Follower Appreciation Giveaway Winners! And the winners are...

First I just want to say thank you to all of my followers. I love doing this blog, and all of you make it worth while for me. I went from 35 followers to 71 followers, and that's amazing to me. I had a lot of fun putting this giveaway together, and I can't wait to do a bigger and better one sometime soon.

So without further ado... Here are the winners of my first follower appreciation giveaway!

And the winners are.... (Insert Drum Roll)

International Winner of... A gift bag full of swag, and a book of their choice up to $10 from the book depository is.....


Miss Bohemia ~ Who said.... You know I love your blog & book choices :-)

Great giveaway & I'm so glad it's international yay!

US or Canadian winner of.... 2 books of their choice up to $10 a piece from Amazon or the Book Depository is.....


Melissa (yabookshelf) ~ Who said.... Great contest! I'm a Canadian follower (#47).


US or Canadian winner of.... A bag of swag & a book of their choice up to $10 from Amazon or the Book Depository is.....

mbreakfield ~ Who said.... Great giveaway. I enjoy swag almost as much as the actual books. I have a special fondness for tote bags, pens, and note pads. I'm weird like that.

Congratulations to the winners!!! I will be emailing you soon to work out the details.

Thanks to everyone who participated!!

I will definitely be holding another giveaway soon. See ya around the blogosphere :))

Tuesday's Featured Poem: When You Wake From Troubled Slumbers.. By: Mathilde Blind

When you wake from troubled slumbers


With a dream-bewildered brain,

And old leaves which no man numbers

Chattering tap against the pane;

And the midnight wind is wailing

Till you very life seems quailing

As the long gusts shudder and sigh:

Know you not that homeless cry

Is my love's, which cannot die,

Wailing through Eternity?



When beside the glowing embers,

Sitting in the twilight lone,

Drop on drop you hear November's

Melancholy monotone,

As the heavy rain comes sweeping,

With a sound of weeping, weeping,

Till your blood is chilled with fears;

Know you not those falling tears,

Flowing fast through years on years,

For my sobs within your ears?



When with dolorous moan the billows

Surge around where, far and wide,

Leagues on leagues of sea-worn hollows

Throb with thunders of the tide,

And the weary waves in breaking

Fill you, thrill you, as with aching

Memories of our love of yore,

Where you pace the sounding shore,

Hear you not, through roll and roar,

Soul call soul for evermore?


~Mathilde Blind~

Follower Appreciation Giveaway Update

Hi All,

I know everyone is expecting this to be a winners announcement, and I'm very sorry that its not. Due to technical difficulties my winners post will not be posted until tomorrow June 8th. I'm very sorry about this, but its really out of my control. Apparently someone started digging in my neighborhood without a permit or permission. They cut through our cable wires, so there goes our broad band internet service. They say it will be up and running tomorrow. Regardless the winners will be posted and notified tomorrow no matter what. I have a back up plan, just in case the cable company is wrong. In case you,re wondering how I'm able to post this message, I will tell you. I'm posting this message from my blackberry, unfortunately I can't do what I need to do to choose & post winners from it. I want everything to be fair, so I will be using random.org to choose the winners, and no matter how hard I tried it just wouldn't work out on my blackberry. So.. Please be looking for my winners post tomorrow.

Tawania