The Sunday Post 23rd edition

The Sunday Post is a weekly Meme hosted by

Kimba the Caffeinated Book Reviewer. 

It's a chance to share news, 

a post to recap the past week on your blog,

 showcase books

and things we have received and

 share news about what is coming up 

on our blog for the week ahead

Last Week on Melissa's Midnight Musings:

(Click Links to be taken directly to the posts)

• I reviewed Catalyst: The Passage of Hellsfire by Marc Johnson
• I reviewed 34 Pieces of You by Carmen Rodrigues
• I interviewed  Carol Cassada, author of the Westmore series
• My one year blogoversary is next month, so I asked for some input about what you would like as the giveaway attached to that post.
• I announced the winners of the giveaways for Love and the Living Dead and The Ghosts of Nagasaki 
• For Behind the Blog I talked about what I do to Get in the Holiday Spirit
• I reviewed Scrambled by Kathryn Elizabeth Jones.
• I hosted a stop on the Death by Bourbon book tour

It's been another jam packed week on the blog and the upcoming week is just as busy! Before we go on to what's coming up for next week here are a few other posts to keep in mind!

Don't Forget!

Don't forget to Enter The Giveaway for 2 sets of 2 Jane Austen inspired books by Sally Smith O'Rourke. The giveaway is open internationally.

Also, if you would like a holiday card from me, go to This Post to fill out the request form.

Coming Up This Week:

• Review of Moonlight Dancer by Deb Atwood
• Book Blast: Imperfectly Beautiful by Diony George
• Review+Giveaway of What I Did on My Midlife Crisis Vacation by Debbianne DeRose
• Review of Lone Wolf by Jodi Picoult
• Behind the Blog The specific prompt questions are still being worked out, but it's likely that the theme is going to be Road Trips 

So, as you can see, it's going to be another jam packed week here at Melissa's Midnight Musings. I hope you'll all stop by and check out these great posts I have lined up. 

This Week's Book Haul:

Clicking the links will take you to Goodreads' descriptions
*all book cover photos and links credited to Goodreads unless otherwise noted

Won:

Under Her Spell by Eliza Daly 

I won this in a book tour giveaway for this book.

Amazon Free Downloads:

Death By A Honeybee by Abigail Keam

The Housewife Assassin's Handbook by Josie Brown

Recieved from the Author:

Zane (The McKades of Texas #1) by Kimberly Lewis

Kim sent this to me as a thank you for helping promote the book when it first came out. 

For Review:

Cycle by Jay Amberg

The Living Room by Bill Rolfe

Chief Complaint: Brain Tumor (link to Amazon) by John Kerastas

Marking Time by April White

What Once Was One by Marc Johnson

Image Credit to Amazon

A Walk on the Darkside by Corinna Underwood

So many awesome books to look forward to! I want to say a big thank you to all the authors/publishers who have sent me books this week!

What did you get? Be sure to leave links so I can check out your hauls!

And the winners are....

Recently I held a giveaway for Unforeseen by Lauren Grimley. 3 lucky readers each won a copy. Those winners are:*

Yto

DeeDee G.

Cyndee Thomas

There are also the 3 lucky winners of my It's All in the Numbers Birthday Giveaway
Each of these winners got to choose a book or books up to 9 USD Those winners are:*

Sarah K. who blogs over at Howling Books and Design. She chose Glitch by Heather Anastasiu
Markella, who blogs over at It's A Hardcover Life
Lesley D. chose a combination of E-books. The titles she chose are The Ripple Effect, by J.A. Saare and Angelfall by Susan Ee

Congratulations to all of the winners and Happy Reading!


*Each of the winners were asked in their notification emails how they would like to be announced and if applicable, whether or not they would like their book choices announced as well.

Didn't win this time? Don't worry. There are plenty of other chances to win some great books. Head on over to my Current Giveaways Page and enter some of the giveaways I've got going on right now.

The Sunday Post 17th Edition

The Sunday Post is a weekly Meme hosted by

Kimba the Caffeinated Book Reviewer. 

