One year ago today, I created Hist-Fic Chick and published my very first blog post. I hope I don’t sound terribly cliche when I say that I feel this blog has really come a long way. The other day when I told one of my blogging friends Amy that my blogoversary was coming up, she said “Congrats on your two year blogoversary!” and you have no idea how happy that made me. No, lovely readers, it’s only my one year blogoversary, but the fact that a fellow blogger felt my presence here on the web so much so that she thought I had been around for double the amount of time…well, suffice to say that it made me smile for the rest of the day.
But all gloating aside, I’d like to thank the people who have really helped shape this blog into what it is today, and that person, dear reader, is you! For what would a blog be without its fans and followers? If a tree falls in a forrest and no one is there to hear it…
…well, you get the picture. I am so thankful to have the wonderful support of my readers! I love reading your thoughtful comments on my posts and reviews – most of the time they make me smile, and they make me think and contemplate new opinions and ideas. How lonely this place would would be without the lively discourse that takes place here regularly! Now, I know that not all of you are frequent commenters, and some of you have probably never commented at all, and that’s perfectly all right (I never commented on blogs until I had my own…But I still do encourage you to do so regardless!). I just want all of you to know how very fortunate I feel to have you out there, reading Hist-Fic Chick and indulging in the celebration of history through great literature.
So, to celebrate and say a heartfelt THANK YOU to my readers, I present you with my most extravagant giveaway yet!
Giveaway
One lucky winner will receive the following:
- The Confessions of Catherine de Medici by C.W. Gortner (ARC)
- The Queen’s Pawn by Christy English (Galley)
- O, Juliet by Robin Maxwell (ARC)
- For the King by Catherine Delors (Bound Galley)
- Wild Romance: A Victorian Story of a Marriage, a Trial, and a Self-Made Woman by Chloe Schama (ARC)
- Captive Queen: A Novel of Eleanor of Aquitaine by Alison Weir (*Autographed* Galley)
Giveaway is open to all entrants, internationally. Giveaway closes August 1st at midnight, and the winner will be announced here on the blog in the following week.
**Note that it is not required that you subscribe or become a follower of this blog in order to enter this giveaway, however, I do greatly appreciate your support and welcome new subscribers to Hist-Fic Chick!
This giveaway is now closed.
OMG Happy Blogoversary! A lot of people don't make it to a year so it's a great thing! Thank you for the wonderful contest!
Happy Blogoversary. I love your reviews.
You are so cute Allie! Happy Blogoversary to one of the coolest chicks in Blogland! I am truly blessed to have you as a friend and hope you are around for many, many more years!!!No need to enter me for the giveaway, but I did want to say that holy cow..it's a good one!! Good luck to everyone!Again, Happy Birthday Hist Fic Chick! Mwwwwaaaaahhhhh!!!
Well Happy Blogoversary to you! I am so glad to have discovered your blog when I did. Thanks so much for the great giveaway-I don't own any of these books yet!
O my gosh, happy blogiversary!! I am of the same opinion…only ONE year???!??! I feel like I've followed you FOREVER!! Ok. I'm going to make sure I'm on your Google Followers even though I don't really use that, I'm more of a Google Reader user.BTW…Gortner, Maxwell, Delors….um my FAVORITES!! I've been dying to read Gortner's and Maxwell's books. I've already won For the King but if I win this, you can either give it away to someone else or I will do a giveaway. I am obviously in the mood to blab so one more BTW…I'm reading Dracula in Love as well and am enthralled. How are you liking it? Can't wait for your review.
Happy, Happy Blogoversary! I look forward to reading your blog everyday! Thanks so much for the reviews, the giveaways, and all of your insights!This giveaway is BANANAS, by the way.
Thanks so, so, SO much.I look forward to the year ahead!
Happy Blogoversary!! Hope you have many more! No need to enter me in the giveaway.
Congratulations!
