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LOVE ALWAYS, HOBBY and JESSIE

A MEMOIR

by SARA ROBINSON

OCTOBER 14th to OCTOBER 25th

SYNOPSIS (borrowed from Barnes & Noble)

Even the most difficult of marriages can survive a lifetime through commitment, acceptance, and work. In Love Always, Hobby and Jessie, the improbable bond that was the marriage of Hobby and Jessie Robinson showcases one example of a rocky marriage that eventually finds its footing.

Defined by their heritage and their experiences, Hobby and Jessie met, merged,-and split many times as they unknowingly defined their unique relationship. The conditions implemented to keep peace forged an eventual lifelong truce and acceptance. Those outside of their marriage would have been puzzled the solutions that Hobby and Jessie found. As unconventional as they were to each other, their attempts at brokering their special treaties mirrored their individual styles. Couples who settle on the edges of their relationship often find themselves at the very center of it.

THANKS TO THE WONDERFUL AUTHOR, SARA ROBINSON

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Giveaway "Red Hook Road" September 13th to September 20th ENDED

CMash September 13, 2008 29 Comments

RED HOOK ROAD

by AYELET WALDMAN

SEPTEMBER 13th to SEPTEMBER 20th

SYNOPSIS: (borrowed from Barnes & Noble)

   As lyrical as a sonata, Ayelet Waldman’s follow-up novel to Love and Other Impossible Pursuits explores the aftermath of a family tragedy.
   Set on the coast of Maine over the course of four summers, Red Hook Road tells the story of two families, the Tetherlys and the Copakens, and of the ways in which their lives are unraveled and stitched together by misfortune, by good intentions and failure, and by love and calamity.
   A marriage collapses under the strain of a daughter’s death; two bereaved siblings find comfort in one another; and an adopted young girl breathes new life into her family with her prodigious talent for the violin. As she writes with obvious affection for these unforgettable characters, Ayelet Waldman skillfully interweaves life’s finer pleasures–music and literature–with the more mundane joys of living. Within these resonant pages, a vase filled with wildflowers or a cold beer on a hot summer day serve as constant reminders…

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PEOPLE AT DOUBLEDAY

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Giveaway Simulated Diamond Earrings ENDED

CMash September 12, 2008 12 Comments

SIMULATED PRINCESS CUT EARRINGS

(ACTUAL IMAGE OF EARRINGS)

from http://www.diamondearrings.org/

SEPTEMBER 4th to SEPTEMBER 11th

THANKS TO CHRIS AND THE GENEROUS

PEOPLE AT DIAMONDEARRINGS.ORG

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BEAUTIFUL EARRINGS TO GIVE AWAY.

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I received this product, 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.

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Giveaway Greeting Cards 08/27 to 09/03 ENDED

CMash September 11, 2008 6 Comments

50 GREETING CARDS

FROM

AUGUST 27th to SEPTEMBER 3rd

THANKS TO LUIGI AND THE GENEROUS

PEOPLE AT UPRINTING.COM

YOU CAN WIN THE FOLLOWING:

GIVEAWAY PRIZE:

50 7×5 Folded Cards with Plain Envelopes

14pt Cardstock Gloss

4 Color Front, Blank Back

4 Baronial Blank Envelopes

Half Fold (Scoring only)

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Giveaway "The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake" 08/29/10 to 09/05/10 ENDED

CMash September 10, 2008 28 Comments

THE PARTICULAR SADNESS OF LEMON CAKE

by AIMEE BENDER

AUGUST 29th to SEPTEMBER 5th

SYNOPSIS (borrowed from Barnes & Noble)
   The wondrous Aimee Bender conjures the lush and moving story of a girl whose magical gift is really a devastating curse.
   On the eve of her ninth birthday, unassuming Rose Edelstein, a girl at the periphery of schoolyard games and her distracted parents’ attention, bites into her mother’s homemade lemon-chocolate cake and discovers she has a magical gift: she can taste her mother’s emotions in the cake. She discovers this gift to her horror, for her mother—her cheerful, good-with-crafts, can-do mother—tastes of despair and desperation. Suddenly, and for the rest of her life, food becomes a peril and a threat to Rose.
   The curse her gift has bestowed is the secret knowledge all families keep hidden—her mother’s life outside the home, her father’s detachment, her brother’s clash with the world. Yet as Rose grows up she learns to harness her gift and becomes aware that there are secrets even her taste buds cannot discern.

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Giveaway Digital Photo Key Chain 08/17 to 08/24 ENDED

CMash September 9, 2008 12 Comments

DIGITAL PHOTO KEY CHAIN

AUGUST 17th to AUGUST 24th, 2010

THANKS TO JEFF AND THE GREAT PEOPLE

AT WHOLESALEKEYCHAIN.COM

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Giveaway "The Recessionistas" by Alexandra Lebenthal O8/21/10 to 08/28/10 ENDED

CMash September 8, 2008 26 Comments

THE RECESSIONISTAS

by ALEXANDRA LEBENTHAL

ABOUT THE BOOK

Alexandra Lebenthal, who is active on the New York social scene, has written THE RECESSIONISTAS, a debut novel about four socialites whose perfect Upper East Side lives get turned upside down when the economic collapse wreaks havoc on their pampered existences.

In a tale that is ripped from the headlines, a group of powerful New Yorkers suddenly encounter social upheaval, deception, and scandal. Some will find their way out of disaster while others, after making dangerous choices, dig their own graves. This story of expulsion from a modern-day Garden of Eden captures what happens when lives that were only designed to acquire more suddenly face the prospect of a great deal less.

AUGUST 21st to AUGUST 28th

THANKS TO BRIANNE AND THE AWESOME

PEOPLE AT THE HACHETTE BOOK GROUP

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Giveaway "AH-CHOO" 08/12 to 08/19 ENDED

CMash September 7, 2008 5 Comments

AH-CHOO

by JENNIFER ACKERMAN

AUGUST 12th to AUGUST 19th

What do you know about the common cold? Probably a lot less than you think.

Some colds are like mice, timid and annoying; others like dragons, accompanied by body aches

and deep misery. In AH-CHOO!, Jennifer Ackerman explains what, exactly, a cold is, how it works, and whether it’s really possible to “fight one off.” Scientists call this the Golden Age of the Common Cold because Americans suffer up to a billion colds each year, resulting in 40 million days of missed work and school and 100 million doctor visits. They’ve also learned over the past decade much more about what cold viruses are, what they do to the human body, and how symptoms can be addressed. In this ode to the odious cold, Ackerman sifts through the chatter about treatments-what works, what doesn’t, and what can’t hurt. She dispels myths, such as susceptibility to colds reflects a weakened immune system. And she tracks current research, including work at the University of Virginia at Charlottesville, a world-renowned center of cold research studies, where the search for a cure continues.

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