It's true. We're now two. That means we're walking and learning how to talk.
Last year, we kinda went a little crazy. Maybe a little too crazy. It was hard to keep up with the crazy. But that's what new parents do, right? They go crazy when their babies turn one?
So instead of going completely nuts this year, we're just gonna make it simple. We're not jaded. Just exhausted from the first birthday party... still.
Yes. Simple.
Happy Birthday, I Heart Monster! We heart you!
Here are a few of our favorite posts:
Why Are Vampires Damned?
YA Characters You'd Forbid Your Daughter To Date
Our Exclusive with Lucy Hale
Our Adventures With Allison Dare
Shopping With Beatrice Shakespeare Smith
Arizona Authors
Top 5 Reasons I'm Team Damon
May you post another 905 posts over the next couple of years!
Oh, you thought that was it? No. Enter your info below to win a $50 gift card to the online bookstore of your choice (as long as I can purchase the card online, it's game, and yes, Amazon is included) in celebration of our two-year milestone.
You can use it for books. You can use it for hooks. You can use it for tools. You can use it for stools. You can use it from your phone. You can use it on your own. {No, we don't love Dr. Suess. We ♥ him}
Just remember, it's 'cause we heart our readers, and 'cause we pass along great things that come our way to you. Ends 4.30.11 11:59PM Arizona time. Open Internationally.
Last year, we kinda went a little crazy. Maybe a little too crazy. It was hard to keep up with the crazy. But that's what new parents do, right? They go crazy when their babies turn one?
So instead of going completely nuts this year, we're just gonna make it simple. We're not jaded. Just exhausted from the first birthday party... still.
Yes. Simple.
Happy Birthday, I Heart Monster! We heart you!
Here are a few of our favorite posts:
Why Are Vampires Damned?
YA Characters You'd Forbid Your Daughter To Date
Our Exclusive with Lucy Hale
Our Adventures With Allison Dare
Shopping With Beatrice Shakespeare Smith
Arizona Authors
Top 5 Reasons I'm Team Damon
May you post another 905 posts over the next couple of years!
Oh, you thought that was it? No. Enter your info below to win a $50 gift card to the online bookstore of your choice (as long as I can purchase the card online, it's game, and yes, Amazon is included) in celebration of our two-year milestone.
You can use it for books. You can use it for hooks. You can use it for tools. You can use it for stools. You can use it from your phone. You can use it on your own. {No, we don't love Dr. Suess. We ♥ him}
Just remember, it's 'cause we heart our readers, and 'cause we pass along great things that come our way to you. Ends 4.30.11 11:59PM Arizona time. Open Internationally.
128 Comments:
I love the different features at IHM. (eg. read-a-thon, guest posts)
I'm sure I've mentioned before, but I love the title and its origins.
I like how you expose me to books I wouldn't have found on my own.
Happy birthday to you guys! <3
I like how sometimes you're more realistic than some blogs that only concentrate on certain things.
What I like best about I Heart Monster You are your giveaways and reviews! I also love how easy it is to enter!! Thanks!
@bunnyb
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bunnymoney9.blogspot.com
bunnybx at gmail . com
Happy 2nd birthday!
I like your variety; book inspections, movie reviews, news posts, discussion posts, etc!
Happy birthday!
I've learned of new books I hadn't known before.
Happy Birthday! And have a great week!
Like others here, I like your variety - not just book reviews, but news, your Saturday Steals and You're the Expert features, for example. I learn new things here! I also love how easy your giveaways are! :-)
Happy Birthday!
Happy 2nd birthday!! Hope you have many more great years ahead of you :)
Hmm, what's not to love? I love your layout and blog title. I love the posts you do on author events (because they make me both excited and jealous) and the You're The Expert features... actually, all your features! You post quality content :)
Happy Blogoversary!
I like your book reviews and you have great giveaways. Happy Birthday.
I'm pretty satisfied with all of the features on the blog!
Happy Birthday!!
Happy Birthday!!! I love your blog because you always are so honest in your review. I feel like we are just chatting. But my wish list is so long because of this blog!
Happy Birthday, and thank you for this giveaway :)
Angelie Oro
punkme15 at gmail dot com
Honestly I love the cleanliness of the blog. Blogs with too many graphics drive me bonkers ;)
I love the really organized format of the blog and the intriguing book inspection posts! Happy Birthday IHM!
I like the simple layout
I agree with some of the poster above, I love how simple and clean the design is. I also love how your reviews make me think to read books I wouldn't otherwise.
Happy birthday! Thanks for the giveaway :).
this is amazing Happy Birthday!!!!
I'm going to have to agree with some of the others. I enjoy the variety of posts you make. When I saw that question I instantly remember the post about making an office and how much I enjoyed seeing the pictures of transformation.
Thanks for the giveaway and grats!
