Category: Book Corner

Book Corner

New Books to Mooch

Karen

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I just added three more books to my Bookmooch inventory. I had to put my Bookmooch account on “vacation” for a while because I was mailing out so many books the postage was killing me! However, now I’m ready to mail out more books, so mooch away! So far, I’ve given 22 23 books away and have received 13 14 books from other moochers.

Here are the books I have available for mooching:

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1. Harvesting the Heart by Jodi Picoult

(OOPS! Harvesting the Heart was just mooched!)

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2. Everything She Thought She Wanted by Elizabeth Buchan

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3. Devil’s Own by Sandra Brown
(The copy I have has a different cover. This is a reprint – would make a great addition to a Brown collection).

If you would like to join Bookmooch (or if you’re already a member, look me up!) and mooch books off of me, you can find my inventory and my account information here. My Bookmooch ID is: take2max – in case the link doesn’t work and you want to find me. 🙂

You can also subscribe to my Bookmooch inventory in your RSS reader if you wish to keep track of any new books I add. The feed URL is: http://bookmooch.com/rss/inventory/en/take2max/

Sorry, I’m only shipping to the U.S at this time. International shipping just isn’t in the budget right now. 😦

I’m also on an active prowl for the following books:

*Memory Keeper’s Daughter by Kim Edwards
*Slightly Married by Wendy Markham
*Ex and the Single Girl by Lani Diane Rich
*Nice Girls Finish First by Alesia Holliday
*See Jane Date by Melissa Senate
*”F” is for Fugitive by Sue Grafton

If you have any of these books in your Bookmooch collection, let me know and I’ll mooch them from you!
Book Corner

July BAFAB Winner Announced

Karen

Win a FREE book at writefromkaren.com

A HUGE THANK YOU to everyone who put their name in the comment pot for my July Buy a Friend a Book (BAFAB) giveaway. And a HUGE THANK YOU to those that posted my button and spread the word – I heart you guys, truly I do.

I’m listing all of the people who were interested in the free book here. Since wordpress.com doesn’t come with that snazzy sticky feature (I miss the sticky feature wordpress! Waah!), I’m going to have to clear the FREE BOOK page so I can use it again for October’s BAFAB drawing. (Sorry about the comments disappearing! When I closed comments on the FREE BOOK page wordpress made them disappear! They are still there, you just can’t see them! ACK!)

But I didn’t want to lose all of the comments, or the lnks to the wonderful people who left a comment, so, I’m listing them here so their links remain and I can do what I need to do with the FREE BOOK page.

Capiche?

Don’t worry, it doesn’t really make sense to me, either. 😀

Here are the uber-cool people who put their names into the comment pot (in no particular order):

1. Shoshana 2. Danica 3. Melanie 4. Tina
5. Julie 6. Sandy 7. Emily 8. Dawn
9. Teresa W. 10. Lori Barnes 11. Elaine 12. Lulliannie
13. The Book Muncher 14. Samantha 15. Karin A 16. Johannah B
17. Carol Ezovski 18. Kristine Peacock 19. Janelle 20. Lizzie
21. Juxtabook 22. Melanie 23. Debbie 24. Book-Adorer
25. Ryan 26. Chel 27. Judy 28. The Story Siren
29. Marianne 30.avni 31. Deborah 32. ellie
33. Cyndi 34. Breanna 35. Lucy D 36. Alessandra
37. erica 38. emily 39. Nitestar 40. Joy @ Joy of Desserts
41. Pamk 42. bunnyb 43. Archana 44. Deb – Mom of 3 Girls
45. kegsoccer 46. Margay 47. Pamk 48. Nicole
50. Becca 51. Popin 52. Julie 53. Katie
54. Tina

After running the number of commenters through random.org, here are the top three picks:

July BAFAB Winner

CONGRATULATIONS BECCA!!!

(In the event that I can’t reach Becca within three days (by 5:00 p.m. U.S. central time July 6th), the second person listed wins the book. So, if your number was drawn, check your email!)

