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Thanksgiving Tofurkey and Gravy…. Soda?

December 4, 2009 By Leave a Comment

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This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Jones Soda. All opinions are 100% mine.

We received this lovely gift from our friends at Izea a few days after the Thanksgiving holiday. We chilled the Tofurky and Gravy Jones Soda in the fridge and then we got to work testing it out. To be honest, we were both kind of scared to drink something titled “Tofurkey and Gravy” soda. Forrest insisted that he saw white tofu chunks, but I saw no such thing. Are you ready to see a video of Forrest testing out the soda for the very first time? (complete with the Izea turkey hat?)

*Note* If you cannot see the video, please click on the title of the blog entry overhead to view the blog entry on it’s own page. You should be able to see the video, then!

I guess it’s obvious Forrest was not a fan. Though he’s really picky for the most part with sodas so I wasn’t surprised. I went ahead and braved it myself, and took a few sips. It wasn’t awful – and it definitely tasted “Thanksgiving-y” but I am not sure it’s something we would purchase for ourselves. It almost tasted sort of like soup!

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We were mean parents and gave some to Carli to test out. She LOVES soda (often tries to steal ours when we go out) so I was wondering what she would think of it. Would she go “Ahhhh!” which is a symbol of success?


I don’t think she could have run away any faster! If she had liked it, she probably would have grabbed a hold of the soda bottle and took it from her father. The fact that she ran away only indicated that it wasn’t her thing. She sure is a sport, though! (And cute to boot!)

I think the concept of Tofurkey and Gravy soda is just hysterical. Not to be taken seriously, I think it would make a great gag gift to bring to social functions. I may have even given this to my brother had it arrived in time. It would have been too funny to get his reactions on camera (as well as the rest of my family).

On the positive side, it really doesn’t taste exactly like I thought it would. Sweeter, and lighter than I initially thought. I imagined my mouth full of a thick cough-syrup like feeling but instead it was light (for the most part). Forrest insisted he thought it was thick, but I really didn’t think so. More like, “Full of flavor”!

Although Tofurkey and Gravy soda wasn’t our thing, we still love Jone’s soda and the personalization they put into their products!

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Friday Firsts: Shiver #Book #Meme

December 4, 2009 By 11 Comments

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Blogger Meme: Friday Firsts

:!: I try to tweet about all participants, so don’t forget to include your Twitter username if you want to be notified of your tweet mention! :!:

The first line can make or break a reader’s interest. Just how well did the author pull you in to the story with their first sentence? To participate in this weekly book meme is extremely easy.

  • Grab the book you are currently reading and open to the first page.
  • Write down the first sentence in the first paragraph.
  • Create a blog post with this information. (Make sure to include the title & author of the book you are using. Even an ISBN helps!)
  • Did this first sentence help draw you into the story? Why or why not?
  • Link back to Well-Read Reviews in your blog entry.
  • Come back to this blog post, hosted on WellReadReviews.com and add your direct link to Mr. Linky! ** Very important!

That’s it :)

Here is my Friday Firsts: Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater (ISBN: 978-0-545-12326-6) 390 pages.

I remember lying in the snow, a small red spot of warm going cold, surrounded by wolves.

The first sentence created a visual. I imagined blood – or maybe I just imagined the cover which shows a spot of red blood in the snow. Although it wasn’t the most “bring me into the story” sentence, luckily the book itself is very easy to get pulled into and an entertaining read!

Synopsis: (Taken from Amazon.com)

For years, Grace has watched the wolves in the woods behind her house. One yellow-eyed wolf–her wolf–is a chilling presence she can’t seem to live without. Meanwhile, Sam has lived two lives: In winter, the frozen woods, the protection of the pack, and the silent company of a fearless girl. In summer, a few precious months of being human . . . until the cold makes him shift back again.Now, Grace meets a yellow-eyed boy whose familiarity takes her breath away. It’s her wolf. It has to be. But as winter nears, Sam must fight to stay human–or risk losing himself, and Grace, forever.
Graphic: Thank you to Tara for the graphics! (And Cara for suggesting that she make some!)

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Friday Firsts: The Resurrectionist

November 27, 2009 By 4 Comments

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Blogger Meme: Friday Firsts

:!: I try to tweet about all participants, so don’t forget to include your Twitter username if you want to be notified of your tweet mention! :!:

The first line can make or break a reader’s interest. Just how well did the author pull you in to the story with their first sentence? To participate in this weekly book meme is extremely easy.