I like the read a longs, the new author debuts and the fantastic reviews. I especially like that you point out any questionable materials for young ones. I appreciate the honesty as I look for books that I'm comfortable giving to my young ones to read. Thanks IHM!!
I love how you post to-the-point reviews, and how you have the section about if Monster will like it :)
I really like the logo!
jennifer
Happy Birthday! Keep up the great work! I like that your blog not only has reviews but book news too.
Happy Birthday! I love your reviews and how you choose favorite characters and all those other individual points about the book.
I love your blog because it entertains me when I am in need of a pick-me-up! I also love all the book news, you keep me up to date on great books and you keep my must-buy-these-books-now list long :)
Happy Birthday!!!
I really enjoy your reviews.
I love your giveaways, obviously, or I wouldn't be entering one, and I also just love how clear you blog is. By clear I mean you title your posts with titles that let me know exactly what it is I'll be reading about, which is awesome when I've had a long day and my google reader is full of posts, and I see one by you guys that tells me exactly what it's all about, I love that! I also love your layout, it's clear just like your post titles, I always know where to find things, and of course I love your content, if I didn't I wouldn't be here ;) Keep up the good work, and Happy 2nd Blogoversary! :D
Love the reviews.
Happy Blog Birthday! =)
Happy Birthday! I have to admit...I'm a fan of your giveaways! Lol!
I like your easy contest entry, that's for sure. Happy Birthday to you!
I like the content as well, or I wouldn't keep coming back.
We like a lot of the same books and I love the blog title. :)
Happy blog birthday!!!
I love how y'all keep provding me with more titles to add to ever growing list of books that I need. I also really like how clean and easy to navigate your site is. ^_^
Orchid
The Haunting of Orchid Forsythia
I liked that last year I won a sign copy of Hush Hush from your sight. :)
Eli <3
Happy Blogoversary!
I love the book reviews and the books you choose to feature.
Thanks for the giveaway!
Happy Birthday! What do I like best? I guess the balance between all the goodness of a book blog, the reviews, the giveaways, et al. Thanks for the awesome giveaway, stay awesome!
I enjoy reading all the post and especially never missing one because I subscribe.
Happy 2yr B-day. I enjoy the variety of your posts. They're fun and informative. I can always find something exciting at I Heart Monster.
Happy Birthday!
Others have mentioned this, but I really like the different IHM features. You're a great go-to blog for all of the latest paranormal book news.
I like that your giveaways aren't always what everyone else is giving away.
I love your giveaways, your reviews on books, and your thoughtful stories...love it all, Happy Birthday!
Donna
dwarrington1@gmail.com
Excellent form for giveaways, I like!
Here's my tweet.....(2Cats2See)
http://twitter.com/#!/2Cats2See/status/50025852720775168
Donna
dwarrington1@gmail.com
Happy Birthday I Heart Monster! Cool cool way to celebrate, thanks so much!
yumihamano@gmail.com
I don't think there's anything I don't really like about I Heart Monster - I love everything about it, particularly your fun features and reviews!
I love that I can find books here that I would never even hear about in Australia!
happy birthday and thanks for the giveaway!
Happy Birthday! What I like the most about your blog is the reviews. It helps give me an idea about what the book is about and really helps me choose my books.
I love the discovering of books I find here :-)
Happy 2nd!
I wanted to wish you a 2nd birthday. I am new to your blog, I really enjoyed visiting, thanks!!
Happy Birthday you crazy old monster! May you have many, many more!
I'm an old follower on GFC-Lisa Richards
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http://lisaslovesbooksofcourse.blogspot.com/
I heart all kinds of things about this site. Let me count the ways~
First, I love that you write like you talk: Smart, witty, engaging, real.
Second, I love all these fab giveaways. Very cool.
Third, I love that I thought I was allergic to fiction, but you have convinced me otherwise.
And lastly, I love that you really tell us what you think about the books. Cause real is good.
Happy Birthday!! Wishing you many many more.
This is a small thing but I really do love it... you have one of the BEST blog names I've ever seen. I love love love "I Heart Monster."
I like that your blog is easy to navigate. :) Simple but beautiful!
birthday happy!
I like that when there are free books from publishers [online] u will update ur blog. example: the evernight book by Claudia Gray is readable online for a short time that you reported [ I think u call it 'freebies']
I also like that you have giveaways of course!
:D
regards,
maidenhealer@hotmail.com
Happy Birthday! I love all of the signing posts you do. I love to hear about all of tha authors you meet, even if I can't be there.
I'm ner around here so can't tell much about what I like but seems a pretty cool blog to me =) Happy Blogoversary!
I like the witty yet simple writing on each of the entries. I like the reviews and the awesome info on books that I know I will love! Happy birthday!
