Nicole, I think, is taking a two week hiatus too because of her thesis, so there won't be any posts for a short while.
We'll be back soon, and do wish us luck! :)
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Showing posts with label Blog announcement. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 11, 2014
Temporary Hiatus
Hi guys, Michelle here! I'll be taking a temporary hiatus from book blogging, because I have my thesis and finals to worry about. I will be back in March, when I am certain that I will be marching for graduation, yay!
Sunday, October 27, 2013
[CLOSED] 1 Year-Anniversary Giveaway + Stacking the Shelves #36 + The Sunday Post #34
The Sunday Post is hosted by Kimba over at the Caffeinated Book Reviewer. This special post will provide a recap for posts that have been written for the week (October 21 - 27, 2013)
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Saturday
Stacking the Shelves is a weekly meme first initiated by Tynga. This weekly segment will showcase the books/galleys/ARCs we've acquired/purchased/borrowed within the week.
Nicole
Top to bottom:
Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins
This Dark Endeavor by Kenneth Oppel
The Burning Sky by Sherry Thomas
Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson
From left to right:
Unbreakable by Kami Garcia
The Crimson Crown by Cinda Williams Chima
From top to bottom:
The Chaos of Stars by Kiersten White
Linked by Imogen Howson
Warp by Eoin Colfer
The Eye of Minds by James Dashner
The House of Hades by Rick Riordan
Allegiant by Veronica Roth
Michelle
From left to right, top to bottom:
All Our Yesterdays by Cristin Terrill
The Rogue's Princess by Eve Edwards
The Final Descent by Rick Yancey
The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily Danforth
The Bitter Kingdom by Rae Carson
Burning by Elana Arnold
Catching Jordan by Miranda Kenneally
When You Were Here by Daisy Whitney
Project Cain by Geoffrey Girard
The Liberator by Victoria Scott
Hey guys! It's been a year since we started the blog. We came up with the idea on Sept. 11, 2012, and formally launched our blog on Oct. 20, 2012. Since the blog started, we've experienced new things that couldn't have been possible if we didn't go beyond our comfort zones. So to say thank you to all our readers, followers, peers, we're having a giveaway.
We're giving away 5 books:
Insignia by S.J. Kincaid (Reviewed here here)
The Assassin's Curse + The Pirate's Wish by Cassandra Rose Clarke (Review for The Assassin's Curse here, and The Pirate's Wish here)
The Girl of Fire and Thorns by Rae Carson
Enclave by Ann Aguirre
Terms and Conditions:
1. The books will be sent from bookdepository.co.uk. The Twins Read will not be held liable for any customs / taxes that your country will impose on you. Likewise, The Twins Read will not be held liable for any lost / damaged packages.
2. You must be 13 years old and above to join. Please ask your parent/guardian to join the giveaway for you, if you aren't.
3. If you only use ONE account to do all these tasks and enter under different names, they will still only constitute as ONE entry.
4. If the winner does not respond to messages via Facebook, or e-mail within 48 hours, The Twins Read will have to choose another winner.
5. The covers of the copies you get may be different from the cover used in the The Twins Read promos.
4. If the winner does not respond to messages via Facebook, or e-mail within 48 hours, The Twins Read will have to choose another winner.
5. The covers of the copies you get may be different from the cover used in the The Twins Read promos.
By the way, we'll be at the upcoming ReaderCon 2013! We'll be giving away YA book recommendations, so please do drop by our booth and chat with us. Our time slot is 1:00-1:45 PM, and we'd really love to connect with you guys. The event will be held on November 9, 2013 at the 5th floor of the Rizal Library at the Ateneo de Manila University. (If you do drop by and mention this post, you just might get some swag. Just saying!) The event will only accommodate around 300 people, so you might want to reserve slots by clicking on this link. The registration fee costs P150.
