Welcome to the Scaredy Cat Giveaway Hop, hosted by Mama the Fox and Mom Does Reviews! Are you a scaredy cat when it comes to this scariest of seasons? Does the idea of doing to one of the inevitable haunted houses give you the shivers? Do you face your fears or run away from them as fast as you can? Or is your greatest fear this season the fear of running out of candy before all the neighborhood kids have gotten their share for Halloween? Or have you planned to skip the whole thing and be elsewhere for the evening?

Welcome to the Winter Wishes Giveaway Hop, hosted by Mama the Fox and Mom Does Reviews! Winter is definitely HERE and PRESENT and ACCOUNTED FOR this year. Probably more than a lot of places want. We h...

Welcome to the Honey Bunny Giveaway Hop, hosted by Mama the Fox and Mom Does Reviews! Today is also April Fools' Day, but there's nothing fooling about this hop! However, the 'timely' proximity of Apr...

Welcome to the Wish Big Giveaway Hop, hosted by Mama the Fox and Mom Does Reviews! Today is also Presidents Day. Or as an old friend used to quip, Birthington's Washday. Make of that what you will. But this is the "Wish Big" hop, which means that you might be wishing you had this holiday off. Or that it was a longer weekend.

Today marks the start of Reading Reality's FIFTEENTH Blogo-Birthday Celebration Week. When I looked ahead this time last year, I realized that this year's celebration would be weird as both Reading Reality's official blogoversary, April 4, and my own birthday, April 5, both fell on a weekend. This time last year, I thought I'd be conducting the Celebration Week BEFORE the official dates.

Welcome to the Winter 2024-2025 Seasons of Books Giveaway Hop, hosted by It Starts At Midnight and Versatileer! Once upon a time, this was the Month of Books Giveaway Hop, now it’s the Seasons of Book...

Welcome to the Fall 2026 Seasons of Books Giveaway Hop, hosted by It Starts At Midnight and Versatileer! Once upon a time, this was the Month of Books Giveaway Hop, now it’s the Seasons of Books Giveaway Hop, with the hops starting on the days the seasons change. Today, September 22, - technically tonight at 8:05 p.m. - marks the official beginning of FALL for the 2026 season. Not that it actually FEELS like Fall here in Atlanta. Summer has lingered forever this year, with temps still in the mid-80s if not higher.

Welcome to the Dashing December Giveaway Hop, hosted by Mama the Fox! December certainly does 'DASH' by, doesn't it? Then there's "Dashing through the snow..." And let's not forget Dasher, one of Sant...

Welcome to the Winter Wishes Giveaway Hop, hosted by Mama the Fox and Mom Does Reviews! Winter is definitely HERE and PRESENT and ACCOUNTED FOR this year. Probably more than a lot of places want. We had a real winter last weekend with actual accumulated snowfall and everything. I thought it would be, not a once in a lifetime event of course, but let's call it a once in a school career event for the children in the neighborhood.

Welcome to the Winter Wishes Giveaway Hop, hosted by Mama the Fox and Mom Does Reviews! Winter is definitely HERE and PRESENT and ACCOUNTED FOR this year. Probably more than a lot of places want. We h...

Welcome to the Spring 2026 Seasons of Books Giveaway Hop, hosted by It Starts At Midnight and Versatileer! Once upon a time, this was the Month of Books Giveaway Hop, now it’s the Seasons of Books Giveaway Hop, with the hops starting on the days the seasons change. Today, March 20, is the first official day of SPRING for the 2026 season.

Welcome to the Winter 2024-2025 Seasons of Books Giveaway Hop, hosted by It Starts At Midnight and Versatileer! Once upon a time, this was the Month of Books Giveaway Hop, now it’s the Seasons of Book...

Welcome to the Rain Drops on Roses Giveaway Hop, hosted by Mama the Fox and Mom Does Reviews! This hop gives me an earworm every single year. Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittensBright copper kettles and warm woolen mittensBrown paper packages tied up with stringsThese are a few of my favorite things… Of course, the words are from…

Welcome to the Glitz and Glam Giveaway Hop, hosted by Mama the Fox and Mom Does Reviews! This hop used to drive me crazy every single year, because instead of "Glitz", it was "GLITS". What's a "glit" when it's at home? Inquiring minds would STILL like to know! But whether you're more of a glitzy person, or prefer to be glamorous, this hop is still a lovely thing to see on the first of September. Although this year it's a bit weird as Labor Day isn't until NEXT week.

Welcome to the Honey Bunny Giveaway Hop, hosted by Mama the Fox and Mom Does Reviews! Today is also April Fools' Day, but there's nothing fooling about this hop! However, the 'timely' proximity of April Fools' Day and Easter DOES give me the annual opportunity to use this hop to talk about Easter Candy. Because chocolate is ALWAYS an excellent thing to talk about no matter the season!

Welcome to the Sparkle Time Giveaway Hop, hosted by Mama the Fox and Mom Does Reviews! This hop is always right before the Fourth of July, and that’s always an interesting time at Chez Reading Reality even if it isn’t always sparkly. This year, as in previous years, this hop is happening just after we've returned from the American Library Association Annual Conference - which was in Chicago this year just as the heat wave descended. (or ascended depending on perspective. The temperatures rose suddenly as we were leaving.) Three years ago, we came home from conference with the plague.

Happy New Year and welcome to the New Year, New You Giveaway Hop, hosted by Mama the Fox and Mom Does Reviews! Like the song says, "Another one bites the dust..." and so it goes with 2024. Hello 2025! This year at Chez Reading Reality has certainly had its ups and downs. Or at least one really big down as…

Welcome to the Summer 2026 Seasons of Books Giveaway Hop, hosted by It Starts At Midnight and Versatileer! Once upon a time, this was the Month of Books Giveaway Hop, now it’s the Seasons of Books Giveaway Hop, with the hops starting on the days the seasons change. Yesterday, June 21, was the first official day of SUMMER for the 2026 season. But today, Monday, seems like a good day to start a fun thing to lighten the Monday blahs. So here we are. These last few weeks of Spring in the ATL have been WET.

Welcome to the Falling into Leaves Giveaway Hop, hosted by Mama the Fox and Mom Does Reviews! Fall hasn't quite fallen here in the ATL, at least not yet. The high temperatures the rest of this week and through the weekend are predicted to be in the high 80s and low-mid 90s. That's NOT fall weather. It's just not. It's not yet cold enough to get the leaves to start turning, either. Eventually. I don't miss Chicago winters - AT ALL - but I do miss their fall. Fall does tend to be a pretty season in the Midwest.

Welcome to the Spring 2026 Seasons of Books Giveaway Hop, hosted by It Starts At Midnight and Versatileer! Once upon a time, this was the Month of Books Giveaway Hop, now it’s the Seasons of Books Giv...

Welcome to the Wish Big Giveaway Hop, hosted by Mama the Fox and Mom Does Reviews! Today is also Presidents Day. Or as an old friend used to quip, Birthington's Washday. Make of that what you will. Bu...

Welcome to the Wish Big Giveaway Hop, hosted by Mama the Fox and Mom Does Reviews! Today is also Presidents Day. Or as an old friend used to quip, Birthington's Washday. Make of that what you will. Bu...

Today marks the start of Reading Reality's FIFTEENTH Blogo-Birthday Celebration Week. When I looked ahead this time last year, I realized that this year's celebration would be weird as both Reading Re...

Welcome To The $100 Amazon eGift Card or PayPal Cash Giveaway! Giveaway: 1 lucky winner a $100 Amazon eGift Card or PayPal Cash. The event is running from July 10th to September 3rd. Giveaway open Wor...