Random Acts of Kindness: July Sign Ups!

It's the beginning of a new month and you know what that means - time to sign up for another month of R.A.K. over at Book Soulmates! It's a really fun idea that I participate in every month - you should definitely check it out! Here's all the official deets you need to know, taken right from Book Soulmates blog:

 

COMPLETE RULES RE-CAP:
Please read carefully & follow all rules!  Thank you!

• Please sign-up each month that you can participate (and by participate, we mean give as well as receive).
• Show off your participation by grabbing our RAK button (code is in the right sidebar).
• Create a wish list (on Amazon, Goodreads, or your blog, etc) and post it in the Google Doc located in each R.A.K post for the month.
• If you choose to do a R.A.K for someone, check out their wish list and contact that blogger directly for their information.
• Once you receive a R.A.K, send us an our new email to [rakbybooksoulmates @ gmail . com] so that we can update the Google Doc. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU SEND EMAILS TO THIS ADDRESS!
• E-book participation is limited to files being gifted directly to a person from the e-book store. Amazon's Kindle Store is set up to allow this, as well as the Kobo store and we believe Barnes & Noble with Nook as well.
• At the end of the month, SHOW US YOUR R.A.K by making a "RAK Wrap-Up" post.  This post should include who you SENT gifts to as well who you RECEIVED gifts from :)

OPEN TO EVERYONE including all our International brethren!

Remember, there's always the Book Depository and they offer FREE shipping!

Easy peasy!!

 Links you will need:

Sign up for July 2013 [HERE]
See who else is participating [HERE]
If you have any questions regarding RAK, please contact us via the following:
booksoulmates @ gmail . com

What are you waiting for? Head on over and sign up for R.A.K. and then join in on the fun!

 

My wishlist for RAK can be found in the right sidebar below the RAK button. For a quick glance, here are the top 10 books on my wishlist:

 

1. Unhinged - A.G. Howard

2. A Darkness Strange and Lovely - Susan Dennard

3. Dream Thieves - Maggie Stiefvater

4. Unbreakable - Kami Garcia

5. Perfect Ruin - Lauren DeStefano

6. Through the Zombie Glass - Gena Showalter

7. Asylum - Madeleine Roux

8. Frozen - Melissa de la Cruz

9. Altered (Crewel #2) - Gennifer Albin

10. Fragile Spirits - Mary Lindsey

 

 

To check out my full wishlist, check out the link in the right sidebar, or just click HERE.

 

 

 

R.A.K. - June Sign-Ups!

It's that time again! The beginning of a new month and time to sign up for another month of Random Acts of Kindness (R.A.K.) over at Book Soulmates! This is such an awesome thing to participate in - it really makes my day when I can bring happiness to someone else by giving them a book. It never hurts when you get a surprise either! Anyone can join in on the fun, so read on for all the info you need or head over to Book Soulmates to sign up there. *Please note: The following information was taken from Book Soulmates blog.*

COMPLETE RULES RE-CAP:
Please read carefully & follow all rules!  Thank you!

• Please sign-up each month that you can participate (and by participate, we mean give as well as receive).
• Show off your participation by grabbing our RAK button (code is in the right sidebar).
• Create a wish list (on Amazon, Goodreads, or your blog, etc) and post it in the Google Doc located in each R.A.K post for the month.
• If you choose to do a R.A.K for someone, check out their wish list and contact that blogger directly for their information.
• Once you receive a R.A.K, send us an our new email to [rakbybooksoulmates @ gmail . com] so that we can update the Google Doc. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU SEND EMAILS TO THIS ADDRESS!
• E-book participation is limited to files being gifted directly to a person from the e-book store. Amazon's Kindle Store is set up to allow this, as well as the Kobo store and we believe Barnes & Noble with Nook as well.
• At the end of the month, SHOW US YOUR R.A.K by making a "RAK Wrap-Up" post.  This post should include who you SENT gifts to as well who you RECEIVED gifts from :)

OPEN TO EVERYONE including all our International brethren!

Remember, there's always the Book Depository and they offer FREE shipping!

Easy peezy!!

