10 Days in Google Books — Win a Sony Reader!
I’m a little late posting about this one. This contest started July 27th (Monday), but it runs until August 5th. Each day, visit the 10 Days in Google Books Game page and click “Start Playing Now.” Here’s what you need to know: Each day Google Books will pose five questions (each day the theme changes). [...]
Win Nine New Books from The Man Booker Prize
Image courtesy of Man Booker Prize.com The Man Booker Prize for fiction was first awarded in 1969. Eligibility requirements are as follows: “Any full-length novel, written by a citizen of the Commonwealth or the Republic of Ireland and published this year, is eligible for the prize. The novel must be an original work in English [...]
Summer is Almost Over
How is it possible that by the end of this week, it will be August? I feel like summer just started yesterday. I have this huge pile of books I want to read and haven’t gotten through nearly as many as I’d like to. Being mid-read in five pregnancy related books is really slowing my [...]
Re-Writing Hemingway?
A.E. Hotchner wrote this op-ed in the NYT on Sunday regarding a new, very different edition of Hemingway’s A Moveable Feast. Apparently Hemingway’s extra crazy, whiny grandson wasn’t a fan of the way his grandmother was portrayed in the book. He chopped up the parts he didn’t like, inserting pieces from other Hemingway works that [...]
One Million Pages Needs Your Help
Some of you may not know that I am a Project Manager with One Million Pages. I first mentioned One Million Pages in a post in February, here. When I became a project manager, I posted again about OMP and our Twitter page @OneMillionPages. If you follow us on Twitter, then you already know we [...]
TweetPsych
After reading a post by Christina at Phenominal Content about TweetPsych, I definitely had to try it out. I love psychology and language, so I jumped on this immediately. It a lot of fun, so try it out. If you do, leave me a comment with a link to your results and your Twitter. If [...]
Review: The Almost Moon — Alice Sebold
Shop Indie Bookstores I read Lovely Bones and Lucky in 2008. Sebold’s first two books had some similarities but were quite different in many ways. I really enjoyed them both, though Lovely Bones was my favorite of the two. I was excited when I found The Almost Moon on Glyde.com for under $5. I won’t [...]
Roundup: Everything I Should Have Blogged This Week
Glyde had a great Fourth of July sale this month. They’ve been having more specials, sales, and contests lately. If you sign up for the mailing list or follow them @Glyde on Twitter, you will hear about those things immediately. An example of one of their contests a while back was on Twitter. They asked [...]
Review: The Deadline Murders — Ron Morgans
Shop Indie Bookstores The Deadline Murders is the first book in a series by Ron Morgans, called The Fox & Farraday Mysteries. The novel begins in London, introducing a cast of characters throughout Europe and China. As a photojournalist, Ron Morgans worked on eight UK National newspapers and covered many major world events. You can [...]
