MY READER'S BLOCK: Give Away for the Book Obsessed

SCAM artist alert

Apparently there is someone calling themself "Luigi Calloway" out there who is claiming to be associated with the Mount TBR Reading Challenge. He is contacting authors and telling them if they pay him, then their books will be used for the challenge. It's possible he's also telling people they must pay to participate in any way. Please know that there is absolutely no charge associated in any way with this reading challenge and that this person does NOT represent me or anything associated with my blog. I DO NOT endorse anything that he claims.There will NEVER be a reason for anyone to have to pay for participation in any way for any of my challenges. If only people who exert this much time and effort on scamming people would put it into something worthwhile....like reading their own books! A message to Luigi: Please cease and desist contacting authors (or anyone) in my name or claiming to represent this reading challenge. You absolutely DO NOT.

Thursday, September 30, 2010

Give Away for the Book Obsessed

To celebrate the paperback release of Allison Hoover Bartlett's The Man Who Loved Books Too Much: The True Story of a Thief, a Detective, and a World of Literary Obsession, Meg at 1st Books is holding a Give Away of at least one copy. Enter to win by leaving a comment about any book you obssessively love on the main 1st Books blog post OR Better yet: link to the Give Away on your own blog and paste your post link into a comment on the post. Creating a link gives you a chance to win two copies--one for yourself and one to Give Away on your blog. Meg will draw a winner at noon Pacific Time on Tuesday, October 5--the paperback publication date!

My obsession is with Classic/Vintage British Mysteries. There is no way I'd ever let any of my Lord Peter Wimsey books out of my sight. Not any of the editons (and I have multiple editions of most of the novels). And the pocket size editions (published from the 30s through the 60s), don't even think about looking at, let alone touching. Those are mine! Mine! Mine! There's something about books from that era that just makes me a little crazy when it comes to possessing them.