I’ve been nominated for The Blog of the Year Award 2013 by my good friend and one of my favorite bloggers the fabulous Madhusmita of the amazing blog  Dreamzandclouds.

She has a really informative blog that is well written and lots of fun to read. You should positively stop by and check it out!  Thank you so much for this honor!  You have made my day brighter!

The blogs which I have nominated are:

1. S.J. Thomas’s Book Blurbs
2. Ese’s Voice
3. Blogs-of-a-Bookaholic
4. Crafty Staci
5. Turn the Page Reviews

The instructions for this award are simple:

1-Select the blog(s) you think deserve the Blog of the Year 2013 Award.

2-Write a blog post and tell us about the blog(s) you have chosen- there are no minimum or maximum number of blogs required- and ‘present’ the blog(s) with their award.

3-Let the blog(s) that you have chosen know that you have given them this award and share the instructions with them- (please don’t alter the instructions or the badges!)

4-Come over and say hello to the originator of the Blog of the Year 2013 Award via this link: http://thethoughtpalette.co.uk/blog-awards-2-/blog-of-the-year-2013-award/

5-You can now also join the Blog of the Year Award Facebook Page. Click the link here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/BlogoftheYear

Share your blog posts with an even wider audience.

6-And as a winner of the award- please add a link back to the blog that presented you with this award-and then proudly display the award on your blog- and start collecting stars!

Yes-That’s right-There are stars to collect!

Unlike other awards which you can only add to your blog once-this award is different!

When you begin you will receive the ’1 star’ award- and every time you are given the award by another blog- you can add another star!

There are a total of 6 stars to collect.

This means that you can check out your favorite blogs- and even if they have already been given the award by someone else- you can still bestow it on them again and help them to reach the maximum of 6 stars!  You can either ‘swap’ your badge for the next one each time you are given the award- or even proudly display all six badges if you are lucky enough to be presented with the award 6 times!

You can find all the badges and banners and information you need via this link: ‘Blog of the Year 2013′ Award Badges.

Congratulations to all the nominees! Best of luck to every one!