Saturday Memes

CMash February 12, 2011 8 Comments

Hosted by Danielle at There’s A Book

From Danielle’s blog:

We all leave our “footprint” on the world, in one way or another. We each, individually, do something or are someone that makes the world a little better just by being here. I created this weekly meme to get to know the blogging community I love just a bit better. To know what makes them tick, outside of books, that is. Each week I will post a question to be answered in the following week’s “A Bit of Me(Me)”. Check back each Saturday to get the info for next week’s post and link up with your current post right here.

This week’s question: What is the single best trip you’ve ever taken?

Read more: http://www.theresabook.com/category/a-bit-of-meme/#ixzz1D55XdN65
Danielle is back to being silly again!!!! Making us just choose one!!! LOL Going to play a silly on Danielle….ohhhhhh Danielle….you pick which one you think is my favorite lol!!

So lets start with the honeymoon…Poconos, PA. Nothing too far or exotic because we had just bought our first house.

OR when we took the boys (they were about 8 & 10) on their firsst flight to Disney World and the Kennedy Space Center

OR when we took the boys on an “adult” family vacation, 3 years ago, their 1st time on a cruise

OR the much needed vacation that we have planned in a couple of months

Hosted by Yvonne from Socrates Book Reviews

From Yvonne’s site:

I’ve wanted to start a meme like this for a long time. It’s “Anything Goes on Saturday”. It’s a chance to choose any topic you want and talk about it on Saturday – it can be about a book, TV show, movie, a recipe or just an update on your week. Whatever you choose.

This week’s topic: STRESS
That 6 letter ugly word. Everyone has it. No one is immune. It comes in all shapes and sizes But does it ever get to the point where it is so distracting that you can’t stay focused? You start one project, notice something, start another and continues in this vicious circle until you realize that whatever you WERE able to accomplish, it is full of errors? Well…lately that has been me. Any helpful tips that you use to relieve stress when it gets to that level? What do you do to stay focused without your mind off in a thousand different directions? I know this is not unusual, stress goes along with life but lately I feel my mind is all over the place, now if only my body would catch up!!

Friday Memes

CMash February 11, 2011 21 Comments

Hosted by An Island Life

From An Island Life
In Hawaii, Aloha Friday is the day that we take it easy and look forward to the weekend. So I thought that on Fridays I would take it easy on posting, too. Therefore, I’ll ask a simple question for you to answer. Nothing that requires a lengthy response.
If you’d like to participate, visit An Island Life answer the question and then post your own question on your blog and leave your link below. Don’t forget to visit the other participants! It’s a great way to make new bloggy friends!

My Question:

What are you listening to right now?

My Answer:

FOX News

Hosted by Java from Never Growing Old

From Java’s blog:
Are you a blogger over 40? Yeah, welcome to the club!

Hosted by Jennifer from CRAZY FOR BOOKS

In the spirit of the Twitter Friday Follow, the Book Blogger Hop is a place just for book bloggers and readers to connect and find new book-related blogs that we may be missing out on! This weekly BOOK PARTY is an awesome opportunity for book bloggers to connect with other book lovers, make new friends, support each other, and generally just share our love of books! It will also give blog readers a chance to find other book blogs that they may not know existed! So, grab the logo, post about the Hop on your blog, and start HOPPING through the list of blogs that are posted in the Linky list below!!
The Hop lasts Friday-Monday every week, so if you don’t have time to Hop today, come back later and join the fun! This is a weekly event! And stop back throughout the weekend to see all the new blogs that are added! We get over 200 links every week!!
Your blog should have content related to books, including, but not limited to book reviews.
If you start following someone through the Hop, leave a comment on their blog to let them know! Stop back during the week to see other blogs that are added! And, most importantly, the idea is to HAVE FUN!!

This week’s Question:
“Tell us about one of your posts from this week and give us a link so we can read it (review or otherwise)!”

