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Thursday, September 2, 2010

The Blog Hop (19) and Feature and Follow Friday (8) and a GIVEAWAY (closed)!

Feature and Follow Friday is hosted by the lovely Rachel at Parajunkee's View.  This is a great way to meet new bloggers and find new blogs!   This week I'm the featured blogger, YAY!  So welcome everyone to my blog! 
This week Rachel asks:
What is your favorite brick and mortar bookstore? 
Well, that one's easy!  Powells in downtown Portland, Oregon.  It's only about 20 minutes from my house and it's the biggest bookstore in the US (I think).  It's HUGE and it smells so wonderful.  It has new and used books and they are housed together.  And it has the super high shelves, though they only put extra stock on the out of reach shelves.  The smaller Powells in Cedar Hills, which is about 40 minutes from my house, is where most of the booksigning's around here are at so I love that one as well. 

I'm also doing the Blog Hop hosted by Jenn at Crazy-For-Books.  Each week Jenn also  picks a question to be asked, and answered (it's always nice to have more to say in the comments!) and this week she asks:
Do you judge a book by its cover?
And the answer is yes.  I'll buy a book just for the cover.  But sometimes I'll read a book even if it has a bad cover, but generally only after I've heard some good reviews.
Some going's on around here:

Last week I gave away a small swag pack to a random commenter (only those who left an email)
and am giving away Firelight swag this week! (GIVEAWAY CLOSED)
One random commenter (to this post) who leaves an email or twitter handle
wins a Firelight bookmark, postcard and sticker.
And sure, it's open INTERNATIONALLY!  This time anyway.
I will select a winner, via Random.org Monday sometime.
Sorry, blogger is being a pain and not letting me upload pictures!
But Firelight comes out Sept 7th so this is a great way to remind everyone to get ready to rush and buy this one!  
Firelight


Posted by Candace at 7:45 PM
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66 comments:

  1. Congrats on the follow friday feature! =) I am already a follower, just stopping by to say hi! Have a great Labor Day weekend and happy reading!!

    -Bailey at IB Book Blogging

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  2. Happy Labor Day!! I'm a follower

    aliciahall0605(AT)yahoo(DOT)com

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  3. Of course I'm a follower :) Just wanted to say happy early friday!

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  4. Happy Day to You and congrats on being the feature of Friday follow.
    I am already a follower and you can stop by my blog at
    http://www.booksnob-booksnob.blogspot.com

    yo teach 24 at comcast dot net

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  5. Congrats on getting featured this week! I'm about to be a follower and think your blog is enticing and beautiful!

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  6. Yay for being the featured blogger!! :) congrats!!

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  7. International? :D Yhanks for the oportunity! I´m a follower!


    Jaz.parks

    dani dot prmr at hotmail dot com

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  8. I'm a follower!!
    This books looks great! Thanks for the giveaway!!

    joanna_102693(at)hotmail(dot)com

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  9. Stopping by from FF with Parajunkee. Already a follower so have a great weekend!

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  10. Congrats on being featured for FF! I'm a new follower. I like your blog. I wish there was a Powell's near me. Thanks for the contest! info@reelswellproductions.com

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  11. Love your blog design! I'm now following you.
    Inspired Kathy
    I Am A Reader, Not a Writer

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  12. Love your blog design! I'm now following you.
    Inspired Kathy
    I Am A Reader, Not a Writer

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  13. Congrats on being featured and Happy Labor day! You've got a really nice blog. I'm a follower as well, I'm reading your reviews and they're awesome!

    amaterasureads@gmail.com

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  14. Congrats on being this week's featured blog! I'm loving your blog and I'm a new follower. Can't wait to read some more of your reviews!

    www.livelaughread.net

    Happy (almost) Friday!

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  15. Congrats on the Friday Follow feature. I'm already a follower, but I just wanted to stop by and say hi.

    Have a great weekend!

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  16. I'm already a follower of your blog, but just wanted to say congratz on the feature and say hi :)

    ~Khadija
    http://blackfingernailedreviews.blogspot.com/

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  17. Hi :)

    I'll admit that some of the books I've bought have been bought soley for the hot guy on the cover :P

    hope you have a fun weekend !! Hope you Hop by my site

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  18. Hi Candace! Congrats on being the feature this Friday! I'm already an old follower and hope you have a wonderful weekend!

