Monday, November 24, 2014

We are moving!



More Books Than Livros is migrating to Wordpress, all posts are now at:



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Thursday, November 13, 2014

Migrating...



Sorry for being away this week!

I'm migrating from Blogger to Wordpress and I'm trying to get all done by next week.

I hope this is going to be another great mark for More Books Than Livros 's history.

Please hang-on with me!

Yes, I've been tempted by Wordpress's beauty for a while. Then I've decided to take the step. I'm totally out of my mind right now. 

Wordpress 100 X 1 Isabelle

But I will prevail! Hopefully this year still!

Xoxo

Isabelle


Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Blog Anniversary and Birthday Party 2014



Wow! Thank you all for visiting this past week! It was fun having you all here. Now, I'm going to read all your comments and take them all into consideration for this next year of fun.

Here is a list of winners:

Grand Prize Winner - Steffi Galban
Second Post Winner - SB M.
Third Post Winner - Anne
Fourth Post Winner - Heather B.
Fifth Post Winner - Anastasia Falling
Sixth Post Winner - Alexisa
Seventh Post Winner -  Alexandra Marta
Eighth Post Winner -  Veronika Dream


If you haven't been contacted yet, please let me know.

Isabelle


Sunday, October 26, 2014

Birthday Party: 8th post



Party time today! 




I woke to this view! And I had to go vote, because today is election day in Brasil.

Then, I had this e-mail from my beautiful family. :)


Yes, my family keeps my Amazon account all year.  I know I will still get some from my mom, my dad, and my two brothers. They are the best! 

Now, I'm going to have Sunday lunch at my dad, as always, and I know today my entire family is going to be there. I mean, huge family with all cousins, uncles, etc. Even though I said I didn't want to do anything this year for my birthday, because Sundays are suppose to be lazy days.


This is when we try to take pictures of everybody together.

And here are the love of my life and the ones that gave me the gift above. Even though I know they will give me another present, because they always say e-mail gifts don't feel real.



Now I'm going to party and leave you all my last gift.




Tomorrow I will have the last post of the party. There I will announce all the winners.

I would like to thank you all again for staying with me this week.

Thank you!



Grand Prize Giveaway

Today's Giveaway


Saturday, October 25, 2014

Birthday Party: Seventh Post



FREE DAY! 
LOL

Today is Saturday and everybody should be having fun, enjoying their family and reading a good book.

Thanks for visiting and good luck!


Grand Prize Giveaway

Today's Giveaway


Friday, October 24, 2014

Birthday Party: Sixth Post



I would just like to remind you: on Sunday, I turn 39 years old, and the daily gift card will be of US$20 and on Monday, 27th I will announce the grand prize winner.

I have three new posts on the blog today:




I'm giving away two books on my blog, and there are prizes on all blogs.

Also, if you like paranormal read, please visit the book tour and my review. This new series, is amazing! It's so so so good! Unbelievable! I'm always in awe of how creative authors can be.

Thanks again for visiting each day! I will start answering each and every comment from you guys. Weekends I usually have a bit more time, when I'm not driving my kids around.

Good luck!




Grand Prize Giveaway

Today's Giveaway


Thursday, October 23, 2014

Birthday Party: Fifth post



I've been updating my blog, and I hope the new blog will be on November 1st. 

I would like your help!

If you have the time, and would like to help me out,  take a look around. Visit all my pages, and tell me, what you think. 

You are going to see some pages, that are still under construction. I have decided to create them, so if would be easier to find old post, but it's a long process that I hope will be done until November 1st.

Also, tell me if you usually read posts such as what I have on Features and what do you think about Blog Tours.

NO, I won't make it mandatory for you to visit my blog and to post a comment. But if you would like to help, I would appreciate the feedback.

I don't mind criticism! You can say what you really think, as long is not in a disrespectful manner. 

Thanks for visiting, and good luck!



Grand Prize Giveaway

Today's Giveaway


Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Birthday Party: Fourth Post



Sorry I'm late with the post today! 
I'm doing a huge partnership at my job and it has been crazy lately.  It has taken me a while to decide to do this, but after three years in a half , I guess it's time to take my project out of it's comfortable zone and dream big.

I'm very excited!

I'm also behind here.

I'm a very organized person by nature. Being a mom of a ADHD boy, I've learned to be even more organized, so our environment can flow better. 
So, why does it seems I'm always behind with my blog?

I have no idea! lol

Really, I have finished several books that I haven't been able to write the review yet. 
I love writing reviews, but I usually like to think about them carefully and I try to bring something unique for each critique, even when it's not a very good one. 

I have posted one today already, but I hope I will be able to write at least three more today.

If you would like to see them, this is my review page:


Oh, I would like to remind everybody, before you read any of my reviews:

this is an adult only blog, intended for 18+ only


I'm posting the daily giveaway now, but I will leave it running until tomorrow at the end of day, because I was late today!

I've been announcing the winners daily on the previous posts. So, please check it out if it's not you.

