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You are so very close to the end! How are you feeling? I will make this an easy challenge for you!
For $15 toward any book on Book Depository.com, I want you to
Pitch Your Book to me. Whatever book you are currently reading or one that you have read during the challenge, tell me why I should read it! Why do you love it or why are you loving it (if still reading)?
Entry
In a comment, please tell me the
book name and
author and since pitching is an art in short form, please keep it to a
maximum of 4 sentences for the actual pitch (book and author don't count toward sentences). Also, put your email in your comment so I can contact you if you are the winner!
Rules:
~Please only enter if BookDepository.com ships to your country
~Challenge will run from 1 AM EST to 4 AM EST on October 10
~I will announce winner later in the morning on October 10 (Not going to lie, I will most likely be sleeping at 4 AM!)
~Winner will be chosen based on creativity and for making me want to read their book!
~Please respond to my email within 48 hours or you will forfeit the prize
Good luck and may the best pitch win!
Tammy's Book Nook is hosting this one.
What is you favorite non-fiction book and why? What genre(s) do you enjoy and are there particular writers that you would recommend to others? If you don't read non-fiction, why not?
I have a really hard time trying to come up with my favorite nonfiction book. Some of my favorites include Oracle Bones by Peter Hessler, Last Days of Old Beijing by Michael Meyer, and the Zipes translation of the Complete Tales of the Brothers Grimm.
I tend to read a lot of history, especially Chinese history and a lot of books about Modern China and the vast amount of change that is happening on the mainland right now. I'm sure you will be shocked to learn that my BA is in History, with a minor in Chinese. Some of my favorite authors are Peter Hessler and Shuyun Sun. I also like nonfiction about food. I've been reading a lot of that lately.
Ok, I just finished the new Sisters Grimm book, The Everafter War. Wow.
I'm about to start I Want Candy by Kim Wong Keltner but here's this hour's mini-challenge, the midway survey!
1.What are you reading right now?
I'm about to start I Want Candy
2. How many books have you read so far?
3 full books, about 200 pages of 2 other books.
3. What book are you most looking forward to for the second half of the Read-a-thon?
I don't know what I'm going to read. I have a huge stack and am just picking through them as the mood strikes. No idea which ones I'm going to choose.
4. Did you have to make any special arrangements to free up your whole day?
As much as I love Read-a-thon, I wasn't about to cancel my vacation or end it early! So, my entire day wasn't free. Luckily reading is easy to do on airplanes and in gate areas. And, as I had to grab my checked luggage to take it through customs, I even got to switch out which books were in my carry-on.
5. Have you had many interruptions? How did you deal with those?
All my interruptions have been travel related (time to get off the plan! time to get on the plane!) I didn't really have a choice, so I just kinda went with them.
6. What surprises you most about the Read-a-thon, so far?
Well, this is far from my first one. So nothing so far.
7. Do you have any suggestions for how to improve the Read-a-thon next year?
Nothing is coming to mind...
8. What would you do differently, as a Reader or a Cheerleader, if you were to do this again next year?
I would plan my books better. I usually do plan my read-a-thon books, but with me being gone all week, the new system at work, and the piles and piles of required reading to do as well as an absurd number of books that need to be returned to the library, that just wasn't going to happen this time around.
9. Are you getting tired yet?
Right now, I am 5 hours behind GMT, but when I woke up this morning, I was an hour ahead of it. I'm not entirely sure what day it is. Jetlag, however, seems to be working in my favor or something? I don't know. I'm just going with it.
10. Do you have any tips for other Readers or Cheerleaders, something you think is working well for you that others may not have discovered?
Music to dance to!
Here are my responses for Jessica's mini-challenge.
- What is the name of your local library? What city is it located in?
My local branch is the very creatively named "Columbia Pike Library" in Arlington, VA.
- How often do you go to the library? If you're a regular, do the staff know you?
Well, see, this is my local library. I work at a different library. I go to the my workplace 5 days a week, so I tend to only go to my local branch when they have something that the system I work for doesn't. Or if there's a long wait for a book at work, but not in Arlington. I probablygo every other month or so. The staff doesn't know me. I'm a quick-in-and-out type of girl, especially as the dog is usually waiting for me outside!
- Do you browse while you're there or just pick up items you have placed on reserve?
I might do a quick look-through, but it's usually just to pick up reserves.
- What is your favorite thing about your local library?
I can walk there! It's super-close and my favorite coffee shop is on my way home.
1. What are you reading right now?
All but Alice Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
2. How many books have you read so far?
3
3. What book are you most looking forward to for the second half of the Read-a-thon?
Dangerously Alice, but I don't know I'll get to it.