    Happy Friday!

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  19. Just stopping by for the hop and friday follow!!! Congrats on being on the feature!!! I hope that you are having a good weekend so far!!!

    Feel free to check out mine at Addicted To Romance

    Happy Reading!

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  20. Hi Candace! *waves*

    Just hopping by to say hello! Biggest bookstore in America? *whistles* lucky! The biggest bookstore we got around here in Australia, well where I live ( in a big city) is Borders (just your average bookstore) so I envy you! Have a great weekend and happy reading! I'm an ancient follower!

    Til next time!
    Lisa (Badass Bookie)

    callmeghostgirl@yahoo.com.au

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  21. Congratulations for being on feature this Friday! Have a good weekend :) And yeah, I really love your blog! 'have been a follower for quite some time now!

    See you around!

    Gilliene
    gillieneong@gmail.com

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  22. Hey, I'm hopping over from www.susankmann.co.uk I'm an old follower and wanted to stop buy and say hi.

    I do judge a book by it's cover if I'm book browsing to buy but I'll buy a book regardless of it's cover if it's something I want to read.

    Have a good weekend. x

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  23. Hi Candace,
    Congratulation on becoming the Friday feature. You must be excited. I love your blog design as always. I'm an old follower.

    Have a great weekend!

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  24. I hated that saying growing up, but now I realize I do judge books by their covers. I can tell which ones might be more "smuttier" and which ones aren't. I've bought quite a few books based soley on the cover. Of course the back of the cover description does tend to help in my buying it too.

    And since I see people adding their following status, I'm an old follower too.

    jessbess2505[at]yahoo[dot]com

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  25. Congrats!!! :)

    jacindahinten(at)gmail(dot)com

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  26. I think that everybody ends up judging a book by its cover!

    yilingni@yahoo.com

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  27. Awesome!


    k_anon[at]hotmail[dot]co[dot]uk

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  28. Well, I wouldn't go so far as to buy a book because I loved the cover, but I am more likely to take a peek at the book whose cover I liked.

    I'm a new follower from the Follow Friday.

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  29. Found you through the hop, now following! :)

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  30. Hi, stopping by the blog hop...
    And yes I do buy books by their covers
    I am a follower now,

    Come and visit my blog
    http://crazyreaderchick.blogspot.com/
    RoseCBR

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  31. Already a follower, just wanted to say hi and have a great weekend :). Also, cool giveaway, thanks!

    planetprint8(at)gmail(dot)com

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  32. Congrats on the feature! New follower here.

    ~Jenn
    http://jennyburd.blogspot.com

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  33. I always judge books by thier cover. But don't let them fool you - they are not all as good as the cover.

    kjovus(at)gmail(dot)com

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  34. I have to admit that I do judge books by their cover, also. I won't usually even bother picking a book up if I'm no into the cover. However, even books with covers I love need to have at least a somewhat interesting summary for me to read.

    theresamashura@gmail.com

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  35. Thank you so much for the contest!
    I usually don't judge books by their cover.

    Misha
    mishamary@gmail.com

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  36. Just stopped by for the hop. I'm guilty of judging books by their cover. I hope you have a great weekend!!
    A Book Obsession..

    Make sure to check out my 100 followers contest here if you haven't entered! Ends 9/6

    kclapsadl@gmail.com

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  37. Found your blog hopping and am now a follower!!!

    Please stop by and check out my answer to the question:


    www.littlesqueed.blogspot.com

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  38. Congrats on being the featured friday! Also happy early labor day everyone. ^^ I have to admit i'm a big judger of covers. Sometimes if the cover doesn't look good and the excerpt is wonky i won't buy the book.

    Melissa
    I am a follower
    jedisakora@msn.com

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  39. Hi, and congratulations on being featured on the Friday Follow. I am an "old" follower. I was reading your short about me at the top and thought it said you had five kids ! THen I saw it was a five year old! \

    Nice contest, I have always liked this cover. Fangs, Wands and Fairy Dust
    steph@fangswandsandfairydust.com

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  41. Hey, this is my first time visiting your blog and I love the design theme. I'm the same as you about book covers. You're very lucky that you live near such a big bookstore!

