Thursday, January 12, 2012

The Giveaway of Giving!



Yup. You read that right. It's GIVEAWAY TIME! I know you might be thinking, but Juli, you already have a giveaway of NIGHTINGALE going on right now... Yup, you're right. (Pssst, there's still time to enter!).

So why am I having this giveaway, you ask? Well, because not only is today (1/13) my 6-month Blogoversary (It couldn't have been that long. No. Way.), but I've also past 50 followers* on the blog and 100 followers on Twitter (well, 99 now, but I had 102 in the morning...). Anyway, never mind my rambling. Let's get straight to the good stuff, 'cause this calls for a celebration!

As some of you may know, I went to the RT BookLovers Convention last April and met one of my favorite people of all time, Jeri Smith-Ready. The Convention was so amazing that I'll be going to it again this year. Lucky me, it lands right smack in the middle of Spring Break, so I can go to Chicago and not miss any classes! Yay!

Why am I telling you this, you ask? Because this giveaway is kind of weird. There's two possible things you could win.

Thing #1:

YOUR choice of ANY book under $20.00. It can be international, provided that The Book Depository ships to your country (also, if you have an e-reader, it has to be permitted by law).

Thing #2:

Go check out this list of authors on the RT BookLovers Convention Teen Day page. Do you see ONE author you particularly would love a signed (or personalized) book from? Do you? Well, if you do, and you don't mind waiting until APRIL, you can tell me the author and the book you'd like signed, and I'll buy you one there (must be under $20.00) and get it signed by the author (personalized, too, if you'd like). Now, if you choose this option, you have to live in the U.S. or Canada unless you are willing to pay for the international shipping yourself (sorry, peeps, but I'm broke). Also, if something happens and the author you chose can't make it, I can't take any responsibilities for that, though I will be very very sorry. So, if you do choose this option, do keep some back-up authors in mind! (I'm sure you'll find plenty. After all, the list comprises of people like Veronica Roth, Cynthia Hand, Beth Revis, etc. Come on now.)

Edited to add: Also, to compensate for the long wait, I'll be including some random SWAG. Signed bookmarks, CDs, postcards, posters, you name it! :D Luck of the draw, peeps, luck of the draw.

And that's it! I hope you like it! You only get one of these two things, so choose carefully! Just fill out the form below to enter. No following, tweeting, and all that necessary, but you'll have a skyrocket more of a chance if you do, so, ya know... if you really want to win...
(click continue reading if you're reading this from the home page to see the giveaway form.)



a Rafflecopter giveaway

*I honestly do not mind or care too much about the number of followers I have. As long as I have more than just myself who listen to my ramblings, I'm happy. THANK YOU ALL! :D

88 comments:

  1. I live in the UK so I guess thing 1 is the thing for me!

    Congrats on reaching those milestones!

    Awesome giveaway! Good luck to everyone who enters.

    Sarah x

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  2. Oh, and my favourite author at the moment us Suzanne Collins! Just finished re-reading the Hunger Games series to remind myself of the awesome.

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  3. Congratulations on blogging for 6 months. You are off to a wonderful start!

    Thing #1

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  4. Thing 1, please :)

    Favorite author, omg, I have so many
    If it's crime; Agatha Cristie, if it's romance; Jane Austen, horror: Stephen King and lots of YA writers Stephanie Perkins, Holly Black etc. etc. :D:D:D

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  5. Oops! My favorite author is Stephen King, Charles de Lint, Robert McCammon...really too many to name!

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  6. My favorite authors a re Christopher Paolini and Cassandra Clare!

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  7. My favorite authors are J.K. Rowling, Arthur Conan Doyle, Guy Gavriel Kay and many more:)

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  8. Thanks a lot for the giveaway:) My fav. authors are J.Austen, J.K.Rowling, Meg Cabot, J. Deaver, A.C. Doyle,...:D

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  9. Congrats on 6 months!

    Favorite authors...SO hard to choose! J.K. Rowling and Suzanne Collins are a given, I guess, but some of the others I like are Phillip Pullman, C.S. Lewis, Alexandra Bracken, Julia Hoban, Rick Riordan, Patricia Briggs...and those are just a few off the top of my head! lol.

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  10. My favorite author is Sarah Dessen. :]

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  11. I have tooo much favorites:) uhm... Rachel Vincent:)

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  12. a favorite is maggie stiefvater ^_^

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  13. My favourite author is Haruki Murakami and of course, J.K. Rowling has a special place in my heart.

