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Chasing Rainbows Giveaway Hop

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Welcome to the Chasing Rainbows Giveaway Hop, hosted by Mama the Fox!

It’s still March – even if seemingly the strangest March weatherwise on record – so this hop is all about being lucky. Lucky enough, that is, to find the pot of gold that is supposed to be at the end of every rainbow.

Come to think of it, I wonder if there are supposed to be pots of gold at the ends of snowbows, too. Considering the way the weather has been this month, I’m sure there are some areas that need to know!

Whether you’re looking for rainbows or snowbows, what would you like to find at the end of the next one you see? Answer in the rafflecopter for your chance at Reading Reality’s usual prize, the winner’s choice of a $10 Amazon Gift Card or $10 in Books. It’s not a whole pot of gold, but it’s a lucky piece or two!

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For more lucky prizes, be sure to visit the other stops on this hop!

MamatheFox and all participating blogs are not held responsible for sponsors who fail to fulfill their prize obligations.

Leaping Leprechauns Giveaway Hop

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Welcome to the Leaping Leprechauns Giveaway Hop, hosted by Review Wire Media and Chatty Patty’s Place!

Whenever I think of leprechauns, I hear this guy in my head saying that a particular cereal is “magically delicious!”

The images are from the original packaging of the cereal back in the 1960s. At the time I didn’t find them to be all that delicious because of the marshmallow bits. I think Cocoa Puffs were my favorite back then.

But the theme of this hop is leprechauns, which does kind of lead to thoughts of luck. Or thoughts of cereal. Or maybe a bit of both.

Because I’ve already asked a question about luck in this week’s rafflecopters (Wednesday in the Lady Luck Giveaway Hop, not that Thursday didn’t also include the For the Love of Reading Giveaway Hop) I needed a different question today. You’ll see in the rafflecopter below. Answer for yet another chance this week at winning the usual Reading Reality hop prize of the winner’s choice of a $10 Amazon Gift Card or $10 in books.

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For more chances to get lucky, be sure to visit the other stops on this hop!

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For the Love of Reading Giveaway Hop

Posted on by Marlene Harris | Author : | Blog Hops> For the Love of Reading Giveaway Hop> Giveaways

Welcome to the For the Love of Reading Giveaway Hop, hosted by  The Mommy Island & The Kids Did It!

Today is the PERFECT day for this hop. Why? Because March 2 is Dr. Seuss’ Birthday. How many of us cut our reading teeth on The Cat in the Hat and his other marvelous books?

Today is also Read Across America Day according to the National Education Association. It kicks off a whole year of reading activities for not just kids but for the whole, entire family.

As a librarian, reading is near and dear to my heart. And it is at the heart of why I review books on this blog and elsewhere, so that I can share my own love of reading.

To share some of my love of reading with yet another lucky winner this week (see yesterday’s and tomorrow’s posts for more chances!) I’m giving one winner their choice of a $10 Amazon Gift Card or $10 in books. Either way, it’s the possibility of more books and that’s always terrific!

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For more reading and bookish prizes, be sure to visit the other stops on this hop!

Lady Luck Giveaway Hop

Posted on by Marlene Harris | Author : | Blog Hops> Giveaways> Lady Luck Giveaway Hop

Welcome to the Lady Luck Giveaway Hop, hosted by Mama the Fox!

Do you feel lucky? That is definitely the question this week. Not just because St. Patrick’s Day is this month, and not even just because this hop directly invokes Lady Luck. Today is the first of not one, not two, but three different blog hops here at Reading Reality so you have more than one chance at winning the usual Reading Reality hop prize of the winner’s choice of a $10 Amazon Gift Card or $10 in books.

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For more chances to get lucky, be sure to visit the other stops on this hop!

MamatheFox and all participating blogs are not held responsible for sponsors who fail to fulfill their prize obligations.

Wish Big Giveaway Hop

Posted on by Marlene Harris | Author : | Blog Hops> Giveaways> Wish Big Giveaway Hop

Welcome to the Wish Big Giveaway Hop, hosted by Mama the Fox!

Right this minute, I have a VERY big wish at the top of my personal wish list. My sweet demon cat, Lucifer, is suddenly acting like his years have caught up with him all at once. When we adopted him five years ago we were told that he was six years old, but that was a bit of a guesstimate – albeit an educated one from the vet.

This week he’s been acting off, not moving through his usual routine of places to sleep and sunbeams to soak up. He may just be getting a slower start in the mornings than he used to, or he may just be having an ‘off’ couple of days. Or we might not have as much time with him as we’d hoped. He’s headed to the vet so we’ll know if there is something to be known. But it’s hard to go through this with them.

While it’s not always a bad thing that cats can’t tell us what’s on their mind – because they can seem really judgey based on their facial expressions, but when they’re not quite right we end up wishing that they could tell us how they’re really feeling. (When this picture was taken a couple of years ago, Lucifer was clearly wishing I’d stop chasing  him around with the camera!)

So what’s at the top of your wish list right now? And if you have a wish to spare, Lucifer could use a few good ones.

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And if you’re wishing for more terrific prizes, be sure to visit the other stops on this hop!

MamatheFox and all participating blogs are not held responsible for sponsors who fail to fulfill their prize obligations.

February Favorites Giveaway Hop

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Welcome to the February Favorites Giveaway Hop, hosted by  The Mommy Island & The Kids Did It!

That’s certainly open-ended, isn’t it? February Favorite what? I ask you? (Seriously, I do, that will be the question for the rafflecopter.)

It could mean anything, couldn’t it? Your favorite day in February? Your favorite event? Your favorite memory? In my particular case, the first thing that comes to mind would be my favorite book coming out this month. (If you’re curious it’s Never Too Old To Save the World edited by Alana Joli Abbott and Addie J. King. Because reasons which will become apparent when I post the review later this month.)

What’s your favorite thing in, or about, or connected to the shortest month of the year? Answer in the rafflecopter for your chance at Reading Reality’s regular blog hop prize, the winner’s choice of a $10 Amazon Gift Card or $10 in books.

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For more fabulous February prizes, be sure to visit the other stops on this hop!

Heart 2 Heart Giveaway Hop

Posted on by Marlene Harris | Author : | Blog Hops> Giveaways> Heart 2 Heart Giveaway Hop

Welcome to the Heart 2 Heart Giveaway Hop, hosted by Mama the Fox!

My heart is certainly in THIS hop’s theme, particularly after a whole string of winter-themed hops. I’m so happy to think of something besides snow and cold. We moved down here to get away from all that freezy skid-stuff.

It’s the first day of February, which means that the favorite holiday of florists and greeting card companies is almost here.

Which made me take a look at the members of our household we absolutely will not get either cards or flowers for, our cats. I’m not sure what they’d do with card, but I am sure about the flowers. They’d eat them. Petals everywhere. And water all over the place because they’d either have to knock the vase over to get at the flowers or would just knock the vase over because, well, cats. It’s what they do.

Maybe we’ll get them a nice, empty box to play in. Because that’s also what cats do.

Do you get Valentine’s Day gifts or presents for your furry friends? Or just for your humans? What’s your favorite thing to give or to get? Answer in the rafflecopter for your chance at Reading Reality’s usual giveaway hop prize, the winner’s choice of a $10 Amazon Gift Card or $10 in Books.

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For more prizes to love, be sure to visit the other stops on this hop!

MamatheFox and all participating blogs are not held responsible for sponsors who fail to fulfill their prize obligations.

Winter Wishes Giveaway Hop

Posted on by Marlene Harris | Author : | Blog Hops> Giveaways> Winter Wishes Giveaway Hop

Welcome to the Winter Wishes Giveaway Hop, hosted by Mama the Fox!

This hop kinda gives me the same vibes as last week’s Welcome Winter Giveaway Hop. Because I don’t exactly “welcome” winter. And my wish for it is to exit, stage right or left, as fast as it possibly can. My ideal weather progression would be for Fall to slide into Spring to slide into Fall again without stopping long – if at all – on those extremes called “Summer” and especially “Winter”.

BRRRRR! I say again. BRRRRRRRRRRRRR!

So my wish for winter is that it be over, ASAP. What about you? Are you wishing for Winter to stick around a bit – or do you think it’s already worn out its welcome?

Share your thoughts in the comments for your chance at Chez Reading Reality’s usual giveaway hop prize, the winner’s choice of a $10 Amazon Gift Card or $10 in Books.

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For more sparkly wintry prizes, be sure to visit the other stops on this hop!

MamatheFox and all participating blogs are not held responsible for sponsors who fail to fulfill their prize obligations.

Welcome Winter Giveaway Hop

Posted on by Marlene Harris | Author : | Blog Hops> Giveaways> Welcome Winter Giveaway Hop

Welcome to the Welcome Winter Giveaway Hop, hosted by Review Wire Media and Chatty Patty’s Place!

I firmly object to the theme for this hop. I DO NOT welcome winter. At all. One of the reasons we live here is that winter is aware that it is not welcome here and doesn’t commit to much of a visit. That Arctic blast over the holidays was all the reminder I needed about why true winter just isn’t all that much fun.

At least for yours truly. Your wintry mileage may vary. So let us know in the comments whether you ‘welcome winter’ or not, for a chance at the usual Reading Reality prize, the winner’s choice of a $10 Amazon Gift Card or $10 in books.

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Winter 2022-23 Seasons of Books Giveaway Hop

Posted on by Marlene Harris | Author : | Blog Hops> Giveaways> Seasons of Books Giveaway Hop

Welcome to the Winter 2022-23 Seasons of Books Giveaway Hop, hosted by It Starts At Midnight and Shooting Stars Mag!

It’s beginning to look – and feel – a lot like the holidays. Or at least a lot like winter, even if the season doesn’t officially start until today – at least in the meteorological sense. My friends in Anchorage have FOUR AND A HALF FEET of snow on the ground. It’s been winter up there for a while now.

I miss them but I don’t miss the weather AT ALL.

But even if all the winter you get is the “glancing blow” we get here, it’s still chilly, damp and dark too damn early. Which means it’s the perfect season for reading! Not that every season isn’t perfect for that in its own way.

So, the question for this season of books – and every season – is what book or books are you most looking forward to this season?

I’m never looking forward to just one thing when it comes to books. Here are a few at the top of my list for this winter of 2022-23:

Sleep No More by Jayne Ann Krentz
Courting Dragons by Jeri Westerson
Lost in the Moment and Found by Seanan McGuire
The City Under One Roof by Iris Yamashita
Vampire Weekend by Mike Chen
Never Too Old to Save the World edited by Addie J. King and Alana Joli Abbott

What about you? What books are you most looking forward to this winter? Answer in the rafflecopter for you choice of either a $10 Amazon Gift Card or $10 in books so you can get one or two of the books on your list!

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For more terrific – and bookish – prizes, be sure to visit the other stops on this hop!