My Answer:
It would be my weekly event entitled Sunday’s Shining Star, whereas a blogger in our community is a guest for the day and is interviewed. There has been positive feedback and I love getting to know those bloggers a bit better that have been showcased over the past few Sunday’s.

Friday Memes

CMash February 11, 2011 21 Comments

Hosted by An Island Life

From An Island Life
In Hawaii, Aloha Friday is the day that we take it easy and look forward to the weekend. So I thought that on Fridays I would take it easy on posting, too. Therefore, I’ll ask a simple question for you to answer. Nothing that requires a lengthy response.
If you’d like to participate, visit An Island Life answer the question and then post your own question on your blog and leave your link below. Don’t forget to visit the other participants! It’s a great way to make new bloggy friends!

My Question:

What are you listening to right now?

My Answer:

FOX News

Hosted by Java from Never Growing Old

From Java’s blog:
Are you a blogger over 40? Yeah, welcome to the club!

Hosted by Jennifer from CRAZY FOR BOOKS

In the spirit of the Twitter Friday Follow, the Book Blogger Hop is a place just for book bloggers and readers to connect and find new book-related blogs that we may be missing out on! This weekly BOOK PARTY is an awesome opportunity for book bloggers to connect with other book lovers, make new friends, support each other, and generally just share our love of books! It will also give blog readers a chance to find other book blogs that they may not know existed! So, grab the logo, post about the Hop on your blog, and start HOPPING through the list of blogs that are posted in the Linky list below!!
The Hop lasts Friday-Monday every week, so if you don’t have time to Hop today, come back later and join the fun! This is a weekly event! And stop back throughout the weekend to see all the new blogs that are added! We get over 200 links every week!!
Your blog should have content related to books, including, but not limited to book reviews.
If you start following someone through the Hop, leave a comment on their blog to let them know! Stop back during the week to see other blogs that are added! And, most importantly, the idea is to HAVE FUN!!

This week’s Question:
“Tell us about one of your posts from this week and give us a link so we can read it (review or otherwise)!”

My Answer:
It would be my weekly event entitled Sunday’s Shining Star, whereas a blogger in our community is a guest for the day and is interviewed. There has been positive feedback and I love getting to know those bloggers a bit better that have been showcased over the past few Sunday’s.

Winners

And the winner is…….

CMash February 10, 2011 4 Comments

………..for THREADS WEST by Reid Rosenthal

Random Integer Generator
Here are your random numbers:

7

Timestamp: 2011-02-10 23:04:05 UTC

Karen said… 7 Following via GFC!

An email has been sent and the winner has 48 hours to respond or another winner will be chosen.

Winners

And the winner is…….

CMash February 10, 2011 4 Comments

………..for THREADS WEST by Reid Rosenthal

Random Integer Generator
Here are your random numbers:

7

Timestamp: 2011-02-10 23:04:05 UTC

Karen said… 7 Following via GFC!

An email has been sent and the winner has 48 hours to respond or another winner will be chosen.

Giveaway

Hachette Giveaway "Georgia Bottoms" 02/10 to 02/24 ENDED

CMash February 10, 2011 42 Comments

FEBRUARY 10th TO FEBRUARY 24th, 2011

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GEORGIA BOTTOMS

by MARK CHILDRESS

SYNOPSIS (borrowed from B&N):

Georgia Bottoms is known in her small community of Six Points, Alabama, as a beautiful, well-to-do, and devoutly Baptist Southern belle.

Nobody realizes that the family fortune has long since disappeared, and a determinedly single woman like Georgia needs an alternative, and discreet, means of income. In Georgia’s case it is six well-heeled lovers-one for each day of the week, with Mondays off-none of whom knows about the others.
But when the married preacher who has been coming to call (Saturdays) decides to confess their affair in front of the whole congregation, Georgia must take drastic measures to stop him. In GEORGIA BOTTOMS, Mark Childress proves once again his unmistakable skill for combining the hilarious and the absurd to reveal the inner workings of the rebellious human heart.

