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Review Copy Cleanup 3.0 – Wrap-Up

February 28th, 2013 Vicky

Review Copy Cleanup 3.0

Hello everyone and happy (almost) March! Can you believe February is almost over?! It has gone by so quickly… Anyway, Celine, myself and 54 lovely bloggers spent the month of February with trying to make a dent in our review piles and reading as many review books we possibly could. I’m gutted that we have to say goodbye to this event already but it was great fun and I’m glad we were able to do this again.

My goal was to read at least 4 review books this month and I’m chuffed that I actually managed to read even more than that – I’ve read 5 books (1961 pages) in total – huzzah! I didn’t have too much time since I’m still working on my uni thesis so I’m glad – and quite surprised – that I managed to finish more than what I initially planned.

The books I managed to finish this month are:

Review Copy Cleanup 3.0 wrap up

All the Little Animals by Walker Hamilton { Goodreads | Review }
The Last Time I Saw You by Eleanor Moran { Goodreads | Matching nails }
Vortex by Julie Cross { Goodreads }
The Terrace by Maria Duffy { Goodreads }
Now You See Me by S.J. Bolton { Goodreads | Review }

Thank you so much to everyone for joining us for the third time – I hope you managed to reach your goals and had just as much fun as we did. :) If you did a wrap up post, make sure to link up below so that we can all check it out and see how you did. (the linky is the same on both Celine’s and my blog) Big hugs! x

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Review Copy Cleanup 3.0 – Goals

February 1st, 2013 Vicky

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And the time has finally come – Review Copy Cleanup 3.0 has just kicked off! For those of you who haven’t seen the sign up post yet, here’s all the info you need. Sign ups are open until February 15 so if you’d like to join the fun, please do so! :) Those of you who already did – best of luck and hope you have a great time! If you’re on Twitter, make sure to use the #RCCleanup hashtag so that we can all see your progress and what everyone else is up to.

My plans for this month

I’m a bit more cautious with my to-be-read pile this time because I’ve no idea how much time I’ll have. I’m going back to uni in about a week and I’ll need to start working on my thesis as well so it’s pretty hectic around here. Anyway, my aim is to read and review these four paperbacks/hardbacks:

Review Copy Cleanup 3.0 - Goals

The Sweetness of Forgetting by Kristin Harmel
The First Last Kiss by Ali Harris
Vortex by Julie Cross
With All My Love by Patricia Scanlan

Ebooks
(click on the book covers to check out their synopses)

And since I know for a fact that I’ll need my monthly dose of crime fiction after all these women’s fiction titles, I decided to add these two e-books to my list. (I actually took a sneak peek at the first few pages of the S.J. Bolton book and it was REALLY good so I hope I’ll be able to pick this one up soon)

What books are on your list? How many books are you aiming for? :)

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Review Copy Cleanup 3.0 – Sign Up

January 28th, 2013 Vicky

Hello and welcome to the third Review Copy Cleanup! After two successful editions in 2012, we’re back for another month of review copy reading madness. Whether you have a modest pile or a complete mountain of review books to get through, you are all welcome to join the fun.

What is the Review Copy Cleanup?

RCC is a month-long event in which Celine from Nyx Book Reviews and myself challenge ourselves to read as many review books as we possibly can. We are both notorious for accepting way too many review requests and consequently, our to-be-read piles are pretty daunting. In order to get some extra motivation we invented Review Copy Cleanup. This year we are keeping things simple – no challenges or scheduled Twitter chats, just weekly updates so we can all keep track of each other’s process – and lots of reading, of course. You’re welcome to keep track of the challenge in the way that’s most convenient for you.

