I've been featured in Reading Roots at Reading Through Life!

Carina from Reading Through Life hosts a weekly interview with readers to discover how they developed into a reader. Today it's finally my day! Please go on over and check it out!!

Rubber Balls & Liquor Available April 26 - Check it out!

WARNING: Videos contain adult humour. Proceed at your own risk.

Rubber Balls & Liquor is a new book by comedian Gilbert Gottfried and is available for purchase tomorrow, April 26th, 2011.It's being published by St. Martin's Press.

I've got three book trailers for you to check out and a review and giveaway will be coming up in the near future.







Check out book info on Gilbert Goffried's website and a competition for an exclusive Gilbert Gottfried ringtone and signed insert.

Introducing Baby Liam...

Liam was born March 29 at 4:19 PM at 9lbs 1oz, 19 inches long. 

He came in a scheduled C-section. Everything went fine and we are taking it easy at home.

Upcoming Giveaway from CSN Stores

CSN Stores is a set of 200+ online stores that sell many things from LCD TV stands to chairs, outdoor playsets to a new dresser and everything in between. Even a new set of dishes or a rocking horse.

The review I mentioned coming up many months ago will still be coming up, I just received the item (it was out of stock). However there will be a $100 CSN Stores Giveaway coming up very soon too. I know it's not book related (unless you buy a book shelf!) but I know book lovers like to win things other than books too so be on the lookout!

Most Romantic Story Results & Winner

Thanks to everyone who voted on the poll for Most Romantic Love Story. The winning book is....

The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks

and the winner of that book is....

mom2girls

At Callista's Ramblings: Pregnancy Update - 29 Weeks

I just posted a pregnancy update at Callista's Ramblings. Please take a moment to go over there if you'd like to see how I'm progressing!

It includes a picture which I rarely do so if you've been interested in what I look like (at least from the side) pop on over there!

Upcoming Review from CSN

CSN Stores actually has over 200 online stores where you can buy almost anything. Furniture, cookware, toys and games, even a leather briefcase, bedding or lighting.


I reviewed a bookcase from CSN in the past so I thought this time I'd review something that would help me blog better. Looking at all the home offices everyone blogs from at Scene of the Blog, made me want a real computer chair, with wheels, and padding. Right now I'm only sitting in a regular wooden chair and boy am I uncomfortable!

 This is the Office Star Executive High Back Eco Leather Office Chair. This is the chair I plan on getting.  It's much better than what I've got now!

I will also be featuring a $75 CSN Giveaway on my other blog, Callista's Ramblings. So watch out for that too!

I'm being featured at Annick Press!

Annick Press, the children's publisher who brought us many Robert Munsch books as well as many other great books, is featuring SMS Book Reviews today on their blog with a little interview.

Check it out here: Meet Book Blogger Callista

Attention Canadian Moms! Moms Nite Out at Chapters/Indigo

I was recently alerted to an event coming up really soon at Indigo and Chapters stores nationwide. Here's the info:

"From 6:00 pm until close on November 9^th and 10^th, 2010 Indigo and Chapters stores nationally will host exclusive “Mom’s Night Out” shopping events where moms, and anyone shopping for kids, can enjoy samples of gourmet holiday confections, toy demonstrations from Indigo Kids experts as well as savings up to 25% off their purchases."

The website says you save 15%, or 25% if you are an irewards member. You must print and bring the coupon with you though.

I Interrupt The Great Camping Event for an announcement!

It has to do with me and here's your clue!!

© Flickr User Etolane

I'm sure you can guess... I'm pregnant!

When I Was Young - I'm featured at There's a Book + giveaway

You can find out more about me today at There's a Book. I'm being featured in the When I Was Young feature. Go there and read all about it and them come here and enter my giveaway!

I am giving away a copy of The Giver by Lois Lowry. It's my favourite book and was my favourite book as a child, when I first read it.

I will be ordering it from amazon.com which will ship it anywhere so it's open Worldwide.

To enter, please fill in the form below. Comments will NOT count as entries.

EDIT: I forgot to add that it's open until July 28/10 

GIVEAWAY CLOSED

Want Your Giveaways Listed Automatically for Others To Find?

Giveaway Scout is a new service. By posting about their service and/or posting their widget, you can add your blog.

When you post a giveaway, it will automatically be added to their listing, be emailed to their subscribers and may be linked to from facebook and twitter.

If you have a blog that hosts giveaways, you might be interested in this!

Book Giveaway - July 1-4 - Canada Only

Happy Canada Day!

For a change, I have a book giveaway on my other blog, Callista's Ramblings. It's part of a blog party but any Canadian can enter. It's only open for Canada Day, till 11:59 PM EST July 1, 2010 It's open July 1-4, 2010!

I'm giving away We Know What You're Thinking: What Canadians Think and Why by Darrell Bricker and John Wright of Ipsos Reid which I reviewed here. You can read the review by clicking the link.

GIVEAWAY CLOSED

Do Nothing But Read Day - How did I not know about this???

