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I don´t know about you, but what I had expected from 

my place of work was a bouquet of flowers or something. 

I got a unique jar with a very personal touch. 

Anniversary & Competition

[For danske læsere: se også bogkonkurrencen nedenfor]

Today, January 7th, is the second anniversary of DJ´s Krimiblog.

Two years with blog posts almost every day, 225 reviews, and most important: 43,000 guests from c 100 countries.

Thank you to each and every one of you for your visits, comments, friendship and encouragement!

This calls for celebration and a competition, I think.

The rules:
World wide competition.

Send an e-mail with your name before January 21st with the title ´competition´ to do.hu.ja (at) mail.tele.dk

Tie breaker: mention one of my blog posts (or a weekly feature) that you like.

The prize: a gift voucher for Amazon.com or Amazon UK of $ 15 or £ 10 (or another online shop where I can pay with visa card).
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To års jubilæum & bogkonkurrence

I dag, 7. januar, fylder DJ´s krimiblog to år.

To spændende år med blogindlæg næsten hver dag, godt 40.000 besøgende fra 100 forskellige lande og 225 boganmeldelser.

Men det bedste: alle de sjove, søde, spændende venner fra hele verden, jeg er kommet i kontakt med. Blogvenner som deler min store interesse for krimier, enten ved at læse eller skrive dem – eller begge dele.

Tak for jeres opbakning med besøg, blogtips, kommentarer osv!

Det skal fejres med en lille konkurrence.

Skaf mig en ny skandinavisk læser – og få én chance for at vinde en Susanne Staun krimi.
Frit valg mellem en pæn, let brugt paperbackudgave af de første tre Fanny Fiske-bøger: 
Som arvesynden, Mord som forløser (også udgivet under titlen Liebe) eller Mit smukke lig.

Sådan gør du: find en skandinav (eller hvem som helst som kan læse dansk, også personer bosat i udlandet), som melder sig til som ny læser via ikonet “Faste læsere” i højre sidebjælke. Derefter sender den nye læser en mail til mig (do.hu.ja at mail.tele.dk) og fortæller, hvem der har overtalt dig til at blive læser (navn + mail-adresse).

Hvis du skaffer flere læsere, får du selvfølgelig også flere chancer, og hvis du ikke selv er medlem endnu, må du ud og finde en ven(inde), så I kan melde hinanden til. 

Konkurrencen udløber 21. januar. 

NB: hvis jeg får over ti nye læsere, udlover jeg en ny, dansk bogpræmie inden længe - for alle medlemmer som kan læse dansk.

Cozies & Competition

2010 Cozy Mystery Challenge

One of my goals for June was to finish my cosy mystery challenge. Done!

1. Donna Moore, Old Dogs (2010) – cosy caper – read in April
2. M.C. Beaton, Death of an Outsider( 1988) – read in April
3. Louise Doughty, Honey-Dew (1998) – read in April
4. Jackie Fullerton, Revenge Served Cold (2010) – read in May
5. Rebecca Tope, Death in the Cotswolds (2006) – read in June
6. Ngaio Marsh, Artists in Crime (1938) – classical whodunit - read in June

Most humorous: Old Dogs
Most traditional: Artists in Crime
Cosiest: Death of an Outsider + Death in the Cotswolds


And now for my ´competition´.
In a few days I expect visitor no 30,000. On this occasion I have decided to give away a gift voucher of £ 10 (or $ 15) for Amazon.com or Amazon.uk

The rules:
World wide competition
Send an email with your name before next Sunday (July 4th) to do.hu.ja (at) mail.tele.dk

Tie breaker: write the name of one writer I like. (Don´t worry, I like 95 % of the books I review)

ANNIVERSARY - and GIVEAWAY

Today my blog has its first birthday! I have actually been blogging here for a whole year, and I have enjoyed it so much more than I imagined possible.

My essential goal was to get in touch with other readers of crime fiction, and that has certainly been a great success.

Other bonuses are all my other blog friends, and the surprise that bloggers all over the world actually do become friends. Friends that care about you, and friends you care about.

In April I participated in a writing course, and as several of you know, I have become more determined not only to read crime fiction, but also write it.

So thank you to each and every one of you who visit me, read my posts, leave comments, encourage me to blog and to write fiction! You are invaluable, and without you, I would never have made it.

