RCC Challenge: Love Will Find a Way

Hello everyone, and welcome to our fifth and final Review Copy Cleanup Challenge! Yes, the Review Copy Cleanup is coming to an end. Last week's winners have been chosen by Random.org and are announced here. If you're on the list but we haven't contacted you yet, don't worry, we will!

In the Love Will Find a Way Challenge we're sharing our all-time favourite books. If you were stuck on an island, or in a cave, which books would you bring? We're not limiting you to bring a certain amount of books, so give us your best!

As this is the final challenge, we're going out with a boom. There are four prize packs to win, containing these awesome books:

Prize pack 1 (Jennifer @ Some Like It Paranormal)

• A bath/soap basket, courtesy of Shannon Mayer (US only)
• An ebook copy of Fire Baptized by Kenya Wright
• An ebook copy of Covert Dreams by Michael Meyer
• An ebook copy of Jake West: The Keeper of the Stones by M J Webb
• An ebook copy of Jake West: Warriors of the Heynai by M J Webb
• An ebook copy of Lawless Justice by Karina Kantas
• An ebook copy of All's Fair in Vanities War by Karina Kantas + matching bookmarks

Prize pack 2 (Sweet Marie83 @ Ramblings of a Daydreamer)

• A signed paperback copy of American Girl by Tony Talbot
• An ebook copy of Fire Baptized by Kenya Wright
• An ebook copy of Covert Dreams by Michael Meyer
• An ebook copy of Jake West: The Keeper of the Stones by M J Webb
• An ebook copy of Jake West: Warriors of the Heynai by M J Webb
• An ebook copy of Lawless Justice by Karina Kantas
• An ebook copy of Justice by Jade Varden

Prize pack 3 (Erica @ Ink Spots And Roses)

• A signed paperback copy of Over the Mountains by Tony Talbot
• An ebook copy of Fire Baptized by Kenya Wright
• An ebook copy of Covert Dreams by Michael Meyer
• An ebook copy of Jake West: The Keeper of the Stones by M J Webb
• An ebook copy of Jake West: Warriors of the Heynai by M J Webb
• An ebook copy of Lawless Justice by Karina Kantas
• An ebook copy of Crystal Shade: Angeni, Volume 1 & 2 by István Szabó Ifj

Prize pack 4 (Marina)

• A signed paperback copy of Taken by Tony Talbot
• An ebook copy of Fire Baptized by Kenya Wright
• An ebook copy of Covert Dreams by Michael Meyer
• An ebook copy of Jake West: The Keeper of the Stones by M J Webb
• An ebook copy of Jake West: Warriors of the Heynai by M J Webb
• An ebook copy of All's Fair in Vanities War by Karina Kantas + matching bookmarks
• An ebook copy of Blind Sight Through the Eyes of Aniela Dawson by Eliabeth Hawthorne + an ebook copy of Blind Sight Through the Eyes of Leocardo Reyes

We would like to thank everyone that has participated in our event, it was awesome to read all of your posts and to clean our review piles with you! Also a big thank you to all the authors that make these giveaways possible.

If you have a moment, could you please fill out this form? We would like to make our events even better in the future (:

Challenge Guidelines:

• Be signed up in the Linky here
• You have to follow both this blog and Books, Biscuits & Tea in order to compete for the prizes
• Leave us a direct link to your challenge post in the Linky below (this is not the same Linky as the sign-up one!)
• You only have to enter your name into the Linky on one of our blogs
• The challenge ends on Tuesday, April 4 - the winners will be contacted by email and announced on our blogs

Leave us a link to your challenge post in this Linky:

RCC Challenge: Mysterious Meetup

Hello everyone, and welcome to our fourth Review Copy Cleanup Challenge! As all of you know, the sign up for the Review Copy Cleanup are closed. Last week's winners have been chosen by Random.org and are announced here. If you're on the list but we haven't contacted you yet, don't worry, we will!

In the Mysterious Meetup Challenge you can have that conversation with your favourite book character of all times. Who would you want to meet? What questions would you ask him or her? Share your Mysterious Meetup with us!

And once again, we have some books to give away to those of you who complete the challenge. Here's what's up for grabs:

1x ebook copy of Covert Dreams by Michael Meyer

1x ebook copy of  The Keeper of the Stones by M J Webb

1x ebook copy of Warrior of the Heynai by M J Webb
1x ebook copy of Better Off Without Him by Dee Ernst
1x paperback copy of Quicksilver by Joy Spraycar

Five lucky winners will get to choose from the five prizes listed above. It's first come, first serve - which means that the first winner will get to choose first, the second winner chooses next, and so on.

