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Rain Drops on Roses Giveaway Hop

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Welcome to the Rain Drops on Roses Giveaway Hop, hosted by Mama the Fox and Mom Does Reviews!

There certainly have been raindrops this week here in Atlanta, but there aren’t any roses – at least not yet – for them to fall on. Nor is that remotely the idea that comes to mind from the name of this hop.

That would be the song “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music. You know the song. It’s the one that begins “Rain drops on roses and whiskers on kittens…” Come to think of it, there may not be raindrops on roses yet, but there are ALWAYS whiskers on kittens around this house – even if those kittens are now full-grown and 15 pounds each.

And I’ve now passed my earworm to you in the hopes that I’ve shortened the duration that I will have to suffer with it. Not suffer, exactly, because it’s always been one of my favorite songs. But too much of a good thing is not always wonderful, and that’s certainly true with even the loveliest of earworms.

Hopefully, you won’t feel like you are suffering in vain, as this particular persistent melody is, after all, the theme of a giveaway hop. As per usual, I’m giving away the usual Reading Reality hop prize of the winner’s choice of a $10 Amazon Gift Card or $10 in books. All you have to do is tell us what one of YOUR favorite things might be!

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For more of everyone’s favorite things – PRIZES – be sure to visit the other stops on this hop!

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

Honey Bunny Giveaway Hop

Posted on by Marlene Harris | Author : | Blog Hops> Giveaways> Honey Bunny Giveaway Hop

Welcome to the Honey Bunny Giveaway Hop, hosted by Mama the Fox and Mom Does Reviews!

No foolin! Today is the Honey Bunny Giveaway Hop. But it’s also April Fools’ Day. If this were an April Fools’ Day prank, it might be the ‘Ether Bunny’ instead. Although, come to think of it, for parents with children hopped up on entirely too many chocolate bunnies and creme eggs, that Ether Bunny might come as a welcome relief!

But if you are looking for the best chocolate bunnies and/or chocolate eggs. According to this year’s survey at Serious Eats, the best chocolate bunnies, both milk and dark, come from Harbour Sweets, and the best chocolate eggs in the prettiest package, are made by Veruca. Notice that they did not provide a rating for white chocolate bunnies, which warms the cockles of my dark chocolate loving heart. Because IMHO, white chocolate isn’t, as Sandra Boynton delightfully illustrated in her book, Chocolate: The Consuming Passion.

Your tasting mileage, of course, may vary – but doing the survey for yourself could be loads of tasty fun!

What’s your preference in chocolate bunnies? Or chocolate eggs? Or just chocolate in general? Answer through the rafflecopter for you 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 hopping good prizes, be sure to visit the other stops on this hop!

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

Spring 2025 Seasons of Books Giveaway Hop

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

 

Welcome to the Spring 2025 Seasons of Books Giveaway Hop, hosted by It Starts At Midnight and Versatileer!

Once upon a time, this was the Month of Books Giveaway Hop, now it’s the Seasons of Books Giveaway Hop, with the hops starting on the days the seasons change. Today, March 20, is the first official day of SPRING for the 2025 season, meaning that the hop starts TODAY! YAY!

Spring is VERY definitely sprung here in the Atlanta area. Which means that the weather is a bit capricious. Yesterday, while I was prepping this post, it was a balmy 79°F and the sun was shining so brightly that the cats had their choice of sunbeam. Today’s weather is expected to top out at 58° with a marked dearth of any sunbeams at all. From there on out, it’s up, then it’s down, it’s wet, then it’s dry, it’s bright, then it’s gloomy – and sometimes all in the same day!

Looking at  the books in the graphic for this season’s hop, it’s yet another season where  not a one of them are on my personal TBR pile for the season – not that I’m not always looking forward to more than a few books EVERY season. Here are a few that have risen to the top of my list for this  spring of 2025:

railway conspiracy by john shen yen nee and sj rozan
great big beautiful life by emily henry
drop of corruption by robert jackson bennett
it takes a psychic by jayne castle
direct descendant by tanya huff
fashionably french murder by colleen cambridge
down in the sea of angels by khan wong
page turner by viola shipman
shadow of the solstice by anne hillerman
knave of diamonds by laurie r king
six wild crowns by holly race
who will remember by cs harris

Direct Descendant by Tanya Huff
Down in the Sea of Angels by Khan Wong
A Drop of Corruption by Robert Jackson Bennett
A Fashionably French Murder by Colleen Cambridge
Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry
It Takes a Psychic by Jayne Castle
Knave of Diamonds by Laurie R. King
The Page Turner by Viola Shipman
The Railway Conspiracy by John Shen Yen Nee and SJ Rozan
Shadow of the Solstice by Anne Hillerman
Six Wild Crowns by Holly Race
Who Will Remember by C.S. Harris

What about you? What books are you most looking forward to this season? Answer in the rafflecopter for your 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 lovely bookish prizes, be sure to visit the other stops on this hop!

