Saturday, January 16, 2016

Counting One, Two... THREE



I am THREE! Well... this blog that is. But I mean wow I can't believe Fiction in Fiction in Fiction is entering its third year! It's sort of like the Little Engine That Could with the way it's been struggling along every year... and still managing to get by haha.

Each year I say I'll be more active and each year it becomes harder so I'm just going to keep on going as is and do what I can.

I want to thank you all for your support, for your comments (which it may seem I don't reply to but I swear I do read) which are always so lovely and sweet.

Thank you to the readers who give me purpose, the bloggers that make me want to be better, the authors for writing great books and the publishers for giving a gal a chance.

Special thanks to Sonia from Bloomsbury Sydney, Floss and Tina from Penguin Teen Australia, Ashleigh from Date a Book Hachette Australia, Between the Covers Harper Collins Australia (publicist Manda who has now left, sadness), Pan Macmillan Australia (publicist Alana), Miranda at Harlequin Teen Australia, Clare from Allen & Unwin for all the review copies, emails and being fabulous in general. I am so grateful for your support, you guys do an amazing job *hugs and kisses* I look forward to another year of working with you lovely ladies (and gentlemen?)

My Twitter fam/followers and the blogging community I am so grateful for the texts when I'm down, for the catch-ups/dates, for having you as a friend in general.
Kat for our meaningful chats and your kind words; Joy for being plain awesome and my movie buddy; Jess my personal enabler and dessert bestie; Mel what would I do without you; Ellis my fellow fangirl in everything; Gina my fellow SJM fangirl and Alexa, Judith and the Maas Thirteen; Siiri for everything Marchetta and Fizzle related; Lisa for making me weep with all her Marchetta edits; Emily for your hilarious posts and lovely comments; Jeann who gets me in all things gaming among other things.
There are so many more of you and I'm sorry if I've forgotten to mention you but if I listed all the awesome people I'd be here for years.

2015 was a great year and so many amazing things happened e.g. meeting Sarah J. Maas - you can read all about 2015 in my wrap-up here. Let's hope 2016 brings on many bookish events, meeting new bloggers and more blog posts!

To celebrate I'm giving away books (duh).

  • The giveaways are open internationally. 
  • Winners must be allowed to give me their postal address and reply within 48h of my contacting them. 
  • Books will be shipped from The Book Depository so please ensure they ship to your country.
  • Please only follow my social media because you WANT to. There's no point following for entries and then unfollowing as it really ruins the spirit of things.


Because I am now three (yay) and feeling generous (I got a full-time job last February after graduating woot) I am giving away THREE prizes. YAYAYAYAY.

Prize Pack 1: Penryn and the End of Days complete trilogy by Susan Ee

One of my favourite trilogies (because it's 3 get it?) finished in 2015 and I absolutely LOVED it so I want to share it with you.

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Prize Pack 2: Passenger by Alex Bracken + Passenger bookmark from Behind the Pages

It's one of my most anticipated releases of 2016. I was lucky enough to receive an ARC and I loved this book so much. I'll also be adding on a Passenger Thin Watercolour bookmark from my friend Gina's Etsy store.

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Prize Pack 3: First & Then by Emma Mills

PanMacmillan Australia sent me a review copy for this and I adored it so much I want you to read it. It was released in the US in 2015 but comes out in Australia in 2016 so I think it fits in as the perfect in between of 15-16 for this giveaway.

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30 comments:

  1. Happy happy happy birthday Jaz (err.. Jaz's blog)! I'm so glad to have met you in 2015, even though it was super brief. I was glad to have been able to share your excitement at getting your hands on Winter :D I hope your 4th year of blogging will be everything you want it to be and hopefully we can meet at many more bookish events in Sydney (I actually saw you at the Illuminae launch too but I didn't know who you were then! Silly me). Thanks for the super generous giveaways too!
    Jenna @ Reading with Jenna

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  2. AWWW JAZ HAPPY BLOGVERSARY!!!! ILY GIRL <333 Congrats on 3 years - such a huge achievement and omg forever envious that you got to meet SJM. Here's to a fabulous 4th year of blogging, lovely! <33

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  3. Happy 3rd Blogoversary! It's great that you continue, and I think using just the pace that works for you about how often to post is the best way to go about it, Jaz. Thanks for the great giveaways :)
    Lexxie @ (un)Conventional Bookviews

