So! It is Thanksgiving today. Today is a holiday set apart for the giving of thanks for what we have, and hopefully the lessening of greed for what we don’t have, if only for a day. Unless you’re me! Because what I’m thankful for makes me want more. Not for me, you understand — I [...]
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BBAW Giveaway: In the Land of Invisible Women, by Qanta Ahmed
Because it’s (almost) Book Bloggers Appreciation Week, and because I have a second copy, I’m pleased to announce that you can win this very excellent book. For free! My review, if you are interested, is in the latter half of this post. The rules are simple: 1) Leave me a comment on this post for [...]
Don’t Forget: BBAW Nominations
Nominations for Book Blogger Appreciate Week are open! Don’t forget to vote! Here are the categories. You can nominate up to two bloggers in each of them: Best General Book Blog Best Kidlit Blog Best Christian/Inspirational Fiction Blog Best Literary Fiction Blog Best Book Club Blog Best Romance Blog Best Thrillers/Mystery/Suspense Blog Best Non-fiction Blog [...]
Welcome!
Hot dang, I’ve got me a new website. If you’re coming from shereadsbooks.wordpress.com, you can easily click here to subscribe to shereadsbooks.org with an RSS reader, or click here to subscribe to shereadsbooks.org via email. Heck, you can do that even if you found me another way. I have some exciting things planned here for [...]
Review, Interview, Giveaway: Farworld and J Scott Savage
[I] Review! When I got sent Farworld: Water Keep, by J. Scott Savage, I didn’t start reading it right away. I had been in the middle of a slough of Terry Pratchett novels (well, no surprise there), and was reading for school as well, and so it hung around on my desk for a week [...]
Springtime on Mars Giveaway Winner
Hey, everyone, remember this contest? Well, it’s over. And there’s a winner. Carol Ezovski, you have won a copy of Springtime on Mars! I will be emailing you momentarily. To everyone else, thanks for participating, and better luck next time. And if you’d like some short stories to read — even though you can’t get [...]
Giveaway Winners! And a Giveaway!
Ladies and gents, this is it! I present to you the winners: Atonement, by Ian McEwan: Jaimee Dining with Death, by Kathleen Molloy: Melanie Asleep, by Banana Yoshimoto: Becki The Ovum Factor, by Marvin L. Zimmerman: Callmeabookworm Swimming Pool Sunday, by Madeleine Wickham: Bookroomreviews Congrats, all! You will be receiving an email from me shortly. [...]
Author Interview: Susan Woodring (Springtime on Mars)
Look, an author interview! A while back I was contacted by — or maybe contacted, I don’t remember — by Mary Lewis of Book Stop Blog Tours. Time and events passed as they usually do, and soon enough I was sent a marvellous book of short stories to review as part of the author’s blog [...]