  • Grab the book you are currently reading and open to the first page.
  • Write down the first sentence in the first paragraph.
  • Create a blog post with this information. (Make sure to include the title & author of the book you are using. Even an ISBN helps!)
  • Did this first sentence help draw you into the story? Why or why not?
  • Link back to Well-Read Reviews in your blog entry.
  • Come back to this blog post, hosted on WellReadReviews.com and add your direct link to Mr. Linky! ** Very important!

That’s it :)

Here is my Friday Firsts: The Resurrectionist by Jack O’Connell (ISBN: 978-1-56512-678-7) 304 pages.

Alone in the doctor’s office, Sweeney’s eyes lingered on the final panel and, once again, he found himself feeling something close to sympathy for the cartoon strongman, exiled and adrift, the world torn in a random instant and supplanted with a precarious replacement.

The first sentence had me going, “Huh?!” It was already telling me that this wasn’t going to be an easy read – and since then has proved to be correct in the matter. It’s not something you can read while doing other things because it takes your full attention.

Synopsis: (Taken from Amazon.com)

The Resurrectionist is a wild ride into a territory where nothing is as it appears. Part classic noir thriller, part fabulist fable, it is the story of Sweeney and his comatose son, Danny. Hoping for a miracle, Sweeney has brought Danny to the fortresslike Peck Clinic, whose doctors claim to have “resurrected” patients who were similarly lost in the void. but the real cure for his son’s condition may lie in Limbo, a comic book world beloved by Danny before he slipped into a coma.

O’Connell has crafted a spellbinding novel about stories and what they can do for and to those who create them and those who consume them. About the nature of consciousness and the power of the unknown. And, ultimately, about forgiveness and the depth of our need to extend it and receive it.

Graphic: Thank you to Tara for the graphics! (And Cara for suggesting that she make some!)

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Friday Firsts: Ferris Beach

November 20, 2009 By 2 Comments

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Blogger Meme: Friday Firsts

:!: All participants will have their entry tweeted about, so don’t forget to include your Twitter username if you want to be notified of your tweet mention! :!:

The first line can make or break a reader’s interest. Just how well did the author pull you in to the story with their first sentence? To participate in this weekly book meme is extremely easy.

  • Grab the book you are currently reading and open to the first page.
  • Write down the first sentence in the first paragraph.
  • Create a blog post with this information. (Make sure to include the title & author of the book you are using. Even an ISBN helps!)
  • Did this first sentence help draw you into the story? Why or why not?
  • Link back to Well-Read Reviews in your blog entry.
  • Come back to this blog post, hosted on WellReadReviews.com and add your direct link to Mr. Linky! ** Very important!

That’s it :)

Here is my Friday Firsts: Ferris Beach by Jill McCorkle (ISBN: 15651293184) 352 pages.

Our neighborhood was never the same after Misty Rhodes and her family moved in across the street.

This had me thinking, “Hmm.. I wonder what Misty Rhodes does that causes the neighborhood to never be the same?” It succeeded at catching my interest and having me question what would happen next.

Synopsis: (Taken from Amazon.com)

Ferris Beach is a place where excitement and magic coexist. Or so Mary Katherine “Katie” Burns, the only child of middle-aged Fred and Cleva Burns, believes. Shy and self-conscious, she daydreams about Ferris Beach, where her beautiful cousin, Angela, leads a romantic, mysterious life.

It is the early 1970s, and when the land across the road from the Burns’s historic house is sold to developers, Misty Rhodes—also from Ferris Beach—and her flamboyant parents move into the nearest newly built split-level. In contrast to Katie’s composed, reserved, practical mother, Misty and her mother are everything Katie wants to be: daring, outrageous, fun. The two girls become inseparable, sharing every secret, every dream—until one fateful Fourth of July, when their lives change in a way they could never have imagined.

In this classic McCorkle novel, the author’s shrewd grasp of human nature creates characters that resonate with truth and emotion, and a story perfect for mothers and daughters to share and cherish.

Graphic: Thank you to Tara for the graphics! (And Cara for suggesting that she make some!)

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Wishful Wednesdays #Meme

November 18, 2009 By 3 Comments

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While visiting some of my dailies, I found this new #meme by BlueStocking called Wishful Wednesday. In this weekly #meme you can discuss books you are wishing for! After you are done with your blog entry, you just comment on her site with the permalink to let her know you have participated!

After last week’s Wishful Wednesday, my husband bought me Pride & Prejudice & Zombies! He has been extremely supportive and tolerant of my reading! :) He is a wonderful man!

