tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52623362027406985232024-02-21T00:41:28.059-05:00Lexa CainAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07735576044552810103noreply@blogger.comBlogger351125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262336202740698523.post-52457700084052362232018-06-08T11:58:00.000-04:002018-06-08T11:58:00.234-04:00Celebrate Birthdays & 2 Kittens!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">My birthday was this week, and I forgot about it! I have so many things to figure out (trying to get to stores, bank problems, in-law problems, lawyers & legal papers...) that I literally forgot to celebrate on the actual day. But my friends came through with a birthday call -- and then a second kitten!! The one kitten they got me before just seemed a bit lonely in the flat with this confused old lady, so I asked my friends for another. The new one's a bundle of energy and fights with the other one, but I figure they just have to get used to each other, grow up a bit, and feel secure in this old lady's home. 'Don't worry, kids, there's enough food to go around!' I'm sure they'll be best buddies soon.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Things look better on the legal front with my</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;"> <i>(very expensive)</i><span style="font-size: large;"> lawyer reaching a deal with the in-laws. There were another couple of small properties and it looks like they'll take those and leave me with the main flat that Sherif and I bought 20 years ago, which is what I wanted. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I'm still super sorry my friends are moving away, but I have hope that good things are coming. In my life, good things usually follow on the heels of disasters, and heaven knows I've been through enough disasters this past year and am overdue for some relaxation and happiness for a change. <i>Come on happiness -- get over here, dagnabbit!!</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">My best friends here in Egypt, Lucy and Alaa, got me the cutest gift </span><i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">ever! </span></i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">They were worried about me -- afraid I was feeling sad and alone in my flat -- so they got me a kitten! She's an adorable little brown tabby with blue eyes, which I've never seen on a tabby before. She's only about 4 months old, and she's a bundle of energy. I can barely keep up with her! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">It's absolutely impossible not to smile when you have an adorable little ball of fluff purring or playing near you. So I have to hand it to my friends -- BEST GIFT EVER!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Not sure which of the girls in the photo resembles me the most. Of course, I'm definitely older than both of them, but after my stroke, walking has been as hard as if I were a little kid walking on shifting sands. Whether I'm on a street or even in my flat, I have to think about every step and compensate for chronic dizziness. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Pretty much every facet of my life is hard now, but</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">that's why</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I need to find any kernel of good and trumpet any accomplishment, which is what we do on 'Celebrate'.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">This week, I went shopping all by myself for the first time in over 9 months. Last July, I was hospitalized, and for the following 3-4 months, I was too sick to leave my bed. Then I got a bit better and hubs started driving me out and about. But he worried about me and followed me around in stores like a scared puppy. After his sudden death (on March 3), my friends just brought what I needed, or I walked to the tiny shops in our neighborhood. However, they have only very basic stuff (food & drinks), and these days I need unusual things, like notebooks, binders, folders, and pens to write notes to myself. (I have a hard time remembering things unless they're written down due </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">memory impairment caused by</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"> arteriosclerosis).</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">But finally, the piles of 'to-do' notes to myself, important info (like how to get on Blogger), and the lengthy medicine schedules were all over the couch, and the chaos was working my last nerve! I needed folders to organize things. So I got in a taxi and went to the mall -- all by myself. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Then what do I find? The biggest store in the mall that had anything you could want (clothing, shoes, hair products, stationary, notebooks, etc.) was shut down, all windows covered up, and no people anywhere around! I don't know if it's permanent or what, but <i>dang</i> that was a shock! Everything else at the mall is clothing stores or restaurants...