Saturday, February 28, 2009

This Week's Giveaways Galore

As usual, be sure to check back at this post throught the week for links to more book giveaways!

I have 5 copies of Sway by Zachary Lazar to giveaway. This giveaway ends on March 13th, 12 midnight E.S.T. Enter here.

I also have 5 copies of THE CRIMES OF PARIS: A True Story of Murder, Theft, and Detection by By Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler. This giveaway ends on March 13th 12 midnight E.S.T. Enter here.

Stay tuned, I will be announcing my giveaway for the Book Carnival Giveaway on Monday!

New offerings:

Toni of A Circle of Books is giving away one copy of Drood by Dan Simmons. Deadline is March 7th. Enter here.

Bermuda of Bermudaonion’s Weblog is giving away one copy of Drood by Dan Simmons. Deadline is March 7th. Enter here. She is also giving away 3 copies of Coraline by Neil Gaiman. Deadline is March 7th. Enter here.

Luanne of A Bookworm's World is giving away one copy of Drood by Dan Simmons. Deadline is March 20th. Enter here.

Carey of The Tome Traveller's Weblog is giving away 3 copies of Drood by Dan Simmons. Deadline is March 13th. Enter here. She is also giving away 5 copies of Among the Mad by Jacqueline Winspear. Deadline is March 9th. Enter here. For the Bokk Giveaway Carnival Carey is giving away one copy of In Hovering Flightby Joyce Hinnefeld. Deadline is March 8th. Enter here. While your there, you can see all of Careys giveaways on her sidebar.

Jenn of Jenn's Bookshelf is giving away one copy of Drood by Dan Simmons. Deadline is March 6th. Enter here.

Serena of Savvy Verse & Wit is giving away 3 copies of Drood by Dan Simmons. Deadline is March 6h. Enter here.

Julie of Booking Mama is is giving away 5 copiesof Drood by Dan Simmons. Deadline is March 13th. Enter here.

Drey of drey's library is giving away 3 copies of Drood by Dan Simmons. Deadline is March 8th. Enter here. Drey is also giving away one copy of Kitty and the Midnight Hour by Carrie Vaughn. The deadline is March 8th. Enter here. In honour of The Book Giveaway Carnival Week, Drey is giving away a "culture" pack of 3 books. Deadline is March 8th. Enter here.

Devourer of Books is giving away 2 copies of Signora Da Vinci by Robin Maxwell. Deadline is March 6. Enter here.

Lauren of Lauren's Crammed Bookshelf is giving away a copy of The King's Rose by Alisa Libby. deadline is March 3rd. Enter here.

Lenore from Presenting Lenore and Steph from Reviewer X are hosting a joint giveaway of twenty copies of Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson. The deadline is March 12th. Enter here.

Sheri of A Novel Menagerie is giving away A Wonderful Reader’s Delight Basket with 4 of her favorite book she read last year and some other goodies. This giveaway ends on March 8th and is only open to U.S. residents. Enter here.

Cheryl of Cheryl's Book Nook is giving away one copy of Wicked by Any Other Name by Linda Wisdom. Deadline is March 7th. Enter here. Another giveawy of Cheryl's is 5 copies of The WallStrip Edge by Howard Lindzon. Deadline is March 6th. Enter here. She is also hosting the Celebrating African- American History Giveaway, with 5 sets of 8 books. Deadline is March 27th. Enter here.

Dawn of She Is Too Fond Of Books … is giving away one copy of ShapeShifter: The Demo Tapes, Year 1* by Susan Helene Gottfried. Does this author's name sound familiar to you! She is from our very own blogging community from West of Mars! Deadline is March 14th. Enter here.

Melissa of Melissa Walker is giving away one copy each of No Laughter Here by Rita Williams-Garcia and and The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary E. Pearson. Deadline is March 10th. Enter here.

Melanie of The Indextrious Reader is giving away so many books that she has to put them in 4 groups of three. Deadline is March 15th. Enter here.

Kitten of The Bookkitten is giving away one copy of The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski. Deadline is March 7th. Enter here.

Jo-Jo of Jo-Jo loves to read!!! is giving away her ARC of Shanghai Girls by Lisa See. Deadline is March 7th. Enter here.

Vera of Luxury Reading is giving away one copy of Honolulu by Alan Brennert. Deadline is March 31st. Enter here.

Tapestry100 of From My Bookshelf is giving away one signed copy of Aberrations by Penelope Przekop. Deadline is March 7th. Enter here.

Random Wonder is giving away So Long At The Fair by Christina Schwarz, First Daughter by Eric Van Lustbader, The Help by Kathryn Stockett, The Richest Season by Maryann McFadden, American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld, and Guernica by Dave Boling. Deadline is March 8th. Enter here.

Bonnie of ~Redlady's Reading Room~ is giving away one copy of Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford. Deadline is March 8th. Enter here. She is also giving away an audiobook of Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet. Deadline March 8th. Enter here.