Thanks to your great reviews I have discovered so many amazing books. Thank you and Happy Birthday! :D
I like your blog because it's fun to read, I always smile when reading your posts:) And I also love the giveaways you have, and because you're so awesome to make them open internationally! Yay!
Happy birthday!! :)
I love your giveaways, and the clarity of your blog, that's to say, I like it because there aren't superficial publications and speak clearly about amazing books (but, not everything is perfect.. I didn't receive the book I won in the other birthday party)
Thanks for the chance^^
links:
http://twitter.com/#!/sRy_/status/50222678518407168
http://www.facebook.com/elultimoprimerbeso
http://elultimoprimerbeso.blogspot.com
@sRy_ - I'm so sorry. We had an apparently really sucky post office in the old town we lived in and so many international packages never made it. (I don't know if they didn't do customs forms right, or what) but that is one of the main reasons we're not doing the big party like we did last year... a lot of the winners never received their books either due to international customs hang ups or from authors not sending what they said they would! I'm really sorry you never got your book :o(. And we spent WAY more than fifty bucks on international postage.
don't worry, maybe it was that you told me that the author was too busy. I'm convinced that in recent times seems best to use that online stores (and even better if they aren't shipping), so your contest is great, seriously. thanks for answering. A warm hug
I like all your posts. There are many books that we both love. I am also in love with your giveaways. And since now, I'm even more in love because of making this international ;D
Happy Blogoversary! :)
I love the variety of topics and content.
I have to say that I love the reviews. There are so many books to choose from, and I appreciate all the input I can get.
I really love how original your posts are. I honestly enjoy reading them because you have such an awesome voice in your writing.
Happy Blogosvary!
I love it that you give me the heads up to books I otherwise wouldn't have known about.
Happy Blogoversary ! Even i haven't won anything from your blog since last year. i still enjoy to read your reviews and entering your giveaways :)
Happy birthday! :) There are lots of things I love about I Heart Monster. I've found out about a lot of great books because of your reviews, and who doesn't love the giveaways? Like some other people said also, I really like the simple layout. I have an old computer that takes a while to load some webpages that have a bunch of graphics and ads, but I don't have that problem when I'm on your site.
I have posted in the sidebar of my blog
http://bacaan-ally.blogspot.com
Happy Blogoversary.
Keep posting the review.
I think you might want to consider about the background of your blog?
I love how you are very open to discussions, how varied your posts are, all the contests you have (my love can be bought LOL), your simple background and how nice you were to me when I was a n00b on twitter. :)
I like your reviews, they're always helpful. I like it when Monster posts. And I also like your posts that aren't giveaways or reviews, like the post you did recently about turning down the pages on books.
Thanks for the chance to win!
Happy Blogoversary!I love your original posts including your reviews and giveaways. Cheers for a lot more blogging years to come!!
I love that you have unique and fun posts (such as some of your own favorites) instead of just book reviews and book reviews and oh, yeah, book reviews. It makes it more exciting. Congrats on being two!!
-Lauren
I really enjoy the variety of your posts. It's always interesting to see what's next.
Happy Blogiversary!
Jules
onebookshy at yahoo dot com
I'm always amazed at the variety of your posts. I would like to incorporate that variety more into my blog... if only I had the time!
I'm new to your blog, but it looks amazing! i'll be tuning in often :)
Diana
You know I heart you, even though I haven't commented here in a while!
Thanks for the giveaway! :)
I like how your site is easy to navigate and your reviews are always honest and straight forward! Thank you and I hope you have a many more years of blogging fun ahead of you!
I've always been a fan of the review format you use! :) So original and fun. Love it! Congrats on two years and I can't wait to see what year 3 brings!
I Can not Remember if I have entered yet or not.My Memory is very bad
sasluvbooks(at)yahoo(dot0com
Happy Birthday "I <3 Monster". I think it is amazing that although it is "I <3 Monster's" 2nd Blogoversary, the blog is rewarding its readers/followers with something. I think that is mighty generous of you guys - and thank you for the opportunity/giveaway. Hopefully, if I win, I can spread some good karma as well. Many happy returns of the day, and good luck to you guys in all your endeavors. I'm sorry, I'm a new follower, so didn't know what to say about the blog, except that I find it generous-spirited (so far). But I'll be following closely from here on out! :D
Also, I did "like" the site on Facebook, but I don't know if that will appear or not, given that I have deactivated my account due to some personal reasons recently. But if it doesn't, you can take an entry away - it's completely understandable! :)
Thank you, again, for this amazing giveaway! :)
Email: Enamoredsoul(at)gmail(dot)com
Twitter: @inluvwithbookz
Happy Blog Anniversary!!! this is such a generous giveaway! More power to your blog and wish to have more of I <3 Monsters in the coming years ;)
email: fallendream03@gmail.com
twitter: http://twitter.com/thejay2xa
I love the blog and your tweets, especially the You're the Expert feature, which is a great way to involve your readers. Also, you don't pull punches and are very "real," which I admire. Keep up the great work!! --mcfitzsatx
Thanks for the great reading suggestions...and I love your humor!! It's always a pleasure to hear what you have to say when I have time to drop in!
