$100 Amazon Twitter Blast Sign Ups

BLOGGERS:

Be a part of the $100 Amazon Twitter Blast at Kobiso.com!

What is a Twitter Blast? 

Bloggers can join for $1 and link up one Twitter account. 

Kobiso will provide the prize - a $100 Amazon code.

What do you need to do to join? 

• Post about the event with the button linking back to this post. (Right click save the image)
• Fill out this form - sign ups close Jan 14th at 9 AM EST. Be sure to say COOKIE'S BOOK CLUB sent you!
• Post the Rafflecopter on your blog and your Facebook page for the event. You can get it here
• Then schedule the giveaway post to go live on Jan 15 11:59 PM EST to Feb 1 12:01 AM EST
• You can post on every blog you have, one post per twitter account.
• You will receive an email on the 14th to remind you.

Free E-Books of the Month: January Free E-Book Offerings

I mentioned in my post, Locating reasonably priced and free e-books, that there are a couple of publishers that offer a free e-book each month. Here are the selections for January, 2012.

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Each month Pheonix Pick, an imprint of Arcmanor.com, offers a free ebook. The free ebook for January is Charles Sheffield’s Georgia on My Mind and Other Places. This is the complete anthology (the lead story was offered as a free novelette in a previous month). This is really an outstanding collection of short stories by a master of hard science fiction (and the Georgia on my Mind, the story, won both a Hugo and a Nebula).

The coupon code for January is 9991325 and will be good from January 2 through January 31. Download your free e-book at http://www.PPickings.com. Select the format that suits you (PDF, Mobi, EPub, PDb or Lrf).

While you're there you can elect to sign up for monthly mailings, and check out great deals on books.

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The January free e-book selection at The Chicago Press is Collections of Nothing by William Davies King. William Davies King collects something, but what he collects is of no clear value to anyone but himself. Is he collecting or hoarding? Is it obsession or artistry? “What makes this book, bred of a midlife crisis, extraordinary is the way King weaves his autobiography into the account of his collection, deftly demonstrating that the two stories are essentially one.… His hard-won self-awareness gives his disclosures an intensity that will likely resonate with all readers, even those whose collections of nothing contain nothing at all.” — New Yorker

Get your free e-book edition of Collections of Nothing. Enter your email address and instructions will be mailed to you. NOTE: Grayscale Kindle e-ink devices unfortunately will not be able to open this ebook. You should be able to read it on most other devices, assuming you have the correct software application installed. More info can be found on the download form.

Again, you can elect to sign up for email notices so you'll be informed of future free e-book of the month selections.

Giveaway: Northlight by Deborah Ross PLUS In case you missed it: Review of Northlight and Interview with Deborah Ross

Earlier this year I reviewed Northlight and interviewed the author, Deborah Ross. Deborah returns today to offer four lucky readers a copy of Northlight. One reader will win a paperback copy of the book, and three others will win electronic copies of the book. You can tell me in the comments section which one you would prefer and I will try to accommodate those requests.

In case you missed it, here again is my review of Northlight and interview with Deborah Ross, originally posted April 22, 2011.

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Review of Northlight by Deborah Ross

If you like a strong female lead character and beautiful landscapes, you'll love Northlight by Deborah J. Ross, "a tale of healing and adventure and some very cool horses" (Northlight Introduction).

Northlight is a science fiction/fantasy novel by Deborah J. Ross (writing as Deborah Wheeler). Ross cares deeply about her characters, and this is clear in her writing. The main protagonist Kardith is a tortured but beautiful soul that your heart will ache for. Kardith and her beloved gray mare take us on a journey through rich landscapes and deeply experienced life-altering events.

Stepping into the Light Guest Post from Donna Fasano PLUS a Giveaway!

Today, Donna Fasano visits Cookie's Book Club for the third time! Highly appropriate then that she should be the first to guest post in 2012. Donna, thank-you for your continued support. I wish you all the best in this new year!

Below is the story Donna contributed to the anthology Indie Chicks: 25 Independent Women, 25 Inspiring Stories. All proceeds of this inspiring anthology will be donated to the Susan G. Komen foundation to forward the battle against breast cancer.

Today, Donna is giving away FIVE copies of Indie Chicks: 25 Independent Women, 25 Inspiring Stories. Be sure to enter the contest following Donna's guest post! (NOTE: Prize is an e-book for Kindle or Kindle app only.)

Guest post: Deborah Bryan PLUS a giveaway of Deborah's new book The Monster's Daughter.

Today, I'm excited to feature Deborah Bryan, one of my blogging buddies from the mommy blogging world, and author of The Monster's Daughter (The Glass Ball Trilogy). Deborah has been my guest previously on Cookie's Chronicles, my personal blog. She wrote a beautiful piece entitled Mother, Child, Mother that I highly recommend you read if you are or intend becoming a mother.

Today, Deborah is here with a most appropriate end of year guest post.

Stay tuned following Deborah's guest post to enter the giveaway for her new novel, The Monster's Daughter.

Every single blessed rung

by Deborah Bryan

Books were the magic of my youth. No matter how rocky the waters outside their pages, I could always find the solace of hope within them.

Books whispered to me, "What's to come needn't be a continuation of what is."

