The other day I offered up a bunch of books. Here are the winners: Lies My Teacher Told Me = Eva First Comes Love, Then Comes Malaria = Maya Running with Scissors = Susan I had to laugh when random.org … Continue reading
It’s time to pick a winner for the ARC of Last Night in Montreal. My lovely assistant, random.org, magically picked a name out its hat: Kari of five borough book review Congratulations, Kari! Please email me your address and I’ll … Continue reading
So Cthulhu and The Beast and I just had a little meeting about the giveaway they’re hosting. And boy, they must be in a good mood, because they said I should just take the first three commenters, because they all … Continue reading
Today’s post is brought to you by Cthulhu: And the number 666: In honor of this excellent event, Cthulhu and Mr. Beast would each like to give away a book. I haven’t done a book closet post in a long … Continue reading
This is a fun meme that’s going around. Since I’ve been neglectful about the Friday book closet thing, I’m going to challenge you to answer a few of the questions. First person to get an answer (to any of the … Continue reading
Congratulations lilly! You’re the lucky commenter this week…you get to choose a book from the book closet, so let me know if you see something you like! Congratulations!!
My commenting this week has been practically non-existent. I’ve been reading everything that pops up in the Google Reader, as well as all of the comments that appear via gmail, but I just haven’t been able to respond. Also, the … Continue reading
Just the facts today. 115 comments. Random.org chose #60. #60 is bermudaonion. Who I believe knows the routine. If you have no idea what I’m talking about, go here. Oh, and congratulations to Kathy!!!!!
It’s been a couple of weeks since I’ve done a book closet post, so I’m way overdue! The closet was looking a little sparse, so I took a few weeks off to build up the stock. It’s still looking a … Continue reading
Evidently most of you have been naughty, because Santa did not get very many letters from you all. However, he did really enjoy the ones he did receive. He wanted me to give a shout out to Eva for the … Continue reading
In a real sense, people who have read good literature have lived more than people who cannot or will not read. It is not true that we have only one life to live; if we can read, we can live as many more lives and as many kinds of lives as we wish. ~S.I. Hayakawa
The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.
~St. Augustine
Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.
~Mark Twain