Among the Hidden – I love Dystopian novels and found this one mentioned on another blog a day or two ago and would love to get it!

Synopsis: (Taken from Amazon.com)

Luke has never been to school. He’s never had a birthday party, or gone to a friend’s house for an overnight. In fact, Luke has never had a friend.

Luke is one of the shadow children, a third child forbidden by the Population Police. He’s lived his entire life in hiding, and now, with a new housing development replacing the woods next to his family’s farm, he is no longer even allowed to go outside.

Then, one day Luke sees a girl’s face in the window of a house where he knows two other children already live. Finally, he’s met a shadow child like himself. Jen is willing to risk everything to come out of the shadows — does Luke dare to become involved in her dangerous plan? Can he afford not to?

The Everafter – Another “saw it on a blog” and thought the cover was rather pretty!

Synopsis: (Taken from Amazon.com)

Madison Stanton doesn’t know where she is or how she got there. But she does know this—she is dead. And alone, in a vast, dark space. The only company she has in this place are luminescent objects that turn out to be all the things Maddy lost while she was alive. And soon she discovers that with these artifacts, she can reexperience—and sometimes even change—moments from her life.

Her first kiss. A trip to Disney World. Her sister’s wedding. A disastrous sleepover.

In reliving these moments, Maddy learns illuminating and sometimes frightening truths about her life—and death.

This is a haunting and ultimately hopeful novel about the beauty of even the most insignificant moments—and the strength of true love even beyond death.

Blankets – I saw this in a store in the Winter Park Village and thought, “Man this sucker is HUGE!” especially for a graphic novel. It caught my attention and I’ve wanted to read it since!

Synopsis: (Taken from Amazon.com)
At 592 pages, Blankets may well be the single largest graphic novel ever published without being serialized first.

Wrapped in the landscape of a blustery Wisconsin winter, Blankets explores the sibling rivalry of two brothers growing up in the isolated country, and the budding romance of two coming-of-age lovers. A tale of security and discovery, of playfulness and tragedy, of a fall from grace and the origins of faith.

A profound and utterly beautiful work from Craig Thompson.

What are YOU wishing for?

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Comments are now DOFOLLOW. :)

November 14, 2009 By 12 Comments

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I added a plugin called DOFOLLOW that means any link I put on my website for someone else’s website counts as an outbound link point for their blog/website/whatever.

Why does this matter?

Most blogs are set up to put a nofollow tag on links, unless otherwise specified. This limits the amount of points a website can get for having an inbound link for their website. The higher the page rank, the more opportunities for professional blogging is available. If you love posting reviews and wish you got more ARC requests, many higher up authors look at something like a page rank to determine if you’re a good fit for contributing to the marketing of their new novel.

Now – when I list or link to your website it gives you a point towards your Google Page Rank. Also, when you utilize commenting on Well-Read Reviews and place your link in the optional website text area, you will have a point towards your page rank! (That is JUST by commenting on a post you found interesting – granted you do!) ;-)

I only ask that you add legitimate comments because comments are monitored and will be deleted if I feel people are taking advantage to the free for all no-follow through my comments!

So how does this work?

Step 1 – Click on the comments of a post you like. Sometimes it’ll say ‘No comments’ (in which you’ll receive good karma by being the first to comment!) and sometimes it’ll have a number attached to it. This will allow you to comment. You’re going to want to then scroll down to the bottom of the page (past the blog entry) to see where to comment.

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Step 2

Put the required information in the boxes. If you have a website, don’t forget to put it in the optional website text area (not the actual comment space).

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Also feel free to take advantage of COMMENTLuv, a plugin which links to your latest blog entry! Sort of a win-win when you comment. :)

I encourage all blog owners to take off the “nofollow” tags to their links. If that is something that you would like to do but are unsure of how to do it, feel free to comment and we can try to figure it out together! As always – your comment is as good as cyber gold!

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Friday Firsts: Her Fearful Symmetry

November 13, 2009 By 5 Comments

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Blogger Meme: Friday Firsts

:!: All participants will have their entry tweeted about, so don’t forget to include your Twitter username if you want to be notified of your tweet mention! :!:

The first line can make or break a reader’s interest. Just how well did the author pull you in to the story with their first sentence? To participate in this weekly book meme is extremely easy.

