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Well, what do you know – It’s my blogoversary!! It’s been three years since I started book blogging and I am still having a blast! I love chatting with fellow book lovers and discovering new books and authors to read. And I love spreading the word about books I love.
I have to give a huge Thank You virtual hug to my associate reviewer J9, who not only writes great reviews but is someone I consider a great friend. We send a lot of emails back and forth and I’m so glad I’ve gotten to know her. If only we lived closer so we could meet up in person and I could give her a great big hug :)
I’d also like to thank Sophia, who is always there for me, even when I ask the most bizarre questions. She’s someone I look up to and I’m happy to have known her for 8 years now.
I would also like to thank Brie from Romance Around the Corner and Nicole from The Book Pushers, both of whom I consider my personal book pimps. Since we have similar tastes in reading, these are my go-to gals for recommendations.
And finally, thank YOU for visiting and reading The Book Vixen! To show my appreciation, I’m giving away a book, winner’s choice (up to $10USD).
One lucky winner will receive a book of their choice (up to $10USD)!!
- Giveaway open Internationally, wherever The Book Depository ships. Winner can choose to get a Kindle ebook instead (up to $10USD) from Amazon.com (US).
- You must fill out the Rafflecopter form in order to enter this giveaway.
- Please read TBV's Giveaway Policy before entering.
- Giveaway ends 9:01 pm (Pacific Time) on 9/4/2012.
Good luck to all who enter!
I can never decide on what my favorite book is, I've read too many good ones! So far this year, I've really loved Illuminate by Aimee Agresti.
ReplyDeleteI'll check that one out, thanks!
DeleteAh, you're too kind, friend. I've had a blast getting to know you too & I'm convinced one day I'll knock on your door for surprise tea time ;-) (don't worry, I'll bring everything, including a little nip'o'something to spike the tea!)
ReplyDeleteCongrats on your blog-iversary& here's to many more years!
LOL!!! See, this is why I'm glad we're friends :)
DeleteOMG! Thank you so much, Brianna! You're making me cry. You have no idea how much I appreciate your kind words. Just to give you an idea, the first time you commented on my blog I had a major fan-girl moment because I've been a fan of your blog even before I started blogging and I admire what you have done. It also helps that you're awesome.
ReplyDeleteHappy blogoversary and keep up the good work!
Also, those balloons look like boobs ;-)
Now you're making ME cry!!
DeleteI'm going to see boobs every time I look at that image for the next 2 weeks! Durty girl, you ;)
Congratulations!!!
ReplyDeleteThank you :)
DeleteMy favorite so far is Germinal by Emile Zola, it's beautifully written.
ReplyDeleteI'll check it out :)
DeleteHappy Birthday!!!! Thanks for the giveaway!
ReplyDeleteThanks!
DeleteProbably Thirteen Reasons Why. So eye-opening!
ReplyDeleteI've read Thirteen Reasons Why and totally agree!
DeleteHey congrats and thanks for the giveaway! I can't pick one book, but I did discover the JD Robb series this year and have been devouring them!
ReplyDeleteI read the first book but the romance between Eve and Roarke felt flat to me. I will try the second book (someday) before throwing in the towel.
DeleteHappy Blogiversary!!!!!
ReplyDeleteIt's hard to pick just one.
One of my favorites this year is Cat Scratch Fever by Jodi Redford.
That sounds really good! I just added it to my TBR list. Thx :)
DeleteHappy Blogoversary!!
ReplyDeleteI'll pick 2, instead of one. : )
The Selection by Cass and The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight.
Thanks for the giveaway!
The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight sounds interesting. I'll add it to my TBR list :)
DeleteIt's always great to celebrate a blogaversery! :D Congrats on turning three hun! :D
ReplyDeleteShreya
Chocolate Coated Reviews
Thank you :)
DeleteHappy Blogversary and many more :)
ReplyDeleteThanks hun!
DeleteHappy Blogoversary!
ReplyDeleteHmm...I have read so many good ones. Recently though I am reading the Feral Warriors Series by Pamela Palmer and loving them!