 Links you will need:

Sign up for June 2013 [HERE]
See who else is participating [HERE]
If you have any questions regarding RAK, please contact us via the following:
rakbybooksoulmates @ gmail . com

 

 

 

What are you waiting for? Head on over and sign up! In case anyone is wondering or would like to send me a R.A.K., here are my top 10 wishlist books - and for me, ARCs are always a great gift! You can also see my full wishlist by clicking on the link in the right sidebar below the R.A.K. button.  :)

 

My R.A.K. Top 10

 1. Unhinged - A.G. Howard

2. The Dream Thieves - Maggie Stiefvater

3. The Coldest Girl in Coldtown - Holly Black

4. Unbreakable - Kami Garcia

5. Dance of the Red Death - Bethany Griffin

6. A Darkness Strange and Lovely - Susan Dennard

7. Teardrop - Lauren Kate

8. The Unbound - Victoria Schwab

 9. Asylum - Madeleine Roux

 10. In the After - Demitria Lunetta

Here's a link to my dying to get wishlist: http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/4831794-stephanie-ward?page=2&shelf=dying-to-get

 

 

 

Random Acts of Kindness: April Sign Ups!

Hey everyone! It's that time again - sign ups for April Random Acts of Kindness (R.A.K.) are open! April is a special month for me because - it's my birthday! :)  So, in light of this not-so-glorious occasion, I've included my links to my two wishlists here - just in case you want to send me a birthday R.A.K. *wink wink*  As always (for me), ARCs are definitely awesome to send because most of my wishlist consists of not yet released books. Other bookish items are also awesome! Don't forget to sign up yourself and help spread the love!

My wishlists:  Amazon / Goodreads

 Here's a copy of the rules taken from Book Soulmates:

COMPLETE RULES RE-CAP:
Please read carefully & follow all rules!  Thank you!

• Please sign-up each month that you can participate (and by participate, we mean give as well as receive).
• Show off your participation by grabbing our RAK button (code is in the right sidebar).
• Create a wish list (on Amazon, Goodreads, or your blog, etc) and post it in the Google Doc located in each R.A.K post for the month.
• If you choose to do a R.A.K for someone, check out their wish list and contact that blogger directly for their information.
• Once you receive a RAK, send us an our new email to [rakbybooksoulmates @ gmail . com] so that we can update the Google Doc. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU SEND EMAILS TO THIS ADDRESS!
• E-book participation is limited to files being gifted directly to a person from the e-book store. Amazon's Kindle Store is set up to allow this, as well as the Kobo store and we believe Barnes & Noble with Nook as well.
• At the end of the month, SHOW US YOUR R.A.K by making a "RAK Wrap-Up" post.  This post should include who you SENT gifts to as well who you RECEIVED gifts from :)

OPEN TO EVERYONE including all our International brethren!

Remember, there's always the Book Depository and they offer FREE shipping!

Easy peezy!!

 Links you will need:

Sign up for April 2013 [HERE]
See who else is participating [HERE]
If you have any questions regarding RAK, please contact us via the following:
rakbybooksoulmates @ gmail . com

Random Acts of Kindness: December Sign Ups!

2012 is quickly coming to a close and we have one month left of RAK before greeting a new year (that is if the Mayans are wrong)! Christmas is just around the corner and RAK is a great way to send a bookish present to one of your bloggy pals or even a perfect stranger.

COMPLETE RULES RE-CAP:
Please read carefully & follow all rules!  Thank you!

• Please sign-up each month that you can participate (and by participate, we mean give as well as receive).
• Show off your participation by grabbing our RAK button (code is in the right sidebar).
• Create a wish list (on Amazon, Goodreads, or your blog, etc) and post it in the Google Doc located in each R.A.K post for the month.
• If you choose to do a R.A.K for someone, check out their wish list and contact that blogger directly for their information.
• Once you receive a RAK, send us an our new email to [rakbybooksoulmates @ gmail . com] so that we can update the Google Doc. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU SEND EMAILS TO THIS ADDRESS!
• E-book participation is limited to files being gifted directly to a person from the e-book store. Amazon's Kindle Store is set up to allow this, as well as the Kobo store and we believe Barnes & Noble with Nook as well.
• At the end of the month, SHOW US YOUR R.A.K by making a "RAK Wrap-Up" post.  This post should include who you SENT gifts to as well who you RECEIVED gifts from :)

OPEN TO EVERYONE including all our International brethren!

Remember, there's always the Book Depository and they offer FREE shipping!

Easy peezy!!

 Links you will need:

Sign up for December 2012 [HERE]
See who else is participating [HERE]
If you have any questions regarding RAK, please contact us via the following: rakbybooksoulmates @ gmail . com

**Please note that this information was taken straight from Book Soulmates website, from their own December R.A.K. sign up post.**

My wishlist link can be found in the right sidebar underneath the R.A.K. graphic or right here.