Thanks again for participating, everyone! I LOVELOVELOVE doing this every quarter! Please bookmark me and we’ll do this again in October!

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Book Corner

A New Book to Mooch

Karen

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I just added another book to my Bookmooch collection. I’ve reserved this book for 7 days on my Bookmooch account. This means, if you’re my friend on Bookmooch, you’ll have first dibs on this book. Not a friend? No problem. Just sign into your bookmooch account and add me (take2max) to your friends!

Lipstick Jungle by Candace Bushnell

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Book blurb:
Book blurb:

The new novel that fans of the bestselling author have been waiting for, about three sexy, powerful career women who will do anything to stay at the top of their fields

Victory Ford is the darling of the fashion world. Single, attractive, and iconoclastic, she has worked for years to create her own signature line. As Victory struggles to keep her company afloat, she learns crucial lessons about what she really wants in a relationship.

Nico O’Neilly is the glamorous, brilliant editor of Bonfire Magazine—the pop-culture bible for fashion, show business, and politics. Considered one of the most powerful women in publishing, she seems to have it all. But in a mid-life crisis, she suddenly realizes this isn’t enough.

Wendy Healy’s chutzpah has propelled her to the very top of the cut-throat movie industry. When it becomes clear that a competitor is trying to oust her, something has to give—and Wendy must decide between her career and her marriage.

In Lipstick Jungle, Bushnell once again delivers an addictive page-turner of sex and scandal that will keep readers enthralled and guessing to the very last page.

If you would like to join Bookmooch (or if you’re already a member, look me up!) and mooch books off of me, you can find my inventory and my account information here. My Bookmooch ID is: take2max – in case the link doesn’t work and you want to find me. 🙂

Sorry, I’m only shipping to the U.S at this time. International shipping just isn’t in the budget right now. 😦

I’ve got some bookmooch points burning a hole in my pocket. Any bookmoochers out there that want to get rid of some of their books? If so, leave me a link to your inventory in the comment section and I’ll take a look!

Check Dear Reader soon for my review of Lipstick Jungle

Book Corner

BAFAB: Deadline July 3rd

Karen

IT’S TIME!

And the winner is …

Yep, it’s that time once again – time to give a book away for no good reason!

So how does this work, you ask? Here’s the short version, I’m participating in the program and would love to buy someone a book of their choice ($20 max). If you would like to put your name into the pot and win a free book, please enter your name in the comment section below. If I draw your name July 3rd, then I’ll buy you a book!

Winner will be announced on Write From Karen after 11:00 a.m. (U.S. central time) July 3rd.

And … if any of you are feeling generous and would like to buy ME a book, I’ve included a link to my Amazon.com wish list to make it easy for you. 😀

Easy-smeasy, right?

Want to learn more? Read the long version.

Please help spread the word! Copy the code below and paste it into your blog today!

Banner Code:

Win a FREE book at writefromkaren.com

To include this banner (130 pixels wide) in your post or sidebar, copy and paste this code:

<a href="https://writefromkaren.wordpress.com/free-book/"><img
src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3084/2338927374_6bcac880da_o.jpg&quot; alt="Win a FREE book at writefromkaren.com" /></a>
Book Corner

Pick a Book, Any book

Karen

Guess what time it is?

It’s time for another Buy A Friend a Book week!

Yep, I’m going to randomly pick a reader out of a hat and send him/her a book of his/her choice from Amazon. No, no, not right now. The first week of July.

Okay wait, instead of explaining it all over again, just click over here and read more about it.

In the meantime, mark your calendars and be sure to come back June 27th and put your name in the comment “pot”. It’s not everyday someone offers to buy you a book for no good reason!

Please help spread the word! Copy the code below and paste it into your blog today!