Oooohh, I love that series! What's your favorite so far? I think Passion Untamed, Skye & Paenther's story is my favorite. They're definitely dark books with lots of violence but I still love that series. You caught up or still getting there? I can't wait to find out what happens!
DeleteThe dude on the first cover is nekkid! (yeah, I'm actually like a school girl) I'll check this series out. Thx!
DeleteUm...isn't the point nekkid men!? ;-)
DeleteAs long as they're hot ;)
Deletehmmm... Easy by Tammara Webber or Pushing The Limits by Katie McGarrey. Angelfall by Susan Ee is amazing, too! It's angels of the apocalypse!
ReplyDeleteI loved Pushing The Limits! I've got Angelfall on my Kindle and Easy on my TBR list :)
DeleteDefinitely The Fault in Our Stars. Happy blog birthday & thanks for the chance to win!
ReplyDeleteI just know I'll need a box of tissues for this one. LOL
DeleteI've just started to follow your blog this year, I'm glad I found you because I found some good books.
ReplyDeleteYay!!
DeleteMy favorite book so far this year is The Girlfriend Curse by Valerie Frankel.
ReplyDeleteI'll check it out :)
DeleteI really enjoyed the Leviathan series by Scott Westerfeld in audiobook form. Unfortunately, they lack the illustrations of the paper form, but Alan Cumming's reading was excellent!
ReplyDeleteI tried reading that one a couple years ago. Maybe I'll try to pick it up again....
DeleteThree years, congrats!
ReplyDeleteThank you!
DeleteSurprisingly, my favorite read so far this year is a book called The Persian Pickle Club. I discovered it from my local book club. Every other book club kit was checked out so we ended up with this one and it was AWESOME! Anyway, happy Blogiversary!
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Recent Post: Review: The Gallows Curse by Karen Maitland
I wish I had a local book club! Perhaps there is one and I don't know about it.....
DeleteHappy Blogoversary! Hope you have many for years to come. :)
ReplyDeleteThank you!
DeleteHappy 3rd Blogversary!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite book this year - now that's hard. I love them all but FEVER by Joan Swan stands out. On the YA I really enjoyed EVERY OTHER DAY by Barnes.
I'll check these out, thx!
DeleteCongrats on 3 glorious years - and here's to many more! You're a year older than me! ;-)
ReplyDeleteMy favourite read this year...? Hmmm...tough one but I did love The Iron Seas by Meljean Brook - it just hit me from nowhere and I love the imagination to create that world! I'm just about to start Heart of Steel which I hope will be just a good! :-)
I actually have the first book but haven't gotten to it yet. Guess I need to get on that one, eh?
DeleteHappy Blogoversary! My blog is 3 years old too! Some reason, earlier this year I thought it was like 4 or 5, but nope. It's 3! Almost 4 now! That's so awesome! I remember your blog being one of the first that I began to follow!
ReplyDeleteI would recommend Tiger Lily! Not sure if you are a total YA fan or if you've read it yet, but I sooooo loved it! It was incredible!
Happy Blogoversary! Hope you have many more happy years of blogging to come!
Oooh, a fairy tale retelling. I'll have to check that one out. Thx!
DeleteHappy Blogoversary! So exciting! I just recently read Hush, Hush and Crescendo and I loved them. But I know you've already read those, so I'll recommend The Hunt by Andrew Fukuda. It was a great book!
ReplyDeleteI've been wanting to read The Hunt! Hopefully I'll be able to get my hands on a copy soon :)
DeleteHappy Blogoversary to one of my favorite book reviewers!!! smiles....
ReplyDeleteAwww, thanks!!
DeleteCongrats on your blogversary! I've been following this blog for at least two years now and it's one of my favorites.
ReplyDeleteThe best book I read this year was a reread of an old Loveswept called Lightning That Lingers, by Sharon and Tom Curtis. I read it in the 1980's when it was first published and then reread it this year after it was reissued. Definitely one of the best category romances I've ever read. For something a bit more recent though, I'd have to say my favorite read of the year was About Last Night, by Ruthie Knox.
