The Secret to Ageing Gracefully…
…is to age backwards! 
Which is why I’m throwing a 21 Again Birthday Blow-Out!
Today, I hit a milestone birthday (I’m not telling you which!), but rather than wallowing in misery from the discovery of my first grey hair, I realise how enriching the last few years of my life have been. So, from today till December 2nd, I’ve decided to relive those years, going back a year every day, until I’m 21 again!
(Yes, I realise it’s pretty obvious what age I am, but…shh! Do not mention the forbidden number, or else, no cupcakes for you!)
And, I’m also celebrating passing 500 followers on my blog (thank you, guys!), plus something super-exciting is going on that I won’t talk about till it’s all finalised, but suffice it to say I’m in a celebratory, and generous, mood! 
So come on in, grab a party hat and blower, there’s plenty of cake for all, but go easy on the punch! And why not join in the lucky draw while you’re at it? This is by far the biggest giveaway I’ve ever hosted! And, true to Fighter Writer style, the prize bundles are worthy of butt-kicking bookworms everywhere! Plus, there are not one, not two, not even three, four, five, six, or seven. but eight — count them: eight! — prize bundles up for grabs:
#1 THE SIGNED BOOKS BUNDLE (US & Canada only)
The winner of this bundle will receive a print copy of each of the following books…all signed by the author!
The Golden Sky by EC Stilson (kindly donated by author)
Becoming by Raine Thomas (kindly donated by author)
Monarch by Michelle Davidson Argyle +swag! (kindly donated by author)
Cinders by Michelle Davidson Argyle + swag! (kindly donated by author)
Haven by Kristi Cook (NOT signed) (kindly donated by Theresa Milstein @ Theresa’s Tales of Teaching Tribulations and Typing Teen Texts)
#2 THE YA & YOUNGER BUNDLE (UK & EU only)
The winner of this bundle will win copies of…
SIGNED Print: Can’t Sleep Without Sheep by Susanna Leonard Hill (kindly donated by author)
E-book: Open Minds by Susan Kaye Quinn (kindly donated by author)
Print: City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
Print: Ash by Malinda Lo (kindly donated by Len Lambert @ Conversations with Self)
#3 THE LITERARY & NON-FICTION BUNDLE
The winner of this bundle will win e-book copies of…
A to Z Stories of Life and Death by D. Biswas (kindly donated by author)
String Bridge by Jessica Bell (kindly donated by author)
The Rage of a New Ancestor, edited by Declan O’Sullivan (kindly donated by New Asian Writing)
The Matrix and the Alice Books by Voicu Mihnea Simandan (kindly donated by author)
#4 THE WOMEN’S FICTION BUNDLE
The winner of this bundle will win e-book copies of…
Don’t Get Mad…Get Even by J.L. Campbell (kindly donated by author)
Watching Willow Watts by Talli Roland
Build a Man by Talli Roland (kindly donated by author)
And you’ll also get…
A gorgeous handmade coin purse, courtesy of Rachel of CottageCarries! Aren’t they sweet?
#5 THE HOT & SPICY BUNDLE
The winner of this bundle will win e-book copies of…
The Best of Lucy Felthouse by Lucy Felthouse (kindly donated by author)
Celestial Seduction by Jessica E. Subject (kindly donated by author)
And…
A two-piece Yin Yang symbol pendant for harmony and balance!
#6 THE FANTASY BUNDLE
The winner of this bundle will win e-book copies of…
Woman of Honor by Nicole Zoltack (kindly donated by author)
The Quest by Sean McGuire (kindly donated by author)
Forgotten Gods by S.B. Stewart-Laing & Michael J. Chernicoff (kindly donated by author)
You will also get…
A pair of mini-nunchakus (1/6 actual size) — twirl to your heart’s desire, with only 1/6 the damage! 
