers came from over there so hi again and thanks a million to Kirthi! Also I helped out the sweet Susan over at her blog. She was having difficulty making a blog…
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The Unwritten Rule – Giveaway!
Well I can’t declare this to be a certain amount of followers giveaway, however I can say that I am quite happy that any amount of people find my book ramblings worth reading :). Thank you to each and every person that has chosen to follow me so far. I appreciate you! In honor of all of you, I have another copy of The Unwritten Rule by Elizabeth Scott to give away! It is a brand new, hardback copy just for you. You can find my review for this book here, but needless to say I loved it! Elizabeth Scott…