Browngirl Speaks

i love the feel and smell, yes smell. of a book.  especially a new one.  i’m like a little kid when i leave the bookstore swinging my bag at my hip with some new reads.  but amazon has gone and made me raise a brow. 

Kindle: Amazon’s New Wireless Reading Device

now this isn’t for everyone but it is for someone.  i would love this, but i think it’d be even better for the mr. who usually has several books going at once and never re-reads them.  and since we don’t share the same taste in books, it’s pointless for him to buy them.  you do purchase a download of the book, but for less than a physical book.  you can also get newspaper and magazine subscriptions.  this was another plus in why i think the mr. should have one as he is a reader of multiple papers.  the reviews on amazon are extrememly mixed on this gadget, but that’s why i say it seems it’s just FOR certain people.  are you one?

Congratulations. You’ve snagged an Early Reviewers copy of Tracing Ancestors Among the Five Civilized Tribes: Southeastern Indians Prior to Removal, by Rachal Mills Lennon. You should get your copy in the mail shortly.

I LibraryThing and I recently joined the Early Reviewers group.  Mostly to attempt to get free books, but I would like to publicly contribute my two cents more on what I read and this kinda forces me to do so.  I’m not obligated to do a review, but those who don’t decrease their chances to get picked in subsequent giveaways.  They release about a dozen books every month in limited quantity and i can simply click the ones I’d like to receive.  So, I can’t believe I got picked the first month I was in the group!  There were about 20 copies of the book I’m getting and about 200 LT’ers requested it.  I never win stuff, so this is so very awesome.  Anyway, I’m pretty excited especially since this is a reference book also.  I’ve been working on my maternal genealogy since I was 12 and being a southerner, this book will hopefully be a breakthrough in the journey…

i was searching for books and lesson ideas in preparation to homeschool my son and found a cute packet to print about turtles.  somehow this reminds me of the first book that turned me into the book whore i proudly am today– frog and toad are friends.  now, i never fancied any amphibians, but i had little to choose from in the catalog we got at school to order books.  i think it was from scholastic, maybe, and i was all of about five or six.  i made a wise choice because i remember reading this book so many times and like it was the greatest piece of literature EVER!  it’s classic children’s lit. that’s all about true friendship. the stories were so endearing and remembering them made me a bit teary eyed over one of my few fond childhood pleasures.  i can’t wait to share this with zion jacob…

some of the books i’ve mooched finally started to arrive over the last two days.  i am so excited when i get home and i have these small packages of books.  hey, it doesn’t take much to please me folks.  anyway, i was nearly floored when i received my copy of alice walker’s in search of our mother’s gardens and it was SIGNED!

oh goodness me! i can’t say anymore, the tears are wellin’ up again.  gotta blow it out…

first, the sad note:  why did i have to be eyewitness to the demise of a poor cat this morning en route to work???  it made me teary eyed to see that cat hit by a car and the person never even slowed down.  tsk tsk

now on to my good note:  i discovered BookMooch yesterday!  now i may be late to the party on this one, but i don’t care.  it’s so totally awesome.  you trade books for points that you use to "buy" other books.  the only expense is for shipping your books to whoever mooches from you.  i also came across another book swap site– paper back swap.  Of course there are others, but these seem to be the most popular.  there are even "power users" who use both of the above mentioned sites to maximize their swapping possibilities. so please note my widget, in the sidebar, of some of the books i want to give away.  if you go directly to the site, my userid is bibliophile7.

happy mooching…