Refer A Book Weekend 8/19/09!

Congrats to this weeks winner who is gaby317 who said...I recommend The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope by William Kamkwamba.

The book is based on a true story of a young boy from Malawi,at a time that people believed in magic and had little understanding of science. His area was withered by drought. William had read about windmills and dreamed of building one. William persisted...

And Thank you to Llehn who said...I would like to recommend The Noticer by Andy Andrews which blends fiction, allegory and inspiration with a dash of autobiography. A mysterious man named Jones shows up in Orange Beach, Alabama, a simple town populated with people with their share of problems: marriages teetering on the brink of divorce, young adults giving up on life, business people on the verge of bankruptcy. Jones brings about the gift of perspective into their lives, noticing things that others miss and imparting it to the town's people. It is inspiring how a different view on things can bring about such a dramatic change in lives.

Review can be found at:http://www.amazon.com/Noticer-Sometimes-person-little-perspective/dp/0785229213/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1250393550&sr=8-1
Both of the books seems inspirational I picked the Boy Who Harnessed the Wind over The Noticer because the Noticer sounded like a movie i had watched called Mumford. Which was an okay movie. So I decide for The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind because it sounded like nothing I had read before.

Refer A Book Weekend! 8/14/09

Rules of Refer A Book Weekend: To play all you have to do is recommend a book that you liked and post in the comments. Tell me why you liked the book or link to your review. I will pick a recommendation, then add it to my TBR pile and the person who recommended the book will get to win a book from this Pile of Free Books that I reviewed.I usually post the Refer A Book Weekend post at 12pm EST after I am done work. Each week I will post a new post for you to comment in. The winner will not be picked until Monday so you have the weekend to recommend .


Hint: I am reading a book called Falling into the Sun. It is inspirational fiction. Please recommend some inspirational fiction.

Winners!!! For RABW and Slob Giveaway!

RABW Winner

Congrats to Llehn who said...I would like to recommend Fortune's Folly by Deva Fagan : After her father loses his gift for shoe making, Fortunata spurns wicked Capain Niccolo’s offer to join his household as a maid. She and her father take to the road, and Fortunata becomes an itinerant fortune teller. Soon ensnared in her predictions for Prince Leonato’s future, Fortunata learns she must make them come true in order to save her father’s life. Falling in love with the prince is an unforeseen complication. It's an amazing, amazing book. Check out the reviews at http://www.amazon.com/Fortunes-Folly-Deva-Fagan/dp/0805087427/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1249907695&sr=8-1
Fortune's Folly looks cute I think I will like it.



Thank you to D.A. Tyo who said...

Since I recently found your site, I'm not sure if you have read this one yet...I recommend The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan.

Zombies! Or should I say Unconsecrated! But it's much more than that. Here is what Carrie Ryan says in an interview at Amazon..."I tend not to think of The Forest of Hands and Teeth as a "zombie book," but rather a book that happens to have zombies in it. The Forest of Hands and Teeth, which takes place generations after the apocalypse, is really about a girl struggling with growing up, desire, and a controlling society set against the backdrop of a world with zombies (called “Unconsecrated”) constantly pushing against the fences. The characters have already come to terms with the Return (the zombie apocalypse) and know nothing else: this is their world and they've accepted it."

The Forest of Hands and Teeth is one of the most intense YA novels I have read. I found it a gripping story. Careful--this book does not have a neat ending (something I don't mind--I will be waiting for the next book!). I stayed up all night until I had this one finished.

I am not much of a zombie fan or the horror genre anymore. I am not sure my nerves could take this one.

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Congrats to number 7 who is Nely who said... This sounds great. Count me in.
Thank you to all who turn out for this Giveaway Look for the next Giveaway onWednesday August 19th.

Refer A Book Weekend 8/7/09

Rules of Refer A Book Weekend: To play all you have to do is recommend a book that you liked and post in the comments. Tell me why you liked the book or link to your review. I will pick a recommendation, then add it to my TBR pile and the person who recommended the book will get to win a book from this Pile of Free Books that I reviewed.I usually post the Refer A Book Weekend post at 12pm EST after I am done work. Each week I will post a new post for you to comment in. The winner will not be picked until Monday so you have the weekend to recommend .


Hint: open to any recommendations

Winner of RABW 8/4/09!

Congrats to Winner Meaghan who said...

http://bookgeekblog.blogspot.com/2009/08/stephen-king-harry-potter-confessions.html

That's the post at my blog I including my recommendation in. If you don't want to read through all that, this is it:

"Moving on... Refer a Book Weekend! She's looking for an ebook, but I don't really read those, so I can't really reccomend one. Sorry! Anyway... Hmm... I'd reccomend Artemis Fowl: The Time Paradox, which is the most recent book in the Artemis Fowl series, and, in my opinion, the best one! If you haven't read the Artemis Fowl series, I'd start with the first one, though, called just Artemis Fowl."

Artemis Fowl is one of those book I have always been curious about and I like the new covers for the books. Thank for the recommend. I will email you soon.

Thank you to Llehn who said...

Hi Shannon,

There's this really awesome e-book at Amazon called Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanen. On the surface it sounds like a typical girl meets boy book but once you read it it's so much more than that! It's about a girl who has a crush on a boy while the recepient of that crush is not thrilled and as the years go by, the boy starts to get interested in the girl while her interest in him is dying. It's a book about how innocent acts can be so grossly misinterpreted and how people are not always what they seem.

Here's the review at http://www.amazon.com/Flipped-Wendelin-Van-Draanen/dp/0375825444/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1249266608&sr=8-1

I have seen this book in the teen category it sounds like an interesting story maybe for next time.