Carol's Notebook

The winners of The Art of Compassion were chosen at random this afternoon. The winners are: a real librarian, Mindy, Kim V, Mish and Becky Please e-mail me your mailing address by Sunday, so I can forward it to Hachette books....

I only came across one new word this week, at least that I noticed. gallimaufry- a hodgepodge; jumble; confused medly.  Every family had a few skeletons in their cupboards, but the Vanger family had an entire gallimaufry of them. from The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson For more great words, check out Bermudaonion's Weblog....

TEASER TUESDAYS asks you to: 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! Sorry this is a day late. This is truly a random teaser, since I haven't actually started this book yet, but plan to later today. Behind him, he could sense Rod van Vleet, doing everything in his power to pretend he was not listening. "Nobody," Az said, "was stupid enough to try." -44, Second Glance by Jodi Picoult See what teasers others are sharing this week....

Today’s MUSING MONDAYS post is about bookmarks…What do you use to mark your place while reading? Do you have a definite preference? Do you use bookmarks, paper, or (gasp) turn down the pages? If you use bookmarks, do you have a favourite one?   My daughter, who is 9,  makes me bookmarks with her origami paper. They're cute little triangles that fit over the corner of the pages. I have a few different colors now, including the pinka and yellow ones I'm currently using. I would show a picture of them, but I don't know how to use the new scanner yet. I have to admit that I do dogear pages occasionally too, though. The nice thing about dogears is that they can't fall out. How do others feel about bookmarks? Check out the responses at Just One More Page......

Baron Thinks Dogs Are People Too! by Laurie Dean, illustrated by Kevin Collier From the cover: Cute and lovable Baron wants a best friend...but in an effort to get his family's attention, Baron's lively antics take him in the wrong direction. After being whisked away to doggie school, Baron learns important lessons about behaving himself. But will he ever find the friendship his furry heart longs for? My thoughts: For the record, our dog, Scrappy, is pretty sure he's a person, too. He just wishes we would let him sit at the dinner table. This is a really cute book for dog-loving kids. All Baron wants is a best friend, and, of course, he finds one. After all, what little boy, or girl for that matter, can resist loving a dog who is playful and friendly and just wants to spend time with them. About the author: Laurie Dean writes children's stories for pleasure, and is now pleased to share the lively antics of "the happiest dog...

TEASER TUESDAYS asks you to: 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: Up until then she was...I don't know how to explain it: extremely gifted and precocious, but on the whole a rather ordinary teenager. During the last year she was brilliant, getting top marks in every exam and so on, but it seemed as if she didn't have any soul. -186, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson I know I'm a day late. Sorry. Check out some other teasers and see if anything strikes you....