BLOG CONTEST - Spartacus and the Circus of Shadows

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In honor of Blogger Appreciation Week, I am giving away an ARC copy of Spartacus and the Circus of Shadows by Molly E. Johnson. I absolutely loved this book. It was very funny.

Click here to read the review.

Click here to read the author interview. 

To enter the giveaway.

1. Mandatory entry: Leave a comment on this post and mention something you love about book blogs. Be sure to leave your email address in the post in this format. yournameatgmaildotcom to keep spammers from contacting you, but to allow me to contact you if you are the winner.


2. For an extra entry post a comment that you have done the following: copy and tweet the following: I want to win a copy of Spartacus and the Circus of Shadows by Molly E. Johnson @boystobooks

3. Post this link on your Facebook page and leave an extra comment that you have done this.

4. Become a blog follower on this blog and comment that you have done this.

5. For Book Bloggers only. Leave a link to your blog in a comment post for an extra entry. (In honor of blogger appreciation week.)

Maximum of 5 entries and each entry will have a blog post. Each post is assigned a number and the winner is picked by www.random.org.

Contest ends Sept. 16, 2011 at 10 p.m. MST and winner will be announced and contacted Sept. 17, 2011. Open to US and Canadian residents only.

Please note:  The cover of the book may differ from the actual cover as you will receive the ARC copy.

A special thanks to Raintown Press for sponsoring the book giveaway. Disclosure: Though the publisher is sponsoring the giveaway, my opinions about the book have not been influenced by them.

Book Blogger Appreciation Week

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It was just five months ago I started a blog on boys and literacy. I watched my daughter excel in school because she loved to read. Then my sons came along and it was a new story. I watched one of them lag behind and wondered how I could instill the love of reading into both of them. While it was easy when they were young, as they entered their tween years, it became harder. Suddenly, it wasn't 'cool' to read. I knew there were books out there they would love, I just had to find them. I knew others struggled with the same thing. I read reports that showed boys lagged behind girls in reading. I couldn't help but wonder how we could come so far with girls and so far behind with boys. As happy as I was that my daughter had opportunities she wouldn't have had fifty years ago, I didn't want that to be at the expense of my boys. I wanted all of my children to have equal opportunities I was passionate about it. So passionate, I started my blog.

Little did I know what I was getting myself into, especially when I started accepting books and writing reviews. The time involved to blog about these books I love, was much greater than I anticipated. I am also a writer of middle grade books for boys working on getting published and blogging was taking precious time away from that. At the same time, the reading and writing I spent on the blog was making me a better writer. 

Why do I write this? So authors, publishers and even readers will understand the work that goes on behind the scenes for book bloggers and take a minute to appreciate that work. A quick thank you in the comments section or a blog or Twitter follow is all it takes. 

In honor of blogger appreciation week, I am hosting a book giveaway of Spartacus and the Circus of Shadows by Molly E. Johnson. Please click here to enter. Drawing ends on September 16, 2011, the last day of blogger appreciation week.