He repeated my name over and over, and then added, “I must hear you say it. Please. Say it. Say my name.” “Chekura,” I said. “Someone knows my name. Seeing you makes me want to live.” I wondered if there was a way for me to bring him water. “Now we must all live,” I [...]
Posts from ‘August, 2009’
The Long Fall – Book Review
I was like a man, shovel in hand, finding himself standing in a freshly dug grave but with no memory of having dug it. I stayed there because at least if you’ve hit bottom you had no farther to fall. – from The Long Fall – Leonid McGill is a man of contradictions. He has [...]
BBAW Meme
Book Blogger Appreciation Week is not that far off now (September 14-18, 2009). Have you nominated your favorite blogs? Just today I made my final decisions – whew, I don’t know about the rest of you, but that was way too hard to narrow down. I have over 300 blogs in my Google Reader, and [...]
WINNERS – Final Draw Mystery Read-A-Thon
Once again, thanks to those who joined in the fun this weekend with the Mystery Read-A-Thon. It made it much more fun to have people to read with!!! I have the results for the final book giveaway! There were FOUR people who complete the meme…and I used Random.org to pick TWO winners. Drum roll, please…… [...]
Mailbox Monday – August 10, 2009
Welcome to another Mailbox Monday on Caribousmom! This fun weekly event is hosted every Monday by Marica at The Printed Page and is a time for reader’s to share the books which arrived at their homes in the past week. This was a terrific week for me in books…. Here is what arrived at my [...]
Final Update: Mystery Read-A-Thon
Monday, August 10th, 6:45 AM Last night I ALMOST finished my second book – but I finally gave into sleep and stopped about 50 pages from the end. I managed to reach my goal of 12 hours of reading! Just a reminder for all participants in the Read-A-Thon …. the last two books in the [...]
Update #3: Mystery Read-A-Thon
August 9th, Sunday, 2:30PM Time for another update. Remember there is a giveaway still open (with two books up for grabs) – to enter, go to THIS POST. I have had a good morning and early afternoon of reading. I finished Best Intentions by Emily Listfield (read my review) which I enjoyed. And I have [...]
Best Intentions – Book Review
The trajectory of any life, laid out across a table, reduced to jottings in a pad, would no doubt seem both damning and inane, our imperfections difficult to justify despite our best intentions. – from Best Intentions, page 302 – Lisa Barkley seems to have it all – two beautiful daughters with enough money to [...]
Final Give-Away…and a Winner
TWO people completed the Weekly Geeks post to be eligible to win Theft of the Master (hardcover edition) by Edwin Alexander. Once again, Random.org picked the winner. Congratulations to Gautami at Everything Distils into Reading Gautami, please email me at caribousmom (at) gmail (dot) com with your snail mail address so that I may send [...]
Update #2: Mystery Read-A-Thon
August 9th, Sunday, 9:30AM I have some catching up to do today if I am going to hit the goal of reading mysteries for 12 hours. First some general news updates: The first book giveaway has been announced – Shannan won The House at Midnight by Lucie Whitehouse. The second book giveaway is still underway. [...]
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