The Winner of the brand new copy of
T. C. LoTempio’s Meow if it’s Murder is:
Nicole G. (nyteacher)
Congratulations, your book will be on the way to you soon!
Thank you to everyone who commented on the Blog!
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Free Book Friday Winner!
Sunday, June 5th, 2016Free Book Friday!
Friday, June 3rd, 2016
Meow If It’s Murder (Nick and Nora, Bk 1)
by T.C LoTempio
Nora Charles doesn’t believe in fate, even if she is a crime reporter who shares a name with a character from The Thin Man. In fact, she’s moving back to Cruz, California, to have a quieter life. But after finding an online magazine eager for material, and a stray cat named Nick with a talent for detection, Nora’s not just reporting crimes again. She’s uncovering them…
Back in her hometown, Nora reconnects with old friends and makes some new ones, like Nick, the charming feline who seems determined to be her cat. But not everything about Cruz is friendly. Writing for a local online magazine, Nora investigates the curious death of socialite Lola Grainger. Though it was deemed an accident, Nora suspects foul play. And it seems that her cat does too.
Apparently, Nick used to belong to a P.I. who disappeared while investigating Lola Grainger’s death. The coincidence is spooky, but not as spooky as the clues Nick spells out for her with Scrabble letters—clues that lead her down an increasingly dangerous path. Whether fate put her on this case or not, solving it will take all of Nora’s wits, and maybe a few of Nick’s nine lives.
ISBN: 9780425270202, Mass Market Paperback
There are currently 29 Members wishing for this book. 1 lucky member will win a brand-new copy.
To enter, simply leave a comment on this Blog post. You must be a PaperBackSwap member to win.
We will choose 1 winner at random from comments we receive here on the Blog from PBS members.
You have until Sunday, June 12, 2016 at 12 noon EDT, to leave a comment.
Good Luck to everyone!
Note: All the books given away on Free Book Friday are available in the PBS Market. We have thousands of new and new overstock titles available right now, with more added hourly. Some of the prices are amazing – and you can use a PBS credit to make the deal even better!
Free Book Giveaway Winner! (Tell us why YOU love books)
Friday, May 27th, 2016
The Winner, chosen at random, of the brand-new copy of
Luckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll is:
Cynthia H. (preciousoils)
“Why do I love “Real Books”? Ask my overflowing bookshelves where I somehow always find room to add a new friend.” ~ Cynthia H.
Just as we suspected, there are as many reasons to love books as there are PaperBackSwap members!
Here are just a few that caught our attention:
“I love the page by page turning” ~ Dawn R. (dawnr56)
“They’re like trophies to me. And book cases are my trophy cases where I present my prizes!” ~ Summer D.
“Holding a book in my hand just feels right.” ~ Debbie D.
“The main reason for me is the swapping.” ~ Denise B. (dkb1269)
“I love printed books because it is one of the very few things that is socially acceptable to hoard. And I do… by the thousand.” ~ Roxy W. (ravyn)
“There is nothing like that feeling I get after I’ve read the last sentence of a book and clasp that book shut.” ~ Sharon V. (shawie)
“There’s nothing better than a shelf full of good books that friends can borrow from.” ~ Emily W.
“Books just make me happy!” ~ Cindy M.
Thank you to everyone who commented sharing their reasons for Loving Books!
Free Book Giveaway! (Tell us why YOU love books)
Monday, May 23rd, 2016
Why is it that we love books so much? Is it the solid feel of them in our hands? The cover art? The new-book smell? The old-book smell? Is it being able to tell how far we’ve read into the book (and how much is left) without even looking? Is it that they can be read anywhere, without batteries or technology of any kind? Is it that our eyes get tired from screen reading in a way that they don’t from reading ink on paper? Is it that we can continue to read our printed book on an airplane during those times when digital devices must be turned off? Is it that we actually own printed books (not just the right to read them), and can put them on a bookshelf when we’ve read them, or lend them or swap them?
For us, it’s all of those things! And we’re clearly not alone: publishers are again reporting a significant fall in ebook sales, while the sales of print books continue to rise, for the second year in a row.
We have nothing against ebooks — we think any kind of reading is great! We know that ebooks have their conveniences (for example, they’re lightweight to pack for travel, and the ability to enlarge the font can be useful for visually impaired readers). But we’re glad they haven’t replaced the real thing. Because we love the real thing so much. Don’t you?
We bet you do! In fact, we’re inviting you to tell us the one main reason why you love print books … if you do, you’ll have a chance to win a free book! The book is a brand-new hardcover of a very heavily wishlisted book — the New York Times Bestseller Luckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll.
Luckiest Girl Alive
by
Jessica Knoll
ISBN 9781476789637, Hardcover
A young woman is determined to create the perfect life — husband, home, and career—until a violent incident from her past threatens to unravel everything and expose her most shocking secret of all. A riveting debut novel that reads like Prep meets Gone Girl, described by Reese Witherspoon as “one of those reads you just can’t put down!” This book currently has over 400 active wishes in the club.
