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Blogging and Blog Events

Go Readers Go!

October 24, 2009 Blogging and Blog Events

It’s the 24-hour-readathon and I’m cheerleading for the Team Romantics!

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Oops: My September Giftaway

October 22, 2009 Blogging and Blog Events

I totally forgot!
So I’m changing the September giftaway to the September and October giftaway, and early in November, I’ll draw two names from the list of commentors for September and October.
Now to schedule it into Google calendar and get a reminder sent to me!
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[TSS] International Book Giveaways List, Oct 18 Edition

October 18, 2009 Blogging and Blog Events

Welcome to this week’s edition of International Book Giveaways, which I publish every Sunday as my Sunday Salon post. Giveaways included in this list are open to everyone!
I’ve also added a short “Asides” section, where I put related giveaways and contests that don’t fit, for whatever reason, into the main Internationl Book Giveaways List. I’ll [...]

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[TSS] International Book Giveaways List – Oct 11 Edition

October 11, 2009 Blogging and Blog Events

Welcome to the very first edition of the International Book Giveaways List, which I’ll be posting every Sunday as my Sunday Salon post. All the book giveaways featured here are open to everyone worldwide. As with the old book giveaways list, I’ve indicated the genre of each giveaway to make it more convenient for everyone. [...]

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[TSS] Big List of Book Giveaways – Oct 4

October 4, 2009 Blogging and Blog Events

Big List of Book Giveaways, at Ms Bookish – Oct 4 Edition

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[TSS] The Big List of Book Giveaways, Sept. 27 Edition

September 27, 2009 Blogging and Blog Events

Big List of Book Giveaways at MsBookish, September 27, 2009 Edition

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Interview: Author Joy Preble Talks About Her Writing Process

September 24, 2009 Blogging and Blog Events

An interview with author Joy Preble!

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Kaleb Nation, Author of Bran Hambric, Talks About His Writing Process

September 19, 2009 Blogging and Blog Events

"What if your mother was a criminal? What if her crime was magic? What if magic ran in the family?" This is the intriguing premise of Bran Hambric: The Farfield Curse, a middle grade fantasy novel written by Kaleb Nation.
Kaleb initially got the idea for Bran Hambric when he was fourteen years old; he [...]

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BBAW: Now, and Next Year

September 18, 2009 Blogging and Blog Events

Today’s the final day of BBAW! This has been my first year participating in the fun, and it’s been such a blast. My Google Reader is filled to the brim, bursting with a lot of really wonderful new blogs I’ve discovered this week, too. Here’s the final prompt for the week, and it’s a good [...]

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BBAW: Because She Introduced Me To Ceepak

September 17, 2009 Blogging and Blog Events

Thank you, Beth Fish Reads!
Back in early June, Beth Fish Reads wrote a post about the John Ceepak mysteries by Chris Grabenstein. I trust her implicitly, and at the time I was just in the beginning stages of my love affair with audiobooks, so I was very intrigued, because she’d listened to the series in [...]

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BBAW: Me and My Reading Habits – And a Giveaway!

September 16, 2009 Blogging and Blog Events

I thought this one would be tough for me. Everyone knows how much I like using five words where one word will do, ten words where two will do, twenty words where three will do (need more numerical examples or was that just perfect?).
This BBAW meme requires me to answer the following questions in as [...]

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BBAW: One TBR Pile, Transformed

September 15, 2009 Blogging and Blog Events

More BBAW fun: Show us your TBR pile. And as luck would have it, I’m actually really, really prepared for this post (which is quite an odd thing, as I’m not particularly well-known for preparedness).
A while back, I was tagged for the What’s On My Desk Wednesday meme, and I posted the following picture of [...]

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BBAW: Raindrops on Roses … A Few of My Favorite Book Blogs!

September 14, 2009 Blogging and Blog Events

It’s Day One of Book Blogger Appreciation Week and today it’s time to shine the spotlight on some of my favorite book blogs! It was extremely difficult culling down my list, although it was helpful that some of my favorites were shortlisted and therefore had to be cut from my list.
Which, by the way, is [...]

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[TSS] The Big List of Book Giveaways – Sept 13 Edition

September 13, 2009 Blogging and Blog Events

Welcome to The Big List of Book Giveaways – Sept 13 Edition at Ms Bookish!

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Book Blogger Appreciation Week: Voting Begins!

September 8, 2009 Blogging and Blog Events

The BBAW shortlists are now up, so it’s time to get voting!
Congratulations to all those who have been short listed for their various categories. I’m going to have fun going through the lists, as I took a quick peek earlier today and saw several that are new-to-me. My feedreader is eager for all those [...]

