Today is my birthday, and I’m looking forward to celebrating with my family tonight! And I plan to ignore the fact that I’m getting very close to 40.
Discussion starters:
~ Book Chick City talks about some of the recent backlash about bloggers and ARCs: Freeloaders? I Don’t Think So!
~ Natasha at Maw Books Blog asks questions about your reading habits and history.
Reviews that have me adding to my to-read list:
~ The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary Pearson, reviewed by Trish at Hey Lady! Whatcha Readin’?
Reading challenges:
There are new reading challenges for 2010 going up every day! I plan to host two of my own and will be posting about them soon – probably after NaNoWriMo. I’ll also be deciding which challenges to jump into!
~ Jackie at Literary Escapism is hosting the New Author Challenge 2010.
~ Lurv A La Mode is hosting The Year of the Historical.
~ Samantha at Bookworms and Tea Lovers is hosting Reading Western Europe.
~ Amy and Deborah are hosting the Christy Awards Challenge.
~ Becky at Becky’s Book Reviews hosts the 18th and 19th Century Women Writers Reading Challenge. She’s also hosting the Celebrate the Author Challenge.
~ Tena at Crazy Book Slut is hosting the Once Upon a Time Reading Challenge.
Giveaways:
~ I’m giving away three copies of The Purloined Boy by Mortimus Clay.
~ Rebecca from Lost in Books is giving away a bunch of books in honor of her birthday.
~ Win While My Sister Sleeps by Barbara Delinsky at Steele on Entertainment.
~ Win The Gate House by Nelson DeMille at Peeking Between the Pages.
~ Win The Chosen One by Carol Lynch Williams at Eclectic/Eccentric.
~ Win The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness at Adventures of Cecilia Bedelia.
~ Win The 19th Wife by David Ebershoff at Bibliophile By the Sea.
~ Win one of four books from Alyce at At Home With Books – including Fire by Kristin Cashore and The Maze Runner by James Dashner, two of my favorite reads of 2009.
Other bookish links:
~ Amazon has announced their Best of 2009.
~ Be sure and sign up for the Book Blogger Holiday Swap!
~ When making your holiday shopping list, be sure to consult the Buy Books for the Holidays Blog.
Twitter: youvegottaread
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Busy week for the new challenges! Since this is my first year of blogging, I had no idea that the mania started so early. I knew about the onslaught in January, but at this point I think I’m in big trouble!
Happy Birthday to you by the way! I hope you have a wonderful day!
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Twitter: booksandmovies
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Sandy – I like that they’re coming out early, so I can have everything decided before January 1st. Of course, I’ll probably completely over-extend myself again.
And thanks for the birthday wishes. 
Happy Birthday Carrie! Have a great day!
Twitter: booksandmovies
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Thanks, Missy.
Twitter: Trish422
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Happy Birthday! I hope you enjoy it and spend time doing things you enjoy. Thanks for linking to my giveaway, very awesome of you.
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Trisha – you’re welcome! And thanks for the birthday wishes.
Happy Birthday!! I hope it’s a wonderful day!
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Thanks, Zia – it’s been a good one so far!
Twitter: robnmccormack
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Happy Birthday to you.
Happy Birthday to you.
Happy Birthday, Dear Carrie.
Happy Birthday to You.
Celebrate. I’ll be turning fabulous 50 in a couple weeks. Enjoyed my fine 40′s greatly. You will too. Look forward with joy.
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Twitter: booksandmovies
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Robin – good advice! I’m determined to enjoy every day.
Happy Birthday!! I hope you have a fantastic day
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Thanks, Alita.
Happy Birthday! Great wrapup for the week. Interesting reading.
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Thanks, Katy – have a great day.
Happy birthday!
Twitter: booksandmovies
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Thanks, Bonnie.
Happy birthday!!!!
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Thank you, Tasha!
Twitter: florinda_3rs
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Nice links this week! And it’s a little late in the day, but Happy Birthday – hope you’re making it a Birthday Weekend!
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Twitter: booksandmovies
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Thanks, Florinda! It was a wonderful birthday.
Thanks for the link to the Book Chick City post. I really enjoyed what she had to say!
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Twitter: booksandmovies
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Michelle – I did, too!
Happy Birthday!
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Thanks, Kathy.
Twitter: lakesidemusing
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Hope you had a great birthday!
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Twitter: booksandmovies
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JoAnn – I did – it was a wonderful day.
FYI….
The Mrs. and I celebrated our 12th Anniversary on November 7!!
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Twitter: booksandmovies
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Michael – it’s a good day for an anniversary as well as a birthday!
Happy belated birthday, Carrie! Are you going to host the Essay Challenge again next year?
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Twitter: booksandmovies
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Thanks, Avis.
Yes, I will definitely be hosting it again – I plan to post about it soon! My husband is busy making the new challenge graphic for me.
Yay, I’m glad to hear it. I’m looking forward to hearing about your other challenge too!
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