#7 THE MYSTERY & THRILLER BUNDLE
The winner of this bundle will win e-book copies of…
Flash Over by Stuart Nager (kindly donated by author)
Doing Max Vinyl by Frederick Lee Brooke (kindly donated by author)
Plus, you will also receive…
An adorable key chain of Kung Fu Panda kicking butt!
#8 THE HORROR BUNDLE
The winner of this bundle will win e-book copies of…
Bill the Vampire (The Tome of Bill, Book 1) by Rick Gualtieri (kindly donated by author)
Scary Dead Things (The Tome of Bill, Book 2) by Rick Gualtieri (kindly donated by author)
You will also get…
A shuriken (ninja throwing star) pendant on a faux leather choker necklace
How do you enter, you ask? It couldn’t be easier! Just fill in the Rafflecopter below for as many or as few entries as you want! It’s literally just a couple of minutes of clicking! But do try and follow all the generous bloggers who donated their books — they are awesome folks that deserve massive followings! Of course, you can follow me too if you like (I know I’d like it!), but there are no entries for that. For this giveaway, it’s all about the contributors!
So please, if you haven’t already, check out my Featured Sponsors 1 and 2 pages for a full list of sponsors and their details!
This contest will end on Dec 2nd. Winners will be announced on Saturday Dec 3rd! Stop by tomorrow as I reminisce being 29 again, and feature another two of our generous contributing authors!
*EDIT: Don’t forget to state in your comment which prize bundle you’d like to win, e.g. 1,3,4,5,6! Thanks!
Butt-kicking bookworm. Displaced Malaysian. Writes crime & thrillers. Debut novel ORACLE will be released by J. Taylor Publishing on 30th July 2012.
Happy birthday, JC! I'm happy to be a part of your giveaway. I'm going to advertise it on Facebook now. I'll consider which prize package I want to win (besides the one where I've donated) and return.
Hope you have a wonderful birthday! Happy Thanksgiving too!
HMG
Happy Birthday, JC!!!! I'm going to share this on Facebook now! Take care and happy Thanksgiving!!!!
Happy Birthday! May you have many many more, regardless of which way you age.
I'd love to enter your competition, but I'm not from either of the continents you mentioned.
Happy birthday, JC! Have a great bash!
All the bundles sound great! What a wonderful collection you've amassed. I have to admit I'm in love with the Kung Fu Panda and am coveting the key chain.
Well Happy Birthday
this looks like a great giveaway! I'm always on the hunt for a horror and bundle #8 sounds good. Enjoy your birthday bash 
Happy Birthday, JC! Enjoy YOUR day!
Happy birthday JC!!!! I found the secret to ageing gracefully is by reading and writing YA. Now I can't remember how old I am. All my protagonists are seventeen, so sometimes I think I am too.
Ooops! I didn't enter which bundle # I wanted to win. I was going to say YA, but I already have CofB and Susan's book. And I'm not interested in the other prizes (my YA TBR pile is crazy enough). So just ignore my entries.
Happy Birthday J.C. What an amazing giveaway. Have a great day!
Holy crap tarts. That's a shizz ton lot of awesome books. What a cool giveaway.
Happy Birthday, JC!
Have an awesome birthday J.C. This is an amazing giveaway. I'd love to be entered for #1 Thanks and have a wonderful day!
This is an amazing idea, JC. Congrats on the milestone, and I'm excited to be a part of it!
Happy Birthday! I'm more than happy to be a part of your giveaway.
I would love to win 1, 2, 4, 8.
Make that 1, 4, 8. Didn't read the fine print for locations. Whoops!
Happy Birthday JC
Happy Birthday! I love the idea of celebrating backwards, and as someone who has far more than one grey, it sounds great to me! And what a cornucopia of prizes!
I'm with Stina–I read and write MG & YA, and that's how I stay young!
Angela @ The Bookshelf Muse
Just saw the edit now–I'm In Canada, so I'd love # 1, 5,6,7 & 8!
this…this is like the most epic giveaway evah!