July R.A.K. Sign-Ups!

 

It's that time again! Sign ups for Random Acts of Kindness (R.A.K.) for July are now open! Click on the image above to go to the original post by Book Soulmates. Below is all the major information you need to know for signing up!

COMPLETE RULES RE-CAP:
Please read carefully & follow all rules!  Thank you!

• Please sign-up each month that you can participate (and by participate, we mean give as well as receive).
• Show off your participation by grabbing our RAK button (code is in the right sidebar).
• Create a wish list (on Amazon, Goodreads, or your blog, etc) and post it in the Google Doc located in each R.A.K post for the month.
• If you choose to do a R.A.K for someone, check out their wish list and contact that blogger directly for their information.
• Once you receive a RAK, send us an our new email to [rakbybooksoulmates @ gmail . com] so that we can update the Google Doc. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU SEND EMAILS TO THIS ADDRESS!
• E-book participation is limited to files being gifted directly to a person from the e-book store. Amazon's Kindle Store is set up to allow this, as well as the Kobo store and we believe Barnes & Noble with Nook as well.
• At the end of the month, SHOW US YOUR R.A.K by making a "RAK Wrap-Up" post.  This post should include who you SENT gifts to as well who you RECEIVED gifts from :)

OPEN TO EVERYONE including all our International brethren!

Remember, there's always the Book Depository and they offer FREE shipping!

Easy peezy!!

 Links you will need:

Sign up for July 2012 [HERE]
See who else is participating [HERE]
If you have any questions regarding RAK, please contact us via the following: rakbybooksoulmates @ gmail . com

In case anyone is wondering, my wishlist can be found underneath the R.A.K. image on the right sidebar, as well as here. Most of my wishlist contains upcoming releases, so ARCs are definitely okay by me!

R.A.K. - May Wrap Up & June Sign Ups!

May R.A.K. Wrap Up!

May was only the second month that I've participated in R.A.K. I love this idea & I think it's so much fun!! In May I sent out 2 R.A.K.'s:

to Kayla @ Bibliophilia, Please 

and

to Arianne @ Arianne Cruz.

I received an R.A.K. package from the wonderful Jen Ryland @ YA Romantics that had these 2 titles:

 

Random Acts of Kindness (R.A.K.) June Sign Ups!

COMPLETE RULES RE-CAP:
Please read carefully & follow all rules!  Thank you!

• Please sign-up each month that you can participate (and by participate, we mean give as well as receive).
• Show off your participation by grabbing our RAK button (code is in the right sidebar).
• Create a wish list (on Amazon, Goodreads, or your blog, etc) and post it in the Google Doc located in each R.A.K post for the month.
• If you choose to do a R.A.K for someone, check out their wish list and contact that blogger directly for their information.
• Once you receive a RAK, send us an our new email to [rakbybooksoulmates @ gmail . com] so that we can update the Google Doc. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU SEND EMAILS TO THIS ADDRESS!
• E-book participation is limited to files being gifted directly to a person from the e-book store. Amazon's Kindle Store is set up to allow this, as well as the Kobo store and we believe Barnes & Noble with Nook as well.
• At the end of the month, SHOW US YOUR R.A.K by making a "RAK Wrap-Up" post.  This post should include who you SENT gifts to as well who you RECEIVED gifts from :)

OPEN TO EVERYONE including all our International brethren!

Remember, there's always the Book Depository and they offer FREE shipping!

Easy peezy!!

 Links you will need:

Sign up for June 2012 [HERE]
See who else is participating [HERE]
If you have any questions regarding RAK, please contact us via the following: rakbybooksoulmates @ gmail . com

**Note - My R.A.K. wishlist can be found on the right sidebar underneath the R.A.K. button. To save some time, here are my 5 most wished for books for June:

1. Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo

2. For Darkness Shows the Stars by Diana Peterfreund

3. I Hunt Killers by Barry Lyga

4. The Rook by Daniel O'Malley

5. Taken by Storm by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

 

Waiting on Wednesday and May R.A.K. Sign Ups

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly Meme hosted by Jill @ Breaking the Spine. Book bloggers present upcoming books they can’t wait to read and share their enthusiasm about new releases.

