Random Thoughts: 10% discount on every order at The Book Depository! What are you waiting for?

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Been thinking about giving books away as gifts?

Or maybe just interesting in joining some of those cool book Giveaway Hops?

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Random Thoughts: My MIAness

I have been away for quite awhile now. So NOT what I'm supposed to be doing according to my blog

Here's what happened. I was working part-time the past few months and had just "retired" at the beginning of this month, since it's still March. Then just days after, that weekend, a family member was struck with a mini "tragedy", an operation! And as I am the only one who's free, I was tasked with taking care of the patient. First it was daily hospital visits, and now at home, I take care of the house AND the patient. I haven't even been out of the house in almost a month! We're under house arrest.

Anyway, that hasn't left me with time to blog. But what I have been doing, and thankfully have had time to do, is to read, read, and read! And read I have! And so I will be (finally) publishing some book reviews in April. Hopefully to start up my blog again. There will be a few giveaways to come too! So do look forward to them.

I am also doing some blog design updates so if you see anything different, it's meant to be like that. I hope nothing gets disrupted in the process.


Cheers for now!

Random Thoughts: January 2012 RAK Wrap Up

It's now March. Where has all the time flown! I know this is supposed to be my January Wrap-Up which is supposed to be done at the end of that month but boy has life been hitting me hard. And so I hope no one will penalize me for this lateness. For that I am REALLY sorry.

January was my birth month and I received (or am going to receive), 2 lovely presents!

First one I received was from Emmelyn from Singapore! 

She sent me some lovely bookmarks she made herself PLUS some skincare goodies! 

Sorry for lack of piccie, told you life has been hard. 

I will do my best to put one up soon! 

She sells some of her other wares at her blog, Velvet Mess

In return I sent Emmelyn a book from her wishlist.

That's all I have for this post. Will do my best to keep participating in RAK every month I can. I really do love it, sharing the book love with people from around the world. I hope you all do too!

Random Thoughts: December 2011 RAK Wrap Up & January 2012 RAK Sign Up

December was a busy busy month, for everyone I am sure. And with that, I waited till the end of December to send of a RAK. As an extra bonus, I picked someone who's birthday fell in the same month.

And so, the book I sent off was:

to Alaiel Kreuz @ Librarian Mouse from Switzerland

I am happy to have been able to participate in RAK last year and will continue to do so this year. 

This month is extra special for me as it is my BIRTH MONTH! Yeap, I am turning a year older but I hope a year wiser too! And my book obsession is as strong as ever.

So if you'd like to send me a birthday pressie, here's my Wishlist! Thread lightly as it's quite long.

COMPLETE RAK RULES RE-CAP:
Please read carefully & follow all rules!  Thank you!

• Please sign-up each month that you can participate (and by participate, we mean give as well as receive).
• Show off your participation by grabbing our RAK button (code is in the right sidebar).
• Create a wish list (on Amazon, Goodreads, or your blog, etc) and post it in the Google Doc located in each R.A.K post for the month.
• If you choose to do a R.A.K for someone, check out their wish list and contact that blogger directly for their information.
• Once you receive a RAK, send an email to [rakbybooksoulmates @ gmail . com] so that they can update the Google Doc. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU SEND EMAILS TO THIS ADDRESS!
• E-book participation is limited to files being gifted directly to a person from the e-book store. Amazon's Kindle Store is set up to allow this, as well as the Kobo store and we believe Barnes & Noble with Nook as well.
• At the end of the month, SHOW US YOUR R.A.K by making a "RAK Wrap-Up" post.  This post should include who you SENT gifts to as well who you RECEIVED gifts from :)

OPEN TO EVERYONE including all our International brethren!

Remember, there's always the Book Depository and they offer FREE shipping!

Easy peezy!!

Links you will need:

• Sign up for January [HERE]
• See who else is participating [HERE]
• If you have any questions regarding RAK, please contact them via the following: rakbybooksoulmates @ gmail . com

Tips:

1. When talking about RAK on Twitter, please use the hastag (#RAK). It makes it much easier to keep track of the conversations, answer questions and/or tweet back! =)

2. When submitting your wish list, please make sure that it is set to PUBLIC viewing. Some people have run into trouble with wish lists that were set to private. We want to be sure that no one is left out of getting great RAKs.

3. Some of you seem to have gotten frustrated because you can't get your links to appear active. This is a very easy fix :) Just make sure that when you enter your link, do NOT hit the Enter key. Instead, hit the TAB key which will send you to the next field on the form. Additional spaces entered after the link will leave the link inactive. However, if this does happen to you...no worries, we'll fix it for you :)

Here's to a new start!