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Wednesday, December 23

Happy Holidays!

I probably won't be around to post a holiday greeting come Christmas so please have a super great Christmas!

I hope you all get what you wanted for Christmas. I hope your family members are all well and they too get what they've been waiting for.

I'm mostly excited to spend some time with family. Of course I'd love to get some books or some gift certificates to buy some books. ;)

Merry Christmas!





Wednesday, December 16

Monday, December 14

Secret Santa Gifts!

It rained Saturday night and Sunday afternoon.

No one got Saturday’s mail until 2:00 p.m. Sunday. :(

3 packages sat on my porch all day through the rain!

Luckily nothing was damaged by the rain. My postal delivery person is lucky. That is all.

Among the three packages was my Secret Santa gift that was hosted by The Neverending Shelf.

In My Mailbox: Week 50

I received a few great books this week!

Contest Roundup: Dec 14 - 19

Running a little behind on my contest roundup post! :(

Here’s a list of contests I’ve found that are ending this week!

As always, please give me credit if you enter any of these awesome contests!

Contests: Dec. 13 - 19

 

Good luck!

Jess Sig




Saturday, December 12

Contest Roundup: Dec. 6 - 12

It’s that time again!
Here’s a list of contests I’ve found that are ending next week! Go forth and enter!
Don’t forget to mention that you saw it here! Some have extra entries for referrals. :)

Friday, December 11

New Layout – TOU WTFery

I was forced to pick a new layout design. Why?

Because I received a comment from a follower letting me know that they just couldn’t let it go anymore, that the spelling of Santa Claus in the Believe template was spelled incorrectly as “Santa Clause”.

I thought that was great to let me know so I passed on the information to both the layout coder and the graphic owner. Thinking that they could both work together to correct the spelling.

I contacted them both: Butterflygirlms Blog Design, who wrote the code for the layout and Candace Duffy Jones, who created the graphics that were used in the Believe template.

Candace states that Butterflygirlms is violating her Terms of Use (TOU).

Sunday, December 6

Contest Alert: The Body Finder by Kimberly Derting

Another great contest! I think it has a lot to do with the approaching holiday season.

Kimberly Derting is holding a countdown contest for her upcoming release of The Body Finder, which will release in 100 days on March 16, 2010.

Contest Alert: Sisters Red by Jackson Pearce & Will Grayson Will Grayson

Check out the video below.

To enter just subscribe to Jackson’s YouTube channel.

She’s such fun to watch! Full of energy.

Jess Sig




Saturday, December 5

In My Mailbox: Week 49

I skipped a few weeks of IMM posts so here’s a catch up post.

Don’t freak out! It’s only two books! :)

Upcoming Release: Firespell by Chloe Neill (contest info)

I’ve talked about this book in the past. I did a WoW and a Sneak Peek post.




Firespell: A Novel of the Dark Elite by Chloe Neill

Firespell will be released January 5, 2010 and is available for pre-order on Amazon.com.

Contest Roundup: Dec. 1 - 5


As always, please give me credit if you enter any of these wonderful contests! :)
Enjoy and good luck!

 

Contests: Dec. 1 - 5

Friday, December 4

LuShae Jewelry – The Edwardian

This is a product review.

LuShae Jewelry contacted me about reviewing a piece of their jewelry. I took a peek at their selection and decided, “Sure, why not!”.

Let me begin at how hard it was to pick one thing. LuShae Jewelry has a nice selection of:

Sneak Peeks! The Dark Divine by Bree Despain

Have you been over to Bree Despain’s blog lately?
She’s holding a super awesome Countdown Giveaway! Head over for more details! Contest ends 12/14.
Also, RomaticTimes Magazine is featuring the first 6 chapters of The Dark Divine on their blog! They are releasing one chapter per week (brutal torture if you ask me!).

Alert! The Hunger Games: Three by Suzanne Collins

In case you haven’t heard yet, the release date of the much anticipated third book in The Hunger Games trilogy has been announced with a release date.




The Hunger Games: Book 3 by Suzanne Collins

 

Wednesday, December 2

WoW: 13 to Life by Shannon Delany

First, a great big HUGE thanks to Carla over at The Crooked Shelf because without her I would know NOTHING about this book.
She featured it today as her Waiting on Wednesday and I’m stealing it as mine too. Why? Because I’m a sucker for shifters and this book has already proven its potential to be phenomenal.
13 to life

13 to Life by Shannon Delany
320 Pages
St. Martin’s Griffin (June 22, 2010)
$9.99 paperback (Amazon.com, 12/02/09)

Contest Alert: Linger by Maggie Stiefvater

Holy shit! There’s a chance to win a signed copy of Linger, Wolves of Mercy Falls, Book 2, by Maggie Stiefvater!!!




Linger by Maggie Stiefvater

Tuesday, December 1

2K9 Graduation Party! Hosted by 2K10!

The Class of 2K10 is hosting a pretty awesome Graduation Party for the Class of 2K9!
Here are the prizes!

The Dark Divine by Bree Despain

TDDcover
The Dark Divine by Bree Despain
Egmont USA (December, 22 2009)
384 pages, Young adult
$12.14 (
Amazon.com, 09/20/09)

My Grade



Plot: 5

Setting: 4

Writing: 5

Originality: 5

Characters: 5

Passion: 5

Overall: 29/30 = 96% =A

Cover/Title Bonus: 4