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Then I remembered a place at another shopping strip and got a taxi to take me there. After getting what I needed, I had to get home. But money is running short with me these days, so I decided to walk. It's probably about one and a half miles. Not so much for a normal person, but quite a challenge for sick, chubby, out-of-shape, and rather pitiful me. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">:P</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">But I did it! I literally walked home -- through other neighborhoods, on sandy stretches beside highways where there's no sidewalk, and even squeezed past overgrown, thorny bushes that I had to disentangle from my clothes -- <i>ouch!</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">The doctors tell me that exercise is important, but sit-ups/push-ups, etc. is hard and too painful (since I have chronic back & knee problems) -- but at least I finally did something! It's time for me to be brave and do difficult-but-necessary things, right? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Sorry that my post went up late today. With all the problems in my life right now, I consider it a minor miracle if I remember to post at all. (Or if I remember how to access Blogger in the first place...)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">In the middle of the difficulties in my life atm, two people are always by my side, ready and willing to help in any way they can: Lucy and Alaa. They got a lawyer to take me to a government office so I could register my husband's death, they went with me to my bank so I could work out some difficulties (cancel cards, get new cards), they call every day to see if I need anything, and if I do, they immediately schedule a time when they can come pick me up and take me where I need to go. I truly don't know how I'd manage without them. Their kindness and loyalty will remain in my heart forever.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">One of the things the doctors said I'm supposed to do to get healthy again is exercise. However, with a permanent slipped disk and chronic knee problems, not to mention my frequent dizziness (due to arteriosclerosis and brain clots), typical exercise is off the table. And besides, y<i>ucko!</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">However, I enjoy cleaning. Well, not really the physical labor so much -- <i>who likes that?</i> -- but I love looking at a clean house and being proud of the work I did to get it "ship shape." So my way of exercising is to clean rooms, plus I cook almost every day, and then do all those darn dirty dishes, of course!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">And let me tell you, there's plenty to clean around my house since I spent so many months in bed, and my late husband was never very good in the "housekeeping" department. </span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07735576044552810103noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262336202740698523.post-73627538718477774122018-03-09T06:53:00.000-05:002018-03-09T06:53:04.354-05:00Celebrate: Sad News<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I'm very, very sad to report that my husband died this week. He was only 50, and he didn't have anything wrong with him. He was literally fine one day and gone the next.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I'm afraid I wonder whether it may have been due to the stress of taking care of me for the last 8 months. While I'm not <i>very </i>ill, my memory is quite shaky... I have good <i>long term</i> memory, like I remember everything before the last 5 years pretty clearly, but my <i>short term memory</i> is defective due to my arteriosclerosis and the hemorrhages in my brain that occurred 8 months ago. The hemorrhages are lodged in the area of short term memory and that makes it difficult to me to recall the details of day-to-day living. Every day I wake up and only remember a few of the things (mostly very big/unusual things) that have happened in the past weeks/months. The 'regular stuff' of daily living just seems to vanish overnight. This is obviously hard for me to handle and it was hard for him, too. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I'm still here, but I wish my life would get easier. I still have to take a bunch of meds every day because of the brain problems and must now try to deal with everything on my own. Please send me your wishes for good luck and improvement -- Lord knows I need as much of both of those as I can get.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">While I can't exactly celebrate my "illness" (brain clots and short term memory loss), there are some benefits I've discovered! Last week, I celebrated that hubs bought a new flatscreen TV for us, and it's much easier on the old eyeballs than the old TV set. Yay! Now I've noticed that there are no such things as "repeats." You know -- that movie or sitcom episode that was great the first time, but gets annoying when it comes on again and again? Well, the upside to my condition is that all TV programs are <i>new to me!