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THE BOOKWORM BOX — GIVEAWAY & INTERVIEW WITH COLLEEN HOOVER

THE BOOKWORM BOX — GIVEAWAY & INTERVIEW WITH COLLEEN HOOVER

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BB1Have you heard of THE BOOKWORM BOX yet??

Colleen Hoover, one of the most talented and generous authors ever, has started an amazing new charity called The Bookworm Box that is pure awesomeness!! The way it works is that they have a special box that includes two signed books and swag sold on their website, and the proceeds all go to charity each month! Today I have a special interview with her explaining for us about how it works AND offering a chance for you to win one of the August boxes! Check it out… and scroll to the bottom to enter the giveaway!! 😀

THE BOOKWORM BOX: GOOD DEEDS. GREAT READS.

HELPING PEOPLE DISCOVER GREAT BOOKS
& GIVING BACK IS WHAT WE DO BEST.

Aestas: Hi, Colleen!! The Bookworm Box is such an amazing project! How did it all get started?

Colleen: I’ve wanted to do something for charity on a larger scale for a long time. I’ve had such a tremendous amount of good luck in the past three and a half years and I’m a big believer in paying it forward. I knew I wanted to do something that would make readers happy and also be able to support charities. I thought about doing a subscription box last year, but never got around to it. Then when I turned in Confess, I had a little time on my hands, so I called up my sister and said, “Let’s do it!”

Aestas: Can you tell us briefly how it all works? And what would be included in a “bookworm box”?

BB3Colleen: I contact authors or publishers and either get donations or, depending on the amount of books I need, purchase the books at cost. The only catch is that the books have to be signed by the author. We then hold a “packing party” where all the books and donated swag are packaged into subscription boxes. Each subscriber gets a box with two signed novels, at least one of them a guaranteed bestseller, and book swag. The boxes ship out monthly and are $39.99, which is a great deal considering the books are signed.

Aestas: How has it been doing?

Colleen: How has it been doing? The first month, we had a cap of about 400 boxes. I thought it would take about a week to sell, but we sold out in four minutes! The same thing happened the following two months, even though we kept doubling the amount of boxes. We now sell 2,000 boxes a month and our subscription list is full, but we have cancellations, so we open up for sales one day each month. That’s 4,000 books I have to coordinate with authors and publishers each month, so even though we could probably open it up to more, we are at our max for our workload. The entire project is ran by volunteers and all profit goes to charity. The first subscription boxes went out in March, and as of July, we’ve donated $120,000 to various charities.

Aestas: It seems to have grown quite quickly! Do you have a main location now?

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Colleen: We do! We actually opened a bookstore as an extension of the online store. All the books are donated by the authors and they’re all signed, so it makes it a one-of-a-kind specialty bookstore. It’s at 204 Main St. in Sulphur Springs, Tx. The store is also ran by volunteers. We were one of just a handful of bookstores to host EL James for a signing for her Grey release, so that was our first author signing! We are setting up a schedule to hold more author signings in the future.

Aestas: You’ve had so many awesome authors donate books to this project. Who are some of them? 

Colleen: Oh, goodness. There are way too many to count! We’ve had a tremendous amount of support from the book community. The most surprising thing is when the authors donate books and ask that I not post about it. It’s inspiring to see these people donate without wanting anything in return. (Note: if you go to the main website and scroll down, there is a list of featured authors to check out!)

Aestas: What can people do to help?

Colleen: We are in great need of more books for the bookstore. 95% of our books are New Adult romance, and we would love to branch out and have different genres. We have very few male authors on the shelves, so that’s another area we would like to grow in. If anyone writes books, has signed books or knows an author, please let them know about our project. They can send as few or as many signed books to the bookstore. We’ve recently started having readers collect donated signed books from authors when they’re at signings and that’s been a tremendous help!

Aestas: What’s up next for the The Bookworm Box? 

Colleen: Well, right now we’re just trying to adjust to the rapid growth of everything. We’ve had some kinks with third party shipping and payment processing and now that we’ve got those worked out, we hope we just have a couple of smooth months ahead of us so we can see if we’re capable of growing beyond the 2,000 books each month.

