Friday Finds
Books I found out about this week:
Mistress Shakespeare by Karen Harper
Reviewed at Devourer of Books
A Singular Hostage by Thalassa Ali
Friday, February 6, 2009
Books I found out about this week:A Singular Hostage by Thalassa Ali
Monday, February 2, 2009
Mail Box Monday
This is what I received in my mailbox during the last week:
Thanks to Anna Balasi of Hachette Book Group!
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Your Blog is Fabulous Award and Blog Friends Award
Thanks to Sally of Book and other Games for giving me this award!
Recipients are encouraged to write five things that they are addicted to and then pass it on to five other blogs.
My addictions:
1. I'm addicted to animals/ pets.
2. I'm addicted to reading books.
3. I'm addicted to blogging and reading other people's blogs.
4. I'm addicted to international film.
5. I'm addicted to good vegan food.
Need I mention my wonderful hubby?
Now to tag 5 other bloggers...
1. The Book Mine Set
2. A Season to Read
3. things mean a lot
4. Presenting Lenore
5. Wendi's Book Corner
Thanks to Kristi of Books and Needlepoint for giving me this award!
March 26, 2009 update:
Bobbie of Book Reviews By Bobbie just gave me this award as well. Thanks so much Bobbie! It's so nice to have so many wonderful friends!
About the Award:
"These blogs are exceedingly charming. These kind bloggers aim to find and be friends. They are not interested in self-aggrandizement. Our hope is that when the ribbons of these prizes are cut, even more friendships are propagated. Please give more attention to these writers. Deliver this award to eight bloggers who must choose eight more and include this cleverly-written text into the body of their award."
I would like to pass this award on to:
7. Stone Soup
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. This giveaway ends on February 10th Midnight E.S.T. Enter here.
I also have two new 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.
New offerings:
Nancy of Bookfoolery and Babble is giving away The Big Box of History Rocks, a total of 8 books! This giveaway ends on February 5th. To find out what books and to enter, go here.
Confessions of a Real Librarian is giving away 5 copies of The Laws of Harmony by Judith R. Hendricks. This giveaway ends on February 9th. Enter here.
Anna of Diary of an Eccentric is giving away 5 copies of To My Senses by Alexandrea Weis. This giveaway ends on Sunday, February 8th. Enter here.
Karen Harrington is giving away a copy of her book, JANEOLOGY. To enter, you need to write a 10 word short story. This is a fun one! This giveaway ends on February 5th. Enter here.
Dar at Peeking Between the Pages is giving away one copy of The King's Rose by Alisa M. Libby. This giveaway ends on February 8th. Enter here.
Tanabata of In the Spring it is the Dawn is having a Japanese-themed giveaway. There are two book and a calander that Tanabata mde with photos she took from Japan. The giveaway ends on February 7th. 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.
Katrina of Stone Soup is giving away any book readily available for $25 or less, not counting shipping, blah blah blah. This giveaway ends on February 9th. 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.Steven of Book Dads is giving away one copy of Savvy by Ingrid Law. The giveaway ends on February 1st. Enter here.
Kaye of J. Kaye's Book Blog is giving away one copy of CASSANDRA & JANE by Jill Pitkeathley. This giveaway ends on February 6th. Enter here. J. Kaye is also giving away ne THE CAMEL CLUB SERIES AUDIOBOOKS to one lucky winner. This givaway ends on February 20th. Enter here.
Bobbie of Book Reviews By Bobbie is giving away one copy of Hidden Truths by Brenda Youngerman. This giveaway ends on February 6th. Enter here.
Lenore of Presenting Lenore is giving away 8 YA books compliments of Penguin Books. This giveaway ends on February 8th. To find out more and to enter, go here.
Arleigh from Historical-Fiction.com is giving away the biography of your choice. This giveaway ends on February 1st. To find out more and enter, go here.
Linda of Your History is giving away one copy of Bloodprint, by Kitty Sewell. This giveaway ends on February 18th. Enter here.
Kaye of J. Kaye's Book Blog is giving away one copy of The Ride by Jane Kennedy Sutton. This giveaway ends on February 6th. Enter here. She is also giving away one copy of HEART OF STONE by Diana Palmer. This giveaway ends on February 6th. Enter here.
Sandra of FRESH INK BOOKS is giving away one copy of My Father's Paradise by Ariel Sabar. This giveaway ends on February 7th. Enter here.
Dar of Peeking Between the Pages is giving away a copy of MY SPLENDID CONCUBINE BY LLOYD LOFTHOUSE. This giveaway ends on February 1st. Enter here.
Katrina of Stone Soup is giving away the Connie Willis book of your choice. This giveaway ends on February 2nd. Enter here.
Friday, January 30, 2009
Giveaway: The Terror By Dan Simmons
Thanks to Valerie Russo of Hachette Books, I have 5 copies of The Terror By Dan Simmons to giveaway!
