4th Blogoversary Celebration + Giveaway!
Hi everyone! I can’t believe it’s been four years since I started this book blog. I love it so much and I hope to keep going with it for as long as possible!
Yesterday I held my Third Annual Bonus Points Awards, and today I want to share some of the things that have happened to me and the blog over the past year, plus have a giveaway!
What’s Happened at The Overstuffed Bookcase This Past Year
Instead of listing all my stats for the past year like I’ve done before, I just decided to list some highlights. (Note: The first number is the data for the past year, and the second number is the total number as of January 10, 2016 for my blog.)
- 133 posts (672 total)
- 44 reviews (205 total)
- Read 45 books (219 total books read from 2012-2015)
- Participated in some events (two Bout of Books readathons, one Bloggiesta, one Dewey’s 24-hour Read-a-Thon, NaNoWriMo)
- Co-hosted the #OctSpookstagramChallenge15 on Instagram with Kate and Aparna
- Co-hosted the #100rewatch with Amber and Angie (It’s still going on now! Join us!)
- Started my Kiddo’s Corner Reviews feature
- Started the These Broads Read (TBR) Book Club with Jessie (We’re on a hiatus right now but we’ll be starting again soon!)
- Started Graphic Novel Month
- Had a baby (and took some time off from blogging and reading)
Unfortunately, my blog didn’t grow much at all this past year (with the exception of my Facebook page-399 new likes!), but that is to be expected since I was spending most of the year taking care of a baby and not being able to interact as much as I’d have liked. But now I’m finally getting back into the habit of commenting regularly and I hope my blog will see a lot more growth in 2016! But I am happy with all of the new things that I started on the blog this year, as well as the events I co-hosted. I like trying out new features and doing new, creative things!
I also want to thank each and every one of you who have visited my blog, and also to those of you who leave comments. Without you and the book blogging community, book blogging wouldn’t be as rewarding as it is, and I most likely wouldn’t have been here this long. So thanks so much to all of you!
I also want to thank each and every one of you who have visited my blog, and also to those of you who leave comments. Without you and the book blogging community, book blogging wouldn’t be as rewarding as it is, and I most likely wouldn’t have been here this long. So thanks so much to all of you!
4th Blogoversary Giveaway!
Okay, now to what you’ve been waiting for: the giveaway!
What you can win:
One of two mystery boxes
OR
A book of your choice from The Book Depository (up to $15 US)
There will be THREE winners!
One winner will receive the surprise stack on the left, AKA “YA Contemporary Mystery Box”, which has four books. 1 is an ARC, and 3 are finished copies. They are all YA, and most of them are YA contemporary. US ONLY FOR THIS PRIZE.
One winner will receive the surprised stack on the right, AKA “YA Paranormal Mystery Box”, which has four books. 2 of them are ARCs and 2 of them are finished copies. One is Middle Grade, the rest are YA, and most of them are paranormal or have some kind of magical element. US ONLY FOR THIS PRIZE.
One winner will receive a book of their choice from The Book Depository, with a value of up to $15 US. THIS PRIZE IS OPEN FOR US AND INTERNATIONAL, AS LONG AS THE BOOK DEPOSITORY SHIPS TO YOUR COUNTRY.
Giveaway Rules (Please see my Contest and Privacy Policies on my My Policies page for more info.)
One winner will receive the surprise stack on the left, AKA “YA Contemporary Mystery Box”, which has four books. 1 is an ARC, and 3 are finished copies. They are all YA, and most of them are YA contemporary. US ONLY FOR THIS PRIZE.
One winner will receive the surprised stack on the right, AKA “YA Paranormal Mystery Box”, which has four books. 2 of them are ARCs and 2 of them are finished copies. One is Middle Grade, the rest are YA, and most of them are paranormal or have some kind of magical element. US ONLY FOR THIS PRIZE.
One winner will receive a book of their choice from The Book Depository, with a value of up to $15 US. THIS PRIZE IS OPEN FOR US AND INTERNATIONAL, AS LONG AS THE BOOK DEPOSITORY SHIPS TO YOUR COUNTRY.
Giveaway Rules (Please see my Contest and Privacy Policies on my My Policies page for more info.)
- Giveaway is US ONLY for the 2 mystery boxes and US AND INTERNATIONAL for the book of choice from The Book Depository.
- Ages 13 & up.
- There will be THREE winners. The prizes are two mystery boxes of books and one book of choice from The Book Depository (up to $15 US).
- Fill out the Rafflecopter(s) below to enter. There are three different Rafflecopters, one for each prize. Fill out one or more, the choice is yours!
- The three winners will be contacted via email as well as announced on this blog following the end of the giveaway period.
- The winners will have 72 hours to respond to the email or new winners will be selected.
a Rafflecopter giveaway
Good luck to everyone who enters, and thanks again to everyone who follows my blog, or even if you’ve just stopped by once or twice. I really appreciate it! Here’s to another awesome year!
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January 14, 2016 at 10:42 amCongratulations on four years!!!
Sheena-kay Graham
January 14, 2016 at 4:26 pmFour years of blogging is something to celebrate.
Micheline D
January 14, 2016 at 4:31 pmCongratulations on FOUR YEARS of Overstuffed Bookcase ♥♥ Even though I only discovered your blog after meeting you at BEA in 2014, it feels like I've been following you since you started :) Here's to many more happy returns and lots more bookish chats! xx
Kami
January 14, 2016 at 4:38 pmWoo! 4 years is awesome! Congrats!
Angie F
January 15, 2016 at 1:00 amHappy blogoversary! :D
Kate Midnight Book Girl
January 15, 2016 at 1:25 amHappy Blogoversary, Andrea! I'm so, so glad you got into blogging because not only has it strengthened our friendship, but you've added so much to the blogging community (specifically Bloggers in the Park!)!
Suko
January 15, 2016 at 5:33 amCongratulations on 4 years!!!!
SavingsInSeconds
January 16, 2016 at 6:16 amCongratulations on your blogoversary! Blogging can be hard work, and it's great that you've kept at it for so long.
Dianna
Jiujiuk7
January 16, 2016 at 2:44 pmCongratulations on your 4th Blogoversary!!! This is a huge achievement!! I just discovered your amazing blog but I already love it!!! You deserve more and more followers!! I follow you also on Instagram with my nick jiujiuk7 and on Fb with my real name Giulia Mancosu!! I adore your posts!! Thank you very much for this amazing opportunity!! I wish you all the best and I send you lots of kisses from Italy!! If you need my email is jiujiuk@gmail.com