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Win a Signed Copy of Rump by Liesl Shurtliff

March 13, 2015 By Jessica Filed Under: Giveaways 1 Comment

Last year, the day before I had my baby, we had an awesome book club where the author came and visited. Today I'm finally writing about it! We got to chat over Skype with Liesl Shurtliff, the author of Rump: The True Story of Rumplestiltskin. Our group loved Rump and we were excited to hear that ... Read More »

 Posted on: March 13, 2015 8:09 am By Jessica Filed Under: Giveaways | Tagged With: Book Club
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Austenland Prize Pack Giveaway!

February 4, 2014 By Jessica Filed Under: Giveaways 59 Comments

Austenland is coming out on DVD and Blu-ray on February 11 and to celebrate I have a prize pack to give away to one winner!  The prize pack includes: Mini Austenland Poster Pink "I love Mr. Darcy" bag A copy of Austenland signed by author Shannon Hale 1 copy of the film 1 T-shirt (sizes vary) How awesome is that!? I loved ... Read More »

 Posted on: February 4, 2014 1:00 am By Jessica Filed Under: Giveaways |
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Dusty Bookshelf 2013 Wrap-up + GIVEAWAY

December 23, 2013 By Jessica Filed Under: Giveaways, Reading Challenge 20 Comments

Hey everyone! I'm wrapping up the Dusty Bookshelf challenge for this year.  How did you all do?  I'm really excited that I finished my goal of 10 books! I think that's the most I've ever done for this challenge. As much as I love this challenge, I'm sadly going to have to retire it here on ... Read More »

 Posted on: December 23, 2013 1:03 pm By Jessica Filed Under: Giveaways, Reading Challenge | Tagged With: Dusty Bookshelf, Giveaway
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Robin LaFevers Book Signing + Giveaway

April 8, 2013 By Jessica Filed Under: Book Signing, Giveaways 10 Comments

On Thursday, April 4th I got to meet who wrote Grave Mercy and the sequel, Dark Triumph.  It was sponsored by The King's English and held at the Sprague Library.  I've never been there before and it was gorgeous! This is my summary of the night. Pen Names Robin also goes by the pen name R.L. Lafevers. ... Read More »

 Posted on: April 8, 2013 10:21 am By Jessica Filed Under: Book Signing, Giveaways |
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