Happy October, everyone!

While I’m a summer girl through and through, there’s always a lot to be excited about in October! If you’re like me, the entire month is devoted to raving about fall weather, binge-watching classic horror/Halloween movies, splurging on Halloween candy, and most recently… protecting myself from evil clowns 🤡.  But, the month of October also celebrates another one of my favorite pastimes. And that celebration is National Book Month!

If you haven’t heard of it before, National Book Month is a holiday that every book lover should know of and participate in.  National Book Month occurs every October and was created/previously sponsored by The National Book Foundation.

And although The National Book Foundation no longer sponsors the event, bookworms continue to traditionally celebrate it worldwide. All month long, book lovers unite to share their appreciation for their favorite books and authors, as well as dedicating time to reading books on their  never-ending “to-read” lists.

Being a book enthusiast myself, I’ve decided to host my first giveaway in honor of #NationalBookMonth!  Because we all know books and coffee go together perfectly, I am giving away a $5 Starbucks E-gift card and a $10 Amazon E-gift card to one lucky winner.  Enter now for the chance to enjoy a cup of coffee on me and $10 to help you purchase a book off your wishlist!

All you have to do is enter below!The giveaway will run throughout the entire month of October with a winner randomly selected and notified on Halloween day.  The more activities you complete, the more entries you’ll receive!  Be sure to leave a comment below to let me know what book/books are on your fall to-read list! 🍂📚
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*THIS GIVEAWAY IS VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW. IT IS NOT SPONSORED BY STARBUCKS OR AMAZON. BY CHOOSING TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS GIVEAWAY, YOU ARE AGREEING TO PROVIDE YOUR EMAIL TO THE CREATOR OF THE GIVEAWAY. IF YOU ARE THE SELECTED WINNER, YOU WILL BE NOTIFIED BY EMAIL AND YOU WILL HAVE THREE DAYS TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE BEFORE ANOTHER WINNER IS CHOSEN. UPON CLAIMING YOUR WIN, YOU WILL RECEIVE AN EMAIL CONTAINING 1 $5 STARBUCKS E-GIFT CARD AND 1 $10 AMAZON E-GIFT CARD. *

40 thoughts on “Happy National Book Month! (+Enter My Gift Card Giveaway) 📚 📖

  1. I really want to read Cloud Atlas! It has been on my to-read list for a long time (since the movie came out in 2012)!

    Posted on October 10, 2016 at 6:12 pm
    1. I’m familiar with Cloud Atlas, but I haven’t read it either. I hope you’re able to scratch that off your to-read list soon! 🙂

      Posted on October 10, 2016 at 6:22 pm
  2. I want to catch up on reading some of the books I read back in my school Days! Killing Reagan is the recent one

    Posted on October 13, 2016 at 2:51 am
  3. I want to read “The Girl on the Train”!

    Posted on October 13, 2016 at 2:52 am
  4. I want to read more books about dogs!

    Posted on October 13, 2016 at 5:19 pm
  5. This fall, I have a few books that I would love to read including:
    Wonderland Avenue
    Gifts From The Sea
    The Bell Jar
    Hopefully I can find enough time to get through these!

    Posted on October 24, 2016 at 1:44 pm
    1. Great list! I hope you get the time to read all of those. The Bell Jar is a wonderful book! 🙂

      Posted on October 24, 2016 at 6:39 pm
  6. I don’t have time to read fun books…so university textbooks it is!

    Posted on October 24, 2016 at 1:50 pm
  7. I have been wanting to read Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand.

    Posted on October 24, 2016 at 2:30 pm
  8. I want to read In Such Good Company by Carol Burnett.

    Posted on October 24, 2016 at 4:57 pm
  9. I’ll be reading C.S. Lewis’s Space Trilogy.

    Posted on October 24, 2016 at 6:26 pm
  10. I am currently reading a Tree grows in Brooklyn and I want to read the new book by Maria Semple Today will be different.

