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I’m Turning Old, Ch-Changes + A Giveaway

So guys. Guess what today is.

Yes, you’re totally right, today is the day Mockingjay is in theaters. I’ll probably be checking it out soon. Maybe.

Yes, you’re also right, today is the day Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire is released. I will definitely be playing it in three hours and can’t waaaait. -flails-

But most of all, today is my birthday. The day when I’m turning old. The day when I’m no longer considered a teenager. (Noooooooo!)

To celebrate the day I turn old (why am I celebrating again?!), I decided to also make some changes, aka the gorgeous design that you’re seeing. You’ll have to go to the Effortlessly Reading homepage to see the full design. I’m in love with it and I hope you are too.

Now more about the ch-changes. As you guys probably noticed, I haven’t been posting much and there’s one reason for that: School. School takes up a lot of my time; when I’m done with studying for one exam, another one pops up. That’s what I get for taking four math classes. I have to write up at least five reviews, but with so little time, I can barely find time to write any. Hopefully that would change soon next week with Thanksgiving break around the corner.

But anyways, enough about me. To thank you guys for sticking with me all this time and to say hello to the newcomers, I have a special giveaway, just for you guys.

Earlier this month, I met the fabulous Michelle Hodkin and managed to get an extra signed trilogy – just for you guys.

mara signed

And yes, they are all (obviously) signed. And beyond gorgeous.

 
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Terms & Conditions:

  • This contest is open INTERNATIONALLY.
  • The giveaways will run until December 31, 2014.
  • You must be 18 years or older, or have parents’ permission to enter.
  • All your entries will be disqualified if you pickup entries for something you haven’t done. (I had to do this for so many of my last giveaways, please don’t make me do this again.)
  • If you only use ONE account to do all these tasks and enter under different names, they will still only constitute as ONE entry.
  • If the winner does not respond to my e-mail within 48 hours, I will have to choose another winner.
  • I am not responsible for any items lost in the mail.

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-Kelly

Speak Your Mind

  4. Happy Birthday!!

    And I love the new design. I love how you can see all the posts and the images make it so colorful as well.

    thank you so very much:)

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  5. HAPPY BIRTHDAY! :))) Thank you for the giveaway :) I love this blog’s design of course. (I’ll be 26 y old (or 23 y old again :D) on nov. 23th, so you aren’t old :DDD)

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  6. Haha nice to know there’s another bookworm/gamer out there, although I’m gonna wait to play ORAS. Lately I haven’t been able to do either because of – wait for it – school. -_-
    But anyways have a happy birthday! Hope you have a good one :)

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  7. Happy birthday!
    Thank you for the giveaway, and for giving international readers a chance!
    I really liked the new design, it’s beautiful.

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  8. I love the new design!! Very chic and modern :D and also HAPPY BIRTHDAY! You are not old, you’re only 20% through life ;) haha

    I hope you have a fantastic day and enjoy Pokemon! <3

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  9. Happy Birthday! I hope you’re having a good one.
    Nice giveaway you’re doing. Especially for the international readers. :)
    I like you’re new design, even though it’s bit white. It does drawn the attention to the article tho, which is a good thing :)

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  11. I’m very well thanks. Happy Birthday! Your twenties will be wonderful, enjoy. I think the new blog design looks nice and clean, if anything it could use just a little pop of color here and there. That’s all I’d change. Thanks.

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  12. Happy birthday, Kelly! I’m wishing you a happy, happy birthday! I hope your day is filled with books and everything nice. I wasn’t actually paying attention to the new theme, I didn’t even notice that the blog theme changed. Even though it changed, I still love it. It looks simple and modern. Thanks for giving your INTL readers a chance in this giveaway (as always)! I’ve been wanting to read the trilogy since forever ago. Haha, thanks again!
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  14. Hi,

    Happy Birthday!!

    Thank you for the giveaway, and for giving international readers a chance!
    I would loveeeee to win this. OMG! So awesome!!!

    I really liked the new design. It looks simple and modern

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  15. Happy Birthday! I’m great – it’s Friday! Love your blog! Thanks for this amazing giveaway – I would love to win!