Thanks for visiting and good luck!

Grand Prize Giveaway

Today's Giveaway

Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Birthday Party: Third Post



10 Things about me and the book-blogging world!

  1. I sign up by e-mail to all blogs, authors and publishers I enjoy. 
  2. I open my e-mails every day, and read/comment/share at the ones that I like.
  3. Even though I have facebook/twitter/pinterest/tumblr/g+ what I really read every day are the e-mails. The rest, I only read the days that I have extra time. Mostly I visit the social media on my phone, but e-mails I open daily on my computer, even when I'm at work.
  4. I enjoy blog hopping and I enter lots of giveaways around the net. 
  5. Because I enjoy blog hopping, I usually join one, once a month.
  6. I love commenting on reviews that I enjoy, or at posts that I find cute or funny.
  7. I love meeting new people, and I'm always amazed how humble most authors are.
  8. I'm an Amazon one-click button addicted! 
  9. I always have buy more books that I can possibly read in my lifetime. A girl can dream!
  10. I know I'm weird and like to do what most people don't. Sign up for newsletter and commenting on blogs. :)

What about you? What do you usually do on the book-blogging world? What are your favorite things to look at? Do you visit the blogs often? What are the kind of things that make you follow a blog? 

Good Luck on today's giveaway and come back tomorrow for more!
Don't forget to visit the grand prize giveaway!


Grand Prize Giveaway

Grand Prize



Today's Giveaway






Thanks for visiting!


Monday, October 20, 2014

Birthday Party: Second Post





Why make a blog? Where does the name come from?


Like it says on my "About Me" page, I'm from Rio de Janeiro, Brasil (yes, in Portuguese it's written with an S, and I find it a bit foolish to change it for a Z), but I read mostly in English.  It's not because I don't like my language, or anything like that, it just became a habit, I guess.  I've lived in America for ten years, from when I was 15 years old, until I was 25 years old, and I've had a "love affair" with the romance world and with several authors that write in English. At first when I came back to Brasil I've tried buying books from my favorite authors in Portuguese, but it took forever for any book to come out to the book stores in Brasil, and Amazon.com would deliver books at my doorstep within a week of being release. After e-books, I was able to get them at the same time it was release on my kindle. Yes, it's hard to compete with Amazon outside of the US. They are very dominant worldwide. 

Livros means books in Portuguese, and what I meant with my blog's name was that I have a lot more books written in English on my bookshelves, than in Portuguese.

Talking about my bookshelves... because I'm not really savvy with web design or things like that, I've used a real picture from one side of my in-home library to make my header, and to pay a homage for my first kindle (yes, he died a few years ago when I let him fall on the floor), I've chosen a picture of me with him to be my blog signature/button. You can see it at the end of any of my reviews or at the right corner of my blog page.

So, why did I make a blog? I have lots of people like my mom, my husband, my daughter even some friends that asks me that, almost daily. They say I usually don't have time for anything, but I loose sleep for blogging. lol How I see it, I've started this blog because I needed to talk about all the wonderful books I read and also about the not so wonderful ones, and I didn't know anyone in real life that was interested in hearing me out. They don't read the same books that I do, or when they do, they read the Portuguese translation months or years later. 

That's why I've decided to give something back  on my blog anniversary. You are all very important to me. To each one of you that has ever read one of my reviews (here, on Amazon, Goodreads, Manic Readers, The Romance Reviews) or has ever visited my blog before and read one of my posts, I'm grateful that you have given a voice to my passion (reading). I feel like we are friends and I feel like we are close, because you understand my love of books.  

Thank you all so so so much!!!



Daily Giveaway:

For my daily giveaway, I'm going to introduce you to some of my favorite people:


They are eight British authors that write erotica. They are fun and special. Really, I've joined other teams before, but no team  is like theirs. To be part of the Brit Babes is unique and fun!

I'm sending you in a hunt for this giftcard. Good Luck!






Grand Prize Giveaway:

It will be going on until Sunday October 26th. You can just scroll down because is below this post, or you can click here Grand Prize



Thank you for visiting and good luck!





Sunday, October 19, 2014

Birthday Party: First Post



MORE BOOKS THAN LIVROS




On October 19th of 2012 More Books Than Livros were born.

From today, until October 26th, the day I was born 39 years ago, I will be celebrating here with daily giveaways and a grand prize giveaway.





*****THIS IS AN ADULT ONLY BLOG, INTENDED FOR 18+

MATERIAL ON THIS SITE MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR THOSE UNDER EIGHTEEN (18). IF YOU ARE NOT EIGHTEEN, PLEASE LEAVE. BY CONTINUING TO VIEW THE MATERIAL ON THIS SITE, YOU ARE ACKNOWLEDGING YOU ARE AT LEAST 18 YEARS OLD OR THE AGE OF CONSENT IN YOUR COUNTRY. THANK YOU FOR COMPLYING!*****



Main prize giveaway:

a US$60 Amazon gift card
starting Oct 19th ending Oct 26th at 11:59 p.m. 