Marta of Marta's Meanderings is giving away one copy of Mr. & Mrs. Fitzwilliam Darcy by Sharon Lathan. Deadline is March 8th. Enter here. Marta also has other great giveaway going on right now, so go check her blog out!

Below are giveaways that I announced in previous weeks. There is still time to enter:

Luanne of A Bookworm's World is giving away 3 copies of the audiobook Little Pink House by Jeff Benedict. This giveaway ends on March 7th. Enter here.

J. Kaye of J. Kaye's Book Blog is giving away one copy of NINE LIVES: DEATH AND LIFE IN NEW ORLEANS by Dan Baum. Thios giveaway ends on March 27th. Enter here. J. Kaye is also giving away the eBook THE SLIPPERY ART OF BOOK REVIEWING by Mayra Calvani and Anne K. Edwards. This giveaway ends on March 28th. Enter here.

Joanne of The Book Zombie is giveing away 3 copies of Lawrence Hill's novel The Book Of Negroes. This giveaway ends on March 6th. Enter here.

Dar at Peeking Between the Pages is giving away 0ne copy of Grayrider by Bruce Skye. This giveaway ends on March 8th. Enter here.

Sandra of FRESH INK BOOKS is giving away 2 copies of The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon by David Grann. This giveaway ends on March 8th. Enter here.

Bobbie of Book Reviews By Bobbie is giving away 3 copies of Apologize, Apologize! by Elizabeth Kelly. This giveaway ends on March 14th. Enter here.

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Friday, February 27, 2009

Winners for All 4 Giveaways That Ended Today

Thanks again to Valerie Russo of Hachette Books for donating the books for this giveaway!

Thanks to all of you who entered! I wish that I could send copies of these books to each of you!

A special thanks to those of you who follow my blog or became followers! I hope you enjoy my blog!


The 5 winners for The Italian Lover By Robert Hellenga are:

AnnDiana
Annie
Tara
Janel
Bcteagirl

Congratulations!
Please contact me within 3 days to claim your prizes.


The 5 winners of The Terror By Dan Simmons are:


Angela
MJ
Dar
Bridget
Michelle

Congratulations!
Please contact me within 3 days to claim your prizes.

The 5 winners of With Love from Hachette Book Group Giveaway:


Bridget(Already won on another blog)
Danie
Carol
Anne
Donnas
Stacie

Congratulations!
Please contact me within 3 days to claim your prizes.


For the Celebrating African- American History Giveaway, there were only 34 total entrants. Therefore, there are 4 winners rather than 5.

The 4 winners areAnnDiana
Bingo
Linda
Cheryl F.

Amanda

Congratulations!
Please contact me within 3 days to claim your prizes.

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Monday, February 23, 2009

Still I Rise by Roland Laird with Tanesha Nash Laird, Illustrated by Elihu "Adofo" Bey

A Graphic History


'Still I rise' is a graphic history book about the struggles, heroic, and triumphant history of African Americans. It mentions all of the largely known history but it also tells of more little known facts and of important people who helped shape how America is today.

Something I certainly didn't learn in my school history books was that of indentured servitude which lead to slavery. I didn't enjoy my history classes back in grammar school or high school because the text books were dry.

This book would make students want to learn the history of African Americans! It is a short book but the details of the history included are rich in detail. It is well researched, well written, and beautifully illustrated.

This is my first time reading a graphic book. There have been some that sound good but I have been hesitant. I visualize a comic strip, like the Sunday funnies in the newspaper. I just couldn't believe that they could be taken seriously. Still I Rise has changes my view point! If you haven't read a graphic book, this would be a good place to start!

Highly recommended!

5/5

Have you reviewed this book? Please leave your link in the comments and I will add it to the bottom of this review.


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Giveaway: THE CRIMES OF PARIS: A True Story of Murder, Theft, and Detection by By Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler

Thanks to Valerie of Hachette Books I am giving away 5 copies of this book.

Book Information:

Turn-of-the-century Paris was the beating heart of a rapidly changing world. Painters, scientists, revolutionaries, poets--all were there. But so, too, were the shadows: Paris was a violent, criminal place, its sinister alleyways the haunts of Apache gangsters and its cafes the gathering places of murderous anarchists. In 1911, it fell victim to perhaps the greatest theft of all time--the taking of the Mona Lisa from the Louvre.

Immediately, Alphonse Bertillon, a detective world-renowned for pioneering crime-scene investigation techniques, was called upon to solve the crime. And quickly the Paris police had a suspect: a young Spanish artist named Pablo Picasso....

For more information please visit www.hooblerauthors.com

Here are the rules:

1. For one entry, leave a comment. Please be sure to include email address so that I can contact you if you win.

2. For a second entry, post about this giveaway on your blog and leave link to your blog post in the comments. You will also get an entry for each person who tells me that they learned about this giveaway from you.

3. For 5 more entries: Become a Follower of my blog or subscribe to my blog through Google Reader or other subscription service. If you are already a subsriber or follower you still get the five extra entries! Please do not comment that you are a follower five times! I will give you the extra entries myself. I will delete any extra entries that you make as it will just confuse me when I go to pick the winners.