Spring, March Madness, Earth Month & Mother’s Day Giveaway Event!

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Welcome To The $100 Amazon eGift Card or PayPal Cash Giveaway!

Giveaway: 1 lucky winner a $100 Amazon eGift Card or PayPal Cash. The event is running from March 13th to May 11th. Giveaway open Worldwide everywhere PayPal is negotiable & age 18+.

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This giveaway/sweepstakes is in no way endorsed, affiliated, or associated with Facebook, Twitter or any other Social Media Networking Site. This event is not sponsored or endorsed by Amazon or PayPal Company. The winner will have 48 hours to email their information back to Versatileer at gmail dot com or a new winner will be drawn, you may want to put this email address as safe as it could go to spam. The giveaway is not valid where prohibited! Once a winner is drawn and confirmed, the name will be announced on the Rafflecopter form. Versatileer will be responsible for sending the winners their prizes. By entering you are authorizing us to collect the information on the form below, this information is used only to contact the winner! No purchase necessary, Void where prohibited by law, and the number of eligible entries received determines the odds of winning. Winners are chosen randomly by Rafflecopter through the use of Random-dot-org. Twitter and Facebook dummy/fake accounts are ineligible for entry and will be blocked. Authentic accounts only are eligible to win. Next seasonal giveaway starts 3 hours before this giveaway ends, and the two giveaways will overlap for the three hour period. More giveaway terms and conditions are listed: HERE. No blog associated with this contest are responsible for prize fulfillment. If you would like to become a sponsor in a giveaway like this please email Jerry Marquardt at versatileer at gmail dot com or you can use the Contact Form. If you take an entry you must stay following for the entire contest or you will be disqualified.

Are You A Blogger? See the latest Blogger Opps HERE. Use the Contact Form to get a FREE Link added to One Of Our Giveaways. Just post and report!

If you are a brand/company or author and would like to work with Versatileer, or have any questions please use the Contact Form HERE or email Jerry at versatileer at gmail dot com.

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That’s a LOT to celebrate in one giveaway event, even one as big as this one! And here’s one more giveaway JUST at Reading Reality!

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January Wellness, Super Bowl & Valentine’s Day Giveaway Event!

Posted on by Marlene Harris | Author : | Blog Hops> Giveaways> January Wellness> Late Winter Giveaway Event> Super Bowl & Valentine's Day Giveaway Event> Valentine's Day

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Welcome To The $100 Amazon eGift Card or PayPal Cash Giveaway!

Giveaway: 1 lucky winner a $100 Amazon eGift Card or PayPal Cash. The event is running from January 16th to March 12th. Giveaway open Worldwide everywhere PayPal is negotiable & age 18+.

GIVEAWAY DETAILS

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This giveaway/sweepstakes is in no way endorsed, affiliated, or associated with Facebook, Twitter or any other Social Media Networking Site. This event is not sponsored or endorsed by Amazon or PayPal Company. The winner will have 48 hours to email their information back to Versatileer at gmail dot com or a new winner will be drawn, you may want to put this email address as safe as it could go to spam. The giveaway is not valid where prohibited! Once a winner is drawn and confirmed, the name will be announced on the Rafflecopter form. Versatileer will be responsible for sending the winners their prizes. By entering you are authorizing us to collect the information on the form below, this information is used only to contact the winner! No purchase necessary, Void where prohibited by law, and the number of eligible entries received determines the odds of winning. Winners are chosen randomly by Rafflecopter through the use of Random-dot-org. Twitter and Facebook dummy/fake accounts are ineligible for entry and will be blocked. Authentic accounts only are eligible to win. Next seasonal giveaway starts 3 hours before this giveaway ends, and the two giveaways will overlap for the three hour period. More giveaway terms and conditions are listed: HERE. No blog associated with this contest are responsible for prize fulfillment. If you would like to become a sponsor in a giveaway like this please email Jerry Marquardt at versatileer at gmail dot com or you can use the Contact Form. If you take an entry you must stay following for the entire contest or you will be disqualified.

