Lisa at Books, Lists, Life is having a great giveaway with lots of chances to win. You can enter here! The Boston Bibliophile is giving away a copy of The Lace Reader – I would love to win a copy of this one! You can enter here. Read more
Yearly Archives: 2008
Tuesday Thingers
Today’s question from The Boston Bibliophile: Today’s topic: Recommendations. Do you use LT’s recommendations feature? Have you found any good books by using it? Do you use the anti-recommendations, or the “special sauce” recommendations? How do you find out about books you want to read? Honestly, I have not found the Recommendations feature to be much help. I have checked… Read more
And the winner is…
Shana! Shana was good enough to blog about my contest and I’ll be sending out her free book as soon as she sends me her mailing address. Thanks to everyone who entered, and I hope you come back and visit often. Check back next week, because I have a copy of Tan Lines to give away! Read more
The Watercooler Effect: A Psychologist Explores the Extraordinary Power of Rumors by Nicholas DiFonzo
The Watercooler Effect is a very timely piece of work. It is, after all, election season. My inbox has been overflowing with forwarded bits of political “information,” most of it nonsense. I’d always believed this was primarily designed to sway my vote one way or another, but it turns out there may be other forces at work. I was most… Read more
New to my library…
I got three new ARCs while I was out of town on business (Milwaukee this time, not Amsterdam): – So Long at the Fair by Christina Schwarz. Once again, someone has got my name in the system twice, because I received 2 copies. You know what that means! Keep an eye out here for a giveaway. – Happy Hour is… Read more
Shining City by Seth Greenland
Marcus Ripps is an ordinary guy – he manages a toy factory in Van Nuys, his wife, Jan, runs a small boutique, his son is getting ready for his bar mitzvah. Then the factory moves to China, Marcus loses his job and suddenly the family is struggling to keep a roof over their heads. Enter Marcus’ estranged brother Julian –… Read more
Tuesday Thingers…
From Boston Bibliophile: Today’s topic: Book-swapping. Do you do it? What site(s) do you use? How did you find out about them? What do you think of them? Do you use LT’s book-swapping column feature for information on what to swap? Do you participate in any of the LT communities that discuss bookswapping, like the Bookmooch group for example? Right… Read more
My First Giveaway!
I have received some duplicate ARCs lately, so it’s time for a giveaway! First up… Stealing Athena, by Karen Essex This book has gotten great reviews on other blogs and I am really looking forward to reading it. Since I was fortunate enough to get 2 copies, I’d like to share one with a lucky reader (in the US or… Read more
Admit One: A Journey Into Film by Emmett James
This book starts with a fun premise: Emmett James’ life has revolved around the movies, so he tells his stories in the context of the movies. From his first family outings to the cinema for Jungle Book to his appearance in a soft-core porn film, he manages to tie his significant life experiences to the movies. (Not surprising for an… Read more
A giveaway!
There’s a giveaway at She Is Too Fond of Books! You can enter to win a copy of The Genizah at the House of Shepher. I saw this book on LibraryThing but did not get a review copy, but all the reviews have been very good. Enter by July 31st for your chance to win. Read more