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  14. Thanks so much for the giveaway! And congrats on reaching 50+ followers.

    I have so many favorite authors, but a few of them would be Lisa T. Bergren, Richelle Mead, Jennifer Estep, Julie Kagawa, and Sophie Jordan, etc.

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  15. My favorite author is Veronica Roth.

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  16. Yikes, I have several Aprilynne Pike, Cassandra Clare, Cinda Willems Chima, Julie Kagawa and Karen Chance. This list is longer than this. I love your blog design, it's so cute.
    Latoya

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  17. I haveo many favorite author, one of them is Suzanne Collins.

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  18. My favorite author is not a YA author, which is surprising since almost everything I read is YA, but he is an epic fantasy author, Raymond E. Feist. I trult love his work!
    Thanks for this awesome giveaway! :)

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  19. My favorite is Ann M. Martin, i've loved her writing since i'm a child!

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  20. Favorite authors: kelley armstrong, richelle mead.

    thanks, jennifer k

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  21. Lots to choose from! They include: Kelley Armstrong, Richelle Mead, Rachel Vincent, Stephanie Perkins, Kimberly Derting, Simone Elkeles and the list goes on!

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  22. My favorite author would be... Cassandra Clare and Amy Plum ♥

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  23. My favorite author is JK Rowling, Richelle Mead, and Sarah Dessen. Thank you for this awesome giveaway! You're amazing :)

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  24. My fave author is Deanna Raybourn. She was my uncontested fave for over a year but she's coming up against some tough competition in the form of Veronica Rossi now!!

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  25. My favorite author is Marion Zimmer Bradley. :)
    Happy Blogoversary! And thank you for this awesome giveaway! :D

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  26. i love Richelle Mead.
    thanks for the giveaway

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  27. I would love to win either Thing =) My favorite author from the list is Sarah Reese Brennan and I would adore a signed copy of her book The Demon's Surrender. Oh But I also love Richelle Mead =) Too hard to pick just one!

    Thanks for the fabulous giveaway =D

    -Emily
    www.fallingforya.blogspot.com

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  28. My all-time favorite author is J.K. Rowling.
    And I do love Cassandra Clare and Suzanne Collins too.

    Thank you so much for this giveaway! :)

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  29. Oh and my all time favorite author has to be Garth Nix

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  30. Congratulations on 6 months!!!

    Wow, and thank you for this amazing giveaway!!! :D

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  31. Oh, I forgot to add my favorite author. I have two at the moment - Rachel Vincent (Soul Screamers series) and Alexander Gordon Smith (Escape from Furnace series) :D

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  32. Lots of favorites but lately I've been leaning towards Jennifer Estep.

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  33. Thing #1 please :)

    Happy blogiversary!!! :)
    My favourite author are JK ROwling, Julie Kagawa, Amy Plum , I'm a new follower of your blog :)

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  34. Thanks for the giveaway! Kelley Armstrong is my fav author.

    carmel[at]rabidreads[dot]com

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  35. I am a fan of Gwen Hayes.

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  36. James Patterson

    lkish77123 at gmail dot com

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  37. My fav is Enid Blyton, Meg cabot, Veronica Roth and Ted Dekker

    dawnrainen@gmail.com

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  38. Favorite author?? IMPOSSIBLE! But my top three right now are Cassandra Clare, Rachel Vincent and Jeri Smith-Ready. I can't pick just one.

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  39. My favorite author is probably Veronica Roth! I can't wait for insurgent!

    thanks for the amazing giveaway!

    email: echika[at]insightbb[dot]com

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  40. Wow! That is a hard one...I really do not have a favorite author...but I would have to say that I love reading Ellen Hopkins, Kierstin White, Jonathan Kellerman and Robin Cook to name a few...

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  41. My fave authors are J.K. Rowling & Melina Marchetta. Thanks for the awesome giveaway =)

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  42. hmmm... Such a hard question.. I really like a lot of authors, but my favorite would be Eoin Colfer, the author of Artemis Fowl. Ok, he's my favorite author but I don't love ALL of his books. I just love Artemis Fowl. The series is just soooo... DIFFERENT!