4. Did you have to make any special arrangements to free up your whole day?
Well, I did have to work all afternoon, but I am skipping a party tonight, but that also means that I have the house to myself
5. Have you had many interruptions? How did you deal with those?
Nope
6. What surprises you most about the Read-a-thon, so far?
How much time I'm spending on mini-challenges instead of reading! Also, the amount of comments I've been getting-- it's really awesome and fun!
7. Do you have any suggestions for how to improve the Read-a-thon next year?
Not yet.
8. What would you do differently, as a Reader or a Cheerleader, if you were to do this again next year?
Take the day off work! And not get my hair cut the day before-- I haven't figured out a good way to get it out of my eyes when lying down yet...
9. Are you getting tired yet?
It's after 11 here. Yes. But I think that Full Throttle slushie is starting to kick in and I'll brew up some coffee later...
10. Do you have any tips for other Readers or Cheerleaders, something you think is working well for you that others may not have discovered?
Well, I have a really peppy radio station playing on Pandora right now. (I put in Puffy AmiYumi as my artist and this station is AWESOME.) But the happiness of it is helping me stay awake, plus it's giving me something to occasionally jump up and around to. :)
Well, here's my first attempt at making a button! I hope you like it!
mmmm, ahhhh, spring is in the air. smells a bit like... rotten crocs from last summer???
say what you will about crocs, yes, unattractive, yes, ubiquitous, yes, middle-american children everywhere running around in them, but they really serve their purpose. cheap (ish), slip on, waterproof and ALMOST indestructible. now that we are spring cleaning and gearing up for the warmer months, here is the place for those shredded crocs that haven't seen sunlight in months. SOLES UNITED will take old worn out pairs and recycle them into new, wearable ones to send to children in need.
the lesson: waste not want not?
added bonus: once you're already back there in the dark corners of your kid's closet, you might find some treasure. not sure what, but that's what makes it an added bonus.
here's a link: "soles united" for info and drop off locations
if it's the LAST thing i do, i am going to teach my kids to understand karma and the golden rule, dammit! here is a fun book that doesn't take it too seriously.
to buy this book, see acme library on the right
(this only works if you are on the acme sharing website)
are you ready for the most basic, meaningful and fabulous project?
your child draws or paints an 8 x 11 piece of paper. it must be 2D to lay flat for shipping purposes. they (or you) must write FOR MY FRIEND, LOVE, "your child's name". it's that simple. it can be as elaborate or basic as time permits, or interest holds. pack up the art, a self addressed stamped envelope and photo of the artist (optional). Art2Heart will hand deliver it to an orphan living in India. that child will then reciprocate the gesture!
the lesson: this is the world's simplest giving project. it's almost embarrassingly easy. in fact, if your family hasn't yet begun the journey of philanthropy - this is the perfect place to start. when your child receives their picture in return, sit back and watch. this is the part where you can see them GET it. it all falls into place and the world becomes a small and wonderful place where they feel as though they have made a difference. because they have.
here's a link: Art2Heart
in honor of president's day, how about throwing a birthday party?
wait, wait, hear me out.
after dinner, gather your family, put on party hats, blow up balloons, heck, even bake a cake and blow out the candles if you like. now that you are all together, share with your kids the important deeds WASHINGTON and LINCOLN left behind; washington's declaration of "i will not tell a lie" and lincoln's tireless efforts to abolish slavery. those two topics alone can fill the dining room with conversation about kindness, equality and karma. subjects that can easily relate to today's playground shenanigans.
the lesson: those who don't know their history are doomed to repeat it.
added bonus: what? birthday cake isn't enough for you ???
in parenting, everyone is always talking about the value of simplifying; family dinners, anti-over-scheduling, fewer presents at the holidays. and it seems to feel right, doesn't it? while researching facts for MILK AND BOOKIES, i gathered these very basic, classic and simple facts. it's almost too easy to be true. (probably isn't that easy at all).
ways to raise a philanthropic child and all around good citizen:
1. reinforce sharing
2. demonstrate empathy
3. reward kindness
4. spread hope
5. teach the golden rule
6. live the golden rule (in case you forgot it's the "do unto others..." one)
i always assume if i'm thinking about doing better, i eventually will... fingers crossed. hey, it's a start, if nothing else.
here's a link: if you want to read more
I read a lot of history non-fiction, too! Not so much on China, though. I should read more about China, actually
I love nonfiction food books. Especially ones about local food, natural food or people's bios told all in food stories. have you read Toast by Nigel Slater. LOVE it. And his book Kitchen diaries is literal food porn. :)