Saturday Swap and Other Small News (Of YAY!)

On the first Saturday of every month, Ruby from Ruby's Reads hosts an event called Saturday Swap where readers can trade books they don't want anymore for books they do want. Sounds pretty perfect, right?

I've intended to participate in the swap for months, but I'm scattered and have never managed to get my stuff together and put up my post in time (it's not that hard to remember FIRST SATURDAY, but for some reason that concept has been, until now, beyond me).

But no more! I have months and months and months of books to swap that I've dutifully piled in a corner with every intention of swapping. And now, at long last, I've managed to post them. Click on all the pictures to make them larger.

So, if you're interested in swapping for any of these books (and you have a US mailing address), drop me an email at

SmallReview at yahoo dot com 

because I would LOVE to swap with someone!

Most of these are ARCs, and while I do have some ARCs on my ARC wishlist, I also have even more books on my general wishlist and I'm totally open for trades for books I haven't mentioned (you all know my tastes by now!).

And if you want a book from me but don't have anything to swap, then check out the giveaway I have running now!

Also, can I just say EEEEEEEPPPPP! And THANK YOU SO MUCH! To whoever nominated me for

and if you're at all inclined to want to go over to The Bookish Brunette's blog and VOTE, that would be even more awesome. Or just go over and check out her blog and all the other nominees, because they're all well worth checking out.

(but no pressure to vote! There are a lot of awesome blogs on that list and, let's be real, I'm not going to win up against the likes of them. But that's totally ok, because, really, it is an honor just to be nominated. And by honor, I mean, I'm OVER THE MOON FILLED WITH HAPPINESS so, thank you!)

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Blog Award Nomination!

So I was browsing through my Google Reader looking at all the new blog posts waiting for me and I kept seeing this nomination pop up. I thought to myself, yup, these blogs totally deserve this because they're awesome (why else would I have them on my GR?) Being that I live under a rock, I had no idea what this award was, so I hopped on over to the wonderful blog hosting these awards, Mindful Musings. Guess what I found?

One of you awesome, fantastic, amazingly wonderful readers nominated ME!

Whoever this angel is, I thank you from the bottom of my heart. You have completely made my day! My fiance may not appreciate it as much as I do since I've been bursting out every five minutes with "EEEEE!!! I've been nominated! Me!" and then pointing at the screen and making him look at my name on the list (again...and again....and again). (Really though, he's very happy you've made me so happy). 

So whoever you are, these are for you: 

A cake, because cake is tasty.

A wagon of puppies, because it doesn't get much cuter than that. 

And a gold star, because I've been trained so well by my elementary school teachers that I still get excited over the idea of getting one.

And why all of this? Because,

 

And you totally are awesome!

But seriously, you can get real live actual non-computer picture prizes by voting for your favorite new blog of 2010 and your favorite established blog. Just head on over to Mindful Musings blog and vote on your favorites. There are so many awesome blogs nominated that I'm not sure how I'm going to pick who to vote for. I always feel kind of weird voting for myself, but I'm certainly not going to talk YOU out of voting for me! 

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My first award!

I have a *HUGE* thank you to give to Alice from The Reader Room! This is the first blogger award I've received and it totally made my day! I started this blog as a way to give back and pay forward all of the awesome book suggestions I've gotten from the book blogging community, and I'm so happy to see that I'm beginning to accomplish that.

To accept this award you must:

1. Thank and link back to the person who gave you this award.

2. Share 7 things about yourself.

3. Pass the award along to 15 bloggers who you have recently discovered and who you think are fantastic for whatever reason! (In no particular order...)

4. Contact the bloggers you've picked and let them know about the award.

Here we go!

1. Big, big, big thank you to Alice from The Reader Room! Anyone unfamiliar with Alice's blog should go right over and check it out. If I could give the award back to her I definitely would. Her blog rocks. 

2. Seven things, hmm...

• I love baking. 
• I am a gigantic fan of Buffy the Vampire Slayer
• I went to an all-girls boarding school for high school and reading all these paranormal books set in boarding schools brings back memories (except for the paranormal parts....and the romance).
• I adore parentheses.
• I am a complete sucker for puns. The cornier, the better.
• I'm 5 feet and 1 and 1/2 inches tall, hence the "small" in Small Review (when you're this short, you must count the half inches. Though sometimes, when I feel particularly tall, I round up and say I'm 5'2").
• I have an adorable white German Shepherd who always manages to steal my pillow and sit on my book whenever I decide to read in her presence. Meet Snowball: 

And in the process of pillow stealing:

3. Fifteen fantastic bloggers I am passing the award to (in no particular order): 

• My Precious
• I Want to Read That
• Daisy Chain Book Reviews
• Recovering Potter Addict
• iRead n iReview
• Bookish Novelties
• Coma Calm's Book Reviews
• bibliophile brouhaha
• The Thoughts of a Book Junky 
• Avery's Book (and Other Fun Stuff) Nook
• A Fangirls View
• The Book Cellar
• Books with Bite
• Butterfly Feet Walking on Books
• Library Lounge Lizard

Thanks for the awesome blogs!

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