Winners of The Secrets of Newberry Book by Victor McGlothin

October 14, 2010 by Gigi at 10:09 pm

A Big Thank You to all of Ya’ll who entered The Secrets of Newberry Book Giveaway and the Hachette Book Group for Sponsoring this Giveaway!

The Giveaway has ended and the Three Winners have been chosen, they each will receive one copy of The Secrets of Newberry Paperback Book!

CONGRATS TO THE 3 OF YOU!

More Giveaways Coming SOON…

True Random Number Generator Results:

Janice Crespo says:

August 27, 2010 at 1:17 pm

The Postcard Killers By James Patterson, Liza Marklund
janicecrespo@gmail.com

29
Kimberly London says:
August 24, 2010 at 8:37 am

Eggs by Jerry Spinelli
klondon11@comcast.net

Susan Smith says:

August 28, 2010 at 2:36 pm

The Island sounds like a good book
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Janice Crespo, Kimberly London and Susan Smith will all be contacted by email and will have 48 hours to respond or other winners will be chosen.

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The Secrets of Newberry Book Review + Giveaway (3 Winners)

August 13, 2010 by Gigi at 1:30 am

The Secrets of Newberry A Novel by Victor McGlothin

Two lifelong friends are about to discover the hard side of life in The Big Easy after a heinous crime is committed . . .

About The Book:

For Ivory Bones Arcineaux and Julian Bynote, life in 1950s New Orleans couldn’t be sweeter. Friends since they met in an illegal gambling house in Newberry, Louisiana, they have their pick of all the fine women, good food, and hot nights they can handle. They seem to have it made-especially Julian who begins to make a new life for himself after meeting the beautiful, classy Magnolia Garbo at a social. But both men are about to find out that letting the good times roll can be deadly when a simple robbery goes wrong and Julian witnesses Bones murdering a man in cold blood. The victim was a white city councilman with all the right connections-and if the two are discovered, it will mean the end to everything they’ve built together. With the New Orleans police hot on their trail, Julian must decide whether rolling in the fast lane is worth losing his freedom and his life.

About The Author:

Essence bestselling author Victor McGlothin is a former bank vice-president who nearly forfeited an athletic scholarship due to poor reading skills. Ultimately, he overcame that obstacle and later completed a Masters degree in Human Relations & Business. Victor is also an on-line columnist of Victor Said?, a real Brotha to Sistah look at relationship.

Victor lives in Dallas with his wife and two sons.

My Thoughts:

This book takes you back in time to the 1950′s a place of segregation and life in the deep South. There are so many secrets being unveiled that made me gasp a few times. I also love the historical aspect of it as well. The characters make you want more and made it hard for me a few times to close the book for the night. The author is very descriptive which allows you to vividly see what is really taking place. I truly enjoyed this read and think it would for a fantastic book for a Book Club and already includes the Reading Group Guide. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone.

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Entrants from the US and Canada are eligible (NO P.O. Boxes). The Giveaway ends on 08/28/2010 at 12:00 Midnight CST. The Winners will be chosen via random.org and announced on Sunday, 08/29/2010. The Winners will be notified by email and will have 48 hours to reply or other Winners will be chosen.

I was given the opportunity to review this book because of my membership at The Product Review Place.

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** Disclosure: I was provided by Hachette Book Group a copy of the book so I could provide an Honest Review; as well as Host a Giveaway (giveaway books also supplied by Hachette Book Group). I did not receive any other compensation. My opinions are purely my own.**

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The Disappearing Spoon by Sam Kean Book Review + Giveaway (2 Winners)

July 23, 2010 by Gigi at 6:49 pm

The DISAPPEARING SPOON

And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of Elements by Sam Kean

About The Book:
The Periodic Table is one of man’s crowning scientific achievements. But it’s also a treasure trove of stories of passion, adventure, betrayal, and obsession. The infectious tales and astounding details in THE DISAPPEARING SPOON follow carbon, neon, silicon, and gold as they play out their parts in human history, finance, mythology, war, the arts, poison, and the lives of the (frequently) mad scientists who discovered them.

We learn that Marie Curie used to provoke jealousy in colleagues’ wives when she’d invite them into closets to see her glow-in-the-dark experiments. And that Lewis and Clark swallowed mercury capsules across the country and their campsites are still detectable by the poison in the ground. Why did Gandhi hate iodine? Why did the Japanese kill Godzilla with missiles made of cadmium? And why did tellurium lead to the most bizarre gold rush in history?

From the Big Bang to the end of time, it’s all in THE DISAPPEARING SPOON.

(un)Official bio:

Sam Kean gets called Sean at least once a month. He grew up in South Dakota, which means more to him than it probably should. He’s a fast reader but a very slow eater. He went to college in Minnesota and studied physics and English. He taught for a few years at an experimental charter school in St. Paul, where the kids showed up at night. After that, he tried to move to Spain (it didn’t take) and ended up in Washington, D.C. He has a master’s degree in library science he will probably never use. He wishes he had a sports team he was passionate about, but doesn’t, though he does love track & field. Visit SamKean.com for more interesting discoveries.

My Thoughts:
To those of you who know me know I didn’t do so well in High School Chemisty, although I did pass and at that time that was all that mattered in my opinion. When given the opportunity to read THE DISAPPEARING SPOON I jumped at it. I honestly wish I could have read this back then and maybe Chemisty and the Periodic Table wouldn’t have been so foreign and painfully miserable for me. The book is an easy read mixed with interesting tales of scientists of our past and how the elements were discovered. Science and Chemistry do not have to be your most favorite subjects in order for you to enjoy THE DISAPPEARING SPOON and you will be sure to learn just how significant The Periodic Table was and is to our everyday lives.

Buy It: For more information or to purchase The Disappearing Spoon please visit Hachette Book Group.

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Entrants from the US and Canada are eligible (NO P.O. Boxes). The Giveaway ends on 08/06/2010 at 12:00 Midnight CST. The Winners will be chosen via random.org and announced on Saturday, 08/07/2010. The Winners will be notified by email and will have 48 hours to reply or other Winners will be chosen.

I was given the opportunity to review this book because of my membership at The Product Review Place.

GOOD LUCK!