Monday, September 3, 2012

GIVEAWAY (Int)! Blogoversary and 200 follower-celebration




I know I know, I've been talking about this forever. By now, you've probably been thinking I'd never actually follow it up... but here it is, my joint 200 follwers and 3 month blogoversary celebration giveaway! To be precise, the blogoversary of my first post was on August 24, but since I only started blogging somewhat seriously in mid-June, I guess I can be forgiven for being a bit late. Right? This giveaway is going to last for all of September!

I can't believe it's been three months already! For that amount of time, I don't think I've posted enough reviews *squirms* I'm not used to reading on a schedule or having to immediately write about what I've read yet, and while I probably won't review every book I read, I still hope to get the reviewing frequency up a bit. It's just that writing them up actually takes me ridiculously long because I want to do justice to the book without spoiling too much or being super vague.

Also, I never thought I'd have so many awesome followers by now! Seriously, I'm happy about every page-view and comment on one of my posts! Especially the reviews, since I love to exchange impressions and discuss :)

I'm also curious to hear you guys' opinion about this blog. What do you like? Dislike? What kind of post would you like to see more of? One of my regrets three months into blogging is that I don't really feel part of a community. Where do bloggers 'hang out'? I'm a bit shy when it comes to striking up a conversation first and I'm afraid that I'd just bother people... but I love it when people talk to me :)

But now, without further ado,


The Prizes

Paperback Bundle




Ebook Bundle




Each bundle will go to ONE winner, who will receive ALL the books in it! The paperbacks will be ordered from the Book Depository, the eBooks from amazon, so you'll need a kindle or kindle app to receive them. (I even switched from amazon.de to amazon.com for this, since the German store doesn't have a give-as-gift function). Anyone the Book Depository ships to and anyone able to receive kindle books can enter, no matter where you live! Note on ebooks: if you already have one of the books, you can also choose another installment of the same series.
Also, I won some Origin swag from author Jessica Khoury and have some (though sadly not much) swag (some of it signed) lying around and if I receive that Origin swag by the end of September, I will put together a swag bundle for one runner up and add it to the rafflecopter!

I also want to try something new and creative for you guys to get more entries. Jessica Khoury's contests for swag and ARCs brought the Pinfiction phenomenon to my attention, and I'd like to try this here as well! How does it work? Easy. Just go to my Pinboards (you don't need a Pinterest account), pick a pin that you like, and write a 500 character (including spaces) story/scene to it! When you've done that, email the story and a direct link to the pin you picked to shelfspaceneeded(at)hotmail(dot)com. Attention: 500 characters are the limit, not 500 words! Enter your email address into the provided space of the rafflecopter form so that I know which entry is yours. Sounds fun, right? Something other than just sharing on twitter/facebook/whatever :)

The Rules
  • One entry per person / household
  • International as long as Book Depository ships to you and you can receive kindle gifts from amazon
  • You must be at least 13 years old
  • This is a follower-appreciation giveaway, so you must follow me by GFC or email
  • Cheaters will be disqualified and all their entries deleted. Believe me, I will check ALL entries before picking a winner, because cheaters falsify the odds for everyone and it's not fair.
  • Contest ends midnight September 30th, but I reserve the right to end it early
  • I also reserve the right to add/subtract/substitute prizes before the end of the giveaway
  • As soon as the Book Depository ships your books, I'm no longer accountable for them
  • Winners will be emailed and must respond within 48 hours, or I'll pick someone else.
If there are any questions, put them in the comments or tweet me (@Butterfly_Ghost) :)

a Rafflecopter giveaway

47 comments:

  1. Hi
    Happy blogoversary!!!!!
    I like reviews and giveaways, specially for the first book of a series. I've ended up buying the entire series after winning book 1.

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    1. Thank you :) The same thing has happened to me - once I've read the first book I need them allll :P

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  2. I enjoy a clean blog with not too much shannagins on the sides so i can read the reviews without being overwhelmed. And honest reviews are great and bloggers that have awesome giveaways for their followers kixk butt too! Thanks!

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    1. Thank you :) I also prefer it if the sidebars aren't overly loaded - it confuses me. I hope I can post reviews a bit more often in the future! I have a few lined up that I can't post until closer to the books' release ;)

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  3. I enjoy the blog - HAPPY BLOGVERSARY!!
    Thank you for the giveaway too :).

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  4. I like that your reviews are honest =)

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    1. Thank you! That's important to me, but I wasn't aware that it came through so much o.O Good to hear though :)

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  5. Thank you for the giveaway! Happy blogoversary and congrats on reaching 200 followers :)

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    1. It's thanks to you guys really ;) Thank you for supporting the blog!