I filled out the form, but I am now following/tweeting from @ArtsyBookishGal, not @amysondova, so if you look for a follow that's where to look. :)
Amy // amyismyfriend at aol dot com
I love all the reviews and giveaways! I like that I've found new books to read after I've visited you!
I love everything! But most all I love your reviews, they are excellent!
I love the way the reviews are written and with the honesty of whether a book is really good or really bad.
I actually just discovered your blog through this contest and am so glad I did! I am fairly new to the book blogging community so I always enjoy finding new blogs I like--plus I see you're from AZ which is awesome (because I am from there as well!)Thanks so much for this contest and congrats on your 2nd birthday! ;)
-Jenny
First of all Congratulations on being 2 years old!! woohoo! :-D
I love your You're the Expert posts! And yep, last year's birthday celebrations were mindblowing, I can well understand you are still exhausted about it :-) lol
thank you!
Just in case,
sidebar link: http://bookish-escape.blogspot.com/
tweet: http://twitter.com/FionaChan/statuses/54173530601959424
oh right, what I like. I love your giveaways of course, you're super generous :D And I LOVE You're the Expert.
Happy blogoversery!
twitter follower: @mikkimano
tweeted: http://twitter.com/#!/mikkimano/status/54196112566910976
facebook: Mikki Manó
sbscriber as mikki-mano
Thanks for the giveaway,
mikki-mano@hotmail.com
Happy burfing days~!! I love book blogs and glad to have stumbled upon yours~!! May your next year be just as groovy for you~!!
Happy birthday! I continue to love your blog and all the content! I hope you have another great year (for yourself and your readers!)
Happy Birthday! Really enjoy reading your posts and reviews and interviews, etc.
I love your reviews and giveaways! :)
Tweeted:
http://twitter.com/#!/aikchien/status/54912741974089728
Wow! Awesome giveaway! Thanks a whole lot for this chance! You guys are great!
Juan,
Geeks & Books
Personally, I like the name of your blog the most. I have just found you, and I am always interested in finding new book sites!
I buy the books you review!! As long as it's a good review of course ;)
What I like best about I Heart Monster is all the great giveaways. I love, love, love to read!!
my first blog turn on to your blog was the name. It made me giggle. Happy Blog Bday!
jennifer kjovus
kjovus@gmail.com
Your blog is so great because it's hilarious and varied. :D I heart it. xD
-Sophia
I like the way you guys seem to always have fun :)
I love your sidebar :D No, really, I find sidebars very important but they are usually too crowded, with so many unimportant things. I like that yours is simple, well-aranged and I can easily find what I need.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
I love how easy it is to navigate your blog. It's very user-friendly! Happy birthday and thanks for the giveaway. :)
I love your header! It's so pretty <3
Thanks so much for the giveaway!
I love the great choice of books and reviews, the well organised giveaways and the blog design
Hurray! Happy blogging!
I like that you introduce me to new books I wouldn't pick up on my own.
I subscribe via gfc reader.
Happy Birthday, not long celebrated my first, so as this is second make it a great one
Ps. Am,Loving the look of your site & leeeerrrrvvvveeee the name.
I love your variety!
I love the giveaways and the micture of things you post about!
I love your blog header and your giveaways!
My FB: Linda Li
My post: http://www.facebook.com/phoenixonfire37/posts/219164504760906 - I'm not sure if you can view it, though. :/
Tweet: http://twitter.com/#!/MostImportantL/status/62349716939223040
Blog post: http://mostimportantletter.wordpress.com/2011/04/24/contest-roundup-2/
I'm a new follower of your blog and I love that you use a form for your giveaways. Also everything is very easy to find on your blog so I didn't get frustrated and want to leave in a hurry. Very nice blog. Thanks
mamabunny13 at gmail dot com
Happy blog Bday! I am a new follower as well, but I LOVE your blog design and your header! (btw, how did you make it? I've been thinking about starting up a blog myself) Oh, and I hearted your YA Characters You'd Forbid Your Daughter To Date post!
;)
I like the reviews and variety of content you provide to readers.
I like how well-run and organized everything is. You have your-- erm, stuff together and it really shows through and makes you look very professional!
i really like the variety of reviews and giveaways at IHM =D Happy 2 year birthday!
I love the variety of books that you review and offer up as a giveaway.
Hey, happy biiiiirttthday!!
I really love the website design you have going on here. I also really enjoy the variety of books you review as well. Gives me some different ideas on books I myself would like to read!
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