1 Year Blogoversary Celebration: International Giveaway!

As a thank you to everyone who has supported me with the blog over the past year, I'm hosting an international giveaway! I've got a selection of ten books that the winner of the giveaway can choose one from and these are all books I've read that I would recommend though not all of them are favourites. A lot of them are YA historicals because that's the main genre I read but I hope you find something you would like to win amongst them :) Here's the list of 10 books that the winner gets to choose from:

The Other Countess by Eve Edwards

Flawless by Lara Chapman

Daughter Of Fire and Ice by Marie Louise Jensen

Arabella by Georgette Heyer

Princess Of The Midnight Ball by Jessica Day George

The Declaration by Gemma Malley

Montacute House by Lucy Jago

Drawing With Light by Julia Green

I Was Jane Austen's Best Friend by Cora Harrison

Anastasia's Secret by Susanne Dunlap

Guidelines and rules of the giveaway- please read before you fill in the form

• To enter you must live in a country that the Book Depository ships to
• You must be at least 13 years old to enter *
• You must be a follower of my blog to enter
• Winners will be chosen by Random.org
• The winner gets to choose one book before the above list
• The winner will have 24 hours to respond to my email notifying them before I pick a new winner
•  I will not keep your information
• The giveaway will close June 20th  EXTENDED TILL JUNE 26TH and the winner will be announced shortly after 

*If you are under 13 and would like to enter, please get your parents to email me with their consent at stephanieDOTreadsAThotmailDOTcoDOTuk

Extra entries

+1 Old followers (before 29th May 2011)

+1 spreading the word about the giveaway on Twitter/Facebook/Blogger ect. You can only gain one extra entry e.g if you tweeted and posted on your sidebar you can only get one. Of course if you wanted to do more than one out of the kindness of your heart then it would be much appreciated- thank you to anyone who spreads the word!

ENTRY FORM


NOW CLOSED!

Good luck everyone!

It's My 1st Blogoversary!

Guess what day it is today? It's Book's Are A Girl's Best Friend's first blogoversary and I truly can't believe I've been blogging for a whole year! The phrase time flies when you're having a good time comes to mind....

It's been exactly a year since I wrote my first proper blog post (although I didn't start blogging properly until about 2 months after) on the 29th May 2010 after discovering a few book blogs but unaware of the community out there. I started blogging because I wanted to have an outlet to share my love of books as I didn't have any reader friends and I'm so glad that I did.

I never expected my blog to develop the way it has or even thought that anyone would actually read my ramblings let alone 'follow' me. Despite times not always going smoothly, right from the start the book blogging community has been so helpful and supportive and I never stop being amazed at your kindness. I've had an incredible year chatting with other people who love reading just as much as me, growing my TBR list at an astounding speed, trying new genres, taking part in events/memes and most importantly having TONs of fun talking about books! You can here more about my favourite blogging experiences later in the week.

This blog wouldn't be what it is today without YOU so I just want to take this opportunity to say a massive

to everyone who has ever visited the blog, followed it, left a comment, entered a giveaway or helped and supported it in any way. You're amazing and I wish I could explain how much I appreciate everything- here's a virtual bunch of flowers! I won't name people but a particular thanks goes to my special blogging buddies :D

Here are some other posts I've got planned to celebrate my blogoversary

• A giveaway (nothing awesomely big but a thank you for everyone)
• Blogging Firsts and Facts
• Why I Love Book Blogging- my favourite things
• Books I might not have read without blogging

I would have liked to have done something extra special but school has been hectic recently. I hope you enjoy what I've got planned  :)

Here's to another brilliant year of book blogging!

P.S I'm still having a commenting problem so I won't be able to reply to anyone until it gets fixed- sorry.



Thank you - 150 Followers GIVEAWAY!

I am so excited to find that I have reached 150 followers, all of you have been so encouraging with helping my blog to grow, I remember that I was overjoyed and amazed even when I reached 5 followers! The book blogging community is a lovely place to be part of and I have really enjoyed connecting with other book bloggers, I am building up the list of blogs I am reading very quickly. Blogging has become something that is part of my day now and getting comments always makes my day :D I really appreciate every single one of my followers!

Giveaway!

As a thank you to all my amazing followers, I am holding a giveaway with a choice of books to win. This is an INTERNATIONAL contest as I wouldn't like to deprive anyone and I'm in the UK so I will be shipping the book to the winner through the Book Depositary.

The winner can choose from any of these fabulous 10 books (I have chosen mostly YA historical because that it what I mainly review) :

The Other Countess by Eve Edwards (see review)

The Healer's Apprentice by Melanie Dickerson (see post about release)

Daughter of Fire and Ice by Marie Louise Jensen
The Lady In The Tower by Marie Louise Jensen
Arabella by Georgette Heyer (see review)

The Fever and The Flame by Mary Hooper (2 in 1)

Newes From The Dead by Mary Hooper

The School At The Chalet by Elinor M Brent Dyer

The Secret Countess by Eva Ibbotson
I was Jane Austen's Best Friend (see review)

You MUST be a follower to enter this giveaway

Entries:

Old followers  +3 (before 25th September)
New followers +1
Twitter follower (BookPrincess3)  +1
Tweet/ sidebar promotion +1

Giveaway ends: 10th October

TO ENTER: please fill out the form here