</i> That Seinfeld episode that I'm sure has been on plenty of times before, now totally makes me giggle and laugh like it's the first time I've seen it. Same with movies. Yes, the movies that get repeated several times on a channel before the network puts on new ones -- no problem here! I can watch that sucker fifty times and won't remember it in detail the next time it comes on. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">On our old TV, the screen was getting fuzzier and more distorted and unstable, and that was a big strain on our senior eyeballs. But hubs went to a department store having a sale and got us a new flat screen! It's not a giant, wall-hanging one or anything, but the screen is almost twice as big as our old TV's screen, and I can't tell you what a relief that is -- no more squinting at the TV shows. Yay!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I'm probably preaching to the choir, since I bet most people have flat screen TVs by now, but my old TV was a Sony and very good quality, so we just kept it, and kept it ... and kept it ...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">But no more! Now we have a great new one that<i> I can see without squinting!! Woohoo!!</i></span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07735576044552810103noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262336202740698523.post-44329206157569780932018-02-16T06:05:00.000-05:002018-02-16T06:05:06.339-05:00Celebrate: Passwords (Uh-oh)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Sometimes I think I hit the "off" switch on my darn brain, and it's taking a long time to reboot. Among the things that are the most difficult are passwords. You know... those things you need in order to get onto practically <i>any account</i> on the net. <i> </i>I got spoiled coz my PC had all those passwords in its memory and supplied them whenever I opened the corresponding page. But my PC crashed (for about the 5th time) and this time it wasn't reparable. Bummer. :(</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">On the good side, hubs bought me a new PC. Yay! But there are no passwords in its memory, and the sites I frequent don't recognize the new PC and don't supply my password. Ack! So, I've been trying to change my passwords to all the sites I frequent, and I write down the new ones in a notebook (which I specifically made for this current situation). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">But somehow I don't write the passwords down correctly or I capitalize something when I shouldn't -- and next time I visit I can't get in! Password-protected sites are very particular... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">At a glacial pace, I'm going to all the sites I used to frequent, and since the new PC won't supply the password, I have to hit the sites' "Change Password" button. Things don't get much simpler than that ... but it takes a lot of time. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><i>Also</i> (like that's not enough), my mobile phone died. On the good side, hubs gave me an extra one he had. On the bad side, I cannot seem to remember how to use the different menus and the various commands. Yup, I'm pretty pitiful...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I'm happy to report that my health is improving little by little. While I still spend most of my time zonked-out on meds (yuck!), and dumber than the proverbial tree stump, my abilities to learn and adapt are getting better, slowly but surely.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Look! I figured out how to add a new, smaller "schedule" pic to my sidebar that doesn't include the books I already pubbed! (I know... not very impressive, but figuring out the intricacies of my artwork-program and of Blogger are both difficult for me & I'm celebrating every little accomplishment 'coz that's what we do here on "Celebrate." Yay!)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Also, kudos to my resourceful hubs who downloads new pc games for me to play. Learning and playing them helps my brain improve. (And goodness knows I need as much of that as I can get! LOL)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Guess what??!! Hubs bought me a new laptop for New Year's (after my trusty old laptop -- which</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> was "only" about 10 years old -- crashed! LOL) and I'm super grateful.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">However, the old laptop had all my most-visited links on it -- put into the bar below the https address line (I can't remember what you call that thing...).</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Sadly, putting links onto the new laptop's bar is only half my problem. My other problem is I have trouble remembering most of the links due to my illness (arteriosclerosis).