It's a chance to share news, 

a post to recap the past week on your blog,

 showcase books

and things we have received and

 share news about what is coming up 

on our blog for the week ahead

Last Week on Melissa's Midnight Musings:

(Click Links to be taken directly to the posts)

• I helped to close out Fresh Start September with this Wrap Up Post. If you want to see the results of the Cover Art Poll or find out who won the giveaways, be sure to check there.
• I posted my It's All in the Numbers Birthday Giveaway There will be 3 winners who will get a book of their choice valued up to 9 USD The giveaway is open INTERNATIONALLY. New entry options have been added since the giveaway was first posted so be sure to get those entries in!
• I reviewed Wicked: Witch&Curse by Nancy Holder and Debbie Vigiue. I really enjoyed this book and want to continue the series.
• I reviewed Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins which I thought was laugh out loud funny.
• For this week's Behind the Blog I shared my thoughts on my favorite Teachers
• I reviewed Demonglass by Rachel Hawkins. I really enjoyed this book too, and can't wait what happens in the last story.
• I announced the winners of the Moonlight Dancer Swag and Whoever You Are giveaways

It's been another super busy week on the blog and the upcoming week is just as busy!

Coming Up This Week:

• I'll be reviewing A Whisper to A Scream as part of a Women on Writing Blog Tour for Karen Wojcik Berner. There will be a tour wide giveaway to enter!
• I'll be interviewing Lauren Grimley, author of Unforeseen as well as hosting a giveaway
• I'll be reviewing Until My Soul Gets it Right as another stop on the Women on Writing blog tour for Karen Wojcik Berner. There will also be a guest post written by Karen on Halloween and all things literary.
• Behind the Blog: This week's theme is It's All in the Numbers This week's topic:  Do you believe in lucky numbers, or certain number combinations/sequences? Do you have a favorite number? Any numbers that you feel are unlucky? In relation to books and media, what are some books or movies that focus on specific numbers?
• I'll be sharing some info about a book called For Keeps by Aaron Lazar as part of another blog tour.
• Review of The Twelve Days to Christmas by Michele Gorman

So, as you can see, it's going to be another jam packed week here at Melissa's Midnight Musings. I hope you'll all stop by and check out these great posts I have lined up.

Now on to the books!

This Week's Book Haul:

Clicking the links will take you to Goodreads' descriptions
*all book cover photos and links credited to Goodreads unless otherwise noted

Won:

 I won Family Affair by Debbie Macomber in a blog giveaway over at Sharon's Garden of Book Reviews Sharon was also kind enough to include a cute card with the book. Thanks Sharon!

I won these in a book giveaway over at Book Soulmates Isalys also included a super cute card. Thanks Isalys! The books are, from left to right, starting at the top:

How to Tame a Modern Rogue by Diana Holquist

Simply Irresistible  by Jill Shalvis

How to Score by Robin Wees

Welcome to Last Chance by Hope Ramsay

From the Library:

Lone Wolf by Jodi Picoult

I think I first put this on hold in April, and I finally reached my spot in line.

From Author/Publisher for Review:

Pure &Sinful by Killian McRae

Montana Wildfire by Rebecca Sinclair

Salem VI: Rebecca's Rising by Jack Heath and John Thompson

Roost by Jasmine Winterson

Free Downloads from Amazon:

Sweet Venom  by Tera Lynn Childs

Saving Halloween by Lisa Ard

Spooked by Tracy Sharp

I got a lot of books this week. They all look so good.  What did you get this week? Be sure to leave links so that I can check out your hauls!

Winner Announcement

Recently I held a giveaway on the blog for a 15 dollar Amazon GC and some Moonlight Dancer Swag. (All prizes were courtesy of author Deb Atwood, thanks Deb!)

Originally there were meant to be 16 winners, but some of the original winners did not respond to their emails so more names were picked.  This means that some winners ended up with more than one prize. Without further ado, here is the winners list:*

$15Amazon Gift Card winner:

Kayla E.

Coffee Mug Winners:

Stina

Lesley D.

Signed Post Card Winners:

Natasha

Gabbie who blogs over at Rampant Readers

Heather Poindexter

Wendi

DeeDee G.

Erika

Beth D.

Coffe Mug AND Postcard Winners

Cyndee

Rachael Browne who blogs at State of Mynd

Stephanie W. who blogs over at A Dream Within A Dream

I also held a giveaway for a signed copy of Whoever You Are by Donna Marie Lanheady. That ended last night and the lucky winner for that giveaway is*:

Tammy Brewer who blogs over at Oh The Books You'll Read

Congratulations to all of the winners! Your information has been provided to the authors who will be sending out your prizes! If you're itching to enter a giveaway check out my Current Giveaways Page. 