  • Grab the book you are currently reading and open to the first page.
  • Write down the first sentence in the first paragraph.
  • Create a blog post with this information. (Make sure to include the title & author of the book you are using. Even an ISBN helps!)
  • Did this first sentence help draw you into the story? Why or why not?
  • Link back to Well-Read Reviews in your blog entry.
  • Come back to this blog post, hosted on WellReadReviews.com and add your direct link to Mr. Linky! ** Very important!

That’s it :)

Here is my Friday Firsts: Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger (ISBN: 1439165394) 416 pages.

Elspeth died while Robert was standing in front of a vending machine watching tea shoot into a small plastic cup.

It definitely interests me. I think anything in mention of death is sure to gain the attention of many readers. What interests me more is that the chapter is eerily titled, “The End” – but it’s the very first page! Hmmm…. :)

Synopsis: (Taken from Amazon.com)

When Elspeth Noblin dies of cancer, she leaves her London apartment to her twin nieces, Julia and Valentina. These two American girls never met their English aunt, only knew that their mother, too, was a twin, and Elspeth her sister. Julia and Valentina are semi-normal American teenagers–with seemingly little interest in college, finding jobs, or anything outside their cozy home in the suburbs of Chicago, and with an abnormally intense attachment to one another.

The girls move to Elspeth’s flat, which borders Highgate Cemetery in London. They come to know the building’s other residents. There is Martin, a brilliant and charming crossword puzzle setter suffering from crippling Obsessive Compulsive Disorder; Marjike, Martin’s devoted but trapped wife; and Robert, Elspeth’s elusive lover, a scholar of the cemetery. As the girls become embroiled in the fraying lives of their aunt’s neighbors, they also discover that much is still alive in Highgate, including–perhaps–their aunt, who can’t seem to leave her old apartment and life behind.

Niffenegger weaves a captivating story in Her Fearful Symmetry about love and identity, about secrets and sisterhood, and about the tenacity of life–even after death.

Graphic: Thank you to Tara for the graphics! (And Cara for suggesting that she make some!)

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Wishful Wednesday #meme

November 11, 2009 By 4 Comments

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While visiting some of my dailies, I found this new #meme by BlueStocking called Wishful Wednesday. In this weekly #meme you can discuss books you are wishing for! After you are done with your blog entry, you just comment on her site with the permalink to let her know you have participated!

Beautiful Creatures – I’ve seen this mentioned quite a few times lately. Plus, now it is showing up on Amazon.com as recommended.

Synopsis: (Taken from Amazon.com)

Lena Duchannes is unlike anyone the small Southern town of Gatlin has ever seen, and she’s struggling to conceal her power and a curse that has haunted her family for generations. But even within the overgrown gardens, murky swamps and crumbling graveyards of the forgotten South, a secret cannot stay hidden forever.

Ethan Wate, who has been counting the months until he can escape from Gatlin, is haunted by dreams of a beautiful girl he has never met. When Lena moves into the town’s oldest and most infamous plantation, Ethan is inexplicably drawn to her and determined to uncover the connection between them.

In a town with no surprises, one secret could change everything.

Graceling – Although on the surface it doesn’t appear that it would interest me, I’ve heard that a lot of people felt this way but was amazed by the book. Being the open minded reader that I am, I’ve decided that I really want to read it!

Synopsis: (Taken from Amazon.com)

Katsa has been able to kill a man with her bare hands since she was eight—she’s a Graceling, one of the rare people in her land born with an extreme skill. As niece of the king, she should be able to live a life of privilege, but Graced as she is with killing, she is forced to work as the king’s thug.


When she first meets Prince Po, Graced with combat skills, Katsa has no hint of how her life is about to change. She never expects to become Po’s friend. She never expects to learn a new truth about her own Grace—or about a terrible secret that lies hidden far away . . . a secret that could destroy all seven kingdoms with words alone.

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies – I am a sucker for zombie films. For some reason they interest me and creep me out all at the same time. When I saw this book months ago (back in August) I thought it was the coolest idea. This was before I started blogging full time about my books. Even so, since then – I’ve really been heavily debating reading it.

Synopsis: (Taken from Amazon.com)

‘It is a truth universally acknowledged that a zombie in possession of brains must be in want of more brains.’ So begins Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, an expanded edition of the beloved Jane Austen novel featuring all-new scenes of bone-crunching zombie mayhem. As our story opens, a mysterious plague has fallen upon the quiet English village of Meryton and the dead are returning to life! Feisty heroine Elizabeth Bennet is determined to wipe out the zombie menace, but she’s soon distracted by the arrival of the haughty and arrogant Mr. Darcy.


