"Let's help the elves" Giveaway - Winner

So, Christmas has come and gone, and it's time for cleaning up, eating the leftovers and coo over the amazing presents I'm sure everyone received. Oh, wait, there is something else that has to be done, isn't there?

Of course there is! The winner of the Let's help the elves giveaway!

But before I tell you actually won this one, here are some stats:

Most people said they were good or at least more good than naughty, but there are quite a lot that were naughty and proud of it! But since I always like the naughty ones in books, I won't crossed them from Santa's list.

And what people wanted the most for Christmas? Well, it was rather surprising. People asked for books. Or bookshelves. Or eReaders. Really, people? All you want for Christmas is books and book related stuff? Great! Me too!

So, now that these stats are over with, it's time for a winner. Let's click the button on the Rafflethingy and cross my fingers that I get picked...oh wait, I'm the hostess in this one.

And....drumroll please... wait, it seems there's more clicking involved, keep on with that drumroll, for a while and...

Here it is! The winner is:

Veronika who wanted books for Christmas, so she'll get one more from Spoilers and Nuts. I will be emailing you soon!


And that's all for now. There will be reviews coming (hopefully, I'm soooooo behind those) and during this week I'm doing the Top 10 of 2011 - so, a post every day - speaking of which, I have to prepare some of those...

"Let's help the elves" Giveaway

So, it's Christmas time, and the blog has turned 2 and I didn't even notice (much less celebrate). But there is still time! And since I still have a few Christmas shopping left to do, here is my idea:

Not THAT Santa's Little Helper

I'll help the Santa's Elves with their presents too, and take care of one of those for them. All you have to do is sit in a comfy place, pretend it's Santa's lap, and wish away, aka, fill the Rafflecopter thingy. That's it. It should end on December 25th (if I got this thing working right), so it means the gift will be a little late for Christmas, but Christmas it's whenever one wants, right?

And what about this gift thing? It will be a book (of course) - any book of your choice, within a reasonable prize. Reasonable is for me to decide and will depend on my mood. (It will be after Christmas, my mood is bound to be good.)

So here it is:

"Let's help the elves" Giveaway

Spoilers Blogoversary Giveaway: We have winners!

Good News Everyone!
(yes, I've been watching Futurama)

It appears we have some winners. I used random.org to draw the names, and the lucky one are:

...drumroll please...

Ana Nunes who recommended Robin Mckinley's Sunshine

Stella (Ex Libris) who recommended Master of None by Sonya Bateman and Mind Games by Carolyn Crane

Mika who recommended If I Stay by Gayle Forman

Congratulations to the three of them!

I've sent emails to confirm their choices, but if for some reason you don't receive it, contact me at quiguiigmail.com

I received a lot of good suggestions with this giveaway, so I'm sure I won't be lacking any reading material for the next year. Thanks to all who have participated.

Here is the list of all the recommendations:

Across the Universe by Beth Revis

Awakened by Miss Ednah Walters

Beautiful Creatures

Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver

City of Bones by Cassandra Clare

Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare

Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card

FEED by Mira Grant

Going Too Far - Jennifer Echols

Gulliver's Travels

Heist Society - Ally Carter

How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe by Charles Yu

If I Stay by Gayle Forman

Julio Cortazar's "Rayuela"

Master of None by Sonya Bateman

Matched by Ally Condie

Memoirs of a Geisha!

Mind Games by Carolyn Crane

Never let me go

Nina Wilde/Edie Chase 1: The Hunt For Atlantis

Rites of Spring, by Diana Peterfreund

Roman blood by Steven Saylor

Rot and Ruin by Maberry

Sunshine - Robin McKinley

Suzanne's diary for Nicholas

The Chicagoland Vampires series by Chloe Neil

The Cirque De Freak series

The Distant Hours-Kate Morton

The Hollow by Jessica Verday

The Lonely Hearts Club by Elizabeth Eulberg

The Riddle-Master's Game trilogy by Patricia A. McKillip

Where Rainbows End (by Cecelia Ahern)

Wintergirls (or Speak, or Twisted) by Laurie Halse Anderson

Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman

Daughter of the Blood - Anne Bishop

(I've read these last two, but I really liked them. Very good recs.)

Spoilers Blogoversary and the end of the year coming - Time for a Book Giveaway

Like the post title says, Spoilers and Nuts' Spoilers blogoversary is approaching. And there is also the end of the year and all the festivities associated with it, so there is yet more reasons to celebrate. And, although I'm still not sure I'll meet the 75 books mark I proposed myself to reach, I'll get very close to that.

If only I could find a way to celebrate it all together..... Oh wait, I can! Let's host a giveaway!

So here are the rules for the first giveaway I ever hosted. Mmmm, let's call it Spoilers and Nuts giveaway, and make things really complicated for people to enter.

Not really, but I do ask for some things.