The giveaway is open to Canadian and US residents only.
You must be 18 years of age or older to enter.
The winner’s mailing address: NO P.O. Boxes.Only one entry per household/IP address.

This giveaway will end on Friday March 13th Midnight E.S.T.

The winners will be notified by email, so remember to include your email address in the comments! Winners must respond within three days or will be disquilified.

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Sunday, February 22, 2009

Short Story Monday: Jon by George Saunders


Heart Pounding Read

Reminiscent of Margret Atwood's Oryx and Crake, and Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro, Jon is about a group of teenagers raised from infancy, in a building for the purpose of assessing products for consumers. They only see outdoors through a window, never experiencing the wonder of nature first hand.

The story primarily focuses on Jon and Carol. After sneaking into Carol's sleeping quarters " privacy tarp", Carol is pregnant. They marry, even though it is technically not allowed. Carol decided that she wants to leave the safety of the group to go to the unknown, outside. Jon isn't sure.

It is not clear if this story is set in the present day or in the future but it certainly has a futuristic feel to it. Saunders really packs a punch with this story. It is a sad commentary on the emphasis we put on possessions as a society. We are living in a plastic age and this story shows the lengths that some advertisers could go to sell product.

My heart raced as I read this story. If rang true to me, like it could really happen. This is an excellent example of brilliant short story writing!

Highly recommended!

5/5

This short story appeared in The New Yorker Magazine. To read it go here. I would love to know what you think!

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Saturday, February 21, 2009

Bookworms Carnival - Edition 23


Edition 23 of the Bookworms Carnival is up at Jessica's The Bluestocking Society. The topic this time round is “literature and film”.

Jessica wants to know "Do you prefer to read the book first or see the movie first?"

I usually prefer to read the book first. However, that often ruins the movie adaptation for me. Most of the time I prefer the book to a movie. I think part of it is that the movie can only represent a small part of a full novel, so I find things that were important to me lacking the movie version.

On the other hand, I have often seen movies that I have loved so much that I then read the book. That usually works pretty well because it don't have the preconceived notion of what the movie should include. There have been a few occasions when I have like the movie better than the book. Those times are rare, but do happen.

What is your opinion? Be sure to visit the Bookworms Carnival, there are some great articles and reviews on this topic, including two book reviews from me. :)

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Friday, February 20, 2009

This Week's Giveaways Galore

As usual, be sure to check back at this post throught the week for links to more book giveaways!

I have 5 copies of The Terror By Dan Simmons to giveaway. This giveaway ends on Friday February 27th Midnight E.S.T. Enter here.

I have 5 copies of The Italian Lover By Robert Hellenga to giveaway. This giveaway ends on Friday February 27th Midnight E.S.T. Enter here.

I am hosting With Love from Hachette Book Group Giveaway. There are 5 sets of 11 books you could win. This giveaway ends on February 27th Midnight E.S.T. Enter here.

I am hosting Celebrating African- American History Giveaway. There are 5 sets of 8 books you could win. This giveaway ends on February 27 Midnight E.S.T. Enter here.

I also have 5 copies of Sway by Zachary Lazar to giveaway. This giveaway ends on March 13th 12 midnight E.S.T. Enter here.

New offerings:

J. Kaye of J. Kaye's Book Blog is giving away one copy of NINE LIVES: DEATH AND LIFE IN NEW ORLEANS by Dan Baum. Thios giveaway ends on March 27th. Enter here. J. Kaye is also giving away the eBook THE SLIPPERY ART OF BOOK REVIEWING by Mayra Calvani and Anne K. Edwards. This giveaway ends on March 28th. Enter here.

Shana of Literarily is giving away is giving away The Red Leather Diary by Lily Koppel. This giveaway ends on February 27th. Enter here.

Joanne of The Book Zombie is giveing away 3 copies of Lawrence Hill's novel The Book Of Negroes. This giveaway ends on March 6th. Enter here.

Frances of nonsuchbook is giving away one copy of Brothers by Yu Hua. Hurry, this giveaway ends on Monday, February 23rd. Enter here.

Stella Matutina's Blog is hosting a giveaway for a copy of The Young City by James Bow. This giveaway ends on February 27th. Enter here.

Trish at Hey Lady! Whatcha Readin’? is giving away two cozy Slankets. Very cool, go check them out! This giveaway ends on March 2nd. Enter here.

Anna of Diary of an Eccentric is giving away 2 hardcover copies of The Heretic Queen by Michelle Moran. This giveaway ends on March 1st. Enter here.

Dar at Peeking Between the Pages is giving away 0ne copy of Grayrider by Bruce Skye. This giveaway ends on March 8th. Enter here. Dar is also giving away The Mighty Queens of Freeville by Amy Dickinson. This giveaway ends on March 1st. Enter here.

Sandra of FRESH INK BOOKS is giving away 2 copies of The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon by David Grann. This giveaway ends on March 8th. Enter here.

