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[TSS] Reading Breaks

May 16, 2010 Books and Reading

I am nearing the end of a very big indexing assignment – it’s been taking up most of my work time for the past two weeks, and I’m scrambling to finish in time for the Tuesday morning deadline.
One thing I’ve been learning about working productively is the value of taking breaks. And since I’ve been [...]

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[TSS] Incoming! The Library Edition

March 21, 2010 Incoming!

This was a great week for me, library-wise – I had a bunch of holds come in, and then while I was doing my usual dash-in, dash-out to pick up my holds, I of course managed to snag a few more interesting titles.
Here are this week’s library treasures. First up, the print books:
Neverwhere, by Neil [...]

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[TSS] Reducing My Stacks of Books: Ideas Needed

February 7, 2010 Books and Reading

One of the things my husband and I have been planning is downsizing our home once our daughter is in university next year; when that happens, it will be just my husband and I, and our six-year-old, and our current house is really too big for just the three of us.
So we’ve decided to use [...]

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[TSS] International Book Giveaways – Dec 13

December 13, 2009 Books and Reading

This week’s post includes giveaways I discovered up until Friday – I had to compile this before Saturday because of our tapas party yesterday (which went really well – I had such fun!). So next week’s list should include all the giveaways that were posted on Saturday (hopefully).
This international book giveaways round-up post is a [...]

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[TSS] International Book Giveaways List – Dec 6 Edition

December 6, 2009 Books and Reading

I’ve implemented some formatting changes in this edition of the International Book Giveaways list – I hope it’s just as convenient for everyone to use this list as before. The new formatting allows me to put together the list a lot quicker than before, which should mean I won’t skip some Sundays like I’ve had [...]

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[TSS] List of International Book Giveaways, Nov. 22 Edition

November 22, 2009 Books and Reading

This international book giveaways round-up post is a regular feature here at MsBookish so if you’re holding a book giveaway that’s open worldwide, let me know and I’ll include your giveaway in my next international book giveaways round-up post.

YA: Taken By Storm, by Angela Morrison, at Friends and Family (ends Dec 4)
Nonfiction/Self-help: Permission Slips, [...]

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[TSS] List of International Book Giveaways – The Very Late Edition

November 15, 2009 Books and Reading

Better later than never! This week’s list is on the long side (probably because I didn’t do up a list last Sunday). And be sure to scroll down for the two ebook reader giveaways, both open internationally!
This international book giveaways round-up post is a regular feature (well, it’s supposed to be, anyway – I [...]

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[TSS] Book Giveaways Open to Everyone, Nov 1 Edition

November 1, 2009 Books and Reading

This international book giveaways round-up post is a regular feature here at MsBookish so if you’re holding a book giveaway that’s open worldwide, let me know and I’ll include your giveaway in my next international book giveaways round-up post.
There are also two giveaways for ebook readers which I’ve posted at the end of this [...]

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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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[TSS] BBAW Giveaways, and NaNoWriMo, Anyone?

September 20, 2009 Writing

I was just over at BBAW and there’s a massive list of Book Blogger Giveaways there – many of them are still open, so rather than re-invent the wheel this week, I thought it would be smarter to just point everyone over there to take part in BBAW giveaway fun.
Okay, yes, I was also feeling [...]

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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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[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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[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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[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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[TSS] On the South Shores of Nova Scotia

June 28, 2009 Books and Reading

We arrived yesterday at the beach house we rented in Nova Scotia – we are on the South Shore, right on the scenic Lighthouse Route. The house is beautiful – there’s a screened in veranda so we can sit outside at any time and not worry about bugs. We’re about 100 metres from the ocean [...]

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[TSS] Big List of Book Giveaways, Fiction Edition – May 17

May 17, 2009 Blogging and Blog Events

Update: I forgot to check to make sure this post wasn’t too long – but it was, so my template “broke”. All fixed now, but I had to put the All Other Fiction giveaways category on this post here.
Welcome to the Fiction edition of the weekly book giveaways list that I compile every Sunday. To [...]

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[TSS] Big List of Book Giveaways, Non-fiction Edition – May 10

May 10, 2009 Blogging and Blog Events

Welcome to the Non-fiction edition of the weekly book giveaways list that I compile every Sunday. To view the Fiction list of book giveaways, click here. I also have a little Twit This button at the end of this post, if you’d like to tweet this to Twitter.
And if you like, cruise around here [...]

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[TSS] Big List of Book Giveaways, Fiction Edition – May 10

May 10, 2009 Blogging and Blog Events

Welcome to the Fiction edition of the weekly book giveaways list that I compile every Sunday. To view the Non-Fiction list of book giveaways, click here. I also have a little Twit This button at the end of this post, if you’d like to tweet this to Twitter.
And if you like, cruise around here [...]

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[TSS] Big List of Book Giveaways – May 3, Part 1

May 3, 2009 Blogging and Blog Events

Welcome to the May 2 issue of the Big List of Book Giveaways, which I post on Sundays in conjunction with The Sunday Salon. I’ve gathered together another nice big list this week – the giveaways are sorted into categories so that you can see what giveaways correspond to your reading interests. I begin compiling [...]

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TSS – Book Review: Full Dark House by Christopher Fowler

February 7, 2009 Books and Reading

Synopsis:
A present-day bombing rips through London and claims the life of eighty-year-old detective Arthur Bryant. For John May, it means the end of a partnership that lasted over half a century and an eerie echo back to the Blitz of World War II, when they first met. Desperately searching for clues to the killer’s identity, [...]

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TSS – Currently Reading: Fowler, Springer & Berry

January 25, 2009 Books and Reading

Time for The Sunday Salon again! Here’s what I’ve been reading this week:
Ten Second Staircase, by Christopher Fowler. I finished Full Dark House, the first book in the Bryant and May Peculiar Crimes Unit series, a few days ago (review coming soon), and I loved it so much I picked up the next Peculiar Crimes [...]

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TSS: Currently Reading Fowler, Springer, Carr and Greene

January 18, 2009 Books and Reading

I’m in the midst of a hectic weekend of deadlines and such, but thanks to a little experiment I did involving changing my beliefs about time, I find myself with the time to write today’s Sunday Salon post!
What I love best about The Sunday Salon is checking out what everyone is reading. So my own [...]

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TSS: Currently reading Brown, Cabot, Fowler and Neville

December 7, 2008 Books and Reading

It’s Sunday again – time most definitely has been flying by. I’m currently reading four books, but this week is a hectic week for me in terms of editorial deadlines, so I’m not sure how many of these I will be able to finish up and review by this time next Sunday.
But there’s just something [...]

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