Challenge Guidelines:

• Be signed up in the Linky here
• You have to follow both this blog and Books, Biscuits & Tea in order to compete for the prizes
• Leave us a direct link to your challenge post in the Linky below (this is not the same Linky as the sign-up one!)
• You only have to enter your name into the Linky on one of our blogs
• The challenge ends on Thursday, March 29 - the winners will be contacted by email and announced during next week's challenge

Leave us a link to your challenge post in this Linky:

RCC Challenge: My Mysterious Meetup

This is my own entry for the Mysterious Meetup Challenge (find the challenge here).

It was very hard to choose between these two to meet up with, so I'm stealing Vicky's idea of picking more than one (ha!). Here are the characters I would love to have a conversation with...

Luna Lovegood from the Harry Potter series

I would love to meet with Luna! I think she's a great character and just the right amount of crazy. I would ask her all about magical creatures and being a wizard. Secretly I'm still waiting for my letter from Hogwarts. Maybe she can learn me some magic tricks for Muggles! We would have an awesome time :D

Astrid from the Killer Unicorn series

I love love LOVE this series and I would love to meet the main character Astrid. She is super kick-ass (she kills unicorn-monsters for a living) and she's a nice person too. I would love to meet her, so she could show me unicorns without me fearing for my life. I might even be able to give her some boyfriend advice, as she isn't that good in that department.

Which characters would you like to meet up with? Leave a comment with your post (:

RCC Challenge: Don't Be Such a Tease!

Hi everyone, and welcome to our third Review Copy Cleanup Challenge! As of today, the sign up for the Review Copy Cleanup are closed. Last week's winners have been chosen by Random.org and are announced here. If you're on the list but we haven't contacted you yet, don't worry, we will!

The Don't Be Such a Tease Challenge is all about being the biggest tease possible. We are all reading books that aren't published yet, and what is more fun than showing other readers how awesome your current read is! The challenge is to share a few sentences from the RCC book you are reading right now, so we can all get a little taste.

And once again, we have some books to give away to those of you who complete the challenge. Here's what's up for grabs:

1x ebook copy of Promise Cove by Vickie McKeehan

1x ebook copy of  Just Evil by Vickie McKeehan

1x ebook copy of Vampires Rule by K.C. Blake
1x paperback copy of Thank You for the Flowers by Scott Nicholson
1x ebook copy of Paradox - Special Edition: The Angels Are Here / Progeny Of Innocence by Patti Roberts + postcards

Five lucky winners will get to choose from the five prizes listed above. It's first come, first serve - which means that the first winner will get to choose first, the second winner chooses next, and so on.

Challenge Guidelines:

• Be signed up in the Linky here
• You have to follow both this blog and Books, Biscuits & Tea in order to compete for the prizes
• Leave us a direct link to your challenge post in the Linky below (this is not the same Linky as the sign-up one!)
• You only have to enter your name into the Linky on one of our blogs
• The challenge ends on Thursday, March 22 - the winners will be contacted by email and announced during next week's challenge

Leave us a link to your challenge post in this Linky:

RCC Challenge: My Teaser

Here is my entry for the Don't Be Such a Tease Challenge (find the challenge here). I'm being a bad girl again, since I'm reading a non review book (I try to alternate between owned and review books to avoid burn outs). But I will start Sisters of Glass in a few days, so I thought I would share the first chapter of the book, to give you a taste! It's all written in this kind of poetry style. Click on the cover to find out more about the book.

Second Daughter

    I feel Giovanna's fire

as Mother prepares me for suitors, polishes me

while Giovanna polishes glass.

    Though I am the younger daughter

and rightfully should not marry

into Venetian nobility,

my father declared

the day I was born,

the week he invented cristallo,

that I was his

baby of good fortune,

and good fortune would be mine.

It sounds like a really interesting book, definitely something I haven't read before. I'm looking forward to read your teasers!

RCC Challenge: Cuddle Up With a Book

Hi everyone, and welcome to our second Review Copy Cleanup Challenge! For those of you that haven't signed up for the Review Copy Cleanup yet, you still can! Just go here and add your name to the Linky. Last week's winners have been chosen by Random.org and are announced here. If you're on the list but we haven't contacted you yet, don't worry, we will!