Here's the schedule of events! There will also be talks by famous personalities like Ramon Bautista and Kate Evangelista. There will also be book discussions, so please do come. :)
ALSO, The NBDB, in line with the Ayala Museum and the Filipinas Heritage Museum is also hosting a fiction writing masterclass titled City Fiction 100, so all you budding fiction writers might want to take note of that! Just bring with you a flash fiction piece about a city, whether real or imagined. The workshop hosted by Krys Lee costs P1,000 and grants access to all panels for the day. Only 25 slots are available, so if you're interested, you better reserve slots!
Super duper lengthy post over. Peace out.
Wednesday, July 24, 2013
[CLOSED] GIVEAWAY: Dianne Salerni's The Caged Graves
Hey guys, we're giving away a hardcover of Dianne Salerni's The Caged Graves (check out our review here), because:
a.) we've reached 40k pageviews, yay
b.) we love The Caged Graves and want to share the book with someone, and
c.) we like giving away stuff!
The giveaway is international, so everyone can join in the fun - as long as The Book Depository ships to your country!
Terms and Conditions:
1. The books will be sent from bookdepository.co.uk. The Twins Read will not be held liable for any customs / taxes that your country will impose on you. Likewise, The Twins Read will not be held liable for any lost / damaged packages.
2. You must be 12 years old and above to join. Please ask your parent/guardian to join the giveaway for you, if you aren't.
3. If you only use ONE account to do all these tasks and enter under different names, they will still only constitute as ONE entry.
4. If the winner does not respond to messages via Facebook, or e-mail within 48 hours, The Twins Read will have to choose another winner.
5. The covers of the copies you get may be different from the cover used in the The Twins Read promos.
5. The covers of the copies you get may be different from the cover used in the The Twins Read promos.
Sunday, May 19, 2013
The Sunday Post #21 + Michelle's 21st Birthday Giveaway
The Sunday Post is hosted by Kimba over at the Caffeinated Book Reviewer. This special post will provide a recap for posts that have been written for the week (May 13 - 18, 2013).
Monday
Tuesday
Friday
Oh, and...
Michelle's turning 21 this coming May 22, and so we both thought that it would be a grand idea to celebrate that by giving away 2 copies of her favorite book, Jennifer Nielsen's The False Prince (which she reviewed here), plus other goodies! The winner not only gets a hardcover of The False Prince, but also three bottles of OPI nail polishes (colors inspired by the book jacket), stickers from Japan (Michelle's obsessed with them) and candy (YAAYY!). We're also giving away a paperback copy to a lucky "runner-up", along with a bottle of nail polish from The Face Shop (Wheee!) and other goodies as well.
Giveaway starts on May 19, 2013 and ends on May 31, 2013 (GMT+8).
Saturday, April 20, 2013
Blog Announcement: 6-Monthsary / Summer Giveaway! [INTL + PH-only]
Hey guys! The blog is officially 6 months old, and in appreciation of all the valuable and inspiring things we've picked up on the way, we decided to celebrate it by giving away copies of Margo Lanagan's The Brides of Rollrock Island (reviewed here) and Jennifer Echols' Such a Rush. We'll be having 2 winners and each winner will get both books via The Book Depository.
Terms and Conditions:
1. The books will be sent from bookdepository.co.uk. The Twins Read will not be held liable for any customs / taxes that your country will impose on you. Likewise, The Twins Read will not be held liable for any lost / damaged packages.
2. You must be 12 years old and above to join. Please ask your parent/guardian to join the giveaway for you, if you aren't.
3. If you only use ONE account to do all these tasks and enter under different names, they will still only constitute as ONE entry.
4. If the winner does not respond to messages via Facebook, or e-mail within 48 hours, The Twins Read will have to choose another winner.
5. The covers of the copies you get may be different from the cover used in the The Twins Read promos.
5. The covers of the copies you get may be different from the cover used in the The Twins Read promos.
If you have a Philippine address, join this one:
If you reside anywhere else, join this one. (People who reside in the Philippines must not join this one.)
Friday, March 1, 2013
Blog Announcement: Hiatus Until the 18th
Hey guys, if you've noticed our lack of posts and comments, you can blame our stressful schoolwork for that. We're having our finals, so we've decided to be on hiatus until March 18, 2013. We've tried to keep the blog up and running during this stressful time, but despite our efforts, we're unable to keep up, and we don't want to give you guys half-baked reviews. By then, we'll be resuming our posts and regular updates again.
