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One of the things I love about the blogs I follow is that even though we share the same interests someone will always post something I knew nothing about and this can be in regards to books, make up, products, meme’s or swaps. You know what I mean.

Well tonight when I came online I saw that Maria from A Passion for Books & Real Life a blogger that I meant online and follow, posted about  Lovely Letters Swap. I had to check it out.

The hosts for this is http://modernbuttercup.blogspot.ca/ and http://www.kittyandbuck.com/ .  Please note the following was copy and pasted from Modern Buttercup’s blog.

We’d love for you to take part in the exchange! If you’re interested, this is how it will work:

-You need to commit to sending 4 letters over an 8 week period. We will assign partners and you will share letters back and forth for the duration of the project. Only sign up if you can commit to sending the 4 letters, nobody wants to miss out on receiving some lovely letters!

-Each fortnight we will post a new project which will tell you the theme of that fortnight’s exchange. At the end of the letter exchange, you have the option to take part in a package exchange too, just in time for Christmas! This part is optional, but so much fun! The exchange is open internationally, we will try to pair you with someone in your area to keep postage costs to an absolute minimum for you.

How do I sign up?! Well… it’s simple! Just fill in (and submit) THIS FORM . (Filling in the form is the only way we can accept your application) The form also has a section that allows you to enter a few words about yourself to ensure you are paired with someone who shares similar interests to you. The deadline for signing up is Thursday 27th September. We will allocate your partners via email over the next few days and launch the Lovely Letters on Tuesday 1st October with your first task.

At the end of Lovely Letters (probably at the same time as the final task), you can take part in an optional package exchange too. The package exchange is a chance for you to put together a special gift for someone (who will be allocated separate to your letter exchange partner) and receive one in return. The value of your package should be $20-$30 including packaging. Please express your interest in participating in the package exchange on the sign up form.

Spread the word to everyone you know! It would be awesome to have a lot of participants to spread the lovely letters, and make lots of new friends! 🙂

I have actually been sitting on this post for awhile and I finally decided to post it tonight. I had thought that eventually it would die down but it seems like its been increasing so I thought that I would address this now and make some changes to the blog.
For the past few months I have been getting tons of spam like comments from anonymous sources. Now I do love getting comments but not the ones that have nothing to do with the blog topic or ones that include links to another site that is hidden within the post.

I hope this doesn’t offend anyone and I do moderate my comments so technically you never see the spam comments. But do the increasing numbers now ( I use to average 4-5 spam comments a week but now its 5+ a day) I am no longer allowing anonymous comments.

To those spammers who are sending me spam you are really trying to hid it because you are going back to much older posts. Is it really worth it? 

So thankfully you my blogger friends never use the anonymous feature to post so it should all be good. Just remember if you comment and don’t see it, its because I have to approve all comments.

Have a good night.

Since its my 4th blogoversary I thought that I would do this fun thing so that you guys can get to know me a little bit more. This is actually inspired from a weekly feature in US Weekly.

1. So not only do I have a booking problem, I also have a magzine buying problem as you can see from the above picture that I swapped from bookshipper.blogspot.com (I passed them on to her). I love buying those trashy tabloid magazines.  As you can see from the People, In Touch, US weekly and Life & Style stash. As for Women’s World I love reading them.
2. I read every night for about an hour or so before going to bed. I find its a great way to relax before sleeping and unwind from a busy day.
3. I constantly check my cell phone to see if I missed a call or a text.
4. I love buying shower gels even though I have way to many already. If I love the scent I want to buy it just in case they don’t carry it anymore.

5. I have an obession with owls. Its more the drawing kind then the physical owl.
6. I love Tim Horton’s Ice Caps and I usually have one every day. (more so in the summer)

7. I spend way to much time on Youtube checking out videos.
8. When I use a pen, I can only use that one until it runs out. I hate using different pens.
9. This one you might already know but I suck at writting reviews. As I sit here and look around I see a bunch of books I need to review soon.
10. Apart from M&M’s the only chocolate I can eat is Lindt.

11. I love taking pictures and I think next month I will do a weekly post with what I took that week. 
12. I love traveling and wish I could do it more. I have been to Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia (Halifax), New Brunswick (Moncton, Sackville, Edmunston, Miramachi and Bathurst), Quebec (Quebec City and Montreal), Mississauga, Toronto and Milton (Ontario), Lake George, Vermont, Chicago, Detroit and New York City.
13. Whenever I visit some place I have to get a souvenir from that place ie magnets, cups, tshirts etc

These are tshirts I picked up in Lake George for Michael and a Lake George hoodie and tshirt for me.