Are You A Blogger? See the latest Blogger Opps HERE. Use the Contact Form to get a FREE Link added to One Of Our Giveaways. Just post and report!

If you are a brand/company or author and would like to work with Versatileer, or have any questions please use the Contact Form HERE or email Jerry at versatileer at gmail dot com.

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That’s a LOT to celebrate in one giveaway event, even on as big as this one, so there’s also a giveaway here at Reading Reality:
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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 and Mom Does Reviews!

Winter is definitely HERE and PRESENT and ACCOUNTED FOR this year. Probably more than a lot of places want. We had a real winter last weekend with actual accumulated snowfall and everything. I thought it would be, not a once in a lifetime event of course, but let’s call it a once in a school career event for the children in the neighborhood. (Cincinnati is colder than Atlanta but it doesn’t get much snow either. I only experienced ONE snow day between kindergarten and high school graduation and I was expecting the same here.)

But NO, we might get more snow next week! Once was fun, especially since it fell on a Friday and was gone by Sunday. No one wants snow on a Wednesday. But climate is what you expect and weather is what you get, so we’ll see what we get around here next week.

What about where you are? Are your winter wishes for more snow? Are you getting more regardless? And are you already counting down the days until spring is sprung?

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Wishing for more wintery prizes? Be sure to visit the other stops on this hop!

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

New Year, New You Giveaway Hop

Posted on by Marlene Harris | Author : | Blog Hops> Giveaways> New Year New You Giveaway Hop

Happy New Year and welcome to the New Year, New You Giveaway Hop, hosted by Mama the Fox and Mom Does Reviews!

Like the song says, “Another one bites the dust…” and so it goes with 2024. Hello 2025!

This year at Chez Reading Reality has certainly had its ups and downs. Or at least one really big down as we lost our dear demon Lucifer in early July. Every so often I still think I see the old man out of the corner of my eye. Don’t worry, I’m not seeing ghosts, I’m seeing Hecate, who is not herself a black cat but as a tortie is mostly black especially on top. And not that she doesn’t get some extra scritches when I see her like that.

Looking ahead to 2025, as I certainly will in tomorrow’s Most Anticipated Books post, April 4, 2025 will mark Reading Reality’s FOURTEENTH Blogoversary. This has turned out to be the longest, best and most fulfilling job that I’ve ever had – and I have no intention of stopping.

But each year represents a chance to make some changes, and that’s true this year as well. Last year I started posting on Instagram. I’ve just picked up Bluesky and Threads and am pondering how much or how little I’ll continue on X. Authors are dropping X at a prodigious rate, but publishers are still hanging on and hanging out. So we’ll see how that all goes in the months ahead.

Happy New Year to you and yours!

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

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

Winter 2024-2025 Seasons of Books Giveaway Hop

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

Welcome to the Winter 2024-2025 Seasons of Books Giveaway Hop, hosted by It Starts At Midnight and Versatileer!

Once upon a time, this was the Month of Books Giveaway Hop, now it’s the Seasons of Books Giveaway Hop, with the hops starting on the days the seasons change. Saturday, December 21, was the first official day of winter for the 2024-2025 season, and this hop did officially start then. But the hop organizers are VERY understanding, so those blogs that participate get a few days grace to post their giveaway post – a grace I am always grateful for when the first day of the season is on a weekend.

The holidays are upon us, the year is winding to a close, the weather outside may or may not be frightful, and the days have thankfully started to get longer again. There will hopefully be plenty of time to read over the chilly if not downright cold months to come. (I just finished a book set in Chicago in February. It reminded me, fondly but frostily, of just how damn cold and nasty Chicago can be in the winter. The ONLY virtue to February in Chicago is that it’s SHORT.)

