Musing Monday

by Carol1 Comment
Today’s MUSING MONDAYS post is about new authors… What is your policy when it comes to new authors? Do you feel comfortable purchasing a book or do you prefer to borrow new authors from the library? How often do you 'try out' a new author? I don't really have a policy regarding "new" authors. Since I get most of my books from the library, I don't really have to worry about whether or not to spend the money on them. I try out new authors fairly often, usually after reading a review or because it's a read for one of the on-line book groups I'm in. For my daughter, however, I will buy pretty much whatever book she wants, whether it's from an author I've heard of or not. I think it's important for her to have her own library, and when I was younger I felt the need to own just about every book I read. See what others think at Just One More Page......
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Winner!

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Congratulations, Kelly! You’ve won a copy of Sway by Zachary Lazar. One of the other winners had already gotten her hands on a copy, so I was able to draw a replacement. Just e-mail me your mailing address and I will pass it along. For those of you who weren’t lucky enough to win it yet, you can always buy it here...
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Game Night

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Tonight I thought I'd feature another card game. Amber and I read Rapunzel's Revenge earlier this week, so I decided to stick with the Wild West theme. Bang! created by Emiliano Sciarra, published by daVinci games "The Outlaws hunt the Sheriff. The Sheriff hunts the Outlaws. The Renegade plots secretly, ready to take one side or the other. Bullets fly. Who among the gunmen is a Deputy, ready to sacrifice himself for the Sheriff? And who is a merciless Outlaw, willing to kill him? If you want to find out, just draw (your cards)!" This card game recreates an old-fashioned spaghetti western shoot-out, with each player randomly receiving a Character card to determine special abilities, and a secret Role card to determine their goal. All the roles are kept facedown, except the Sheriff, so it may take a little while to figure out who's on which side. There are Bang! cards to shoot with, guns that have different ranges, Missed and Dodge cards and horses...
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Library Loot 3/5

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Library Loot is a weekly event co-hosted by Eva and Alessandra that encourages bloggers to share the books they’ve borrowed from the library. Check out what other participants are bringing home from their libraries! Here’s my loot for the week. A couple are for me, a couple for Amber.   Backyard Bird Watching for Kids by George H. Harrison The Mystery on Stage created by Getrude Chandler Warner The Secret Soldier by Ann McGovern Squirrels and Frogs by George Peck Bread and Wine: Readings for Lent Eggs in Purgatory by Laura Childs...
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Winners!

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I have five winners, chosen at random to receive a copy of Sway by Zachary Lazar. Congratulations! I hope you enjoy the book. Gwendolyn B. bermudaonion (Bermudaonion's Weblog) Tracey B. Freda M. Darby L. Just e-mail me your mailing address in the next few days and I will pass it along to Hachette Books. Thanks. Remember, if you didn't win, you can always purchase it here....
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Rapunzel’s Revenge

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Rapunzel's Revenge by Shannon and Dean Hale, illustrated by Nathan Hale Published : August 2008, Bloomsbury USA Children's Books From the cover: Once upon a time, in a land you only think you know, lived a little girl and her mother...or the person she thought was her mother. Every day, when the girl played in her grand villa and lush garden, she grew more curious about what lay on the other side of the ridiculosly huge garden wall. Year after year, things just seemed weirder and weirder, until the day she finally managed to sneak over the top of the wall and was horrified to see what lay beyond... Newbery Honor-winning author Shannon Hale teams up with husband Dean Hale and brilliant artist Nathan Hale (no relation) to bring readers a swashbuckling and hilarious twist on the classic story. Watch as Rapunzel and her amazing hair, along with a mysterious outlaw named Jack, gallop around the wild and Western landscape, battling creatures and outrageous villains,...
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