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On Reading: Merry Christmas! What Books did you give or get?

Merry Christmas (and other Winter holiday happies) from the 5 Minutes for Books team! We are so happy to be able to do what we do here. We do it because we love books, and we like sharing that love with all of you other booklovers. Here are some of the books that we are…

On Reading: A Memoirist Tells All (Jennifer Gardner on Where You Left Me)

I (Jennifer) read a lot of memoirs. When we received the pitch to review the memoir by 9/11 widow Jennifer Gardner Trulson Where You Left Me, several of us were quite interested. Lauren ended up with it, and you can read her review and giveaway of Where You Left Me over at 5 Minutes for…

On Reading: Books for the Graduate

I don’t know about you, but I (Jennifer), love to give books as gifts. Over the next couple of months, high schools and colleges will be having graduation ceremonies to celebrate that next step in the life of young adults everywhere. It is likely that most of us know someone celebrating this landmark, be it…

Cybils Reading Challenge — March Review Linkup

Have you been reading any Cybils nominees or finalists or winners from 2010 or from past years? If so, we’d love for you to link up your reviews from the last month. If not, it’s still not too late to join in our Cybils KidLit Challenge**. There’s no official sign-up. You can certainly write up…

The Way of the Dragon

Back in May, we featured a guest column from author Chris Bradford and a giveaway of his first two books in the Young Samarai series. In honor of the third book being published in hardcover by the Disney Book group, we are reprinting the post, and also hosting a giveaway of Young Samurai: The Way…

Gift Guide and Giveaway Winners

We had such a fun time sharing some of the products that we were able to preview with you. I hope that even if you didn’t win, you will consider some of these gifts for those on your lists. You should have received an email asking for your shipping info. Please respond ASAP so that…

Give Healthy Kids Kit to Help Haitian Children

While many of us are scrambling to assemble gift lists for the loved ones in our lives, it is often easy to forget about people in need around the world. During our Gift Guide and Giveaway event this year, we’d like to take a moment to highlight a charitable giving opportunity that might find a…

Mailbox Monday 11/15

Our November host of Mailbox Monday is Knitting and Sundries. I hope you enjoy the peek at what our staff has received in the mail this week. For more, be sure to check out the linky at Knitting and Sundries. Check out our current giveaways. Subscribe to our feed. Follow us @5M4B on Twitter. NANCY…