Aestas: Wow!! Thank you so much for chatting with us today! I can’t wait to watch this project keep growing! 

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THE BOOKWORM BOX LINKS

Website | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram

To donate books/swag: go here.
To visit their physical store: go here.

If you are a publisher or an author and you want your books to be considered for The Bookworm Box, please email [email protected]

*** SPECIAL GIVEAWAY ***

Open Internationally. Void where prohibited by law. Must be over 18 to enter.
1 winner will get an August Bookworm Box

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Comments

  7. I love this giveaway. It will let me know what’s in these so I know if I want these in the future

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  9. I absolutely love Colleen and everything she does is just simply amazing. The bookworm box is such an amazing organization and I’d love to win a box. Thank you so much for the chance. I am a huge fan of your blog as well. 🙂

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  11. I don’t think you guys understand!!! I’m already an AESTAS fan, a major Bookworm Box fan ( yay Sulphur) and an uber Colleen fa( yay diet Pepsi)…I’ve wanted a box for so long but just haven’t had the extra funds…Thank you for the chance. Seriously!! 🙂

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  14. Thanks for the chance! The Bookworm Box is a great project and is doing some great things. I’ve ordered a couple boxes this year and I’m so happy that the money is going to charities. 🙂

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  15. Love the BWB! Proud supporter every month except the first one because I wasn’t quick enough!

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  18. Thanks for the chance. I have bought a bookworm box before and loved it. It is an awesome way to raise money for charities.

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  19. Awesome giveaway! I’ve wanted to get a box but haven’t had the chance yet! Thanks for the chance!!

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  27. I haven’t read any of these books, but would love to. Thanks for the chance, I know one day it will be my turn to get something 😉

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  28. I love Colleen’s work, she’s an incredible writer. I love the bookworm project. Thank you for this awesome opportunity. Winning this would be incredible.

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  29. This is an amazing giveaway! I love the bookworm box, love Colleen Hoover and love your blog! I have not been able to get a box yet, so this is a great chance to win one. Thank you!!!

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  30. The Bookworm Box is awesome. Colleen, Lin, and everyone involved in this idea all rock. Thanks for the chance!

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  32. I LOVE THE BOOKWORM BOX AND ALL IT STANDS FOR. GREAT PROGRAM AND I SUBSCRIBE SO I GET MY BOX EVERY MONTH AND LOOK FORWARD TO IT EVERY TIME!

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  41. This is an amazing giveaway, so thanks for the chance!!! Easy by Tammara Webber was an amazing 5 stars book!!

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  45. I haven’t been able to get a Bookworm Box, but hope to in the future. I love Colleen’s work, but I love her heart even more. What a special person!

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  46. I haven’t read the book yet, but I look forward to doing so. Great blog , always such interesting reviews.

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  48. This I’d such a generous project. I’m honored to participate.
    I wrote my IG name wrong…sorry! !!!!
    I follow on IG @shabbyarora

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  51. I would love to win this book, I haven’t had the chance to read it yet. Thank you for the chance!

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  67. I have a huge girl crush on Colleen! 😉 She is pretty much my hero! ♡♡ Thanks for the awesome giveaway! =D

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  68. I’m in! I love Colleen’s books and I think she is amazing for what she is doing!!! Well done!! Thankyou for the oportunity!

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  72. I have not read any of Colleen Hoovers books yet but I have heard amazing things about them. I really want to read Ugly Love and I know people rave about ALL of her books! would FLOVE to have an autographed book of hers on my ‘shelf of honor’.

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  80. I love anything involving charities. I hope that in the months/years to come you are able to help everyone you wish to.

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  84. What an amazing giveaway 😀 thanks 4 the opportunity and i love this idea The Bookworm Box is an amazing project!