I'll check out Lightning That Lingers, thx! About Last Night was a good read. I can't wait to read her other novel, Ride with Me.
DeleteHappy aniversary and congratulations on making three years.
ReplyDeleteFavorite books so far:
Too many to count but Seven Sexy Sins by Serenity Woods is my most recent and I loved it.
Marika
ma1725@gmail.com
That sounds like a really good read! I just added it to my TBR list, so thank you :)
DeleteHappy Blogoversary!!!! I love your blog and I visit almost every day :)
ReplyDeleteMy fav book is usually the one that I'm reading right now or just finished. So I'd have to say Moonglow (Darkest London 2) by Kristen Callihan :)
I've heard about Moonglow on Twitter. I'll check it out :)
DeleteCongrats to YOU! You put a lot of heart and soul into this blog and it really shows. Here's to many more! Cheers!
ReplyDeleteThank you!
DeleteHappy blogoversary!! And here's to many more:)
ReplyDeleteThanks :)
DeleteI really liked Her Worst Best Mistake by Sarah Mayberry.
ReplyDeleteoooh, I have that one on my Kindle :)
DeleteMy favorite book this year has been a non-fiction book: The Boy Who Came Back From Heaven by Kevin and Alex Malarkey.
ReplyDeleteSounds like I would need tissues for that one (just going by the title).
DeleteI have read so many great books already this year! I loved Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas and Imogen Roses' Bonfire Academy Chronicles series, both super good!
ReplyDeleteI have Throne of Glass and actually started reading it, but I had to put it aside to read another book. What I have read of ToG so far was good so I can't wait to pick it back up again. I'll check out your other rec :)
DeleteCongratulations. Thanks for the awesome giveaway. Tore923@aol.com
ReplyDeleteHappy Anniversary Book Vixen my favorite book this year has been Angel chronicles by Amy Lignor book one is Until Next Time very good series!
ReplyDeleteI'll check it out, thx!
DeleteCongrats on 3 Years! Wishing you many, many more!
ReplyDeletePicking a favorite is really hard for me because I start sounding like this "Well I really liked 'insert book name here' and 'insert another book name here'" and well it will just go on and on and on... A couple standouts that haven't been named yet are My Life Next Door and Melt Into You. Which are completely on opposite ends of the spectrum. But that is me!
I'll check them out, thx :)
DeleteHappy blogoversary! One of my fav reads this year was Soulless by Gail Carriger
ReplyDeleteI've been meaning to read that one :)
DeleteYeah! Happy 3 years! That's wonderful!
ReplyDeleteWell I'm really enjoying The Siren by Tiffany Reisz. It's romance/erotica. Hot and with a really incredible story!
Thanks for the giveaway!
I've heard some really interesting things about that book ;)
DeleteHappy 3rd Anniversary! I only discovered this blog earlier this yesr, and I'm so glad I did. I've found tons of interesting reads through here. I read quite a few books so far this year that I'd count as my favorites. Among the most memorable are:
ReplyDeleteThe Last Warrior by Kristen Kyle
Fifty Shames of Earl Grey by Fanny Merkin aka Andrew Shaffer
JUMP by Cindy Paterson
Wicked Burn by Beth Kery
Wishing you many more blogoversaries to come, and thank you for the giveaway!
msromanticreads at gmail dot com
Thanks for the recs!
DeleteCongrats on your 3 years of blogging, blogging is so much fun and I love meeting all kinds of friends who read all the different genre's. I love books and it is nice to mingle with other individuals who love them too. I have my own site as well and like you I have read many great reads who are my favorite. I do read different genre's even though most of them are romance, however I just read a great paranormal romance called "Primal Song" by Danica Avet and absolutely loved it - it was about cat shifters who were a heavy metal band - LOL I found it ironic that Lions roar - LOL Then I read a Sci-fi romance called "Love's Captive" by Myra Nour and loved it too - LOL There are so many favorites I have it is hard to choose.
