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Congratulations! You've won an audiobook copy of $20 Per Gallon: How the Inevitable Rise in the Price of Gasoline Will Change Our Lives for the Better by Christopher Steiner. amanda stacybuckeye Renee I will be contacting you all shortly for your mailing addresses.  I hope you enjoy the book! I personally am looking forward to reading it....

I thought I’d let you know some of the giveaways I ran across this week. As always, my current giveaways are listed on my sidebar and make sure you check out West of Mars- Win a Book! where there's always a ton of links to great contests, interviews and guest posts. The White Queen by Philippa Gregory, at Melody's Reading Corner (ends August 17, International) The Crowning Glory of Cally Lily Ponder by Rebecca Wells, at She Is Too Fond of Books (ends August 21, US and Canada) Prophecy of the Sisters by Michelle Zink, at Pure Imagination (ends August 25) Damas, Dramas and Ana Ruiz by Belinda Acosta, at Drey's Library (ends August 27, US and Canada, no PO boxes) Damas, Dramas and Ana Ruiz by Belinda Acosta, at Peeking Between the Pages (ends August 30, US and Canada, no PO boxes) 360 Degrees Longitude by John Higham, at Book Blab (emds September 1, US and Canada) The Only Alien on the Planet by Kristin D....

Thanks to Bermudaonion's Weblog for hosting this weekly event. Head over there to play along.   My first word is from Extreme Animals: The Toughest Creatures on Earth by Nicola Davies. qiviut- the soft, dense, light-brown woolly undercoat of the musk ox, used in making fabrics. "Arctic musk oxen have the warmest wooly coats. Their wool grows right down to their ankles and is eight times warmer than sheep's wool. (It even has a special name: qiviut, pronounced KEE-vee-ut.)"   My other word is from Dark Hunger by Rita Herron. turgid- swollen; distended; tumid. swollen or distended, as from a fluid; bloated. "To feel the turgid peaks of her nipples against the pads of his thumbs." I understand what she was saying but personally think it was not the best choice of wording. What do you think?   What new words did you run across this week?...

Amber drew this the other day and wanted me to share it. She'll be starting 4th grade in a couple of weeks and is looking forward to it, for the most part.  ...

Grab your current read. Let the book fall open to a random page. Share with us two (2) "teaser" sentences from that page, somewhere between lines 7 and 12. You also need to share the title of the book that you're getting your "teaser" from...that way people can have some great book recommendations if they like the teaser you've given. Please avoid spoilers! My teaser: "But you need some evidence of an abduction or threat of physical harm. Do you have any?" -pg. 185,  Hold Tight by Harlan Coben Teaser Tuesdays is hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Play along....

Thanks to Marcia at The Printed Page for hosting Mailbox Monday. I got two in the mail this week, and I picked up a few at the bookstore. Our Waldenbooks is closing and all the books are at least 40% off. Of course, that's the only bookstore we have in town that sells new books, so it's pretty sad that we're losing it. We have a used bookstore downtown, but it just opened a couple of weeks ago and I haven't made it down yet. The Italian's Inexperienced Mistress by Lynne Graham When Angelo Riccardi sought revenge Gwenna Hamilton added another, delicious dimension. Innocent and pretty, she had no chance when the Italian tycoon offered her the devil's bargain: pay for her father's freedom with her body. In her naiveté, Gwenna thought that Angelo would tire of her and her innocence very quickly. But he had more in mind than just one night…   Wally the Walking Fish: Meets Madison and Cooper by Gary Lamit When...