Bobbie of Book Reviews By Bobbie is giving away 3 copies of Apologize, Apologize! by Elizabeth Kelly. This giveaway ends on March 14th. Enter here.

Below are giveaways that I announced in previous weeks. There is still time to enter:

GreenBean TeenQueen is giving away a prize pack of books and a $20 gift certificate to Amazon. This giveaway ends February 28th. Enter here.

Carrie of Carrie's YA Bookshelf is giving away three books 1)You Are so Undead To Me, 2) Evermore, and 3) The Girls's Guide to Vampires. This giveaway ends on February 28th. Enter here.

Alyce of At Home with Books is giving away 4 books. The are Divine Justice by David Baldacc, iThe Dracula Dossier by James ReeseI, Lorelei by Yeardley Smith,Delicate Edible Birds by Lauren Groff. This giveaway ends on February 25th. Enter here.

Trish at Hey Lady! Whatcha Readin’? is giving away a signed copy of The Help by Kathryn Stockett. This giveaway ends on February 28th. Enter here.

Luanne of A Bookworm's World is giving away 3 copies of the audiobook Little Pink House by Jeff Benedict. This giveaway ends on March 7th. Enter here.

Melissa of Shhh I'm Reading... is giving away one signed copy of MATRIMONY by Josh Henkin. This giveaway ends on February 28th. Enter here.

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Sway by Zachary Lazar- Giveaway

Thanks to Valerie of Hachette Books I am giving away 5 copies of this book.

Book Information:

Three dramatic and emblematic stories intertwine in Zachary Lazar's extraordinary new novel, SWAY--the early days of the Rolling Stones, including the romantic triangle of Brian Jones, Anita Pallenberg, and Keith Richards; the life of avant-garde filmmaker Kenneth Anger; and the community of Charles Manson and his followers.

Lazar illuminates an hour in American history when rapture found its roots in idolatrous figures and led to unprovoked and inexplicable violence. Connecting all the stories in this novel is Bobby Beausoleil, a beautiful California boy who appeared in an Anger film and eventually joined the Manson "family."

With great artistry, Lazar weaves scenes from these real lives together into a true but heightened reality, making superstars human, giving demons reality, and restoring mythic events to the scale of daily life.

"One hypnotic tone poem.... It is not the now-historic acts of violence that make Sway so riveting, but its vivid character portraits and decadent, muzzy atmosphere, all rendered with the heightened sensory awareness associated with drugs and paranoia.

"The near miniaturist precision with which he describes Keith Richards's attempts to master his guitar, Brian Jones's acid trips and Anger's obsessive desire for Beausoleil bring this large-scale tableau into stunning relief." --Liz Brown, Time Out New York.

Here are the rules:

1. For one entry, leave a comment. Please be sure to include email address so that I can contact you if you win.

2. For a second entry, post about this giveaway on your blog and leave link to your blog post in the comments. You will also get an entry for each person who tells me that they learned about this giveaway from you.

3. For 5 more entries: Become a Follower of my blog or subscribe to my blog through Google Reader or other subscription service. If you are already a subsriber or follower you still get the five extra entries! Please do not comment that you are a follower five times! I will give you the extra entries myself. I will delete any extra entries that you make as it will just confuse me when I go to pick the winners.

The giveaway is open to Canadian and US residents only.

You must be 18 years of age or older to enter.

The winner’s mailing address: NO P.O. Boxes.Only one entry per household/IP address.

This giveaway will end on Friday March 13th Midnight E.S.T.

The winners will be notified by email, so remember to include your email address in the comments! Winners must respond within three days or will be disquilified.

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Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Opposing Views of a Post-Racial Society By Roland Laird,Author of Still I Rise: A Graphic History of African Americans


I will be posting my review of this book within the next few days. In the mean time, here is an article by one of the authors, Roland Laird.

After Barack Obama won the presidential election I found myself in conversations with White people who were beside themselves. In their minds the election of a Black president meant that we had truly entered Dr. King's dream and America had become a nation where people are not "judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character." Somehow on November 4th we had become a so-called "post-racial society." But my Black friends and I are having none of it. We view the Obama Presidency as promising, but believe racism is alive and well and still a major factor in American life. Now there's no denying that a great deal of people, Black and White, are optimistic about the Obama Presidency. But I believe that the source of the respective optimism comes from different places. For instance, here are two of the many text messages from Black friends that I received soon after Obama was projected as the winner of the election: "Rosa sat so Martin could walk. Martin walked so Obama could run. Obama ran so we can fly." "They didn't want to give us our 40 acres and a mule, so we took 50 states and a White House." I doubt White people were sending those types of text messages to one another on November 4th, and all joking aside both messages speak volumes about the way Black people perceive the "post-racial society."

Meanwhile, I believe the reaction of fair-minded White people to the Obama election falls into one of two categories. Either they think, "Obama represents a new day, and it shows that racism is not a major factor in the everyday lives of Black people." Or they believe that, "Obama's election doesn't mean the end of racism, but it does mean that Blacks and Whites can work more closely together to completely end racial injustice in American Society." Though the first thought is a noble one, it's wildly naive. On the other hand, I believe the second reaction to be an accurate assessment of things -- as long as you take a 500 foot view. Things get messier, however, as you get to ground level.