14. I love shopping in the US.

Love clothes shopping in the US cause its cheaper there then it is here. This is our Lake George haul.

15. I love trying new kinds of food and this ties into why I love shopping in the US.

This is what I picked up this time when I went to the US. Its foods we can’t get here in Canada. Michael loves those pasta salads for lunch.

Goldfish crackers isn’t thing we stock up on since we don’t get all those flavors here. The pretzels are my favorites with the cupcake and smores the next.

I don’t understand why we can’t get some of these in Canada since we carry their brands. I only wish I would have picked up more of those Quarker cookies cause they were delicious. That Apple Cider is calling my name, this is the perfect fall drink.

Some canned stuff for Michael’s lunch which we don’t carry here.

16. I love music and I always have it on. In the house, in the car where ever
17. I love sending cards or buying little things for friends as a just because.
18. I always have a ton of notes lying around with things to buy, things to do, plans etc
19. I hate having my picture taken.
20. My all time favorite classic books are Wuthering Heights and To Kill a Mockingbird.

21. There is only a few movies I can watch over and over again and they are Grease (first one), Pretty in Pink, Sixteen Candles, Top Gun and The Breakfast Club. I am sure there is others that I can’t think of right now.
22. I am not a summer person expecially when its hot and humid.
23. I am not a winter person. I hate when its freezing cold. Funny since I live in Canada right?
24. I love going for drives. Especially when its the spring and fall.
25. Last but not least, unless you know me on facebook and have access to my personal page, I got a new (semi) look. I just got new glasses.

So there it is, some things you might not have known about me. Anything else you would like to know? If so please leave it in the comments and I will be sure to answer it.

Can you believe its already that time of the year? Its back to school time. It literally just feels like yesterday he finished school. We are anxious and excited for school to begin. It will be so nice to get back into the routine of things again and having consistency.

This year the senior school (grades 3-6) did something different, the night before school started they sent out emails to the student body letting them know who their teacher was going to be so that they could avoid the mass confusion of the first day of school. Just imagine 400+ (kids and parents) in the school yard trying to find there name on a class list.

I think this was fantastic because we knew who we had and where we had to be. Wishing all the kiddies a great school year.

Its officially here, my 4th year Blogoversary.

I find it hard to believe that I have lasted this long but I am so happy that I have. I have met so many amazing people both online and offline because of blogging. I have worked/met with so many amazing reps and publishing houses. Received so many amazing books. Spoken/worked with some amazing authors.

I have been fortunate to attend two BEA’s (Book Expo America) during my blogging and had so much fun meeting new people, meeting with reps and attending some amazing events. Hoping that in 2013, I will be able to make it number 3.

During my four years of blogging I have written 1,423 blog posts in that time. I am still amazed at that.

I was just checking the stats and to my surprise here is a top 5 list of my most popular posts:
http://cindysloveofbooks.blogspot.ca/2011/08/on-vacation.html
http://cindysloveofbooks.blogspot.ca/2011/10/happy-thanksgiving.html
http://cindysloveofbooks.blogspot.ca/2012/05/loose-buttonluxe-box-may-edition.html
http://cindysloveofbooks.blogspot.ca/2011/10/happy-halloween.html
http://cindysloveofbooks.blogspot.ca/2009/06/kindergarten-graduation-today.html

I seems like its all the other things I post that have people interested in my blog because not many of my reviews get hits like those. Hmm should I take that personally? Perhaps I am doing something wrong? What do you think?

So no blog would be complete without readers (even if you don’t comment hehe) I am always amazed at my readers and where you guys come from. So I thought I share my top 10 list:
United States
Canada
Russia
France
United Kingdom
Germany
Singapore
Netherlands
Slovenia
Ukraine

Thank you guys for taking the time out of your busy day to stop by and read my blog I appreciate it and you.

So to show you guys how much I appreciate you I have a give away for you. You have a chance to win (1) $10 Book Depository Giftcard. This is going to be the first of many prizes I am offering this week.
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Congrats Darwin.

I have emailed the winner.