RAK Wrap Up: Feb '12

Received:

I was sent two books this month by two awesome people! Thank you both so, so much. Catriona, I hope I can send you something in the future! :D

Thanks to Catriona at Little Book Owl!

Thanks to Sarah at Whispering Words!

Sent:

to Sarah. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did! 

September Wishlist and August RAK Gifts

Random Acts of Kindness (or RAK) is a fantastic idea by Book Soulmates. The idea is to send a fellow book blogger a free gift, as a random act of kindess.

In the month of August, I sent two books to two different bloggers. I only sent them two days ago though, so I'm going to keep quiet as I want them to be a surprise! I hope you two enjoy them.

Three wonderful girls were lovely enough to send me three books. I received Crank by Ellen Hopkins from Harpreet (A Spark of Interest), Beauty by Robin McKinley from Kay (Kayleigh's Reviews) and Sticky Fingers by Niki Burnham from Emma (Belle Books). Thank you all so, so much! I have yet to read any of these yet, but hopefully with my book buying ban challenge thingymabob I'll be able to get to them soon!

I've decided to put my wishlist on my blog this month, rather than putting it on Amazon. It's easier for people to see on here, and Amazon takes a while to scroll through for me. Here's the top ten YA books that I am dying to read:

1. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
2. Populazzi by Elise Allen
3. The Implosion of Aggie Winchester by Lara Zielin
4. EON by Alison Goodman
5. The Summoning by Kelley Armstrong
6. Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta
7. White Cat by Holly Black
8. Wondrous Strange by Lesley Livingston
9. The DUFF by Kody Keplinger
10. Hereafter by Tara Hudson

If any of you my followers are participating, feel free to share your wishlists with me in the comments below. I'll take a look and see if I can offer you anything!

Random Act of Kindness: April

I'm sure a lot of you will already know of this feature hosted over at Book Soulmates, but if you don't then let me tell you a little bit about it. Basically, because Isalys and Vanessa are both lovely people - and extremely creative with their features! - they decided to start this new feature which consisted of the participants partaking in a random act of kindness.

All you have to do is visit the monthly blog posts to sign up each month you'd like to participate. Create a wishlist on Amazon, Goodreads or Google Docs (or anywhere, really) and post the link on the sign up sheet. You can then look through other people's wishlists and - if you like - pick out a book from their wishlists to send them.

However, if you're a bit strapped for cash one month, then you can still participate. Returning the favour is NOT mandatory. 

Although it is nice! In the month of March, I was lucky enough to receive two books via RAK.

1984 by George Orwell was sent to me by the lovely Bex from An Armchair By The Sea. I've been wanting this book since I read Animal Farm in my old school. Which was about six years ago!

Jen from At Random was kind enough to send me a brand new copy of Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer! This is another book I've been wanting to get for ages now, but the cover I wanted was the US cover and only available at a higher price on Book Depository. Thanks, Jen!

Due to my book buying ban (which didn't go too well, but anyway), I wasn't able to buy any books in the month of March to send away. Hopefully when my ban is over next week, I can start browsing some wishlists! 

If anyone is interested, do go and sign up! It's great karma! Also, if you do, please share your wishlists with me down below in the comments. I'd love to see what my followers are hoping for. 

You can view my wishlist here, if anyone would like to take a look.