Bookish Links for Saturday, April 25, 2009
Posted By CarrieK on April 25, 2009
Giveaways:
There are a ton of giveaways going on in the book blogging world this week – here are the ones I came across and remembered to bookmark to share with you.
~ Debbie at Wrighty’s Reads is giving away two James Patterson books in honor of her own birthday.
~ Bridget at Readaholic is giving away five copies of Made in the U.S.A. by Billie Letts.
~ Kristi at Books and Needlepoint is also giving away five copies of Made in the U.S.A..
~ Teddy Rose at So Many Precious Books, So Little Time is giving away five copies of Testimony by Anita Shreve. This is a fantastic book about a difficult subject.
~ Julie at Booking Mama is also giving away a copy of Testimony.
~ And another chance to win Testimony at Jo-Jo Loves to Read.
~ Jennifer at Literate Housewife is giving away three copies of Boneman’s Daughters by Ted Dekker – sounds suspenseful! She also points us to a Blog Talk interview with Ted Dekker. I’ve enjoyed a lot of Dekker’s thrillers.
~ Jennifer at Jennifer’s Book Blog is giving away a copy of Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson.
~ S. Krishna is giving away two copies of Everyone is Beautiful by Katherine Center.
~ Serena at Savvy Verse & Wit is giving away five copies of Girls in Trucks by Katie Crouch.
~ Serena is also giving away a copy of The Mechanics of Falling and Other Stories by Catherine Brady.
~ Dawn at She is Too Fond of Books is giving away five copies of The Girl Who Stopped Swimming by Joshilyn Jackson.
~ 5 Minutes for Books is giving away a copy of Things I Want My Daughters to Know by Elizabeth Noble.
~ Nomadreader is giving away five copies of The Girl Who Stopped Swimming by Joshilyn Jackson.
~ And don’t forget my Blogwarming Giveaway.
Discussion starters:
~ Alyce at At Home With Books has a great discussion going on in the comments section of her post To Meme or Not To Meme.
~ Trish at Hey, Lady! Whatcha Readin’? has a post asking When Do Negative Reviews Go Too Far. Lots of great points made in the comments as well.
~ Shelley at Write for a Reader has a guest post by author J.W. Nicklaus about misconceptions about being published. A must-read if you’re an aspiring writer.
Book news:
~ This 10-year-old author has his third book coming out this week!
Mutual Appreciation Society:
~ Sandy at You’ve Gotta Read This was gracious enough to do a post about my blog move, including an interview in which she asked me questions about my life and my reading. It was a lot of fun answering her questions, and I really appreciate Sandy helping me get the word out.
Reviews:
~ Lilly at Reading Extravaganza has a review of Follow Me by Joanna Scott that had me clicking over to Amazon to add it to my wish list.
~ Devourer of Books has a terrific review of Uglies by Scott Westerfeld – I loved this book, and just started the sequel, Pretties, yesterday.
~ Beth at Beth Fish Reads has a review of Dana Stabenow’s A Cold Day for Murder. I listened to this on audiobook last year – I’m glad Beth reviewed it, because it reminded me that I wanted to check out more books in the series.
Freebies:
~ Halahblue at Reading is Sexy points out 9 free audiobooks at Barnes and Noble.
Essay Reading Challenge:
~ Rebecca at Lost in Books has a review of the essay “Obscenity” by Kurt Vonnegut. Interesting discussion in the comments, too.
~ Avis at She Reads and Reads reviews the book Pathologies: A Life in Essays by Susan Olding.
Wow at the giveaways! Great links! I’m off to check some of these out now
Hi Carrie,
You asked me if I had read “Pillars of the Earth” by Ken Follett. Yes I did. I really liked it. But I really like those kind of books. I like the history from that time period. And yes it is a long book, but so rich in history and Follett is very descriptive in his writing. Thanks for stopping by my place. Have a great evening!
Sherrie
Ladytink – good luck with the giveaways!
Sherrie – thanks for stopping by and answering my question. I think I’ll add it to my to-read list.
Thanks for posting links to my giveaways! I appreciate it.
Serena – you’re welcome!
Pillars of the Earth is one of my favorite reads of all time! I was reading it while working in and around London. On the weekends, my colleagues and I would wander the little towns and check out the huge cathedrals, which even made the book more special! World Without End, its sequel, is phenomenal too (read it on audio!)
Sandy – Okay, now I’m truly convinced – I’ll have to see if the library has it on audio.
Super list of links! Great job. Pillars is a great audiobook! I could hardly stop listening.
Beth – I put the audiobook on hold at my library!
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