Random Acts of Kindness: Christmas Edition #RAK #SecretSanta #MyWishList

It's been a while since I've participated in RAK, but I couldn't resist this awesome Christmas Edition! I always loved the Random Acts of Kindess feature hosted by Book Soulmates, but I'm definitely even more excited to do a Secret Santa version...check out the awesome button that Vanmar Designs created for Book Soulmates for the event! It's so cute and festive...and doesn't it make you want to participate? :D 

 Now, since it is a new variation of the event there are some new rules. I've copied and pasted them below in the quote box just in case anyone is curious about them before they want to sign up, and below, I'm going to post the top five books on my wishlist. :)

NEW RULES
(please read thoroughly)

• Participation requires that you agree to send your assigned contact (1) Secret Santa gift (selected from the wishlist provided).  In exchange, you will also receive a Secret Santa gift from the person that was assigned your name.
• We suggest that you put a note on/with your gift stating that it's a "Secret Santa RAK gift" and include your name/blog so that the recipient knows who the gift is from :)
• The form will ask you for your Top 5 Wishlist Titles as well as a link to the rest of your wishlist (located on Amazon, Goodreads, or your blog, etc).
• The form will accept sign-ups starting November 1 through November 24. 
  Sorry guys, but the form will be closed after November 25th to allow us time to assign & distribute.
• All participants will be contacted via email on December 1st with the information for their Secret Santa recipient.  It's very important that you check your inbox for this message!
• You will have from December 1st to December 25th (the sooner the better) to send out your RAK.  After all, it is to be a Christmas present!
• E-book participation is limited to files being gifted directly to a person from the e-book store. Amazon's Kindle, Barnes & Noble's Nook, and the Kobo store are all set up to allow this.  We do not, ever, encourage people to send pirated books so we urge you to use your discretion if/when accepting PDF files not sent through a retailer.
• At the end of the month (by Dec 31st), show us your R.A.K by creating a "RAK Wrap-up" post.
• You may also show off your participation by grabbing our *new* Christmas Edition RAK button!

OPEN TO EVERYONE!

Remember that you can order from Book Depository to ship to an international friend!

Sign up for RAK: Secret Santa 2013
(Note: This time, you guys don't get to see who else signed up because it's a seeecret ;)

If you have any questions regarding RAK, please contact us via Twitter or at our email booksoulmates @ gmail . com

Tips:

1. When talking about RAK on Twitter, please use the hashtag: #RAK. It makes it much easier to keep track of the conversations, answer questions and/or tweet back! =)

2.When submitting your wish list, please make sure that it is set to PUBLIC viewing. Some people have had trouble with wish lists that were set to private. We want to be sure that no one is left out of getting great RAKs.

3. Some of you have gotten frustrated because you can't get your links to appear active. This is a very easy fix :) Just make sure that when you enter your link, do NOT hit the Enter key. Instead, hit the TAB key which will send you to the next field on the form. Additional spaces entered after the link will leave the link inactive.  However, if this does happen to you, no worries, we'll fix it for you.

You can find Book Soulmates post on the Christmas Edition of RAK, HERE. 

MY WISHLIST

1. Not a Drop to Drink by Mindy McGinnis (Book Depostiory | Amazon | Indigo)

2. Just Like Fate by Cat Patrick and Suzanne Young (Book Depostiory | Amazon | Indigo)

3. Starry Nights by Daisy Whitney (Book Depostiory | Amazon | Indigo)

4. Billy and Me by Giovanna Fletcher (Book Depostiory | Amazon | Indigo)

5. Longbourn by Jo Baker (Book Depostiory | Amazon | Indigo)

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What do you think?

 Are you going to sign up for the Christmas Edition of Random Acts of Kindness?

Random Acts of Kindness - June Edition!

  Last month was amazing for me when it came to RAK. I sent three and received six. They also sent me birthday wishes, which was definitely appreciated! :D I hope you all had amazing RAKs for May, too. :)
The lovely Vanessa and Isalys at Book Soulmates came up with the idea for Random Acts of Kindness.    Here are the rules for R.A.K.:

RULES RE-CAP:

• Sign up each month that you'd like to participate.

• Show off your participation by grabbing our RAK button :)

• Create a wish list (on Amazon, Goodreads, or your blog etc) and post it in the Google Doc located in each R.A.K post for the month.