Author: Dan Wells

Title: The Hollow City

Publisher: Tor Books

Genre: Thriller/Suspense
Release Date:  July 3, 2012

Description: Dan Wells won instant acclaim for his three-novel debut about the adventures of John Wayne Cleaver, a heroic young man who is a potential serial killer. All who read the trilogy were struck by the distinctive and believable voice Wells created for John.
Now he returns with another innovative thriller told in a very different, equally unique voice. A voice that comes to us from the  realm of madness.
Michael Shipman is paranoid schizophrenic; he suffers from hallucinations, delusions, and complex fantasies of persecution and horror. That’s bad enough. But what can he do if some of the monsters he sees turn out to be real?
Who can you trust if you can't even trust yourself? The Hollow City is a mesmerizing journey into madness, where the greatest enemy of all is your own mind.

What book are you waiting on?

May R.A.K. Sign Ups

It's the beginning of a new month, which means it's time again to sign up for Random Acts of Kindness (better known as R.A.K.) hosted by the lovely ladies at Book Soulmates. Here are the official rules from their site. Sign up and join in the fun!

 

COMPLETE RULES RE-CAP:
Please read carefully & follow all rules!  Thank you!

• Please sign-up each month that you can participate (give as well as receive).
• Show off your participation by grabbing our RAK button (code is in the right sidebar).
• Create a wish list (on Amazon, Goodreads, or your blog, etc) and post it in the Google Doc located in each R.A.K post for the month.
• If you choose to do a R.A.K for someone, check out their wish list and contact that blogger directly for their information.
• Once you receive a RAK, send us an our new email to [rakbybooksoulmates @ gmail . com] so that we can update the Google Doc. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU SEND EMAILS TO THIS ADDRESS!
• E-book participation is limited to files being gifted directly to a person from the e-book store.
• At the end of the month, SHOW US YOUR R.A.K by making a "RAK Wrap-Up" post.  This post should include who you SENT gifts to as well who you RECEIVED gifts from :)

OPEN TO EVERYONE including all our International brethren!

Remember, there's always the Book Depository and they offer FREE shipping!

Easy peezy!!

 Links you will need:

Sign up for May 2012 [HERE]
See who else is participating [HERE]
If you have any questions regarding RAK, please contact us via the following:
rakbybooksoulmates @ gmail . com

Teaser Tuesday and April R.A.K. Wrap Up

 

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

"It's really all right. I think things are just going to be a little more complicated for me than for everyone else. I can accept that." ~ pg. 109

What's your teaser for this week?

 April R.A.K. Wrap Up

This was my first month participating in R.A.K. and it was really fun! I felt like a secret book Santa! I didn't end up receiving any R.A.K.'s, but I did send this birthday book to 

Michele @ Just a Lil Lost  

 

Random Acts of Kindness - April Sign-Ups!

Hosted by the lovely ladies at Book Soulmates!

 

COMPLETE RULES RE-CAP:
Please read carefully & follow all rules!  Thank you!

• Please sign-up each month that you can participate (and by participate, we mean give as well as receive).
• Show off your participation by grabbing our RAK button (code is in the right sidebar).
• Create a wish list (on Amazon, Goodreads, or your blog, etc) and post it in the Google Doc located in each R.A.K post for the month.
• If you choose to do a R.A.K for someone, check out their wish list and contact that blogger directly for their information.
• Once you receive a RAK, send us an our new email to [rakbybooksoulmates @ gmail . com] so that we can update the Google Doc. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU SEND EMAILS TO THIS ADDRESS!
• E-book participation is limited to files being gifted directly to a person from the e-book store. Amazon's Kindle Store is set up to allow this, as well as the Kobo store and we believe Barnes & Noble with Nook as well.
• At the end of the month, SHOW US YOUR R.A.K by making a "RAK Wrap-Up" post.  This post should include who you SENT gifts to as well who you RECEIVED gifts from :)

OPEN TO EVERYONE including all our International brethren!

Remember, there's always the Book Depository and they offer FREE shipping!

Easy peezy!!

 Links you will need:

Sign up for April 2012 [HERE]
See who else is participating [HERE]
If you have any questions regarding RAK, please contact them via the following:
rakbybooksoulmates @ gmail . com

 

Tips:

1. When talking about RAK on Twitter, please use the hashtag (#RAK). It makes it much easier to keep track of the conversations, answer questions and/or tweet back! =)

2. When submitting your wish list, please make sure that it is set to PUBLIC viewing. Some people have run into trouble with wish lists that were set to private. We want to be sure that no one is left out of getting great RAKs.