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Guidelines:

  • Review Copy Cleanup 3.0 runs from 1 to 28 February
  • It starts and ends at midnight in your local timezone to avoid confusion
  • To sign up, just fill in the linky below. Link to your sign up post directly, please! The linky is the same for both our blogs, so you only have to sign up once.
  • The Linky will close on the 15th, so make you sign up before then.
  • When you post your sign up post on your blog, either include the challenge button with your post or link it back to this article so that people know where to sign up. Thanks! (:
  • Every book you received for review counts towards the challenge, both e-books and hard copies (even audio books for review if you have those), including all genres and lengths.
  • Feel free to use the #RCCleanup hashtag on Twitter for your RCC related tweets or join the Twitter party at http://tweetchat.com/room/RCCleanup and meet lots of awesome bloggers (:
  • At the end of every week we will post our personal updates, and we’ll include a linky for you to add yours!

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August / Review Copy Cleanup wrap-up

September 3rd, 2012 Vicky

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Just like the summer holidays and August itself, Review Copy Cleanup came to an end last weekend. I was struggling with a bit of a reading/ blogging slump and there were times when I wasn’t feeling well, but all in all it was a success. My goal was to read and review 6 books which I managed to complete! I ended up reading different books than I though I’d pick up and I had to take a week off and read my own books to avoid getting into an even greater slump, but I completed my goal all the same.

All in all, I read 6 review books and 3 of my own books – 2615 pages total, out of which 1668 pages belong to review books. :) The review books I managed to read this month are the following (just click on the book covers to read the synopsis and my review):

Torn by David Massey
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
Call Down Thunder by Daniel Finn
Carnage by Maxime Chattam
To Turn Full Circle by Linda Mitchelmore
Debutantes by Cora Harrison

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Review Copy Cleanup: Goals

August 1st, 2012 Vicky

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Aaaand the time has come – Review Copy Cleanup has just started! For those of you who have been away or haven’t seen the sign up post yet, here’s all the info you need. Sign ups are open until August 15 so if you’d like to join in the fun, please do so! :) Those of you who already did – good luck and have a great time! If you’re on Twitter, make sure to use the #RCCleanup hashtag so that we can all see your progress and what everyone else is up to.

My plans for this month

I’ve been super lazy in the past few months so I hope I’ll be able to sit down and get some reading done this time around. My plan is to read the following 6 books but I’d love to be able to squeeze in one or two ebooks as well. We’ll see! :) The books I’m going to be reading this month are:

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Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
Debutantes by Cora Harrison
Bereft by Chris Womersley
Breathless by Anne Swärd
The Life of Rebecca Jones by Angharad Price
Call Down Thunder by Daniel Finn
(1801 pages total)

I probably won’t do any blog updates this time but I’ll post regular updates on Twitter @bookswithacuppa throughout RCC and I’ll do a wrap-up post on August 31. Good luck to everyone and see you on Twitter! :)

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Review Copy Cleanup August – Sign Up

July 4th, 2012 Vicky

Review Copy Cleanup - August

Hello everyone! We’ve some good news for you – Review Copy Cleanup is back! Celine from Nyx Book Reviews and myself had so much fun hosting the first Review Copy Cleanup in March that we decided to have another one. Whether you took part in the previous Cleanup or you’re new to this event, you’re welcome to join in the fun and sign up!

What is Review Copy Cleanup?

Celine and I were getting swamped in review books. We decided to make it all a bit more fun and are challenging you all to read your review copies with us! Clean up that big pile of review books you’ve been neglecting this August and join the Review Copy Cleanup. During the month of August we will host a number of Twitter parties and mini-readathons in order to motivate ourselves and other participants! Is your review pile getting out of control? Then make sure to join us on a quest to clean up that review copy pile and to have some fun in the process.

Participation, guidelines:

✦ The challenge runs from 1 to 31 August, 2012
✦ Sign-ups are open until 15 August 2012. After that the linky list will be closed and participation in the challenges and giveaways won’t be possible for anyone who hasn’t previously signed up.
✦ To sign up, just fill in the linky form below. Link to your sign up post directly, please! The linky is the same for both our blogs, so you only have to sign up once.
✦ When you post your sign up post on your blog, either include the challenge button with your post or link it back to this article so that people know where to sign up. Thank you!
✦ Every book you received for review counts towards the challenge, both ebooks and hardback/paperback copies, including all genres and lengths.
✦ You don’t need to follow the two hosts in order to be able to sign up for the event (although it’s appreciated)
✦ Feel free to use the #RCCleanup hashtag on Twitter for your RCC related tweets or join in the Twitter party at http://tweetchat.com/room/RCCleanup and meet lots of lovely bloggers :)

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Review Copy Cleanup [challenge 5] – Love Will Find a Way

March 30th, 2012 Vicky

Hello everyone and welcome to our fifth and final Review Copy Cleanup Challenge! As all of you know, the sign up for the Review Copy Cleanup are closed. Last week’s winners have been chosen by Random.org and are announced here. If you’re on the list but we haven’t contacted you yet, don’t worry, we will!