Make a comment below before noon ET on Friday, May 27, 2016, and that will enter you into the random drawing to receive the book. NB: Contest open to PaperBackSwap members only (join here!).
Here are a few comments from some of our members to get you thinking:
“There are too many awesome bookmarks out there to never use them! I have some really old ones passed down from family members that make me smile every time I see them. You don’t get to use those bookmarks with ebooks!” ~ Jill H.
“It’s very nice to be able to pass a book around the family before I swap it.” ~ Rick M. (RickMatt)
“I really prefer to hold a physical book, and the feel of the pages as I am turning them.” ~ Diane G. (icesk8tr)
“I like the feel of a real book 📚. I find them easier to read and not as hard on my eyes 👀 as an e reader.” ~ Angela H. (Halti4)
Free Book Friday Winner!
Monday, May 23rd, 2016
The Winner of the brand-new copy of
Margaret Powell’s Cookery Book is:
Sahra P. (speshialty)
Congratulations, your books will be on the way to you soon!
Thank you to everyone who commented on the Blog!
Free Book Friday is Back!
Friday, May 20th, 2016
Today’s Free Book is:
The Cookery Book by Margaret Powell
ISBN 9781250029263, Hardcover
In the national bestseller Below Stairs, Margaret Powell told readers what it was really like to work in the great houses of England. In Margaret Powell’s Cookery Book, she gives readers a closer look at the world inside the vast kitchens of these great houses. It’s an eye-opening and mouthwatering snapshot of that world. The upstairs dining room always demanded the best of Continental cuisine and, cooking downstairs, Margaret Powell obliged.
Her cookery book is a firsthand account of the way people cooked and dined in the early twentieth century when houses like those in “Upstairs, Downstairs” and “Downton Abbey” were fully staffed and running like clockwork. Describing kitchen equipment such as the black ranges that had to be shined daily, the fancy moulds that needed screen covers to keep out the flies and tubs of ice that were used instead of refrigerators, she tells readers just how big a job it was to keep the upstairs dining table abundantly filled.
Giving away the secrets of the manor, she presents more than 500 recipes, from the simple to the sophisticated. Divided into chapters such as Hors d’oeuvre, Soups, Fish, Entrees, Roasts and Meat Dishes , Savouries, Puddings and others, she shows readers today what it was like to eat well, if you were a member of England’s upper class. Classic, but simple, dishes such as Shepherd’s Pie and Roast Chicken Stuffed with Herbs alternate with sophisticated fare and long-lost recipes like Potatoes a la Florence, Rabbit Pilau, Compote of Snipe, Sardines a la Bombay and Queen Mab Pudding.
With her trademark wit and gimlet eye, she tells readers what it was like to cook for her “betters” but she also states one thing proudly–“Food is more than just food. I like it to be prepared and cooked well, and I like trouble taken over it.” Behind every well-fed family like the Crawleys of “Downton Abbey” or the Bellamys of “Upstairs, Downstairs” was a cook like Margaret Powell and, now, she invites readers everywhere to the feast.
We will choose a winner at random from comments we receive here on the Blog from PBS members.
You have until Sunday, May 22, 2016 at 12 noon EDT, to leave a comment.
Good Luck to everyone!
Note: All the books given away on Free Book Friday are available in the PBS Market. We have thousands of new and new overstock titles available right now, with more added hourly. Some of the prices are amazing – and you can use a PBS credit to make the deal even better!
Remember, every new book purchase supports the club and helps keep membership free!
PaperBackSwap Easter Egg Contest
Tuesday, March 22nd, 2016
Welcome to the 2016 PaperBackSwap Easter Egg Hunt!
15 Easter Eggs have been placed on random pages across the site. Can you find them all?
When you find an egg, click on it to add it to your Basket! You can access your Basket from the top of any page on the site.
You can find up to 3 eggs per day (until 3/25/2016, when the limit will be removed.
That way everyone will have a chance to find all of the eggs!)
That way everyone will have a chance to find all of the eggs!)
Your limit will be reset to 3 every day at midnight. So you can find 3 eggs today,
and then starting at the end of the day, at Midnight, you can find 3 more eggs; and so on.
and then starting at the end of the day, at Midnight, you can find 3 more eggs; and so on.
On Friday March 25th, the limit will be removed (you can find all of the eggs from then until the end Sunday, with no daily limit)
The Hunt will begin on March 21st, 2016 at 10 AM ET and close on Sunday, March 27, 2016 at midnight ET (the end of the day).
The Prize for two players will be a new Wish List book*!
The winner will be selected from all of the completed baskets (or the most-completed baskets) by a random drawing.
There will also be a Quick-Like-a-Bunny prize: whoever has found all fifteen eggs earliest also wins!
No purchase necessary – just log in and click the eggs you can find!
*or equivalent prize, determined by PaperBackSwap