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  4. HAPPY BLOGVERSARY YOU WONDERFUL PERSON!! *throws birthday cake in the air* Congrats on the gloriousness that is 3 years!! and zomg, so much awesome SO MUCH. I hope this is just the beginning of a looooong time of blogging and being epic. :')

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  5. Thanks for the amazing opportunity, Jaz! You are one of the most amazing book bloggers I've met in this community. Thank you for you friendship! And congratulations on your three years!!! <3 <3 Much love! <3

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  6. Wow! 3 years! That's huge!! Happy birthday... blog birthday!! Hope these 3 years were a lot of fun to you, and I hope the next 3 years will be even more fun, filled with lots of good books and fictional characters. I wish you all the best. Also, thank you so much for these opportunities! All the love, Celina xx

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  7. Happy 3rd Blogoversary! <33 *throw confettis and cakes* 3 years is such a long time, so this is a great achievement! Hope you have a great day and got a lot of books, and here's to more years of blogging!

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  8. Happy third blogoversary honey!!! And here is to many more!!!
    Thanks for the amazing giveaways - but more importantly, thank you for being you!!! xxx

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  9. Happy Blogoversary!! I know the struggles of keeping up with blogging too, but hey we can only do what we can. I always look forward to your posts and will continue to do so :D Here's to many more years of blogging!

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  10. Congratulations on the anniversary! And thanks so much for the giveaway!

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  11. HAPPY BLOGOVERSARY!!!! Congrats on an amazing achievement, you deserve all the kudos! It's been wonderful knowing you for as long too! Thank you for all your awesomeness :D

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    1. I don't know why my comment is registering as unknown - that's odd. But it is a me, Hannah! :D

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  12. HAPPY BLOGGY BIRTHDAYYYYYY. I'm just here for the food posts tbh ;)

    BUT OMG we have to meet up this year, for sure. You have to show me all over Sydney. *raises glass* Happy 2016 - I hope your blog posts keep popping up in my inbox for a LONG time to come.

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  13. AHHH, congrats on the INCREDIBLE milestone! Seriously--SUCH an achievement! Here's to an amazing blogging year ahead of you :)

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  14. Wow three years! Congratulations! Keep on writing, reading and spreading the word about books and stories!

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  15. Happy Blogoversary! Here's to another 3 wonderful years!
    I must say I am quite jealous that you got to meet Sarah J Maas last year!
    Congratulations!

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  16. Congrats on the blog anniversary!! :)

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  17. Happy blogoversary!! :D
    Thank you so much for doing this!

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  18. Happy blogoversary!!!! :)
    Thanks for doing this. I actually have to admit that I am jealous that you met Sara J. Maas last year ^^

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  19. AW, JAZ!!!! I'm so happy for you that you have powered through and have managed to be here for 3 years! That's a big achievement <3 Your thoughts on books and TV/movies and all things tbh almost always allign with mine and I couldn't be happier to have met you :) Thank you for the shout-out, darling! I hope there is many more years to come for you on this blog and a lot of great years ahead of you in general *clinks glasses* *you can imagine that Leo Dicaprio Great Gatsby gif hah* <3 *hugs*

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  20. Ah, congrats on 3 years of blogging, Jaz! That's awesome. I haven't been around much of late, but I'm glad you loved First & Then, which I've had my eye on. Also glad to hear we're publishing it here! If I don't win, it's handy to know I can pop to the shop :) Wishing you many more awesome blogs years to come!

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  21. Happy birthday!!!!!!
    Congratulations, many more to come........and thank you for the great giveaways.

    Raffle name: Artemis Giote

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  22. Three years in blogging - that's a big accomplishment. Looking forward to more. Congrats!
    Dianna

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  23. HAPPY 3RD BLOGSVERSARY!!! Congrats girl - there's only many more to come! Thank you for the giveaway!!

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  24. Thanks for the giveaway <3 and hap-hap-happy BLOGSVERSARY!

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  25. A very happy Blogsversary, Jaz!
    I'm a very quiet presence online but I am around a lot ;D
    Hope to see you at more bookish events this year, cheers!

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  26. Three years is so amazing! Happy blogiversary Jaz! :--) Here's to more in the future!

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  27. Happy third birthday! I didn't know your blog yet, but I'm definitely going to follow you! And enjoy your fourth blogyear!

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  28. Happy, happy, happy blogoversary and wishing you many more amazing to come!! :)
    Thanks for the generous giveaway!

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  29. Happy Blogoversary! Three years is an amazing accomplishment! Thanks for the giveaway!
    Ann S

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