One-Year Blogoversary and Giveaway

It’s hard to believe, but I started Mommy’s Reading Break one year ago today! I had been writing reviews on Goodreads and thinking about starting a blog, but I ultimately started it so I could participate in Top Ten Tuesday! When I first started, I was obsessed with memes and did 5 per week! Now I’m down to 1-3, depending on the week!

In the last year, I have read 119 books and posted 107 reviews! I’ve done a couple of giveaways and had a couple of discussions.

In the next year, I really hope to continue to grow my blog but to not put so much pressure on myself! No one’s going to like reading my blog if all my reviews suck because I’m stressing myself out to read certain books and so many books per week so that I can have 3 reviews posted each week. This is supposed to be fun, and I have to remind myself of that sometimes!

As a thank you to my followers, I’m doing a giveaway. I really struggled with what I wanted to do, but I think the greatest gift I can give you is a book that I loved, so the way this is going to work is that one winner is going to get to choose to receive a physical or e-copy of any book I’ve rated 4.5 or 5 stars over the past year. To make it easier, I’ll compile a list! (I excluded novellas.)

                         

4.5 stars

City of Glass (The Mortal Instruments #3) by Cassandra Clare
Dare You To (Pushing the Limits #2) by Katie McGarry
Days of Blood & Starlight (Daughter of Smoke & Bone #2) by Laini Taylor
Hallowed (Unearthly #2) by Cynthia Hand
The Moon Dwellers by David Estes
My Date From Hell (Blooming Goddess Trilogy #2) by Tellulah Darling
One Tiny Lie (Ten Tiny Breaths #2) by K.A. Tucker
Shark Out of Water (Grab Your Pole #3) by Jenn Cooksey
Ten Tiny Breaths by K.A. Tucker
Unearthly by Cynthia Hand

5 stars

Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver
Boundless (Unearthly #3) by Cynthia Hand
Daughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini Taylor
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
If I Die (Soul Screamers #5) by Rachel Vincent
My Soul to Steal (Soul Screamers #4) by Rachel Vincent
The Other Fish in the Sea (Grab Your Pole #2) by Jenn Cooksey
Parallel by Lauren Miller
Pivot Point by Kasie West
Pushing the Limits by Katie McGarry
Reboot by Amy Tintera
Sever (Chemical Garden Trilogy #3) by Lauren DeStefano
Shark Bait (Grab Your Pole #1) by Jenn Cooksey
The Sun Dwellers (The Dwellers Saga #3) by David Estes
Unravel Me (Shatter Me #2) by Tahereh Mafi
With All My Soul (Soul Screamers #7) by Rachel Vincent

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6-month Blogoversary Giveaway

I started Mommy’s Reading Break on November 20, 2012 after thinking about it for months. Hard to believe I’ve been blogging for 6 months already!

In that amount of time, I have posted 59 reviews, gone to my first author signing, and a lot more. I’ve read some great books and met some great bloggers. I really appreciate all my readers and followers, and I hope to continue to read great books and write reviews that you enjoy reading.

Shark Bait by Jenn Cooksey was the first book I wrote a full review about and one of the first ones I posted here. I talk to her sometimes on Twitter, and she’s really cool. She recently released the second book in her Grab Your Pole series, The Other Fish in the Sea, and it was equally wonderful. I think as an indie author, she is easily overlooked, but I think she is an amazing author. So, in order to celebrate my 6-month blogoversary, I am giving away ebooks of her series. The winner will be able to choose between an ebook of Shark Bait or The Other Fish in the Sea. The books are available on both Amazon and B&N, so let me know which device you would prefer!

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