Random Acts of Kindness: November Sign-up

It's the start of the month, so that means that the sign-up linky for November's Random Acts of Kindness is up!

If you are not familiar with Random Acts of Kindness (R.A.K.), it is not about getting free books but about giving books. The idea is to do something kind for someone else without the expectation of receiving anything in return. 

What you do is create a "Wishlist" of books that you have been hoping for and aching to read, and go over to Book Soulmates and sign-up to participate in that month's R.A.K.

Here is My Wishlist.

The complete rules below are copied from our fabulous hosts, 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 November [HERE]
• See who else is participating [HERE]
• If you have any questions regarding RAK, please contact us via the following: rakbybooksoulmates @ gmail . com

Tips:

1. When talking about RAK on Twitter, please use the hastag (#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.

3. Some of you seem to have gotten frustrated because you can't get your links to appear active. This is a very easy fix :) Just make sure that when you enter your link, do NOT hit the Enter key. Instead, hit the TAB key which will send you to the next field on the form. Additional spaces entered after the link will leave the link inactive. However, if this does happen to you...no worries, we'll fix it for you :)

October R.A.K. Wrap Up

Welcome to my October R.A.K. (Random Acts of Kindness) wrap up post!

If you don't know what R.A.K is, then just click on the badge above to find out.
 

To cheer me up (because I have been having lousy luck lately with appliance breakdowns, car repairs, house repairs, ill heath, you name it!), Dorothy at Alaskan Bookie sent me a R.A.K.! Dorothy knows how much I love audiobooks, and she is such a sweet dear to send this to me:

Jacob

(Nightwalkers Series, Book #1)

by Jacquelyn Frank

I wanted Dorothy to have something spooky for Halloween, so I sent her this R.A.K. (also an audiobook because Dorothy loves them as much as I do!):

Dead of Night: A Zombie Novel
by Jonathan Maberry

Thanks again, Dorothy at Alaskan Bookie, for sending Jacob! I can't wait to listen to it, and your timing is impeccable because I just finished the Black Dagger Brotherhood series! 

And thanks to Book Soulmates for hosting such an awesome idea! 

To sign up for November's R.A.K, just go to Book Soulmates and spread the love!

Winners of the Spooktacular Giveaway Hop!

Hi, everyone!

You will be pleased to know that Darlene's Book Nook did, indeed, surpass 750 GFC followers during the hop, so I have chosen THREE ADDITIONAL WINNERS to simultaneously celebrate my "750 Follower Giveaway."

There were a total of 665 entries, wow!

The six lucky winners of the Spooktacular Giveaway Hop are:

Congratulations to you all! I have sent emails to each of you, and you have 48 hours to claim your prize.

If any prizes are not claimed within 48 hours, a new winner will be drawn.

Thanks to everyone for participating in the hop!

Since I will be celebrating both my One Year Blogoversary and my birthday this month, I have decided to participate in both the November Giveaway Hop and Gratitude Giveaways Hop later this month:





There will also be additional prizes given between my blogoversary and birthday as well.

Hope you all stop by for the fun!

Winner of the Thrall Giveaway!

Hi, everyone!

The lucky winner of Thrall by Steven Shrewsbury is:

Congratulations, Ricki! I have sent an email to you, and you have 48 hours to claim your prize.

If the prize is not claimed within 48 hours, a new winner will be drawn.