    Thanks for the giveaway!!

    me_winy AT yahoo DOT com DOT ph

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  43. Thanks for the giveaway. I love Agatha Christie and J.K Rowling.

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  44. Cassandra Clare and I also adore Paulo Coelho!
    Thank you so much for the chance to win!

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  45. I Love Nancy Drew. I don't have a favorite author, but I love mysteries!

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  46. Thanks so much for this giveaway! I would love to win a copy of Divergent signed by Veronica Roth. I would rather get Insurgent, but since it doesn't come out till May, Divergent would be a great book to win.

    My favorite YA author would have to be Cassandra Clare and my favorite UF author is Patricia Briggs. I love her series "Mercy Thompson" and "Alpha and Omega".

    Thanks again for the giveaway! :D

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  47. It's hard to choose only ONE favorite author... but I choose Neil Gaiman ^^

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  48. My favorite author is Libba Bray :)

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  50. Hard question! I love Kristen Cashore :)

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  51. Love this question...without a doubt, Cassandra Clare!

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  52. John Green, J.K Rowling, Stephanie Perkins, Jane Austen...is this cheating? Sorry, but it's such a difficult question!

    Anyway, congratulations, and thanks for the giveaway!

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  53. j.k rowling
    in my opinion harry potter is the series that has started the ya revolution

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  54. There are so many wonderful authors! I have to say some of my favorites are Anne Rice, Kim Harrison, Gillian Flynn, and Laurell K. Hamilton (to name a few!)

    Thanks for the giveaway!

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  55. Top of my list for authors mis Terry Pratchett.

    Thanks.

    Carol T

    buddytho {at} gmail DOT com

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  56. 2 of my favorite authors are J.K. Rowling and Stephanie Meyer

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  57. my favorite author is julie Kagawa

    catherine0807 at hotmail dot com

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  58. So hard! I like Richelle Mead, Elizabeth Isaacs, Lurlene McDaniel, and many more

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  59. Thanks for the wonderful giveaway you are doing to celebrate both your milestones.

    My favorite author is Jane Austen, but I have so many after that who are all talented in their own ways.

    sophiarose1816@gmail.com

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  60. So many favorite authors so I will say Jodi Picoult
    Thank you for the chance to win your giveaway.

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  61. my favorite Author is Stephen King! :D <3

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  62. There are so many great authors out there that it's hard to pick just one! Umm, maybe J.K. Rowling :)

    Thanks for the amazing giveaway!

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  63. I have way too many favorite authors. But I have to pick Jeri Smith- Ready!

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  64. That's a very unfair question to answer ;o) I have many favourite authors, but a request is a request so... I'll choose Tanith Lee. Love her, adoer her, would read anything by her :o). Thanks for the giveaway.

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  65. My favorite author at the moment is Ally Condie ^^

    @Tibiux

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  66. Thank you so much for the giveaway! I really love Jennifer Echols, Melina Marchetta, and Maggie Stiefvater.

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  69. This giveaway is amazing!

    Hmmm people always ask me who my facorite author is and I never can decide but some of my absolute favorites are Cassandra Clare, Colleen Houck and Maggie Stiefvater :)

    Third times a charm right?

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  70. My favorite author....cannot pick one so, here are a few of my faves: Jane Austen, JK Rowling, Suzanne Collins, Sophie Kinsella, Erin Morgenstern...

    Too many to choose from.

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  71. My favorite are Suzanne Collins, Paullina Simons, Richelle Mead, Lisa Kleypas, Susan Elizabeth Phillips!

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  72. My favorite authors are Jeri Smith-Ready, Sherwood Smith, & Anne McCaffrey. Thanks for doing a giveaway!

    Congrats on 6 months :)

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  73. My favorite is Ilona Andrews. Her books are awesome!

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  74. I can't pick just one favorite author! How about...Cynthia Hand, The Infernal Devices, and Shiver? Great giveaway!

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  75. My favorite author is Lauren Oliver! But I also really love Rachel Caine, Chloe Neill, Jeaniene Frost, Richelle Mead, Veronica Roth, and I'm going to stop now..... Thanks for the awesome giveaway!!! ♥

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  76. I can't choose!!! There are too many great authors out there! I could never choose one but a couple are cassandra Clare, Rachel Vincent, Veronica Roth, Jennifer L Armentrout, Samantha Young, John Green, Maria V Snyder and my list goes on and one!
    Pavan

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