Oh Crap - We Turn 1 Today! (HAPPY BIRTHDAY, THE BOOK BRATZ!)

Wait, what?
We turn ONE today?!

It is crazy how fast a year goes when you are doing something you love. When we first started The Book Bratz, it was a hobby and something we weren't expected to get so invested in. Now this is our full time job and we don't regret a minute of it! 

Our Growth

54,000 Page Views Since May 2014

274 GFC Followers

325 Bloglovin' Followers

56 E-mail Subscribers 

71 Facebook Likes

1,282 Twitter Followers 

1,500 Blog Comments

190+ Reviews 

People We Want To Thank

All of these lovely people helped us with starting out as new bloggers, making friends, running all sorts of events, and just welcoming us into this lovely community!

Dana @  Dana Square - Rachel @ A Perfection Called Books - Ri @ Hiver et Cafe - Pili @ In Love With Handmade - Andrew @ Endlessly Reading - Brittany @ Please Feed the Bookworm - Stephanie @ Ohana Reads - Kaitlin @ Next Page Please - Nori @ Read Write Love  

To any one else we missed - We love you all and would have never made it to where we are without your help and kind words! 

A Personal Message from Amber:

I am not good at writing my feelings down, but it is shown through my actions about how much a love blogging and the blogging community. I originally thought I would let my anxieties get in the way of me and enjoying this, and I didn't. I am grateful for every single person who visits, comments, and chats with us daily/weekly. Thank you to everyone who dealt with my stupid questions, and stupid things I have said. I can't wait for the years to come with blogging! :) 

A Personal Message from Jessica:

Wow, I really can't believe that a year has gone by with The Book Bratz. I remember how scared and awkward Amber and I were in the beginning, and how worried we were that this was just going to be one of those failed attempts as a teenager to make something cool. You know, those awesome ideas that seem to work out perfectly in your head but aren't executed as smoothly in real life.

Boy, were we wrong. The Book Bratz has grown and prospered, gained followers, friends, and supporters. We've had giveaways, met people from all across the world, traveled to BookCon, met some of our blogger friends in real life (like Dana!), hosted our first Summer Blogger Promo Tour, our Debut Author Spotlights, our infamous Bloggers and Authors Appreciation Post, and so many other awesome things. Running this blog has actually steered me towards a career in publishing for my future, and I could not be more excited about this. 

Like we said in the beginning of this post, this blog was started as a hobby. Just a way to talk about what we love. Now it's our save haven, our project, our internet baby, and the full-time job that helped me decide what to do with my future. I could not be more thankful for all of the amazing people who have supported our blog back when we only had 100 Twitter followers. We're growing and prospering every single day and it's such an incredible sight to see. I used to never picture myself running such an important thing on the internet, but now I can't imagine my life without The Book Bratz. I would just like to thank everyone for that. Because without you, Amber and I wouldn't be where we are. You made us this successful and you help us grow every single day. So thank you. :)

What would a blog birthday be without PRESENTS?

To celebrate The Book Bratz's first birthday, we're having TWO awesome giveaways! To be fair to both our US and non-US followers, we will be having one giveaway for US followers only, and another giveaway for International followers only! The separate giveaways are both a little bit different, so please make sure you enter for the correct one and read what each prize is! (For the US only giveaway, ONLY United States Citizens are allowed to enter. For the international giveaway only, anybody who is NOT a United States resident - AND Book Depository MUST ship to your country - is allowed to enter.)

U.S. Only

We are giving away a prize pack of 1-3 mystery books, swag, and some other awesome goodies! 

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International Only

One (1) follower outside of the US will win their choice of a book up to $18 from The Book Depository

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Once again, we would like to thank all of our readers, followers, authors, and blogger friends that have supported us for this past year and helped us grow into what we have become. We have another great year ahead of us and can't wait to share the experiences with all of you!