20
Apr
Posted by thatsthebook in 24 Hour Read-a-Thon, Giveaway, Weekly Review. Tagged: 24 Hour Read-a-Thon, CBC, Giveaway. 1 Comment
What a week this has been. It’s almost hard to believe another is week is over already. I got quite a bit of reading finished this week but my health has been on the decline. And I’m attempting to find out what books have made you laugh. So, there is so much that I could [...]
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15
Apr
Posted by thatsthebook in CBC Book Club, Giveaway, Points to Ponder. Tagged: CBC Book Club, Christopher Moore, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Fool, Giveaway, Harper Collins Canada. 3 Comments
It’s hard to believe that it hasn’t even been a week yet. Not quite a week ago I got the email asking if I would like a copy of Fool by Christopher Moore, and low and behold the book gods have brightened my pupils! Fool has arrived!
I am really looking forward to reading this one. [...]
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7
Mar
Posted by thatsthebook in Canada Reads 2009, Giveaway, Points to Ponder. Tagged: At Home With Books, Canada Reads 2009, Giveaway, Lawrence Hill, The Book of Negroes. 2 Comments
So, I took a little trip to random.org to select the winner of My First Giveaway and it turns out the winner is Alyce from At Home With Books. I hope you enjoy The Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill. It was a great book that I’ve yet to review but look for that yet [...]
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6
Mar
Posted by thatsthebook in Canada Reads 2009, Giveaway, Points to Ponder. Tagged: Brian Francis, Canada Reads 2009, Fruit, Gil Adamson, Giveaway, Lawrence Hill, The Book of Negroes, The Outlander. 2 Comments
Today is another sad day with the end of Canada Reads 2009. And, as all previous episodes, we started with the revelation of the previous days vote. It ended up, and I must say I was kind of surprised, that The Outlander by Gil Adamson left. Which left Lawrence Hill’s The Book of Negroes against [...]
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23
Feb
Posted by thatsthebook in Canada Reads 2009, Giveaway, Theatre, Weekly Review. Tagged: Bill Willingham, Brian Francis, Canada Reads 2009, Fables: Storybook Love, Fruit, Mark Buckingham, Murder at the Prom, Peter DePietro, Steve Leialoha, The Color Purple: The Musical. Leave a Comment
Well I guess this past week made up for the previous week. I got three books finished and got a giveaway started. I guess I have several reviews I should get working on and posting on here but I keep finding other things that I want to talk about on here so the reviews get [...]
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21
Feb
Posted by thatsthebook in Canada Reads 2009, Giveaway. Tagged: Brian Francis, Canada Reads 2009, CBC, David Adams, Fruit, Gil Adamson, Giveaway, Lawrence Hill, Mercy Among the Children, Michel Tremblay, The Book of Negroes, The Fat Woman Next Door is Pregnant, The Outlander. 42 Comments
This is part of the book giveaway carnival being hosted over at bookroom reviews.
So I thought I would give this a shot. I’ve been the recipient of a few prizes when others have done giveaways and thought it’s been more than time for me to host one of my own. I’ve been trying to think [...]
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