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by Erik McManus | Breakeven Books

Giveaway Time

Hey bookworms!

It’s been a minute since I hosted a giveaway so here you go. I am giving away a copy of Tiger in Trouble by Eric Walters and some cartoon stickers to one lucky winner! You can enter on Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter! This is your chance to get another book on your shelf and some fun stickers to put on stuff 🙂

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For extra entries, you can complete the steps on the Rafflecopter page! Just go to this link:

http://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/5760930a3/?

Also exciting news, we now have another reviewer that will be joining the team to help out with our review list. Her name is Bonnie Humber and she recently celebrated the birth of her first child, a little boy named Alastor!

She is an artist and hosts paint nights for people in and around North Bay, Ontario, Canada! If you are interested in a paint night, you can contact her on her facebook page and check out the different options of images to paint.

Good Luck with the Giveaway! Get back to reading 😛


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Shared Post: BEGINNER BLOGGER: HOW I PLAN MY BLOGPOSTS + MAKING A SCHEDULE! — RABIA RAMBLES

Hey Loves! Today I’m back with another post in my Beginner Blogger series; you can read my other posts in this series here. I want to talk about scheduling and planning blogposts today. I always get questions on how I plan my posts and on my blog schedule so I thought it’d be easier to […]

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Hey there Bookworms!

Check out this really great article by Rabia Rambles about planning out your blog posts. And check out her other Beginner Blogger posts! They are all very useful and have helped me with my post planning.

Still moving to a new apartment, well in the process of it, but will keep you updated.

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by Erik McManus | Breakeven Books

Shared Post: Balance Blogging and life in 8 simple steps — The Nerdy Lion

Let’s get this out-of-the-way now, blogging takes up an inordinate amount of time. If it’s not coming up with ideas, or the actual writing, or the editing, then it’s the promotion, engagement and sharing of that post. Hell, it’s a full-time job. But wait, you already have one of those. Right now, you want to…

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Hey bookworms,

I loved this blog post by The Nerdy Lion so I thought I would share with you guys! Enjoy and go give The Nerdy Lion a follow!

Have a great Tuesday.

by Erik McManus | Breakeven Books

Loop Giveaway

Hey everyone!

I am part of a loop giveaway that is being hosted on Instagram so if you have that app, go and check out this giveaway!

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Here are the full rules to enter:

It’s FriYAY also known as Friday to some! So in honor of surviving yet another week, I have teamed up with 11 amazing people to offer you 12 awesome prizes to 12 lucky winners!  I am giving away a free book that the winner will select from some options.

How to enter:
1. You must follow @breakevenbooks and all 12 people in the loop.

2. Like this photo, comment “me” and like and comment on the photo from the other accounts. “That’s your entry!” Psssst- you can tag 2 friends for extra entries 😉

3. Tap this photo to see where to go next in the loop.

4. When you get back to this page you’re done and entered in all 12 chances to win!
The giveaway ends on Sunday at 8pm EST. Winners will be announced within 24 hours.  Your account must be public for the entire duration of the contest to play. Good luck!

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Please note that this loop is in no way sponsored or endorsed by Instagram,Inc. By entering, you are confirming that you are indeed 18+ years of age, release Instagram from any and all responsibility and you are adhering by Instagram’s term of use. Spam and ‘giveaway accounts’ will not be counted.

Good Luck everyone and make sure to check out all the cool shops that deliver handmade bookish stuff!

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by Erik McManus | Breakeven Books

Guest Post: Michael Clark

Awhile back, I put a feeler out on Twitter to see if anyone wanted to do guest posts for each other about being a blogger. Michael Clark saw the blogger signal high up in the sky and met me on the roof of a large building on a dark and stormy night to interview each other.

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We came up with 10 questions and answered them on each other’s blogs. His blog is http://MichaelClarkWrites.blogspot.com and he will be writing up a post with my answers sometime in the next couple of days! You can also find Michael on Twitter at @Michaelbigchees. I will let you bookworms know when it is posted. But for now, I will deliver his answers on my blog post so get ready to learn a bit about Michael!

ERIK: What is your top read of 2018 so far? 

MICHAEL: My top read of 2018 so far has been the Robot Geneticist series by J.S. Moran, he is a true genius.

ERIK: Most anticipated book release of 2018?

MICHAEL: My most anticipated release is the continued black ocean series also by Moran.

ERIK: How many books are in your TBR Pile?

MICHAEL: I have more books in TBR than there are sand grains in Georgia.

ERIK: Who is your favorite author? 

MICHAEL: My favorite author is either myself, Walter Mosley or Moran.

ERIK: How did you start blogging?

MICHAEL: I started blogging after spending 4 months waiting for an editor to get submitted to A magazine, and I started blogging to get my stories told.

