***UPDATE***
Congratulations to Stephanie W. on winning the giveaway! 
That’s right dudes and dudettes, readers of all ages, this past Sunday Refracted Light passed its two year mark of being a book blog! 250+ reviews, 14,000+ comments, and lots of fun later we just wanted to say “THANKS Y’ALL!” for visiting, reading, commenting, and talking to us about books over the last two years. We so very much appreciate your comments and value the interactions we have with you very much. It’s largely YOU, in addition as our overwhelming love of books, that keeps us motivated and excited about book blogging. We could not do this blogging thing without you.
So…. to say “THANKS Y’ALL!” we’re having a massive giveaway!
So Heather and I both got the opportunity to meet up in Kansas City for the RT BOOKLOVER’S Teen Day this year… and it was pretty awesome. (So this one time at band camp… No seriously, this story is actually relevant to this post. Cross my heart.) Aside from the fact that we got to just hang out with each other, we got to get tons of books (2 suitcases worth of books) signed, got to meet lots of hands down amazing authors, and sit in on a few really informative (and funny) panels. To sum it all up… AMAZEBALLS. And look! We took pictures!
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So now that you cooperatively and politely sat through our pictures, you’re probably wondering just what we have for you in terms of goodies. Short version… lots of RT supah-win. Long version… books (some signed ones… and some not), swaggity swag, and a cool signed mug that’s totes awesome, yo. Here… here’s some pictoral collagey-ness that gives you a better visual of what’s up for grabs:
– RT Teen Day Tote Bag
– Ridiculous amounts of swag (bookmarks, buttons, postcards… some with signatures)
-The Collector by Victoria Scott (SIGNED)
– The Iron Thorn by Caitlin Kittredge (SIGNED)
-Tempest Unleashed by Tracy Deebs
– Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
– Goddess by Josie Angelini (ARC – SIGNED)
– Apollyon by Jennifer L. Armentrout (SIGNED)
– Willful Impropriety by various authors (SIGNED by Leanna Renee Hieber)
– Shade by Jeri Smith-Ready
– The Rules by Stacey Kade (ARC – SIGNED)
– Unspoken by Sarah Rees Brennan (SIGNED)
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– A coffee mug signed by a TON of authors
So who signed this?
Jus Accardo
Gennifer Albin
Josephine Angelini
Jennifer L. Armentrout
Brodi Ashton
Leigh Bardugo
Sarah Rees Brennan
Teri J. Brown
Anna Carey
Ally Carter
Julie Cross
Kami Garcia
Clay Griffith
Susan Griffith
Cynthia Hand
Rachel Harris
Leanna Renee Hieber
Colleen Hoover
Tara Hudson
S.R. Johannes
Stacey Kade
Caitlin Kittredge
Suzanne Lazear
Aprilynne Pike
Amy Plum
Jeri Smith-Ready
Beth Revis
Victoria Scott
J.A. Souders
Margaret Stohl
Denise Grover Swank
Tammara Webber
What about international followers?
Unfortunately I just cannot afford to send a box this big overseas, so all international-to-the-US entrants will be eligible to win $30 worth of books from The Book Depository, Kindle, Nook or Kobo.
Thanks for following, reading, tweeting, all that jazz.
YOU are awesome!
Wow, congrats on hitting two years! I love that photo collage! So cool that you guys have gotten to meet so many authors and attend writing workshops like that! Keep on blogging – I love your site! <3
Thank you so much Kelley!
It was the first time I’d ever gotten to attend a book convention, so I was slightly geeking out (i.e. majorly geeking out)! Thanks again for all your support and comments, you rock!
Congratulations on the blogiversary! What a great give-away!
Thank you, Rachel!
Happy Blog-birthday!!!
Thank you so much! Good luck!
Congratulations on your 2yr Blogoversary! Woohoo! Here’s to many more!! Love the pics!
Thank you, Amber! 😀
happy blogoversary!!!! Here’s wishing you many, many more
I love your blog 
Thank you, thank you Erin! 😀
Well, I always find photos and recaps for attending conventions interesting because I’ve never been. Thanks for sharing your experience!
Two years is huge in blogging land! Congratulations and best wishes for another wonderful year. I love reading all of your different perspectives on books you read, finding out what’s coming out next, etc.
Thanks for the giveaway opportunity.
This was the first time I’d been to one of these big book things too, and it was a BLAST! The nice thing about RT is that it moves every year, so maybe it’ll be somewhere near you at some point!
Thank you so much for your comments and encouragement, Sophia Rose! 
Happy Blogoversary! Cheers to another year!
Thanks Devan!
Happy Blogoverssary!!!!!! Squeals for 2 years :)) And it seems like you had so much fun at RT – woot!
We. Totally. Did! Thanks so much, Danny!
Happy 2nd Blogoversary!!! That’s such a huge milestone! I hope the coming year(s) are even better for you. Thanks for an amazing giveaway!!
Thank you, Stephanie! And best of luck in the giveaway!
Here’s wishing u many more blogging years to come! Congrats on reaching the two year mark! I love the photo collage and its awesome that you got to meet so many amazing authors !
Oh, thanks so much, Gayatri!
Good luck!
Congrats!!!!
Thanks Dude. P.S. – You rock.
Congrats to you!! And thanks for the awesome giveaway!!
Thank you, thank you! And good luck!
Congrats on two years!
Thank you, Leeanna!
Congratulations on your blogoversary! Thank you so much for the giveaway.
Thank you, Sandra!
Congrats on your blogoversary!!! This giveaway is so awesome, thank you for the chance to win
Happy blogoversary!! Thanks for the chance to win!!
Thank you, Mallary!
Good luck!
Sure thing! Thank you so much, Amber!
These photos are fantastic! It looks like you had a wonderful time. The World and Character Building Workshop sounds amazing – what a great experience.
I wished I were US, those PINS of Stephanie Perkin’s books are fantastic and oh so pretty <3. Still, the prize for int is awesome! Thanks so much for the giveaway and congrats for your blogoversary! 😉