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Random Read-a-Thon Starting Line!

April 19, 2013 by April · 14 Comments

We hope you’ve been enjoying this month with us so far! We definitely have more fun in-store, including this Random Read-a-Thon!

Remember, this is a *No Rules, Just Reading!* Read-a-Thon, so don’t feel obligated to do anything you don’t think is FUN!

We will be trolling twitter (as always!) and you can chat with us using the hashtag #WWReadathon

This is just a mini-read-a-thon so there will be no challenges, although there WILL be a

¤ Twitter Party on Saturday 4:30PM – 6:30PM EST

If you’re interested in signing up for our next BIG #WWReadathon, feel free to here.

OK onto what Tab’s and I are reading [or hope to read! hehe]

April’s[ Dream] Read-a-Thon Goal

Wide Awake by Shelly Crane | Amazon | Goodreads [Finished!]

The Eternity Cure (Blood of Eden #2) by Julie Kagawa | Amazon | Goodreads

Reconstructing Amelia by Kimberly McCreight | Amazon | Goodreads [only like 40ish pgs in]

Strands of Bronze and Gold (Strands of .. #1) by Jane Nickerson | Amazon | Goodreads

Pabkin’s Read-a-Thon Goal

Of Triton (Of Poseidon #2) by Anna Banks | Amazon | Goodreads [Finished!]

Kitty and the Midnight Hour (Kitty Norville #1) by Carrie Vaughn | Amazon | Goodreads [Finished!]

The Lives of Tao by Wesley Chu | Amazon | Goodreads

Zenn Scarlett by Christian Schoon | Amazon | Goodreads

Hair Raising (Dan Shamble, Zombie PI #3) by Kevin J. Anderson | Amazon | Goodreads [Finished!]

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Blogaversary Line Up & Read-a-Thon Sign Ups!

March 31, 2013 by April · 17 Comments

We are SO stoked to be celebrating our second blogaversary! We have worked our little booties off to ensure that April is a month not to be missed at My Shelf Confessions!

So what exactly is up our sleeves?

¤ Amazingtastic Blogaversary Giveaway[includes a box of books, a handmade book Fairy doll from Dollusions, a zombie ereader cover, and a few other goodies! this will run for the entire month!]

¤ Mini Read-a-Thon w/ Twitter Party! [the sign up linky will be at the end of this post!]

¤ 2 Mystery Box Giveaways [yep, AT least 2 boxes chock full o' books; We are still evaluating our stash here and seeing what's what, there might be a 3rd or even 4th! Also, Pabkins has some kooky ideas about a mini plaque painting with butterflies made from book pages...who knows?]

¤ We’ve got several great guest posts lined up featuring authors such as Jodi Meadows, Marissa Meyer, Amy Carol Reeves, Joseph D’Lacey, Lee Battersby, and possibly more!

¤ A special month long feature: Publicist Confessions. Featuring Angry Robots, Strange Chemistry, Macmillan. Yeah, that’s right. They’re giving us the scoop!

¤ Several truly awesome Publisher & Author sponsored giveaways that we have no doubt you’ll be chomping at the bit for! (Including a copy of Cinder and Scarlet by Marissa Meyer, and Ripper or Renegade by Amy Carol Reeves!)

Ready to start rocking the month of April out with us? Share the love and spread the word, grab the button on the sidebar!

Sign up for the Read-a-Thon now and we’ll send you an update before it starts!

¤ Twitter Party on Saturday, April 20 4:30PM – 6:30PM EST #WWReadathon

Since we’ll be hosting so many awesome giveaways, etc during this month we won’t be hosting any challenges for the RAT, but if anyone would like to host a challenge, feel free to email us at myshelfconfessions@gmail.com.

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Help Us Celebrate Our Blogoversary in Style! Prizes, Posts & Readathon!

March 29, 2013 by April · 7 Comments

So, we’re a little late in celebrating our 2nd blogoversary, but Pabs and I wanted to make it amazingastic and that took planning [not to mention we know about my procrastination AKA internet ADD..] Alas, here we are and the month of April is OURS. We plan to rock it out – guest posts, giveaways and a readathon!

If you want to spread the word, you can see the shiny button on the left – grab the code on the sidebar and share away!

I’m not even gonna lie. I’m jealous of you guys. We lined up some awesome giveaways and I’m drooling. You’re lucky we love you guys is all I’m saying!

This is just a post to get you all salivating and we’ll be posting more details SOON. Especially about that readathon! Maybe a Twitter party or two.

So let’s party it up! Celebrate with us – and here is a tune to start off the festivities!

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Wicked Valentine’s Read-A-Thon: Final Update & Closing

February 14, 2013 by April · 6 Comments

We want to thank everyone for joining us! You guys always make this awesome for us and so much fun! We hope that even if you didn’t meet your reading goals that you had FUN and met new people! Thanks for spending your week with us and as always we’ll let you know via email when the next WWReadathon sign ups go up!

We have a form for you to fill out if you’d like! Give us your input – what did you like, what didn’t you like – what would you like to see more of, give it to us straight!

Happy Valentine’s Day Everyone!

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WVRAT Challenge: Character Crush

February 13, 2013 by April · 19 Comments

Hey WWReadathoners! Hope you’ve all had an excellent week with us! You all completely rawk our world! These WWRAT’s would be nothing without you! The fun isn’t quite over yet! Get ready for the Character Crush Challenge!

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The Challenge

Who is your dream character crush? What would you like them to bring and/or do on Valentine’s Day that would steal your heart?

Answer the challenge question in the comments.

NOTE: Even if you post your answer on your blog, do not JUST put a link in the comments, please copy your full answer so people can read it in the comments conveniently.