{"id":5586,"date":"2013-03-11T12:00:39","date_gmt":"2013-03-11T17:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=5586"},"modified":"2013-03-11T12:00:39","modified_gmt":"2013-03-11T17:00:39","slug":"goodreads-giveaway-for-a-shadow-in-the-past-has-ended","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=5586","title":{"rendered":"Goodreads Giveaway for A Shadow in the Past has ended"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Being new to creating a giveaway on <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Goodreads<\/strong><\/span> (have entered many), I wasn&#8217;t sure what to expect. Originally, I thought of just making it available to Canada but quickly changed my mind and expanded it to the <strong>UK<\/strong> and the <strong>US<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m please with the results. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>1165<\/strong><\/span> people entered. 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