Happy Blogoversary to you! I've been enjoying it for a year now, but yes – seems longer
Ditto on the congrats — I haven't read you for a whole year yet but I do have to agree — you've got a lovely presence and you're one of my favorite book blogs! To many more years!
Congrats on your blogoversary! I would have sworn you have been around for longer than just one year!And thank you for making the giveaway international!
Happy Blogoversary! One year is an exciting benchmark.
Congratulations. it does seem much more than one year. Are you really sure? Its wonderful to celebrate such a beautiful blog.Thank you for the giveaways which are of course wonderful. Very much appreciated that its open to overseas readers.
Happy, happy blogoversary to you Allie! I found your blog very early on in my book blogging "career" (my one year is coming up early in August). Yours was the first historical fiction blog I found and I have loved it from that day on AND I've met so many other wonderful historical fiction bloggers through you! I'm entering the giveaway, but if I should be lucky enough to win, I already own 3 of the 6 books. Would you be able to pick another winner for those 3? I'll go ahead and enter and if this isn't feasible, just disqualify me. Thanks!Again, happy blogoversary…here's to many more years! =O)
Allie happy birthday I am not sure where I would be with out you. I never would have dreamed that I would meet someone as cool as you through this whole blogging adventure. Keep it up I love your chic taste and invigorating posts, even if I do not always comment.
Happy Happy Blogversary-wow it seems that I have been popping over for over a year.
Happy Bloggoversary!! I very much enjoy your blog, it's fun and very Chick
And the giveaway is fantastic!! Thank you!~bella
Super Happy Blogoversary! I would have thought you've been around longer than a year too- this is an awesome blog- I've found several books from your reviews I would have missed otherwise. One day I hope I'll have a book (or more!) for you to review!
HAPPY BLOGAVERSARY! I think this might be the coolest giveaway I have seen in a long time! I have my fingers crossed to win
.Thanks!
I my word! What a BOOKGASM or HIST-FIC-APHORIA! Count me in! Although I think I'll swoon….annfesATyahooDOTcom
What a generous Giveaway. I am so glad I found the Historical Fiction Roundtable site and by extension your site and those of your fellow Roundtable bloggers. I have enjoyed and appreciated the quality of books presented and reviewed. The guest posts and posts on topics related to books have been most interesting. Your reviews and interviews are always well done and informative. It has also resulted in a Wish List much longer than I would have liked. All but one of these books are on that Wish List. That one I am lucky enough to have.Your site is lovely. I look forward to following it until you have your second Blogoversary and beyond.Congratulations and best of luck for your second year.
Congrats on the blogoversary! I can't believe it's only been 1 year. On to awesome year 2!
No need to enter me, I just wanted to congratulate you on your 1 year blogiversary.
Happy Blogversary!!No need to enter me…I already own three of those in the giveaway!
Congratulations! I truly enjoy reading your reviews and visiting your blog. I will look forward to many more years…
Happy Blogoversary! And thanks for the wonderful giveaway of books!All sound like fabulous reads.
Happy blogaversary! What a great giveaway!
Wonderful Giveaway. That's a whole batch of books I've been hoping to read!A comment on any of my blogs will trigger and email to me for contacting.I'm glad I've found this blog!
awesome contest! thank you!
Happy, Happy Blogoversary! And hopefully Happy Birthday to me! Hoping that with August 1st being my b-day that it will work a little mojo my way. Seriously, I can't believe this giveaway, what an amazing thing to do for your readears, including newbies like me. And I am so excited to have discovered you and other reader blogs this summer, they have certainly added to my HF reading enjoyment(and TBR pile). Clink-clink, here is to you and many more blogging years!
It's opnly been a year?! Get outta here! Happy Blogaversary/Birthday/Anniversary to you. Your posts are always so informative and beautiful. You have brought quite a few books to my attention and I am grateful for that. Here's to many more wonderful posts
Salute!
Happy Blogoversary!I would have thought you'd been around a lot longer than a year as well! Keep up the great work!!
Congratulations on your blogaversary! Glad that you made it and hope this blog goes on for many more years.
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