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The Waiting Booth by Brinda Berry – Win $100 Amazon GC or Paypal Cash!

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The Waiting Booth by Brinda Berry
A missing boy, government agents, an interdimensional portal… Mia has one goal for her senior year at Whispering Woods High-find her missing older brother. But when her science project reveals a portal into another dimension, she learns that travelers are moving in and out of her woods in the most alarming way and government agents Regulus and Arizona are policing their immigration. Mia’s drawn to the mysterious, aloof Regulus, but it’s no time for a crush. She needs to find out what they know about her brother, while the agents fight to save the world from viral contamination. But when Regulus reveals that he knows Mia’s secrets, she begins to wonder if there’s more going on than she thought…and if she was wrong to trust him…
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Praise for The Waiting Booth:
“The book kept me on the edge of my seat with its perfect balance of teenaged angst, interdimensional portals, and a fractured family.”
~ Author Christine Ashworth
“The description was so good I could easily see things as they happened…like a movie playing in my mind as I read. I just love Regulus. He’s my kind of hero for sure.”
~ Author Lynn Rush
Author Brinda Berry
Brinda Berry lives in the southern US with her family and two spunky cairn terriers. She has a BSE in English and French and a MEd in Learning Systems Technology. She’s terribly fond of chocolate, coffee, and books that take her away from reality. She doesn’t mind being called a geek or “crazy dog lady”. When she’s not working the day job or writing a novel, she’s guilty of surfing the internet for no good reason.
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Book Blast Giveaway Details:
$100 Amazon Gift Card or $100 PayPal Cash from Author Brinda Berry
Ends 11/1/12
*You need not enter your twitter name for each entry.  Simply enter it when you follow Brinda and leave the others blank.

Open to anyone who can legally enter, receive and use an Amazon.com Gift Code or Paypal Cash. Winning Entry will be verified prior to prize being awarded. No purchase necessary. You must be 18 or older to enter or have your parent’s permission. The winner will be chosen by rafflecopter and announced here as well as emailed and will have 48 hours to respond or a new winner will be chosen. This giveaway is in no way associated with Facebook, Twitter, Rafflecopter or any other entity unless otherwise specified. The number of eligible entries received determines the odds of winning. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW.

Give the gift of College education with a GradSave Gift Card!

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The price of college tuition is rising steadily, but here’s an option.

 

GradSave helps to make college savings easy! Just three simple steps, and you can help a child look forward to a future that includes the advantage of higher education. That’s a pretty incredible gift.

And your gift can be used in conjunction with any savings plan, any 529 account and even with state “pre-paid” plans, so check out the $10,000 Sweepstakes !

Also, receive a free Halloween edition Ty Beanie Bear with the purchase of any GradSave gift card.

In just two minutes, you can improve the future. 


NIVEA “Kiss of The Year” Giveaway!

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Then I did the simplest thing in the world. I leaned down… and kissed him. And the world cracked open  — Agnes de Mille

Do you remember your first kiss? Your favorite kiss? 

A kiss can be so simple, yet so profound, so fleeting, yet its memory last a lifetime. 



NIVEA is all about touch, all about softness, and they are gearing up to help make this New Year’s Eve the best yet with their ever-popular “Kiss of the Year” contest.

NIVEA makes every kiss special and they want to give you the chance to experience your New Year’s Eve kiss in one of the most iconic locations, Times Square, on the stage where celebrity couple Mario Lopez and Courtney Mazza will be co-hosting! As if that weren’t exciting enough, the winning couple will be whisked away to experience a full VIP adventure in New York City to kick off 2013!

The entry period is from October 18-November 8, so you still have time to enter on NIVEA’s Facebook Page.

Wouldn’t that be an awesome way to start the New Year with your sweetie? I hope to see one of you there!

I’m happy to say that my lips will be very soft and kissable because NIVEA was kind enough to send me a muslin bag full of lip balms: A Kiss of Protection for sun care, A Kiss of Moisture with jojoba Oil and Shea Butter, a Kiss of Olive Oil and Lemon to hydrate, and, my two favorites, A Kiss of Cherry, fruity and colorful, and A Kiss of Shimmer, with Pearl and Silk extracts. I love them all.

They also sent along some Co-Enzyme Q10 body lotion and a Touch of Lemongrass hydrating shower gel. I adore the smell of the lemongrass and my skin is very very soft. Heavenly.

GIVEAWAY

One lucky reader will also win a “Romantic Kiss” Prep Kit with   a Set of five NIVEA Lip Care products  to make sure your lips are at their kissable best as well as 2 Bonus NIVEA Bath or Body products.

 

Simply follow the Rafflecopter below and best of luck to all!

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Disclosure: I was provided product from the sponsor to facilitate my review, however all opinions are strictly my own.


 

Win a Laughing Vixen Silver Pendant and Compact – Hoppin’ Halloween!