</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">But happily, I'm actually getting better slowly but surely. My doctors told hubs and I that I might never regain my memory/thinking abilities. However, I've always been a determined person -- a VERY determined person! -- and little by little I am improving. Yay!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">When someone comments on my blog, I </span><i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">always</span></i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"> go to theirs to return a comment. But I've been having trouble recently. When I hit publish on some blogs, my comment doesn't appear. Even if I try to comment using another browser (I have 4), I can't get anything to appear. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I think I'm accidentally tripping the SPAM guard. </span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07735576044552810103noreply@blogger.com33tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262336202740698523.post-40321664952800591912018-01-19T06:00:00.000-05:002018-01-29T04:56:08.456-05:00Celebrate: Baby Steps<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">So far in 2018, I'm out of sync, out of the loop, and out to lunch! (Actually, I wish I <i>was</i> out to lunch since I'm on a diet and lunch sounds really <i>good!</i>) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">This is a shout-out to all my blogging buddies to let them know that I'm doing okay and defeating my health problems slowly but surely. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Hubs bought me a new laptop for New Year's, and I'm learning it little by little. Here's hoping all of us can improve things little by little, and may our new year be filled with lots of love, happiness, and all the support we need! :)</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07735576044552810103noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262336202740698523.post-27851527714848743792018-01-09T17:26:00.000-05:002018-01-18T13:50:38.844-05:00New Year, New Hopes<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07735576044552810103noreply@blogger.com29tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262336202740698523.post-14095990163432043942017-11-03T14:49:00.000-04:002017-11-03T15:24:21.525-04:00Celebrate: Trials and Tribulations<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">So you're probably wondering where I disappeared to for the last 4 months. Well, I had a very bad flu and then ended up in the hospital where they found I had arteriosclerosis ... and then I had a brain bleed and got dementia. I'm still dealing with memory loss and overall confusion. Yes, it's been a real fun time... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Luckily, I have a very supportive husband and with his constant help I've finally recovered health-wise, although my memory is still a bit iffy... It seems my short term memory is the most iffy, but my long term memory is pretty good. In other words, I can remember my childhood, but the past few years are a bit foggy. However, with his help I'm muddling through and getting better every day. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Please send me your good wishes and I'll cross my fingers that my memory gets stronger 'cause it's weird to have a screwed-up short term memory and have no idea what happened yesterday ... or the last few months...</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07735576044552810103noreply@blogger.com47tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262336202740698523.post-77013920749192673422017-06-23T00:00:00.000-04:002017-12-11T23:15:58.339-05:00Celebrate: Au Revoir<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">"Au revoir" means until I see you again. In this case it's more of an until I'm well enough to stay upright in a chair long enough to write blog posts again.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">According to the doctors and lab results, I'm "fine." Tell that to my very nauseous tummy and unhappy digestive system that have made me lose 8 kilograms (17 pounds) in the last 2 weeks. Not kidding. I spend most of my time in bed or in the bathroom.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">It's very hard to sit at my laptop, so I'm off everything -- Facebook, my CPs' forum, Twitter (if you see a tweet, it's a robot, not the real me), gmail, and now Blogger. I hope you can forgive me for not commenting on your posts and, for a while at least, for not posting. Until someone figures out what's wrong with me and fixes it, I just don't have the strength to be on the net.</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07735576044552810103noreply@blogger.com69tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262336202740698523.post-54826078149151077232017-06-16T00:00:00.000-04:002017-06-16T00:00:38.706-04:00Celebrate: Funny Raccoons & Great Giveaways!