Rumor has it that a lot of book-loving people are going to descend on New York toward the end of May!
The literary trifecta of Book Expo America, Book Blogger Con, and New York Book Week will have authors, booksellers, librarians, bloggers, reviewers, and readers of all types taking a juicy bite of the Big Apple.
I started a [...]
Did you enter the giveaway for Eve Bunting’s S is for Shamrock? Pop over here to see if you’re the winner!
Thanks to TLC Book Tours and HarperCollins for arranging this giveaway. Click over to my Giveaways page to find out the names of the three winners.
Head over to my Giveaways page to enter to win a Eve Bunting’s S is for Shamrock. This lovely picture book is an illustrated book of Irish culture, for ages 4-104.
Did you enter this giveaway? Want to see if you’re a winner? Or simply eager to offer congratulations to those who scored this audiobook?
Pop over to this post to see who the three winners are.
I was pleased to see the great response to the giveaway for two copies of Lisa See’s Shanghai Girls (my review). Lots of people are interested in this historical novel that follows two Chinese sisters, the circumstances that caused them to leave China, and their adaptation as immigrants to America!
Thanks to the publisher (Random House) [...]
It happens every year … around Thanksgiving I start getting phone calls and emails from the relatives:
What can we get the kids for Christmas this year? Is The Little Guy still into Playmobil? There was a beautiful 5000-piece puzzle at the toy shop, should I pick it up for the family? Are they still into [...]
I’m a big believer in stepping outside the comfort zone. It’s important not only to challenge ourselves and to continuously learn, but to model that “try something new” attitude for the children in our lives.
I’ve tried several new-to-me activities in the past few years; many of these were pushing my physical endurance – road races, [...]
Here’s a story to illustrate the validity of the phrase “community of book bloggers.” We are a community of readers and writers whose impact on each other can reach further than the book recommendations we love to give and receive.
During Book Blogger Appreciation Week (BBAW) 2008, Fashionista Piranha wrote a guest post about kiva.org on [...]
Today’s assignment from the BBAW meme fairies is to “encourage you to blog about a book you read only because you discovered it on another book blog. Preferably, this will be a book you loved! You might also write a bit about the blog you discovered it on!”
OK, here’s the thing … when it comes [...]
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