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  22. Happy Birthday! I just turned 28 (ekkkk) on the 19th! I love the new design! Thank you for offering such an awesome giveaway!

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  26. Happy Birthday from another Kelly! Love your design. It’s very clean and easy to read.

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  27. I’m all good, yes the new design is wonderful and I loved it , I have no idea about design as I don’t know much about it either but would love to see this blog change slowly.

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  37. Hiii
    I’m really good today!!
    Love the design not really anything I could come up with that you should change.

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  42. Hi Kelly! ^_^ I’m doing great today! I think anytime I have time to sneak in a few hours of black ops II zombies (on my brother’s xbox 360) in my day makes it better lol Thanks for asking! How are you today? I hope you are having a fabulous day :) And I loved your last design for the blog that took me weeks to get used to and I think the same thing will happen for this new design. It will take me time for me to get used to it. I’m sure eventually I’ll love it too ;) And no suggestions from me. I like how simple your new design is so I hope you keep it that way :D Happy Birthday Kelly! Hope you have another amazing year with new books and everything else book-ish! :P

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  48. I really like the simplicity of the design :)

    Thank you for the awesome giveaway and HAPPY (belated) BIRTHDAY!!!

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  49. thanks for the giveaway ! :D the new design is nice ! i really like simple things and black and white is da best! it doesn’t make me confuse

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  50. Happy birthday!!! ^_^

    I absolutely LOVE your new design omg the minimalistic feel to it makes it look so professional and ah it’s just so simple I’m in love with it! :)

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  52. I love the new design! It seems so much more … techy? sophisticated? awesome? all three? If I really had to make a suggestion (though the blog looks awesome already), I’d probably suggest to add some color with all the black? Thanks for the giveaway! I haven’t read any of the Mara Dyer books and after reading some snippets, I want to read them really badly now :) HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! and I would fangirl with you right now over the new Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, sadly I don’t have the Nintendo 3DS -cries-

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  53. Oh! and on the right hand side, where it shows the November reviews, I don’t know if its just me, but it just leads me to a picture of the book instead of the actual blog post about it …

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  54. Hi, I found you blog recently, the minimalistic blogs design is delicate and amazing. I want to read someone of Michelle’s books. And book covers looks fantastic. Greetings from Argentina

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  57. I love how clean everything looks! But, I’ve always been into very simple designs for myself. Plus, the actual blog posts are still super cute.

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  61. Happy Birthday! I saw Mockingjay last night… have to say it was my least favorite out of the three movies but still good. I really like your new layout! Very simple and easy to navigate links. :)

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  64. For your three books, here are three things:

    1) Happy birthday! I hope you have the happiest day and that the upcoming year is an amazing one :)
    2) I love the new design! It’s very simple and easy to read. I’m not sure what could make it better. It’s wonderful as it is.
    3) Thanks for the giveaway! I’ve been meaning to read Mara Dyer for quite a while now, but it’s hard to find the time amidst so many books.

    Again, I hope you have a wonderful day :D
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  66. Happy belated birthday :D Which I told you yesterday, I think, hih. <3 Anyway. Just wanted to say that the new blog look is gorgeous :D I love it. And thank you so much for this amazing giveaway. <3 I am not entering, but only because I already own all the books signed, hih :) You are the best. <3
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  67. Happy birthday! I love the new design very simple but pretty! Thank you for the amazing giveaway I love this series!

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  70. Kelly let me greet you a Happy Happy Birthday! despite your feelings about not being a teenager anymore…life goes on…also i do appreciate your new blog design…it’s neat and easier to track your previous posts…and organized to look at. A site doesn’t have to be all fancy as long as the content are very much engaging and updated. I think it also reflects you as a person growing, developing your taste. Wish you the best in your future endeavors Kelly :)
    Also love your give away…finished reading this series actually…and just bought myself the second copy for my personal collection…but i would love to get the chance to in these babies ;)

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  73. Awesome giveaway!!!!! I would love to read this series but i just cant afford to buy themmm!! ALSO IT IS SIGNEDDDDDDD

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  75. Wow I wasn’t expecting a new blog design at all. I feel like you changed it less than a year ago!
    Anyways, I’m not really sure whether I like it or not. I feel like it’s a little too monochromatic in terms of color but I like the simplicity of the format.