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">If I'm ever simply unable to write a post, my fallback is always good ol'</span><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: large;"> LOLCatz. In this case -- I'm celebrating </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b>Free Signed Literary Novel Paperback</b> – Win <i>Telemachus</i> by Peter Gray about a colony of migrating birds used as a metaphor for human love and loss (read more on Goodreads <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34232368-telemachus?ac=1&from_search=true" target="_blank">HERE</a>). Enter by visiting <a href="https://examiningtheodd.com/2017/05/26/giveaway-telemachus-by-peter-gray/" target="_blank">Examining the Odd blog</a>. Then click on the sentence “Simply click here to enter” and be taken to the rafflecopter to enter the giveaway. <span style="color: red;">Few entries = Good chance to win!</span> (ends Jun 22)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b>Free Award-Winning Woman's Fiction Novel </b>- To celebrate the release of her newest novel, <i>Redemption Lake</i>, author Susan Clayton-Goldner is giving away her <span style="color: red;">National Writers' Association Award winning novel</span>, <i>A Bend in the Willow</i>, about a woman living a respectable life until her 5-year-old son gets leukemia and she must return to the family home in Kentucky that she ran away from 20 years ago after she murdered her rapist. Enter via rafflecopter on the <a href="https://mythicalbooks.blogspot.com.eg/2017/06/buried-secrets-redemption-lake-by-susan.html" target="_blank">Mythical Books blog</a>. (ends June 26)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b>Free $25 Amazon Gift Card and Sci-Fi Hardback Novel</b> – Win <i>The Final Book: Gods</i> by SW Hammond, about mythological Greek gods who must save humanity by pretending to be mortal and using a quirky scientist’s time travel machine. The author is giving away a $25 Amazon card and a hardback copy of the novel. Enter via rafflecopter on the <a href="http://junipergrovebooksolutions.com/the-final-book-gods-sw-hammond/" target="_blank">Juniper Grove Book Solutions blog</a>. (ends Jun 18)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">In case you haven't heard of this, </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Kindle Scout belongs to Amazon. It’s part of their publishing arm, but they don't choose the books, votes from people choose the books, like a popularity contest.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">If the author manages to get 3k clicks/nominations on their book in 30 days, it will be published and all those who nominated it will receive free ecopies when it releases. (Scout pages used to list how many nominations each book had received and the number needed to reach the goal. They don’t post it now, so I can't be sure of the number authors need. But I’ve seen several before and I think the goal was either 3k or 5k.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Many writers have contacted me on Facebook or Twitter and asked me to go vote for their book. I always felt sorry for them, having to contact complete strangers and beg for a vote. I've only heard of one writer who got enough votes to be published -- all the others failed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Then, as I was searching for giveaways for this week's post, I came upon a giveaway tied to Kindle Scout that's very clever.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">The author, Lincoln Cole, is offering a $50 Amazon card and the first task on the rafflecopter is to go to Kindle Scout and vote for his book. I know a lot of people would like to get their hands on a $50 Amazon card, and a "click" on Kindle Scout is pretty easy. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I hope all the authors I know have publishers or are happy self-publishing, but if you want to try Kindle Scout, I recommend this clever giveaway idea. You don't have to write a ton of strangers and beg, just put up some money for a gift card and offer a chance to win it as an incentive to vote.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Here's Lincoln Cole's giveaway so you can have a look-see: <a href="https://www.lincolncole.net/giveaway">https://www.lincolncole.net/giveaway</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I'm celebrating that I already have a publisher because I'm way too cheap to cough up the money for a gift card! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">L.G. Keltner @ <a href="http://lgkeltner.