THANKS TO BRAD AND THE AMAZING

PEOPLE FROM THE HACHETTE BOOK GROUP

I HAVE ONE (1 ) COPY OF THIS

HILARIOUS BOOK TO GIVE AWAY.

HERE IS WHAT YOU NEED TO DO TO WIN.

*ALL COMMENTS TO BE SEPARATE*

AND INCLUDE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS

SO THAT I CAN CONTACT YOU IF YOU WIN

*LEAVE COMMENT: WHERE WOULD YOU

DRAW THE LINE TO MAKE EXTRA MONEY?*

*EXTRA ENTRIES*

*LEAVE SEPARATE COMMENT IF YOU PUBLICLY FOLLOW THIS
BLOG (IF NOT, GOOGLE FRIEND CONNECT ON RIGHT SIDE).

*LEAVE SEPARATE COMMENT IF YOU FOLLOW ME ON FACEBOOK.

*LEAVE SEPARATE COMMENT IF YOU FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER.

*LEAVE SEPARATE COMMENT IF YOU GRAB MY BUTTON AND
PLACE IT ON YOUR BLOG’S SIDEBAR.

*REMEMBER TO INCLUDE EMAIL ADDRESS FOR ALL ENTRIES.

*U.S. AND CANADA RESIDENTS ONLY*

*NO P.O. BOXES*

*GIVEAWAY ENDS FEBRUARY 24th AT 6PM EST*

WINNER WILL BE CHOSEN BY RANDOM.ORG

AND NOTIFIED VIA EMAIL AND WILL

AND WILL HAVE 48 HOURS TO RESPOND

OR ANOTHER NAME WILL BE CHOSEN

**HONOR SYSTEM**

ONE WINNING BOOK PER HOUSEHOLD

PLEASE NOTIFY ME IF YOU HAVE

WON THIS BOOK FROM ANOTHER

SITE, SO THAT SOMEONE ELSE MAY

HAVE THE CHANCE TO WIN

AND READ THIS BOOK.

THANK YOU.

DISCLAIMER / RULES

Giveaway copies are supplied and shipped to winners via publisher,
agent and/or author. This blog hosts the giveaway on behalf of the
above. I received a copy of this book, at no charge to me, in
exchange for my honest review. No items that I receive are
ever sold…they are kept by me, or given to family and/or friends.
I am not responsible for lost or damaged books that are shipped
from agents. I reserve the right to disqualify/delete any entries
if rules of giveaway are not followed.

Thursday Memes

CMash February 10, 2011 7 Comments

http://btt2.wordpress.com/

This week’s question:

There’s something wonderful about getting in on the ground floor of an author’s career–about being one of the first people to read and admire them, before they became famous best-sellers.

Which authors have you been lucky enough to discover at the very beginning of their careers?
And, if you’ve never had that chance, which author do you WISH you’d been able to discover at the very beginning?
My Answer:
Sorry, I know I sound like a broken record but I’ll add two more names today. But first is Vincent Zandri. I read Moonlight Falls and was hooked. Two other authors that I read last year am anxiously awaiting their next books are Bill Walker A Note From An Old Acquaintance and Sara Robinson, which was a total surprise because I usually don’t read memoirs but for some reson, this one looked interesting and I really liked her writing style for Love Always, Hobby and Jessie.

Hosted by Lori from Dollycas’s Thoughts

From Lori’s site:
It struck me recently how much time I spend on this computer every day, blogging, chatting or playing games on Facebook, emailing friends and relatives, making cards and calendars, etc. etc. etc.
We depend on each other for book reviews, giveaways, encouragement, friendship, but how well do we really know each other?
So that is what this meme is all about, getting to know each other.
WEEK 24 QUESTIONS
1. Did you watch the Super Bowl? If yes, which part did you like the best, the game, the halftime show, the commercials and did you notice the mistake made with the National Anthem?
     Sorry Lori….but….No…slept right through it. When the boys lived home we hosted a party every year for all their friends but now with them out of state, it was very, very quiet.
2. I joined a new meme this week called “Monday’s Music Moves Me”, this month’s theme is love songs, Do you have a favorite love song?
    Billy Joel’s Love You Just The Way You Are
3. How many blog challenges have you entered this year?
    Think I am up to about 17ish but am thinking there will be more with mini challenges throughout the year, that’s why Gina from Hott Books and I started a challenge for Challenge Addicts. And she is WAY beyond my measly 17!!!

