Friday 14 December 2012

One Year Blogoversary Ramble and Giveaway

Hello there, my fellow book lovers!

Guess what?
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IT'S MY FIRST BLOGOVERSARY! (If you haven't guessed by reading the title of this post.)
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I can not even put into words how surprised I am at the fact that it has been an exact year since I made this blog! The year has gone very fast but not without meeting a load of awesome bloggers and new books that I would have never had the chance to read without the blogging world. I am utterly grateful to all those who read, comment and support my blog because the one year journey wouldn't have been the same without you all. 

At first, I didn't really know what I was doing; I kind of just posted a load of rubbish for fun. The reviews I posted were absolutely dreadful because I was a thirteen-year-old with not much experience in writing reviews. But gradually, I think my writing has gotten better and my opinion is now valued (to a certain extent (; ). 

I hope to carry on with the book blogging because it has been a lot of fun. But, I do have my serious exams coming up soon and I need to study and do homework and all that so I may have to post reviews less... Yes, even less than I already am! (I post reviews... like once a week, twice at most). I try to make my reviews entertaining while getting my point across, which I hope you guys have enjoyed reading as much as I've enjoyed writing them.

Here is what I have achieved this year:
Reviews posted: 147
Posts published: 364
Blog followers: 1450+


I want to thank these bloggers for being awesome, supporting me and helping to answer my questions!

- Sam at Realm of Fiction
Sam is simply epic. I adore her blog and her reviews. She is a really awesome blogger and the perfect rolemodel.
- Trayche at I Love Teen books
Trayche is really cool guy. If you've got a book buying problem then you need to talk to him!
- Kayleigh at K-Books
Kayleigh is one of the nicest bloggers out there! Make sure you check out her blog if you are a crazy Jennifer L. Armentrout fan.

There are plenty of other bloggers I would like to thank: Jen at The YA Sisterhood, Haley at Passing Pages and Kristin at Blood, Sweat and Books for always commenting and simply being great bloggers.

Okay, that was quite a lot of thank yous! Oh wait, ONE last thank you to you all for being absolutely incredible and reading the posts on my blog and keeping me company on Twitter and interacting with me on Goodreads and suggesting me books and OMG YOU GUYS ARE JUST AWESOME AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO THANK YOU!

I really love you guys so here's a giveaway for you. There will be two winners and it's international as long as The Book Depository ships to you. You may choose from one of the books  below.
Dance of Shadows (Dance of Shadows, #1)Under the Never Sky (Under the Never Sky, #1)Incarnate (Newsoul, #1)
Unravelling (Unravelling, #1)Half-Blood (Covenant, #1)Obsidian (Lux, #1)
Deadly HemlockTwenty Boy SummerPushing the Limits (Pushing the Limits #1)
Everneath (Everneath, #1)Sweet Evil (The Sweet Trilogy, #1)Catching Jordan (Hundred Oaks, #1)
Dark Kiss (Nightwatchers, #1)The Gathering Dark (The Grisha, #1)Legend (Legend, #1)
I just chose some random books that I enjoyed reading this year. I hope there is something that floats your boat on the list! Enter by using the Rafflecopter below.
**Giveaway Ended**
Winners:
Talia O.
Clarissa
Email me back ASAP!


Thank you for reading my long post and supporting my blog,
Sam :D

85 comments:

  1. Happy Blogoversary! *throwing confetti*

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  2. +JMJ+

    Louis looks really cute up there. ;-)

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  3. Awesome! Congrats on your blogoversary <3

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  4. Happy Blogoversary! Congrats on your success

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  5. Congratulations! Cheers to your blog's long life!

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  6. Happy Blogoversary Sam! Here's to many more!!

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  7. Happy 1st blogoversary :)
    Thank you for the giveaway!

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  8. Gongrats on your One Year Blogoversary and many more to come!!! :) Thank you for the giveaway!!

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    1. Haha.. I just used the wrong account.

      Happy blogoversary!!! Keep blogging. And thanks for the giveaway.

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  10. Happy Blogoversary!

    Congrats!

    Thank you:)

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  11. Congrats:)
    Thanks for the giveaway!

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  12. YAY! I can't even believe it's been a year already! Happy Blogoversary to you!!! Keep up the amazing work you're doing!

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  13. Congrats on your 1st blogoversary! Fanstic giveaway! :)

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  14. Happy Blogoversary and congrats for your one year. Here's to many more :)

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  15. Happy 1 year Blogoversary and Congratulations :)

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  16. Happy Blogoversary!!! Such a great moment in blogging!!
    Thanks for an awesome giveaway & good luck everyone!!

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  17. Congratulations!
    Happy 1 year Blogoversary!

