First of all, I want to thank everyone who entered. This has been my most successful giveaway ever and it has realy been a lot of fun. I had a grand total of 72 entries – more than enough to give away all 5 books. And I almost pulled off a perfect pick: the first 4 names the Randomizer spat… Read more
Marie at The Boston Bibliophile was nice enough to let me know that she *hearts* my blog! What a nice thing to say! I’d seen these little logos popping up and I’m tickled to be included. Here are the rules: 1) Add the logo of the award to your blog2) Add a link to the person who awarded it to… Read more
I don’t usually get material for this blog from People magazine, but I thought this was really sweet: Robin Thicke keeps the romance alive by reading to his wife. I can’t say that I’m thrilled with some of his selections, but I think the idea of reading to a lover is very romantic. I dated one man who was also… Read more
This morning, I am ashamed of our big local newspaper. The Cleveland Plain Dealer has decided to remove a reporter, Donald Rosenberg, who has covered the Cleveland Orchestra for more than 28 years. The reason? Mr. Rosenberg is critical of the current maestro, Franz Wesler-Most, and the Plain Dealer caved under the pressure. The editor, Susan Goldberg, says it’s an… Read more
Hard to admit, but my giveaway isn’t the only game in town. Here are a few that I want to win: BermudaOnion is giving away a copy of Brad Meltzer’s Book of Lies, which looks terrific. I wanna win this one myself! Boston Bibliophile is giving away a copy of Matrimony – everyone is talking about this one. She Is… Read more
The Book Lady’s Blog is celebrating Banned Books Week and I think it’s a fabulous idea! The very idea of banning a book makes me cringe. We’ve got a vice presidential candidate who has shown herself to be in favor of censoring books, our libraries and schools are under enormous pressure from people with particular points of view about what… Read more
Today’s Question: Favorite Authors. Who do you have named in your LT account as favorite authors? Why did you choose them? How many people share your choices? Can you share a picture of one of them? I haven’t really paid much attention to this feature. I listed a few authors way back when and added one more recently, when I… Read more
It’s Tuesday and time for another episode of…Teaser Tuesdays! This week, it was really hard to choose a passage! I’m reading Nation by Terry Pratchett and there is so much good stuff in here. But I decided to cheat just a bit and include 3 lines, because they’re short and they go together. So, from page 48: REPLACE THE GOD… Read more
Raymond White is a young man who has everything: a fancy degree, a gorgeous fiance, a high-powered career and connections that are about to land him a seat in the US Congress. Then he agrees to do a favor for a dying friend and it all falls apart. His rivals frame him for murder, taking the job, the Congressional seat… Read more
I have a pile of books that I have been thinking about giving away and I just couldn’t decide which one should go next…so I’m going to let you decide! (I haven’t tried a giveaway like this before, so wish me luck!) Below are the five books you can choose from. Pick a book and leave a comment to enter.… Read more