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Writing Off The Edge</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b>Free 3 Fairy Tale Paperbacks and Matching 500-Piece Puzzles</b> – Win three classic fairy tales: <i>Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz</i>, and <i>Beauty and the Beast</i> in beautiful keepsake boxes along with their matching 500-piece puzzles. Enter via Entry Form on the <a href="http://pawsitiveliving.ca/2017/05/fairy-tale-book-puzzle-box-sets.html" target="_blank">Pawsitive Living blog</a>. (ends June 15)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b>Free Signed YA Contemporary Paperback</b> – Win <i>Weird and Wonderful</i> by Cece Barlow, about a girl with a terminally ill brother and who believes in feng shue (balance) but somehow her life is always unbalanced. She needs to change before it’s too late. Enter via rafflecopter on the <a href="http://mythicalbooks.blogspot.com.eg/2017/06/the-true-balance-weird-and-wonderful-by.html" target="_blank">Mythical Books blog</a>. (ends Jun 12)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b>Free 2 Dark Fiction Series eBooks</b> – Win <i>Hunters</i> and <i>Hunted</i> by Aoife Marie Sheridan, about a girl who can see ghosts and demons but must act fast to save her fellow hunters even if it means a rescue mission to Hell itself. Enter via rafflecopter on the <a href="http://mythicalbooks.blogspot.com.eg/2017/06/to-unknown-fate-to-discover-true.html" target="_blank">Mythical Books blog</a>. (ends June 12)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b>Free Your Choice of 1 of 3 Literary Fiction Novels</b> – For the month of June, France Book Tours is offering the person with the winning entry his or her choice of three books: <i>Hell’s Gate</i> (Literary Dante-esque novel, trans to English) by award-winning author Laurent Gaudé, <i>Moderato Cantabile</i> (Literary in original French) by award-winning Marguerite Duras, and the Prix Goncourt Award winning book <i>La Nuit Sacree</i> (Literary in original French) by Tahar Ben Jelloun. Enter via Entry Form on the <a href="https://francebooktours.com/2017/06/01/june-2017-book-of-the-month-giveaway/" target="_blank">France Book Tours blog</a>. (ends June 30)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b>Free $5 Amazon Gift Card and Romance Novel Paperback</b> - Win <i>Chasing Love</i> by Melissa West, about a soldier home from a tour in Iraq who falls for his best friend’s suddenly mature and beautiful younger sister; she’s always had a crush on him—will her dreams come true this time? Enter via rafflecopter on the <a href="http://romancenovelgiveaways.blogspot.com.eg/2017/05/chasing-love-by-melissa-west-book-tour.html" target="_blank">Romance Novels Giveaway blog</a>. (ends Jun 25)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">My great publisher, <a href="http://www.dancinglemurpressllc.com/freedom-fox-press/" target="_blank">Freedom Fox Press</a> (Dancing Lemur Press), is sponsoring an audiobook giveaway for many of the books they've published -- and it's BLOODWALKER's turn!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">The giveaway is on Twitter and a winner will be chosen in one week (June 8). If you have a Twitter account, here are the <b><span style="color: red;">super easy</span><span style="color: orange;"> </span></b>directions to enter for a chance to win:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">This week I'm celebrating how I have the best, most helpful, and hard-working publisher ever -- <a href="http://circleoffriendsbooks.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">L. Diane Wolfe</a> of <a href="http://www.dancinglemurpressllc.com/freedom-fox-press/" target="_blank">Freedom Fox Press</a>!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>Free YA Fantasy (Mermaid) eBook</b> – Win <i>Breakwater</i> by Catherine Jones Payne, about a mermaid living in an underwater city shaken by a murder that leads back to her and her fiancé. Enter via rafflecopter on the <a href="http://mythicalbooks.blogspot.com.eg/2017/05/a-red-tide-is-rising-breakwater-by.html" target="_blank">Mythical Books blog</a>. (ends Jun 19)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>Free 1 Signed Novel and 3 YA Contemporary Romance eBooks</b> – To celebrate the release of <i>About Last Summer</i> by Patricia B. Tighe, she’s giving away a signed paperback novel (US only) of <i>Life in the No-Dating Zone</i>, ebook copies of the Zone series (3 books, open internationally), and an ebook copy of her newest book, <i>About Last Summer</i>. Enter via rafflecopter on the <a href="http://mythicalbooks.blogspot.com.eg/2017/05/some-payback-about-last-summer-by.html" target="_blank">Mythical Books blog</a>. (ends Jun 12)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I was sleeping very comfortably, somehow not realizing it was Thursday and I'd forgotten to do a Celebrate post. But I accidentally woke up in the wee hours and whipped this off!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I've had a good, relaxed week, and I think I've come up with the character arc I so desperately need for my next novel. (I can't write a character if I have no idea what that character's arc is.) So yay for me and <i>Paris Underworld</i>! Now I just have to finish <i>Coldest Ni</i></span><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: large;"><i>gh</i></span><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: large;"><i>t</i> ...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>Free Online Short Stories</b> – Celebrate’s own D.A. Cairns of <a href="http://dacairns.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Square Pegs blog</a> has an ezine called Square Pegs Ezine. David runs it, chooses submissions, and edits. You can read all the free online short stories on the Square Pegs Ezine <a href="http://squarepegsezine.