ReplyDeleteThere are a few books I have on my wish list and I hope to buy them one day. There is a fantasy author by the name of Terry Brooks and he has a new release coming out the last week in August and I am so jonesing for that book - LOL
I hope you enjoy your awesome celebration day. I'm glad I got your invite through goodreads. Thank you for that.
Thank you for the recs :)
DeleteCongrats on the blogoversary! Yay 3 years is awesome!
ReplyDeleteThx!
DeleteI loved Larissa Ione's LETHAL RIDER! It is the 3rd book of the Lords of Deliverance series, a spin off from the Demonica series. Both are wonderful paranormal series, great characters and world building, action, and hot romance :)
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DeleteCongrats on your 3rd Blogoversary!!! That is just awesome :)
I think I actually have that book on my shelf! I need to read it.
DeleteMy favorite read this year so far is Stray by Rachel Vincent. The first bok in the Werecat series.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed reading that one too. I need to read the rest of the series.
DeleteThanks so much for making this an international comp :0) Have a very happy 3rd aniversary !!!!!
ReplyDeleteThx!
DeleteHappy Blogaversary!!! :D
ReplyDeleteI would recommend a series, The Secret Mcqueen series by Sierra Dean :D
I have the first book on my Kindle and I've been itching to read it!! I need to bump it up my TBR pile ;)
DeleteHappu Blogaversary =D
ReplyDeleteWishing you a another wonderful blogging year! Enjoy this one :)
ReplyDeleteOne of my favorite reads this year is The Witness by Nora Roberts. I know you recently discovered Nora Roberts (me too, only a couple of years) and the good thing is that her backlist goes on forever ;)
Happy 3rd Blogoversary Brianna, here is to many years to come!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite reads this year so far have been a recent find from Netgalley, Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuire (and one from an author who cannot believe keeps getting better) & Gunmetal Magic by husband wife team of Ilona Andrews.
Happy Blogoversary, Brianna. One of my favorite reads was Shawntelle Madison's debut "Coveted."
ReplyDeleteCongratulations.
ReplyDeleteCongrats! Three years?!?! Wow.
ReplyDeleteAnd I loved Obsidian. :D
congratulations! Ohmygosh...favorite book? Um...Oh! The Taker and The Reckoning by Alma Katsu! Hands down, my favorite series this year. :)
ReplyDeleteHappy Third Blogoversary!
ReplyDeleteI've read a lot of great books this year, but two that really stand out are Jenn Bennett's Kindling the Moon and Summoning the Night.
Happy Third Blogoversary! congrats to you :)
ReplyDeletehappy 3rd!
ReplyDeletethis year? i do plenty of re-reads.. so i guess it's still in death series by JD Robb
Congratulations on three years.
ReplyDeleteEveryday Karma by Carmen Harra was a top read for me.
CONGRATS and happy Blogoversary!!!!
ReplyDeleteIt's tough to choose just one, but probably either Firelight by Kristen Callihan or Sacrificial Magic by Stacia Kane.
ReplyDeleteCongrats on turning 3!
ReplyDeleteI just read Alice in Zombieland by Gena Showalter, was really good. I'd say my favorite read this year has been The Dark Unwinding by Sharon Cameron followed closely by Dante's Girl by Courtney Cole and then The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight by Jennifer E. Smith.
Sacrificial Magic by Stacia Kane
ReplyDeleteHAPPY 3rd! You don't look a day over 2. ;)
I absolutely loved BORN WICKED by Jessica Spotswood.
ReplyDeletePure by Jennifer L. Armentrout
ReplyDeletebtw, happy 3 year blogoversary!!!!
My favourite book of the year so far has been Gunmetal Magic by Ilona Andrews.
ReplyDeleteI think my favorite book this year is Unspoken by Sarah Rees Brennan.
ReplyDeleteCongrats of the blogoversary.
ReplyDeleteI really loved Shatter Me this year.
Happy blogoversary Brianna! Here is to many more happy years of bloggingfun and awesome books to read!
ReplyDeleteI am going to pimp Jean Author - Theirs not to reason why - series, the second book is just published, and it is just awesome. But more paranormal science fiction...