*All winners were asked how they wanted to be announced and if they wanted a link to their blog included in the post in their giveaway notification emails

Fresh Start September: Wrap Up Post

Well, here we are at the end of another month. Daphne, Faye and I have had so much fun bringing you all of the wonderful posts and events of Fresh Start September. We hope that you've enjoyed the author interviews, guest posts, cover poll, giveaways and all of the fun surrounding Fresh Start September. We are thrilled that so many of you have participated on all of the posts. There were over 1100 entrants into our main giveaway!

I have to start off by saying a HUGE thank you to everyone who participated. Daphne Faye and I  want to especially thank all the authors who did interviews and guest posts for us, all the publishers that have supported the event (Strange Chemistry, Harlequin, Entangled Publishing, Random House), and our fabulous guest bloggers, Kayleigh, Brodie and Alison. Without them this wouldn't have been nearly as exciting! 

If you'd like to go back and take a look at the different posts, here's the list, complete with links:

September 1st-  Introduction Post-   Faye and Daphne Melissa

September 2nd-Interview with C.J. Redwine -A Daydreamer's Thoughts

September 3rd- Amanda Rutter (editor of Strange Chemistry) interview-Winged Reviews

September 5th- Synopsis Discussion-A Daydreamer's Thoughts

September 7th- Interview with Carmen Rodrigues-Melissa's Midnight Musings

September 8th- Blogger Guest Post-Winged Reviews

September 10th- Interview with Lauren Bennet, publicist for Random House Children's Publicity in the UK-A Daydreamer's Thoughts

September 11th- Cover Art Poll-Melissa's Midnight Musings

September 12th- Interview With Jessica Khoury-Winged Reviews

September 15th- Interview with Jay Kristoff-A Daydreamer's Thoughts
September 16th- Interview with Niall Leonard-Melissa's Midnight Musings

September 17th- Blogger Guest Post featuring Brodie of Eleusinian Mysteries-A Daydreamer's Thoughts

September 20th- Interview with Kat Zhang-Winged Reviews

September 22nd- Interview with Hannah Harrington- Melissa's Midnight Musings

September 25th- Interview with Rachel Harris-Winged Reviews

September 27th-Guest Post featuring Kim Curran- A Daydreamer's Thoughts

September 29th- Blogger Guest Post featuring Alison of The Cheap Reader Melissa's Midnight Musings

September 30th- Wrap Up Post All 3 blogs

We've had so many wonderful posts for Fresh Start September. One of those posts was the Cover Art Poll where you got the chance to vote on your favorite cover from all the different books that we featured this month. Drum roll please....The winner is:

It was an extremely close contest between Stormdancer and Defiance, but Stormdancer won out by just one vote!

 

The Numbers Breakdown

34 Pieces of You by Carmen Rodrigues 7 votes 10%

Origin by Jessica Khoury 1 vote 1% 

Speechless by Hannah Harrington 5 votes 7%

What's Left of Me by Kat Zhang 7 votes 10%

Stormdancer by Jay Kristoff21 votes 30%

My Super Sweet Sixteenth Century by Rachel Harris 6 votes 9%

Defiance by CJ Redwine 20 votes 29% 

Crusher by Niall Leonard 2 votes 3%

Shift by Kim Curran 1 vote 1%

Thank you to everyone who voted and participated!

And now, what I’m sure you’re all waiting for, the winners of all our fabulous prizes:

Contest Winners

2 winners of Strange Chemistry ARC packs, each pack including a copy of Poltergeeks by Sean Cummings, The Assassin’s Curse by Cassandra Rose Clarke AND Katya’s World by Jonathan L Howard (courtesy of Strange Chemistry) are:

Veronika and Heather Cranmer

1 winner of an eBook of My Super Sweet Sixteenth Century by Rachel Harris (courtesy of Entangled Publishing):

Gabbie Johnson

1 winner of an paperback of Speechless by Hannah Harrington (courtesy of Harlequin):

Alyssa Susanna

1 Hardcover copy of 34 Pieces of You by Carmen Rodrigues (courtesy of the author)

Katherina Barney

3 winners of a book of your choice from any that has been featured in Fresh Start September (each courtesy of the hosts) are:

Nichole Nelson, Oana Ungureanu and Wendi Bishop

The winners will be contacted shortly by email, so please respond to claim your prizes!