What ensues is a delightful comedy of manners with plenty of civilized sparring between the two young lovers and even more violent sparring on the blood-soaked battlefield as Elizabeth wages war against hordes of flesh-eating undead. Can she vanquish the spawn of Satan? And overcome the social prejudices of the class-conscious landed gentry? Complete with romance, heartbreak, swordfights, cannibalism, and thousands of rotting corpses, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies transforms a masterpiece of world literature into something you’d actually want to read.


What are YOU wishing for?

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Friday Firsts: Scarlett & Crimson- Darqstarz Rising #Meme

November 6, 2009 By 1 Comment

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Blogger Meme: Friday Firsts

:!: All participants will have their entry tweeted about, so don’t forget to include your Twitter username if you want to be notified of your tweet mention! :!:

The first line can make or break a reader’s interest. Just how well did the author pull you in to the story with their first sentence? To participate in this weekly book meme is extremely easy.

  • Grab the book you are currently reading and open to the first page.
  • Write down the first sentence in the first paragraph.
  • Create a blog post with this information. (Make sure to include the title & author of the book you are using. Even an ISBN helps!)
  • Did this first sentence help draw you into the story? Why or why not?
  • Link back to Well-Read Reviews in your blog entry.
  • Come back to this blog post, hosted on WellReadReviews.com and add your direct link to Mr. Linky!

That’s it :)

Here is my Friday Firsts: Scarlett & Crimson – Darqstarz Rising [Book 1] (ISBN: 978-1-4169-5830-7)

“Crimson?”

Ah, short first sentence. In fact, this didn’t even register as a sentence when I read it the first time, and continued to read further on until it felt complete.

“Crimson? You down here?” Scarlett Ravencraft yelled into the shadows beyond the wine cellar room.

Ah – see, now it feels more complete to me. The first word (technically the first sentence of ‘Crimson’ doesn’t do much in terms of draw a reader in – although maybe by a little as it is such a unique name for a character in a story. Instantly, though, the mind goes to thinking, “Well – what?” As I continue to read, I feel as if the introduction was completed. Ah, Scarlett is looking for Crimson – but – why? Now, the pulling in is beginning.

The book is just adorable so I am looking forward to reading it further.

Synopsis: (Taken from Amazon.com)

Scarlett and Crimson are expecting this week to be just like every other week at V. Price Memorial Middle School. But, to their surprise and delight, this Monday they learn that the new kid in town – Pepper White – just snubbed the Leetz (the clique of popular, know-it-all girls that rules the school) at lunch! They also discover that Pepper has some seriously DARQ potential. As if that wasn’t treat enough, the girls find out that the community recreation center is sponsoring a Battle of the Bands contest, and the top three bands from the whole district will compete live on Halloween night – the perfect opportunity to showcase their new, yet-to-be-named band! Tween girls will immediately take to Scarlett and Crimson in this first series installment as the girls launch their website, DarqSpace, partner up with Pepper to record an awesome demo, and show the Leetz that popularity doesn’t always win over the crowd.

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Booking Through Thursday: Autobiography vs. Biography #Meme

November 5, 2009 By 2 Comments

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This meme is hosted by Booking Through Thursday Blog. This week’s question is:

Which do you prefer? Biographies written about someone? Or Autobiographies written by the actual person (and/or ghost-writer)?

As a child, I really enjoyed reading biographies – but the sort of biographies that was geared towards the interest and reading style of children so it wasn’t overly dull. I read a lot of biographies in elementary school on people such as Sandra Day O’Conner, Helen Keller, Richard Nixon, Laura Ingles Wilder, and Abraham Lincoln to name a few. But as I grew older the amount of biographies I read decreased to virtually zilch as they often became stale and boring.

Now, though, I much prefer biographies (if I have to choose between the two) because to me it says, “I find this person so special that I would like to tell you all about them!”. With autobiographies (self-written) I sometimes look at it in the “I am so special and let me tell you why!” obnoxious category. I don’t know why autobiographies bug me, but they do – and I didn’t even notice it until this very second while writing this blog entry. But, even so – not all autobiographies annoy – as in high school I read a memoir/autobiography called My Sergei, which I absolutely loved. It was about the romance between two Russian ice skaters, and her journey through grieving when he randomly and suddenly dies on the ice. I think it depends on the context of why the person is writing an autobiography – if it’s for publicity/fame/fortune then I have no interest. However, if it’s to act as a voice for others who may be going through the same thing and are unable to speak up,then I’m willing to look at it in a whole new light.