Looking at  the books in the graphic for this season’s hop, I was surprised to discover that not a one of them are on my personal TBR pile for the season – not that I’m not always looking forward to more than a few books EVERY season. Here are a few that have risen to the top of my list for this winter of 2024-2025:

excellent thing in a woman by allison montclair
tea you at the altar by rebecca thorne
beast of the north woods by annelise ryan
orb of cairado by katherine addison
swordheart by t kingfisher new edition
kills well with others by deanna raybourn
baby dragon cafe by at qureshi
dead in the frame by stephen spotswood
Shattering-Dawn by jayne ann krentz
death of the author by nnedi okorafor

The Baby Dragon Cafe by A.T. Qureshi
Beast of the North Woods by Annelise Ryan
Dead in the Frame by Stephen Spotswood
The Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor
An Excellent Thing in a Woman by Allison Montclair
Kills Well with Others by Deanna Raybourn
The Orb of Cairado by Katherine Addison
Shattering Dawn by Jayne Ann Krentz
Swordheart by T. Kingfisher
Tea You at the Altar by Rebecca Thorne

What about you? What books are you most looking forward to this season? Answer in the rafflecopter for your 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 lovely but chilly winter prizes, be sure to visit the other stops on this hop!

Dashing December Giveaway Hop

Posted on by Marlene Harris | Author : | Blog Hops> Dashing December Giveaway Hop> Giveaways

Welcome to the Dashing December Giveaway Hop, hosted by Mama the Fox!

December certainly does ‘DASH’ by, doesn’t it? Then there’s “Dashing through the snow…” And let’s not forget Dasher, one of Santa’s reindeer.

Plus there’s all that dashing around to get everything done before the holidays. More than enough dashing in that to make anyone long for a cocoa and lie down once the holidays start winding down. Then again, the countdown for Xmas 2025 starts on Boxing Day, December 26.

Back to that cocoa and lie down, possibly with a good book. Something to dream about in the midst of all the holiday bustle. Answer the question in the rafflecopter for a chance at the usual Reading Reality prize, the winner’s choice of a $10 Amazon Gift Card or up to $10 in books. That should be enough for a book and a hot cuppa something delicious.

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Dash your way to more winter prizes, by visiting the other stops on this hop!

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

Holiday Amazon/PayPal Giveaway Event!

Posted on by Marlene Harris | Author : | Blog Hops> Giveaways> Holiday Giveaway Event

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Welcome To The $100 Amazon eGift Card or PayPal Cash Giveaway!

Giveaway: 1 lucky winner a $100 Amazon eGift Card or PayPal Cash. The event is running from December 1st to December 25th. The giveaway is open Worldwide everywhere PayPal is negotiable-Must be 18+.

GIVEAWAY DETAILS

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Prize:

$100 Amazon eGift Card or PayPal Cash

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Good Luck! Enter Below

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This giveaway/sweepstakes is in no way endorsed, affiliated, or associated with Facebook, Twitter or any other Social Media Networking Site. This event is not sponsored or endorsed by Amazon or PayPal Company. The winner will have 48 hours to email their information back to Versatileer at gmail dot com or a new winner will be drawn, you may want to put this email address as safe as it could go to spam. The giveaway is not valid where prohibited! Once a winner is drawn and confirmed, the name will be announced on the Rafflecopter form. Versatileer will be responsible for sending the winners their prizes. By entering you are authorizing us to collect the information on the form below, this information is used only to contact the winner! No purchase necessary, Void where prohibited by law, and the number of eligible entries received determines the odds of winning. Winners are chosen randomly by Rafflecopter through the use of Random-dot-org. Twitter and Facebook dummy/fake accounts are ineligible for entry and will be blocked. Authentic accounts only are eligible to win. Next seasonal giveaway starts 3 hours before this giveaway ends, and the two giveaways will overlap for the three hour period. More giveaway terms and conditions are listed: HERE. No blog associated with this contest are responsible for prize fulfillment. If you would like to become a sponsor in a giveaway like this please email Jerry Marquardt at versatileer at gmail dot com or you can use the Contact Form. If you take an entry you must stay following for the entire contest or you will be disqualified.

Are You A Blogger? See the latest Blogger Opps HERE. Use the Contact Form to get a FREE Link added to One Of Our Giveaways. Just post and report!

If you are a brand/company or author and would like to work with Versatileer, or have any questions please use the Contact Form HERE or email Jerry at versatileer at gmail dot com.

Thank You For Visiting Today…Come Back Daily!

To put a little egg nog, or whatever your holiday tipple of choice might be, into the pot, there’s also a giveaway here at Reading Reality:

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