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My Favorite Books Of 2011—And We Have A Winner!
Judythe Morgan is the lucky winner of Underdead by Liz Jasper. Congratulations and happy reading, Judythe! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ My 2011 list of books that enticed and tantalized me wasn’t easy to come up with but here they are with my great thanks to all these authors and publishers— 1.В В Hounded by Kevin Hearne (Del Rey Books)—Atticus [...]
January 29, 2012
Tags: Angry Robot, Atria Books, Del Rey Books, Egmont, HarperCollins, Little Brown Books for Young Readers, Minotaur Books, Self-published, Tanglewood Press Posted in: Contests/Giveaways, Tales of a Bookseller
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This Has Gotta Be A Better Year!
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January 1, 2012
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The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year
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December 25, 2011
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Where Will Your Child Be Today?
Jenny Milchman, a soon-to-be-published author, had a great idea last year and she created Take Your Child to a Bookstore Day to celebrate the love all readers have for bookstores and reading and kids. And, now, it’s the second annual Take Your Child to a Bookstore Day today, Saturday, December 3rd. Don’t have a child? [...]
December 3, 2011
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Thanksgiving Treats—And Treats For A Pair Of Contest Winners!
Family, Friends and Food—It’s All Good! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Congratulations to the winners of Carolyn J. Rose’s A Place of Forgetting— Paperback—Sandi Lewis Ebook—Malena E. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please support your local independent shops this Saturday!
November 24, 2011
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A Very Happy Kittywe’en—and We Have a Winner!
Congratulations to Diana Orgain, winner of Liz Jasper’s Underdead! Trick or Treat
October 31, 2011
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Not My Favorite Time Of Year
August and September. These have generally not been the kindest of all months in my life, especially in the last 15 to 20 years. The cloud has been there even as far back as 1965, when my best friend was diagnosed with a brain tumor, the first of many in a cruel disease that would [...]
September 11, 2011
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The Lucky 10
Congratulations to all these terrific folks who’ve been living right this week, at least in this one small way ; ) Enjoy your freebies!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Shirley Nienkark—Blasphemy by Douglas Preston (2008)—The world’s biggest supercollider, locked in an Arizona mountain, was built to reveal the secrets of the very moment of creation: the Big Bang itself. [...]
July 21, 2011
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It’s Contest Time Again!
Yes, indeed, it’s freebie time again! Leave a comment below and on as many other posts as you want between now and the end of the day next Wednesday, July 20th. Each comment will earn you an entry into the random drawing for one of these fine ARCs. Open to US and Canadian residents. Winners [...]
July 13, 2011
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And Now For A Chuckle Or Two…
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July 12, 2011
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