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">HERE</a>. Wouldn't it be fun to see your own story there? So check out the Submission Policy for his ezine and sub a story of your own <a href="http://e-zineguidelines.blogspot.com.eg/" target="_blank">HERE</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b>Free YA Epic Fantasy/Paranormal Romance Hardback Novel </b>– Win <i>Shift of Shadow and Soul</i> by Hilary Thompson, about an exiled community with links to ancient magic and pursued by a vengeful king, with only a girl and a boy trying to save them—but the girl has some of the forbidden magic and the boy’s the enemy general’s son. The author is giving away a hardback copy, internationally, via rafflecopter on the <a href="http://mybookaddiction.com/book-blast-giveaway-shift-of-shadow-and-soul-by-hilary-thompson/" target="_blank">My Book Addiction blog</a>. (ends May 29)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b>Free Signed YA Contemporary Paperback & Cookbook</b> – To celebrate the release of <i>The Smallest Thing</i> by Lisa Manterfield, she’s giving away her first book, <i>A Strange Companion</i>, about a woman who struggles with life, death, grief, and the possibility of reincarnation, and also giving away <i>Recipes for Love</i> (Cooking with Kat), a cookbook by the novel’s main character. Enter via rafflecopter on the <a href="http://www.yabookscentral.com/blog/it-s-live-cover-reveal-1-38" target="_blank">YA Books blog</a>. (ends May 29)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b>Free $20 Amazon Gift Card</b> – To celebrate the prequel to a Paranormal series, <i>The Angel Knights</i> by Mary Ting, about Fallen Angels, Demons and the family of Demon Hunters charged with finding and ridding the world of them, the author is giving away a $20 Amazon card via rafflecopter on the <a href="http://mythicalbooks.blogspot.com.eg/2017/05/what-is-destined-to-be-free-angel.html" target="_blank">Mythical Books blog</a>. (ends June 17)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Last Saturday, I apparently ate something that was past its expire date and full of germs (bacteria? microbes? ALIENS??). It freaked out my stomach. The result was ... icky. Really, really icky, like I became best friends with a bucket for a couple of days there.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Luckily, my bucket and I parted ways about midweek. During my war with my stomach, only one thing went down and stayed. My sour stomach cure was:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"> Deanie Humphrys-Dunne is an award-winning children’s author. She is a graduate of the Institute of Children’s Literature and has been featured on several author websites. Her books have won a number of awards and recognition including; The Feathered Quill silver medal, The Purple Dragonfly Honorable Mention, Center for Literacy and Primary Poetry Award Finalist, Reader’s Favorite silver medal, and The AuthorsShow.com “50 Great Writers You Should Be Reading.”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"> Her story, <i>My Life at Sweetbrier</i>, is a captivating book that teaches children life lessons such as perseverance and setting goals. Deanie believes children should be inspired to reach for their dreams because you may accomplish more than you imagined. You may even overcome the odds, like she did.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>Free Texas Romance Paperback</b> – Win <i>Texas Fire</i> by Gerry Bartlett, about a billionaire’s spoiled daughter who gets a shock when she finds his will has a string attached—she must work on one of his oil rigs for an entire year or she’s disinherited. Will the tough as nails foreman help her or ruin her chances? Enter via rafflecopter on the <a href="http://romancenovelgiveaways.blogspot.com.eg/2017/05/texas-fire-by-gerry-bartlett-guest-post.html" target="_blank">Romance Novel Giveaways blog</a>. (ends June 15)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>Free Vampire Thriller eBook</b> – Win 1 of 3 ecopies of <i>Once Bitten, Twice Die</i> by Antony J. Stanton, about the failure of a new drug leading to crazy and enraged patients and a secret clan of ancient vampires who must fight the patients for their own survival. The author is giving away 3 ebooks via rafflecopter on the <a href="http://mythicalbooks.blogspot.com.eg/2017/05/the-end-of-world-was-just-beginning.html" target="_blank">Mythical Books blog</a>. <span style="color: red;">Very Few Entries = Great chance to win! Enter FAST, ends May 20!