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Mother’s Day 2009 Winners

Our first big giveaway event was such a pleasure for us to host! I was so thrilled to see everyone who got involved and entered the contests — both new readers and those of you who have enjoyed our community since we launched last July. Look for more giveaways this month (you’ll always find one…

Contest Winners

Oops– I am here in Chicago having a blast on the Hidden Valley Ranch Love Your Veggies ™ moms retreat. I figured that I’d be utilizing my time in the evenings and the mornings as I was all alone in a lovely hotel room to write up some reviews, get some stuff up on the…

Welcome, Little One

We always feature giveaways on Wednesdays here, and there’s always a giveaway attached to our Monday column at 5 Minutes for Mom, but we also have some really special contests coming up that I wanted to be sure you didn’t miss. Today at 5 Minutes for Mom, you can enter to win a contest featuring…

Chicken Soup Anyone?

I hope I’m getting the point across that sometimes even a serious reader such as myself reads less-than-serious material. Chick-lit, celebrity biographies, and even Chicken Soup sometimes fit this bill. I’m assuming that many of you look for this kind of lighter fare on occasion too. Check out my review of Chicken Soup for the…

Welcome to the 5 Minutes for Books Ultimate Blog Party!

Our UBP post is brought to you by MobiStories: taking children’s picture books off the page and onto the video screen. Downloadable, portable, educational, enjoyable. Click to get a FREE book now. This is sort of a housewarming for us. 5 Minutes for Books started back in July 2008, and we have really enjoyed finding…

Reminders and Announcements

I wanted to point your attention to the Twitter updates in the sidebar. Some of you have seen them and have started following us. Thanks! I hope to use our updates there to point you to some reviews and giveaways or interesting conversations that are happening in the comments. Most importantly it serves as a…

On Reading: Amazon Knows Me Well

I really love amazon.com. I am on the site multiple times throughout the week — to read reviews of a product or book I’ve considered purchasing, to create affliliate-links for a product I’m reviewing here (And I’d be remiss if I didn’t remind you can always support us by purchasing your books through our links…

A Big Bloggy Giveaway of Books

Welcome to the 5 Minutes for Books’ Bloggy Giveaway. We are offering one lucky reader this entire collection of brand new books worth over $120 that have been featured here on 5 Minutes for Books. I tried to pick books that represented the wide variety of books that we review here each week. We feature…