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  6. I love the colours and that everything is organized.

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    1. Thanks! I love purple ^^' Glad you like it too!

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  7. I love your blog! I love the design too! Happy Blogoversary!

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    1. Thank you! :) I'm glad to hear people are enjoying it :) I want to work on the design a bit more and make a blog button, but I'm not overly talented in that area so it will probably take forever...

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  8. Congrats on your 3 month blogoversary AND for reaching 200 followers!! I love the background and design! Thanks for the great giveaway!

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  9. Congrats to your Blogversary ;) your blog and you rock :)
    Thanks for the giveaway :D

    To many more months of awesome blogging and many more followers :)

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  10. Happy Blogoversary Carmen! I like your blog just the way it is! :) I like reading your reviews and about books you like and putting them on my TBR list :p
    Thank you for the giveaway.

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    1. Thank you! Glad I could point the TBR additions out to you :)

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  11. Happy Blogoversary! Wishing you many, many more!

    I like your blog the way it is. One of the things I always look for on blogs is a Blog Archive so that I can look back through and you have one!

    Thanks so much!

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    1. Thank you for the good wishes :)
      Lack of a blog archive is also one of my blog pet-peeves ;)

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  12. Happy Blogoversary!!! I lke the layout of your site and love how the reviews are sorted :)

    Thanks for the giveaway

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  13. Happy Blogoversary! I like the simple layout and easy to find links :D

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  14. Happy Blogoversary!! Do more giveaways please...i really like the simple layout of your blog

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    1. Thanks :) I'll do giveaways when I can, but since I pay for all of them myself at this point, I have to be careful. I'm not rich even though I work 2 jobs on the side while I'm studying...

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  15. I like the order of your entries. But I would like you to put a header and not only letters :3 and Happy Blogoversary!

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    1. A header and a blog button are my top design wishes at the moment ;) I hope to get one soon! I just haven't found anything I like yet that fits what I want to do with this blog.

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  16. Congrats to your Blogversary!
    i like your blog is clean and organized

    Thanks so much for the giveaway

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  17. happy blogoversary. I like the blog the way it is

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  18. Happy Blog Anniversary! I enjoy reading your blog. Everything is straight to the point and clean looking. The only things that I would change would be to make the font a little larger, and add some color :) Thanks for the giveaway!

    Lindy Gomez

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    1. Thank you for the feedback! I'm surprised that so many people like the layout and lack of stuff o.O I always had the impression that I should put in more because most blogs have all kinds of things in their sidebars - to the that they get crowded and I can't find the GFC widget. I might still add a couple things but I'm glad you don't think it looks boring :)

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  19. I really like it that your blog has no annoying flash banners, as they jam my slow internet connection, and that the background makes it easy on the eyes.

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    1. Thanks for the feedback! I won't add flash because I know your problem ;) I hope I can keep my design neat and pretty without it becoming the main focus :)

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  20. Hai :3 i love your blog, its awesome, i especially love your book choices haha, btw Happy 3 month and 200 followers :D

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    1. Haha, thanks ^^ Glad we have a similar taste in books!

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  21. The giveaways and your honest reviews!

    Thanks,
    Markella

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  22. Happy Blogoversary. I think your blog is super cute and everything is easy to find. thx for giveaway.

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  23. Thank you Thank you Thank- I am a new follower cant wait to dig into your blog and read more!!

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    1. Haha, you're welcome :) I checked out your Book Nerds blog! Great interviews and taste in books!

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  24. I love the fancy designs along the side of the book. Very neat and unique! Thanks for the great giveaway!

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  25. I'm loving the colours. I adore purple and when it's teamed with grey, even better! I also love the font at the top of the page. All in all, it's a pretty cool blog :)

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  26. I love the easy to navigate template and links. It is a very clean look. Thanks for the amazing giveaway! Great choices! I absolutely loved Sweet Evil and am excited to reread it soon! Thanks for the chance to win!

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  27. Happy Blogoversary! I love the reviews and of course I love giveaways!

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  28. Happy blogoversary!! I like that your blog is easy on the eyes :) and I LOVED Sweet Evil :)

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  29. I love your blog... i like to read your reviews and interviews... and off-course i love giveaways... :D

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  30. I like the purple color on the side (that is my favorite color). I like that everything is neatly organized and it seems like everything is very easy to find.

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  31. Happy blogversary and congratulations on your now more than 300 followers! I really liked your blog. Love the texture-like background. Thank you for the giveaway :)

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  32. happy blogoversary! *confetti toss*
    i really like that your blog has everything organized, so i don't have to go digging to look for reviews/interviews! i can find everything easily! thanks for the giveaway:)

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