And now to the GIVEAWAY.
Leave a comment on today´s post (you have until Thursday the 14th of January by midnight GMT). I will draw one winner of an Amazon gift voucher of £ 10 or $ 15 among the comments, so make sure I can get in touch with you (if you blog, I will just tell you there).
- if you prefer another online bookshop it is fine with me, as long as I can pay online with my visa card.

If you blog or tweet about my competition, please tell me and you will get an extra chance in today´s giveaway.

JUBILÆUM
I dag holder min blog fødselsdag for første gang! Jeg har blogget her i et helt år, og jeg har nydt det meget mere, end jeg på nogen made havde kunnet forestille mig.

Mit væsentligste mål var at komme i kontakt med andre krimilæsere, og det har været en fantastisk succes.

Andre fordele er alle mine blogvenner, og den dejlige opdagelse, at bloggere rundt om i hele verden virkelig bliver venner. Venner, som tænker på mig, og venner, jeg holder af.

I april deltog jeg i et skrivekursus, og som mange af jer ved, er jeg begyndt at fokusere mere på ikke bare at læse krimier, men også skrive dem.

Så en stor tak til hver eneste af jer, som besøger mig, læser min blog, lægger kommentarer, opmuntrer mig til at blogge og skrive! I er uvurderlige, og uden jer ville jeg aldrig have gennemført det.

Og nu til KONKURRENCEN
Læg en kommentar til indlægget i dag (inden torsdag d 14. januar ved midnat). Blandt kommentarerne trækker jeg én vinder af et Amazon gavekort på £ 10 eller $ 15 (kan selvfølgelig konverteres til Saxo, Adlibrisk.dk eller lignende).

Hvis du reklamerer for lodtrækningen via din blog eller twitter, så nævn det i din kommentar & få en ekstra chance.

Awards, Awards, and a Humble Anniversary

DesertRose has overwhelmed me this week by giving me not only one, but two awards.

2009 Friendly Blogger Award
I am going to give this one to Alyce, Dar, Care, Dawn and Jackie – five great book blogs I have not visited or commented on as often as I want to. I appreciate your well-written and inspiring blogs, folks – and I do peep in once or twice a week, whether I remember to tell you or not.

Alyce, At Home With Books
Dar, Peeking Between the Pages
Care, Care´s Online Book Club
Dawn, She Is Too Fond Of Books
Jackie, Farm Lane Books Blog


The Super Comments Award ”You Don´t Say”
"We give and get awards for having a great blog and being a good friend. What I want to award is those people whose comments have meant THE WORLD to me. It takes time to visit a blog and leave a comment ... I wanted to recognize some special bloggers whose comments have made such an impact on me. The “You Don’t Say?” Award is awarded to these special bloggers in hopes that they will pass the award along to 5-10 of their best commenters!"

You can all read here what I should do. I have decided that I won´t ´count my blessings´, however. Instead I want to thank each and every one of you who have helped me make this blog a better place by leaving kind, funny, sweet, inspiring humorous, cheeky or curious comments – and certainly also to you who have just taken the time to say ´hi, I am here´.

Finally, I also want to thank the 3000 people from 61 different countries who have visited my blog over the latest 2½ months. I know you are not 3000 different persons; on the contrary many of you are surprisingly faithful. And I assure you, without you this blog wouldn´t be the same.

Are you visitor no 1000?

Since I joined SiteMeter on Feb 14, I have had nearly 1,000 visitors. Many of you will think this is nothing, but as a relatively new blogger I am quite satisfied with my achievements so far. Right now the figure is 994 so I expect visitor no 1000 tonight. It could be you - but if you do not leave a comment, you (and I) will never know.

Guest no 1000 = someone from the Dominican Republic.

Er du gæst nummer 1000?
Jeg installerede tælleren SiteMeter på min side 14. februar, og nu nærmer gæst nr 1000 sig. Mange af jer vil tænke, at det er småting, men som forholdsvis ny blogger er jeg godt tilfreds med hvad jeg har opnået med min blog indtil videre. Lige nu er tallet 994, så jeg regner med, at gæst nr 1000 dukker op i aften. Måsker er det dig - men hvis du ikke efterlader en hilsen, finder du (og jeg) aldrig ud af det.

Gæst nr 1000 = en besøgende fra den Dominikanske Republik (Mellemamerika)