    Posted on October 24, 2016 at 7:15 pm
  11. I want to read all of the Nicholas Sparks books.

    Posted on October 24, 2016 at 7:35 pm
  12. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is on my fall reading list.

    Posted on October 24, 2016 at 8:32 pm
  13. I’m about to read The Natural Order by R.J. Vickers

    Posted on October 24, 2016 at 8:50 pm
  14. My fall read list includes re-reading The Anatomy of Peace by the Arbinger Institute. So good!

    Posted on October 24, 2016 at 10:20 pm
  15. Razor Girl: A novel is on my list to read.

    Posted on October 24, 2016 at 11:47 pm
  16. I don’t have any specific book on my list. I will wait to one catches my attention.

    Posted on October 24, 2016 at 11:57 pm
  17. Oh I really want to read Debbie Mason’s new Mistletoe Cottage!

    Posted on October 25, 2016 at 4:13 am
  18. I have a bio on John Quincy Adams to read.

    Posted on October 25, 2016 at 12:45 am
  19. Right now the new Debbie Macomber book.

    Posted on October 25, 2016 at 11:26 am
  20. Nothing special. A good mystery.

    Posted on October 25, 2016 at 7:48 pm
  21. Next on my list is: How UFOs Conquered the World

    Posted on October 25, 2016 at 8:18 pm
  22. I’m reading Teaching with Poverty in Mind…hope it helps me in my teaching job!

    Posted on October 25, 2016 at 8:41 pm
  23. I have so much to read on my list. I’m a librarian so that is not a fair question. I’m especially looking forward to “The Mistletoe Secret” by Richard Paul Evans and the new “Cape Light” book by Katherine Spencer. kristiedonelson(at)gmail(dot)com Thank you.

    Posted on October 25, 2016 at 9:11 pm
  24. I just ordered Two by Two by Nicholas Sparks and will be reading that once it arrives!

    Posted on October 26, 2016 at 9:27 am
  25. I have been wanting to read the girl on the train.

    Posted on October 26, 2016 at 10:47 am
  26. I want to finish the city of bones series!

    Posted on October 27, 2016 at 1:01 pm
  27. Can’t wait to read “Small Great Things” by Jodi Picoult

    Posted on October 27, 2016 at 2:37 pm
  28. I want to read Goldfinch.

    Posted on October 27, 2016 at 9:11 pm
  29. finishing the two outlander books and jodi piccolts books. i have three books in line and a toddler. if only i had free time!

    Posted on October 28, 2016 at 7:20 am
  30. I’m wanting to read the 2nd book in the Lunar Chronicles and A Man Called Peter by Catherine Marshall.

    Posted on October 28, 2016 at 10:25 am
  31. I don’t have a list but I am currently reading “Jamie Quinn Mystery Collection: Box Set Books 1-3” on my Kindle. 😀

    Posted on October 28, 2016 at 10:43 am
  32. I’m currently reading a book of Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple short stories.

    Posted on October 29, 2016 at 5:41 pm
  33. I have a ton of my TBR list… Pinky Promise is next, and then The Exiled by Kati Hiekkapelto! My TBR list is seriously so long my fingers get sore scrolling to the bottom! lol Thanks so much for the chance 🙂

    babydjs_mom@yahoo.com

    Posted on October 29, 2016 at 7:29 pm
  34. I want to read With Malice.

    Posted on October 29, 2016 at 11:22 pm
  35. I want to read The life she wants / Robyn Carr.
    Thanks for the contest.

    Posted on October 30, 2016 at 1:22 am
  36. I really want to read the girl on the train and then i want to see the movie after

    Posted on October 30, 2016 at 2:15 am
  37. I don’t have anything on my list to read right now as I am waiting for when I can afford a Kindle to do some reading.

    Posted on October 30, 2016 at 8:21 pm
  38. Next up on my list is Gone Girl!

    Posted on October 30, 2016 at 9:48 pm