• If you choose to do a R.A.K for someone, check out their wish list and contact that blogger for their address.

• At the end of the month, SHOW US YOUR R.A.K!  Make a post saying 'Thank You' to whoever granted one of your wishes and share it with us :)

OPEN TO EVERYONE!

Let's keep our International bloggers in mind and in our hearts.

Remember, there's always the Book Depository and they offer FREE shipping!

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  You can find out even more about R.A.K, and sign up for June HERE.   -----------------------   I've got two different wishlists, one for Amazon and one for the Book Depository: 
The Book Depository Wishlist:  Ambur's TBD Wishlist And my Amazon/Kindle Wishlist: Ambur's Amazon Wishlist
Right now, the top five books on my two wishlists are:  1. The One That I Want by Jennifer Echols (Book Depo) 2. The Last Echo by Kimberly Derting (Book Depo) 3. Article 5 by Kristen Simmons (Book Depo) 4. Sophie and Carter by Chelsea Fine (Amazon Store/Kindle) 5. Arson by Estevan Vega (Amazon Store/Kindle)
Go ahead and check out my wishlists even if you aren't participating in R.A.K.! You might find a book you want for yourself, especially since I have a bunch of pre-orders on there. ;)    (If you want my address to send me something for R.A.K., you can email me at ambiepie_6(at)hotmail(dot)com.)   I hope you all have an awesome month. :)  

Random Acts of Kindness - May Edition!

  Once again...I totally missed signing up for R.A.K last month! I think I need to put a post-it note with "Remember R.A.K. on it somewhere so I don't forget again! :P Now that I'm done school for the semester I finally can get a job and then can spread the wealth with some awesome people through R.A.K! It also happens to be my birthday month, so I think I'm gonna search for some other May babies and spread some birthday love to them. :)
The lovely Vanessa and Isalys at Book Soulmates came up with the idea for Random Acts of Kindness.    Here are the rules for R.A.K.:

RULES RE-CAP:

• Sign up each month that you'd like to participate.

• Show off your participation by grabbing our RAK button :)

• Create a wish list (on Amazon, Goodreads, or your blog etc) and post it in the Google Doc located in each R.A.K post for the month.

• If you choose to do a R.A.K for someone, check out their wish list and contact that blogger for their address.

• At the end of the month, SHOW US YOUR R.A.K!  Make a post saying 'Thank You' to whoever granted one of your wishes and share it with us :)

OPEN TO EVERYONE!

Let's keep our International bloggers in mind and in our hearts.

Remember, there's always the Book Depository and they offer FREE shipping!

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  You can find out even more about R.A.K, and sign up for May HERE.   -----------------------   I've got two different wishlists, one for Amazon and one for the Book Depository: 
The Book Depository Wishlist:  Ambur's TBD Wishlist And my Amazon/Kindle Wishlist: Ambur's Amazon Wishlist
Go ahead and check it out even if you aren't participating in R.A.K.! You might find a book you want for yourself. ;)    (If you want my address to send me something for R.A.K., you can email me at ambiepie_6(at)hotmail(dot)com.)   I hope you all have an awesome month. :)

Random Acts of Kindess - January Edition!

 Well it's a new year, and a new month, so it's time for another month of RAK! :D
The lovely Vanessa and Isalys at Book Soulmates came up with the idea for Random Acts of Kindness.  Here are the rules for R.A.K.:

RULES RE-CAP:

• Sign up each month that you'd like to participate.

• Show off your participation by grabbing our RAK button :)

• Create a wish list (on Amazon, Goodreads, or your blog etc) and post it in the Google Doc located in each R.A.K post for the month.

• If you choose to do a R.A.K for someone, check out their wish list and contact that blogger for their address.

• At the end of the month, SHOW US YOUR R.A.K!  Make a post saying 'Thank You' to whoever granted one of your wishes and share it with us :)

OPEN TO EVERYONE!

Let's keep our International bloggers in mind and in our hearts.

Remember, there's always the Book Depository and they offer FREE shipping!


