Winner of the 2016 Australia Day Book Giveaway Announced

I had a great response to my Australia Day Book Giveaway this year, so thanks to everyone who entered and Shelleyrae from Book'd Out for organising this great bookish event. 

I loved reading through your entries with a total of 57 different books mentioned and 77 entries received. Bruce made me laugh with this cheeky entry: I will be reading the Boomerang Books website in anticipation of winning $50 to spend! Thanks for the giveaway :D

Nevertheless, there can be only one winner, so congratulations go to:

Danielle Burns

Congratulations Danielle, you've won a $50 book voucher from Boomerang Books and you'll receive an email shortly advising of your win.

Thanks to Boomerang Books for sponsoring this giveaway and to you for your support. I hope 2016 is full of great books, new discoveries and captivating stories.

Carpe Librum!

Australia Day Book Giveaway Blog Hop 2016

It's Australia Day soon and I'm participating in the 2015 Australia Day Book Giveaway Blog Hop for the fourth year in a row.

The event is being hosted online by Book'd Out, and there are currently 35 Aussie bloggers, authors, booksellers and publishers offering great Australian themed giveaways and FREE stuff!

Boomerang Books is generously sponsoring my blog hop this year to give you the chance to WIN:

A $50 gift voucher from Boomerang Books.

To Enter: leave a comment in the form below and tell me what you're reading this Australia Day. 

Eligibility: open to those with an Australian postal address only and entries close at midnight, Wednesday 27th January 2016.

Winner: will be chosen by random.org and announced within 5 days and notified of their win via email. The winner will also be announced here on Carpe Librum in a follow up post.

Once you've entered, please click here to find other exciting Aussie giveaways on offer.

Happy Australia Day and Carpe Librum!

Giveaway
This giveaway has now closed.

This week's book haul - 6 books in 2 days

Latest book haul - received yesterday and today

I love getting books in the mail, but wow, I think six books in two days is a new personal record for me. I thought I'd share them with you, so from top to bottom, we have:

1. Captives by Angela Meyer, received from Inkerman & Blunt along with 3 stunning bookmarks just for liking their FB page.

2. A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Writings by Charles Dickens. Purchased from Boomerang Books using vouchers earned by writing for their blog. Love these clothbound editions from Penguin!

3. All The Little Pieces by Jilliane Hoffman, won in a competition hosted by Booklover Book Reviews. Thanks Jo!

4. The Chosen Queen by Joanna Courtney, courtesy of Pan Macmillan Australia. When I finish reading this one, I'll have an opportunity to interview the author.

5. Devastation Road by Jason Hewitt, courtesy of Simon & Schuster.

6. The Taming of the Queen by Philippa Gregory, courtesy of Simon & Schuster. I can't wait to read this one, it's about Kateryn Parr and is available to the public next month.

I usually read 1-2 books per week, so this haul will take a while to get through, and will definitely boost my TBR pile. If you're interested in any of the books pictured above, just click on the titles with hyperlinks for more info.

What are you reading this week?

Carpe Librum!

Winners of the Australia Day Book Giveaway Blog Hop 2015 Announced

Thanks to all those who entered my Australia Day Book Giveaway Blog Hop this year, and thanks to Shelleyrae from Book'd Out for hosting this great bookish event. I enjoyed hopping around all the blogs and entering many of the giveaways, and had a record number of entries in my own giveaway, with 52 book lovers sharing their reading plans for Australia Day. 

There was a great variety of books from almost all genres, with representations from popular fiction, non fiction and the classics. Alas, there can only be two winners, so without further ado...

1st Prize
Congratulations to Catherine G, you've won a $25 gift voucher from Boomerang Books.

2nd Prize
Congratulations to Nat H, you've won a new print copy of The Wrong Girl by Zoe Foster (thanks to Random House Australia).

As well as being announced here, winners will be notified by email today of their win.

Thanks for celebrating Australia Day with me via the Australia Day Book Giveaway Blog Hop and I hope we can do it all again next year.


'Til then, Carpe Librum!

Australia Day Book Giveaway Blog Hop 2015

It's Australia Day soon and I'm participating in the 2015 Australia Day Book Giveaway Blog Hop for the third year in a row.

The event is being hosted online by Book'd Out, and there are currently 41 Aussie bloggers, authors, booksellers and publishers offering great Australian themed giveaways and FREE stuff!

Carpe Librum is offering readers and followers the chance to WIN one of two prizes:
1st Prize
A $25 gift voucher from Boomerang Books.

2nd Prize
A brand new print copy of The Wrong Girl by Zoe Foster.

To Enter: leave a comment in the form below and tell me what you're reading this Australia Day. 

Eligibility: open to those with an Australian postal address only and entries close at midnight, Tuesday 27th January 2015.

Winners: will be chosen by random.org and announced within 5 days and notified of their win via email. The winners will also be announced here on Carpe Librum in a follow up post.

Once you've entered, please click here to find other exciting Aussie giveaways on offer.

Happy Australia Day and Carpe Librum!

This giveaway has now closed.

New Partnership with Boomerang Books

I have some exciting news to share.  I'm thrilled to announce that I've partnered up with Boomerang Books and have joined their small team of bloggers.  What does this mean?  I'll now be posting new articles (still focused on books, reading, author interviews and giveaways) over at the Boomerang Books Blog.  

What does this mean for Carpe Librum?  Nothing here at Carpe Librum is going to change, I'll still be bringing you a variety of book reviews, and the occasional author interview and giveaway.  I've also become a Boomerang Books affiliate, which means I'll be including a link to purchase the book I'm reviewing from the Boomerang Books site, and any sale as a result of your click-thru will mean I receive a small commission.

Writing for Boomerang Books is great for my profile, and I hope you'll join me by supporting this Australian owned and run company.  You can check out my first blog post for them here.