Historically, from the Abolitionist movement of the 1800's through the Civil Rights movement of the 1960's, there have been significant examples of Blacks and Whites working together to make America a fairer place, but those efforts dealt primarily within the legislative realm. The notion being that once Black people were given the same opportunities as White people, all would be peaches and cream. The Obama Presidency is actually the zenith of this line of thinking. Yet if you go to numerous low-income Black communities today there remain a myriad of problems. The post-racial mindset that the Obama team seems to be projecting is that the problems befalling low-income Black communities needn't be addressed as "race" problems. In his now famous "A More Perfect Union" speech, Obama said, "It requires all Americans to realize that your dreams do not have to come at the expense of my dreams; that investing in the health, welfare, and education of black and brown and white children will ultimately help all of America prosper."

I believe Obama's speech was designed to be uplifting for the post-racial era and for the purposes of the campaign it was. The problem is it didn't address the fact that Black people and White people have different narratives in America. If as Obama says, we want to invest in the education of black and brown and white children we have to acknowledge that culturally these children may have different needs.

Our book, Still I Rise: A Graphic History of African-Americans is a good primer on the struggles and victories of Black people in America and does so, I believe, without being divisive. In our book we make mention of a gentleman named Carter G. Woodson author of The Mis-Education of The Negro. In this classic book published in 1933, Woodson maintains that Black children in America aren't taught African American (then Negro) history and as such are educated solely in White culture and to be dependent on White people. Now this is arguably an overgeneralization but Woodson's book does resonate with many Black people and his book raises interesting questions. However, in the post-racial era, as posited by some, books like Woodson's or "Breaking the Chains of Psychological Slavery" by Na'im Akbar may be pushed further to the margins because they could be deemed divisive or outdated. After all, "Obama is now President, you can do anything you want" is the post-racial mindset. For me such a mindset is harmful.

A story: my wife Taneshia is the Executive Director of the Trenton Downtown Association and each year TDA celebrates Trenton, New Jersey's storied history as the turning point of the Revolution War with an event called "Patriot's Week". This year, in acknowledgement of the pending Obama presidency, Taneshia commissioned four Black men, all dressed in colonial garb, to read the Declaration of Independence. It was a powerful image especially since at the time of the Revolution just like the rebel colonialists people of African descent also sought independence from their oppressors. It was well received by those in attendance but Taneshia was asked by a covering media reporter, "Why did you choose to emphasize that all the readers were Black?" The reporter followed up by saying that we're in a post-racial society and the Obama election was about our commonalities not our racial differences. To me that demonstrates the paradox of the "post-racial era" thinking. Despite the sincere optimism many White people think it means that when we work together to solve some of societies daunting problems we no longer need to speak explicitly about race. Whereas to many Black people it means we can speak more openly about race and how we can use our experiences and narratives to turnaround many of the problems in our communities.

The next four years should tell us which perspective prevails.

Copyright © 2009 Roland Laird co-author of Still I Rise: A Graphic History of African Americans

Author Bio
Noted African-American entrepreneur Roland Laird, co-author of Still I Rise: A Graphic History of African Americans, is co-founder of Posro Media, a Trenton, New Jersey-based company that produced the comic book series MC Squared: A Man With a Serious Game Plan and the syndicated comic strip The Griots. The company has worked and continues to develop a number of animated and documentary projects for film and television.

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Monday, February 16, 2009

Mailbox Monday

Visit Marcia every Monday at The Printed Page to share what arrived in your mailbox this week?

These are the book I received within the week:



Thanks to Sheri of A Novel Menagerie for hosting this giveaway. Thanks to Kirk Curnutt for the wonderful inscription.










Thanks to Darlene of Peeking Between the Pages for hosting the giveaway for this book.






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Saturday, February 14, 2009

This Week's Giveaways Galore


As usual, be sure to check back at this post throught the week for links to more book giveaways!

I have 5 copies of The Terror By Dan Simmons to giveaway. This giveaway ends on Friday February 27th Midnight E.S.T. Enter here.

I have 5 copies of The Italian Lover By Robert Hellenga to giveaway. This giveaway ends on Friday February 27th Midnight E.S.T. Enter here.

I am hosting With Love from Hachette Book Group Giveaway. There are 5 set of 11 books you could win. This giveaway ends on February 27th Midnight E.S.T. Enter here.

I am also hosting Celebrating African- American History Giveaway. There are 5 sets of 8 books you could win. This giveaway ends on February 27 Midnight E.S.T. Enter here.

New offerings:

Wendy of caribousmom is giving away one signed copy of MATRIMONY by Josh Henkin. This giveaway ends on February 21st. Enter here. Wendy is also giving away 5 copy of The Red Leather Diary by Lily Koppel. This giveaway ends on February 22nd. Enter here.