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You can find out even more about R.A.K, and sign up for January HERE. -----------------------  I've got two different wishlists, one for Amazon and one for the Book Depository: 
The Book Depository Wishlist:  Ambur's TBD WishlistAnd my Amazon/Kindle Wishlist: Ambur's Amazon Wishlist
Go ahead and check it out even if you aren't participating in R.A.K.! You might find a book you want for yourself. ;)   (If you want my address to send me something for R.A.K., you can email me at ambiepie_6(at)hotmail(dot)com.) December was a great R.A.K. month for me! I sent 3 and received 2 books! The third book I sent hasn't arrived yet, and I sent it after I posted my Wrap-up post in December, so I sent Jess from Jessica Rabbit's Corner Lover Unleashed by J.R. Ward. :D I'm excited to sign up for month of RAK, and you should definitely try it if the idea interests you. It's always nice to give, and I'm sure everyone loves to be on the receiving end of a gift, too. :P Happy Reading!!!
♪♫ Ambur

Random Acts of Kindness: November Wrap-up and December Edition!

Well, I'm combining my beginning and ending posts this month because I didn't give or receive anything during November...it was a busy month. *sigh* Still busy, but the semester is almost over, and then finals will be done, and I'll finally get a nice break...I can't wait! :D This is now my fifth month participating in RAK, and I have to say that I love it! And I love the idea of being able to buy someone else a book and maybe get one from someone else in return for no reason at all, just to be nice! :D
The lovely Vanessa and Isalys at Book Soulmates came up with the idea for Random Acts of Kindness.  Here are the rules for R.A.K.:

RULES RE-CAP:

• Sign up each month that you'd like to participate.

• Show off your participation by grabbing our RAK button :)

• Create a wish list (on Amazon, Goodreads, or your blog etc) and post it in the Google Doc located in each R.A.K post for the month.

• If you choose to do a R.A.K for someone, check out their wish list and contact that blogger for their address.

• At the end of the month, SHOW US YOUR R.A.K!  Make a post saying 'Thank You' to whoever granted one of your wishes and share it with us :)

OPEN TO EVERYONE!

Let's keep our International bloggers in mind and in our hearts.

Remember, there's always the Book Depository and they offer FREE shipping!


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You can find out even more about R.A.K, and sign up for December HERE. -----------------------  I've got two different wishlists, one for Amazon and one for the Book Depository: 
The Book Depository Wishlist:  Ambur's TBD WishlistAnd my Amazon/Kindle Wishlist: Ambur's Amazon Wishlist
Go ahead and check it out even if you aren't participating in R.A.K.! You might find a book you want for yourself. ;)   (If you want my address to send me something for R.A.K., you can email me at ambiepie_6(at)hotmail(dot)com.) Christmas is coming up, so now would be a great time to give someone a book for RAK when they usually wouldn't get one. :)   Happy Reading!!!
♪♫ Ambur

Random Acts of Kindness - November Edition!

 This is now my third month participating in RAK, and I have to say that I love it! And I love the idea of being able to buy someone else a book and maybe get one from someone else in return for no reason at all, just to be nice! :D
The lovely Vanessa and Isalys at Book Soulmates came up with the idea for Random Acts of Kindness.  Here are the rules for R.A.K.:

RULES RE-CAP:

• Sign up each month that you'd like to participate.

• Show off your participation by grabbing our RAK button :)

• Create a wish list (on Amazon, Goodreads, or your blog etc) and post it in the Google Doc located in each R.A.K post for the month.

• If you choose to do a R.A.K for someone, check out their wish list and contact that blogger for their address.

• At the end of the month, SHOW US YOUR R.A.K!  Make a post saying 'Thank You' to whoever granted one of your wishes and share it with us :)

OPEN TO EVERYONE!

Let's keep our International bloggers in mind and in our hearts.

Remember, there's always the Book Depository and they offer FREE shipping!


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You can find out even more about R.A.K, and sign up for November HERE. -----------------------  I've got two different wishlists, one for Amazon and one for the Book Depository: 
The Book Depository Wishlist:  Ambur's TBD WishlistAnd my Amazon/Kindle Wishlist: Ambur's Amazon Wishlist
Go ahead and check it out even if you aren't participating in R.A.K.! You might find a book you want for yourself. ;)   (If you want my address to send me something for R.A.K., you can email me at ambiepie_6(at)hotmail(dot)com.) October was a great R.A.K. month for me! I sent 3 and received 3 books! I've definitely loved getting to participate in R.A.K., and I hope that you'll all give it a try, it's an awesome experience! :D  Happy Reading!!!
♪♫ Ambur

Random Acts of Kindness - October Edition!