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September Giftaway!

September 7, 2009 Blogging and Blog Events

Update: This month’s giftaway has been extended to October 31. I’ll pull two names early in November!
It’s time again for the monthly Giftaway here at MsBookish!
So, what is a Giftaway? It’s my version of a book giveaway, a celebration of all the wonderful readers who make comments here at Ms. Bookish. I enjoy each and [...]

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Winner of the July and August Giftaway!

September 7, 2009 Blogging and Blog Events

Congratulations to Nicole from Linus’s Blanket, the winner of the July and August Giftaway here at MsBookish.
I’ve emailed Nicole, and will update this post with the titles of the five books she’s chosen from the Giftaway Shelf when I hear back from her. Here are the five books Nicole has picked from the Giftaway Shelf:
The [...]

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[TSS] Big List of Book Giveaways – Sept 6 Edition

September 6, 2009 Blogging and Blog Events

The Big List of Book Giveaways, Sept 6 Edition, at MsBookish.com.

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[TSS] Not-Quite-As-Large List of Book Giveaways – Aug 30

August 30, 2009 Blogging and Blog Events

This week’s Big List of Book Giveaways at MsBookish isn’t quite as big as normal!

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[TSS] Big List of Book Giveaways – Aug 23 Edition

August 23, 2009 Blogging and Blog Events

Welcome to the August 23 Edition of the Big List of Book Giveaways at MsBookish.com.

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Visit Me at The Scene of the Blog!

August 19, 2009 Blogging and Blog Events

I’m featured at Cathy’s The Scene of the Blog today! Come drop by here to take a peek at where I do my blogging.
I am still marveling at Cathy’s perfect timing. She managed to catch me right after I had cleaned my desk. At this very moment, as I’m typing this, I can’t actually see [...]

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Book Blogger Appreciation Week and A Meme

August 12, 2009 Blogging and Blog Events

The Second Annual Book Blogger Appreciation Week is coming up September 14 to 18, and I’m very excited to be participating this year. Last year I wasn’t involved because MsBookish.com wasn’t yet born; it sounds like an incredibly fun event and I’ve enjoyed reading the BBAW meme that other book bloggers have been posting [...]

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[TSS] Big List of Book Giveaways – Aug 9 Edition

August 9, 2009 Blogging and Blog Events

Welcome to The Big List of Book Giveaways – Aug 9 Edition, at MsBookish.com

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[TSS] Big List of Book Giveaways – Aug 1 Edition

August 2, 2009 Blogging and Blog Events

Welcome to the Aug 2 edition of The Big List of Book Giveaways at MsBookish.com!

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[TSS] Big List of Book Giveaways – July 26 Edition

July 26, 2009 Blogging and Blog Events

Welcome to the Sunday, July 26 edition of the Big List of Book Giveaways at MsBookish.com

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Winner of June and July Giftaway

July 22, 2009 Blogging and Blog Events

The winner of the June and July Giftaway is:
Joanne, from The Book Zombie!
I’ve emailed Joanne to let her know she’s won, and once she selects her five books from the Giftaway Shelf, I’ll update this post with her choices.
Update: Joanne has chosen the following books:

Compulsion, by Jonathan Kellerman
Obsession, by Jonathan Kellerman
Bones, by Jonathan Kellerman
Considering Lily, [...]

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[TSS] Big List of Book Giveaways – July 19 Edition

July 19, 2009 Blogging and Blog Events

The Big List of Book Giveaways – July 19 edition – at MsBookish.com.

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July and August Giftaway

July 16, 2009 Blogging and Blog Events

I will announce the winner of the June and July giftaway in a few days – I’m still in the process of adding commentors’ names to my spreadsheet of all comments made from June 1 to July 15.
As with the last Giftaway round, this time around, the time period for this Giftaway will run [...]

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Want To See The State of My TBR? What’s On My Desk Wednesday

June 24, 2009 Blogging and Blog Events

I got tagged last week by J. Kaye for the What’s On My Desk Wednesday meme. My heart kind of sank because the state of my desk when I got tagged was really really dismal. (I actually had to move a stack of books in order to see the little date thing in the bottom [...]

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Bloggiesta Update

June 21, 2009 Blogging and Blog Events

The past two days definitely flew by. I didn’t accomplish everything on my Bloggiesta list, but then again, with a couple of deadlines hanging over me (one down, one to go!) I didn’t really expect to.
I found that just making my Bloggiesta to-do list was helpful, and I will likely be making my way through [...]

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