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Welcome to the Hoppin’ Halloween Giveaway Hop hosted by MamaNYC! We’re celebrating Halloween with an amazing event featuring ALL sorts of prizes, which means there is going to be something for everyone! With over 90 blogs participating, Hoppin’ Halloween is going to be a BLAST! This event will run from October 25-31st so you’ll have time to enter all the giveaways you like. Good luck and Happy Halloween!

Strange Daze Indeed has a spooky fun Halloween giveaway for you from one of our favorites, Laughing Vixen!

Laughing Vixen is constantly updating her Laughing Vixen Lounge with all manner of gorgeous pop-culture horror and vintage-themed jewelry. You’ll find everything for the modern vixen there: handmade necklaces, pendants, charm bracelets, and compacts for every occasion.

I’m hoping to get this very cool Zombie necklace and I know quite a few friends that it would make the ideal gift for!

Our giveaway is for your choice of  a very cool Compact and Silver Pendant! Mix and match to your heart’s content – whatever theme you like!

Vampire Pendant – Nosferatu
Vintage Witch Pendant

Here are some of my favorites but there are oh so many more!

Happy Halloween Bat Pill Box with Mirror

Lovely blood spatter Pill Box with Mirror

Best of luck everyone and have a ghoulishly good time!
Just follow the Rafflecopter below!

Be a Wholly Hero – with Wholly Guacamole!

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Be a HERO, get a shirt and two FREE Wholly Guacamole coupons!

Help send 100 military kids to summer camp!

The Wholly Guacmaole company teamed up with Brad Meltzer, founder of Ordinary People Change the World and Operation Purple, a program of the National Military Family Association. Please help them reach their goal!

Each shirt is $10 and the ENTIRE $10 goes towards the goal!

Please check out this video as well as:

The Wholly Heroes Flyer

and

The Wholly Heroes Website to learn more!

Enter Sports Authority’s One Million Strong sweepstakes and win!

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I feel very lucky to have a Sports Authority store nearby. Any time we need sports clothing or equipment, that’s our first stop. I’ve also purchased some pretty cool Red Sox shirts, my favorite Diamondback bike and workout equipment there. With the holidays approaching, I know where I’ll be shopping online for my sports fanatic nephews.

Right now, Sports Authority is on a mission and you can join. As part of their “One Million Strong” sweepstakes, they’re giving away tons of prizes on their way to 1 million Facebook likes. For their next level, 100 lucky winners will receive Soybu leggings and capris!

What I love about Soybu is the care they put into their products, creating versatile, high-quality clothing that fits your lifestyle. Super comfortable and super flattering, they are great for yoga or any time you want to look and feel great.

The Soybu products will be awarded as soon as Sports Authority‘s Facebook page hits 750,000 likes, and more prizes will be awarded as the number of likes rise, giving you the chance to win even more great goodies! To learn more and enter now, simply visit the “One Million Strong” tab on Sports Authority‘s Facebook page!

Disclosure:  I received a gift card for my participation however all opinions herein are completely my own.

The Emerald Talisman – Win $100 Amazon gc or Paypal Cash!

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The Emerald Talisman Audio Book by Brenda Pandos  
Read by Mary Morgan

You can run from
your destiny, but you can’t hide!

If for no other

reason than to help get through the hormonal rush of high school, 16-year-old Julia Parker would trade her ability to feel her fellow students’ emotions in a heartbeat, especially half the boys in  her class.
When the charming Nicholas uses his superhuman strength to rescue Julia from the edge of a cliff before she’s devoured by a bloodthirsty stalker, Julia is suddenly thrust into an underground world where people and animals are often one and the same. 
Fellow high school students disappear and only Julia and Nicholas know the truth. While Nicholas, a vampire hunter, is out stopping the ever-expanding coven, an old friend seduces Julia to join him on the dark side and a psychic tells her that she alone is the key to stopping the madness. The problem is, it will require Nicholas’ life. 
Author Brenda Pandos:  

Brenda Pandos lives in California with her husband and two boys. She attempts to balance her busy writing-filled life with being a mother and wife, as well as spending time with friends and family.

Working formerly as an I.T. Administrator, Brenda never believed her imagination would be put to good use but, after her son was diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder, her life completely changed. Writing paranormal romance became something she could do at home while also tending to the new needs of her family, household, and herself.


Three

years later, Brenda now has five books published, The Talisman Trilogy: The Emerald Talisman, The Sapphire Talisman, and The Onyx Talisman, and Mer Tales: Everblue and Evergreen. She is currently working on the third book of Mer Tales, Everlost, coming February 2013.

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Audio Book Tour 
Readers
are invited to participate in TheEmerald Talisman blog tour from 10/26-11/23 hosted by Confessions of a Bookaholic. There will be giveaways, interviews and a scavenger hunt! 





Book Blast Giveaway Details:
$100 Amazon Gift Card or $100 PayPal Cash from Author Brenda Pandos
Ends 10/30/12
*You need not enter your twitter name for each entry.  Simply enter it when you follow Brenda and leave the others blank.


