Bookish links for Saturday, July 11, 2009 (but, first, a winner)
Posted By CarrieK on July 11, 2009
First things first: the winner of the Jonas Brothers 3D Concert Experience DVD is Tammy! Congratulations. 
I’ll e-mail you for your mailing address, and put the DVD in the mail this week.
Sorry the links post is late again this week. I usually put it together on Friday evening, but I spent this Friday at a mother-daughter camp-out with my Natalie and 10 other tween-aged girls and their moms. It was a lot of fun. I didn’t stay all night, but still came home too late and exhausted to write up a post. Lots of links, though, so here goes:
Author links:
~ Rebecca at The Book Lady’s Blog has a post by Eve Brown-Waite, author of First Comes Love, Then Comes Malaria: On Post-Publication Depression.
~ Alice Hoffman, take note: This is a much funnier – and more classy – way to deal with negative reviews:
~ Jen at Devourer of Books has a guest post by Karen Harrington, author of Janeology: I Can’t Believe That Story Came Out of Your Brain!
~ Wendy at Caribousmom has a guest post by Miriam Gershow, author of The Local News.
~ Shannon Hale says that in review vs. author, review always wins.
Reviews that have me adding to my to-read list:
~ Eyes Like Stars by Lisa Mantchev, reviewed at Book Blather. Becky has an interview with Ms. Mantchev.
Book lists:
~ Omnivoracious names The Best Books of the Year So Far.
~ Newsweek’s Top 100 Books: The Meta-List.
Discussion starters:
~ Natasha asks if you lend your books out.
~ Sassymonkey wants to know why some people like to judge others for what they read.
~ Lezlie at Books ‘N Border Collies says No Negative Reviews=Wishy-Washy Reviewer? I Disagree.
Reading challenges:
~ Mindy Withrow is hosting a National Book Award Mini-Challenge.
Giveaways:
~ Win The Local News by Miriam Gershow at Peeking Between the Pages.
~ Win The Beach House by Jane Green at Book Journey.
~ Win Mistress Shakespeare by Karen Harper at Historical-Fiction.
~ Win A Worthy Legacy by Tomi Akinayami at Jenny Loves To Read and Peeking Between the Pages.
~ Win a Book Buddy at Peeking Between the Pages.
~ Win The Impostor’s Daughter by Laurie Sandell at I’m Booking It and Kiss a Cloud.
~ Win The Castaways by Elin Hilderbrand at Bermudaonion, Jenn’s Bookshelf, Peeking Between the Pages, and A Book Blogger’s Diary.
~ Win My Name is Will: A Novel of Sex, Drugs, and Shakespeare by Jess Winfield at Reading With Monie.
~ Win an ARC of Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins from Reviewer X.
~ Win Twenty Boy Summer by Sarah Ockler at A Patchwork of Books.
~ Win The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows at A Circle of Books.
Other bookish links:
~ Raidergirl is taking a summer break from her Bookword Game, but be sure to check out her recap post of all the fun words people came up with for different kinds of books.
~ Mindy Withrow has compiled a list of places to find short fiction on the web.
~ Not sure what to read next? Try The Book Seer.
~ Read We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver at Harper Collins.
So glad you liked the review! I don’t think you’ll be disappointed! ELS is truly an amazing book.
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Thanks for the Newsweek link. I had come across another Newsweek book list recently that was a major disappointment, but this one is much more encouraging. I can’t argue with War and Peace or The Sound and the Fury!
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Thanks for the link, Carrie!
Lezlie
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This is a nice post. I like how you are pointing people in directions of different interests. Thank you for posting my contest as well.
I like your blog!
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Wow, that is some linking going on here. Awesome! Thanks so much for mentioning my giveaways. As always, I appreciate it.
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Drea – I’m really looking forward to it!
Bonnie – It seems they’ve combined a bunch of different lists to come up with that one. It never fails, though, that something I hate is one a list of the “100 must-reads” and something I love isn’t there.
Lezlie and Sheila – You’re welcome.
Dar – lots of links, as always – and you’re welcome!