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  96. I LOVE the Bookworm Box. It’s honestly like Christmas in a box! Thank you for the chance! ❤️

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  97. I haven’t been able to get a Bookworm Box yet, cannot afford it so this is an amazing giveaway! Thanks so much for the chance. 🙂

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  109. Ohmy! I’ve been dying to have a bookworm box but well not enough money to buy one…thank you for this!♥️ This is amazing!

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  112. So awesome! I’ve been wanting to order one of these but never seem to have the extra $ to do it. Thank you so much for the chance! 🙂

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  113. Colleen Hoover is incredible. So generous and kind.. so selfless. What she is doing is amazing. She’s an inspiration.

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  118. While I will probably never be able to afford to purchase a box, I support it 100% in thoughts, prayers and love. I tell a lot of people about this. Its such a great idea and amazing how one Author has inspired so many people to do what they do. #TrulyAmazing

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  119. I absolutely love the Bookworm Box! Colleen and her team do an absolutely phenonimal job raising funds for the charities who need it most.

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  121. I have read all CoHo books and I love them all! I’ve never had a bookworm box since I’m from the Philippines and shipping is really expensive. But hopefully after I graduated, I’ll be able to get one (or hopefully every month if I get that rich!) 🙂 and I can’t wait to meet CoHo on September on her book signing here! <3 Thank you so much for the giveaway and hopefully I am the lucky one ! 😀

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  128. I love this idea. I had used to get the boxes but it came to be too expensive for me to keep it. I hope I win.

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  131. Love Colleen and what she has done with the The Bookworm Box. Would love to win A Bookworm Box since I am unable to afford one right now.

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  132. Thanks for the chance! BWB is such a great idea to help and give joy to the readers. It’s like hitting two birds in one stone. 🙂 Kudos to Colleen and to all the awesome people behind this.

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  133. Awesome giveaway, thank you for the chance 🙂 🙂 I can’t do the Instagram as my cell phone isn’t equipped for it.

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  136. I love this project. Been wanting to order a box since months, but haven’t had the chance to do it lately, so as soon as I can I’m gonna do it. I’m from Chile, so I hope they send orders to my country!

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  144. Another amazing giveaway! The book worm box is an amazing project helping worthy charities each month. One day I’ll save enough pennies to order one of these beauties. Loved the interview with Colleen too!!

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  145. it’s great that so many authors give books for charity, it’s just amazing that they work together and everthing goes so well

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  146. I’ve bought bookworn box as well and waiting for it, can’t wait. It’s such an amazing cause and hope it will make some difference.

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  148. Oh I love Colleen Hoover and this amazing idea 😉
    Yes I have read both book and Love both…each one is different and beautiful in their own way…

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  150. I would love to win one of these! I have been trying to get one but I am always to late to get a subscription spot lol. Thanks for the chance to get one!

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  151. I absolutely adore the bookworm box!! And I am happy that I was able to help gather books at the LoveNVegas signing along with my sister Alyssa and very good friend Kellie! Such an amazing experience! Thank you Colleen and everyone who donates and volunteers!

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  155. Thank you for the giveaway honestly I’m always to late to enter for a box, fingers crossed that this will be my chance 😀
    p.s. love the blog, I chose all my TBR on here<3

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  160. I really wanted to have this box but when I discovered it, it was too late so thank you for the chance to have it 🙂

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  161. I love the Bookworm Box and appreciate Colleen Hoover so much especially donating to my cause, my Walk for Lupus. This gesture will forever remain in my heart and make me a fan girl for life.

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  164. Bookworm Box is a fantastic idea 🙂 I hope the venture continues to go from strength to strength to allow the continued support of very needy charity organisations 😀 Well done Colleen and all of your lovely giving volunteers <3

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  166. Thank you so much Aesta and Colleen! I have been dying to get a bookworm box but the international shipping is just too much! :'( Nevertheless, thank you so much 😀 <3 I love Colleen even more than I already do for coming up with this, it is such a sefless act of goodwill. Helping a charity each month and at the same time getting books out to many readers = win-win!

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  183. I’ve gotten every box so far and would HATE to miss one! Bless Colleen Hoover for her genius talent, and her enormous heart!

