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Tuesday, July 27, 2010

WINNERS: "Series"-ously Awesome Contest!

Hi there, everyone!

Welcome back!

Hmm...almost feels like I should be welcoming myself back since I'm spent so much time over at the event site recently but since that would sound rather awkward, I think I'll stick with passing those welcome feelings to you. Anywho...I know what you've been anxiously awaiting and I'm not one to prolong that feeling for an overwhelming amount of time.

I mean really, don't you just wish that in a 'winner post' people would just TELL YOU ALREADY. Instead, they go on and on and on and on and on and on and on

and on and on and on and on and on and on

and on and on and on and on and on

and on and on and on and on

and on and on and on

and on and on

and on...

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JUST KIDDING!

It's time to announce the winners in my Got Books? Event.....

"Series"-ously Awesome Contest!

So in reading over the post, yeah, I seem to have forgotten something....to tell you exactly how many winners there will be! DOH! Sorry bout that...I'm blaming the excitement of the event. Now that the contest is over and the winners have been drawn, I'll let you in on that great big secret...there WAS going to be 3 US winners of 2 books a piece from the stack in the photo, but I'm feeling generous today (hehe) and so I'm adding a fourth winner of the last lonely book in the pile...and 1 winner of the Generation Dead book of course....

See? It all works out and wouldn't you know....every winner drawn won one or more of the books they were asking for? YAY!

Here we go!

The winners are as follows....

#23 - Melanie L

The Year of Disappearances by Susan Hubbard

Powers by John B. Olson

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#63 - Kika

The Brain Full of Holes by Martin Chatterton

The Ranger's Apprentice, Book 2: The Burning Bridge by John Flanagan (SIGNED)

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#24 - aLmYbNeNr

Presumed Innocent by Scott Turow, Alice in Wonderland and Philosophy by William Irwin and Richard Brian Davis

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#1 - Lydia Presley

Spaceheadz by Jon Scieszka

Who says that the first entry never wins...HA!

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#129 - Bella

Generation Dead, Book 3: Passing Strange by Daniel Waters (INTL)

Congratulations! You now have 48 hours to respond to the email I sent you to claim your prize, unless of course you included your full mailing information when entering. If a response is not received in the allotted time frame, I'll have to draw another winner, a task I certainly won't enjoy, but will carry out if required. (Yeah...please don't make me do it.....)

Special thanks to everyone that participated in the Got Books? Event....whether here on my site or on the main one. I hope you had a blast and discovered some great new sites, books, authors, publishers....well, all things bookish. Thanks to the illustrious skills of Bella over at A Girl Reads a Book we have a very special badge for those of you that participated in this inaugural event!

Isn't it bookishly marvelous?

Feel free to snag one for your site.

THANKS BELLA!

Until next time....happy reading!

Friday, July 23, 2010

The 1st Annual Got Books? Event has ARRIVED!

Welcome everyone!

Today is the day that you've all been waiting for as Satisfaction for Insatiable Readers is proud to present the FIRST annual ....

As a co-conspirator behind this (what has become a massive) event, I'd like to take a quick second to thank you...my readers, fellow bloggers, and all the bookish (and non-bookish) folks that take a moment of their time to visit my site, read the posts, enter the contests, leave comments and the like. It is much appreciated so thank you from my bookish heart to yours.

Second a quick shout out to my partner in crime for this event...Danielle from There's A Book. Working together, we were able to see this event come full circle, from idea to project to oh-my-word-look-how-big-it-is and finally to what you see before you (well, not just here, of course, but the site itself). Thank you Danielle for all your assistance and great feedback sessions even in the wee hours of the morning (yes, we were working the day shift, night shift, graveyard shift...may have invented a new shift even....to get this one done). I hope everyone has a blast!

Enough of this mushy show of emotion....on with the show!
May I present my contribution to the contest portion of this event, which I am calling the....

"Series"-ously Awesome Contest!

That's right!
Why is it "series"-ously awesome?
I'm glad you asked.
We all love a good series, as in multiple books that form an overall story...and that's what I aim to bring you the chance to win in this contest. Below you will find a picture of the books up for grabs....

Pretty huh?

Each of the titles featured can be read as a stand alone if you'd like, or simply used to whet your appetite to indulge in the series.

Let's take a closer look...

Presumed Innocent by Scott Turow

It's sequel, Innocent, was just released this year.

For a sneak peek...my review.

The Year of Disappearances by Susan Hubbard

Book two in a series that just had it's third installment released this month...haven't had the pleasure of reading this one quite yet, but here's a peek at book one...my review...

Powers by John B. Olson

Book two in this series....

The Brain Full of Holes by Martin Chatterton

Book two in a very fun children's series....definitely works on it's own, but why would you want to miss the other installment? My review of book one, and two....

Spaceheadz by Jon Scieszka (ARC)

Book one is this series...just released this year too...sneak peek anyone? My review...

Alice in Wonderland and Philosophy by William Irwin and Richard Brian Davis

So it's not your typical series, but it IS part of a series of books that explores popular culture in philosophy...so see, it works...and a sneak peek with my review...

The Ranger's Apprentice, Book 2: The Burning Bridge by John Flanagan

Book two in this popular children's series....it's a hardback, minus the protective cover, plus a small black marker mark on the bottom, otherwise GREAT condition, but it does have one advantage.....IT'S SIGNED! Yup!

The ones listed above are open to US entries only...but don't worry, I didn't forget all those worldwide readers out there....

This next one is open to one and all...

(1) brand new copy of Generation Dead, Book 3: Passing Strange by Daniel Waters

(courtesy of Leanee at Non-Fiction Books)

Sound good?

I thought it might.

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How to enter:

Fill out the FORM.

(Hmm...I hope I made that big enough...hehe)

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The rules:

*The books pictured in the stack photo are open to US mailing addresses only, but the copy of Generation Dead, Book 3 is open to one and all! No P. O. Boxes please.

* Entries will be accepted from Friday, July 23rd, 2010 through Saturday, July 24th, 2010 at midnight CST. The entries will be tallied and entered into the random.org randomizer, after which a random number will be picked by their number generator. (This way all the entries are mixed up nicely.)

* All entries must be submitted using the form accessible through this post. You MUST include your email address in order to be counted as well as contacted should you be chosen as the winner!

*The winner will be announced and contacted via email by Monday, July 25th, 2010 and will have 48 hours to respond with their mailing address, unless of course it was provided in the entry form initially. Should they fail to respond in the given time frame, a new winner will be chosen.

*Winners name and address will be used by yours truly or forwarded to the appropriate sponsor for prize send out only and then discarded.

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