Over a month ago I celebrated my birthday by giving away 8 books: 6 of my own and 2 from Danielle at Sourcebooks (thanks again, Danielle!). I meant to draw the winners the week of the girls’ birthdays, but that was a hellish week and I’m just now feeling like I’m fully recovering. I may [...]
WWND Bookmark Winners
12 Nov By 5 Comments
Thanks to everyone who wished Neil Gaiman a happy birthday on the 10th. I’ve drawn the winners of the as-of-yet-still-in-the-dream-phase WWND bookmarks and ALA Coraline bookmarks: Zia from My Life in Not So Many Words Amy from Ramblings of a Librarian Assitant Congratulations, Ladies! I hope to have those bookmarks designed and posted online for [...]
They Say It’s Your Birthday, Neil!
10 Nov By 18 Comments
Today is “The Neil’s” birthday! Here at The Literate Housewife Review, we wish Neil Gaiman the happiest of days. I have only read two of his books as of today (The Graveyard Book and Neverwhere – review coming Friday). I’m looking forward to even more in the month ahead. In celebration of this momentous day, [...]
TSS ~ Neverwhere and Beyond Prizes
8 Nov By 11 Comments
I’m finally and truly back in the swing of things and getting geared up for this month’s theme: Neverwhere and Beyond. I announced it on Monday and will have a full week of coverage next week. I promised a post about the prizes and I think they’re pretty darn exciting. Instead of holding several different contests [...]
The Sunday Salon ~ TGFF (Thank God For Florida)
8 Nov By 16 Comments
For once, I’ve had a great week. I spent most of it in Orlando at Ektron‘s Synergy ’09 Conference at the Disney Grand Floridian. I spent five days and four nights learning more about CMS 400 version 8.0 (the content management software I wish I could afford to power literatehousewife.com), networking with consultants and meeting [...]
Neverwhere and Beyond: The Literate Housewife Discovers Neil Gaiman
2 Nov By 28 Comments
Until I made plans to attend the National Book Festival in 2008, I had never heard of Neil Gaiman. Well, that’s not exactly true. Emily, one of the girls’ baby sitters read them The Day I Swapped My Dad for a Goldfish before then, but that doesn’t count because I wasn’t paying attention. Sometimes the [...]
Literate Housewife’s R.I.P. Wrap Up
1 Nov By 12 Comments
This year I participated in Carl’s R.I.P. Challenge for the first time. I dove in feet first, too. I decided to take up his Peril the First challenge and read at least four books in any of the following categories: Mystery Suspense Thriller Dark fantasy Gothic Horror Supernatural I have always thought of myself as [...]
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