Who is Too Fond of Books?

I’m Dawn, welcome to my book blog! This is the place for book reviews, author interviews, giveaways, Spotlight on Bookstores series, bookish musings, and news from the publishing world.

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Like water running downhill, books stack up on my wish list!

There are so many ways to add to our book wish lists and to-be-read stacks:

impulse purchases (“oh, that cover!”)
reading through an author’s back list
book group selections
reviews (traditional/print and blogs)
recommendation of a friend
gifts

And, of course, the circuitous route of clicking on links on the web, following the path from book to author to book.  I “let [...]

The Week Ahead: September 6 – 12, 2008

First, I want to thank everyone who joined me in planning The Week Ahead during August and September.  I’ve enjoyed keeping up with you all, including:

 

 

Ti at Book Chatter and Other Stuff
Bree at The Things We Read
Shannon at Confuzzled Books
Stephanie at And Life Goes On …

I gave everyone one entry for each The Week Ahead [...]

The Week Ahead: September 15 – 21, 2008

I’m posting my Week Ahead a day earlier than usual this week – it’s going to be a busy week!  There’s a lot happening here and on other book blogs in conjunction with Book Blogger Appreciation Week … check out this partial listing of what’s going on in my little corner of the world:

Monday 9/15 – I’m [...]

The Week Ahead: September 8 – 14, 2008

It’s that time of the week – when I sit down and figure out (roughly, sometimes very roughly!) what my week will look like.  Here’s what’s on tap this week:

Monday 9/8- Following this post is a post about my latest giveaway … author Joshua Henkin has generously offered a copy of his novel Matrimony, which [...]

The Week Ahead: September 1 – 7, 2008

Monday 9/1 – September 1st!  Happy Labor Day!  Today I begin the LT Author Challenge, inspired by the Boston Bibliophile’s question last week, “who are your LibraryThing authors?”  A full explanation of the challenge is here; I’m still working on my list of books for the challenge, and will post it within the next few [...]

The Week Ahead: August 18 – 24, 2008

There’s still time to join us in planning “the week ahead”, and to enter to win a Page-A-Day Book Lover’s Calendar.  Find the details here:

A snapshot of what may, or may not, happen in my life this week:

Monday – We were away this weekend, so much of my day will be spent recovering from that [...]

Heard of HarperCollins Huge Happening?

 

They call it the Free Books for a Year Sweepstakes, I call it AMAZING!  The winner gets a dozen copies of a twelve specially-selected books; that’s enough to keep your book group busy for a year (or more if you take a summer hiatus)!!

Titles include:

The Madonnas of Leningrad by Debra Dean
The Space Between Us by Thrity Umrigar
Run by Ann [...]