Hope you guys understand the pressure we're under. (Straight nights of no sleep for us, boo!)
Love,
Michelle and Nicole
TTR
Monday, December 24, 2012
Merry Christmas / Happy Holidays!
Hey guys,
It's that wonderful time of the year again where family and friends gather around and toast to the celebrations. As we are busy preparing for tonight and tomorrow, today's scheduled review is cancelled. We will resume our normal schedule come Wednesday, December 26, 2012. We sincerely hope that you guys have a rockin' Christmas (or other religious festivities, to be politically correct), and that nobody fights over the last slice of ham. Kidding aside, we do wish that everyone has wonderful, wonderful days ahead.
Happy holidays!
Love,
The Twins Read
Friday, December 21, 2012
Blog Announcement: Winners of the Holiday + 50 Followers Giveaways
This month's giveaways have been quite crazy.
First, there were the scheduled holiday giveaways, then we reached 50 followers on Networked Blogs, so of course we had to have another giveaway! We'd like to thank everyone who participated in the giveaways. (If we only could, we would give each and every one a copy.) We are quite apologetic if you guys would have wanted us to announce the winners sooner, but we had to go through each and every entry to make sure they were valid.
This is probably the post that a lot of people have been looking forward to for this week, and so without further ado, here are the winners.
Winners will be notified via e-mail and Twitter and only have 48 hours from the time of announcement to respond with their shipping addresses.
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
[CLOSED] (Sudden) Blog Announcement: 50 Followers on Networked Blogs Giveaway
We hit 50 followers on Networked Blogs, and to celebrate, we're giving away ONE (1) copy of The Treachery of Beautiful Things by Ruth Frances Long. (Click here to check out Michelle's review + more information about it.)
(Image courtesy of GoodReads)
As per blog protocol, we never give away book/s that we are not confident about. The giveaway is also hosted / sponsored by The Twins Read, therefore, we are sticking to our commitment to our readers.
Terms and Conditions:
1. The contest is open INTERNATIONALLY - yes, even people who currently reside in the Philippines can join - and will be sent from bookdepository.co.uk. The Twins Read will not be held liable for any customs / taxes that your country will impose on you. Likewise, The Twins Read will not be held liable for any lost / damaged packages.
2. You must be 12 years old and above to join. Otherwise, ask your parent/guardian to join the giveaway for you.
3. If you only use ONE account to do all these tasks and enter under different names, they will still only constitute as ONE entry.
4. If the winner does not respond to messages via Facebook, or e-mail within 48 hours, The Twins Read will have to choose another winner.
Also, if you guys haven't heard, we're still giving away 4 copies of Antonia Michaelis' The Storyteller to 2 winners [Open Internationally and PH-only]. Click here to be re-directed.
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
The Twins Read Blog is A Month Old!
It's been a month since the blog finally launched online last October 20, 2012, and it's been an amazing month. As of this time of writing, the site has garnered a total of 4, 278 pageviews and 726 visitors from all over the globe. Our fellow local Filipino book bloggers have been so supportive and accepting as well, and we are really proud to be part of the community. We also want to thank the people who have continuously supported us, and that includes you, the readers.
Our lives pre-TTR didn't have much of a purpose. We'd go about our daily routines like automated robots, and we'd always wonder how people were so perky about stuff, and now we can say that we understand it. Setting up and continuing the blog has, of course, meant more work for us, but with every comment, every Like, every follower, and every Tweet, we don't mind the late nights, and the self-sacrifices we've made and are still making to keep the blog updated. Every seemingly 'little' thing you guys do puts a smile on our faces, and we want to thank each and every one of you for that.
With that in mind, we are pleased to announce that we will be having a giveaway in a few weeks, and it will be open internationally and locally. In fact, we plan on making ALL future giveaways open to everyone!
Yours sincerely,
The Twins Read
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