Trish at Hey Lady! Whatcha Readin’? is giving away a signed copy of The Help by Kathryn Stockett. This giveaway ends on February 28th. Enter here.

Lisa at Books on the Brain is giving away one copy of The Rose of Sebastopol by Katharine McMahon. This giveaway ends on February 21st. Enter here. She is also giving away a signed copy of MATRIMONY by Josh Henkin. This giveaway ends on February 19th. Enter here. If those aren't enough, she is also giving away two beautiful bookmarks made by Sheri of A Novel Menagerie and a copy of Sarah’s Key by Tatiana de Rosnay. This giveaway ends on February 20th. Enter here. These giveaways are all in honour or Lisa's blog reaching the 1ooK hits millestone! Congratulations Lisa!

Luanne of A Bookworm's World is giving away 3 copies of the audiobook Little Pink House by Jeff Benedict. This giveaway ends on March 7th. Enter here.

Melissa of Shhh I'm Reading... is giving away one signed copy of MATRIMONY by Josh Henkin. This giveaway ends on February 28th. Enter here.

On My Bookshelf... is giving away one copy of The Disappearance by Efrem Sigel. This giveaway ends on February 20th. Enter here.
is giving away one copy of Revolutionary Road by Richardee Yates. This giveaway ends on February 20th. Enter here.

Jackie of Farmlanebooks is holding her first giveaway ever. She is giving away one copy of Random Acts of Heroic Love, by Danny Scheinmann. This giveaway ends February 28th. Enter here.

Arleigh of historical-fiction.com is giving away two new books to one winner: The Annotated Pride & Prejudice and Lost in Austen: Create Your Own Jane Austen Adventure. This giveaway ends on February 28th. Enter here.

Dovegreyreader of dovegreyreader scribbles is giving away 3 copies of Guernica by Dave Boling. Hurry, I'm not sure when this giveaway ends. Enter here.

Below are giveaways that I announced in previous weeks. There is still time to enter:

Kaye of J. Kaye's Book Blog is giving away THE CAMEL CLUB SERIES AUDIOBOOKS to one lucky winner. This givaway ends on February 20th. Enter here.

Linda of Your History is giving away one copy of Bloodprint, by Kitty Sewell. This giveaway ends on February 18th. Enter here.

GreenBean TeenQueen is giving away a prize pack of books and a $20 gift certificate to Amazon. This giveaway ends February 28th. Enter here.

Steven of Book Dads is giving away one copy of Ralphina, The Roly-Poly by Claudia Chandler. This giveaway ends on February 22nd. Enter here.

Carrie of Carrie's YA Bookshelf is giving away three books 1)You Are so Undead To Me, 2) Evermore, and 3) The Girls's Guide to Vampires. This giveaway ends on February 28th. Enter here.

Alyce of At Home with Books is giving away 4 books. The are Divine Justice by David Baldacc, iThe Dracula Dossier by James ReeseI, Lorelei by Yeardley Smith,Delicate Edible Birds by Lauren Groff. This giveaway ends on February 25th. Enter here.

Dar of Peeking Between the Pages is giving away her gently-used copy of Cassandra and Jane by Jill Pitkeathley and her gently- used DVD of Pride and Prejudice. This giveaway ends on February 18th. Enter here.

Lisa of Books on the Brain is giving away one copy of Monique and the Mango Rains by Kris Holloway. She is also donating $1 for every comment left, up to $50. This giveaway ends on February 17th. Enter here.

Melissa of Shhh I'm Reading... is having a Winners Choice Giveaway with some really good choices. This giveaway ends on February 22nd. Enter here.

Swapna Krishna of S. Krishna's Books is giving away one copy of Mistress Shakespeare by Karen Harper. This giveaway ends on February 22nd. Enter here.

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Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Winners of MY LITTLE RED BOOK by Rachel Kauder Nalebuff and GETTING NAKED AGAIN by Judith Sills, Ph.D.

Thanks again to Anna Balasi of Hachette Books for donating the books for this giveaway!

Thanks to all of you who entered! I wish that I could send a copy of this book to each of you!

A special thanks to those of you who follow my blog or became followers! I hope you enjoy my blog!

Without further ado, here are the 5 winners of Getting Naked Again:


Annie
TJ
Valerie
Bcteagirl
Madelyn








Here are the 5 winners of My Little Red Book:

Sheri S. Has the book already
Cecilia
Alea
Renee
Jodi
Ramya



Congratulations!

Please contact me within 3 days to claim your prizes.

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Monday, February 9, 2009

Mailbox Monday

This is what I received in my mailbox during the last week:


I won this at The Bluestocking Society. Thanks so much Jessica!





I won this at The Bluestocking Society. Thanks so much Jessica!









Thanks to Bronwyn Kienapple of Penguin Group (Canada)!








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With Love from Hachette Book Group Giveaway

Thanks to Hachette Books I have up to 5 sets of these books to give away!

