As you’ve guessed, this is another post that really has nothing to do with the title other than I’ve changed the direction/theme (or horse) for today’s post. If you read yesterday’s post, you were expecting a book review today. I fully intended to have one about a really
I didn’t want to do the book an injustice so I decided to mull over what I wanted to say another few hours. I will have the review tomorrow plus I have at least two other reviews planned for the next few days as well. I also realized that I probably shouldn’t write a blog post late at night after taking medicine for a headache. I leave things out of the post. I forgot to pass the Awesome Award onto other bloggers and to thank Anna and the folks at Hachette for the great books and audios I have to giveaway. Sorry.
Since this is a no pressure award and I forgot to pass the award yesterday, I’d like to pass both or either award to all visitors. Thanks for stopping by. I really appreciate it.
Now I’ve still got some audio books to giveaway thanks to Anna and the Hachette Audio Books. Here are the guidelines. I have three copies of each of these audios. To enter the giveaway, just send me an e-mail (mcbookshelf@gmail.com) with “Win and the book title” in the subject line and include your name and mailing address in the body of the e-mail. You must send an e-mail for each giveaway you wish to enter. The contest is open to only residents of the U.S. and Canada and no post office box addresses can be accepted. The deadline to enter these giveaways is 8 p.m. on Tuesday, July 20.
ROBERT LUDLUM’S™ THE BOURNE OBJECTIVE (ISBN:9781607882268) by Eric Van Lustbader and read by Scott
After Bourne is ambushed and nearly killed while in Indonesia, he fakes his death to take on a new identity and mission- to find out who is trying to assassinate him. In the process, Bourne begins to question who he really is and what he would become if he no longer carried the Bourne identity. Across the globe, an American passenger airliner is shot down over Egypt-apparently by an Iranian missile-leaving the world wondering if it was an accident or an act of aggression. A massive global team lead by Soraya Moore is assembled to investigate the attack before the situation escalates. When Bourne's search for his would-be assassin intersects with Soraya's search for the group behind the airplane bombing, Bourne is thrust into a race to prevent a new world war. But it may already be too late.
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THE BROOM OF THE SYSTEM (ISBN:9781607883883) by David
At the center of The Broom of the System is the betwitching (and also bewildered) heroine, Lenore Stonecipher Beadsman. The year is 1990 and the place is a slightly altered Cleveland, Ohio, which sits on the edge of a suburban wasteland-the Great Ohio Desert. Lenore works as a switchboard attendant at a publishing firm, and in addition to her mind-numbing job, she has a few other problems. Her great-grandmother, a one-time student of Wittgenstein, has disappeared with twenty-five other inmates of the Shaker Heights Nursing Home. Her beau (and boss), editor-in-chief Rick Vigorous, is insanely jealous. And her cockatiel, Vlad the Impaler, has suddenly started spouting a mixture of psychobabble, Auden, and the King James Bible, which may propel him to stardom on a Christian fundamentalist television program.
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DELIVERING HAPPINESS (ISBN:9781607882305) by Tony Hsieh and read by the author. This business and economics audio is unabridged.
The hip, iconoclastic CEO of Zappos shows how a different kind of corporate culture can make a huge difference in achieving remarkable results — by actually creating a company culture that values happiness — and then delivers on it.
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The life story of one of the most admired and controversial public intellectuals of our time, in his own voice.
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WHEN I STOP TALKING, YOU’LL KNOW I’M DEAD (ISBN:9781607889687) by Jerry Weintraub with Rich Cohen and
Maverick movie producer Jerry Weintraub's hilarious, autobiographical account of what it takes to make it to the top, in life and business: a de facto primer in the Art of Persuasion
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Thanks everyone for stopping by today. May today be a fun day to spend as you wish.
"Changing horses in midstream" is a descriptive phrase, not a bit of advice - so nobody saying you can or you can't. It's just that it is a tough thing to do, and something you'd want to do at some other time if possible.
ReplyDeleteMason - The Daring Novelist has it right about what that phrase means. And I, for one, appreciate it that you decided to wait until you can do a book justice to give it a review : ). I'm very eager to find out what the book is and what you think of it.
ReplyDeleteAnd congratulations on your Versatile Blog award - you certainly have more than earned it!
Daring Novelist, thanks for clearing up the phrase. It's one of those I've heard over and over and sometime it runs together with 'Southern' sayings.
ReplyDeleteMargot, I hope I can do the book justice with my review. I'm always concerned that I might cause someone not to try a book by something I say and I had rather they try for themselves. I only give one glimpse at the book so to speak. I think I have a review later this week that the history buff in you will like too.
I think you can change midstream, but the saying advises you not to do so.
ReplyDeleteAnd ooo! Will have to enter this contest.
Those look like amazing books. However, please don't enter me. It's difficult to get books to me because of where I live.
ReplyDeleteCongrats on your award.
CD
Congrats on your Award, a very apt one. Your blog is wonderfully versatile, even teaching me about changing horses midstream! I'd heard the phrase before but never gave it much thought till today.
ReplyDeleteHappy Sunday :)
I used to read Ludlum, then stopped. But I'm going to pick up the latest. Great series and one that can help isnpire authors like me, especially action scenes.
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Congratulations on the award. And if you change horses midstream, don't fall off.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the kind words, Mason - you're such a sweetie! :)
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed the first 3 Bourne books - I look forward to trying this one too!
Congratulations on your award!
ReplyDeleteI know how you feel about your review. I write the best reviews in my head when I'm not around a computer, but put me in front of a computer, and it's a whole different story. I like to sit on my reviews a day or two before I publish them.
I absolutely relate to this post, Mason, especially of late. My content has flagged, and it seems what I want to sit down with to write just. doesn't. materialize. I think we need to follow our feelings then, and not force ourselves.
ReplyDeleteThanks for visiting my blog again. :)
And it's a beautiful horse. My youngest would call him Peter.
I guess I think just like Jemi ~ I placed your blog on my list of "Versatile Blogger Awards." You certainly do provide a versatile blog with a variety of information ~ it's greatly appreciated!
ReplyDeleteMy post can be found here:
http://kathleenaryan.blogspot.com/2010/06/versatile-blogger-award.html
Delivering Happiness to employees is probably not a priority of many businesses, too sad to say. Great idea though.
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