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  18. Happy blogversary! Celebrate it like a boss ^^

    And thanks for the giveaway <333

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  19. Happy Blogversary! You've picked books I can't wait to read so (I wish I win) if I win it's gonna be tough wjich to choose. Thanks for this AWESOME GIVEAWAY!

    -Riz Bulatao

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  20. Happy Blogoversary! Thanks for the chance to win!

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  21. Congrats on one year! Hope you have many more. Thanks for the giveaway!

    Erin K.

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  22. Congratulations! Thank you so much for the giveaway. And here's to another successful year!

    Bekka
    Pretty Deadly Reviews

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  23. Happy Blogoversary!! Congratulations!! You do such a great job! Thank you for the giveaway too!

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  24. Congrats on your first blogoversary!!!!
    And thanks for the awesome giveaway :)

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  25. Happy Blogoversary, Sam! Here's to many, many more! Thank you for the awesome giveaway! ^_^

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  26. Congrats and Happy Blogoversary!!

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  27. I love your blog!! Thank you for all you do! Happy Blogoversary!

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  28. What an amazing number of books you have read. I always appreciate your reviews as they help me decide which books are worth buying versus the library

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  29. Happy Blogoversary, have a great time and a wonderful holiday season.

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  30. Congratulations on your blogoversary!

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  31. Happy Blogversary, Sam! Good luck with your exams.

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  32. Happy first bloggoversary! I know just how it feels! I past mine on the ninth. Congrats on making it to this important milestone. Here's to many more years of reading, reviewing, and blogging! And thanks so much for the giveaway!

    Zara Alexis @ The Bibliotaphe Closet

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  33. Congrats!!! I hope ur blog will have many more bdays!!!!!!!

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  34. Happy 1 Year Blogoversary!! I hope the coming year is even better for you. Thanks for the giveaway!

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  35. Happy Blogoversary! *throwing confetti*

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  36. Happy 1 year blog anniversary
    seyma_bennett@hotmail.com

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  37. Congrats! Happy Blogoversary!!

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  38. You say we awesome, but really it's you who is awesome. Thank you for the amount of work & time you put in to make this blog.
    Happy Blogoversary :)

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  39. Happy Blogoversary! Hopefully there will be many more to come. :)

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  40. Happy Blogoversary and many more to come :)

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  41. Congratulations!! A year flies by so very fast, and it is just crazy how much changes! I hope year two is just as fun as year one!

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  42. Happy Blogaversary and congratulations on 1 year!!

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  43. Happy Blogaversary and thank you for the giveaway. :)

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  44. Happy Blogoversary! Wishing you many more!

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  45. Cheers on your blogoversary! I can tell you've put a lot of hard work into the blog! Keep it up! :)

    Thanks for the giveaway!
    Leanne

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  46. Happy Blogoversary! Thank you for this giveaway and glad you had a great year.

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  47. What happened to JeremyRenner?! LOL happy blogoversary

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  48. Happy Blogoversary! :)
    Thanks so much for the giveaway!
    Marijana Sitar

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  49. Thank you so much for this giveaway and happy happy blogoversary! Here's to more amazing years in the future!

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  50. Happy Blogoversary!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you for the giveaway!!! :)

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  51. Happy blogoversary! Thanks for this giveaway, awesome books choice!

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  52. Congrats!

    Thanks for blogging and the giveaway!!

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  53. Happy Blogoversary !!!!!

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  54. Happy One Year Blogoversary! Congratulations! Thank you so much for the awesome giveaway!

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  55. HAAAAAPPY BLOGOVERSARY!! :)
    Loving your blog.
    - The Teen Reader

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  56. Happy Blogoversary!
    And Happy Holidays :)

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  57. Happy One Year Blogoversary!
    Thanks for the giveaway!
    Happy Holidays! :))

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  58. CONGRATS on your One Year Blogoversary! Woo hoo!! To many more!

    Thanks

    raffle name: Nikki O

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  59. Super-sparkly congratulations for your milestone and happy belated blog-birthday!
    thank you for this awesomeness!!!

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  60. A year already? Happy Blogoversary! :)

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  61. Happy anniversary to your blog! :) Thanks for making the giveaway international! :)

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  62. Happy Blogoversary and congratulations on such a successful year.

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  63. Happy Blogoversary and I wish you many more!! Happy Holidays as well!! :D

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  64. Congratulations! Happy 1 year Blogoversary and Merry Christmas ^^

    @Tibiux

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  65. thanks for the giveaway and happy blogoversary! :D

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  66. Happy Blogoversary! And thanks for the great giveaway!

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  67. Happy One Year Blogoversary!
    Thanks for hosting this giveaway :)

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  68. Happy Holidays and thanks for the giveaway! - regnod(at)yahoo(d0t)com

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