A collection of all the contests on the blog
Many public figures have written books about the lessons learned from the pandemic. Numerous ‘experts’ in the field of medicine, science and politics have taken a stab at looking at what went wrong in order to respond better to the next world-wide pandemic. Last night I was watching The PBS Newshour and heard Dr. Scott Gottlieb talk about his book Uncontrolled Spread. While some reviewers
Can you believe that Reading Around Kiawah is celebrating its first birthday this month? In honor of the birthday AND reading in general, a special gift is available for the first FIVE lucky people who make a purchase of $25 or more from Indigo Books from May 28-June 2. Remember the lovely poet who charmed us all at the inaugeration? Amanda Gorman’s poem, “The Hill
Charles Dickens was certainly one of the most popular writers of the Victorian Era, and his books remain solid ‘classics’. If I asked you “In what Charles Dickens’ work is the quote ‘Bah Humbug,’ ” you would surely know the answer. Can you say the same for the following five quotes from Dickens’ novels? To help you, I’ve given you a list of the correct
Send in your entries NOW!! You will have until January 1 to enter the contest. One lucky winner will be chosen. All of the following Christmas songs were first performed in either a movie or a Broadway musical. Name the musical or movie for each and you will be a winner! And if you haven’t listened to these songs in a while, pull them up
Cathy Hill who chose chair number 4 because she thinks it is cozy and inviting and likes all the books so close by. Cathy you are the winner of The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett. Congratulations!!
Beverly Marco likes Chair #! Congrats to Bev for being entered into the contest, which will end next Sunday, November 1. In addition, Bev had commented on Nicki Joy’s Tana French’s review. Uh oh, she doesn’t like Jodi Picoult’s new book The Book of Two Ways. To read Beverly’s comments, go to the Halloween entry and the article on Jodi Picoult, both from this month.
Cathy Hill has voted for Chair #4! She thinks it is cozy and inviting and likes all the books so close by. Revisit the post about reading chairs and vote for your favorite. We’ll extend the contest for another week before we draw the winner.
Peg Michel has voted for Chair Three as her favorite reading chair. Now it’s your turn to vote. The name of each person who votes for their favorite chair will be entered into a drawing for a free copy of a book that that person can read in ANY chair or any bed or on the couch or in the car. Now I’m sounding like
Question–When is Labor Day celebrated in other countries? Remember, submit your answer and it will be entered into a drawing for a copy of Mary Whyte’s Working South. When was the first Labor Day? (Information taken from Dictionary.com) The first Labor Day celebration took place in New York City on September 5, 1882. About 10,000 union workers marched in a parade to honor American workers,
