Summer Giveaway Hop

Welcome to the Summer Giveaway Hop hosted by I am a Reader Not a Writer and Mary from Bookhounds.

I am giving away the following books to one winner!  Just fill out the form below to enter and don't forget to check out all the other wonderful blogs participating in this hop by looking at the linky below.

 

Something Strange and Deadly (This is an ARC)

Devil's Kiss

God Save the Queen (This book is an ARC!)

Kick Butt Characters Blog Hop

Thanks for stopping by the Kick-Butt Characters Blog Hop!

This blog hop is being hosted by I am a Reader Not a Writer and Damaris from Good Choice Reading.

Please fill out the form below to be entered for a chance to win the following books featuring characters that kick-butt in a less traditional way.  All three books are ARCs and will go to one winner.

Incarnate by Jodi Meadows

Ana is a New Soul the fitst born in thousands of years.  She is ostracized and forced to strike out on her own to find out why she was born.  She will have to face dragons and evil sylphs and worst of all the very society that hates her if she is going to solve the mystery behind her existence.

The Humming Room by Ellen Potter

Roo excels at one thing hiding.  Hiding saved her when her parents were murdered and hiding will save her again when she is shipped off to her eccentric uncle's island.  Will Roo be brave enough and smart enough to solve the mystery behind the Humming House and maybe even find a place where she belongs.  Roo truly kicks butt in a less traditional way; she is smart and brave and tough.

The Cabinet of Earths by Anne Nesbit

Maya gets caught up in some dark magic in Paris.  When her brother is kidnapped it is up to Maya to unravel the dark magical secrets of Paris's underworld and save her brother before it is too late.  Will Maya be brave enough and smart enough to unravel the dark secrets of the cabinet of Earths?  

Lunar Love Giveaway Blog Hop

Welcome to the Lunar Love Giveaway Blog Hop!  This hop is being hosted by I Am a Reader Not a Writer and  Bookworm Lisa.

I am giving away the following two books to one person.  Both of them are ARCS. Just fill out the form below to enter and be sure to visit the other participating sites listed in the linky below.

Witchful Thinking by HP Mallory

Blood Rights by Kristen Painter

Young Adult Giveaway Hop

Welcome to the Young Adult Giveaway Hop.  This hope is being hosted by I Am a Reader Not a Writer and Down the Rabbit Hole.

For this hope I am giving away all of the below books to one person.  All of the books are ARCs.  This is a US only giveaway.  Please fill out the form below to enter and make sure to visit all of the other blogs in this fun Giveaway Hop.

     

The Secret of the Water Knight by Rusalka Reh

Liesl and Po by Lauren Oliver

Cinder by Marissa Meyer

Secrets of the Magic Ring by Karen McQuestion

In Darkness by Nick Lake

The Gathering Storm by Robin Bridges

Dreaming of Books Giveaway Hop

Hi!  Welcome to the Dreaming of Books Giveaway Hop hosted by I am a Reader Not a Writer and Martha's Bookshelf.

Please fill out the form below to be entered to win a $10 Amazon.com Gift Certificate.

Also please stop by all of the wonderful sites listed in the linky below.

Welcome to the Gratitude Giveaways Blog Hop!

Welcome to the Gratitude Giveaway hosted by I Am a Reader, Not a Writer and All Consuming Books

The prize for this hop is a $15 gift certificate to Amazon to spend as you see fit!

Thanks so much to all my wonderful followers!  I hope that you all have an excellent Thanksgiving holiday :-)

Just fill out the form below to enter.  You must follow this blog to win. The giveaway runs until 11:59pm on November 27th.  Please see the linky list below for other blogs participating in this hop.

Book Blogger Hop: 9/2-9/5

This week's question:

“What are you most looking forward to this fall/autumn season – A particular book release? Halloween? The leaves changing color? Cooler temperatures? A vacation? (If your next season is other than fall/autumn, tell us about it and what you are most looking forward to in your part of the world!)”

Autumn is my favorite season of the year, so I look forward to it regardless of what else is going on.  I love the changing colors of the leaves, the hint of coolness in the air, how wonderful it is to go camping this time of year, and the prelude to the holiday season.  This year I am especially looking forward to a vacation we are taking to Yellowstone Park.  We leave in a couple weeks and will be spending a little over a week driving out to Yellowstone, taking in the sites, and driving back.  I've never been there and am really looking forward to seeing all the wonderful and fascinating sites.

Book Blogger Hop: 8/26-8/29

This week's question:

“Non-book-related this week!! Do you have pets?”

Yes! Lots of them :-)  I have a greyhound named Ruby.  I also have three cats Jubei (also known as the brainless white wonder), Loki (the quietest of the bunch), and Seras (a three-legged rescue who's a little jumpy about everything).  My son has also recently acquired some fish.  So we have three fish in the house right now a Beta named Anakin, a tetra named Clone, and a catfish whose name I can't recall right now.

You can see them below.

Loki

Ruby

Jubei

Seras

Book Blogger Hop: 8/19-8/22

The Book Blogger Hop is a weekly event hosted by Jennifer at Crazy for Books and runs from Friday to Sunday. The Hop is a fantastic way to get your blog noticed more and visit some other cool blogs that you didn't know about before. Head over and sign up and see what you can find! 

Each week a different twist will be added to the hop so that everyone gets to 
know each other better so here's my little bit of information this week.

This week's question is the following:

“What’s the LONGEST book you’ve ever read?” 

(Note: I’m putting one caveat on this question. You aren’t allowed to say the Bible, Torah, Qur’an, or other religious/spiritual text.)

The first book that comes to mind is To Green Angel Tower (Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn) by Tad Williams.  This book was 1104 pages long, the other reason it pops in to my head is that I read it all in under two days during spring break in high school.

The second book that pops into my head is Neal Stephenson's Cryptonomicon; which I read forever...at least it seemed like forever. Cryptonomicon was 1169 pages long.

So those are the two longest I can think of right now :-)

Book Blogger Hop: 6/24-6/27

The Book Blogger Hop is a weekly event hosted by Jennifer at Crazy for Books and runs from Friday to Sunday. The Hop is a fantastic way to get your blog noticed more and visit some other cool blogs that you didn't know about before. Head over and sign up and see what you can find! 

Each week a different twist will be added to the hop so that everyone gets to know each other better so here's my little bit of information this week.

“When did you realize reading was your passion and a truly important part of your life?”

 

When I was really young.  I don't know when exactly but I remember my pride in getting through Hop on Pop all by myself when I was four years old.  I also have a lot of fond memories of my mom reading The Wizard of Oz series to me and my sister when we were young.  My father would also read The Nutcracker to us every Christmas with the music tape in the background.

I was part of the library's summer reading program every year when I was younger and also had a great time participating in the Book It program during the school year. As I got older I volunteered to help run the Summer Reading Program at the library.  I think the first thing I read that absolutely made me fall in love with fantasy was The Hero and The Crown by Robin McKinley, after that I read The Hobbit and then The Lord of the Rings, and then started on the Dune series...all in elementary school.

Reading has always been the way I relax, the way I expand my mind, and I love it almost as much as I love my family and friends :-)