It’s the Summer of Gomez! Get free books and win a Kindle or iPod. As reviewers have been calling “No Hope for Gomez!” the perfect summer read – light, fast, fun – I decided to give this summer’s Gomez readers some exclusive content and the chance to win prizes. About No Hope for Gomez! It’s [CONTINUE READING]
Jul 052011
To celebrate the Royal Wedding, Sourcebooks and The British Babes Book Brigade are giving away lots of books & royal wedding mementos! Visit The British Babes Book Brigade Fan page each day for a change to win… The 1st place winner will get a William & Kate wedding memento (it is top secret for now [CONTINUE READING]
I love to get “new” things to add to my collections; books, movies, music, and games. And I love it even more when I can get these things at a good deal. My favorite way is utilizing our local stores who offer used items and often I can find some in nearly new looking condition [CONTINUE READING]
There’s still time to enter one of the book giveaways that will be ending this coming Saturday 12/18. Just click the images below to be taken to the book giveaway’s post and be sure to follow how to be entered. Winners will be announced within the giveaway post comments, in the weekly Sunday re-cap newsletter, [CONTINUE READING]
AN IMAGINARY FRIEND Jane Margaux is a lonely little girl. Her mother, the powerful head of a New York theater company, makes time for her only once a week, for their Sunday trip to admire jewelry at Tiffany’s. Jane has only one friend: a handsome, comforting, funny man named Michael. He’s perfect. But only she [CONTINUE READING]
Staying in is the new going out. Media like The New York Times and ABC News report a return to old-fashioned, low-cost game night, and retailers have seen sales of games rise 20 percent in the last year. Now comes The Ultimate Gamebook for Grown-ups, an extraordinary collection of more than 300 games for friends [CONTINUE READING]
Sep 082010
Awhile back, SourceBooks asked if I’d be interested in reviewing Kara Louise’s book Darcy’s Voyage. With all the Jane Austen rewrites of “what if’s”, I just had to get a copy because I’m a sucker for “complex” and stubborn people who eventually fall in love. Not only did I get the opportunity to review it, [CONTINUE READING]
The Periodic Table is one of man’s crowning scientific achievements. But it’s also a treasure trove of stories of passion, adventure, betrayal, and obsession. The infectious tales and astounding details in THE DISAPPEARING SPOON follow carbon, neon, silicon, and gold as they play out their parts in human history, finance, mythology, war, the arts, poison, [CONTINUE READING]