 This is now my third month participating in RAK, and I have to say that I love it! And I love the idea of being able to buy someone else a book and maybe get one from someone else in return for no reason at all, just to be nice! :D
The lovely Vanessa and Isalys at Book Soulmates came up with the idea for Random Acts of Kindness.  Here are the rules for R.A.K.:

RULES RE-CAP:

• Sign up each month that you'd like to participate.

• Show off your participation by grabbing our RAK button :)

• Create a wish list (on Amazon, Goodreads, or your blog etc) and post it in the Google Doc located in each R.A.K post for the month.

• If you choose to do a R.A.K for someone, check out their wish list and contact that blogger for their address.

• At the end of the month, SHOW US YOUR R.A.K!  Make a post saying 'Thank You' to whoever granted one of your wishes and share it with us :)

OPEN TO EVERYONE!

Let's keep our International bloggers in mind and in our hearts.

Remember, there's always the Book Depository and they offer FREE shipping!


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You can find out even more about R.A.K, and sign up for October HERE. -----------------------  I've got two different wishlists, one for Amazon and one for the Book Depository: 
The Book Depository Wishlist:  Ambur's TBD WishlistAnd my Amazon/Kindle Wishlist: Ambur's Amazon Wishlist
Go ahead and check it out even if you aren't participating in R.A.K.! You might find a book you want for yourself. ;)   (If you want my address to send me something for R.A.K., you can email me at ambiepie_6(at)hotmail(dot)com.) I didn't get anything this last month, but I did have a few books, that I pre-ordered for another blogger, turn up. I Think that R.A.K. is awesome, and I definitely encourage people to participate in it, it can be pretty awesome! :D
Happy Reading!!!
♪♫ Ambur

September - R.A.K. Wrap Up!

RAK - Random Acts of Kindness Wrap Up

 

I didn't received anything this month, but the books that I sent to Aislynn

 at Stitch, Read, Cook finally came. I think one might not have arrived yet, but I'll put it here just so I don't forget.

Did you receive or give anything this month???

Happy Reading!!!

♪♫ Ambur

Random Acts of Kindness - September Edition!

 This is now my third month participating in RAK, and I have to say that I love it! And I love the idea of being able to buy someone else a book and maybe get one from someone else in return for no reason at all, just to be nice! :D
The lovely Vanessa and Isalys at Book Soulmates came up with the idea for Random Acts of Kindness.  Here are the rules for R.A.K.:

RULES RE-CAP:

• Sign up each month that you'd like to participate.

• Show off your participation by grabbing our RAK button :)

• Create a wish list (on Amazon, Goodreads, or your blog etc) and post it in the Google Doc located in each R.A.K post for the month.

• If you choose to do a R.A.K for someone, check out their wish list and contact that blogger for their address.

• At the end of the month, SHOW US YOUR R.A.K!  Make a post saying 'Thank You' to whoever granted one of your wishes and share it with us :)

OPEN TO EVERYONE!

Let's keep our International bloggers in mind and in our hearts.

Remember, there's always the Book Depository and they offer FREE shipping!


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You can find out even more about R.A.K, and sign up for September HERE. -----------------------  I've got two wishlists now.  The Book Depository Wishlist:  Ambur's TBD WishlistAnd my Amazon/Kindle Wishlist: Ambur's Amazon Wishlist
Go ahead and check it out even if you aren't participating in R.A.K.! You might find a book you want for yourself. ;)   (If you want my address to send me something for R.A.K., you can email me at ambiepie_6(at)hotmail(dot)com.)  I definitely encourage everyone else to participate! I participated last month, and I received two books and gave two books. (I also ordered some for another person, and one of them arrived! Yay! :D) R.A.K. is a great thing to participate in. You get to introduce yourself to other participants, maybe get a book, and also you might find some books you'd never heard of before that you'll be dying to read. :D
Happy Reading!!!
♪♫ Ambur

August - R.A.K. Wrap-Up!

RAK - Random Acts of Kindness Wrap Up

 

This month I received Fairy Bad Day and Zombie Queen of Newbury High from Aislynn

And I gave away these:

The DUFF to Kelsey

and

Forgotten to Hayley

(I also sent some to Aislynn, but I'll put those in next month's because they haven't arrived yet...and some are surprises. :D)

Did you receive or give anything this month???

Happy Reading!!!

♪♫ Ambur

Random Acts of Kindness - August Edition! And the GIVEAWAY at Book Soulmates, too!

