Book Giveaway: The Rest of Us
Well, someone's got to break the silence around here, it might as well be me!
I've been very busy procrastinating the 10 or so book/movie/music CD reviews I'm supposed to write. What better way to take that procrastination to new heights than to give away a book I bought myself?
Like many people, I first heard of Jacquelyn Mitchard when she appeared on Oprah, who chose her novel, The Deep End of the Ocean, as the very first selection for Oprah's Book Club. I have not read that book yet, mostly because I've been gestating or lactating for most of the time since it came out, and I still can't read stories about people's kids dying.
When I received my charter issue of Wondertime in the mail last year, I noticed Mitchard on the masthead right away. That's how I realized she has seven children, and still manages to have an amazing writing career. Since then, I've enjoyed her writing in that magazine every month.
Perusing Bookcloseouts.com one day, I found this little paperback collection of Mitchard's newspaper column, The Rest of Us, which she has written for many years for various newspapers. I found it to be a fascinating read and I'm not exaggerating when I say she's my new hero, as far as the writer/mom thing goes. I don't want to give her story away, but she was a widow with four children and, despite discouragement from friends and family, she took some brave steps and made her dreams come true.
Anyway, if you're out on the 'net reading mom blogs such as this, I know you would thoroughly enjoy The Rest of Us. If you'd like to win my humble, used paperback copy of this book, please leave me a comment with your favorite comedy -- either a movie, a TV show, an author or specific book ... whatever, so long as it makes you laugh. Because then maybe it will make me laugh, too. And I heard somewhere that laughing helps you lose weight.
I'll accept entries until Sunday at midnight, EST, and I'll announce the winner on Monday. Good luck!
I've been very busy procrastinating the 10 or so book/movie/music CD reviews I'm supposed to write. What better way to take that procrastination to new heights than to give away a book I bought myself?
Like many people, I first heard of Jacquelyn Mitchard when she appeared on Oprah, who chose her novel, The Deep End of the Ocean, as the very first selection for Oprah's Book Club. I have not read that book yet, mostly because I've been gestating or lactating for most of the time since it came out, and I still can't read stories about people's kids dying.
When I received my charter issue of Wondertime in the mail last year, I noticed Mitchard on the masthead right away. That's how I realized she has seven children, and still manages to have an amazing writing career. Since then, I've enjoyed her writing in that magazine every month.
Perusing Bookcloseouts.com one day, I found this little paperback collection of Mitchard's newspaper column, The Rest of Us, which she has written for many years for various newspapers. I found it to be a fascinating read and I'm not exaggerating when I say she's my new hero, as far as the writer/mom thing goes. I don't want to give her story away, but she was a widow with four children and, despite discouragement from friends and family, she took some brave steps and made her dreams come true.
Anyway, if you're out on the 'net reading mom blogs such as this, I know you would thoroughly enjoy The Rest of Us. If you'd like to win my humble, used paperback copy of this book, please leave me a comment with your favorite comedy -- either a movie, a TV show, an author or specific book ... whatever, so long as it makes you laugh. Because then maybe it will make me laugh, too. And I heard somewhere that laughing helps you lose weight.
I'll accept entries until Sunday at midnight, EST, and I'll announce the winner on Monday. Good luck!
posted by Kris at
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6 Comments:
One can never never go wrong with Dave Barry. Everything he touches is hilarious, but his collections of columns (like Dave Barry is not making this up) are fantastic.
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Janssen, at 12:33 PM
We have grown to LOVE the TV show "How I Met Your Mother". As in, we'll watch it live instead of on the DVR--that and Heros are the only two shows we'll do that with.
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tina, at 1:51 PM
Whenever I need a book to lift me up and make me laugh, I go back to Shirley Jackson or Betty MacDonald. Always entertaining and guaranteed to make me feel better.
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Jennifer D, at 7:24 PM
I've awarded you a Perfect Post Award for May, but I can't find your e-mail address to send you the code! E-mail me at lucindathemom@yahoo.com if you'd like it. And congratulations! :)
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Suburban Turmoil, at 10:52 PM
Oh, and David Sedaris's Naked is the funniest book ever written. Followed closely by Florence King's "Confessions of a Failed Southern Woman."
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Suburban Turmoil, at 10:54 PM
While there are many books that make me chuckle and that I enjoy, I appreciate dark humor the best. There are parts of John Irving that make me hysterical (like the baseball game in "A prayer for Owen Meaney".)
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Busymomma66, at 6:50 AM
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