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  189. Thanks for spreading the word about this charity (and for the giveaway of course!). I had never heard of it, and now I must subscribe immediately.

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  192. This is such an amazing thing that Colleen Hoover has thought of. I just want to give a huge shout out of «Thank You!!!!» to everyone who has donated to this fantastic project!! You’re all so wonderful!!

    Thanks so much for this giveaway too!!! God Bless You All!!!

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  194. I have been trying to subscribe for a box since the first day this launched! I would love to win one and see what it is all about live and in person. 🙂

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  195. This is so generous.. I love this organization and what wonderful things they are accomplishing. Thanks for this amazing opportunity to win a bookworm box because although I love it my bank account doesn’t lol

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  199. Love love Love my Boxworm Box and knowing that Im helping in a little way. Getting my box every month is like Christmas and the surprise of the authors is the best part(and all the swag)!! Colleen and team are amazeballs and are doing incredible work!! This is an awesome giveaway…thanks for the chance!!

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  202. AMazing giveaway!!! Especially for us who cant afford and would love to have a bookworm box! Thank you for doing this and for the chance

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  204. I just discovered Colleen Hoover this year and have fallen in love with every one of her books! I would love to visit The Bookworm Box store one day!

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  209. I commented on the Facebook page but wow Colleen I didn’t know…not sure how but what a great venture! I wish I was an author or writer or even somewhat talented at any of the above…but if you ever need fitness or nutrition then I’m your gal:)

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  210. It’s so amazing how The Bookworm Box has escalated quickly. Hopefully one of these days I’ll have the means to avail a subscription and somehow add in the donations for the charities. 🙂

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  215. This is an amazing way to give back….I so admire Colleen for what she and her sister are doing! Not only is she an awesome author, but she has a HUGE heart, as well! <3

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  221. Oh! Colleen Hoover~ and wow thank you so much for this awesome giveaway opportunity! I hope I can win. Thank you so much again! Good luck to all as well.

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  223. So wonderful all the great work that The Bookworm Box is doing for charity! I attended the E L James book signing last month and was blown away by everyone’s generosity and graciousness!

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  224. I adore what Colleen Hoover did with her bookworm box and opening a bookstore! my Goal someday :] <3

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  230. Thanks for the chance!! Love Colleen’s books and this blog is the reason I have 50+ books I need to read!!

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  232. super pumped about all the different social media sites you are on… and I had no idea! I knew twitter and fb, and an now following on ig, Pinterest and The Bookworm Box on twitter and all the other awesome places. #stoked!

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  238. I love the Bookworm Box! It’s a great idea and would love to visit the actual store one day! Awesome giveaway, thanks for the chance!

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  241. The bookworm box is a great way to donate to charity and receive signed books that you might not get otherwise. I love that Colleen had such a brilliant idea and brought it to life with The Bookworm Box!

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  246. Oh my how awesome thank you for the chance to win this amazing bookworm box filled with great books and authors!!

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  250. Colleen is just butterflying amazing in every sense of the word! And so are all the other authors, volunteers and readers that have contributed to this awesome idea! This is why I love the book community so fiercely and I’m so happy for all the charities that have benefited! Congrats and all the best! Wishing The Bookworm Box continued growth and success! ♥ Thanks so much for a chance! 🙂

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  254. Love, love, LOVE your blog! I have a hard time getting my hands on ANY Colleen Hoover books, but have a TBR list of hers (and others) a mile long. Keeping my fingers crossed (I never win giveaways! lol)

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  256. Oh my what an awesome thing to be doing for others. I’ve been very impressed with The Bookworm Box since it started. Thanks for all you do!!!

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  259. I adore Colleen Hoover and loved getting my Bookworm Boxes every month!! Unfortunately I have had to stop my subscription to save some money for my husband having surgery but I will be back to it hopefully next yr…..that is if there are any available 🙂

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  266. What a fantastic giveaway. Colleen is such an amazing person to do this for charity and make us readers happy at the same time! x

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  271. Colleen Hoover. Simply amazing! What an inspiration and an AWESOME writer. All of her books are gold. Can’t wait for Never Never part3 ANDDD November 9!

