Luck O' The Irish Blog Hop

If you click on the picture above, you will be taken to ALL of the many prizes you can win. Wahoo!

In addition to the rafflecopter form below, where you can enter to win all the AMAZING grand prizes, I'm going to give away a little gifty-gift of my own. You can win a hardcover copy of Barefoot Books' Tales from Old Ireland. I looooooove this book. It comes with a CD where the stories are read by Maura O'Connell, an AMAZING Irish-born singer. Love her. The stories are all based on myths and legends of Ireland. If you want to buy your own copy, just go here. 

To enter, just do at least one thing in the rafflecopter below, so you can enter to win one of the main prizes, then leave a comment telling me the luckiest thing that ever happened to you. Make sure to leave your email address or a link to your blog so I have a way to contact you. Extra entry if you are a follower of the blog! 

Just to be clear, leaving a comment on my blog enters you to win Tales from Old Ireland. Using the rafflecopter form enters you to win the grandprizes from Romance at Random.

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Follower Love Giveaway Blog Hop

I am participating in another awesome giveaway hop. There are over 300 blogs participating. That's a lot of awesome giveaways (mostly books). To see the other participants, go to 

This is a follower blog hop, so you must be a follower, via GFC or RSS. 

Extra entries for following on FB or twitter. (Just say in the comment how many ways you follow.)

Follow @mamamunky

So what are you going to win? You are going to win one of my favorite romances. Your choices are:

Gone with the Wind - Mitchell

Rhett Butler's People - McCaig

The Notebook - Sparks

Jane Eyre - Bronte

Water for Elephants - Gruen

A Great and Terrible Beauty - Libba Bray

The Time Traveler's Wife

Til We Have Faces - CS Lewis

Beauty : A Retelling of Beauty and the Beast - McKinley

Pride and Prejudice - Austen

The Princess Bride - Goldman

Shiver - Maggie Steifvater

The Lover - Marguerite Duras

The Velveteen Rabbit

The Crowning Glory of Calla Lily Ponder - Wells

Leap of Faith: Memoirs of an Unexpected Life - Queen Noor

To enter, just leave a comment below with how you follow and what is the most romantic story that you've ever heard, whether in a book or real life. 

Good luck!


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2012 Challenge (1) - Classics Challenge

Since I didn't start this blog until April, I wasn't aware of all the Book Challenges across the blogsophere until it was too late. Well, I will be remedying that next year. I did have one challenge. My goodreads' challenge for this year was to read 52 books. I figured with a baby, I probably wouldn't be able to read as much, so I limited myself to a book a week. I actually managed to finish my challenge last week. Wahooooo! It turns out, it is possible to read while nursing. Or to read while the baby is using your body as his personal pillow/bed. That's how I managed to finish.

The first challenge I will be participating in is the Classics Challenge from November's Autumn. Head over her blog to join. The rules are as follows.

The challenge:
Read seven works of literature in 2012. Only 3 of them may be re-reads.

How it works:
On the 4th of each month, go to November's Autumn and follow the prompt in a blog post. Each prompt will be general enough that you can answer it with whichever book you are reading that month.

For the rest of the rules, check out this post.




My list isn't official yet, but here is what I am going to try to read in 2012. I'm giving myself 12, even though you only have to read 7. I have all of these books on my shelves already, and the starred ones are already on my Nook.

The List
1. Faust - Goethe
2. Alexandria - EM Forster
3. Dubliners - James Joyce
4. The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket - Edgar Allen Poe
5. The Scarlet Pimpernel - Baron Orczy
6. The Magician's Nephew - CS Lewis
7. The Borgias - Alexandre Dumas*
8. House of Mirth or Age of Innocence- Edith Wharton*
9. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea - Jules Verne*
10. The Murder at the Vicarage - Agatha Christie*
11. The Prince and the Pauper - Mark Twain* (re-read)
12. The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett* Pin It

Thanks for the Books Blog Hop

Not going to lie, I completely forgot about this particular book hop. Whoops! I need to start writing things down as soon as I sign up for them. Anywho, here's what I am giving away. You have your choice of any book (valued $20 and under) from Barefoot Books or you can have your choice of any book I currently have in my home taking up space. I will post the list of books below. To view the other blogs participating in the hop, hop right on over to Livredeamour. 

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One Stop Christmas Blog Hop

It's almost November, so that means it's almost time for Christmas shopping. To help you get a head start, the One Stop Christmas Hop is an amazing giveaway blog hop. Currently there are 44 people signed up. If you'd like to join, go here. Pin It

TBR Intervention (1)

Last Saturday I posted how I was participating in the TBR Intervention. This is a group of book bloggers who have come to the realization that we have way too many books on our to-be-read list, and we need to get cracking. So each week, we challenge ourselves, and each other to finish one book that has been on your to-be-read list. 

Last week's challenge

Last week I challenged myself to read Her Mother's Daughter: A Novel of Queen Mary Tudor. I am happy to say I successfully finished it! Wahooooo!! I gave the book three stars. It was ok but I found Mary to be annoying and the book wasn't as well-written as some Tudor historical fiction. I also finished Remembrance  and Song of the Nile. Those book reviews, as well as giveaways, will be coming next month. 

Next week's challenge

The hubby has been wanting me to read a book called The Paladin for a long time now. So I am finally going to do it, just to make him happy. I'm such a nice wife. :) Wish me luck!

Check out these other blogs to see their TBR Interventions.

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