World Book Night GIVEAWAY!

That's right: I'm giving away one of my copies of The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde that I'm receiving for World Book Night, just because I love y'all so much. See my previous blog post explaining about WBN 2013 here.

About the Book:
Set in 1985, the Crimean War hasn't ended, Wales is a Republic, people can timetravel and everyone has a fascination with literature. Thursday Next is a Special Operative in literary detection and is on the trail of a person who is kidnapping characters from great fictional works. This case could make or break her career ... 

To Enter:
1. Subscribe to my blog by entering your email address into the 'Follow by email' box on the right hand side of the page
2. Then, Leave a comment: if you could be a Giver for WBN 2013, which of the twenty titles would you like to give away?

And that's it!

Terms and Conditions
I am not being compensated for this giveaway.
1. Residents of the UK & N. Ireland only! Sorry, I'm only on a student budget!
2. Entries in before 23:59 on Tuesday 23 April 2013
3. Entrants must be 18 or over
4. Winner shall be announced Wednesday 24 April 2013 and I shall endeavour to have the book out ASAP

What are you reading this weekend?

Snow Day!

I'm quite fond of snow, really. I guess that's in part a result of being a Christmas-time baby, but also just because it's always so pretty and lovely when fresh and untouched. I have this really strange compulsion to just watch the snow fall and standing on the landing in our house last night while the skies were still letting the snow fall in truckloads, there was just something really ethereal and calming about watching nature have its way and wreaking havoc, with us humans powerless to stop it. I ended up having to walk the last 2 miles or so last night having just missed my connecting bus, and while walking with the blizzarding snow pelting down on my face was rather grim, I was at the same time a little in awe at how quiet and peaceful the roads were and how snow seems to be the one thing that grinds everything in this country to a halt.

World Book Night 2013

World Book Night 2013 titles!

What is World Book Night?
Entering into its third year, WBN is at its core, an initiative to get more people reading. With literacy rates falling and people spending more time interacting with their electronic devices instead of the physical written word, it's no wonder that such a programme came about. In total, a million books are given away on the 23rd April and people who receive copies are encouraged to pass the book on when they've finished in order to spread the message about the books that have been chosen.

World Book Night 2012

A friend told me about WBN in 2011 and I promptly forgot about it, being the attentive friend that I am. When I remembered, I'm not even sure if I registered correctly, because I remember having to re-do my application over and over again, getting a funny message each time I tried to submit it. The site was as slow as the NaNoWriMo site the first few days of NaNo season each year, evidently crowded of people like me trying to register at the last possible opportunity.