Congradulations!!!! :D I don't like to pick favorites BUT I've really enjoyed Believe by E. Leighanne Grimm-Weever and Bared to You by Sylvia Day.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations!!
ReplyDeleteSo happy to see you thriving! I do not have a favorite book at this time however I can say that this year I found out about so many "new to me" authors and have had so much fun reading their books (catching up to read the newest) and that is because of twitter and blogs.
Thanks for the chance
Pam
tpibrew@msn.com
Best book by far this year just has to be Sweet Evil by Wendy Higgins! I cant get over how much I loved that book! :D
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely loved The Healer of Fox Hollow! Congrats on your blogoversary - can't wait to see what the next year will bring.
ReplyDeleteEasy by Tammara Webber. I think you would really like it. I'll be posting my review next week. It's great contemporary mature YA.
ReplyDeleteHappy 3 years!!
Happy Blogoversary! I would have to say that the best book I've read so far this year (gah! so hard) would be: Insurgent by Veronica Roth, Delirium by Lauren Oliver, Ten Girls to Watch by Charity Shumway.
ReplyDeleteIt's so difficult to pick just one, but I really, really loved MONUMENT 14.
ReplyDeleteCongrats! The time flies, doesn't it? Thanks also for the great contest.
ReplyDeleteCongrats and happy blogoversary. So far my favorite is Jill Shalvis Lucky Harbor series.
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Happy blogoversary BV!! I can't believe it's been three years already. Yay!!! xoxox
ReplyDeleteHappy blogoversary BV!!!! I just hooked up reading J Frost series and fell in love with Bones!!!
ReplyDeleteCongrats and Happy Blogoversary!!!! I really loved A Touch of Crimson by Sylvia Day and Messenger's Angel by Heather Killough-Walden
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed Seducing Cinderella!
ReplyDeleteI love the Charlie Madigan Series and so I loved Shadows Before the Sun by Kelly Gay
ReplyDeleteWishing you a happy birthday - love this site
ReplyDeleteI'd have to say I liked Grave Mercy the best. Although Storm Dancer was pretty good too. :) Happy blogoversary!
ReplyDeleteHappy blogoversary! I came across 2 awesome books from debut authors this year which have become my current fav reads: Firelight (Kristen Callihan) and Vengeance Borm (Kylie Griffin)
ReplyDeleteCongrats and Happy Blogoversary!! I loved Pushing the Limits by Katie McGarry and I also started the Kate Daniels series this summer, which I completely adore :)
ReplyDeleteHappy Blogoversary! Three years is a long time these days. My favorite book most recently was Oracle Moon by Thea Harrison.
ReplyDeleteCongrats. My favorite so far this summer would be Giving It Up by Amber Lin. Thx for giveaway.
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Happy Blogoversary!! :D
ReplyDeleteMy favourite read this year has to be Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi, it's amazing!! :)
Some of my favorite reads include A Work in Progress by Brad Cotton, Lane Diamond's Forgive Me, Alex, Michael Rothman's Prophecy series. :)
ReplyDeleteBest reads, hmmm. Probably City of Lost Souls, Divergent, This Side of the Grave, One Grave at a Time and many others which I couldn't remember :P
ReplyDeleteI'd have to say Drowning Instinct by Ilsa J. Bick. I read it in January and I still can't stop thinking about it!
ReplyDeleteHappy Blogoversary!! Congrats at turning 3!
ReplyDeleteSara
HarlequinJunkie.com
I would probably take a pre-ordered copy of "52 Reasons to Hate my Father" or "Darkness before Dawn" just because I've heard such good things about both :) Happy Birthday!!
ReplyDeleteWell, I love:
ReplyDeleteSweet Evil by Wendy Higgins, the Lux series by Jennifer L. Armentrout, Alice in Zombieland by Gena Showalter and Pushing the Limits by Katie McGarry!
Thanks for the great giveaway!
ReplyDeleteOne of my favorite reads this year so far was The Fault In Our Stars by John Green
Happy Blogoversary!
