Castle Macabre - I delight in what I fear...: winners

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Thursday, September 27, 2012

Winner of One Year Blogoversary!

I apologize for the long delay in announcing the winner. Without further ado, the winner is...

Lianne from The Towering Pile

Congrats! I have emailed her and her choice was Duma Key (unless she changed her mind).

Monday, June 4, 2012

Winners of the Unspent Time Launch Event

"I'm very polite by nature, even the voices in my head let each other finish their sentences." Graham Parke, Unspent Time

I'd originally planned to have a monkey draw two random numbers out of a hat (then use the inverse hexadecimal value - because you cannot trust monkeys, not at the prices I'm willing to pay) but apparently there are laws against monkey labor. There are permits involved. It's a whole thing. So instead I asked a friend to think of two random numbers while dressed in a monkey suit, without telling him what the numbers were for. This seemed sufficiently random to me, although it later occurred to me how worrying it was that my friend would actually do this without ever asking why. There might be a thinly veiled cry for help in there somewhere...

Kindle Fire Winner:

Cecilia Huddleston

Kindle Touch Winner:

Kathy Habel

A big thank you to all the bloggers and readers who supported the Unspent Time launch event (especially those who bought multiple versions of the weird little novels that wrecked a thousand reasonably useful minds.)

Anyway, here's the results, thank you all for joining in, winners will be contacted and forced to accept prizes, let me know if you ever come across bits in the novels you like, stay healthy and sane,

Graham Parke

“We played for about half an hour before I realized we were actually playing two different games. What I’d thought of as ludo was actually a game called gin rummy, and what Warren was playing seemed to be a mixture of craps and table tennis. Once we started playing by one consistent set of rules, though, the fun was really over.” Graham Parke, No Hope for Gomez!

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Giveaway Winners!

I have some giveaway winners to announce. Congrats to you all!

Winner of Vermin (eBook short story anthology)...

Sue B/katsrus

Two eBook copies of Where the Dead Fear To Tread--winners...

ceileen71@yahoo(dot)com

and

Tiffany

Frightful Fall Reviewers Challenge Winners...

First place--Naida @ The Bookworm (she chose The Box and Bespelling Jane Austen)

Second place--Whitney @ She is to Fond of Books (Whitney, I need you to contact me...I sent you an email)

Third Place--Moirae (the fates) Book Reviews (you will receive the remaining two books from the six, after Whitney makes her choices)

Monday, October 10, 2011

Frightful Fall Read-a-Thon: Wrap-Up, Winners, and a Thank You

The Frightful Fall Read-a-Thon has ended. *sniffle* I think this was the funnest read-a-thon I've hosted thus far. Not that I got much reading done, but I just LOVE hosting. I had so many enthusiastic participants and contributors. I know I host seasonal read-a-thons four times a year so it's a no-brainer that I will host again next year, but I've decided to make the Frightful Fall Read-a-Thon an annual event. However, to match the hashtag we used this year on Twitter, I'm going to change the name to FrightFall Read-a-Thon. Wish I would have thought of it for this one. Oh well, it will keep until next year!

***If you completed a wrap-up post and would like to share, please post the link to your post in the comments. I will stop by and visit!***

So, what did I get read this time?

The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss (this was a finish up--387 pages)
Invisible Sun by S.J. Davis (142 pages)
The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan (60 pages)
Total pages read during read-a-thon: 589

Total books read during read-a-thon: 2.25 (really 1.75...since I finished Name of the Wind, but it's a really long book!)

FINAL WINNERS

Day 7 Particpant winners:
Ashley @ The Bookish Brunette
Melissa @ Must Read Faster
Lit Addicted Brit

Mini-Challenge #3
Melissa @ Must Read Faster
Moirae (the fates) Book Reviews
Sherri @ Urban Girl Reader

Trivia Mini-Challenge
Tobe @ Wading Through the Ocean of Life
Tiffany @ Tiffany A. Higgins Book Reviews and News

Congratulations to you all! Please head over to the PRIZE PAGE and choose your prize. Remember, prize choice is on a first come basis so depending on who gets back to me first, the prize you choose may not be available. However, there are just enough prizes to go around to all winners. Please email me your selection at TRUEBOOKADDICTatGMAILdotCOM.

A THANK YOU!

I would like to thank the following authors for their generosity in donating prizes for the read-a-thon. Without them, this read-a-thon would not have been so successful. You all rock!!!

Rob Blackwell
Pamela Kinney
S.J. Davis
Axel Howerton
Kathleen S. Allen
Karen Essex
Brenda Wallace
J.L. Murphey
Morgan Kearns

And a thank you to all the bloggers who hosted mini-challenges/giveaways. You were such a help to me and I appreciate you more than you know!

Melissa @ Must Read Faster
Julie @ Knitting and Sundries

Sherri @ Urban Girl Reader
Julie @ My Book Retreat
Back of the Book Reviews
SenoraG @ Telly Says
Kai @ Fiction State of Mind
Midnyte Reader

Also, a thank you to all participants. Without you, there wouldn't be a read-a-thon so thank you for signing up and reading with me! Stay tuned for my winter read-a-thon in January and, if you're a fan of Christmas, I will once again be hosting my annual Christmas Reading Challenge via my Christmas blog, The Christmas Spirit. It will run from the week of Thanksgiving throught Epiphany/Twelfth Night. Details and sign-ups will be coming soon. Until then, I'll be seeing you around the myriad read-a-thons going on around the blogosphere because I, for one, cannot resist a read-a-thon!

Sunday, October 9, 2011

Frightful Fall Read-a-Thon: Day 6 Winners!

I have winners for the day 6 read-a-thon participant giveaway! The winners are:

Sophia @ Sophia's Book Blog

Marla @ Starting the Next Chapter

Whitney @ She Is Too Fond Of Books

Congratulations, ladies! Head over to the PRIZE PAGE and choose a prize. Email your selection to me at truebookaddictATgmailDOTcom

Saturday, October 8, 2011

Frightful Fall Read-a-Thon: Day Five Winners!

As promised, I have increased the daily winners to three instead of two. The winners of the day five participant giveaway are:

Risa @ Breadcrumb Reads

Danielle @ Coffee, Chaos, and a Bookshelf

Diana @ Little Miss Drama Queen

Congratulations, ladies! Head over to the PRIZE PAGE and choose a prize. Email your selection to me at truebookaddictATgmailDOTcom

Friday, October 7, 2011

Frightfall Fall Read-a-Thon: Mini-Challenge 2 Winners!

The winners of mini-challenge #2 are:

Aleksandra @ Aleksandra's Corner

SenoraG @ Telly Says

Julie @ Knitting and Sundries

Congrats! Head over to the PRIZE PAGE and pick out your prize. Email your selection to me at truebookaddictATgmailDOTcom

I will be posting Mini-Challenge #3 tonight and a little scary trivia contest. Both of these will stay open until the end of the read-a-thon on Sunday (11:59pm CST). Also, since we have so many prizes, I'm increasing the number of daily winners from two to three! More chances to win. =O)

Hope everyone is enjoying the read-a-thon and getting a lot more reading done than me! LOL!