Here's what each set will include:

1. Love in 90 Days By Diana Kirschner

2.Sundays at Tiffany’s By James Patterson and Gabrielle Charbonnet

3.Free Yourself to Love By Jackie Kendall

4.The Italian Lover By Robert Hellenga

5.Looking for Mrs. Friedman and Other Really Bad Ideas Steve Friedman

6. Getting Naked Again By Judith Sills

7.We Take This Man By Candice Dow and Daaimah Poole

8.Things I’ve Learned From Women Who’ve Dumped Me By Ben Karlin

9.Sexcapades By HoneyB

10.Love and Other Natural Disasters By Holly Shumas

11.Send Yourself Roses By Kathleen Turner

The number of entrants to this giveawy will determine how many sets I will give away.

1-10 entrants= 1 set

11-20 entrants= 2 sets

21-30 entrants= 3 sets

31-40 entrants= 4 sets

41 or more entrants = 5 sets

To enter:

1. For one entry, leave a comment telling me why you want to win these books. Please be sure to include email address so that I can contact you if you win.

2. For a second entry, post about this giveaway on your blog and leave link to your blog post in the comments. You will also get an entry for each person who tells me that they learned about this giveaway from you.

3. For 5 more entries: Become a Follower of my blog or subscribe to my blog through Google Reader. If you are already a subsriber or follower you still get the five extra entries! Please do not comment that you are a follower five times! I will give you the extra entries myself. I will delete any extra entries that you make as it will just confuse me when I go to pick the winners.

The giveaway is open to Canadian and US residents only.

You must be 18 years of age or older to enter.

The winner’s mailing address: NO P.O. Boxes.Only one entry per household/IP address.

This giveaway will end on Friday February 27th Midnight E.S.T. The winners will be notified by email, so remember to include your email address in the comments! If I don't have a way to contact you, your entries will be invalid!

Winners must respond within three days or will be disquilified.





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Celebrating African- American History Giveaway

Thanks to Hachette Books I have up to 5 sets of these books to give away!

Here's what each set will include:

1. The American Journey of Barack Obama By The Editors of Life Magazine
2. Fledgling By Octavia Butler
3. Stand the Storm By Breena Clarke
4. Red River By Lalita Tademy
5. Keep the Faith: A Memoir By Faith Evans
6. Say You’re One of Them By Uwem Akpan
7. The Shack By William Young
8. The Bishop’s Daughter By Tiffany Warren

The number of entrants to this giveawy will determine how many sets I will give away.

1-10 entrants= 1 set
11-20 entrants= 2 sets
21-30 entrants= 3 sets
31-40 entrants= 4 sets
41 or more entrants = 5 sets

To enter:
1. For one entry, leave a comment telling me why you want to win these books. Please be sure to include email address so that I can contact you if you win.

2. For a second entry, post about this giveaway on your blog and leave link to your blog post in the comments. You will also get an entry for each person who tells me that they learned about this giveaway from you.

3. For 5 more entries: Become a Follower of my blog or subscribe to my blog through Google Reader. If you are already a subsriber or follower you still get the five extra entries! Please do not comment that you are a follower five times! I will give you the extra entries myself. I will delete any extra entries that you make as it will just confuse me when I go to pick the winners.

The giveaway is open to Canadian and US residents only.

You must be 18 years of age or older to enter.

The winner’s mailing address: NO P.O. Boxes.Only one entry per household/IP address.

This giveaway will end on Friday February 27th Midnight E.S.T The winners will be notified by email, so remember to include your email address in the comments! If I don't have a way to contact you, your entries will be invalid!

Winners must respond within three days or will be disquilified.

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Sunday, February 8, 2009

Short Story Monday: A & P by John Updike










Last week, John of Book Mine Set reviewed this story. His review peeked my curiosity. I read one thing by Updike in Jr. High School. I can't even remember what it was and haven't read anything since.

Sammy, the narrator of the story is a 18 year old check-out clerk at A & P Grocery Store. One summer day three teenage girls walk into the store with nothing but bathing suits on. No cover-up and no shoes. As he observes them, as any teenage boy would, he finds it hard to concentrate on ringing out a customer's purchases. Did he ring in the Hi Ho crackers already?

Sammy describes the girls in detail. I could picture how he might tell his friends about what happened. Toward the end of the story the manger comes to Sammy's check out, where the girls end up and tells them that they must be dressed to come into the store. He allows them to make their purchase but is quite insistent that they will not be able to shop there again if they are not fully clothed.

Sammy disagrees with the manager and tells him so after the girls leave. He takes action but also think about the consequences of that action after.

Not a lot happens in this short story but it is quite engaging. This is a really nice coming-of-age story with the theme of consequences to one's choices. I think it is also about anti-establishment. This story was originally written back in the 60's when the younger generation were starting to question the establishment and authority.

4/5

Also reviewed by:
The Book Mine Set

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Saturday, February 7, 2009

This Week's Giveaways Galore


As usual, be sure to check back at this post throught the week for links to more book giveaways!

