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Friday July 9 -
add your thoughts to the TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (Part I) readalong discussion
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An educator's creative TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD lesson (fab guest post!)
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Friday July 23 - add your thoughts to the TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (Part I) readalong discussion
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Winners of Michael Connelly’s *The Scarecrow* audiobook

The winners of Michael Connelly’s The Scarecrow audiobook are … (drumroll, please) ….

#21 – Tom Norton
#7 – Renee G
#25 – Sugarbaby16

Congratulations to all!  Please send me an email with your US/Canada mailing address; the audiobook will be mailed to you directly from Hachette Book Group.

Audiobook giveaway: *The Scarecrow* by Michael Connelly

 

 

Hachette Audio is offering copies of Michael Connelly’s The Scarecrow on audiobook to three readers of She is Too Fond of Books!

Here’s a summary from the publisher:

 

 

Forced out of the Los Angeles Timesamid the latest budget cuts, newspaperman Jack McEvoy decides to go out with a bang, using his final days at the paper to [...]

Winner: The Brass Verdict

Congratulations to Superpaige who won my ARC of The Brass Verdict!  It will be mailed out in the next few days – don’t forget to Pay It Forward after you’ve read it.

Thanks to all who entered by telling me why you wanted a chance to read this sneak peak at a great new crime/mystery novel [...]

June Giveaway: The Brass Verdict

There was a lot of interest in my review of The Brass Verdict … many people want to read it NOW and not wait for the final version to be published in October.  I’ve decided to share my ARC in a giveaway this month!  If you’d like to enter:

Leave a comment below, indicating WHY you’d like [...]

Book Review: The Brass Verdict

The Brass Verdict by Michael Connelly
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company (October 14, 2008 )
Hardcover: 416 pages
ISBN-10: 0316166294
ISBN-13: 978-0316166294
SheIsTooFondOfBooksRating: 4 Stars

I was given the opportunity to review an Advance Reading Copy of Michael Connelly’s The Brass Verdict, to be published in October 2008 by Little, Brown and Company.  Mystery thrillers are a minority on [...]