ERIK:  Where is your favorite reading spot? 

MICHAEL: My favorite spot to read is my back porch.

ERIK: How long have you been a blogger? 

MICHAEL: I have only been blogging since April of this year.

ERIK: What do you like about reading?

MICHAEL:  I love the experience of being a different person for a while.

ERIK: If you had to describe yourself in a book title, what would it be?

MICHAEL: “A Gentleman and a Gangster”.

And that it for our blogger interview! If you wish to be in a blogger interview with me, comment below and I will send you the list of questions to fill out. It is a great way to open up to your readers and let them know a little bit more about you! I look forward to many more of these with my fellow book bloggers!

Cheers and have a great Sunday!


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by Erik McManus | Breakeven Books

May Giveaway Winner

Well the month of May has ended and that means that it is time to announce the winner of May’s giveaway. It was a month filled with trips to Montreal and concerts for me but I still had some time to get some reading in and be productive with some reviews. We have a bunch more reviews coming soon.

Now without further ado, the winner of the May giveaway is…..

@bibliobeautybooks

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Congratulations on winning. I will get in touch with you to find out your mailing information and I hope you enjoy the book! Make sure to tag @breakevenbooks if you post a photo of your contest winnings 🙂

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by Erik McManus | Breakeven Books

Another Bookstagrammer Shoutout

I have been working on growing my Instagram account and looking for some great bookstagrammers to connect with. There are so many out there that it is hard to choose which ones to feature. In my search, I found some really cool accounts that have to do with bookish items and I figured I would share them!

@booklifesj

She posts a lot of new books she is reading and talks about book events she is going to. I believe she also has a booktube you could check out on her profile.

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@cookie_bookie_

This bookstagrammer posts a lot of photos of their bookshelves and they make me super jealous :P.

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@tumblr.books

I started following her when I saw that we read a bunch of the same books and then just really liked her book photography!

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@sweptawaybooks

This is a fellow Canadian bookstagrammer! She is all the way over in Vancouver though 😛 A lot of her posts usually have a coffee/latte/tea in them and they always make me want to be in a nice warm place reading a book with a cup of some warm beverage. She seems to know a lot of nice reading nooks!

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@kenchireads

Another fellow book reviewer that has read many of the books I have and had similar opinions on them. I also love that they state they are a Ravenclaw in their profile. Anyone in their right mind would be so proud to be a Ravenclaw 🙂

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Those are my bookstagram highlights for this week! I will be sharing more next week about bookish accounts that host subscription boxes, design creative bookmarks (they are handmade) and sell literary scented candles!

Talk to you soon bookworms and if you want to nominate someone to get a shoutout, tell me who in the comments and I will include them in future posts!

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by Erik McManus | Breakeven Books

Bookstagrammer Shoutout

Instagram has been an awesome tool for sharing and connecting with the different book bloggers out there in the world. So I decided to give some of those book blogger accounts a shoutout so that you can check their accounts out and connect with them too. Sharing our content with each other is the whole point right 😛 I will be doing this every so often so if you don’t see your bookstagram account listed, it may well be in the future.

Here is a list of some great bookstagrammers (give these accounts a follow for some awesome content):

  1. @books_and_bookmarks
  2. @noreadstoogreat
  3. @natysbookshelf
  4. @tales_and_textiles
  5. @norinbooks_76
  6. @nina_ravenclaw
  7. @valiant_reader
  8. @morestorgy
  9. @lovebooksandtea97
  10. @bookgoggles
  11. @candy_booklover
  12. @booksandmunches

I have also started writing for Buzzfeed Community and am going to be making some book quizzes which I will be sharing on my blog so make sure to check those out!

Still currently reading The Mark of Wu: Hidden Paths and should have a review for you bookworms soon.

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by Erik McManus | Breakeven Books

New Giveaway Alert!!

I have been talking with many authors and receiving so many requests to review books lately and it has been a blast. There will be a lot of interesting reviews coming down the line! But for now, I am hosting a giveaway. You may have remembered me doing a book highlight for Star City by Edwin Peng. Well, they sent me an extra copy of the book to host a giveaway 🙂

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All you have to do is like this post and share it on social media! Don’t forget to tag @BreakevenBooks in your post so I know that it was posted and to add your entry into the draw.

I also linked up with thisiswriting.com to promote some books. They have The Ultimate List of Fiction Books You Should Read At Least Once in Your Life and it has some good ones on it. Make sure to check them out if you get a chance!

Also excited to share some reviews from others that are helping me out with the blog. I will be posting their reviews once they are done the books I assigned to them.

Alright well, make sure to enter the giveaway and good luck bookworms!