Banner Code:

Win a FREE book at writefromkaren.com

To include this button (130 pixels wide) in your post or sidebar, copy and paste this code:

<a href="https://writefromkaren.wordpress.com/free-book/"><img
src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3084/2338927374_6bcac880da_o.jpg&quot; alt="Win a FREE book at writefromkaren.com" /></a>
Book Corner

A New Book to Mooch

Karen

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I just added another book to my Bookmooch collection:

7 Days and 7 Night by Wendy Wax

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I also wrote a review on this book at:

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Dear Reader

Book blurb:
Book blurb:

IT’S HIM VS. HER WHEN ROMANCE
COLLIDES WITH REALITY-
AND EVERYONE IS WATCHING…

HE SAYS…he’ll have his way with her inside a week.

Radio personality Matt Ransom of Atlanta’s raucous, testosterone-fueled Guy Talk, is counting on a sure thing when he agrees to be locked up in a tiny apartment for seven days with the competition: the earnest Dr. Olivia Moore. It’s an on-camera publicity stunt and Matt’s determined to come out on top. What he doesn’t count on is how hard it will be to hide from himself–and the rest of the world–how the beautiful doctor still stimulates him: body, mind, and soul.

SHE SAYS…she’ll never make the same mistake twice.

Though their long-ago affair is a secret, Olivia feels as if her broken heart is on display whenever she crosses paths with her infuriatingly cocky–and undeniably charismatic–nemesis. Now, she’s stuck in the reality show from hell…or is it heaven? Livvy’s learned a lot about relationships since Matt. All she has to do is keep a level head even while every other part of her is spinning dizzily out of control…

If you would like to join Bookmooch (or if you’re already a member, look me up!) and mooch books off of me, you can find my inventory and my account information here. My Bookmooch ID is: take2max – in case the link doesn’t work and you want to find me. 🙂

Sorry, I’m only shipping to the U.S at this time. International shipping just isn’t in the budget right now. 😦

I’ve got some bookmooch points burning a hole in my pocket. Any bookmoochers out there that want to get rid of some of their books? If so, leave me a link to your inventory in the comment section and I’ll take a look!

Book Corner

A New Book to Mooch

Karen

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I just added another book to my Bookmooch collection:

I Am No One You Know by Joyce Carol Oates

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Book blurb:

I Am No One You Know contains nineteen startling stories that bear witness to the remarkably varied lives of Americans of our time. In “Fire,” a troubled young wife discovers a rare, radiant happiness in an adulterous relationship. In “Curly Red,” a girl makes a decision to reveal a family secret, and changes her life irrevocably. In “The Girl with the Blackened Eye,” selected for The Best American Mystery Stories 2001, a girl pushed to an even greater extreme of courage and desperation manages to survive her abduction by a serial killer. And in “Three Girls,” two adventuresome NYU undergraduates seal their secret love by following, and protecting, Marilyn Monroe in disguise at Strand Used Books on a snowy evening in 1956.

These vividly rendered portraits of women, men, and children testify to Oates’s compassion for the mysterious and luminous resources of the human spirit.

If you want it, then mooch it from me. 🙂 Bookmooch, that is. I’m a member of Bookmooch which is an online forum to swap books with other bookworms. Here’s a brief explanation:

Give & receive: Every time you give someone a book, you earn a point and can get any book you want from anyone else at BookMooch. Once you’ve read a book, you can keep it forever or put it back into BookMooch for someone else, as you wish.

No cost: there is no cost to join or use this web site: your only cost is mailing your books to others.

If you would like to join Bookmooch (or if you’re already a member, look me up!) and mooch books off of me, you can find my inventory and my account information here. My Bookmooch ID is: take2max – in case the link doesn’t work and you want to find me. 🙂

Sorry, I’m only shipping to the U.S at this time. International shipping just isn’t in the budget right now. 😦

I’ve got some bookmooch points burning a hole in my pocket. Any bookmoochers out there that want to get rid of some of their books? If so, leave me a link to your inventory in the comment section and I’ll take a look!