    Thanks for the giveaway! I haven’t read this series, but I’ve heard many good things about it!

    Happy Birthday Kelly and good luck on all of your exams!
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  79. Happy Late Birthday Kelly! I love your blog’s design its simply lovely! Hope you had an awesome B-day! I have yet to start school but I am so dreading it. I hope you did awesome on your exams. Best of luck!
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  82. I’m so jealous of you playing the new Pokemon games! I haven’t (when they were originally released) since Gold came out, like what, 15 years ago? I wish I’d kept up with them though. *sigh*

    Anyway, Happy belated birthday! Oh no, no longer a teenager, you’re really getting up there. Haha, just kidding! I feel like I’m a teenager about 90% of the time (I’m 23). Your blog looks very gorgeous! I love how simple yet eye-catching it is.

    School definitely takes up a ton of time, it’s understandable you’ve been busy with that. Wow! You’re taking four math classes? I could barely pass one. :( I know how it is with reviews, I still need to write five or ten or twelve reviews…

    The Mara Dyer trilogy looks so amazing. Great giveaway. :) I hope your birthday was lovely.
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  90. I love your new design! It is fresh and simple.
    Thanks for the giveaway.
    Show me your skills to be a good web designer!!! haha just joking

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  91. I love your blog. The design is great, not complicated and easy to find the reviews and everything. Keep going, girl!!

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  93. Happy (belated) birthday!!! Ooh yes, the new design is cool! The little boxes all around, really cute! :) And wow, yay for the giveaway!

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  94. I love your new design ! It looks so cool and its so pretty. Good job with the redesigning, and thanks for the giveaway!

    Happy Late Birthday !!!!

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  96. Belated Happiest birthday to you! :) I love the simplicity of your blog design. Thank you for your generosity!! :)

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  97. Tomorrow’s Friday, so my day is actually going great!!

    And yes, I do love it. It’s nice and ordered, and easy to navigate.

    Happy late birthday, by the way =)

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  102. I actually like the design. It’s just so simple and somehow relevant to your past theme. THANKS FOR THE GIVEAWAY, KELLY!

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  103. OHMIGOSH HAPPY (belated) BIRTHDAY!! I can’t believe I didn’t know it was your birthday O_O

    I’m peachy, thanks for asking :D I’m not gonna lie, I miss the old design. This one is nice and simplistic (and I like simplistic!) but I like colorful, too. It’s nice, though! The only suggestion I have: You need a blog button to match the new design, woman! You know, so I can add it to my blogroll ;)
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  104. I adore the new design! It’s streamlined & beautiful. Also happy birthday (getting old isn’t so bad really!)

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  110. Hi! I’m doing good and 8I want to thanks you for this awesome giveaway. Thanks for the chance :) Anyways, I love the design here. It’s fresh-looking, neat and clean :) Hoping you more birthdays to come. Thank you :)

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  111. First of all, thanks for this giveaway and happy birthday. Now, I think your blog is amazing. I like its design, very minimalist and neat. In my opinion, you shouldn’t change anything.

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  113. i’m a new follower. this is the first time i came across your blog so i don’t know how it looked befire but i really like how it looks. its very clean. things are easy to find.

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  119. Hello, Im doing fine. How about you? I like the new design :) It’s simple and elegant. Black and white really elegant :D If I could do/create a layout, I would really use these colors. Simple yet elegant :D Merry Christmas!

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  120. Hi! I’m great, how are you? :D

    I really like the new designe, I think less is more. But I’m not sure about the home page desing… it’s looking a little “tumblr” and I’m not that crazy about it :/

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  122. I love the new design, very classic and clean. I hope you have seen Mockingjay by now. I really liked it.

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  124. First things first, your blog is one of my favorites out there on the interwebs… I love the simplistic design, how easy it is to navigate. I love the home page. I don’t think there is a thing you should change. Second, you are not turning old, even though it may feel that way. I remember turning twenty and it was…… strange. But, just you wait until you hit 30, then 31 and 32, like me!!!! Thanks so much for the giveaway! I hope you had a fantastically amazing birthday, a very Merry Christmas, and a HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
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