March competition is here

Happy March, hope things are good where you are and if not *hugs*.

We already have a competition on the go and every so often add additionals as well as the regular monthly one. Keep an eye on the competitions/giveaway tab, you can also sign up to emails which notifies you of reviews/comps when they go live. Just click HERE or go directly to the tab and you save to your faves, whatever suits.

As well as supporting authors as able we ike to highlight or support small businesses. So this months giveaway is for X1 bookmark - winners choice - from Amanda's Etsy Shop of those available at time of win. We have bought a fair few from here and we love them. Also bought as gifts for others, they do not pull on or damage your book pages and she does different designs. Here are just a few of ours.

They are fabulous.

As they are so light we will open the competition up to worldwide.

To enter, as always, please use the Rafflecopter below, please only choose entries you are happy to complete as we do check and every month have to remove would be winners as they have not completed an option they clicked.

We pay for all prizes/postage, not affiliated with anyone, we just love giveaways/Random Acts of Kindness & I know winning a competition always cheers me up. Good luck if entering.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Blind Date with a book

So I had a look about online to see what book delivery boxes are available as my book saving jar (you put £1 in a jar for every book you read from Jan 1st to December 31st) will be up next month. There are many sites and offers out there but some of them are pretty pricey. I recently found one, on Etsy and Facebook, that offers you one book, a drink of your choice, a wee charm, a tea light candle and some sweets. It is ridiculously good value, under £10 (UK, for International postage is more expensive) for all of that and that is including postage. You can pick your style (genre) and the drink of your choice from your Etsy drop down menu, click here to go straight to the Etsy site. Here is the Facebook link, click here if you love postage, surprise book post (it is a blind date!) and wee extra goodies guys this is honestly the best.



So, as with most people, you are always a bit suspect when ordering things online and small new businesses. I could not be more happy with my delivery. Lets have a wee look at mine, also please remember it is ONE book with your box, I got two in mine however the normal will be you get one book as listed.







So it came wrapped in brown paper, then wrapped in black tissue with a wee gold heart. The book itself is wrapped in brown paper and the sweeties also wrapped in purple tissue :D black and purple, my fave colours, by chance not request!



Inside I had my wee hot chocolate and a wee mini milk, sweeties as you can see below in the pictures and an adorable wee owl charm that I am going to turn into a hanging bookmark I think.







I cannot recommend this enough guys, I will post when my next one comes, I am going to order it tonight. I may even get a few for Christmas presents for my fellow book geeks. Some books are brand new, some are used, you won't know which book it is until it arrives so it could be one you have read before, it is a blind date. I was delighted that I haven't read mine but even if I had (I have 5 bookcases and 300+ books on my kindle so it was a possibility) I wouldn't have minded. For the price you really can't complain and I don't mind re reading a book, I have re read a fair few in my time and whilst I give lots away & do comps, I think as my first ever box I will be keeping both! Lets support small businesses and spoil ourselves with a little indulgence. Oh and if you order, please leave a review and like the Facebook page and word of mouth is what supports and keeps these wee businesses going!







And if all of that wasn't enough, the string that comes with the box and on my wee book has been providing hours of fun for Princess, she will be 16 in January, doesn't keep in great health and I haven't seen her this playful in ages. So a wee additional extra for the kitty, delighted.