Winner of THE GATHERING!

Using random.org, the winner of a hard cover copy of Kelley Armstrong's The Gathering is:

BRIANA (THE BOOK PIXIE)!!

Congratulations, Briana! We've contacted you and your book should be on its way soon. Thanks to everyone who entered and better luck next time.

DIVERGENT Winner!

Sorry, I'm so late in getting this posted, but the winner of a hardcover copy of Divergent is:

SANDY B.

Congratulations, Sandy! By now we should have contacted you and your book should be on it's way. Thanks to everyone who entered. Better luck next time -- there's always another contest around the corner.

DESIRES OF THE DEAD Winner!

Chosen by random.org, the winner of an ARC of Desires of the Dead is:

COLBY!!

Congratulations, Colby! We've contacted you with details about receiving your book. Thanks to everyone who entered. We have currently have a Divergent giveaway and others coming up, so better luck next time!

UNEARTHLY Giveaway Winner!

The winner of Unearthly by Cynthia Hand (chosen by a random number generator) is:

KAYLIE B.!!

Congratulations, Kaylie! We've contacted you about details on receiving your copy. Thanks to everyone who entered. There will be other giveaways and contests on the blog, so look out for those.

Kindle Winner Announcement

Four bloggers – One kindle giveaway – Lots of lessons learned…

First and most importantly - Yes, we do have a winner…Congrats to Amanda W. who should be receiving her Kindle in the mail any day now.

Second, there are definitely some lessons we learned from running this contest. We thought we would share just in case anyone else ever considers hosting a similar contest:

1. There are a lot of people interested in winning a Kindle. Over 1,000 people totaling up to over 5,000 entries (based on the entry guidelines).

2. If you are going to run a contest with high interest, consider how difficult it will be for the person(s) who will be selecting the winner.

3. If you haven’t considered how long it will be to go through all the entries, plan on lots and lots of time.

4. If you are sharing this between bloggers, develop a plan for how to select and contact the winner and who is responsible for what.

5. Have a back up plan for when “life happens” so that someone can jump in and help another person.

6. Also, clearly have a agreed upon plan for how long you will wait for a "winner" to respond, just in case your first one or two people don't respond.

Finally, we just would like to express our deepest apologies for how long it took to select and announce a winner. We truly appreciate your patience and understanding.

And once again…congratulations Amanda and happy reading.

- Aly (Kid Lit Frenzy) & Lisa (A Life Bound By Books) 

Merry Christmas and Congratulations to Mid-Winter Giveaway Winners!

I hope that everyone had a wonderful Christmas Day filled with good friends and families, lots of food, and special gifts.  And I hope that there were a few books under the tree. 

Happy Holidays to the following winners:

Congratulations to Alex from Colorado who will be receiving the signed copy of Thirteen Plus One by Lauren Myracle. 

Congratulations to Maria from Venezuela who won the signed copy of Only the Good Spy Young by Ally Carter.












Congratulations to Misha in India who won the signed copy of The Reckoning by Kelley Armstrong.