As for ghost-written autobiographies .. What on EARTH is the point of that? Though on that note, I do find myself interested when authors are “pretending” to be historical figures and writing about their lives – like King Henry VIII. We know it’s fiction, but it’s written as if he was writing it himself, and I find that rather interesting. (So – I really do not have a consistent opinion on the matter, do I?) I guess it varies, like anything. My opinions change on the quality of the book – if it’s written well, then I’ll most likely enjoy it.

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In Honor of #NaNoWriMo: Eats, Shoots & Leaves Giveaway!

November 2, 2009 By 23 Comments

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In honor of it being November, the infamous “National Novel Writing Month”, I am going to give away a FREE brand new copy of Eat, Shoots, and Leaves by Lynne Truss. The giveaway will run until Friday, November 6th 2009. The rules are VERY simple:

- 1 point for commenting on this blog entry (please include your email address)
- 1 point for each tweet. (Please @WellReadReviews so I can verify your tweet).
- 5 points for each blog entry, linking to this website (http://www.wellreadreviews.com)

For every point you earn, you will have that many chances to win Eats, Shoots and Leaves by Lynne Truss. For example, if you comment on this blog entry, then blog and tweet about it – then you will have earned 7 chances to win. It’s that simple!

Synopsis (Taken from Amazon.com):

A bona fide publishing phenomenon, Lynne Truss’s now classic #1 New York Times bestseller Eats, Shoots & Leaves makes its paperback debut after selling over 3 million copies worldwide in hardcover.

We all know the basics of punctuation. Or do we? A look at most neighborhood signage tells a different story. Through sloppy usage and low standards on the Internet, in e-mail, and now text messages, we have made proper punctuation an endangered species.

In Eats, Shoots & Leaves, former editor Truss dares to say, in her delightfully urbane, witty, and very English way, that it is time to look at our commas and semicolons and see them as the wonderful and necessary things they are. This is a book for people who love punctuation and get upset when it is mishandled. From the invention of the question mark in the time of Charlemagne to George Orwell shunning the semicolon, this lively history makes a powerful case for the preservation of a system of printing conventions that is much too subtle to be mucked about with.

The winner will be contacted at the end of the giveaway.

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Friday Firsts Book #Meme

September 25, 2009 By 3 Comments

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Introducing a new book blog meme: Friday Firsts

The first line can make or break a reader’s interest. Just how well did the author pull you in to the story with their first sentence? To participate in this weekly book meme is extremely easy.

  • Grab the book you are currently reading and open to the first page.
  • Write down the first sentence in the first paragraph.
  • Create a blog post with this information. (Make sure to include the title & author of the book you are using. Even an ISBN helps!)
  • Did this first sentence help draw you into the story? Why or why not?
  • Grab an image code:

  • Come back to this blog post, hosted on WellReadReviews.com and add your direct link to Mr. Linky!

That’s it :)

Here is my Friday Firsts: The Haunting of Sam Cabot by Mark Edward Hall (ISBN: 978-1-61572-030-9)

It rained off and on throughout the night, cold rails of it falling from the dark sky, beating down into the ashen ruins, perhaps attempting to cleanse the wickedness from them.

Personally, I think the first sentence of this novel set up a spooky premise. Why is this place so wicked and just how wicked? It made me want to find out more.

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INTRODUCING: Friday Firsts #book #meme

September 18, 2009 By 7 Comments

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Introducing a new book blog meme: Friday Firsts

The first line can make or break a reader’s interest. Just how well did the author pull you in to the story with their first sentence? To participate in this weekly book meme is extremely easy.

  • Grab the book you are currently reading and open to the first page.
  • Write down the first sentence in the first paragraph.
  • Create a blog post with this information. (Make sure to include the title & author of the book you are using. Even an ISBN helps!)
  • Did this first sentence help draw you into the story? Why or why not?
  • Grab an image code:

  • Come back to this blog post, hosted on WellReadReviews.com and add your direct link to Mr. Linky!

That’s it :)

Here is my Friday Firsts: Worst Nightmares by Shane Briant (ISBN: 978-1-5931315-514-8)

“Your dream… tell me more, Miriam,” the Dream Healer cooed at his computer.

For me, I believe Shane Briant chose a nice sentence to get the ball rolling and have me continue to read more. It made me feel like it wasn’t going to be a slow start to this novel, and would get right into the creepiness.

**NOTE ** When I wrote this blog entry, a few days ago, I was still reading Worst Nightmares. I just finished it up last night.
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