I still have 5 copies each of MY LITTLE RED BOOK by Rachel Kauder Nalebuff and GETTING NAKED AGAIN by Judith Sills, Ph.D to giveaway. Hurry this giveaway ends on February 10th Midnight E.S.T. Enter here.

I have 5 copies of The Terror By Dan Simmons to giveaway. This giveaway ends on Friday February 27th Midnight E.S.T. Enter here.

I have 5 copies of The Italian Lover By Robert Hellenga to giveaway. This giveaway ends on Friday February 27th Midnight E.S.T. Enter here.

New offerings:

Raidergirl3 of an adventure in reading is giving away aLM Montgomery book from the Anne series of your choice. This is in celebration of her 2 year blogging anniversary! This giveaway ends on February 12th. Enter here.

Julie of Booking Mama is giving away two copies of Signora da Vinci by Robin Maxwell. This giveaway ends February 13th. Enter here.

Marta of Marta's Meanderings is giving away three copies of Run For Your Life by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge. This giveaway ends on February 13th. Enter here.

GreenBean TeenQueen is giving away a prize pack of books and a $20 gift certificate to Amazon. This giveaway ends February 28th. Enter here.

Steph Su of Steph Su Reads is hosting her first giveaway ever. She is giving away the 2009 February relase of YA of your choice, to one or two people depending on the number of entries. This giveaway ends on February 12th. Enter here.

Steven of Book Dads is giving away one copy of Ralphina, The Roly-Poly by Claudia Chandler. This giveaway ends on February 22nd. Enter here.

Carrie of Carrie's YA Bookshelf is giving away three books 1)You Are so Undead To Me, 2) Evermore, and 3) The Girls's Guide to Vampires. This giveaway ends on February 28th. Enter here.

Alyce of At Home with Books is giving away 4 books. The are Divine Justice by David Baldacc, iThe Dracula Dossier by James ReeseI, Lorelei by Yeardley Smith,Delicate Edible Birds by Lauren Groff. This giveaway ends on February 25th. Enter here.

Dar of Peeking Between the Pages is giving away her gently-used copy of Cassandra and Jane by Jill Pitkeathley and her gently- used DVD of Pride and Prejudice. This giveaway ends on February 18th. Enter here.

Katrina of Stone Soup is giving away a signed copy of The Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford. this giveaway ends on February 15th. Enter here.

Lisa of Books on the Brain is giving away one copy of Monique and the Mango Rains by Kris Holloway. She is also donating $1 for every comment left, up to $50. This giveaway ends on February 17th. Enter here.

Melissa of Shhh I'm Reading... is having a Winners Coice Giveaway with some really good choices. This giveaway ends on February 22nd. Enter here.

Swapna Krishna of S. Krishna's Books is giving away one copy of Mistress Shakespeare by Karen Harper. This giveaway ends on February 22nd. Enter here.

Below are giveaways that I announced in previous weeks. There is still time to enter:

Megan of Po(sey) Sessions is having a giveaway with multiple prizes in honor of her birthday: 1rst prize is a $30 Amazon shopping spree. You pick the books, she purchases and has them shipped directly to you.2nd and 3rd prizes are $10 gift certificates to book seller of your choice. This giveaway ends on February 15th. Enter here.

Kaye of J. Kaye's Book Blog is giving away THE CAMEL CLUB SERIES AUDIOBOOKS to one lucky winner. This givaway ends on February 20th. Enter here.

Linda of Your History is giving away one copy of Bloodprint, by Kitty Sewell. This giveaway ends on February 18th. Enter here.

Dawn of She Is Too Fond Of Books … is giving away 5 copies of The Red Leather Diary by Lily Koppel. This giveaway ends on February 16th. Enter here.

Jill of The Magic Lasso is giving away one copy of Matrimony by Joshua Henkin. This is Jill's very first giveaway! This giveaway ends on February 14th. Enter here.

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Friday, February 6, 2009

A Long Stone's Throw by Alphie McCourt


The youngest of the McCourt brothers.

First there was 'Angela's Ash's and other books by Frank McCourt. Then his brother Malachy with the book "And a Monk Swimming". Now the youngest of the McCourt brothers, Alphie has written a book.

Not many years after his brothers move to New York City from Ireland, Alphie and his mother followed. We hear about his family, this time from Alphie's perspective but much the same as what his brothers describe. Then we hear about his life.
Alphie didn't have the same luck in life as his brothers had. He went from dead-end job to the other throughout his life. He also battled alcoholism. Things looked up for awhile when he owned a restaurant, but that eventually went bankrupt.

He does share one talent with his brother's and that is writing. He shared songs, stories and poems throughout his story, which were enhanced by the audio version of the is book as he sang the songs. Not that he's a great singer, but you get to hear them they way they were meant to be heard. A bit of the books got repetative so it could have used a bit more editing.

Alphie McCourt's story is honest, funny, and sad. I hope his writing is the start in a new and better chapter in his life!

Recommended.

3.5/5

Thank you to Anna Balasi of Hachette Books for a copy of this audiobook!

Also reviewed at:
Bermudaonion’s Weblog

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