I want to say another big thank you to everyone who participated, thank you for making this event such a success. Thank you again to the authors and publishers for letting us ask you those burning questions we all wanted to know about the characters, the books, and you! Thank you to the publishers, Amanda Rutter and Lauren Bennett who let us in on the publicity side of things, it's always interesting to see it from both sides.

And last, (but certainly not least!) I want to say thank you to Faye and Daphne for letting me co-host this event. It was so much fun to work with you both! I loved working together and seeing everything take shape. You both are awesome!

Congratulations to the winners of the Legend of Mickey Tussler/Sophomore Campaign giveaway!

The giveaway for 2 sets of signed copies of  The Legend of Mickey Tussler and Sophomore Campaign has ended and we have winners! a Rafflecopter giveaway


Congratulations to Cyndee T, and Bill Hall (Mr. Hall's last name is being announced with his permission)

I have passed your information along to the publisher. Enjoy your books!

A big thank you to everyone who entered. Be sure to keep your eyes peeled for another giveaway that will be posted next week. The next one will be international.

Everyone Wins!

It's time to announce the winners of the giveaway for Dark Passage by M.L. Woolley.

Recently, I wrote a review of Dark passage which you can Click Here to read. Along with this review I hosted a giveaway for Dark Passage. M.L. Woolley very generously offered up 22 copies of her novel, 2 paperback copies for US winners and 20 e-book copies for international readers. Well, only 6 people happened to enter, so everyone wins!
a Rafflecopter giveaway

The winners of the 2 paperback copies are:

Kayla  and Becky 

The winners of the e-copies are

Ashna  of Journal of A Bookworm

Faye  of A Daydreamer's Thoughts

Midu 

Kathy

Your information has been sent along to the author so that she can get the book out to you. Congratulations to all of the winners, and thank you again for entering the giveaway! I hope you enjoy the book!

Some personal tidbits and the Spring Cleaning Giveaway Winners

I want to start of by thanking everyone who has been participating in my giveaways. I love being able to clear off this space on my shelves to make some room for new books, and send the old ones on to new homes. Hopefully they'll become the new favorites of the winners. As I promised, there will be no other giveaways until after my 75+ follower giveaway is over at the end of April. (You can find that under the current giveaways tab if you'd like to enter)

I know that my blog has been lacking on the book review and other book related posts lately and I'm sorry about that, things have just been slightly busy. Today a good chunk of my day was spent getting lost while trying to run errands. (I have a horrible sense of direction, and I haven't been exploring my new town enough so I don't have the routes down yet. Plus relying on the bus makes things take a bit longer)

Despite my lack of sense of direction I did eventually make it to the bank and the post office. I had to mail off  my two sets of taxes and a package for my sister. The packages for the winners will be mailed out tomorrow, as I didn't have enough room for them in my backpack to get them out today.

And now without further ado, here are the winners!

Flash Giveaway winners

Hey guys,

I held my flash giveaway yesterday and it was a  huge success. All of my options were chosen and those books are on their way to new homes, and I have some shelf space! Woohoo! Now I can move some books around and the crates that I've been using to hold books won't be overflowing so badly. I want to thank everyone who emailed me.

And without further ado, here are the winners and their prizes:

Georgette C.

She won Harvesting the Heart and The Tenth Circle

 Lilian C.

Second Glance and My  Sister's Keeper

Laura T  over at Fuonlyknew 

Salem Falls and Picture Perfect

Kim M.

The Giver, Gathering Blue, and The Messenger.

Thanks again to everyone who entered.

And here's where you all groan and say "Again???"

I'm putting together another short giveaway for another set of books. When I got home from the post office I had a package waiting for me from Amazon but it has the wrong item in it so I have to take that back to send it back, and I really like clearing out room on my shelves.

I'm putting together the details of this short giveaway right now and it will be posted in the next half hour.

We have more Winners!

I can't believe I forgot to post this earlier, but I have the winners for my giveaway of The Incredible Shrinking Bully. Drumroll please.....
The winners are:

And the winners are....

I'd like to congratulate the winners of the Letters in Cardboard Boxes giveaway. They are.... Kerry  and Kimberly C ! Congratulations to you both and a big thank you to everyone who participated.