Giveaway

Hachette Giveaway "Georgia Bottoms" 02/10 to 02/24 ENDED

CMash February 10, 2011 42 Comments

FEBRUARY 10th TO FEBRUARY 24th, 2011

GEORGIA BOTTOMS

by MARK CHILDRESS

SYNOPSIS (borrowed from B&N):

Georgia Bottoms is known in her small community of Six Points, Alabama, as a beautiful, well-to-do, and devoutly Baptist Southern belle.

Nobody realizes that the family fortune has long since disappeared, and a determinedly single woman like Georgia needs an alternative, and discreet, means of income. In Georgia’s case it is six well-heeled lovers-one for each day of the week, with Mondays off-none of whom knows about the others.
But when the married preacher who has been coming to call (Saturdays) decides to confess their affair in front of the whole congregation, Georgia must take drastic measures to stop him. In GEORGIA BOTTOMS, Mark Childress proves once again his unmistakable skill for combining the hilarious and the absurd to reveal the inner workings of the rebellious human heart.

THANKS TO BRAD AND THE AMAZING

PEOPLE FROM THE HACHETTE BOOK GROUP

I HAVE ONE (1 ) COPY OF THIS

HILARIOUS BOOK TO GIVE AWAY.

HERE IS WHAT YOU NEED TO DO TO WIN.

*ALL COMMENTS TO BE SEPARATE*

AND INCLUDE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS

SO THAT I CAN CONTACT YOU IF YOU WIN

*LEAVE COMMENT: WHERE WOULD YOU

DRAW THE LINE TO MAKE EXTRA MONEY?*

*EXTRA ENTRIES*

*LEAVE SEPARATE COMMENT IF YOU PUBLICLY FOLLOW THIS
BLOG (IF NOT, GOOGLE FRIEND CONNECT ON RIGHT SIDE).

*LEAVE SEPARATE COMMENT IF YOU FOLLOW ME ON FACEBOOK.

*LEAVE SEPARATE COMMENT IF YOU FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER.

*LEAVE SEPARATE COMMENT IF YOU GRAB MY BUTTON AND
PLACE IT ON YOUR BLOG’S SIDEBAR.

*REMEMBER TO INCLUDE EMAIL ADDRESS FOR ALL ENTRIES.

*U.S. AND CANADA RESIDENTS ONLY*

*NO P.O. BOXES*

*GIVEAWAY ENDS FEBRUARY 24th AT 6PM EST*

WINNER WILL BE CHOSEN BY RANDOM.ORG

AND NOTIFIED VIA EMAIL AND WILL

AND WILL HAVE 48 HOURS TO RESPOND

OR ANOTHER NAME WILL BE CHOSEN

**HONOR SYSTEM**

ONE WINNING BOOK PER HOUSEHOLD

PLEASE NOTIFY ME IF YOU HAVE

WON THIS BOOK FROM ANOTHER

SITE, SO THAT SOMEONE ELSE MAY

HAVE THE CHANCE TO WIN

AND READ THIS BOOK.

THANK YOU.

DISCLAIMER / RULES

Giveaway copies are supplied and shipped to winners via publisher,
agent and/or author. This blog hosts the giveaway on behalf of the
above. I received a copy of this book, at no charge to me, in
exchange for my honest review. No items that I receive are
ever sold…they are kept by me, or given to family and/or friends.
I am not responsible for lost or damaged books that are shipped
from agents. I reserve the right to disqualify/delete any entries
if rules of giveaway are not followed.