Oh, and HAPPY BIRTHDAY! I hit a milestone b-day this year as well (30) So far it's been feeling pretty much the same
Congratulations and Happy Birthday! I hope you're having a fantastic one :0)
JC Happy Birthday.. I entered your contest, I like the Horror Bundle.. #8
Happy Happy Birthday! And let me tell you, as an older woman… the best years are ahead of you. I don't think I'd go back to 21 for anything. Well, unless I could relive it extremely wealthy, but, I digress.
Happy birthday (all of them)!
And thanks for this giant giveaway! My pick is Prize bundle #1.
happy birthday, may all your wishes come true
8,7,6,5 in that order for me
Wow, this is such a cool contest! Heard about it from Jessica Bell's blog. I'm interested in Bundles #1 and #5.
Happy Birthday JC! Love your tip to aging gracefully.
I am going to have to try this. Definitely entering the contests for bundles 1, 5, 6 & 8! 
Hehe great idea J.C!
Oh right, bundle 3 please haha. <3
Wow, what an incredible giveaway(s)! Happy b'day J.C., congrats on the milestone! I had one last year and I'm actually happy for it
Happy Birthday. I'm waayyy older than you and just back from a skin care presentation at a friend's. I found out my face will fall off from all the dead skin on it…………
November is an excellent time for a birthday! (Mine was Sunday). Happy Birthday! And wow at the giveaway! I'm liking number 1, but they're all awesome.
Happy birthday, enjoy yourself….. and I had my first grey hair at 16 (anemia induced not shock or trauma)
….so I have been aging gracefully for two decades now….I 'll go for #6 or # 4 basically. I could follow some of the authors too… follow very few of them.
Happy Birthday, JC and congrats! I'm happy to be a part of it. BTW don't worry about grey hair, I'd be happy to have some hair to turn grey.
Happy Birthday! Each milestone only gets better! I am entering for bundles 1, 4, 5, 6, and 7.
kamwh1207(at)att(dot)net
What a great contest! I have no bundle preference at all!
Happy Birthday! All look like great bundles. I'm especially interested in #1, but would love to be entered in all of them (except #2 since I'm in the US). Thanks for the giveaway!
Happy Birthday – and thanks for giving presents
I'd be interested in bundles 1, 6, and 7.
Happy Birthday! What an incredible giveaway, TY for the chance to win! I would love to win bundle #1, 4, or 8.
nice one
Wow! These bundles look so exciting. I would love to get any of them but most interested in #'s 6,7,8. Happy Birthday!
On Holiday with the family but did want to at least drop in an say Happy Birthday!!
Great contest! Thanks for hosting!
Happy Birthday. This looks like a great contest. Have a wonderful time with it.
This is really exciting!! _I'd love to win bundles 1,2,6&7
I already commented but forgot to say which prizes I would like – basically anything, since I read everything I can get my hands on! So, 1,3,4,5,6. Thanks.
Happy Birthday! I would love Bundle #1 and 4
Thx for the give away. I'm interested in the first bundle.
I hope you had a fantastic birthday! I've actually read quite a few of these books.
I'm interested in Bundle #7.
I'm interested in the 8 bundle. Please enter me in this contest. Thank you. npl42011@hotmail.com
Happy backwards birthday. That's the way I like to celebrate too.
I'd pick bundle #5 Spicy!
Happy Birthday! Hope you had a wonderful day! Thanks for letting us celebrate with you! Awesome giveaway! Thank you! Im interested in 1,2,4,5,6,8. Thank you!
Happy b-day! My pick is Nr. 2 and 4. thanks
Happy Birthday!
I'd like 4,5 or 7.
Thanks.
Happy 21st Birthday!!!! The giveaway is great! So many great books. Thanks for a chance.
Happy Birthday, J.C. Wow! What a lovely giveaway.
I would love to win 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, or 8. I would also donate them for a charity auction for my autistic son's school– Clear Horizon's Academy. I also know one of the author's personally & she is an amazing writer. Check her books out on Amazon as well– Michelle Davidson Argyle.
This is awesome! I would like Bundle #1