Book Faery: The Battle of the Sexies: Thank you!

A Note:

6/2/13

I once told myself: IF I am accepted into grad school, this blog would no longer be updated. As it turns out, in April, I received news of my acceptance for the Fall 2013 semester, where I will attain a Master's degree of Science in Nutrition.

Running a blog, as many of you may already know, is a demanding side job once the excitement wears off. And once I fell out of the blogging community's loop (have you SEEN how many blogs there are now? Wow!), it was like the kiss of death. Despite my best efforts, I couldn't get into a blogging routine once this happened due to the disconnect I felt from the community.

So I took a break. I struggled with the loss and with missing my blog. And then I realized I didn't have to run Book Faery to still be a book reviewer; I could read my books and post reviews online. I'm still a book review blogger, just not in the traditional sense.

I'll still be online. You can chat with me on Twitter, where I'll be posting links to my reviews and talking books. I'll also be posting links to nutrition articles. And if you'd like to connect with me where I guarantee I will post reviews, just add me as a friend on Goodreads.

So that's all, folks! It's been a fun and amazing journey, and I thank you all for listening to my thoughts about books. I hope we all can keep in touch elsewhere :)

Tori

Saturday, September 4, 2010

The Battle of the Sexies: Thank you!

I didn't expect the end to come so quickly! Back in April, the BOTS was nothing more than a simple idea buzzing about in my head like some annoying little gnat. When I emailed a group of authors in May, the positive response was overwhelming... and that's when I knew I had to at least try to organize the Battle of the Sexies.

Who would have thought so many wonderful people would contribute prizes and posts? I'm still buzzing with excitement about that!

With that said, I thought that a post was necessary to thank everyone who helped make this possible. Because seriously, all of these authors, publicists, assistants, and bloggers could have made my life a living nightmare with formatting posts and fishing for information, pictures, and whatever else you can imagine.

First and foremost, thank you to all the authors who contributed either a prize, a guest post, or both. Without all of you, this really wouldn't have happened!

Alexandra Ivy
Anastasia Hopcus
Andrea Cremer
Anita Clenney
Artist Arthur
Becca Fitzpatrick
Carolyn Crane
Dakota Banks
DB Reynolds
Faith Hunter
Gena Showalter
Jaye Wells
Jenna Black
Jennifer Ashley
Jeannie Holmes
Jennifer Rardin
Jess Haines
JK Beck
Julie Kagawa
Karen Chance
Karsten Knight
Kelly Meding
Kelley Armstrong
Keri Arthur
Kresley Cole
Kristin Stefanos
Lara Adrian
Laura Bickle
Laura Stamps
Leanna Renee Hieber
Leah Cypess
Lindsey Leavitt
Meagan Hatfield
Merrie Destefano
Moira Rogers
Nalini Singh
Rae Lori
Sharon Ashwood
Tera Lynn Childs
Tricia Rayburn
Vivian Arend

A huge thank you to these other contributors, who worked behind the scenes:

Alison, Kelley Armstrong's assistant
Brooke, Kresley Cole's assistant
Erica at Simon and Schuster
Hallie at Disney
Heather, Lara Adrian's assistant
Lisa, the Online Publicist
Natasha at Falk Associates
Sara at Penguin

I also can't forget the wonderful bloggers who participated either! So thank you: Kristi (The Story Siren) and Abigail (All Things Urban Fantasy) for contributing two amazing guest posts with these authors!

And last, but certainly not least, thank you to everyone who was kind enough to retweet about the guest posts and giveaways more times than I can even count! There were days when I thought TweetDeck was going to go haywire because there were so many.

I hope you all had fun this month. I certainly did! And if you haven't done so already, I would appreciate it if you all could fill out the survey I posted. Your responses will definitely help me decide whether or not I should organize something like this ever again :) Hell, The Battle of the Sexies occurred during my 6 month blogversary... who knows what'll happen for the 1 year.

I'll be announcing winners between September 5th and September 6th. Please make sure you keep an eye out for the winners post! I will NOT be emailing winners this time around.