Hail to the Chief Winners

OMG!  I can’t believe I forgot to select the winners for my Hail to the Chief contest.  I am so sorry!  Like A Reader’s Respite, I feel like I need a secretary sometimes.  Without further delay, here are the winners of the three books: God in the White House: Trish at Saving Money Idea In [...]

Bookmark It Club Members Announced!

After what I can only call an overwhelming response to my Book Giveaway Carnival, I have had a wonderful time tabulating everyone’s entries.  There were 179 entries and a little over 120 unique comments.  Each entry made me happy and I can’t tell you how much I appreciated all of your kind comments.  I wish [...]

Thursday’s Thoughts ~ Early Childhood Memories

What are your earliest childhood memories?  How old were you at the time? Why do you think those memories are what stayed?  How are those memories important to you? This week is my question and I’m so excited!  I am always curious to hear about other people’s earliest childhood memories.  If you are too, here’s [...]

Historical Fiction Lovers March Selection

This month, the Historical Fiction Lovers book club is reading False Colours, one of the Georgette Heyer books that Sourcebooks – love them! – has republished recently.   You can click on the book title to buy it through Amazon.com (it’s available for the Kindle, too), or check the book out at your local library. Once [...]

My Favorite Giveaways

Okay, I just went  through the tons of giveaways posted on Bookroom Reviews site.  WOW!  If you haven’t been there yet, you really should.  I would not lead you astray. Here are the great giveaways that I entered: A Reader’s Delight Basket on A Novel Menagerie Win a copy of Drood on Savvy Verse & [...]

Bookmark It ~ Sticky Post

Be sure to check out my Bookmark It contest!  Deadline to enter is Friday, March 6 at 11:59 pm EST.  There will be up to 25 winners, so why not enter?

Mailbox Monday ~ 3.2.09

I’m sorry to be late this week, but I spent a good part of yesterday compiling the entries for my Bookmark It contest for Bookroom Reviews’ Book Giveaway Carnival.  I didn’t even have time to enter any contests myself.  It’s a good problem to have, though.   If you haven’t entered my contest, please do.  [...]

Bookmark It ~ My Book Giveaway Carnival Contest

The Sunday Salon ~ Winter Joy

What a beautiful day we’re having today in Roanoke, VA.  Fat, wet flakes of snow are falling so fast at times that Emma keeps saying, “It’s a blizzard!”  I don’t know about that, but we’ve gotten between 2 and 3 inches of snow here thus far today.  When I look out of the window, I [...]

Join Me on Bookroom Reviews Book Giveaway Carnival

Beginning tomorrow, Bookroom Reviews’ Book Giveaway Carnival begins and The Literate Housewife Review will be participating.  I’m still busy cooking up a giveaway or two for all of you and I’m looking forward to participating myself.  This week is going to be a lot of fun! If you haven’t heard about it, please click on [...]