 This is my first time participating in R.A.K, but I just couldn't resist it any longer! I love the idea of being able to buy someone else a book and maybe get one from someone else in return for no reason at all, just to be nice! :D
The lovely Vanessa and Isalys at Book Soulmates came up with the idea for Random Acts of Kindness.  Here are the rules for R.A.K.:

RULES RE-CAP:

• Sign up each month that you'd like to participate.

• Show off your participation by grabbing our RAK button :)

• Create a wish list (on Amazon, Goodreads, or your blog etc) and post it in the Google Doc located in each R.A.K post for the month.

• If you choose to do a R.A.K for someone, check out their wish list and contact that blogger for their address.

• At the end of the month, SHOW US YOUR R.A.K!  Make a post saying 'Thank You' to whoever granted one of your wishes and share it with us :)

OPEN TO EVERYONE!

Let's keep our International bloggers in mind and in our hearts.

Remember, there's always the Book Depository and they offer FREE shipping!


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You can find out even more about R.A.K, and sign up for August HERE. EDIT!: Right now Book Soulmates are also having a giveaway to celebrate their six-month anniversary of this feature! One person will win a $20 Amazon Gift Certificate! :D
This giveaway is open to all R.A.K. participants! Once again, here's the link to the R.A.K. sign up and GIVEAWAY post: http://booksoulmates.blogspot.com/2011/08/random-act-of-kindness-august-sign-up.html -----------------------  I've moved my wishlist to The Book Depository, so here it is: Ambur's Wishlist
Go ahead and check it out even if you aren't participating in R.A.K.! You might find a book you want for yourself. ;)   (If you want my address to send me something for R.A.K., you can email me at ambiepie_6(at)hotmail(dot)com.)  I definitely encourage everyone else to participate! I participated last month, and I received one book and gave two books. It was pretty fun, just like I thought it would be. :P 
Happy Reading!!!
♪♫ Ambur

July - R.A.K. Wrap Up!

RAK - Random Acts of Kindness Wrap Up

 

This month I received Enclave from Krazzyme

And I gave away these:

City of Fallen Angels to Ashley

and

Between to Krazzyme

Did you receive or give anything this month???

Happy Reading!!!

♪♫ Ambur

Random Acts of Kindness - July Edition!

 This is my first time participating in R.A.K, but I just couldn't resist it any longer! I love the idea of being able to buy someone else a book and maybe get one from someone else in return for no reason at all, just to be nice! :D
The lovely Vanessa and Isalys at Book Soulmates came up with the idea for Random Acts of Kindness.  Here are the rules for R.A.K.:

RULES RE-CAP:

• Sign up each month that you'd like to participate.

• Show off your participation by grabbing our RAK button :)

• Create a wish list (on Amazon, Goodreads, or your blog etc) and post it in the Google Doc located in each R.A.K post for the month.

• If you choose to do a R.A.K for someone, check out their wish list and contact that blogger for their address.

• At the end of the month, SHOW US YOUR R.A.K!  Make a post saying 'Thank You' to whoever granted one of your wishes and share it with us :)

OPEN TO EVERYONE!

Let's keep our International bloggers in mind and in our hearts.

Remember, there's always the Book Depository and they offer FREE shipping!

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You can find out even more about R.A.K, and sign up for July HERE.  Here is my wishlist of books for July:
 Cryptic Cravings by Ellen Screiber - The Book Depository

The Piper’s Son by Melina Marchetta - The Book Depository
Rival by Sara Bennett Wealer - The Book Depository
The Mockingbirds by Daisy Whitney - The Book Depository
Stork by Wendy Desol - The Book Depository
Atonement by Ian McEwan - The Book Depository
Sing Me To Sleep by Angela Morrison - The Book Depository
Babe in Boyland by Jody Gehrman - The Book Depository
Enclave by Ann Aguirre - The Book Depository   -- Thanks Krazzyme! :D
The Secret Year by Jennifer R. Hubbard - The Book Depository
Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher - The Book Depository

   (If you want my address to send me something for R.A.K., you can email me at ambiepie_6(at)hotmail(dot)com.)  I definitely encourage everyone else to participate! It seems like a lot of fun, and like a great way to make some friends! Plus, it never hurts to do a little random acts of kindness! :D
Happy Reading!!!
♪♫ Ambur