In the Love Will Find a Way Challenge we’re sharing our all-time favourite books. If you were stuck on an island, or in a cave, which books would you bring? We’re not limiting you to bring a certain amount of books, so give us your best!

And as usual, we have a bunch of goodies to give away to those of you who complete our final challenge. Here’s what’s up for grabs:

Prize pack 1:
  • A bath/soap basket, courtesy of Shannon Mayer (US only)
  • An ebook copy of Fire Baptized by Kenya Wright
  • An ebook copy of Covert Dreams by Michael Meyer
  • An ebook copy of Jake West: The Keeper of the Stones by M J Webb
  • An ebook copy of Jake West: Warriors of the Heynai by M J Webb
  • An ebook copy of Lawless Justice by Karina Kantas
  • An ebook copy of All’s Fair in Vanities War by Elizabeth Marks + matching bookmarks
Prize pack 2:
  • A signed paperback copy of American Girl by Tony Talbot
  • An ebook copy of Fire Baptized by Kenya Wright
  • An ebook copy of Covert Dreams by Michael Meyer
  • An ebook copy of Jake West: The Keeper of the Stones by M J Webb
  • An ebook copy of Jake West: Warriors of the Heynai by M J Webb
  • An ebook copy of Lawless Justice by Karina Kantas
  • An ebook copy of Justice by Jade Varden
Prize pack 3: 
  • A signed paperback copy of Over the Mountains by Tony Talbot
  • An ebook copy of Fire Baptized by Kenya Wright
  • An ebook copy of Covert Dreams by Michael Meyer
  • An ebook copy of Jake West: The Keeper of the Stones by M J Webb
  • An ebook copy of Jake West: Warriors of the Heynai by M J Webb
  • An ebook copy of Lawless Justice by Karina Kantas
  • An ebook copy of Crystal Shade: Angeni, Volume 1 & Pale Moonlight by István Szabó Ifj
Prize pack 4: 
  • A signed paperback copy of Taken by Tony Talbot
  • An ebook copy of Fire Baptized by Kenya Wright
  • An ebook copy of Covert Dreams by Michael Meyer
  • An ebook copy of Jake West: The Keeper of the Stones by M J Webb
  • An ebook copy of Jake West: Warriors of the Heynai by M J Webb
  • An ebook copy of All’s Fair in Vanities War by Elizabeth Marks + matching bookmarks
  • An ebook copy of Blind Sight Through the Eyes of Aniela Dawson by Eliabeth Hawthorne + an ebook copy of Blind Sight Through the Eyes of Leocardo Reyes

We would like to thank everyone who has participated in our event, it was awesome to read all of your posts and to clean our review piles with you! Also a big thank you to all the authors that make these giveaways possible. If you have a moment, could you please fill out this formso that we can make our events even better in the future? Thank you!  (:

 

Challenge guidelines:

▶ Be signed up in the linky here
▶ You have to follow both this blog and Nyx Book Reviews in order to compete for the prizes
▶ Leave us a direct link to your challenge post in the linky below (this is not the same Linky as the sign-up one!) The linky is the same on both of our blogs so you only have to enter your name once. :)
▶ The challenge and the giveaway ends on Wednesday, April 4 – the winners will be contacted by email and announced at the end of this post.

The four winners are:
1. Jennifer @ Some Like It Paranormal
2. Sweet Marie83 @ Ramblings of a Daydreamer
3. Erica @ Ink Spots And Roses
4. MarinaCongratulations!

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