Friends Like These Giveaway Winners
on Oct 17, 2009 in Announcements Contests & Giveaways book giveaway danny wallace friends like these Memoir Ladies and gentlemen, it is now time to announce the lucky winners of the Friends Like These Giveaway! Using Random.org, five lucky winners have been selected to win a copy of Friends Like These: My Worldwide Quest to Find my Best Childhood Friends,...

A Disturbance in the Force
on Oct 17, 2009 in Announcements I’ve been absent these past couple of weeks without explanation to my readers and I would like to apologize for that. From dealing with multiple family crisis, personal problems, and a number of other issues I simply have not had the time to re...

Giveaway: Friends Like These by Danny Wallace
on Sep 30, 2009 in Contests & Giveaways book giveaway danny wallace friends like these Memoir September has drawn to a close and October is just right around the corner. To celebrate the close of this month and the dawning of my favorite season I have 5 copies of Friends Like These by Danny Wallace to give away to 5 lucky winners courtesy of...

In My Mailbox #5
on Sep 27, 2009 in Book Memes IMM in my mailbox In My Mailbox is a weekly feature that is hosted by The Story Siren. Every Sunday (maybe Monday if I’m feeling off) I will post a list of all of the books I received or bought over the past week. I don’t expect this to be a weekly feature at TS -...

NurtureShock Giveaway Winners
on Sep 19, 2009 in Announcements Contests & Giveaways ashley merryman blog tour book giveaway free-book nurtureshock po bronson Ladies and gentlemen, it is now time to announce the lucky winners of the NurtureShock Giveaway! Using Random.org, three lucky winners have been selected win a copy of Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman’s NurtureShock in either hardback or audioboo...

Free Library of Philadelphia to Close?
on Sep 17, 2009 in Literary News closed library philadelphia Book lovers in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania are not exactly “feeling the love” from the City of Brotherly Love right now. The Free Library of Philadelphia has announced that it will be closing their doors on October 2, 2009. The Free Librar...

Butcher by Gary C. King
on Sep 15, 2009 in Non-Fiction True Crime murder pig farmer prostitutes serial killer Butcher by Gary C. King ISBN-13: 978-0-7860-1934-2 ISBN-10: 0-7860-1934-4 A few years ago, I recall hearing and seeing a few news reports on the serial killer who targeted prostitutes and fed their remains to his pigs on his farm. I was actually [at...

Author and Musician Jim Carroll Passes Away
on Sep 14, 2009 in Literary News basketball diaries jim carroll poet punk rock Jim Carroll, a renown poet, musician, and author, passed away last Friday in his home in Manhattan at the age of sixty. Carroll suffered a fatal heart attack. Carroll, whose life was shaped by drug use, gained attention in his teenage years for his p...

In My Mailbox #4
on Sep 13, 2009 in Book Memes IMM in my mailbox In My Mailbox is a weekly feature that is hosted by The Story Siren. Every Sunday (maybe Monday if I’m feeling off) I will post a list of all of the books I received or bought over the past week. I don’t expect this to be a weekly feature at TS -...

Win A Copy of NurtureShock by Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman
on Sep 10, 2009 in Contests & Giveaways You’ve read my review of Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman’s NurtureShock and now, courtesy of the Hatchette Book Group, I have 3 copies of Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman’s NurtureShock: New Thinking About Children to give away to 3 lu...