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Monday, March 28, 2011

Taking Suggestions

Yes, Yes, I know I just posted about having trouble giving other book recommendations. But the last time I asked you all for some suggestions I got some great reads out of it. So here I go again. I have three PaperBack Swap credits that I would like to use up. So I want to know what your top three titles are - any author, any genre - because as you know I am very versatile with my reading choices.

Thursday, March 24, 2011

What Are You Giving Away This Thursday? BOOK GIVEAWAY LINKY 3/24-3/30

If you have a BOOK-RELATED giveaway going on your blog/site please list it below - this means books (paper or eBook), bookmarks, book swag, booklights, eReaders and other things that are directly related to book reading.

If you have ANY OTHER TYPE of giveaway feel free to link the on my mommy blog giveaway linky: The Busy Woman's Guide to Surviving Motherhood.

Please link DIRECTLY to the book giveaway and not just to your blog's homepage.
Please keep your listings Family Friendly (if the item itself is adult in nature please include ADULT in your listing)

Please use this format:
Your Name: Blog Title (abbr ok) Item Description How many Avail End Date
Your URL: a direct link to the giveaway

EXAMPLE:
Your Name: OPAAT Said The Spider by Earl Van Gilder ends 2/7
Your URL: http://sapphirereads.blogspot.com/2011/01/interiew-and-giveaway-said-spider-by.html



After you use the link please leave a comment, letting me know you were here (I just love comments, this is totally not required! LOL)

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Whatcha Reading Wednesday, March 23, 2011


This week's Whatcha Reading Wednesday works like this:
There are lots of great titles releasing in the next few weeks - which one are you most looking forward to?
You can participate by leaving your WRW teaser in a comment below, or you can make a post on your own blog and link back to this post in the linky below. Feel free to use the WRW graphic, just please be sure to link back to Busy Moms Who Love to Read.

I can hardly wait for Lover Unleashed by JR Ward to release on March 29th! It's the 11th book in the Black Dagger Brotherhood series and I am totally hooked!!

So tell me: Whatcha Reading??

Thursday, March 17, 2011

What Are You Giving Away this Thursday? Link-Up Your BOOK Giveaways 3/17-3/23

If you have a BOOK-RELATED giveaway going on your blog/site please list it below - this means books (paper or eBook), bookmarks, book swag, booklights, eReaders and other things that are directly related to book reading.

If you have ANY OTHER TYPE of giveaway feel free to link the on my mommy blog giveaway linky: The Busy Woman's Guide to Surviving Motherhood.

Please link DIRECTLY to the book giveaway and not just to your blog's homepage.
Please keep your listings Family Friendly (if the item itself is adult in nature please include ADULT in your listing)

Please use this format:
Your Name: Blog Title (abbr ok) Item Description How many Avail End Date
Your URL: a direct link to the giveaway

EXAMPLE:
Your Name: OPAAT Said The Spider by Earl Van Gilder ends 2/7
Your URL: http://sapphirereads.blogspot.com/2011/01/interiew-and-giveaway-said-spider-by.html



After you use the link please leave a comment, letting me know you were here (I just love comments, this is totally not required! LOL)

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Whatcha Reading Wednesdays - March 16th, 2011


SO SORRY THIS IS LATE! Not sure what is going on but every time I schedule out a post, it gets converted to a "draft" after I log out. Trying to figure it out...
This week's Whatcha Reading Wednesday works like this:
Just tell me what book you are currently reading, or planning to start soon.  
You can participate by leaving your WRW teaser in a comment below, or you can make a post on your own blog and link back to this post in the linky below. Feel free to use the WRW graphic, just please be sure to link back to Busy Moms Who Love to Read.

I just started River Marked by Patricia Briggs - the newest in the Mercy Thompson Series. I am about 30% into it and really enjoying it so far!

So tell me: Whatcha Reading??

Friday, March 11, 2011

Recommending Books to Others

Lately I have been being asked to recommend books to people a lot more than usual. And for some reason I am struggling with this. Since I read such a wide variety of books in no particular genre, I struggle with knowing what to tell people. I have noticed that I am actually the anomaly. Most people like to stick to a specific genre and have a hard time stepping outside of that genre. And since I don't personally do this it's hard for me to understand. And that's where the struggle comes from. I find myself asking all these questions about what sorts of books they read, what types of stories they like, do they like series books or prefer singles. And by the time I get all the information I seriously don't know what to tell them anymore. So my questions to you is, how do you go about recommending a book to someone?


If you are an author or publisher and would like an honest review of your title, please contact me at polsen11atcomcastdotnet

Thursday, March 10, 2011

What Are You Giving Away this Thursday? Link-Up Your BOOK Giveaways 3/10-3/16

If you have a BOOK-RELATED giveaway going on your blog/site please list it below - this means books (paper or eBook), bookmarks, book swag, booklights, eReaders and other things that are directly related to book reading.

If you have ANY OTHER TYPE of giveaway feel free to link the on my mommy blog giveaway linky: The Busy Woman's Guide to Surviving Motherhood.

Please link DIRECTLY to the book giveaway and not just to your blog's homepage.
Please keep your listings Family Friendly (if the item itself is adult in nature please include ADULT in your listing)

Please use this format:
Your Name: Blog Title (abbr ok) Item Description How many Avail End Date
Your URL: a direct link to the giveaway

EXAMPLE:
Your Name: OPAAT Said The Spider by Earl Van Gilder ends 2/7
Your URL: http://sapphirereads.blogspot.com/2011/01/interiew-and-giveaway-said-spider-by.html



After you use the link please leave a comment, letting me know you were here (I just love comments, this is totally not required! LOL)

Thursday, March 3, 2011

What Are You Giving Away this Thursday? Link-Up Your BOOK Giveaways 3/3-3/10

If you have a BOOK-RELATED giveaway going on your blog/site please list it below - this means books (paper or eBook), bookmarks, book swag, booklights, eReaders and other things that are directly related to book reading.

If you have ANY OTHER TYPE of giveaway feel free to link the on my mommy blog giveaway linky: The Busy Woman's Guide to Surviving Motherhood.

Please link DIRECTLY to the book giveaway and not just to your blog's homepage.
Please keep your listings Family Friendly (if the item itself is adult in nature please include ADULT in your listing)

Please use this format:
Your Name: Blog Title (abbr ok) Item Description How many Avail End Date
Your URL: a direct link to the giveaway

EXAMPLE:
Your Name: OPAAT Said The Spider by Earl Van Gilder ends 2/7
Your URL: http://sapphirereads.blogspot.com/2011/01/interiew-and-giveaway-said-spider-by.html



After you use the link please leave a comment, letting me know you were here (I just love comments, this is totally not required! LOL)

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Whatcha Reading Wednesdays - March 2, 2011


This week's Whatcha Reading Wednesday works like this:
Just tell me what book you are currently reading, or planning to start soon.  
You can participate by leaving your WRW teaser in a comment below, or you can make a post on your own blog and link back to this post in the linky below. Feel free to use the WRW graphic, just please be sure to link back to Busy Moms Who Love to Read.
I just started Matched by Ally Conde 

So tell me: Whatcha Reading??