We’re one day closer to our 10th anniversary on January 31st. Ready for more fun? The other giveaways are still open, but here are two more!
Today we have some special things, including a Kate Spade bag, and a rather rare collectible. I haven’t seen any of these on eBay or anywhere in awhile. Oh – and some books! And treats! And an ARC of an April book, and a hardcover that isn’t out for 2 more weeks.
This is so fun, you guys.
Each giveaway will be open until 31 January 2015, and each prize pack is open to international residents where applicable by law. Must be over 18 to win. Void where prohibited.
Here’s our first prize pack!
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Included in this giveaway are: a new (with tags!) Kate Spade Beantown Lene grey and black wool crossbody handbag. If you’d like a slightly better picture, here it is: 
Isn’t it cute? Also included: a Smart Bitches flask, a MAC eyeshadow quad in “An Amorous Adventure” from the True Romance collection, a digital copy of Pride, Prejudice, and Popcorn by Carrie Sessarego, a Moleskine hardcover Book Journal, a hardcover notebook from the Harlequin Notable collection featuring the cover for I’ll Bury My Dead by James Hadley Chase. Ready for the next collection? I bet you are! a Rafflecopter giveaway
This giveaway collection includes a somewhat rare (I haven’t seen very many, that’s for sure) Nora Roberts bobblehead doll, a hardcover copy of Obsession in Death by JD Robb, an address book featuring the vintage cover of You’re Lonely When You’re Dead by James Hadley Chase, a hardcover notebook featuring the vintage cover for Anna by Anneke De Lange (“She lived like a wicked little animal.” Oh yes), a digital copy of Pride, Prejudice and Popcorn by Carrie Sessarego, and a small hardcover Moleskine notebook (to record all of your wicked adventures with bobblehead Nora, of course).
Good luck, and thank you for being here!
I’m listening to an audiobook now (would rather not name) that everyone has been raving about. The story is compelling, but the writing is awkward and disjointed. 1st person present, multiple POVs. I’m intrigued enough by the story to continue, but I can only listen in small doses.
I wasn’t sure I was going to like the Selection when I read the review but I tried it anyways.
One of the RITA Reader Challenge reviews, for Heart of Obsidian, I could not agree with. It wasn’t completely the opposite of my personal review of the book, and the reviewer definitely pointed out parts that I also found troubling, but overall I was left with a much more satisfied feeling, and the desire to reread this book repeatedly remains. It just reaffirms my opinion that I can’t look at just the book rating in a review – I read the review entirely to find out if the parts someone else didn’t like are actually exactly what I am in the mood to read!
After Elyse raved about Edith Layton, I immediately bought two of her books, but I couldn’t finish either of them. So disappointing because Elyse was so enthusiastic!
I follow a few different blogs and have had this happen on more than one occasion the most recent was a book by Marie Harte a blogger loved and it was a DNF for me.
A couple years ago now a journalist wrote a fiction book that was really quite awful. There were a whole bunch of reviews online praising it as the next best series … That series never happened, the ppb release never happened, it all dropped out of sight.
LIFE OF PI had me expecting this transcendent experience, but it bored the living bejesus out of me (and I felt homicidal when I finally reached the ending after 100 chapters). I was also shocked that people find David Foster Wallace’s A SUPPOSEDLY FUN THING I’LL NEVER DO AGAIN funny…he seemed so bitter about everything he wrote about in it.
It happens so much that I can’t even think of a specific one. The biggest “they got it wrong” thing I can think of is the 1995 version of Sabrina. I love it but I don’t think I’ve ever read a positive review…
Night Broken by Patricia Briggs – The review on Dear Author meshed with my feelings about the book. It was interesting to me to see in the comments discussion about one aspect of the book with which I heartily disagreed. But the overall discussion was great.
I can’t think of a specific one from your website, but I know I didn’t really like Gone Girl or Wild and everyone else seems to love them.
Any of the SBTB reviews of Courtney Milan books are spot on for me.
I love reading all the reviews on the website…I tend to agree with the majority of reviews
I’ve had both situations happen, but a recent one is I have to say I disagreed on The Courtship of Princess Leia being a fun read. My husband gave it to me to read and between his talk up of it and the review here it should have been a slam dunk. Nope. I guess for me the stakes were too high and Han was just being too much of an ass for my liking. USE YOUR WORDS, HAN.
Yes – but I can’t remember which books. I usually wait to read reviews until after I’ve read though.
I think many books provoke different responses from people–I know for instance that there are many rave reviews about the Twilight series, but I think I’d have a far different reaction when reading them. I just finished a book by a very popular author, and while I can admire her skill, the subject material is just not for me, and I know that greatly colored my response. I would have rated it generously a 3 while she regularly gets 5 star reviews…
I read the synopsis and decide from there. I stopped reading review on Amazon a long time ago. When I discovered your blog, I found you were pretty much dead on with your reviews. I trust SBTB. Thanks for all the work you do!
I wasn’t sure about Lord of the Scoundrels even after reading the reviews…but I totally agree with the review…”so far the book is pretty much a big ol’ loaf of awesome smothered in a rich awesome sauce.”