I wasn’t going to do this anymore, I was just going to have a 2009 post, but I got so many nice comments on my March list I decided to keep doing it.
The giveaway is over and I have 5 winners. First, I would like to thank everyone who entered for taking the time to come to my blog and enter. I am so excited to have so many entrants. I put all the entries in a little shopping bag and had Gwen, who is the most honest person I know, draw five out for me. All I need from these five is for them to send me their mailing information(no PO boxes please). You can look in my profile or click on the link in the right sidebar. If I don’t receive an e-mail from you within 5 days, I will draw another winner. I am extending this to next weekend.
Here are the winners:
- LuAnn at Reading Frenzy
- Susan at Black-Eyed Susan’s
- Cindi at windycindy
- Janet Faye at LUCKY GIVEWAYS
- Anna at Diary of an Eccentric
Congratulations to the winners!
Tomorrow is International Buy Indie Day. Support Indies and keep your home-town strong.
From Shelf Awareness:
Buy Indie Day: Indies are ‘Gasoline on the Word-of-Mouth Fire’
“But any writer who has been out peddling his work knows–and I think this is especially true in the mystery/suspense community–there is no greater friend than a passionate indie bookseller who loves your novel. They are gasoline on the word-of-mouth fire, and like almost every small business right now, they are hurting. So I’m going to ask everyone who reads this blog, if you have the time, to go to your favorite indie bookstore on May 1 and make a purchase.”–Author Kevin Guilfoile on Buy Indie Day, an idea conceived by Joe Finder that has gained considerable momentum on Facebook and Twitter. The prime directive tomorrow is for people to buy one book (at least) at an independent bookstore near them and make a mass statement about the importance of indies.
The Mogul Who Built Corporate America
By DWIGHT GARNER
T. J. Stiles’s whacking new biography of Cornelius Vanderbilt moves with force and conviction and imperious wit through the noisy life and times of the man who inspired the term “robber baron.”
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Today’s MUSING MONDAYS post is about reading non-fiction…
Do you read non-fiction regularly? Do you read it in a different way or place than you read fiction? (question courtesy of Diane)
Day late,
I not only regularly read non-fiction I enjoy reading it. Sometimes more than fiction. I can become totally consumed in a true crime book unlike any fiction I read. Non-fiction can take a direction that you would never expect. It is true that sometimes, the truth is stranger then fiction.
The cover states this is a true story of grief, rescue and grace. The grief began on June 16, 1999 when Pam Cope’s fifteen-year-old son, Jantsen, died. The rescue is her account of her work to save at-risk children, and the grace is how she has emerged, not fully whole, but in a much better place and as a better person.
This is very honest account, Pam Cope details the horrible grief she felt, the debilitating depression she suffered after the death of her son, but some of the reasons she started doing the work she did was she saw how many people her son had helped in his short life.
In retelling her efforts to help children around the world, innocent victims of war and human trafficking, she is unstinting in her praise for those who helped her. People who also wanted to help and more importantly, were familiar with the situations and knew the best way to help these children. She is also candid about some mistakes she made along the way, how she learned from them and included some travel tips. Such as, if you are in Ghana and see a man with a string around his waist, he is going to try to urinate on you. (I just couldn’t resist telling that)
In short, this is an extraordinary well written account of one woman’s efforts to change things for the better. Included is a website to visit to learn more about the charity she and her husband started.
I recommend this book.
I have 5 copies of this book to give away, click on the picture in the sidebar, or click this link to go to the post with details on how to enter. Giveaway ends April 30, 2009.
Happy Monday!! Mailbox Monday is hosted by Marcia at The Printed Page. We share what books that we found in our mailboxes last week. I also include books I have bought. Here’s what I received:
Lost Souls by Lisa Jackson (plus a t-shirt) in a blog giveaway.
I have been honored by Red lady-Bonnie from ~Redlady’s Reading Room~. This time she has chosen to honor me with the Friendly Blogger Award. Bonnie has a special place in my heart since I have ‘known’ her since before she started blogging and she gave me my very first award.
I am still very tired and trying to catch up, in addition to having company tonight, so I am afraid I will be taking the easy way out again. All the bloggers I know are friendly, so if you are a follower, or if I follow you, this award is for you!
I have been honored once again by DeSeRt RoSe from DeSeRt RoSe BoOkLoGuE. This time she has chosen to honor me with the Friendly Blogger Award.
All the bloggers I know are friendly, so if you are a follower, or if I follow you, this award is for you!
I was speaking to someone recently about fear, and she explained how a certain fear I had was unreasonable. I agreed with her, I replaced that fear with the fear that I would get the Zombie Chicken Award. Just as soon as I convinced myself that this too was an unreasonable fear, I opened my e-mail to find that DeSeRt RoSe has awarded me the Zombie Chicken Award!
No disrespect to DeSeRt RoSe, she is a lovely person and her blog is fabulous.
This is what this award means..
“The blogger who receives this award believes in the Tao of the zombie chicken – excellence, grace and persistence in all situations, even in the midst of a zombie apocalypse. These amazing bloggers regularly produce content so remarkable that their readers would brave a raving pack of zombie chickens just to be able to read their inspiring words. As a recipient of this world-renowned award, you now have the task of passing it on to at least 5 other worthy bloggers. Do not risk the wrath of the zombie chickens by choosing unwisely or not choosing at all…”
Unfortunately, I have had a hectic week and do not have time right now to pass this on. I will be hiding under my bed if I hear undead clucking.
city girl drinking craft beer 