Meet The Bloggers

I had initially planned on doing a quickie post about some of the giveaways going on around the book blogosphere, but I was struck with a bit of inspiration in the process.  In looking for some killer giveaways, I found some even better book blogs that I thought I would pass along.

The first one I found is Red Hot Books.  I love a good book, but add a little paranormal twist to it and I’m hooked.  But add a little naughtiness and paranormal twists to it and I’m totally there.  And this site brings it all .  If there’s a book out there that brings any or all of these elements to the table, then that book can probably be found at Red Hot Books.

Another site having a giveaway is Fiction Vixen.  I love this site.  I’ve been a member for a LONG time here and found some of the coolest books through this site.  It started out as a place for the webmistress to talk about her love for romance novels.  But in the past 2 years it’s gone beyond that and there are now several ladies doing reviews on the site and all have their own favorite genres.  It’s the place to go for all your book need to know.  And right now they’re having a birthday giveaway for an Amazon Kindle loaded with a ton of books.

And the last place I want to talk about is Parajunkie.  I’ve been to this site a few times and she’s got a thing for the paranormal.  The thing about the site’s owner, Rachel, is that it’s not just paranormal books that make her who she is.  She’s a junkie for all things paranormal and has been since a very early age.  Right now she’s having a blogoversary and she’s giving 2 lucky winners their choice of books from her personal book shelf.

Where To Find Cool Book Giveaways

As everyone knows, I’m hopelessly addicted to book giveaways.  I enter just about every one I can find and I’ve actually done pretty good over the past couple years as far as winning goes.  Nothing to do backflips over, but can’t complain.  So where do I find these giveaways?  They’re everywhere!

One of my favorite places to find giveaways is through a Ning site called Book Blogs.  This is a huge community and the Giveaway Group has well over a thousand members.  Whenever one of the members is hosting a book giveaway on their own sites, they post a notice in the group.  And with that many people, there’s never a shortage of blogs to visit.

The other place I go to find book giveaways is through GoodReads.  I’ve mentioned them on this site before, but the giveaway section deserves a little love all on its own.  Again, because there are so many people on the site, there are always book giveaways going on.  The difference is that you don’t have to visit the hosts blogs.  These giveaways are done right on site.  And there are hundreds of them.

If you know of a great place to find book giveaways or are having one yourself, let me know.  I’ll be more than happy to pass along the information and jump in myself.

She’s A Mother, A Gamer, And A Writer

I think I may have accidentally found my new favorite site.  I’m always getting email updates about various book giveaways, so when I got an update from Book Blogs Giveaways, I did what I normally do.  I ran over to check out the giveaway.  Little did I know that I’d be blown away by the site as a whole.

First of all, the lady behind Mother/Gamer/Writer is Diayll Sales and she’s everything I’ve ever dreamed of being and more.  I’m a mother and a writer, but I can’t really consider myself a gamer though I love Hidden Object Games.  LOL.  I found this very cool site when I saw her giveaway update.  She’d done a review of Dark Taste of Rapture by Gena Showalter and is giving away a copy.  The only issue I can see is that I couldn’t find an end date to this giveaway.

However, the rest of her site is awesome.  She’s got reviews of various video games and a lot of other books.  It’s a very cool site and I strongly recommend anyone who’s interested in either subject to run by pay a visit.  You won’t be disappointed.  It’s a gamer’s paradise, a reader’s dream world, and the place my blog wants to grow up to be.