The goal of the Cuddle Up With a Book Challenge is to share your favourite place to read. We love pictures - but if that's not possible, a description will do too (: Tell us why you love it! And maybe you have some reading habits you would love to share. Do you listen to music while reading? Or can you only read during the night? We're very curious to see our fellow bookworm's reading spots and read about their customs!

And yet again we are combining the challenge with a giveaway. Here's what's up for grabs:

What's up for grabs?

     

1x ebook copy of Between The Land And The Sea by Derrolyn Anderson

1x paperback copy of Caribbean Calling by J.D.Gordon (US only)

1x ebook copy of Hippocampus by Tom Tancin
1x paperback copy of Hippocampus by Tom Tancin +  bookmarks

Four lucky winners will get to choose from the four prizes listed above. It's first come, first serve - which means that the first winner will get to choose first, the second winner chooses next, and so on.

Challenge Guidelines:

• Be signed up in the Linky here (Sign up ends Thursday, March 15)
• You have to follow both this blog and Books, Biscuits & Tea in order to compete for the prizes
• Leave us a direct link to your challenge post in the Linky below (this is not the same Linky as the sign-up one!)
• You only have to enter your name into the Linky on one of our blogs
• The challenge ends on Thursday, March 15 - the winners will be contacted by email and announced during next week's challenge

Leave us a link to your challenge post in this Linky:

RCC Challenge: Where I Cuddle Up!

Here is my own entry for the Cuddle Up With a Book Challenge (find the challenge here).

To be very honest I can read just about anywhere. I read at home, at school, on the bus stop, in restaurants, on the beach, at the pool. I am quite notorious for being able to read at parties. If a family gathering is boring me, I whip out a book and sit in a comfy chair.

That being said, I do have some favourite places to read. During the day, I prefer to read on the couch, because I have great light there. In the evening and during the night I prefer my bed, because it's so cosy there with a blanket and a book.

I love to eat while I read, so I can keep my hands busy. And I'm just about permanently hungry, that might have something to do with it too. Sometimes when I really need to get through a book but I just don't feel like it, I put on some music that fits the book to get in the mood. It makes me read faster for some reason. *Makes mental note to put on some music to get through all the review copies*

Where do you like to read? I'm looking forward to see all your stories and pictures!

RCC Challenge: Show Off Your Pile

Hi everyone, and welcome to our first Review Copy Cleanup Challenge! For those of you that haven't signed up for the Review Copy Cleanup yet, you still can! Just go here and add your name to the Linky.

The Show Off Your Pile Challenge is very simple. Share what you are planning to read (or have read already!) this month during the Review Copy Cleanup. Feel free to take a photo of your TBR pile you are aiming to devour this month - or if you don't have a camera at hand or you're reading ebooks, just make a list of your books or post the cover image. Not only can we then spy on you what you're reading, but you can also win some very cool books in the first giveaway of the Cleanup!

What's up for grabs?

3x ebook Curse of Ancient Shadows by Rod Tyson

1x ebook Hard Day's Knight by John G. Hartness (my review)

1x ebook Ethereal Influence: The Birth by Lana Bradstream

Five lucky winners will get to choose from the three ebooks listed above. It's first come, first serve - which means that the first winner will get to choose first, the second winner chooses next, and so on.

Challenge Guidelines:

• Be signed up in the Linky here (Sign up ends Thursday, March 15)
• You have to follow both this blog and Books, Biscuits & Tea in order to compete for the prizes
• Leave us a direct link to your challenge post in the Linky below (this is not the same Linky as the sign-up one!)
• You only have to enter your name into the Linky on one of our blogs
• The challenge ends on Thursday, March 8 - the winners will be contacted by email and announced during next week's challenge

This competition is now closed.

The five winners are:

Aleksandra @ Aleksandra's Corner (Hard Day's Knight)

Sharonda @ Salacious Reads (Curse of Ancient Shadows)

Carina @ Fictional Distraction

Nicole M @ The Reader's Antidote
Melissa @ Melissa's Eclectic Bookshelf

Congratulations! (:

RCC Challenge: Showing Off My Pile!

So here is my own entry for the Show Off Your Pile Challenge (find the challenge here). I hope that next to hosting this event, I can actually get some reading done myself. I'm aiming for five books! All of them are Netgalley ebooks, except for Ugly to Start With.

Click on the covers to go to the Goodreads page.

They all look so good... Can't wait!