Winner of the Reading Resolutions Giveaway of a $100 Gift Card!

This was the biggest giveaway I've ever had!  And it had the most entries~ no surprise there!  I really wish we could have given one to everyone!  But that wouldn't be possible... So it's a good thing there's random.org to pick the winner for us!

Just a reminder~ this giveaway was sponsored, and hosted by Angela at Reading Angel, Lori at Pure Imagination and myself.  It wouldn't have happened if we hadn't pitched in our equal amounts.  So thank you gals!

So the winner is...

Loretta Lynn from Between the Pages! 

Congrats!

The winner was picked using random.org and has already been contacted and gift card has been sent.  

I'm so sorry there can't be more then one winner!  BUT we do plan to do this again!

Also I have to say a HUGE Thank You to all the new followers!  I hope you'll stick around and not just unfollow now that the contest is over.  At least wait and see if maybe there is content you ARE interested in.  

It sure was awesome watching the numbers grow though!  And I have many more contests planned.  A big one is coming up this weekend or the following Monday. 

I will also be picking my blogoversary winners today but still have to finish adding entries.  I will probably announce tomorrow unless I am able to finish it up today.

New Year's Reading Resolutions Giveaway Hop #Giveaway! Win $100 in books!

THIS GIVEAWAY IS CLOSED! 
Happy New Years everyone!  It's finally time for the New Year's Reading Resolutions Giveaway Hop which is hosted by myself, Lori at Pure Imagination and Angel from Reading Angel.  It runs from now, January 3rd to midnight (EST) on January 9th. There are over 100 blogs participating with their own book related giveaways!  Be sure to check them out in the linky below. 

 The Giveaway

Lori, Angel and myself have decided to do something different.  We've been talking about this for awhile and now is the time we're doing it!  We're giving away $100 in books or gift cards to your favorite bookstore!

If you are International then you will pick $100 worth of books from The Book Depository (they must ship to your country!).
 

If you are in the US we'll buy an e-gift card worth $100 to the bookstore of your choice (amazon, Barnes & Noble, Borders, etc).  This is one giveaway between the 3 of us, but you can enter on each of our blogs to get extra entries.  

 THIS GIVEAWAY IS CLOSED!

To enter:

Leave a comment with contact info and the name you want announced if you win.  +1  

For an extra entry follow my blog publicly by GFC.  Please leave the name you follow with. +1

You may leave both entries in one comment.  

There are no other entries here but of course your welcome to tweet and share. And be sure to enter at Pure Imagination and Reading Angel to increase your chances!

RULES and all that:

Giveaway open Jan. 3-9 

There will be ONE winner

Must be 13 or older or have parents permission

Must follow the directions above.

Winner will be contacted by email by myself, Lori or Angel as soon as entries are added and someone has been selected using random.org

I have other Giveaways going on as well!  Check the list out at the top of my blog, they are some good ones!

Reading Resolutions Giveaway Hop Linky

Reading Resolutions Giveaway Hop is coming up soon!  I'm putting together the linky here so you can see if your on it.  These are the people that have already signed up.  If you haven't yet signed up please do so HERE, and NOT on this post.

If you haven't signed up, or heard about it yet, this is a Giveaway Hop running from January 3-9.  It is for book related items only.  

Please post your giveaway's at 12:01 am on January 3rd (night of the 2nd) and close it out at midnight on the 9th.  

Keep in mind this is a hop, so there are many blogs to visit~ so try to limit your entries.  It's up to your own discretion on what your entries are, your just encouraged to keep it fast and simple.

Please have a link to the post, or the button that links to your post at the top of your blog so it's easy to find your giveaway.

Please check your link and make sure it works! If anything needs to be changed email me at candace_redinger(at)yahoo(dot)com

Okay, so here's who has signed up so far:

Reading Resolutions for 2011

Did you remember the New Year's Reading Resolution Giveaway Hop is Jan. 3-9 2011.  Have you signed up yet?  Well, I hope so!  But if not you better head over here and sign up!

I'm very excited, and can't wait!  But while I'm waiting I thought I'd lay out some reading resolutions for myself.  I know that I read quite a few books this year (at 132 as I type this) but I sure didn't get everything read that I would have liked to.   I thought maybe if I actually did a post with my resolutions I could come back to it and see how well I'm doing.

I have some books on my shelves that I *really* need to get read.  These are *some* of them:
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke (This has been on my shelf for YEARS.  Every year I say I'm going to read it but haven't yet.)
I have several historical fiction books I need to dig out and add to this list.


Then I have some series that I just never seem to get back to.  It's not that I don't want to read them, I just can't seem to fit them in!  So I want to read at least two more from each of the following series:
The Black Dagger Brotherhood by JR Ward
Meredith Gentry by Laurell K. Hamilton
Anita Blake by Laurell K. Hamilton
Fyne Witches by Linda Winstead Jones
Bloody Jack by L.A. Meyer


And I want to start at least at least four of these adult series I have on my shelf:
Riley Jensen by Keri Arthur
Mercy Thompson by Patricia Briggs
Allie Beckstrom by Devon Monk
Kate Daniels by Ilona Andrews
Dresden Files by Jim Butcher
The Sundering by Jacqueline Carey
Georgina Kincaid by Richelle Mead
Jill Kismet by Lilith Saintcrow
Broken Heart Vampires by Michele Bardsley
Demon Hunting Soccer Mom series by Julie Kenner

And read at least the first in each of these YA series (books I've had FOREVER):
Mediator series by Meg Cabot
The Immortals by Alyson Noel
Blue Bloods by Melissa De La Cruz (read the first one but will have to reread, I can't remember it)
The Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
Harry Potter (but I want to read at least most of the series)



I have 65 YA books on my shelf to read that most of which will have sequels coming out in 2011.  I'm not going to list them all here but I hope to get them all read in 2011.

My reading plans for each month:
1. Read at least one Indie book a month.
2. Read 8 books a month from series I've started or have been on my shelves for over a year.

Buying Resolution:
Stop buying books!  Yeah right.  Like it's that easy.  With books in series I'm obsessed with coming out, and all the amazing YA these days, NOT buying books is impossible.  I really need to work on a plan that will work for me.  Like read 10 books before I can buy another.  Not sure if that will work but I'll brainstorm this one more.  Let me know if you have any ideas.

Want to do your own Reading Resolution List?  Go for it!  I'd appreciate it if you add the button and let people know about the Giveaway hop, but it's not a biggie :)   Feel free to leave me a link so I can check you out!

Reading Resolutions Giveaway Hop Sign- Ups

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Hello my lovely readers!  I've got some news!

Time for a big blog hop giveaway! (Sign-ups)
Lori from Pure Imagination, Angela from Reading Angel and myself are hosting a New Years Reading Resolution Giveaway Hop.
We're hoping a ton of bloggers will sign up.

Here's how it works:
On January 3-9 everyone will host a giveaway on their blogs with book or book related items.
You can give away anything you want, worth as much as you want, as long as it's book or book related.
We will provide a link list of all the blogs and people will be able to hop around and enter a bunch of giveaways all week long.
Interested?
Fill out the form below.
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You only have to fill it out on one of our blogs as it's the same form.
You must add the giveaway button to your blog.
We will contact you closer to time with more details.
I hope you'll come join us!
It's a great way to draw some traffic to your blog, and maybe get a few new followers if they like what they see!
I have the linky up for those who have signed up already.  Please check it and make sure it's correct and that the link works.  If you would like anything changed please email me at candace_redinger(at)yahoo(dot)com

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