Daily giveaways:

a US$ 10 Amazon gift card on:

Oct 20th until 11h59 p.m.
Oct 21st until 11h59 p.m.
Oct 22nd until 11h59 p.m.
Oct 23rd until 11h59 p.m.
Oct 24th until 11h59 p.m.
Oct 25th until 11h59 p.m.

a US$ 20 Amazon gift card on:

Oct 26th until 11h59 p.m.





Each day starting Oct 20th there will be a new post here. I will talk about me and/or More Books Than Livros and I will ask a question, or sent you in a hunt, or to answer a poll. All pretty easy and fun. You only have to post your comment and fill out the rafflecopter and/or GT.



Main Giveaway starts today!






Saturday, October 18, 2014

Wednesday, October 15, 2014

More Books Than Livros Reviews: Review: Status

More Books Than Livros Reviews: Review: Status: Rating:  Title: Status Series: Social Media #4 Author: JA Huss Genre: Erotic Romance Heat: 5 stars Source: purch...

More Books Than Livros Reviews: Review: You Turn

More Books Than Livros Reviews: Review: You Turn: Rating: 4.5 stars Title: You Turn Series: Second Chances Series Author: Marion Croslydon Genre: Contemporary Romance ...


More Books Than Livros Book Tours: Spotlight & Review: Your Turn by Marion Croslydon

More Books Than Livros Book Tours: Spotlight & Review: Your Turn by Marion Croslydon: My Review (4.5 stars) Adult Contemporary Romance Second Chances Series Release: October 6, 2014 Goodreads   Amazon    Barne...


More Books Than Livros Reviews: Review: Claiming Their Royal Mate : part one

More Books Than Livros Reviews: Review: Claiming Their Royal Mate : part one: Rating: Title: Claiming Their Royal Mate Series: Claiming Their Mate #1 Author: Andie Devaux Genre: Paranormal Romance...


More Books Than Livros Book Tours: Spotlight & Review: Claiming Their Royal Mate by

More Books Than Livros Book Tours: Spotlight & Review: Claiming Their Royal Mate by: Claiming Their Royal Mate: Part One Of A Four-Part Serial Andie Devaux Genre: Paranormal Erotic Romance / Menage ...


Tuesday, October 14, 2014

Monday, October 13, 2014

More Books Than Livros Reviews: Review: Desert Bound

More Books Than Livros Reviews: Review: Desert Bound: Rating: Title: Desert Bound Series: Cambio Springs #2 Author: Elizabeth Hunter Genre: Paranormal Romance, Romantic Myst...


Wednesday, October 8, 2014

More Books Than Livros Reviews: Review: Love Found in California

More Books Than Livros Reviews: Review: Love Found in California: Rating: Title: Love Found in California Series: The Washington Triplets Author: Melissa Rolka Genre: Contemporary Romance ...


More Books Than Livros Reviews: Review: Love Grows in Alaska

More Books Than Livros Reviews: Review: Love Grows in Alaska: Rating: Title: Love Grows in Alaska Series: The Washington Triplets Author: Michelle Lynn Genre: Contemporary Romance Hea...


More Books Than Livros Reviews: Review: Love Discovered in New York

More Books Than Livros Reviews: Review: Love Discovered in New York: Rating: Title: Love Discovered in New York Series: The Washington Triplets Author: Danielle Allen Genre: Contemporary Romanc...


More Books Than Livros Book Tours: Excerpt, Review & Giveaway: Washington Triplets

More Books Than Livros Book Tours: Excerpt, Review & Giveaway: Washington Triplets: My Review (4 stars) SYNOPSIS: The Rebel Mya Washington is a rebel. Or at least, that’s what her family has always s...



Monday, October 6, 2014

More Books Than Livros Book Tours: New Release & Giveaway: Night Sky by Suzanne and M...

More Books Than Livros Book Tours: New Release & Giveaway: Night Sky by Suzanne and M...: Title: Night Sky Authors: Suzanne and Melanie Brockmann Release Date: October 7, 2014 Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire Gen...


More Books Than Livros Book Tours: Holliday Blitz & Giveaway

More Books Than Livros Book Tours: Holliday Blitz & Giveaway: A Highland Wolf Christmas by Terry Spear Summary It's going to take a lot of mistletoe… Guthrie MacNeill, f...


More Books Than Livros Reviews: Review: Apolonia

More Books Than Livros Reviews: Review: Apolonia: Rating: 3.5 stars Title: Apolonia Author: Jamie McGuire Genre: New Adult, Paranormal Romance Heat: 2 stars Source: ARC p...


More Books Than Livros Book Tours: Release Day Blast: Apolonia by Jamie McGuire

More Books Than Livros Book Tours: Release Day Blast: Apolonia by Jamie McGuire: We would love for you to join us in celebrating the release of    APOLONIA   by  New York Times, USA Today,  and  Wall Street Journal ...


Wednesday, October 1, 2014