Book Information:
The men on board HMS Terror have every expectation of finding the Northwest Passage. When the expedition's leader, Sir John Franklin, meets a terrible death, Captain Francis Crozier takes command and leads his surviving crewmen on a last, desperate attempt to flee south across the ice.
But as another winter approaches, as scurvy and starvation grow more terrible, and as the Terror on the ice stalks them southward, Crozier and his men begin to fear there is no escape.
A haunting, gripping story based on actual historical events, The Terror is a novel that will chill you to your core.
From http://www.dansimmons.com/:
"Dan's Arctic adventure-dark fantasy novel The Terror was on a variety of Top 10 lists for 2007, including Entertainment Weekly's Top 10 Books of 2007, USA Today's Top 10 Books, Stephen King's "Top 10 from My Reading in 2007" list also quoted in Entertainment Weekly, and was # 1 on Amazon.com's "2007 Top 10 SF and Horror Novels" list. The Terror was also in the Top 12 of all books rated by Book Sense, the journal of independent bookstores."
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. 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! Winners must respond within three days or will be disquilified.
Giveaway: The Italian Lover By Robert Hellenga
Thanks to Valerie Russo of Hachette Books, I have 5 copies of The Italian Lover By Robert Hellenga to giveaway!
Book Information:
An exhilarating novel of romance, art, and food in Florence, featuring the beloved Margot Harrington, who graced Robert Hellenga's The Sixteen Pleasures. Margot Harrington's memoir about her discovery in Florence of a priceless masterwork of Renaissance erotica - and the misguided love affair it inspired - is now, 25 years later, being made into a movie.
Margot, with the help of her lover, Woody, writes a script that she thinks will validate her life. Of course their script is not used, but never mind - happy endings are the best endings for movies, as Margot eventually comes to see.
At the former convent in Florence where "The Sixteen Pleasures" - now called "The Italian Lover," - is being filmed, Margot enters into a drama she never imagined, where her ideas of home, love, art, and aging collide with the imperatives of commerce and the unknowability of other cultures and other people.
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. 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! Winners must respond within three days or will be disquilified.
Winners of the Sundays at Tiffany's by James Patterson, Gabrielle Charbonnet Giveaway
Thanks again to Valerie Russo of Hachette Books for donating the books for this giveaway!
Thanks to all of you who entered! Because of all of you, the response was overwhelming! 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 three winners:
Annie
Jason
Kitten
Linda
Becca (Becca withdrew since she already owns the book!)
Heather
Congratulations!
Please contact me within 3 days to claim your prizes.
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Stealing Athena by Karen Essex
Captivating!
Stealing Athena is about two influential and custom defying women in history. Both caught between the conventions of their time and trying to help the men they loved.
At 21, newlywed, Mary, the countess of Elgin used her charm and influence with the Ottoman Empire to gain permission for her husband Elgin to deconstruct what was left of the Greek Parthenon and bring it's amazing sculptures back to England, during the Napoleonic wars.
Two millennia earlier, Aspasia, courtesan to Perikles and philosopher, used her charm and influence to get Athens to allow the building of the Parthenon and all of its amazing monuments.
The flow of the book going from one time and place to the other was weaved in perfect synchronization by Karen Essex. Her descriptions of both the construction and deconstruction of the Parthenon made me feeling like I was there, witnessing it for myself. Essex poet pose made me race through the pages, but not wanting the book to end.
This is historical fiction at its finest! Highly recommended!
5/5
Thanks to Adrienne C. Sparks of Doubleday for a copy of this book!
Also reviewed by:
Monday, January 26, 2009
Mail Box Monday
This is what I received in my mailbox during the last week:
Thanks to Miriam Parker of Hachette Book Group
Thanks to Kaitlyn Kennedy of New American Library.
Short Story Monday: The Visitor by Marisa Silver
Dysfunctional People
Candy lost her mother Sylvie due to a drug overdose, at the young age of eleven. She lived with her grandmother, Marjorie throughout her childhood and into adulthood. Before she died Sylvie would show up every once in awhile, mostly to steal things.
Candy became a nurse's aide at a V.A. hospital but continued to live with Marjorie. It took her income and her grandmother's, from dressmaking, to survive. Also, almost every night Marjorie would wake to some noise, usually the tap running in the bathroom. She would start yelling at the ghost that she accused of doing this and wake Candy.
One day a new soldier was admitted to the hospital with a missing arm and he would not speak. Candy would spend time with him, not saying a word. She would stare at him and he would look angry but never said a word.
This was a very odd story. All of the people in it were clearly dysfunctional. The part with Candy's mother and grandmother made sense to me, but I couldn't really figure out how the solder tied in except for the anger the Candy obviously had that he also had.
That said, I did find it worthwhile.
3.5/5
You can read The Visitor for free at The New Yorker website, here. If you do, please come back and tell me how you think the soldier fits into the story.
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