cupid's got nothing on me ❤

I shouldn't be blogging this late but it would be sort of mean to hold contests and not choose winners. I have a few, from my CSN gift card giveaway, my Follower Love Giveaway Hop and the first winner from my Great Big Romance Giveaway (still open!).

Drumroll please....

 

 Seo won the $25 gift card to CSN Stores. Congrats, girl!!

I had such a great turnout for my CSN contest, I decided to host a mini surprise giveaway just for the entrants:

Jessie H won a $10 gift card to Amazon. Yay, Jessie!!

SiNn won a copy of The Dangerous Viscount from my booklist. Yay, SiNn!!

Stephanie M won a swag pack full of promo goodies. Hurray, Stephanie!!

 Izzy won the $25 Amazon gift card. Way to go, Izzy!!
Jessica won the $25 Barnes&Noble gift card. Woohoo, J!

PiinkPoodle won the Spice prize pack for making the most comments on my blog during the duration of my 300 follower goal. Thanks and congratulations, PiinkPoodle!!

Now, usually for follower hops, I do surprise contests but right now it's 1. my bedtime and 2. I'm not in the mood. Instead, I'll do a supersecret contest right here (see how this post isn't even tagged with "contest"? See how sneaky I am?) for those who actually are bothering to read this entire post. First person to make four comments anywhere on my blog and email me the links (thestephanieloves[at]gmail[dot]com) gets their choice of a free book from my booklist (which has considerably dwindled ever since I joined Paperbackswap...) or a swag water bottle stuffed with jewelry, magnets, tea, candy, and makeup :)

Congratulations to the winners and a huge fantastic hug to all of my new followers. Love you all!! Happy Valentine's day from me to you ❤
 
Oh, and if you're sour about being single today and are in the mood for a laugh (or, if you're like me and are procrastinating and just ran out of coffee), check out my friend Kris's post at DIK Ladies today. She is fucking hilarious. I love her!

ALSO. To listen to me rant about sex and romance, check out my guest post over at my blog buddy Nanny's site, Getting Naughty Between the Stacks. Sex toys AND romance novels will be given away. Gasp!

more winners!?!

Oh. And I forgot about the Elaine Cantrell giveaway I hosted a few weeks ago.


librarypat was the winner of Elaine's BEAUTIFUL bookmarks. Hurray!

Britney won a copy of Pulse of Power by Anne Elizabeth for leaving a fabulous comment on my review of Purple Heart. Woohoo!!

Bye now. I think. Oh, and check out all my new reviews :)

awaited no more

I KNOW. This is embarrassingly late. But today we had no school so I finally got to make a trip to the post office. You know how I roll.

WINNERS of my Dreaming of Books giveaway hop!

Jessie won the TEN romance books from my big box :) Congrats, girl!

BJ won the USO Mug full of tea and other goodies! Way to go, BJ!

And yeah...I decided to have another surprise contest. Not too big of a surprise is it? Sigh...I just love giving books away.
Stacey won The Dangerous Viscount by Miranda Neville. Woohoo!!

Nicole won Case File: Canyon Creek, Wyoming by Paula Graves. YAYY!

Everyone else who participated in my surprise giveaway won swag packs full of bookmarks, ebook CDs, posters, stickers, and more! Note: I still have not mailed all of the swag packs out, just the books. I will get my butt on that as soon as possible, guys. Thank you to all who entered; glad to see some new faces here. Be prepared for an EXPLOSIVE contest I'll be holding soon.

love and xx,
Stephanie ❤

I'm dreaming of a whiiiite Christmas {but it's unlikely}

Hi everybody! I am sooo happy right now! My Midwinter's Eve Bloghop has been such a blast! I had 73 entries total. That's just...wow. I was so sad only two winners could be chosen. If it were up to me and not my wallet, there would be seventy-four winners not just two! I couldn't give away the spicy gift set because I was 27 entries short. Recall, I promised it IF I reached 100 entries. However, I'll save that prize pack for another time, for another giveaway :)

Here are some pictures from the Hershey Light Show my friends and I attended a few weeks ago. My blurry photography does not do the beauty justice!

These are all LIGHTS. Incredible!!

Now for the winners. 

Brenna was the winner of the sweet prize pack. Here's what she won:

 

Vicky won the awesome prize pack:

Okay, okay...I'm weak. I'm a weak little kitten. I succumbed into having ANOTHER tiny little contest, just because I felt like it.

Crystal won an autographed copy of A McKaslin Homecoming (by Jillian Hart) for being the first entrant! 

Marie won an autographed copy of A McKaslin Homecoming as well for leaving such a nice comment on the blog!

Lisa won a copy of Living Life in the Zone (by Kyle Rote Jr.) {read my review HERE!} for leaving three great comments on the blog.

Miranda won an autographed copy of First to Kill (by Andrew Peterson) and a copy of Pulse of Power (by Anne Elizabeth) because I'm an idiot...and for leaving three great comments on the blog :)

 Lora won a copy of Dakota Child (by Linda Ford) for being the first one to leave four comments on my blog!

Donna won a copy of Stronger Than Sin (by Caridad Piñeiro) for being the second one to leave four comments on my blog!

Benita, Khyla, Lisa, Stacey, and Beverly won goodie bags/swag packs :) Congrats and THANK YOU to all those who entered and won. I certainly hope you continue to follow and read my blog for upcoming reviews, contests, giveaways...and all that other crap I write about :) Merry Christmas, everyone!!!

❤ stephanie xx