WEDNESDAY
Hosted by Miz B at Should Be Reading
What are you currently reading?
What did you recently finish reading?
What do you think you’ll read next?
SCORPIONS
The Battles and Triumphs of FDR’s Great Supreme Court Justices
by NOAH FELDMAN
November 17th to December 1st
Synopsis:
A tiny, ebullient Jew who started as America’s leading liberal and ended as its most famous judicial conservative. A Klansman who became an absolutist advocate of free speech and civil rights. A back-country lawyer who started off trying cases about cows and went on to conduct the most important international trial ever. A self-invented, tall-tale Westerner who narrowly missed the presidency but expanded individual freedom beyond what anyone before had dreamed.
Four more different men could hardly be imagined. Yet they had certain things in common. Each was a self-made man who came from humble beginnings on the edge of poverty. Each had driving ambition and a will to succeed. Each was, in his own way, a genius.
They began as close allies and friends of FDR, but the quest to shape a new Constitution led them to competition and sometimes outright warfare. SCORPIONS tells the story of these four great justices: their relationship with Roosevelt, with each other, and with the turbulent world of the Great Depression, World War II, and the Cold War. It also serves as a history of the modern Constitution itself.
THANKS TO BRIANNE AND THE OUTSTANDING
PEOPLE AT THE HACHETTE BOOK GROUP
I HAVE THREE (3) COPIES OF THIS
HISTORICAL BIOGRAPHY TO GIVE AWAY
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Blog Follower Appreciation Tour
November 17th to November 28th
From the bottom of my heart, a HUGE thank you to all those that have visited and followed my blog over this past year. This blog would not be, without you, the friendliest, fabulous, kindest, fantastic, caring, funniest, kindest, and bestest follower that any blog could have!!!! I am one lucky blogger to consider all of you friends. You are AWESOME!!!!
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FOR THE “BOOK BOX GRAB”
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DISCLAIMER–RULES
No items that I receive are ever sold…they are kept by me, or given to family and/or friends.
Winner will be chosen via Random.Org.
Winners will be notified via email.
Winners must respond with 72 hours (3 days).
I am not responsiblefor lost or damaged books once shipped.
I reserve the right to disqualify/delete any entries if rules of giveaway are not followed.
WEDNESDAY
Hosted by Miz B at Should Be Reading
What are you currently reading?
What did you recently finish reading?
What do you think you’ll read next?
……….for the beautiful 2011 Book Lovers Calendar
Random Integer Generator
Here are your random numbers:
23 19 40
Timestamp: 2010-11-16 23:23:01 UTC
Elizabeth said… 23 Hi…stopping by for the contest.
Julie P said… 19 I follow you via GFC
nfmgirl said… 40 I love this time of year. I always take the week of Thanksgiving off from work, as my birthday falls in the same week (and I haven’t worked or gone to school on my birthday since about 2nd grade). And I love the Christmas holiday season (and my office also shuts down for 10-14 days during Christmas). Add on good food and family and friends, and we’re talking good times!
An email has been sent to the winners and they have 48 hours to respond with their information or another winner will be chosen.
……….for the beautiful 2011 Book Lovers Calendar
Random Integer Generator
Here are your random numbers:
23 19 40
Timestamp: 2010-11-16 23:23:01 UTC
Elizabeth said… 23 Hi…stopping by for the contest.
Julie P said… 19 I follow you via GFC
nfmgirl said… 40 I love this time of year. I always take the week of Thanksgiving off from work, as my birthday falls in the same week (and I haven’t worked or gone to school on my birthday since about 2nd grade). And I love the Christmas holiday season (and my office also shuts down for 10-14 days during Christmas). Add on good food and family and friends, and we’re talking good times!
An email has been sent to the winners and they have 48 hours to respond with their information or another winner will be chosen.
I am so excited, and wanted to share, what I just found…The Perfect 2011 Challenge, at least for me. I have said in the past, that when I first became involved, I joined everything and anything and really didn’t realize what it all entailed. I will be starting my 2nd year, and have learned a few things along the way, one of them being which type of challenges to enter. I knew when I signed up for the 100+ for 2010 that I would not complete it but wanted to see how close I might have come. I just signed up for the ideal challenge and wanted to let you in on all the details……
Hosted by The Book Vixen
Details:
Runs January 1, 2011 through December 31, 2011 (books read prior to 1/1/11 do not count towards the challenge). You can join at anytime. You can sign up on The Book Vixen’s blog.
The goal is to outdo yourself by reading more books in 2011 than you did in 2010. See the different levels below and pick the one that works best for you. Nothing is set in stone; you can change levels at any time during the challenge.
Books can be any format (bound, eBook, audio).
Re-reads and crossovers from other reading challenges are fine.
You can list your books in advance or list them as you read them. It is not required that you review the books you read for this challenge but feel free to do so.
Post this reading challenge on your blog so you can keep a list of the books you’ve read for this challenge. Please include a link back to this post so readers can join the challenge too.
You do not have to be a book blogger to participate. You can keep tabs on books you’ve read for this challenge on Goodreads or LibraryThing if you’d like (maybe make a shelf for “Outdo Yourself Reading Challenge”). If you are not on either of those sites then you can list the books you read for this challenge in the comments on my wrap-up post, which will be up at the end of 2011.
Levels:
Getting my heart rate up – Read 1–5 more books
Out of breath – Read 6–10 more books
Breaking a sweat – Read 11–15 more books
I’m on fire! – Read 16+ more books
Want to join me? Then head on over to The Book Vixen and sign up. I am going to try to “get out of breath” in 2011. Wish me luck!!!
TUESDAY
Hosted by Miz B at Should Be Reading
Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:
*Grab your current read
*Open to a random page
*Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
*BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
*Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!
At two a.m., he slipped on a pair of leather gloves and pulled a balaclava over his face. He retrieved a P40 semiautomatic pistol from his glove compartment and screwed on a silencer. He set the gun on the seat beside him while he stuffed several pairs of flexicuffs and a roll of duct tape into his pocket.
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Hosted by Katrina at CALLAPIDDER DAYS
Where do you get the books you read? Are you a faithful library patron? Or maybe a bookstore junkie? Do you exchange books with friends or family members?
Pre December 2009, I was all of the above. If a book could be found, I would be in whatever type establishment it was. However since 2010, I would say that approximately 90% of my books are sent to me for requested reviews. The other 10% would be ebooks that I purchase that are on my personal tbr bucket list, books that I win from giveaways entered or book swaps.
As for the 2nd part of today’s question, I apologize in advance if there are any authors reading this response, since I have been told that authors cringe when they hear about passing books on. Yes, unless if it is signed, I do. I just CAN’T throw a book away and after a while the house if overtaken by books so I have to pass them on, swap, and/or donate. A few months ago, it was so bad that I got up the courage and purged 4 boxes of PBs that have been on my shelves for many, many years and donated them. There are still a lot and wonder if I will read them all in my lifetime, but I will die trying to lol.
