becke_davis wrote:
liisa22 wrote:
becke_davis wrote:
First, B&N doesn't allow contests here so I want to stress this is NOT a contest. It is an incentive, though.
I would like to encourage you all to stop by our guest author threads and say hello - you don't have to feel guilty if you haven't read the authors' books. This isn't a traditional book club, and part of the fun here is getting to meet and chat with authors.
The authors often have fascinating stories to tell and you may also discover new books to try.
Here's the deal. I have a LOT of books in my personal collection. My brother manages a bookstore and sends me lots of Advance Reader Copies (when they are no longer Advance), I get books from publishers and I buy a lot of books. Before I even started working here, I had thousands of books, and that number never seems to go down.
My kids are grown and one of these days, my husband and I are going to move to a smaller place. We're going to have to bite the bullet and give away some books. Since you all like to read, here's the plan:
Stop in and chat with every featured author this month, and say hi to our guests during the Meet the Publisher week later this month. That's all you have to do! I'll send three books from my personal library to everyone who participates. Some of the books may be new, some will be vintage.
There is method to my madness. I'm hoping this will encourage you to read/buy more by the authors whose books I send you because, after all, Barnes & Noble is a bookstore!
I'll keep track, but at the end of the month be sure to send me a personal message with your address so I know where to mail the books. Thanks for participating!
WOW!! not that I need ANY more books, but what a way to read books I may have never would read other wise. I have and do swap and crossing , as well as share with friends/family. My mom takes hardback books to her 'community library'. they are able to take and read and either donate it back or others; basically a swap. no check out, no $$. just books (and puzzles) Very cool!
Yep, think of it as a pay-it-forward. Keep the ones you want and pass on the rest.
I just mailed the first batch of this month's Got Books? packages. I ran out of boxes and packing tape, so the rest will go out on Monday. Sorry for the delay!
I didn't think you'd be mad. I passed a couple I finished my mom's way. It only made since to spread the book love around.
becke_davis wrote:Here are some pix I found online of the Grand Floridian at Christmas - I'm on my laptop and I don't have my own pictures saved here.
Gorgeous! My daughters were remarking that when you sit in the lobby and look up at the high ceilings that they thought they were on a cruise ship because you also see all the different floors!
Woo-hoo, I Got Books!!! Thanks, Becke!!! I especially like the Halloween one, which I think I'll save for next year (if I can resist until then), and the one featuring Josephine Tey as a character! I didn't know if you remembered that I like those author-as-sleuth mysteries - I wonder if there is a name for that subgenre yet. And of course, thanks for the neat extras. I love, love, love the Agatha Christie keychain!!!
It's so much fun - like Christmas!!! My TBR is getting dangerous, though, so I think I'll take a break.
Oh, BTW, my mother also gets seasick, but has found that if the cruise is on a river or other shallow water, she doesn't have that problem. She just got back from a weeklong cruise along the SE coast, from Charleston to Jacksonville, and she absolutely loved it! This is her first time traveling alone since my father passed away last year, and she was nervous, but she is a total social butterfly (unlike me), and had a blast! She has already signed up for another next summer, in the Chesapeake Bay area.
