And the Winners Are . . .

Congratulations to the following winners . . .


Flowers of Algernon by Daniel Keyes goes to Raidergirl3 from An Adventure in Read

Judy from Welcome to My World of Dreams won The Face of a Stranger by Anne Perry

Pardonable Lies by Jacqueline Winspears goes to Jill from My Individual Take (On the Subject)

Congratulations to each one of you. I hope you will enjoy reading these books. If you will send me an email to booklogged_reader (at) yahoo (dot) com that includes your snail mail address, I will get these in the mail on Monday.

More Than Friends

by Barbara Delinsky
This was a mediocre book, meaning I didn't hate it and I didn't love it. It's not one I would recommend that you rush out and read. It's a family drams that turn's out okay in the end. That's all I feel like writing about it.

Bumps in the Night

by Harry Allard
While the rest of the readers in the blogosphere are reading thoughtful and challenging books, this blogger steps away from the pack to read a banned booked intended for children ages 5 to 8.

I can see why Bumps has been challenged and banned. It is not a book I would choose to read to my grandson who is 5 yrs old. It's about Dudley the Stroke who moves into a haunted house. His best friend, tells him there are mediums who can talk to ghosts. So they hold a seance where the famous Mrs. Kreepy and her assistant, Lazlo Frog preside.

"Madam Kreepy began to make gurgling sounds in the back of her throat. 'Madam Kreepy is now in a trance,' said Lazlo.' 'Did you say Mrs. Creeper lost her pants?' Grandpa Python asked in a loud whisper." (there are some cute moments)

Anyway a horse's head appears behind Mrs. Kreepy. From then on whenever Dudley couldn't sleep he would visit with the horse who used to live in his house.

I'm all for imagination and books that help to put childish fears to rest, but I think the thoughts of sitting around a table holding hands and conjuring up the dead would be frightening to someone so young. As a parent/grandparent this is NOT a book I would bring home, but I'm not going to try to take away someone else's right to read it. I wondered if in some cases the book may have been challenged by the psychic community who objected to naming the medium Mrs Kreepy!

Voyager

By Diana Gabaldon
I really love this series! Voyager is book 3 in the Outlander series. All the books are thick. In fact, I read this one for the Chunksters Challenge. I'm also counting it for my 1990 Decades Challenge book and for the TBR Challenge.

Originally this series was going to be a trilogy, so Voyager would have been the end. Thankfully, due to the great success of her books, Gabaldon has written 3 more books and turned the trilogy into a series. Book 4 is Drums of Autumn.

Definitely a romance, but also fits into the historical novel genre and then there's the time travel that takes Claire from 1940 back to the 1740's. I skipped a few pages here and there because I don't love detailed intimate moments in my literature. The rest of the adventure is spell binding.

It's April - Buy a Friend a Book Week!

Spring does something to my mood. I'm so happy that the cold is warming, the snow is melting, and the flowers are blooming. In that same spirit, I want to join in this fun project of buying giving a friend a book. Besides, I need the good karma. You can click on the logo above to go to the blog of the creator of this idea and read all the background.

I am going to give away 3 books that I own and have read. To qualify for the drawing all you need do is leave a comment and indicate which of the 3 books you would like to win. Yes, I am making you pick! Call me names if you want, but you won't feel good about yourself if you win!
Also, please tell me one or two mysteries series that you really like. I don't know why I ask because I'm into several series already. I guess I just like to hear what everyone likes.

I would like to hold a drawing and give away my recently read copy of Pardonable Lies written by Jacqueline Winspear. Please note ***This is book 3 in the Maisie Dobbs series.*** I wish I had kept the first two in the series, but alas, I sent them off to BookMoochers. I think this is the best in the series so far. The story takes place post-WWI in London. I highly recommend this series.

The second book you may choose is the first book in Anne Perry's William Monk mystery series, The Face of a Stranger. I haven't read all the books in this series and I didn't start with #1. It was fun to read it after I already knew some of the events that had already transpired. The books are all set in Victorian England. This is another series I highly recommend.

The third book is not a mystery, but keeps your attention like one. Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes is a soft SciFi. It won a Hugo Award, a Nebulla award and the movie-adaptation Charly won an Oscar. A very good book.

I will draw the winners names next Sunday, April 8. Remember to indicate which one of the 3 books you would like to win. Deadline to enter is Sat, Apr 7 at midnight.