    I'm a new follower :)

    Enjoy your weekend,
    Stephanie @ www.bestfriends-books.blogspot.com

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  42. Just stopping by from the hop! Have a great weekend!
    A Trillian Books

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  43. What a gorgeous blog! New follower :)

    Paula
    Tomes Devotee

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  44. Yay! Sounds great!! Thanks for the giveaway!

    e-mail: itzel_library(at)hotmail(dot)com

    All best,

    ~Yelania

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  45. Congrats on being featured!! I'm hopping by for Follow Friday! Great blog - I'm following you.

    Hop on by to Paromantasy We currently have a giveway going on. Join for a chance to win a novel by HP Mallory!

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  48. Hi there! I'm a new follower! I too am guilty of letting a fantastic cover first grab my attention! Nice site/giveaways!
    Smiles!
    http://thedelusionaldiaries.blogspot.com

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  49. I am hopping in for the blog hop. I'm a follower, too!

    Covers can be so enticing! They tempt me time and again! I love how a good cover makes you want to see what's under the hood :)

    If you have time, drop in and say hi at Manga Maniac Cafe

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  50. Hi there Candace,
    Thanks for stopping by my blog and giving the idea of "elephants" as book review... sounds fun.
    But i really want to re-design my blog layout.. but I couldn't find who to do it for me yet :P

    And thanks for the "comment pop-up" advice.. I'll check and see what to set at blogger (not sure if i can find how..erkkkk)

    And also, congratz for the Friday-Follow-Feature at Parajunkee! :)

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  51. and one more thing.. u r lucky that the biggest bookstore is minutes from yr house. Cool!!

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  52. hi candace, thanks for the tips again.. you should create some
    tips-advice column :)

    enjoy yr weekend

    ps: i love comments. i wont delete yr comment lah....

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  53. Congratulations. I am a follower. Happy Labor Day. Tore923@aol.com

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  54. Hi, just found you through the Hop :) I'm one of your newest followers!

    Feel free to stop by my blog in your spare time, www.coffeetalereviews.blogspot.com

    Hope you have a great long weekend!
    Ms. C

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  55. Cool blog! Just started following :).

    www.thebookmuffin.com

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  56. Just Hopping By!! Great site!!! Have a good weekend!!

    Carrie
    www.just-one-more-chapter.com
    www.therundhaugfamily.com

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  57. Stopped by from the blog hop! Love the dark background with the white type - very dramatic and surprisingly easy to read! Keep up the good work!

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  58. All the time...and sometimes I get disappointed, like now..I'm currently reading a book with an awesome cover but the book itself is so so boring and not what I expected... :(

    jen7waters(at)gmail(dot)com

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  59. Thanks for making this open worldwide!
    I'm already a follower

    spamscape [at] gmail [dot] com

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  60. Hi there, I'm your newest follower via Crazy for books' blog hop. Although my blog isn't about books alone, I do love reading and I love meeting new people who enjoy it too.

    Looking forward to reading more from you.

    Marie (hope you'll come by for a visit sometime, I love new followers.)
    The Things We Find Inside

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  61. Hopping over to say have a great weekend!

    Don't forget to have a look at my Giveaway if you haven't already!

    Lu

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  62. Cool contest! I'm already a follower, and I think your blog design is uber cute!

    kosmond.avon[at]gmail[dot]com

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  63. Hope you have a great Labor Day weekend

    GFC follower

    jellybelly82158 at gmail dot com

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  64. hello, happy to find your blog from the hop. I'm a new follower.

    If you'd like to see my answer to the quesiton i'm at www.readingisdreamy.blogspot.com

    jlynettes at hotmail dot com

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  65. Just wanted to say Hi and that I love your blog. Found you through the Blog Hop. I have added you to my list to follow - I love your taste in books. :) And your contest sounds amazing.

    chrystal.mclean@yahoo.ca

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  66. I do pick up a book because of its cover...not necessarily buy it, but it does make me pick it up and check it out.

    Hopping by.

    Stop by my blog if you like:

    http://silversolara.blogspot.com

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