GIVEAWAY: YOUR HOUSE IS ON FIRE, YOUR CHILDREN ALL GONE

Just in time for Halloween, the kind folks at Penguin have sent me a giveaway copy of the new creepy book by Stefan Kiesbye, author of Next Door Lived A Girl. Here is what others are saying: “Creepy in a way that actually made me quite nervous.” —Ben Loory, author of Stories for Nighttime and Some for…

GIVEAWAY: JASPER FFORDE’S “THE WOMAN WHO DIED A LOT”

  I have adored Thursday Next ever since she burst onto bookshelves everywhere (and in every dimension).  For me, there was finally a heroine for nerdy, literary, smart young women – like me.  Or, like I want to be. Thanks to the generous people at Viking, I am happy to announce I have copy of…

ARMCHAIR BEA 12: Giveaways

THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW OVER. I’ve got two books for giveaway for this year’s Armchair BEA.  I should mention I have not read either; I’m merely hosting a giveaway. The description from the publicist: In Such a Pretty Fat, Jen Lancaster learned how to come to terms with her body. In My Fair Lazy, she…