Open to anyone who can legally enter, receive and use an Amazon.com Gift Code or Paypal Cash. Winning Entry will be verified prior to prize being awarded. No purchase necessary. You must be 18 or older to enter or have your parent’s permission. The winner will be chosen by rafflecopter and announced here as well as emailed and will have 48 hours to respond or a new winner will be chosen. This giveaway is in no way associated with Facebook, Twitter, Rafflecopter or any other entity unless otherwise specified. The number of eligible entries received determines the odds of winning. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW.


 

How To Monitor Your Home Computer – Win one of 20 Gecko Monitor Licenses

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How To Monitor Your Home Computer
There are a number of reasons that you may want to monitor your home computer. Especially if it’s the family computer that everyone uses. A teenager that’s meant to be doing homework or is using the computer when everyone’s gone to bed. A partner who you are having doubts about. Or even just young kids who you want to let loose on the internet but are worried about what they’ll see. All of these reasons call for the use of Computer Monitoring Software.

Computer Monitoring Software has been around for a long time and started out in the form of a simple keylogger. These programs would simply record every keystroke pressed on a computer and submit them to a log ready for someone to read back at a later date. These days, with all the multimedia and advancements of things like the internet, Computer Monitoring Software has to be a bit more complex.

 But as complex as the workings behind the software are, the programs themselves are brilliantly easy to use. Download and installing the software usually takes a few minutes at the most and once it’s installed it’ll run completely silently in the background, without anyone knowing it’s running. Most Computer Monitoring Software won’t be seen anywhere in the start menu, tray, task manager or the add/remove programs and will be extremely well hidden in the hard drive, meaning even the most tech savvy of people won’t be able to find it.

When you run the program for the first time you’ll define a secret key combination and password that only you will know, so that only you can access the software in the future. You’ll use these details when you want to view the logs. The features of Computer Monitoring Software these days are brilliantly comprehensive and most programs out there will perform the following:

  • Will monitor and log all keystrokes pressed.
  • Will monitor and log all applications use.
  • Will monitor and log all websites visited.
  • Will monitor and log all files opened, saved, deleted etc.
  • Will monitor and log all printed documents.
  • Will take screenshots periodically of what’s on the screen.
  • Will email you the reports remotely.
  • Will monitor anything copied and pasted.

All of these features will include time and date stamps so that you can see exactly when a certain activity was undertaken. The emailed reports function usually comes in handy if you can’t get to the computer or you want to receive the reports at work. Simply enter your email address details and receive everything to your inbox!

If you are interested in Computer Monitoring Software with all of the features mentioned above,  Gecko Monitor is one of the leading monitoring applications on the market. If you’d like to see more and download a free trial head to Gecko Monitor.

And especially for the readers of this blog, we will be holding a giveaway for 20 licenses for the full version of Gecko Monitor!

Compatible with Windows 7, Vista, XP , 2000

Just fill out the simple Rafflecopter below!

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TRAVEL Century21 Contest: Enter to win a 2-night stay in NYC and a $500 C21 wardrobe makeover!

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This post brought to you by CENTURY 21. All opinions are 100% mine.

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I love fashion, but I don’t always love the high prices!

Century 21 is an amazing place to shop for high fashion at low prices. For over 50 years, they have been ‘the spot’ for New Yorkers and world-travelers as well! You can find great brands like Giorgio Armani, Marc Jacobs ( a personal favorite ), Valentino, and See by Chloe. You’ll also find Armani Jeans, Oscar de la Renta, Guess, DKNY and Calvin Klein all up to 65% off retail 100% of the time. That’s pretty amazing.

The next time I get a chance to visit NYC I’m hoping to check them out in person. Have you been there before? What are your favorite items to shop for?

Their two Manhattan store locations are Lincoln Square (1972 Broadway) and Downtown (22 Cortlandt Street). The Downtown Manhattan location has 150,000 square feet of shopping and each floor is filled with incredible fashion.

I became a C21Stores.com member for free. It’s super easy and you can find great designer, women’s and men’s clothes, boots, accessories and housewares.

I am loving this CLuce Peplum Dress. It retails for $104.00 and I can buy it for $39.97 in either black or a gorgeous scarlet red, saving 62%.

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Other items I’d love to buy are these Hot Steve Madden Black Studded Ternn Boots

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and these gorgeous snake skinny pants!

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 You’ll also want to check out the fabulous Empire Hotel sweepstakes for a chance to win a $500 C21 wardrobe makeover and a two-night stay at the iconic Empire Hotel in NYC!  I’ve entered on Facebook and it’s super easy.

New merchandise comes in all the time, so there’s always something new to check out. Many celebrities love to shop here. Stop in and you might see Kim Kardashian, Olivia Palermo, Stacy Keibler, or Lindsay Lohan.

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Visit the C21 website (C21Stores.com) to find the same top brands for up to 65% off retail 100% of the time. So if you miss shopping in New York, you can still score big on top designers!

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