ReplyDeleteHappy 3rd Birthday =)
Thanks for the giveaway.
Uhmmm... It's hard to pick my favorite reads for this year. I've read a lot. Instead of which book, I'll choose my favorite series. Dark-Hunter series by Sherrilyn Kenyon definitely my favorite. I love those men! Hahahhaha..
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the giveaway and Happy Blogoversary!
Darkest Seduction or Sacrificial Magic :) Congrats!!!
ReplyDeleteDarkest Seduction or Sacrificial Magic :) Congrats!!!
ReplyDeleteHappy Blogoversary!
ReplyDeleteIt's so hard to choose one favorite. But one of my favorites was 13 by Kelley Armstrong. Thanks.
Mmm...it's been a busy time for me in terms of reading! So many great books out there. Let's see...I really enjoyed THE UNLIKELY PILGRIMAGE OF HAROLD FRY by Rachel Joyce.
ReplyDeleteOh, and Happy 3rd Blogoversary! (My daughter also just turned three!) And as you must know, three is a lucky number. May you have a great year filled with great books and more followers! :D
Most likely you've read it already, but I really lvoed Shadow and Bone. :)
ReplyDeleteSo far,Pushing the limits is my favorite :D
ReplyDeleteI've read a lot of good books, but my favorite this year has been Abandon by Meg Cabot. Amazing book!
ReplyDeleteHapp anniversary!I just started reading book blogs this past year and i could kick myself lol Your blog and there are 2 others that i go to daily.Hmmm well i have read so many this year but i think i would have to say Ranshadow Road by Lisa Kleypas ,i won it on GR and had it done in 2 days lolty for giveaway.
ReplyDeleteHappy Blogoversary!! I hope you have many more! Thank you for the giveaway! My favorite book I've read this year is Poughkeepsie by Debra Anastasia. It is such a beautiful love story! Thanks again!
ReplyDeleteI would have to go with karen rose's last two books: no one left to tell and you belong to me
ReplyDeleteHappy 3rd Blogoversary! :))
ReplyDeleteSince I'm a book addict, it is impossible for me to choose just one favorite book I've read so far this year, so I'll be naming a few. Pandemonium by Lauren Oliver, Cinder by Marissa Meyer, Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers, Insurgent by Veronica Roth, Onyx by Jennifer L. Armentrout, and The Fault In Our Stars by John Green! ♥
Thanks for the ahhh-mazing giveaway! :D
Happy 3rd Blogoversary! It's so exciting every time that clock hits another year, eh?
ReplyDeleteWow! Way to make it hard on us poor addicts, asking us to name only ONE book! HAHAHA! Ok, so...here we go...I'm going to be bad and sneak two in:
Young Adult: Cryer's Cross by Lisa McMann
Adult: Within the Flames by Marjorie M Liu
Thanks for the giveaway!
The last book that I really rather liked was Eloisa James' fairy tale romances.
ReplyDeleteHappy 3rd Blogoversary!
ReplyDeleteHmm, my fave book this year so far? I have several, actually. The Hunger Games, Divergent and the most recent is Throne of Glass!
Thanks for hosting this giveaway!
Happy Blogoversary!
ReplyDeleteI have to say that my favorite read this year was Debra Anastasia's Crushed Seraphim Thanks Carin
Happy 3rd Blogoversary!!! *throws confetti*
ReplyDeleteUm, SO MANY. I think maybe The Fault In Our Stars by John Green :)
Congrats on the milestone!
ReplyDeleteFavourite read this year so far would be A Lady by Midnight by Tessa Dare :)
Congrats! My favorite and an unexpected surprise was Cinder!
ReplyDeleteThere are way too many to narrow it down to just one!!! The ones that stand out are: Larissa Ione's Lethal Rider, Chloe Neill's Biting Cold, and i came across the Darkest London series by Kristen Callihan and I loved it!!
ReplyDeleteSuch a difficult question to answer! Hmmm, I want everybody to read Chime by Franny Billingsley, so I'll go with that.
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