Bookish links for Saturday, May 2, 2009

Can you believe that it’s May already? This year is flying by. It was in the 70s here today – spring is finally coming! If you have some time for web-surfing this weekend, check out some of these links:

Giveaways:
~ Enter to win a copy of The Girl Who Stopped Swimming by Joshilyn Jackson at A Circle of Books, Reading With Monie and Debbie’s World of Books.

~ At J. Kaye’s Book Blog, she’s giving away box sets of the audio versions of James Patterson’s Women’s Murder Club series.

~ Sheri at A Novel Menagerie is giving away a set of the YA series All About Us by Shelley Adina.

~ Nicola at Back to Books is giving away five books in honor of Latino Book Month.

~ Jenn at Jenn’s Bookshelf is giving away five copies of Made in the U.S.A. by Bille Letts.

~ If you didn’t win a copy of Jantsen’s Gift in my giveaway, Dar at Peeking Between the Pages is giving you five more chances.

Discussion starters:
~ Caribousmom has a great post: Accept Review Books…Or Not?

~ The Literate Housewife asks How Do You Choose Your Books?

~ Lost in Books asks What Makes a Book a Classic?

~ Devourer of Books asks How Many Chances Does an Author Get?

~ Beth at Beth Fish Reads has a post about whether or not to post about an unfinished book. So many great discussions out there in the book blog world this week!

Reviews:
~ Amy at My Friend Amy reviews The Midwife by Jennifer Worth. Amy says, “This book is a collection of some of the most heart-wrenching stories you will read and some of the most beautiful and hopeful stories of the resiliency of the human spirit.” Doesn’t that make you want to read it?

~ Shelly at Write for a Reader reviews A Gift of Grace by Amy Clipston. Shelly says, “This is a story of grief, love, family, and how all of those things make us whole, make us who we are.” Sounds good!

~ Nicole at Linus’s Blanket reviews The Little Book on Meaning by Laura Berman Fortgang. Nicole gives it high praise: “This was a lovely book to read and ponder, and one whose passages I would definitely like to refer back to and examine further.”

New Blog Address:
~ As some of you may have already heard, Gautami’s blog Reading Room has been lost due to a malware attack. The new blog is Everything Distills Into Reading. Make sure to change your sidebar and RSS reader links.