Seriously, how did I NOT know about this? Did YOU know about this?

Do Nothing But Read Day is held twice a year, June 27 and December 19.

So that is what I'll be doing tomorrow as much as possible. I'll be reading.

I'll be reading The Cinderella Society by Kay Cassidy and reading the text in some of my cookbooks for an upcoming cookbook week. Perhaps something else, we'll see.

Will YOU be reading?

Delicious Book Blog Directory

There are a few things I was supposed to work on during Bloggiesta that I wasn't able to because of camp but I've been working on them now and one is ready.

Introducing... The Delicious Book Blog Directory.

Why another directory?
There are other book blog directories but most of them have only some blogs or certain kinds of blogs or aren't kept updated or you have to submit your blog to it.

How many blogs do you have?
I've been bookmarking every book blog I come across for quite some time now and I have 829 blogs. As I find more I will add them. I'd like to make them accurate though and I couldn't find certain information on some blogs (like location or common genres or whatever.)

Added: Just wanted to say that just because you aren't in the directory yet doesn't mean I've never been to your blog or even that you aren't in my Google Reader. I had lots of blogs I read regularly before I decided to do this directory and they just never made it into the directory yet.

What do you consider a book blog?
Book related posts at least 50% of the time. It doesn't have to be reviews but the majority of them are. Must be a blog and not a website. If you aren't sure, submit anyways.

How do I get added?
First see if your blog is in the directory by searching for your blog name. Then fill in the google form here to add your blog or make changes. If your blog url changes or you want to change anything else in the future, just fill out the form again.

I have no idea how quickly I will make additions or changes as I have my own blogs to keep up as well.That's why I'm using a google form, because it will save the information in the order it comes in so when I'm ready to work on the directory, I can just get started.

Inactive Blogs
If a book blog hasn't been updated in 6 months or more, I'll mark it as Inactive and if it goes a year without entries, I'll take it out of the directory although it can always go back in if the blogger comes back to it. There may be some inactive blogs not marked as such because I haven't visited in a while and didn't notice it's inactive (some of those bookmarks were done years ago.) If you notice an inactive one, please let me know.

Twitter
I've also been adding book bloggers on twitter to my twitter book listing at http://www.twitter.com/callista83/books so add your twitter id to your listing to be added there.

Spread the Word
Please spread the word about this directory so those who aren't on it can get on it and those who are, can update their information. Link to this post, tweet about it, stumble it and tell your friends. You can also add the buttons provided to your blog if you so choose but it's not a requirement.

I have four buttons for you to choose from but I'm having trouble with the textarea html to allow you to copy the html. If you want to save and upload it yourself though, you can do that right now.




 

If you know how to do basic html, here are the links to the above graphics:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/callista83/keep/delbookblog1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/callista83/keep/delbookblog3.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/callista83/keep/delbookblog2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/callista83/keep/delbookblog4.jpg

Comments?
Please share what you think of this. Is this a good idea for directory? Do you see yourself using it to find new book blogs? Any suggestions for improvement?

Got Books? Event - July 23-24

Got Books? is a new event from Satisfaction for Insatiable Readers and There's a Book.

It's like Blogmania and Blogfest but for Book Bloggers only.

If you are a book blogger and you want to host a giveaway during July 23-24 as a celebration of book blogging, head on over to find out the details and sign up.

This blog will be participating and the giveaway will be open internationally!

I will be away from July 18-24 but the post will go up automatically.

I'm Getting my Wisdom Teeth Out! - UPDATE

Wisdom Teeth Photo from H4n0 on Flickr

I"m getting my Wisdom teeth out today so I won't be around if anyone tries to contact me but I have scheduled a few reviews to go up in my absence. Wish me luck!

UPDATE: There's been a complication and I can't have my wisdom teeth out right now. I'm going to have to have it done in the hospital. This is causing a lot of stress. 

Week With No Name Update: New Giveway!

Thanks to Hachette Book Group I have one more giveaway from last week. Sunday's review of Sex, Drugs and Gefilte Fish by Shana Liebman now includes a giveaway.

5 Copies, Open to US/Canada, No P.O. Boxes until May 5, 2010

Check it out!

UPDATE: I should have specified. You can't enter here. You have to go to the link above and scroll down to fill in the form. Comments are now closed here to prevent someone from trying to enter here.

I'm featured on Scene of the Blog...

Kittling Books hosts an event every week which highlights with photos and text where a book blogger blogs from called Scene of the Blog.

Today, I'm featured! So please hop on over there and check it out. You'll find my working space is different from most of the other ones featured.. see if you can figure out why.

Thanks and see you there!

Announcement: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Movie

Alliance Films is pleased to announce the release of the movie The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, based on the internationally best-selling Millennium trilogy by Swedish author Stieg Larsson - which has sold more than 30 million copies worldwide in 44 languages.

I haven't read any of the books in the series yet but I've heard plenty of good things about them.

The movie is already open in select theaters in Toronto but will be open everywhere (in Canada) by April 16.

Check it Out: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo