Matched by Ally Condie International Giveaway Results

 

The giveaway for Matched by Ally Condie ended last night. The winner has been chosen and notified via email.

Mel U from The Reading Life is the winner!

Congratulations!!!

Thank you everyone who visited my blog and participated in the giveaway!

Black Hills by Dan Simmons Audio Book Giveaway Results

The giveaway for Black Hills by Dan Simmons ended last night. The winner has been chosen and notified via email.

Susan is a winner. 

Congratulations!!!

Thank you everyone who visited my blog and participated in the giveaway! Don't lose your spirit, I will have many new giveaways coming up on my blog this year and there is still time to enter my  The Anatomy of Ghosts by Andrew Taylor & Matched (international) by Ally Condie giveaways.

The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating by Elisabeth Tova Bailey Giveaway Results

The giveaway for The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating by Elisabeth Tova Bailey ended last night. The winner has been chosen and notified via email.

Becca from Complete and Utter Poppycock is a winner. 

Congratulations!!!

Thank you everyone who visited my blog and participated in the giveaway! Don't lose your spirit, I will have many new giveaways coming up on my blog this year and there is still time to enter my Black Hills by Dan Simmons Audio Book & The Anatomy of Ghosts by Andrew Taylor giveaways.

Vixen by Jillian Larkin International Giveaway Results

The giveaway for Vixen by Jillian Larkin ended last night. The winner has been chosen and notified via email.

LAMusing is a winner. 

Congratulations!!!

Thank you everyone who visited my blog and participated on the giveaway! Don't lose your spirit, I will have many new giveaways coming up on my blog this year and there is still time to enter my The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating giveaway.

Winter Garden Giveaway results.

The giveaway for Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah ended last night. The winners have been chosen and notified via email.

 Jessica from Vent and Melanie are the winners. 

 

Congratulations!

Thank you everyone who visited my blog and participated on the giveaway! Don't lose your spirit, I will have many new giveaways coming up on my blog this year and there is still time to enter my Vixen giveaway.

Lockdown Giveaway Winner.

 

The giveaway for Lockdown by Alexander Gordon Smith ended last night. The winner has been chosen and notified by email.

Nfmgrl from Cerebral Girl in a Redneck World is the winner (comment number 22). Congratulations!!

Thank you everyone who visited my blog and participated on the giveaway! Don't lose your spirit, I will have many new giveaways coming up on my blog this year and there is still time to enter my Winter Garden giveaway.

Karen Kingsbury's omnibus Giveaway results.

The giveaway for A Thousand Tomorrows & Just Beyond the Clouds omnibus by Karen Kingsbury ended last night. The winner has been chosen and notified via email.

Stephanie from StephTheBookworm is the winner 

(comment number 6). Congratulations!

Thank you everyone who visited my blog and participated on the giveaway! Don't lose your spirit, I will have many new giveaways coming up on my blog this year and there is still time to enter my Lockdown giveaway.

What Alice Knew giveaway results.

The giveaway ended and the winner is chosen.

What Alice Knew by Paula Marantz Cohen goes to:

Melanie !!!!!!!

Congratulations!

Also, thank you to all of you who visited my blog and participated in this giveaway. There will be more of them coming up soon, so I hope you'll get to visit again.

The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet Giveaway Winner

The giveaway of an ARC of The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell ended tonight and I have a winner. With the help of Random.org, the winning comment was number 11 that belonged to:

Amy from

 

My Friend Amy 

!!!!

Congratulations to Amy and thank you all for entering the giveaway! Please make sure to come back tomorrow for another great book giveaway.

Things that need to be done + Raven Stole the Moon giveaway results.

I wasn't kidding when I said that having a second baby eleven years after the first one is like being a brand new mother all over again. I see now that this second motherhood will be no walk in the park. I forgot how much time and effort really is needed when taking care of an infant, especially when it's a boy like my Aleksander, who according to his pediatrician, is a 'motion-driven' baby, which means he needs to be carried in my arms or  rocked in his stroller, or even rocked ever so gently when breast-feeding, at all times. The 'carrying in my arms' part proves to be the most difficult considering that at 5 months old, he weighs approx. 22 lb.

With all that said, you can imagine how daunting  it is to try and manage to do anything other than spending time with my children (because yes, I still have a girl on the verge of teenage-hood in the house and it's no small task to try and survive the day without major issues between her and me). As much as I enjoy blogging, my family is my priority. Therefore I need to make some changes and adjustments as far as my blog goes. And no, it doesn't mean I'm quitting. I have put way too much effort, time and love into this little blog of mine to just abandon it. It only means that I am forced to write posts a lot less frequently than I used to. I know that a lot of you prefer to read a fairly often updated blogs and I hope that my decision to write fewer posts for the next few months won't push those of you away.

What I also decided is to join What Are You Reading on Mondays? meme hosted by Sheila from One Person's Journey through a world of Books. It's a fantastic way for me to keep some kind of order in my otherwise very chaotic daily life and once I make a commitment to read something, I believe I will actually try harder to stick with it. From time to time, I will also give you a summary of what happened & what will be going on here in upcoming weeks. It's something I had never done before but I think it's another way of keeping my blog going and making sure that Reading Extravaganza and I will make it safely through the tough times. Phew...let's move on to the above mentioned summary.

First of all, I will have reviews posted of two really good books. First one will be Broken: A Love Story by Lisa Jones. It's a wonderful memoir and definitely a keeper for my collection.






The second book is Still Missing by Chevy Stevens. I think that it has already gained a lot of attention and I'm sure some of you have heard about it. It really is a very good, psychological thriller that I couldn't believe was a debut (not to sound condescending to debut authors).






There will also be two giveaways for really great titles. First, I will be giving away an ARC copy of  The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell. The giveaway starts on June 29th, 2010 which is also the release date for this book.

Giveaway number 2 will be The Quickening by Michelle Hoover on July 13th, 2010.

Both giveaways will be international so make sure you all mark your calendars and visit my blog on those days.

Last but not least, the winner of Raven Stole the Moon + a Red Umbrella is

Amanda. 

Congratulations to the winner and thank you to all who entered for visiting my blog.

That's all for now. Until next time, stay happy and keep reading :).

Android Karenina Giveaway Winner!!!

With the help of random.org, I have chosen the winner of Android Karenina. It belongs to comment number 4.

It is BLODEUEDD from Book Girl of Mur-y-Castell

Congratulations (the winner has been notified by email)!

Everyone else who participated but didn't win, thank you for taking part in this giveaway and for visiting my blog. I hope to see you soon  as I will have more giveaways on their way.

Postcards Giveaway Winner

It is time to announce the winner of my 100 Free Postcards sponsored by My Postcard Printing. With the help of random.org the winning comment was no. 4:

Trisha from eclectic/eccentric!!!!!

Congratulations to Trisha and thank you all for stopping by my blog and participating in the giveaway. Make sure you come back soon because I will have two giveaways coming up this week: signed Android Karenina and  Raven Stole the Moon + Red Umbrella from the book's cover.

Hang Tags Giveaway results!

Another giveaway has come and gone.The winner has been chosen and notified by email.

and the winner of UPrinting Hang Tags giveaway is

Amy from The Black Sheep Dances.

Congratulations!!!

And thank you for taking part in this giveaway to you and all who did.

Presumed Innocent Giveaway Results!

I know it's a little late but it's here nonetheless. I have chosen the winner of Presumed Innocent by Scott Turow.

It is FOKXXY from Lady Luck's Abode!

Congratulations (the winner has been notified by email)!

Everyone else who participated but didn't win, thank you for taking part in this giveaway and for visiting my blog. I hope to see you soon  as I will have more giveaways on their way.

Winter Garden giveaway results.

The results are in and with the help of random.org the winner is chosen.It is comment  number 18  and it belongs to Angie.   

Congratulations!

Everyone else, thank you very much for visiting my log and participating in this giveaway. Moreover, Winter Garden is truly worth reading so even if you didn't win it, you always buy it or get it from the library.