Notes on Books & Life
Liza Bakewell is the author of Madre: Perilous Journeys of a Spanish Noun, published in November 2010 by W.W. Norton & Company. If you missed my review of Madre yesterday, be sure to check it out! Not only did I learn so much from the book, but I thoroughly enjoyed reading it as well. Ms. …
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First, I just wanted to mention that you can now subscribe to direct comment replies only! Thank you to Jackie from Farm Lane Books Blog for sharing her plug-in wisdom. When I posted that I’d be giving away one of my favorite books to a reader, several people pointed out that I had the whole …
I can’t believe I’m just four days away from turning another year older! To help celebrate, I’ve decided to give away one of my very favorite books to one of you. Since not everyone’s reading tastes are the same, I’ll give you three choices: One Amazing Thing by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni was my favorite novel …
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Chronicle Books is running a really cool contest this holiday season called Happy Haul-idays. Participating bloggers choose up to $500 worth of items from the Chronicle Books website and post about them. Then, the blogger and one of the readers who comments on the Haul-idays post (that could be you!) have a chance to win …
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We interrupt the regular Erin Reads programming to bring you…free books! I have a few books that I’m done with and would like to pass on to other readers. My only request is that you post your thoughts somewhere–on your blog, on GoodReads or LibraryThing, etc. Here are the books up for grabs: A Most …