Happy New Year! Giveaway Hop

It's time to ring in the new year, and what better way to do it than with a giveaway! I'm teaming up with I am a Reader Not a Writer and Babs Book Bistro to bring you some incredibly good reads.

Several authors have generously offered to give away copies of their books. This blog hop is open from December 30 to Jan 3. Hundreds of bloggers are participating, so there's something for everyone!

Good Things Come in Small Packages Guest Post from Patricia Sierra PLUS a giveaway you don't want to miss!

Today, I welcome Patricia Sierra to Cookie's Book Club, co-author, with John Philpin, of The Prettiest Feathers and Tunnel of Night. Sierra has written many other books including J.D. The Plot to Steal J.D. Salinger's Manuscripts, which I enjoyed and reviewed earlier this year. Click here to read my review and interview with Patricia Sierra and co-author John Philpin.

Stay tuned following Sierra's guest post for a fabulous giveaway. The winner will receive three books: The Prettiest Feathers, Tunnel of Night AND a bonus book. Read on to discover which one!

Good Things Come in Small Packages

Thoughts on the short story

from Patricia Sierra

     There’s a saying that good things come in small packages, but as a child I was always more excited about the big boxes under the Christmas tree—those wrapped in red foil or green paper and tied with a huge bow.

     The year I turned ten there was one box too large to fit under the tree. It was half as tall as I, and three times as wide. I remember how excited I felt, tearing off the wrapping and lifting the lid. But inside all I saw was yet another box.

Guest Post: André Jute on Dalziel & Pascoe PLUS a Giveaway of one of my favourite books of the year: IDITAROD A Novel of the Greatest Race on Earth by André Jute

Got a gift card burning a hole in your pocket? Check out today's recommendation from guest blogger André Jute!

And stay tuned following André's guest post for a giveaway of his book, IDITAROD a novel of The Greatest Race on Earth. Click here to read my review of IDITAROD and interview with André.

Fat & Thin, in Yorkshire, how likely is that for the best detective series in English?

André Jute on Dalziel & Pascoe

 Image source: bbc.co.uk

The chief policeman in the series is a fat slob with all of the sensitivity and none of the timing of a cuckoo clock. He is a bully, he is sexist, he scratches his backside in public, he belches, he farts.

His sidekick is a fast-track graduate with a stalled career. Mind you, he isn’t much more sensitive. When he shoots someone dead, he knocks up his estranged wife, the pinko bleeding-heart, to tell her he feels good, that this is what he was made for. And then he is surprised when she takes his child and runs off to America with another man.

Review of STIEG LARSSON Man, Myth & Mistress by guest Matt Posner PLUS A Giveaway!

Today, I welcome author Matt Posner, author of the School of the Ages series, to Cookie's Book Club with his review of STIEG LARSSON Man, Myth & Mistress by Andre Jute and Andrew McCoy.

Stieg Larsson: Man, Myth, and Mistress by Andre Jute and Andrew McCoy was my introduction to an entertaining, tough-minded, and courageous man with a world of fascinating life experiences. No, not Stieg, though this might be said of him also, perhaps -- but I mean Andre Jute. Clearly, Andre Jute is not one to steer away from a conflict where truth and integrity are concerned. He was certainly not afraid to take on legions of Stieg Larsson fans in this book. The cliche that truth is a harsh mistress is demonstrated in this volume, which I read in its Kindle edition shortly after finishing Larsson's three books. I read them with great relish, appreciating the quirks and peculiarities of Larsson's style (digressions into Swedish history, Lizbeth Salander's grocery lists) and driven by the fascinatingly suspenseful narrative, and then I came across Jute and McCoy's analytical book and thought it was just the thing to help me appreciate the adventures of Lizbeth and Mikael even more.

Best of 2011 Giveaway Hop!

I'm very excited today to review my Best of 2011 Indie Author Recommendations! Once again, I am participating in a multi-blogger, multi-prize giveaway, hosted by I am a Reader Not a Writer.

Several authors have generously offered to give away copies of their books. This blog hop is open from December 27-31. Hundreds of bloggers are participating, so there's definitely something for everyone!

Christmas Essay: Guest Post from Christopher Bunn

I have another wonderful guest post for you today on the topic of Christmas from Christopher Bunn, the author of The Tormay Trilogy. I have so far interviewed Christopher Bunn twice about this series. You can read my reviews and interviews here:

The Hawk and His Boy

The Shadow at the Gate - guest post for Kindle Obsessed

Christopher is visiting today with a guest post and to offer his short story, The Christmas Caper, to three lucky readers.

Be sure to enter the giveaway following Christopher's essay.

The Weeks Before Christmas: Guest Post from Lin Pardey

Today, I am pleased to announce that Lin Pardey has returned to Cookie's Book Club! Lin is the author of Bull Canyon: A Boatbuilder, A Writer and Other Wildlife.

Earlier this year, I reviewed Bull Canyon and spoke with Lin. You can read the review and interview here.

Lin is here today with a special guest post, AND to award two lucky readers hard copies of her fabulous book! Typically my giveaways are for electronic copies of books, but in this case, the hard copy is a must for it's gorgeous photos.