Thursday, October 1, 2015

Blogaversary Schedule, Yallfest TBR, and GIVEAWAY!

This month marks my first year of blogging! In celebration I've planned several fun posts, giveaways, and events. Take a look at the schedule below to see what's coming. Some things may change a little (and there will definitely be some additions!), but this is a pretty good indication of what's coming.

October 5th
Dean Koontz and Neal Shusterman Discussion & Giveaway

October 7th
A guest post by Rajdeep Paulus, author of Swimming Through Clouds

October 8th
Brandon Sanderson Discussion and/or Tag
& Giveaway

October 12th
ARC Review of Bound by Donnielle Tyner
& Giveaway

October 14th
Interview with P.D Kalnay, author of The Spiders of Halros

October 16th
Book Tag

October 19th
Interview with Donnielle Tyner

October 22nd
Guest post by Mara Dabrishus, author of Stay the Distance
& Giveaway

October 23rd
Book Tag

October 26th
Possible Interview
& Giveaway

October 28th
Morgan Matson & Sarah Dessen Discussion
& Giveaway

October 30th
Book Tag

October 31st
My Halloween Costume! (Can you guess what it is?)
Month long giveaway winner(s) announced 

Yallfest TBR
This year will mark my third year attending Yallfest in Charleston, South Carolina. It's a book festival focused around young adult and middle grade authors. I highly recommend that you attend if you can. You get to meet so many amazing people. Here's a list of books I've read or hope to read in preparation for Yallfest. I don't know how many authors I will be able to meet (the only one I MUST meet is Brandon Sanderson), but I'm reading these in hopes that I'll enjoy them and be able to meet the author. I may not get to some of the books on this list, depending on time, but I hope to get to as many as possible. These are listed in no particular order.

Gwenda Bond 

Rachel Caine

Gail Carriger
                                                           
Soman Chainani

Seth Fisherman

Adam Gidwitz

Brandon Mull

Danielle Paige


Natalie Standiford

Sabaa Tahir
 

Elizabeth Wein
 

Giveaway!
There will be two separate giveaways, one US and one International.

International Rules
*The Book Depository must ship to your country/location
*You must live outside the US to enter
*You must be 18 years or older or have a parents permission to enter
*You must be comfortable giving me your address
*You will be contacted upon completion of giveaway by email, if you do not respond within 48 hours another winner will be chosen
*The prize will consist of any book of your choice up to $15 in US dollars

US Rules
*You must be 18 years or older or have a parents permission to enter
*You must be comfortable giving me your address
*You will be contacted upon completion of the giveaway by email, if you do not respond within 48 hours another winner will be chosen
*The prize will consist of a book of your choice from either The Book Depository or Amazon up $15 in value 
 


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10 comments:

  1. Olivia's CatastropheOctober 4, 2015 at 11:38 PM

    Thanks so much for the giveaway! Happy blogversary and I hope there are many more of them coming in your future as well ^.^ That event sounds so cool and I really wish I could be there! Hopefully you can get all those books signed and meet all those wonderful authors ^^

    My recent review and giveaway: http://olivia-savannah.blogspot.nl/2015/10/dreamstrider-review-interview-giveaway.html

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    1. CourtneysReadsOctober 6, 2015 at 10:32 AM

      Thank you! And you're welcome! Good luck in the giveaway! :D It is a really fun event and I hope I get to meet a bunch of them as well! I wish everyone could be there (although it would get even more packed, haha).

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  2. UnknownOctober 6, 2015 at 3:12 AM

    Happy blogoversary!! Cheers for many more years to come! 🎉
    For this october, I am planning to read my exam book (lol sorry) and also the trilogy of The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han!

    Thankyou for the giveaway 😊

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    1. CourtneysReadsOctober 6, 2015 at 10:34 AM

      Thank you! :D
      I completely understand needing to read your exam book, when I was in school I didn't have much time for pleasure reading. That will have to change if/when I go back. I hope you get to the Jenny Han series and enjoy them!

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  3. AnonymousOctober 6, 2015 at 11:39 AM

    Happy blogiversary! :D

    In October, I'm planning to read Hollow City by Ransom Riggs, Coraline by Neil Gaiman, Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk, and The Martian by Andy Weir.

    So far I've already read Adverbs by Daniel Handler and I'm almost finished with The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky.

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    1. CourtneysReadsOctober 7, 2015 at 6:44 PM

      Thanks!

      Hope you enjoy the books. I really liked Coraline and The Martian. I read The Perks of Being a Wallflower earlier this year and enjoyed that one as well. :)

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  4. Joana BentoOctober 7, 2015 at 6:50 PM

    I plan on reading as many Sherlock Holme's stories as possible

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    1. CourtneysReadsOctober 8, 2015 at 10:16 AM

      I hope you enjoy them! I don't think I've actually ever read a Sherlock Holmes story, although I would really like to.

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  5. UnknownOctober 18, 2015 at 8:11 AM

    Happy Blogiversary!

    Oh I am going to YALLFest too! It will be my first book festival ever and I'm so excited. I feel the same way about meeting Brandon Sanderson!

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    1. CourtneysReadsOctober 20, 2015 at 11:46 AM

      Yay! Another Sanderson fan! We should try to meet up while we're at Yallfest, if you have time. :) It's a really fun event.

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