Stacking the Shelves (9) Birthday Haul 2015

Today I'm taking part in a meme hosted by Tynga's Reviews. Stacking The Shelves is all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means you can include books you buy in physical store or online, books you borrow from friends or the library, review books, gifts and of course ebooks! If you'd like to take part please visit the launch page and sign up with the linky on Tynga's latest post.

Celebrating my 4th Blogversary and Announcing the Giveaway Winner!

Today I'm celebrating my Blogversary! I've been blogging for 4 years now and have enjoyed every minute. I'm very grateful to be part of such a supportive and encouraging book blogging and writing community.

I'm also really proud of how far I've come with this blog and it continues to be a much-needed creative outlet for me.

The highlights of the past 4 years have been:

• 'Meeting' lots of new readers and book bloggers through them commenting on and following my blog and having fun discussions.
• Getting to chat to amazing authors like Jessica Bell, Gennifer Albin, Jessica Khoury and Suzanne Lazear.
• Joining in with the A-Z Challenge every April and finding lots of new blogs along the way.
• Participating in regular memes like Top Ten Tuesday and Cover Characteristic.
• Getting to be part of the street teams promoting Crewel by Gennifer Albin and The Aether Chronicles by Suzanne Lazear. These were both fantastic experiences to get creative and spread the word about books I love.
• Receiving lots of free ARC copies, signed books, ebooks and book swag through entering competitions and giveaways.
• Every time someone leaves a nice comment on my blog-it really brightens my day when someone has enjoyed a blog post.

Now onto the giveaway winner!

The winner of the giveaway was chosen at random by Rafflecopter.

And the winner is............*drum-roll*.....................

4th Blogversary Giveaway!

Today I'm excited to announce a giveaway for my Blogversary! On 6th March 2014 I will have been blogging for a whole 4 years! That's a pretty long time. While my blog may still be a little minnow in a big pond teaming with huge koi, I'm really proud of all I've achieved so far. I've come along way with my confidence in expressing myself, have developed my writing and design skills and gained so many amazing blogging buddies along the way.

As a thank-you to my awesome followers, I'd like to give a little something back.

Birthday Book Giveaway Winners!

Firstly, I must apologise for the lateness of this post. I had hoped to announce the winners at the end of last month, but I was so busy that weekend that it didn't get done. Then when I got back I had a few personal issues to deal with, so blogging slid down to a lower priority.

Secondly, I'd like to thank everyone who entered the giveaway, it was lovely to read all your stories about your favourite birthdays. Thank you to my new followers and my old-faithfuls!

Anyway, the winners of my Birthday Book Giveaway are:

Share the Birthday Love Blogfest: Do girls want to read books with a male protagonist?

This weekend, Sari Webb is hosting a Share the Birthday Love Blogfest to celebrate turning 24 (congratulations Sari!).  If you haven't entered get on over there and do so because it's really easy to take part and there are some fab prizes on offer including a choice of three awesome books and a WiP critique by Sari. You can choose whether to enter the blogfest or the competition or both, and I decided to do both. For the blogging part, the idea is to post about something you need help with on your writing that you think other bloggers can help with. One thing springs to mind straight away for me.