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>Free 2 Signed YA Contemporary Paperbacks</b> – Win 2 books by Jennifer Gold: <i>The Undiscovered Country</i>, about a girl who joins a volunteer program and goes to South America to try to get over the pain of her mother’s death, and <i>On The Spectrum</i>, about a girl with an unhealthy obsession with living “clean” and her summer in Paris with her young brother who’s on the autism spectrum and what he teaches her about life and love. Enter via rafflecopter on the <a href="http://www.yabookscentral.com/blog/author-guest-post-with-jennifer-gold-plus-giveaway" target="_blank">YA Books Central blog</a>. (US/Can only; ends May 26)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>1)</b> I was a Guest Author at Mary Ann Poll's Facebook book release party, met a bunch of fun people, and at the end I was one of the lucky ones who'd won an ebook from her. <b><span style="color: red;">Yay!</span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>2)</b> On Twitter, a book-blogger tweeted me about reviewing BLOODWALKER. However, he wanted an audiobook and I'd given away the promo codes already. Luckily, the book's narrator was linked into our tweets and he popped up saying he had a code for it. So the book-blogger got a code for the audiobook, and the narrator got my gratitude! <b><span style="color: red;">Double yay!</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Tonja Drecker @ <a href="http://tonjadrecker.blogspot.com/">Kidbits Blog</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Despite my adventurous spirit, I achieved my educational goals, married, and I have two handsome sons. Writing is now my focus, my newest adventure!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><a href="http://yolandarenee.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Blog</a> * <a href="https://www.facebook.com/yolandarenee" target="_blank">Facebook</a> * <a href="https://twitter.com/yolandarenee" target="_blank">Twitter</a> * <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/renee0240/" target="_blank">Pinterest</a> * <a href="mailto:yolandarenee@hotmail.com" target="_blank">Email</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">This week I'm celebrating -- throwing stuff away! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">As you know if you've been reading my posts, I've been shamelessly whining about Spring Cleaning for some weeks. Now that I've finally finished cleaning<b><span style="color: red;"> (YAY!)</span></b>, I realize my writing room is like a garage (or attic). It has a ton of boxes filled with the leftovers from the 2 careers I had before I became a writer (dancer & singer), plus all those things I rarely use (like a sewing machine or suitcases) or never use (like a VHS player and tapes or curtain rods from a different apartment). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">My writing space is half the size it should be because of boxes, and I'm wedged into a little corner. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Once I began to organize and decide what to keep, what to giveaway, and what to throw away, I started to feel as if the box stacks grew to gigantic proportions. Soon I might become Indiana Jane and stumble across the Arc of the Covenant!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Using my <strike>lazy, snail-speed</strike> slow-but-steady approach to work, I hope to be done in a few weeks. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>Free YA Science Fiction Novel</b> – Win <i>Defy The Stars</i> by <span style="color: red;">NY Times Bestselling Author Claudia Gray</span>, about an interstellar fighter trying to save her home world when a twist of fate strands her aboard an enemy ship run by an AI who looks human and conceals the secret that can save her planet. Enter via rafflecopter on the <a href="http://www.yabookscentral.com/blog/author-chat-with-claudia-gray-plus-giveaway" target="_blank">YA Books Central blog</a>. (US only; ends May 11)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>Free 10 Bestselling YA Sci-Fi and Fantasy Paperbacks</b> – Win 10 Bestselling YA novels, $150.00 value, including<i> Colour of Magic</i> by Terry Pratchett, <i>City of Bones</i> by Cassandra Clare,<i> Zeus is Dead</i> by Michel G. Munz, <i>The Paper Magician</i> by Charlie N. Holmberg, <i>Grave Mistake</i> by Izzy Shows, <i>Ancient Magic</i> by Linsey Hall, <i>Configured</i> by Jenetta Penner, <i>Darkness Brutal</i> by Rachel A Marks, <i>Elementals </i>by Michelle Madow, and <i>The Gender Game </i>by Bella Forrest. Enter via Entry Form on the <a href="http://www.maajawentz.com/giveaways/10-bestselling-ya-fantasy-science-fiction-novels/" target="_blank">Maaja Wentz blog</a>. (ends June 1)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>Free $75, $25, and $5 Amazon Gift Cards or Paypal Cash</b> – Win one of these Amazon gift cards (1) $75, (1) $25, or (10) $5 or the same amount in Paypal Cash. Enter via rafflecopter on the <a href="http://gkagiveaways.info/gift-cards-cash-giveaway/" target="_blank">GKA Giveaways blog</a>. (ends June 14)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">For Foxy's <span style="font-size: large;">other Freebies, go to the</span><b><span style="font-size: large;"> <a href="http://lexacain.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html" target="_blank">Freebie page</a>.</span></b></span></span></div>
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