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  277. Though my chance is slim in winning the Bookworm Box for August, I will still join. Thanks for the chance. Great interview you had with my fave fab queen herself, Ms Colleen Hoover <3

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  278. CoHo is such an amazing person!! I’ve visited the store twice now and will be returning real soon! 🙂

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  280. I am excited to check this out. I love that proceeds go to charities and authors are donating books for a good cause. This is my first time to hear about this. Thanks for the chance .

    Deana

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  281. Thanks for the chance. Love the idea of the Bookworm Box! What an amazing way to help charities and keep readers happy at the same time! That CoHo is one brilliant lady, I tell ya!

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  283. Oh My Gosh! This is really awesome!!! The giveaways are cool and the blog just feels right!

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  284. Thanks for this great giveaway!!! And thanks for giving us (international people) the chance to win such a great price 🙂

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  286. Great giveaway! I’d love to visit the Bookworm box shop, but it’s a bit difficult from the UK 🙁

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  287. Unable to visit due to being in the UK, maybe a branch could be opened over here one day 😀
    Awesome giveaway, i’d love the chance to win! Thank you x

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  292. I absolutely love The Boxworm Box. I wish Australia had something like this! Hopefully, I’ll be able to buy my own box soon!

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  294. Thanks so much for the giveaway! I’ve been dying to get my hands on a box, but keep missing the sale dates!

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  303. Hi!!!

    I love what Colleen Hoover is doing with the,”Bookworm Box” subscriptions, and donating the money to a different charity each month. I love how she takes a picture of the donation check each month, so everyone can actually see how much we all have helped contribute to that total.
    I do have to say, The Bookworm Box subscriptions are worth every penny. Not even are you donating to special causes, but you also receive awesome books. Up to date, new, popular, books, that people want badly! I have seen what other subscription boxes offer, and no offense, I really hate to say this, but I have no clue who so of the authors are, or anything. Sometimes you can find good books that way, but by spending your hard earned money each money, you should really be rewarded.

    Thank you so much for this blog post and giveaway!
    Thank you Colleen!!

    PS.. I am in love with the little bookworm magnet!!

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  304. The Bookworm Box is such a great program. A fun way to get signed books and give back in the process!

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  305. Thank you SO much for the opportunity! At the first I love all these books, easy is one of my faves. So, anyway, thank you so so much for doing this.

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  306. This is a great giveaway. Thank you for sharing this interview with us and the opportunity at one of those amazing boxes, they sell so fast that is hard to come to get one and that just speaks if how successful Colleen’s project has become among her readers and therefore to those she helps with all the proceeds. I love all her works. 🙂

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  308. Hi Mrs. Colleen, you’re an amazing author, I have all your books! You have created a wonderful program with proceeds going to great charities. I appreciate the opportunity for a chance to receive The Bookworm Box for August. Thank you

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  314. Gotta love CoHo! <3
    Not only are her books phenomenal … She gives back in so many ways. What an amazing giveaway!

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  315. I wish I could order my own bookworm box. I think I need to save more money now. Thanks for the chance.

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  316. One of my favorite things on the book community at the moment. Not only does it motivate people to donate but the charities vary so every cause can get a chance.

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  324. This is an amazing project. Love the chance to get one of these amazing boxes. Thank you for the chance!

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  334. Colleen Hoover is such an incredible writer. Her books are fantastic, and I own every single one of them! The Bookworm Box is doing amazing things, Hoover is an inspiration.

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  337. I love that The Bookworm Box exists and everything you’ve done to connect authors and readers and the charitable donations. I share this story any chance that I can with my reader friends who may not know about it (they’re not on social media).
    I commend Colleen and everyone who donates their time and effort into this project. It is incredible!

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  338. The Bookworm Box is amazing, I can’t wait to start getting my monthly box! I’m gonna be stalking the website every month until I’m finally able to get in! Thanks for the chance to win in this beyond awesome giveaway!!! ❤

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